Monday, October 4, 2021 - The NYTimes Crossword - always a sight for SOREEYES
Mondays are traditionally the easiest crossword puzzles of the week, designed to gently welcome novice solvers to the fold, and this one definitely succeeds. It has some intriguing clues -- 1D, Handy ...
5 Okt 20218min
Sunday, October 3, 2021 - Up the ZAMBEZI without a paddle!
It's hard not to like a puzzle that manages to work in 63A, Final creature encountered in "Dr. Seuss's ABC", ZIZZERZAZZERZUZZ, on its way to working a grand total of 40 (count 'em) Z'S into the grid, ...
4 Okt 202118min
Saturday, October 2, 2021 - Open SESAMES
A thoroughly pleasurable Saturday crossword. Jean got through it fairly expeditiously, never thinking that she'd hit a brick wall anywhere in the grid. Mike flailed around for a time in the lower left...
3 Okt 202112min
Friday, October 1, 2021 - Quick, to THEBATCAVE!
A fun Friday crossword, tough but fair, with just a few potential natick sites -- all of which Mike managed to find, and details in this week's episode. Today's Fun Fact (it is, of course, Fun Fact F...
2 Okt 202116min
Thursday, September 30, 2021 - Most decidedly not HUMDRUM
A very sound Thursday crossword -- and sounds are at its heart, with a number of clues that require you mash sounds together to get an answer. Jean's favorite was 26A, [Lightsaber] + [Impatient finger...
1 Okt 20218min
Wednesday, September 29, 2021 - SHH, this crossword has a SECRET
It's always a good sign when Alex Eaton-Salners' name is on the puzzle, and he does not disappoint today, with a puzzle built to AMUSE. There are multiple answers that when deprived of the circled let...
30 Sep 202110min
Tuesday, September 28, 2021 - Say, what's your ANGLE?
A geometrically themed crossword, with various ANGLEs making an appearance, at, as one might expect, an angle. Jean solved the crossword in almost record time, but Mike, alas, fixated on the name DEBD...
29 Sep 202113min
Monday, September 27, 2021 - INTHEBANK
A fun Monday, with a droll theme, revolving around 61A, Guaranteed ... or where you can find the ends to 17A (POLEVAULT), 23A (PENNANDTELLER), 37A (DAYLIGHTSAVINGS), and 50A (BOTTLEDEPOSIT), INTHEBANK...
28 Sep 20218min
