
Thursday, June 2, 2022 - MAHALO for the NYTimes Crossword!
A novel Thursday theme - and Jean and Mike had diverging opinions as to its merits: was it ingenious? or merely sneaky? Listen to today's episode, (after, ideally, you've tackled the puzzle in questio...
3 Jun 202210min

Wednesday, June 1, 2022 - Help me RONDO, help, help me RONDO
There were some fabulous clues/answers in today's grid -- 30A, Scandinavian-inspired shoe brand, DANSKO, 51A, Full of noxious vapors, MIASMIC, and the always tasty 24D, Rice dish infused with saffron,...
2 Jun 202211min

Tuesday, May 31, 2022 - DIDO, Queen of Carthage, reincarnated as a British singer-songwriter
A trickier Tuesday than usual, with a grid riddled with the likes of MALADROIT, the highly suspicious LINTY, and queen DIDO. Definitely not complaining, and the theme was particularly fabulous, defini...
1 Jun 202216min

Monday, May 30, 2022 - This crossword is NUMEROUNO!
A delicious Monday crossword, not too difficult, but higher in calories than most puzzles -- witness the NOUGATBAR, BANANA, ORANGE, and NOODLEBOWLS that made it into today's grid. Nom, nom, nom!We lov...
31 Mai 202211min

Sunday, May 28, 2022 - All hail HONESTABE
The perfect memorial day weekend crossword, a salute to HONESTABE, aka Abraham Lincoln, as well as his memorial. This crossword was by Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen, which accounts for it pegging the JA...
30 Mai 202215min

Saturday, May 28, 2022 - A crossword to MARVELOVER
A trying Saturday crossword ... which you should definitely try! The clues were crisp and only occasionally obscure (with all due respect to the award winning mathematician whose name -- in order to p...
29 Mai 202216min

Friday, May 27, 2022 - 'Tis sane to drink TISANES
A gentler-than-usual Friday crossword, both Jean (as expected) and Mike (a complete and total surprise) got through it fairly expeditiously: a "smooth solve", in the argot of cruciverbalists. But gent...
28 Mai 202211min

Thursday, May 26, 2022 - This crossword SOARS!
A great Thursday crossword by, presumably, a fan of Kenny Rogers -- the singer, not necessarily the restaurant. The theme was fun, the cluing crisp (just like what you might get at Kenny Rogers, the r...
27 Mai 202212min





















