Thursday, June 8, 2023 - Quickly, fetch the secret decoder ring!
It's not clear that the phrase "come for the theme, stay for the clues" has ever been applied to a crossword before -- ChatGPT denied knowledge -- but it really does apply to this one. It has an atten...
9 Jun 202317min
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 - BREAKINGSTORY - this crossword was fabulous!
A very pleasing crossword by Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson, who managed to sneakily embed a chyron into the grid. They also seemed to have included a mini-French theme, with 36A, "Ta-da!", ETVOILA, a...
8 Jun 202315min
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - Give the constructor a DAP for pulling out all the STOPS
You might want to have a pillow handy while working on today's crossword, so when you figure out the theme and your jaw drops, no serious injury results. Yes, the crossword is that good. For all the d...
7 Jun 202315min
Monday, June 5, 2023 - OKEEFFE, often lauded, often misspelled 😀
A fine Monday crossword by Eric Rollfing, with one of those memorable Monday themes that makes one ponder the incredible ingenuity of the many NYTimes Crossword constructors. There were a few sneakier...
6 Jun 202312min
Sunday, June 4, 2023 - A crossword to be proud of!
In honor of Pride month, the NYTimes Crossword editors have broken out the ol' color palette. They may have previously embedded color (other than gray) in the grid , but not very often - so if this is...
5 Jun 202319min
Saturday, June 3, 2023 - This crossword was a PUZZLINGPROBLEM 😀
A superb Saturday crossword by John Westwig, challenging -- as one would expect from the putatively hardest crossword of the week! -- but fair, with a merciful (from Mike's perspective) dearth of pop ...
4 Jun 202315min
Friday, June 2, 2023 - We'll have a SPACEOPERA, please, with a side order of TIMETRAVEL
A much easier crossword than Thursday's, both cohosts were able to get through it without too much difficulty - a fact which Jean attributes to a (for her) novel solving technique. To find out what th...
3 Jun 202314min
Thursday, June 1, 2023 - This crossword was NOT1/2BAD
A tricky Thursday crossword (as Thursday crosswords are wont to be), with the sort of highly ingenious theme that suggests the Steinberg CLAN might be involved, as, gasp(!), they were. And that theme ...
2 Jun 202314min
