Sunday, June 11, 2023 - Care for some CALLALOO, PARD?

Jessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau are at the helm, so you know we're in for a good time (or, in case you didn't know it, they are veteran primo crossword writers). Beyond the clues covered in today's po...

16 Joulu 202112min

SCANDINAVIA consists of 6 countries, and crossword constructor Tao Platt managed to squeeze 4 of them into today's grid -- but since they are the size of, well, countries, that's no mean feat! And th...

15 Joulu 202113min

A fine debut crossword by Tomas Spiers, built around the concept of fire safety, i.e., STOPDROPANDROLL. Jean tore through this crossword in almost record time, whereas Mike, betrayed by his (completel...

14 Joulu 20219min

A great Sunday crossword by Daniel Okulitch and Doug Peterson, an amusing theme, a relatively low pop-culture rating, and we'll always let slide references to "A Confederacy of Dunces". In short, a pe...

13 Joulu 202114min

Relative to Friday's morass, today's crossword was easy-peasy, although it still had enough "bite" to make it interesting. Some of the clues were quite good, and the one for the official cookie of the...

12 Joulu 20218min

An absolutely vicious Saturday crossword that somehow got published on Friday, one of the toughest we've seen in years. With clues ranging from a soul crushing 48A, Japanese dish of raw fish and veget...

11 Joulu 202116min

A great crossword - cool theme, educational clues, and (at least for one of us, and no prize if you guess which one) a bit of a challenge, especially in the center of the grid. We go deep in today's c...

10 Joulu 202115min

Another fine crossword -- the New York Times Crossword Quality Assurance people have definitely been on the ball these last few weeks. Who would not benefit from knowing 6D, Rioja, for one, WINE? Who ...

9 Joulu 20215min