Thursday, May 23, 2024 - Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive
We don't normally namedrop Shakespearean quotes, but we are inspired by today's highly twisty-turny theme that looks like it might take 100 years or so to construct, but Adam Wagner managed to pull it...
24 Touko 202415min
Wednesday, May 22, 2024 - Finally, the DEBUGGER gets its due!
Today's crossword had eight, count'em, eight debut answers, including every computer programmer's favorite, DEBUGGER, the unsung hero of software development. A number of other clues didn't make it i...
23 Touko 202410min
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - Today's crossword is LIT!
Tuesday's crossword, just like the child in the nursery rhyme, is full of grace -- and we mention nursery not just to name drop but because it is an essential component of today's puzzle. Intrigued? W...
22 Touko 202412min
Monday, May 20, 2024 - A-tten-hut! CAPTAINOBVIOUS wants to say a few (obvious) words!
A delightfully wry Monday theme courtesy of Jack Scherban, and if that name doesn't ring a bell that's because this crossword marks his debut in the NYTimes, so congrats, Jack! There were a few answer...
21 Touko 20248min
Sunday, May 19, 2024 - Mmmm, pass the ADOBO!
Somewhat akin to Robert Frost's "two roads diverged in a yellow wood", Jean & Mike's solves diverged, with Jean tearing through today's crossword, and Mike coming to a screeching halt (with him supply...
20 Touko 202417min
Saturday, May 18, 2024 - Hey, where'd all the black squares go? 😀
Today's crossword looked daunting - a sea of white squares, and two 3-stack sets of grid-spanning answers. But while our first reaction was 36A, [Uh-oh], GULP, and our second reaction was 59A, "I'm s...
19 Touko 202416min
Friday, May 17, 2024 - A Fast (but not Furious) Friday crossword
A relatively straightforward Friday crossword by Hermann Mehta, but an admirable addition to the pantheon nonetheless. Now, based on the Law of Conservation of Crossword Difficulty (first theorized by...
18 Touko 202415min
Thursday, May 16, 2024 - EDIE, LIEV, OWEN, ALEC and ISSA - this grid is *brimming* with actors!!
Although today's' theme has nothing to do with actors, quite a few of them popped up in today's grid.There were some LOL clues / answers as well, and let us not gloss over some very nice pairings in t...
17 Touko 202413min
