Friday, January 26, 2024 - TOELOOP, simple for a skater, perilous for a podiatrist
Sarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa have turned in a festive Friday crossword, with that joy coming from all quadrants of the grid. We appreciated 24D, Pandemic health worker, UNSUNGHERO (sadly, quite true...
27 Tammi 202416min
Thursday, January 25, 2024 - A crossword that is 100% *guaranteed* to have no spelling mistakes 😀
Sam Ezersky, he of Spelling Bee fame, is at the helm (under the fine leadership of Admiral Shortz), and he has turned in a fine bit o' work. He had us at 1A, Three-point letter you won't find in Scra...
26 Tammi 202415min
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - Well, GLORYBE, it's a SAMOYED!
A worthy middle-of-the-week crossword, with all the requisite elements that we would expect, but a few that we did not. For example, we did not expect 46D, Siberian sled dog, SAMOYED; nor did we expe...
25 Tammi 202415min
Tuesday, January 21, 2024 - This crossword's got style!
A classy Tuesday crossword and a debut by Patrick Maher, with an LOL theme and edutaining clues all 'round. For example, 34D, Greek letter shaped like a pitchfork, PSI (true, true); 49D, Camelid somet...
24 Tammi 202416min
Monday, January 20, 2024 - Some OLDIES, some NEWBs, this FAB crossword's got it all!
Just how many crossword themes are possible? We'd argue for infinite, and while we have no proof, thanks to today's crossword we have even more empirical evidence: a unique and ebullient addition to t...
23 Tammi 202412min
Sunday, January 21, 2024 - Oh, no, it's an imbroglio over an INTAGLIO 🙄
Today's crossword is entitled "Funny Business", and it definitely lives up to its name. The themed clues were a stitch, and there were lots of intriguing clues, which we had a lot of fun with as well...
22 Tammi 202421min
Saturday, January 20, 2024 -Oh, neato, there's such a thing as INCOGMEATO 😀
Caitlin Reid and Matthew Stock have produced a breezy Saturday crossword -- with a slew of educational and entertaining clues such as 52A, Bad drawing?, SHORTSTRAW; 30D, Greek who originated the expr...
21 Tammi 202414min
Friday, January 19, 2024 - A crossword that's chock-full of AHAMOMENTs
Today's crossword was a delight -- not soul-crushingly difficult, as Friday crosswords sometimes are, but just a joy to behold and to solve. We give numerous examples in today's podcast, but we'd also...
19 Tammi 202415min
