Saturday, November 12, 2022 - KIWI, a friendly people and a fuzzy berry!

Variant spelling, the bane of crossword solvers everywhere, is lurking in today's grid, ready to lure the unobservant into a cunning trap. Will it ensnare our heroic cohosts? Or will AMENRA, AMUNRA OR...

26 Touko 20229min

A run-of-the-mill Tuesday? Most definitely not, this is the NYTimes crossword we're talking about, after all! Rather, we have a splendid display of clever cruciverbial construction, involving furnitur...

24 Touko 202211min

A marvelous Monday workout by Simon Marotte, with several answers that have appeared only rarely, and at least one that is a debut! We have all the deets, including a deep-dive into the origins of 40A...

24 Touko 202213min

A dazzling display of cruciverbial daring-do, today's crossword by the Steinberg family is one that will surely have you awed, amazed, astounded, and many other words that don't necessarily start with...

23 Touko 202211min

A (19A, Chic) MODISH Saturday crossword - after all it did have (29D, Luxury attire for white-tie events) OPERACAPES, and the allegedly official snack of the NYTimes crossword, (15A, It's always blac...

22 Touko 202210min

A very nicely done Friday puzzle by Hal Moore, chockfull of fascinating clues and amusing misdirections. We've got most of those covered in today's episode -- as well as a fascinating fun fact for Fun...

21 Touko 202217min

A curious Thursday theme, Jean was somewhat taken aback by it, although it had absolutely no effect on her as usual blisteringly fast solve time. There's a fascinating story there, and so to be regale...

20 Touko 202216min

Jean was able to piece together today's puzzle with great alacrity, whereas Mike just went to pieces in the top-left corner, having jigged when he should have jagged, so to speak, before he was able t...

19 Touko 202211min