Friday, February 25, 2022 - A crossword with a certain JENESAISQUOIS
A fine fun-filled Friday effort by Demon Gulczynski that deftly threads that fine line between too easy and mind-bogglingly difficult. This puzzle had something for everyone: 16A, One leader of the A...
26 Helmi 202217min
Thursday, February 24, 2022 - RAFA, King of the Grand Slam
Jean tore through today's crossword like nobody's business, while Mike ran into a spot of botheration in the top-left corner, having convinced himself that AABBQS was a real thing. There is a perfectl...
25 Helmi 202213min
Wednesday, February 23, 2022 - I knew a Shiba INU
A straightforward Wednesday crossword, a very nice debut by constructor Rose Conlon. Jean had just one minor sticking point and it was Mike's best time of the week. For all the deets, all you need to...
24 Helmi 202210min
Tuesday, February, 22, 2022 -- A surfeit of TWOs? SHIRR thing!
TWO is often cited as the loneliest number, but not in this crossword, which is teeming with them. The crossword was a little crunchier than normal, with you-should-have-paid-more-attention-in-school ...
23 Helmi 202213min
Monday, February 21, 2022 - MADEA and MAJA and NAN, oh, my!
The reviews were mixed on this one. Jean thought it a typical Monday, but Mike encountered an ocean of natticks (ok, two, although it seemed like more) in the top-left corner. On the plus side he did ...
22 Helmi 20228min
Sunday, February 20, 2022 - Ah, le crossword de New York Times, c'est manifique!
A bilingual crossword! OK, perhaps that's a bit of an exaggeration, but French words do pop up even more than usual in today's grid, and for a good cause. The entire grid, come to think of it, was wel...
21 Helmi 20229min
Saturday, February 22, 2022 - A BEARHUG of a crossword
Although GENIUSLEVEL shows up in the crossword, by Saturday NYTimes Crossword standards this was more of an EXTREMELYBRIGHTLEVEL crossword, with some great clueing, a cool looking grid design, and a r...
20 Helmi 202213min
Friday, February 18, 2022 - Care for some TEA? Or perhaps some BOXEDWINE?
A slightly tricky Friday crossword: Jean was, ALAS, temporarily mired in the bottom-left corner, and Mike got slightly HUFFY when he couldn't figure out the answer to 9A, Irritated, HUFFY. But both r...
19 Helmi 202213min
