Tuesday, August 9, 2022 - RAPA NUI, when you *really* need to get away from it all!
A definitely tougher than usual Tuesday offering -- probably because Bruce Haight's at the helm -- but a fun solve, with LOTSA challenges and curiosities in every corner of the grid. From 33A, 1st-yr ...
10 Elo 202212min
Monday, August 8, 2022 - Today's crossword was XTRA fine!
A nice start to our crossword solving week courtesy of Kathy Lowden, with several answers definitely worth remembering because they might show up later in the week, but with several orders-of-magnitud...
9 Elo 20229min
Sunday, August 7, 2022 - ETNAS -- winner of the 2022 most aptly named piece of lab equipment contest 😀
We are back after a week's hiatus, and welcoming us back is a superb crossword by Tina Labadie, her debut -- but you wouldn't know it from the finely crafted clues! We have all the deets inside plus ....
8 Elo 202215min
Sunday, July 31, 2022 - We have to spell SRIRACHA? SRSLY? IGUESS ... SRIRACHA!
A middle-of-the-road Sunday crossword, appropriate considering all the road references lurking in today's grid -- 108D, Inits. on the road, MPH; 109D, Inits. on the road, (yes, again) AAA; 27D, Fwy. o...
1 Elo 202211min
Saturday, July 30, 2022 - LUGES and LOGES and LILTS, oh, my!
A tricky Saturday crossword (as one would expect!), with vast swathes of white squares and just a few oases of black to break up the monotony. The cluing was suitably obfuscatory -- 51D, Supervisory c...
31 Heinä 202216min
Friday, July 29, 2022 - Uno v. SBARRO - who will win??
A nice Friday crossword by a veteran constructor, Robyn Weintraub. Jean found the puzzle to be a piece of cake, Mike found it to be almost impossible, until the crossword deities smiled benevolently u...
30 Heinä 202218min
Thursday, July 28, 2022 - This crossword was HASHTAG SWELL
A curious Thursday crossword by Bill Pipal and Jeff Chen (always a good OMEN to see M. Chen in the masthead), that asks you to do what we generally try and AVOID, i.e., CUT CORNERS. The result is a c...
29 Heinä 202211min
Wednesday, July 27, 2022 - The name's Kurosawa, AKIRA Kurosawa!
Have you ever considered how many phrases involve articles of clothing? Fortunately Enrique Henestroza Anguiano has, and this witty Wednesday crossword is a result. Jean had no trouble with the grid. ...
28 Heinä 202213min
