Tuesday, April 30, 2024 - BREADFRUIT, definitely a food with an identity crisis
The record does not state whether Michèle Govier, the constructor of today's crossword, was hungry when she set to work, but the presence in the grid of PEAS, NILLA, OREO, BREADFRUIT, TARO, and, as a ...
1 Mai 202418min
Monday, April 29, 2024 - No HUEANDCRY about this crossword, it was awesome!
Another day, another debut crossword, this one by Tom Locke -- who has published in other well-known venues before, but this is indeed his first in the NYTimes. In the best tradition of NYTimes Monday...
30 Apr 202411min
Saturday, April 27, 2024 - EXTRAEXTRA, in the grid and how long it'll take to solve this magnificent Saturday crossword
A challenging Saturday crossword by Rich Norris - his 188th!! -- with a nice mix of deceiving and educational clues. Examples of the former include 2D, "Say no more", ONIT, and the aforementioned 26D,...
28 Apr 202420min
Sunday, April 28, 2024 - WIZKHALIFA, an unsurprisingly very tall rapper 😀 🗼
Today's crossword, a debut in the NYTimes by Mike Ellison, was a relatively gentle Sunday crossword with a host of curious clues, such as 94A, Hats worn by Napoleon, BICORNES; 86A, Golf gimme, TAPIN (...
28 Apr 202417min
Friday, April 26, 2024 - This crossword was the CREMA de la CREMA!
This was a delightful Friday crossword courtesy of Matthew Stock and Christina Iverson (with Joel Fagliano ably editing). It had plenty of crunch, thanks to SCADS of challenging clues -- 43A, Porto-No...
27 Apr 202416min
Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 🎶 The name's MCRAE ... Carmen MCRAE 🎶
Just when you thought that the PHENOMs who construct NYTimes Crosswords couldn't possibly come up with one more theme, they ... come up with one more theme, and this one, by Hanh Huynh, is so novel t...
26 Apr 202416min
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - MAMMAMIA, this was an *awesome* Wednesday crossword!
Jeffrey Martinovic has graced the pages of the NYTimes before, and one glance at this crossword will tell you why he was invited back - a splendid piece of work, a brilliant (and helpful) theme, with ...
25 Apr 202416min
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - ELVIS might've left the building, but he's still in the grid!
Judy Bower's debut crossword has much to commend it, including 45D, Word with bad or blood, SPORT; 34D, Certain Scotsman, GAEL; 38D, "Ha, no surprise there!", IKNEWIT; and, of course, the awesome the...
24 Apr 202414min
