January 29, 2022 - How do you make a HELISTOP? Tell it to AVAST!
A great Saturday crossword, with scores of misdirection masterpieces, the likes of which have not been seen since ... well, last week, maybe the week before, let's just say in recent memory. For a qui...
30 Tammi 202214min
Friday, January 28, 2022 - Keep your QIN up!
Jean made short work of today's crossword, completing it so quickly that her iPad almost ignited. Mike's, meanwhile, was mainly at risk of becoming obsolete by the time he finished. Still both, veni, ...
29 Tammi 202210min
Thursday, January 27, 2022 - So, you think you know what rodomontade means? Quit your rodomontading!
Today marks a once-in-a-blue-moon event, the New York Times, absolutely, definitely, made a mistake in the grid. Jean didn't notice, and so solved the puzzle with her usual swiftness, whereas Mike thr...
28 Tammi 202215min
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 - A grid LADEN with interesting answers, like ... LADEN!
A fairly gentle Wednesday crossword, if you got it done ASAP, well, then, CONGRATULATIONS, but if not, well, CONGRATULATIONS anyway for giving it the ol' college CHAI, er, try!We love feedback! Send u...
27 Tammi 202210min
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 - SOROS, the palindromic billionaire
What happens when board games collide? You get a great excuse for a number of punny clues, and Ray and Ellen Brunsberg take full advantage of this in today's very nice - 5 squares on the JAMCR scale n...
26 Tammi 202215min
Monday, January 24, 2022 -A PURRfectly perplexing puzzle (not!)
The timing of this crossword - hot on the heels of The Most Exciting Football Game Of All Time - was impeccable, and the puzzle itself was nothing to sneeze at, either. There were some very nice cross...
25 Tammi 202211min
Sunday, January 23, 2022 - The name's Ali, LAILA Ali
JUSTRELAX is not only the answer to 26D, "Easy ... everything's going to be OK", it's also a natural reaction to seeing the authors of today's puzzle, Nancy Stark and Will Nediger, two veteran crossw...
24 Tammi 202212min
Saturday, January 22, 2022 - This crossword was MOLTOBENE
Some serious MENTALGYMNASTICS were required to finish today's crossword, with the northeast being particularly troublesome. Jean managed to do the crossword in a decent time, whereas Mike eventually h...
23 Tammi 202212min
