Saturday, October 19, 2024 - NUUK, one cool capital city!
Today's crossword was filled with amusing and tricky clues, like 46D, "Charms strike the sight, but _______ wins the soul": Alexander Pope, MERIT; and a nice combo, 7D, Branching point, NODE, and 8D, ...
20 Loka 202417min
Friday, October 18, 2024 - This crossword was a GAS, definitely nothing to BOOAT!
This is Jesse Cohn's second NYTimes crossword, and it is an absolute delight. You'll be giving so many standing ovations for his fabulous cluing that you'll probably close your rings before you solve ...
19 Loka 202415min
Thursday, October 17, 2024 - The INTEL is that this is a pretty good crossword!
August Lee-Kovach has made a fine Thursday crossword for our edification. The theme would've been an easy sell to editors, since it was all about ... editing! Other fine clues (not mentioned in the po...
18 Loka 202417min
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 - Un excelente crossword!
The title of today's episode is a very subtle hint to today's theme, a nice bit of work by Hanh Huynh, his third NYTimes crossword in a year. Beyond those clues covered in the podcast, we'd also like ...
17 Loka 20249min
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 - the IDES have it!
Today's crossword, a debut by Lindsay Rosenblum, did not feel like a debut at all, more like a major work by a seasoned constructor. Beyond those clues mentioned in the podcast, we'd also like to poin...
16 Loka 202421min
Monday, October 14, 2024 - A PEACH of a debut crossword
Just when you thought it was surely impossible for anyone, anywhere, to come up with a new theme, someone, somewhere, does. And that someone is Dana Edwards, the somewhere is here, today, and the resu...
15 Loka 202413min
Sunday, October 13, 2024 - That's SOMME river ya' got there 🙄🙄
We're starting these show notes with a pun (see title, above, if you dare), to get you in the proper state of mind for today's crossword. You'll see what we mean when you tackle said crossword, or che...
14 Loka 202420min
Saturday, October 12, 2024 - GEEWHIZ this was a tough crossword!
At the NYTimes, the Saturday crosswords are traditionally the toughest of the week, and today's, a debut (!) by Katie Hoody, is certainly in that vein. Although difficult, the clues were awesome, maki...
13 Loka 202418min
