Thursday, August 25, 2022 - EREBUS (the deity, not the manufacturer!)

A lovely crossword from David Steinberg, and we don't use that word often or lightly: to find out why it's so appropriate here, you'll have to do what multitudes have done before you -- download and l...

14 Helmi 202215min

While the answer HAH! wasn't actually in today's crossword, it certainly was hovering nearby, because between the curious spellings of 30A, Russian dumpling, PIROGI, and 58A, Condiment made with peanu...

13 Helmi 202214min

An interesting Friday crossword - 6 15-letter answers, 3 at top, 3 at the bottom, a sight that can inspire a SHUDDER or two, and for good reason. But if one remembers 36D, "Just try to be calm...", BR...

12 Helmi 202215min

This has been a very good week for New York Times crosswords, and this great Thursday crossword by August Miller keeps the streak alive, with a very inventive theme that shows a real ... eye for detai...

11 Helmi 202214min

There's something slightly ... well, actually, quite fishy about today's crossword, which is a fine example of what crosswords should do -- entertain, educate, and make you want to go undersea explori...

10 Helmi 20229min

A NEAT Tuesday crossword by a TRIO of constructors. There was a nice intersection -- 59A, Longtime Nabisco cookie [force], NEWTON, crossing 53D, Some members of the family Salamandridae, NEWTS; and s...

9 Helmi 202214min

An educational Monday crossword, with references to famous Spanish directors (1A, Director Almodóvar, PEDRO), the Spanish word for island, (34A, Ibiza, e.g., to a Spaniard, ISLA), and a gadget that w...

8 Helmi 20228min

For sci-fi fans, today's crossword will surely rekindle the debate - which was the better franchise, STARWARS or STARTREK. Stephen McCarthy answers it brilliantly. How did he do it? Consider these sho...

7 Helmi 202218min