Thursday, October 29, 2020
A palette cleanser of a crossword -- see yesterday's podcast to see why! -- with a fun twist, and a few novel entries -- 13D, Serfs of olden days, HELOTS, and an interesting variation on scathing, 46...
30 Loka 20208min
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Brace yourselves, because today's Wednesday crossword definitely felt like a Saturday, with a northwest corner that crossword aficionados will be talking about -- not always in the kindest terms -- fo...
29 Loka 202025min
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
A very clever Tuesday crossword, with some astonishing anagrams from the pens of Luci Bresette and David Steinberg. Did you know that you could, using just the letters of US CAPITOL, spell out POLITIC...
28 Loka 202016min
Monday, October 26, 2020
A cracking-good start to the crossword week, with an array of amusing allusions to -- of course -- cracking, as in, what do a CODEBREAKER, STANDUPCOMIC, and CHIROPRACTOR have in common? A few old fri...
27 Loka 20209min
Sunday, October 25, 2020
A scary Sunday crossword -- Mike was so frightened, in fact, that he entirely forgot how to spell ACOLYTE -- no LIE! -- and wobbled at the junction of SERAPE and APIA. Jean, meanwhile, maintained her ...
26 Loka 202013min
Saturday, October 24, 2020
It's a tough but ultimately doable Saturday, with the clever cluing that you would expect on this day, and just a few real tricksters. Mike gets hung up at the corner of 16A, Categorized by district (...
25 Loka 202015min
Friday, October 23, 2020
Many of us needed to TAKEABREAK after Thursday's epic struggle, and this puzzle by Robyn Weintraub filled the bill nicely. It had some clever cluing, like 24A, One who might have a brush with fame?, A...
24 Loka 20208min
Thursday, October 22, 2020
A fabulous Thursday challenge by Sid Sivakumar, with a gimmick that has to be seen to be believed ... except that you *can't* see it. Intrigued? Listen to the podcast to hear the whole story!We love f...
23 Loka 202012min
