Saturday, December 18, 2021 - Don't stare at that STERE of firewood!
Today's crossword pegged the crossword-difficulty-meter (expressed in units of Joe DiPietro's, see our December 10th podcast for the deets). Everywhere you looked in the grid there was a challenge, from the (believe it or not, relatively easy) 37D, Go out of business?, RETIRE, to the quaint 10D, Buffaloed, ATALOSS (how fitting!), and who could forget 39A, Pieces together?, SUITE (yikes). We have all the details in today's podcast, all ready for you to download and enjoy. We love feedback! Sen...
19 Joulu 202116min
Friday, December 17, 2021 - HOLYSMOKES this BIBIMBAP is SAPID!
A decidedly vocabulary-stretching Friday crossword, with a dollop of food and pop culture references to amp up the difficulty level. We loved it -- giving it an enthusiastic 5 squares on the JAMCR scale. Besides that, it's Fun Fact Friday, so hit the ol' download button, followed by the ol' play button, and enjoy our dr'oll commentary on today's puzzle. We love feedback! Send us a text... Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com. Also, we're on F...
18 Joulu 202112min
Thursday, December 16, 2021 - This clue warrants closer inSPEXtion
A fine, some might even say mind-bogglingly spectacular, Thursday crossword from Trenton Charlson, aided and abetted by the clever programmers who run the New York Times crossword site. We don't want to give anything away, so to find out just what makes this crossword such an excellent example of the genre, all you have to do is download and listen up. 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...
17 Joulu 202111min
Wednesday, December 15, 2021 - Oh WILLA, you pioneer, you!
Jessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau are at the helm, so you know we're in for a good time (or, in case you didn't know it, they are veteran primo crossword writers). Beyond the clues covered in today's podcast, we would like to acknowledge 21D, Shortest month of the year, MAY 😀, and 54D, Volume of Horace, ODES (not as Mike originally thought, SEXTARIUS , which, its name notwithstanding, is a unit of volume, not a lesser-known constellation). Quality work by quality constructors! We lo...
16 Joulu 202112min
Tuesday, December 14, 2021 - A crossword to ENTHRAL
SCANDINAVIA consists of 6 countries, and crossword constructor Tao Platt managed to squeeze 4 of them into today's grid -- but since they are the size of, well, countries, that's no mean feat! And there was even enough room left over to slip in some subtler references to northern climes, 22D, Home with a northern exposure, IGLOO (cute), and 58D + 57D, PINETREE. On a parenthetical note, and for those of you who like to see story arcs in podcasts, on Sunday Mike had been lamenting ...
15 Joulu 202113min
Monday, December 13, 2021 - STOPDROPANDROCK ... er, ROLL
A fine debut crossword by Tomas Spiers, built around the concept of fire safety, i.e., STOPDROPANDROLL. Jean tore through this crossword in almost record time, whereas Mike, betrayed by his (completely fictional) upbringing in a London suburb, couldn't quite wrap his head around RAILROADSTATIONS: it's a long story*, but if you want to hear the deets (definitely worth it, we promise!), just download and listen up. *well, not that long: the entire podcast is 10:00 on the nose, so more like a 1...
14 Joulu 20219min
Sunday, December 12, 2021 - Anything's possible if your composer's LALO Schifrin
A great Sunday crossword by Daniel Okulitch and Doug Peterson, an amusing theme, a relatively low pop-culture rating, and we'll always let slide references to "A Confederacy of Dunces". In short, a perfect puzzle. We also announced the JAMCOTWA (Jean & Mike Crossword of The Week Award), so to find out what that was, and what made today's theme so amusing, just hit that big red (?) green (?) whatever download button and then enjoy! We love feedback! Send us a text... Contact Info: We ...
13 Joulu 202114min
Saturday, December 11, 2021 - This crossword is question-free ... ORISIT?
Relative to Friday's morass, today's crossword was easy-peasy, although it still had enough "bite" to make it interesting. Some of the clues were quite good, and the one for the official cookie of the New York Times crossword (aka OREO) was particularly well done. To find out what that was, as well as the 411 on the rest of the puzzle, download 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 FaceB...
12 Joulu 20218min
