April 22, 2023 - JUNEAUITES and NADERITES and NIXIEs, oh, my!

It is a little known fact that any crossword with HOLDMYBEER in the grid automatically earns 5 squares on the JAMCR scale, and so it is with great pride and only a tinge of wry humor that we announce ...

6 Huhti 202211min

A straightforward Monday for those schooled in the spelling of dinosaur names; a slightly more arduous task for those who were not. Regardless, it's the journey that counts, and to hear how ours went,...

5 Huhti 20227min

We are back after a brief unexpected hiatus due to some logistical problems. And what a crossword to come back to! Jean persevered, Mike went, like 7A, "... and it flopped", PFFT, as his usually near-...

4 Huhti 202211min

In today's war between velar nasal and alveolar nasal, good ol' al was the victor, as many g's were sacrificed in the making of today's pun-riddled grid. Some of the clues were quite fresh: 19A, Pres...

31 Maalis 202211min

Today's crossword is right down to business, and while the more pedantic might argue that it is, technically speaking, right across to business, we not only stand by our statement but maintain that it...

30 Maalis 202214min

A fairly straightforward Monday: Jean came tantalizingly close to breaking the 5-minute barrier, while Mike ... did not. For the deets, as in who knew what when, and who thought that CANON should be s...

29 Maalis 20228min

We're back! After a week on the French Riviera (or possibly Green Bay, they are easily confused). Speaking of confused, today's crossword was a doozie, with a Pyramid, a Pharaoh, and much, much, more....

28 Maalis 202211min

Saturdays are generally regarded as the toughest crosswords of the week, and today's is an exemplar: but like the best of the Saturdays, it does not flood the grid with cultural references, but just u...

20 Maalis 202216min