Monday, February 14, 2022 - A fine day in FRESNO (as well as anywhere else that a NYTimes Crossword is handy)
A robust Monday crossword, with a few clues -- 55A, Cocktail favored by Carrie Bradshaw on "Sex and the City", COSMO; Mike's favorite, 6D, Cask makers, COOPERS; and Jean's favorite, 23D, ______ walsy,...
15 Helmi 20226min
Sunday, February 13, 2022 - The SHRINKING ... INDIGO??
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
Saturday, February 12, 2022 - APERY, the sincerest form of flattery?
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
Friday, February 11, 2022 - Oh, URANIA, you are so amusing!
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
Thursday, February 10, 2022 - A crossword to GUSHOVER
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
Wednesday, February 9, 2022 - Nothing's ever odious at the ODEUM
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
Tuesday, February 8, 2022 - This crossword was PHAT! Probably too many TOTINOS 😀
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
Monday, February 7, 2022 - PEDRO Almodóvar, director extraordinaire!
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
