
Wednesday, August 31, 2022 - V for Victory!
A brilliant Wednesday crossword by Joe Deeney, with a genuinely LOL theme. There were at least two debut answers -- the revealer, 35A, Dubious food-eating guide, or a hint to the answers to this puzzl...
1 Sep 202214min

Tuesday, August 30, 2022 - An OGRESS? OGEE!
A fine Tuesday crossword by Emily Carroll, with an amusing theme and some wry clues that will bring a smile to your lips. And if that doesn't do it, then our Triplet Tuesday spectacular is guaranteed ...
31 Aug 202216min

Monday, August 29, 2022 - NIELS Bohr, beloved physicist of the NYTimes Crossword
Today's crossword had plenty of heart, and thanks to 32D, James who sung "Tell Mama", ETTA, also plenty of soul! For those of you who don't remember Reader's Digest "I am Joe's Heart", today's crosswo...
30 Aug 202211min

Sunday, August 28, 2022 - Need some glitter? Try a MICA drop.
Jean, as seems to be her MO nowadays (even if she is living in WI), tore through today's crossword in about half an hour. Mike ... did not, primarily due to some tragic misspellings in languages with ...
29 Aug 202213min

Saturday, August 27, 2022 - Rhadamanthine? Did somebody say Rhadamanthine??
A fabulous Saturday crossword by Andrew Linzer, who pulled out all the stops to come up with a cornucopia, or possibly a piñata, of great, great clues. We'd go over them here, but basically it's ... a...
28 Aug 202214min

Friday, August 26, 2022 - A great crossword? YESINDEEDY!
A terrific Friday crossword by Robert Logan, as folksy as all get out, and that's not a complaint! It included many interesting factoids, such as 39A, Largest of the society islands, TAHITI; 53A, Snac...
27 Aug 202211min

Thursday, August 25, 2022 - EREBUS (the deity, not the manufacturer!)
An ingenious Thursday crossword by Olivia Mitra Framke and Andrea Carla Michaels, who discovered how to amusingly squeeze US states together, to great effect, in this 5-square-on-the-JAMCR-scale-worth...
26 Aug 202213min

Wednesday, August 23, 2022 - You think we ought to talk about AUGHT? ... Maybe not!
There were SCADS of good clues in this crossword, and AUGHT bad ones - thanks to the efforts of constructor Colin Ernst (aided and abetted, undoubtedly, by Will Shortz). A few old friends dropped in -...
25 Aug 20229min





















