Saturday, August 10, 2024 - MATRYOSHKA, hard to spell, harder to work into casual conversation 😀
Today's crossword was Spencer Leach's fifth, and it is a gem. The clues are challenging, novel (there are 7 debuts) and delightfully deceiving. Definitely worth 5 squares on the JAMCR scale, for reaso...
11 Elo 202419min
Friday, August 9, 2024 - Another Hemant Mehta spectacular!
Hemant Mehta has written some dazzling late-week crosswords -- and this is one of them. The clues are so well done, tautly written, prone to make you ponder. We've covered most of them in today's epis...
10 Elo 202429min
Thursday, August 8, 2024 - Oh, boy, it's an OBOE 🙄
It's Rebus Thursday, not an official holiday as far as we can tell, but a) it is Thursday, and b) the grid is riddled with rebuses (rebusae?), so the name seems apt. The crossword was Christopher Youn...
9 Elo 202417min
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 - Hold the homophone!
For those of you entranced with the subtleties of English pronunciation (rules? where we're going, we don't need rules!), have we got a crossword for you! Meghan Morris has done a bang-up job shining ...
8 Elo 202424min
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 - EAP! It's Edgar Allan Poe 😀
If numbers tell the tale, then Daniel Raymon's favorite day of the week is ... Variety, as he has created 18 variety crosswords for the NYTimes. By that same measure, today would be his second favorit...
7 Elo 202415min
Monday, August 5, 2024 - WOOT, it's Andy Walker's debut NYTimes crossword!
For those of you who are fans of the Royal and Ancient Game, you'll have a leg up working on today's crossword -- and for those who are not, fear not, it is a Monday and therefore not too difficult. W...
6 Elo 202411min
Sunday, August 4, 2024 - Prepare to GAWP, because GAWP is in the grid!
A splendiferous Sunday crossword by Scott Hogan and Katie Hale, their third as a team, and there's something in the grid for everyone! For instance, pun-lovers will appreciate 114A, Kit-chat, MEOWS; S...
5 Elo 202421min
Saturday, August 3, 2024 - IDONTGETIT - simultaneously in the grid and a summary of today's puzzle! 😀
Another tricky Saturday crossword, this by long-time contributor Rich Norris. There were quite a few fascinating answers in the grid, including 40A, Home run, informally, DINGER (huh!); 53A, Last syll...
4 Elo 202419min
