Wednesday, August 22, 2023 - Don't freeze when someone offers you a FROSÉ
A splendid Tuesday crossword, a debut for Jay Silverman, and if you find yourself breaking out in song while doing this crossword, you will be forgiven (um, unless you're a very bad singer 😀). In add...
23 Aug 202315min
Monday, August 21, 2023 - Woo-hoo, it's a HOOHA! 😀
Hold the (homo)phone!, it's another delightful Monday crossword by Jennifer Nutt (her 9th, in fact). There were some revelations in the grid, such as 2D, "Bear" in a eucalyptus forest, KOALA; 33D, It...
22 Aug 202310min
Sunday, August 20, 2023 - NOM, NOM, this was one delicious crossword!
A great start to our crossword solving week, courtesy of Michael Schlossberg, who seems to be pathologically unable to construct anything less than a stellar crossword -- and we offer as evidence, exh...
21 Aug 202322min
Saturday, August 17, 2023 - No need to GILDTHELILY, this crossword is a real RUSH!
A nice Saturday crossword, and a debut by David P. Williams, so kudos not only for getting published, but for constructing such an excellent puzzle, with such tremendously enjoyable phrases as the afo...
20 Aug 202315min
Friday, August 18, 2023 - ELGAR and YANNI ... together? again??
Kameron Austin Collins is another reliably fabulous cruciverbalist, who specializes in Saturday puzzles but occasionally produces a Friday (such as the fine one we dive into in here). In other news...
19 Aug 202316min
Thursday, August 17, 2023 - Time to celebrate, Erik Agard is in the house!
They say that practice makes perfect, and this crossword is a perfect example, It's by Erik Agard (his 77th for the NYTimes), and is a master class in great cluing. For example, we were very chuffed t...
18 Aug 202313min
Wednesday, August 16, 2023 - How much would a COTE cost? We'd like a COTE quote!
In honor of Indian Independence Day, we have this visually stunning crossword (click on the link to see what we mean). It doesn't look quite like the original, but considering the medium is crossword...
17 Aug 202313min
Tuesday, August 15, 2023 - FLYERS? FLIERS? PHLYERS? Decisions, decisions!
A trendy, Tuesday crossword by Malaika Handa, with a smattering of rarer clues, such as 18D, Gun control activist David, HOGG; 11D, Payment after a split between unmarried partners, PALIMONY (amusing...
16 Aug 202319min
