Tuesday, April 26, 2022 - The JIG is up ... there, in the top left corner, to be precise
A blast-from-the-past, with a handful of rock bands from the 70s and 80s, deftly woven into the grid with great APLOMB. We liked it ... a lot, and give it 5 squares on the JAMCR scale. In other news, ...
27 Apr 202213min
Monday, April 23, 2022 - Lucretia MOTT, woman of distinction
A nice Monday crossword, the perfect palette cleanser after yesterday's epic battle (for one of us, no prize for guessing which). It was a debut for Li Ding, and hopefully we'll see more of him in the...
26 Apr 202212min
Sunday, April 24, 2022 - Attack of the ... ANTCOW??
An easy/ludicrously-difficult crossword, according to Jean/Mike. Also a controversial one, according to the massive number of comments that this generated on Word Play (the NYTimes column for discuss...
25 Apr 202214min
Saturday, April 23, 2022 - From 1A, CODERED, to 46D, ALARM, this crossword HASITALL
A relatively straightforward Saturday puzzle, at least compared to the Mt. Everest level-of-difficulty of last week. It was by no means easy, but clues like 1D, They might smell fishy, CATTREATS, and ...
24 Apr 202211min
Friday, April 22, 2022 - Airfare to the FAROE islands? it's fair!
Friday crosswords are meant to try one's souls, and by that standard today's puzzle by Daniel Sheremeta was a smashing success. Jean loped through it in decent time, whereas Mike, solving in tai-chi m...
23 Apr 202214min
Thursday, April 21, 2022 - FAWNs, EFTs, GARs, ERNEs and TIGREs, it's a zoo in here!
A very nice Thursday crossword, with a brilliant theme (well, some of the time: at others you can't see it at all). And if that last sentence didn't appear to make sense, fear not, all will be reveale...
22 Apr 202212min
Wednesday, April 20, 2022 - TIMDUNCAN, NBA MVP and ideal doughnut spokesperson!
A slightly more intense crossword than usual, the cost, perhaps, of having to squeeze in 4 names that contribute to an awesome theme. Our themestress ™️ Jean has all the deets, so to find out what tha...
21 Apr 202216min
Tuesday, April 19, 2022 - Spare some time for a striking crossword
An educational Tuesday puzzle, with such enlightening clues as 46D, Only mortal Gorgon in Greek myth, MEDUSA; 67A, Disney heroine whose name means "ocean", MOANA; and the curious 51D, Attempting to, c...
20 Apr 202212min
