Tuesday, June 13, 2023 - Watch out! ANTBEAR ahead!
A terrific Tuesday crossword, with a witty theme and some excellent clueing (Jean's fave was 51D, Cute little mishap, OOPSY, while Mike was partial to 43D, Aardvark, by any other name, ANTBEAR). In other news, it's Triplet Tuesday, and this time Mike's on the hot seat - will he prosper, or will (as might be appropriate considering the aforementioned temperature of said seat) he go down in fames? To find out, subscribe, download, listen up, and enjoy. We love feedback! Send us a text......
14 Kesä 202314min
Monday, June 12, 2023 - HIHO, HIHO, it's off to solve a crossword we go 🎶
A nice Monday crossword: Jean found it to be a piece o' cake, Mike found it to be a more like BUBBLEGUM, sticky in spots -- but still tasty! We also have another episode of OTHYPI (Oh, That's How You Pronounce It!), featuring the ... well, you wouldn't want us to spoil it now, would you? So, to find out how to pronounce the name that we will not pronounce (er, write) here, we heartily encourage you to download, listen up, and enjoy. We love feedback! Send us a text... Contact Info: We ...
13 Kesä 202311min
Sunday, June 11, 2023 - Care for some CALLALOO, PARD?
A themeless Sunday crossword, but all in a good cause: the least number of clues, and the most number of debuts, in a Sunday! Only an accomplished constructor like Sam Ezersky could pull this off, and to hear how he did it, as well as our take on this cruciverbal marvel, subscribe, download, listen up, and enjoy. Finally, be sure and tune in tomorrow for another exciting episode of our award winning segment "Oh, That's How You Pronounce It!" (OTHYP), featuring BILBAO. [Fun fact: ...
12 Kesä 202321min
Saturday, June 10, 2023 - CINCINNATUS and TELESCOPIUM and ORNAMENTING, oh, my!
John Hawksley pulls out all the stops on this one: no theme (typical for Saturday), but some jaw-droppingly difficult clues that will leave you awed, agog, and amazed (which also sounds like a great name for a law firm 😀). We have all the deets inside, as well as this week's JAMCOTWA (Jean And Mike Crossword Of The Week Award), so for all that goodness, subscribe, download, listen up, and enjoy! We love feedback! Send us a text... Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crossword...
11 Kesä 202320min
Friday, June 9, 2023 - This crossword has got it all, SOUPTONUTS!
A fabulous, fun Friday crossword by a reliably great crossword constructor, Robin Weintraub. It has such pleasing clues as 57A, Contronym that means moving quickly or not moving at all, FAST 😀 ; 56A, Alternative to an elbow, PSST 😀 😀 ; and 29A, Take the edge off, say, ERODE 😀 😀 😀. Yes, the entire grid is just like that, sparkling clues that make you want to stand up and applaud. Bravo, Robin! Tomorrow we'll be picking our JAMCOTWA, and if you'd like to weigh in on your favorite crosswo...
10 Kesä 202317min
Thursday, June 8, 2023 - Quickly, fetch the secret decoder ring!
It's not clear that the phrase "come for the theme, stay for the clues" has ever been applied to a crossword before -- ChatGPT denied knowledge -- but it really does apply to this one. It has an attention-grabbing theme (thanks to multiple gray and embedded-circle squares), but the clues are 😘 (the closest that we could come to a chef's kiss Emoji). We cover most of them in today's episode, so for all the deets, subscribe, download, listen up, and enjoy! We love feedback! Send us a text... Co...
9 Kesä 202317min
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 - BREAKINGSTORY - this crossword was fabulous!
A very pleasing crossword by Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson, who managed to sneakily embed a chyron into the grid. They also seemed to have included a mini-French theme, with 36A, "Ta-da!", ETVOILA, and 18D, Belle's counterpart, BETE. [We momentarily entertained the notion that the answer to 2D, AMI, would also fit the bill, but, alas, the clue, was "Are you telling this story or _______?". Five squares on the JAMCR scale, and to find out why, please subscribe, download, listen up, enjoy aaa...
8 Kesä 202315min
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - Give the constructor a DAP for pulling out all the STOPS
You might want to have a pillow handy while working on today's crossword, so when you figure out the theme and your jaw drops, no serious injury results. Yes, the crossword is that good. For all the deets ( we do not want to spoil things here), subscribe, download, listen up, and enjoy!We love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!
7 Kesä 202315min
