Monday, October 23, 2023 - Marisa TOMEI, absolutely no relation, even phonetically, to Mel Tormé
Today's crossword was the epitome of a marvelous Monday crossword - a cute theme, and some fine clues. We particularly liked the juxtaposition of 1A, Handle difficult matters satisfactorily, COPE, an...
24 Loka 202314min
Sunday, October 22, 2023 - Quick, IGOR, fetch me an amusing podcast episode title!
A fine Sunday crossword, Robert Ryan's third in the NYTimes, with a punny theme surrounded by a fine supporting cast of clues, including 85D, Fox coverage?, FUR; 82A, Object with one hole or two, depe...
23 Loka 202314min
Saturday, October 21, 2023 - No SECONDOPINION needed - this crossword was great!
A fine debut crossword by Kelly Morenus, which our cohosts solved in (choose one) a) comically different amounts of time b) exactly the same time c) trick question: they got stuck, because neither k...
22 Loka 202313min
Friday, October 20, 2023 - LIBERALARTS are *everywhere* (including in today's grid!)
A very nice Friday crossword by Jacob McDermott, with some awesome clues, and no crosswordese in sight. A few sample works, 15D, Oh, the humanities!, LIBERALARTS 😀;; 27D, "Heck, yeah!", DARNTOOTIN 😀...
21 Loka 20239min
Thursday, October 19, 2023 - That VIBIST is giving off really good vibes 😀
A challenging Thursday crossword, thanks to the unexpected appearance of a boatload of rebuses (or, as we Latin scholars like to call them, rebusae). For themed crosswords, especially towards the en...
20 Loka 202319min
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - Be prepared to BEAMAZED, because this crossword? ITSMAGIC!
An absolutely magical crossword, thanks to (possibly) aspiring magician, and (most definitely) adept cruciverbalist Joseph Gangi. Most of the grid was straightforward, but there were definitely some ...
19 Loka 20239min
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - Fun to say, but almost impossible to YEET a Yeti 🙄
A DDDelightful Tuesday crossword by Dominic Grillo, who managed to inject a whole slew of D's into the grid, and remove virtually all "crosswordese", in a tautly written puzzle with a highly amusing t...
18 Loka 202316min
Monday, October 16, 2023 - This was a fine crossword, BYGUM
A pleasing Monday crossword by Michael Lieberman and Andrea Carla Michaels - a little crunchier than most Mondays, but a pleasant solve nonetheless, with an amusing hunk-related theme -- deets inside...
17 Loka 202312min
