Sunday, June 23, 2024 - A picture-perfect puzzle!

Sunday, June 23, 2024 - A picture-perfect puzzle!

Michael Schlossberg has a rep for creative and challenging crosswords, and he does nothing to belie that in today's opus, his 13th in the NYTimes (and his 3rd Sunday crossword of the year!). There were some real head scratchers in the grid today, including PAWL,GREAVES and AMBIVERTS. We cover those, and more, in today's episode. Show note imagery: THEPERSISTENCEOFMEMORY, by Salvador Dali Remember, if you haven't solved the crossword and don't mind the massive spoilers, check out...

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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

In today's podcast, Jean revs up the Tip Tuesday apparatus with tips about cars, Mike extols the virtue of listening to musicians that appear in the crossword (e.g., Joe Satriani), and both agree that...

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Monday, October 19, 2020

Monday, October 19, 2020

A somewhat "crunchier" crossword than usual for a Monday, including words like 56A, Perfect example (EPITOME), 39D, Calm and impassive (STOLID) , and a reference to 48D, Portrait painter Rembrandt PEA...

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Sunday, October 18, 2020

Sunday, October 18, 2020

Jean cruises through today's crossword, while Mike crashes his ASTIN, excuse us, *ASTON* in this light-hearted Sunday exercise in punnery. It earns a 4.25 on the JAMCR scale, and ... that's AWRAP!We l...

19 Okt 202013min

Saturday, October 17, 2020

Saturday, October 17, 2020

A relatively straightforward Saturday crossword, with lots of new words thrown in to the mix, including 36D, French dessert of fruit encased in sweet batter, CLAFOUTI, 40D, Language from which "peyote...

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Friday, October 16, 2020

Friday, October 16, 2020

In today's podcast, Jean contemplates the eternal question -- is it UTAHN, or Utahan. Mike, meanwhile, engages in a painful rationalization of BATFLAPS as the answer to 15A, Showboaty home run celebr...

17 Okt 202014min

Thursday, October 15, 2020

Thursday, October 15, 2020

G'day mate! You call that a crossword? THIS is a crossword, a fine one, in fact, celebrating all things from the land DOWNUNDER, aka AUSTRALIA -- from DIGERIDOO to VEGEMITE, and several other clues in...

16 Okt 202012min

Wednesday, October 15, 2020

Wednesday, October 15, 2020

Jean & Mike give a VULCANSALUTE to Rich Proulx, who, HOPEFULLY, will not HANGLOOSE too long before he graces us again with his presence -- this crossword was a VICTORY for all concerned, 5 squares on ...

15 Okt 202010min

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Today's crossword was an EPIC example of the cruciverbalist's CRAFT: the clues were all AONE, really -- we're not just BLOWININTHEWIND (they said with a KNOWINGWINK). Beyond today's crossword, it is...

14 Okt 202015min

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