Tuesday, February 8, 2022 - This crossword was PHAT! Probably too many TOTINOS 😀
A NEAT Tuesday crossword by a TRIO of constructors. There was a nice intersection -- 59A, Longtime Nabisco cookie [force], NEWTON, crossing 53D, Some members of the family Salamandridae, NEWTS; and s...
9 Feb 202214min
Monday, February 7, 2022 - PEDRO Almodóvar, director extraordinaire!
An educational Monday crossword, with references to famous Spanish directors (1A, Director Almodóvar, PEDRO), the Spanish word for island, (34A, Ibiza, e.g., to a Spaniard, ISLA), and a gadget that w...
8 Feb 20228min
Sunday, February 6, 2022 - It's a Stephen McCarthy Sunday puzzle: shields up!
For sci-fi fans, today's crossword will surely rekindle the debate - which was the better franchise, STARWARS or STARTREK. Stephen McCarthy answers it brilliantly. How did he do it? Consider these sho...
7 Feb 202218min
Saturday, February 5, 2022 - AREPAS and BIBIMBAP and BANANACREAM, a gastronomic wonderland!
A tough, tough Saturday crossword by Kameron Austin Collins. Saturday's are traditionally the toughest crossword of the week, and Kameron barely holds back. For example ... 28D, Majors, say, BRASS, 5...
6 Feb 202213min
Friday, February 4, 2022 - A VERMONSTER of a crossword
Lots of interesting factoids in today's crossword - 38A, Nickname of 6'9" NFL great Ed Jones, TOOTALL; 14A, Ben & Jerry's sundae with an estimated 14,000 calories, VERMONSTER; and our favorite, 32D, "...
5 Feb 202215min
Thursday, February 3, 2022 - I write sonnets, therefore IAMB 😀
Oooh, a tough Thursday, or should we say lough lhursday? (That will make a whole lot more sense once you hear the episode). Curiously, language played a role in both of our dynamic puzzle-solving duos...
4 Feb 202215min
Wednesday, February 2, 2022 - This crossword was great, and that's a FACT
A terrific mid-week crossword by Meredith Colton Hazy, with a rebus that Jean actually enjoyed. How can that be? To find out, and to discover the origin story of Groundhog-Crossword Day, soon to be a ...
3 Feb 202212min
Tuesday, February 1, 2022 - Happy SOLLAL!
A festive Tuesday crossword by Zhouqin Burnikel, who gives us a 5 country tour of New Year's names. Jean tore through the crossword in 9 minutes ... Mike managed to do it in over 4 times that, yes, it...
2 Feb 202214min
