Thursday, May 30, 2024 - This crossword, like the answer to 22A, is WELLDONE
A very nice crossword by Royce Ferguson - his 4th for the NYTimes, and a Thursday debut. The theme was ingenious but not too difficult to suss out, and the number of pop-culture references was on the ...
31 Touko 202416min
Wednesday, May 29, 2024 - Bottoms Up!
While drinks played an essential part in today's grid, it seems unlikely that they were involved in its construction, based on the elegance of the puzzle - not surprising considering that the construc...
30 Touko 202416min
Tuesday, May 28, 2024 - EVIE Sands, in the grid and (hopefully) on your playlist!
A nice Tuesday crossword, and, as detailed in today's episode, one eight years in the making!! So, even though PERSEVERANCE is not in the grid, it truly is in the heart of Chris Leatherberry, the cons...
29 Touko 202418min
Monday, May 27, 2024 - All rise, ELENA Kagan is in the grid!
It's hard not to GIVEPROPS to a crossword that has GIVEPROPS in the grid, so we're not even going to try: PROPS to Christopher Youngs for this, his 4th NYTimes crossword!Show note imagery: Yaroslava S...
28 Touko 202412min
Sunday, May 26, 2024 - Look, up there in the sky ... it's a dude, it's a bro, no, it's a ... BRAH??
A straightforward Sunday puzzle by John Kugelman, this his 4th for the NYTimes, with a theme for which the word "cute" was invented. The quality of the clues was exceptional, with some real gems noted...
27 Touko 202415min
Saturday, May 25, 2024 - A splendid Saturday solve
This is David P. Williams' fourth NYTimes crossword, and interestingly all four have used the same grid, so apparently DPW has taken the phrase "why mess with success?" to heart. There are some magnif...
26 Touko 202418min
Friday, May 24, 2024 - This crossword is TWICEASNICE
For your edification, we present our analysis of a nice -- in fact, twice as nice! -- crossword by Carolyn Davies Lynch that really has a lot to commend it, most notably some really, really difficult...
25 Touko 202417min
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
