Tuesday, February 7, 2023 - Max ERNST, Artiste Extraordinaire!
A charming Tuesday crossword, with a theme that wasn't too difficult to SUSS out, and any grid that manages to work both LOOKSUPTO (2D, Admires) and STANDTALL (36D, Act confidently) into the same grid...
8 Feb 202313min
Monday, February 6, 2023 - A PURRfect Monday crossword!
Not to namedrop ancient Greeks and their deities, but one of our Achilles heels' is our infatuation with the Apollo program, just one of the reasons why we found this to be such a great crossword. The...
7 Feb 202314min
Sunday, February 5, 2023 - A crossword with The Right Stuff (or as it shows up in the grid, THEIRRITESTOUGH)
If you're into movies, you'll love today's crossword, a punny homage to the Oscars, with a theme that Jean loved, and Mike ... is still trying to wrap his head around. There were some excellent (non-t...
6 Feb 202313min
Saturday, February 4, 2023 - A GORGEOUS crossword, guaranteed to ENCHANT
A marvelous Saturday crossword by Kate Hawkins, with tough, fair, and entertaining clues everywhere you look in the grid. Among our favorites, 8D, Didn't go fast?, ATE (heh, heh); 40A, Floors, AWES (a...
5 Feb 202318min
Friday, February 3, 2023 - In a CRYOSLEEP? Today's crossword will wake you right up!
A delightful Friday crossword by Barbara Lin, with a bevy of very twee clues. Jean's favorite was 1A, Finishing-line cry?, BINGO, and Mike's was 47D, Edges of a diamond?, DEES: but both found gems -- ...
4 Feb 202315min
Thursday, February 2, 2023 - This crossword's not too easy, not too SARD 🙄
Today's crossword is a victory for STEM education, as the NYTimes crossword managed to get millions (?) of its solvers thinking about the problem of DARKMATTER. There were a few notable clues, the mos...
3 Feb 202310min
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 - This crossword wasn't just TWEE, it was IDEAL!
A very TWEE theme in today's crossword, involving TRACTORBEAMS. Both Jean and Mike were primed to see ENTERPRISE in the grid, but the constructor of today's fine piece, Dan Caprera, had other ideas an...
2 Feb 202312min
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - SHUG? SHRUG!
A fabulous Tuesday crossword, which we knew it would be as soon as we saw the constructor's name - Erik Agard. The theme was fine, and of particular benefit to MARIAHCAREY fans. But even if you weren'...
1 Feb 202316min
