Wednesday, May 24, 2023 - Let's give a hand to the author of No Hands, WAKAFLOCKAFLAME!
If you're a fan of old-timey video games, then this crossword will be right up your alley, so to speak -- the only remaining mystery is, how old is "old-timey", and which particular video game do we h...
25 Mai 202316min
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - It's hard to be blue when listening to JONI Mitchell's "Blue" 🎶 💙
A deftly constructed crossword by Lee Taylor, with a nifty theme and a bevy of supporting clues that elevate it above the merely "good" to that loftier echelon, "good enough to get into the NYTimes". ...
24 Mai 202320min
Sunday, May 21, 2023 - No ENNUI in this grid ... er, except for the ENNUI in this grid 😀
Overall, a pleasing Sunday crossword, although Mike - in his capacity as founding member of the "Don't Drop Your G's Society" - did have a few things to say about the theme. Strike that, he had ATON o...
22 Mai 202318min
Saturday, May 20, 2023 - SUEBIRD, basketball star extraordinaire!
A series of lively clues made for a vastly entertaining Saturday crossword. Notables include the debut 32A, Neuropsychological trait in which one might ascribe colors to numbers or tastes to words, SY...
21 Mai 202320min
Friday, May 19, 2023 - A SUHWEET Friday crossword!
David Distenfeld is on a role. Last month he had a Monday crossword published, and today has weighed in with a tricky Friday puzzle -- just on the right side of impossible (although as always, YMMV de...
20 Mai 20239min
Thursday, May 18, 2023 - Commas, tiny in size, big in import
A tricky Thursday crossword - with, surprisingly, no rebus, but transformed by the unexpected appearance of the lowly comma. Jean tore through the crossword so quickly that she didn't even recognize t...
19 Mai 202316min
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 - No CANARDS here!
A perfectly balanced mid-week crossword, with a clever theme, and some novel words/phrases -- 12A, Body of water between Sicily and Greece, IONIANSEA; 53D, Popular booth in New York's Times Square, TK...
18 Mai 202317min
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 - INDOLENT - for those too lazy to spell otiosity 🙄
Today's crossword is based on a suffusion of sneaky prefixes that underline the beauty, and the beautiful inconsistency, of the English language. Also, it's Tuesday, meaning it's time for yet another ...
17 Mai 202318min
