
Saturday, December 10, 2022 - More than a heptad of great clues
An exceptional Saturday crossword by Sid Sivakumar, who seems to be incapable of writing any other kind. The clues were fabulous (as we explore in depth in today's episode), and even the crossings wer...
11 Des 202213min

Friday, December 9, 2022 - Yay, TAYTAY!
A challenging Friday crossword, although our intrepid co-hosts -- solving, as always, independently -- ran into difficulties in different areas of the grid. Jean got stuck in the center left, remainin...
10 Des 202214min

Thursday, December 8, 2022 - C'mon, SHAKEAPEG!
A fantabulous Thursday crossword by Grant Thackray, with a brilliant theme, great clues all round, and the shocker that the answer to 69A, Misnomer for the character Fritz in the original "Frankenstei...
9 Des 202210min

Wednesday, December 7, 2022 - Sprechen sie crosswordese?
A fascinating theme by Karen Steinberg, as a consequence of which Europeans might, for once, have a SKOSH of an advantage. There were a few relatively unfamiliar names in the grid - ________ Achebe, "...
8 Des 202212min

Tuesday, December 6, 2022 - Was this a great crossword? WELLDUH!
Today's crossword almost pegged the pop-culture-reference-meter, but, as you will discover in today's episode, it was for a very good cause (which we will refrain from expounding upon here in the inte...
7 Des 202215min

Monday, December 5, 2022 - CHAPPAQUA, as fun to say as it is to spell!
A slightly crunchier than usual Monday crossword, owing, perhaps, to the delightfully understated theme in honor of which we shall just say ... hey, what happened to the rest of the paragraph?? To f...
6 Des 202210min

Sunday, December 4, 2022 - Pass the IDLI!
A punny Sunday crossword, revolving around all the myriad phrases that people use to describe gossip. We'd talk about those people, but we hate to, well, gossip, so we'll just point out that beyond t...
5 Des 202214min

Saturday, December 3, 2022 - No APOLOGYTOUR needed for this bundle of JOLLITY
A good crossword educates, entertains, and intrigues, and Kate Hawkins' Saturday opus does all 3 perfectly and in equal measure. Educates - 25A, Brain-tingly feeling that may come from hearing whisper...
4 Des 202211min





















