Friday, July 15, 2022 - Gentlest DISS ever: don't be so niminy-piminy 😀

When Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen team up for a crossword, you know it's going to be fun ... and the duo does not disappoint, with a majorly challenging Friday crossword, at least for one of us (hint...

8 Okt 202211min

After Wednesday's absolutely brilliant crossword, it was hard to believe that they NYTimes could improve ... but then comes Simeon Seigel's oeuvre, another masterclass in crossword construction. You h...

7 Okt 202215min

A wonderful, joyous Wednesday creation by Jason Reich, the grid just sparkles, the clues are magnificent and often very amusing, we cannot say enough about today's puzzle -- but that didn't stop us fr...

6 Okt 202213min

A subtle and ingenious theme, eclipsed only slightly by the appearance of PHILIPPIC in the grid, a word that has appeared three times in the NYTimes Crossword - in 1956, 1959 and ... 2022! So, welcome...

5 Okt 202212min

A delightfully frothy Monday crossword courtesy of debut NYTimes crossword constructor Sarah Sinclair, with such bubbly clues as 44D, Person being used by another, CATSPAW, 37D, Playthings in bathtubs...

4 Okt 202211min

A nice Goldilox Sunday puzzle by Kathy Bloomer - not too hard, not too easy, but juuuust right (although, as always, YMMV depending on a number of factors -- how much experience you have solving cross...

3 Okt 202210min

There are many great reasons for doing the NYTimes Crossword - one is their ability to shine a light on a great talent that you otherwise might not have heard of. Such is the case today, when OCEANVUO...

2 Okt 202215min

A possibly easier than usual Friday crossword -- which according to the Law of Conservation of Crossword Difficulty™️ means that tomorrow's could be brutal! But we could not possibly complain about a ...

1 Okt 202213min