Friday, February 23, 2024 - CHEESEDIP and HAUTECUISINE, together at last 😀 😀
Jean and Mike had entirely different solving experiences tackling today's crossword, a fine effort by Larry Snyder. Jean made short work of it, but Mike started inventing words out of whole cloth, a f...
24 Helmi 202415min
Thursday, February 22, 2024 - This crossword was quite JAKE, and that's no JAPE 😀 😀
This is Dan Schoenholz's 29th NYTimes crossword, and it shows -- a nicely polished grid, with an exceptional theme. Since the preponderance of Dan's crosswords have appeared on Sunday, it might seem l...
23 Helmi 202414min
Wednesday, February 21, 2024 - This crossword's got STYLE (and a whole lot of other words 😀)
Jeffrey Martinovic has managed to work the word TAUTOLOGICAL into the grid, and for that alone he should receive some sort of commendation. But we can't also IGNORE some other great clues, such as 69A...
22 Helmi 202413min
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 - Let's get crackin', and learn how to pronounce KRAKEN
This is Robert S. Gard's second NYTimes crossword. We reviewed his first in season 8, episode 38, and like that Saturday puzzle, this one was equally august, albeit much easier, as befits a Tuesday . ...
21 Helmi 202415min
Monday, February 19, 2024 - We'd like to mention the presence of MENSCH in today's crossword 🙄😀
This is Adam Wagner's 19th NYTimes crossword, but it is a debut, in a sense - his first Monday puzzle. It was a little crunchier than usual, but the theme made it all worthwhile. Deets inside, so have...
20 Helmi 202411min
Sunday, February 18, 2024 - We 🎶 HEARDITTHROUGH THEGRAPEVINE 🎶 that this was an awesome crossword!
Sid Sivakumar dials it back as he slips into his Sunday best, and this was indeed one of his best Sundays, his fourth for the NYTimes. There were some fine clues in the grid, including 75A, Home to ...
19 Helmi 202421min
Saturday, February 17, 2024 - Here comes the ... ZITI?
Spencer Leach and Jem Burch have produced a splendiferous Saturday crossword that entertained, educated, and ... whatever the opposite of enervated is, ah, yes, energized. The highlight of the grid wa...
18 Helmi 202416min
Friday, February 16, 2024 - Not one SOURNOTE in today's grid, Colin Adam's creation is all NICEWORK
Colin Adams has turned in a fine (debut!) Friday crossword: no theme (as befits a Friday puzzle), but plenty of sharp cluing (as one would also expect). We cover a boatload of them in today's podcast,...
17 Helmi 20249min
