Monday, July 24, 2023 - ELECTRO, a shocking Spider-Man villain
A gentle Monday crossword, just the right degree of difficulty, that provided Jean with the opportunity to discuss the difference between salt shakers and SALTCELLARS, and for Mike to punnily observe ...
25 Jul 202313min
Sunday, July 23, 2023 - A grid with OOMPH, FTW!
A winning Sunday crossword by Chandi Deitmer, with a bevy of sound aural puns forming a brilliant theme, amid a sea of other fine clues, including the apostrophe-rich 44D, Cap'n's subordinate, BOSN; t...
23 Jul 202316min
Saturday, July 22, 2023 - A crossword that'll have you doing CARTWHEELS 🤸♀️😉
This, Robert Logan's second NYTimes Crossword, took him 17 months to complete! The end result, though, is a chef's kiss of a crossword, one that gives up its secrets gradually and grudgingly, with c...
23 Jul 202316min
Thursday, July 20, 2023 - Honk if you liked this crossword 🚗😉. Honk, honk!!
A fiendishly clever crossword by Drew Schmenner, with a worthy theme -- that's not UPFORDEBATE -- that would've taxed even the great IBMWATSON. We loved it -- as you can tell from today's episode -- a...
21 Jul 202313min
Wednesday, July 19, 2023 - Go, Packers! Time for another THREEPEAT 😀
As the week progresses, the NYTimes crosswords, by-and-large, get more difficult, and you can start to feel the friction on Wednesday, with clues like 37D, Kind of mark, SKID; 26A, "Ya dig?", FEELME (...
20 Jul 202312min
Tuesday, July 18, 2023 - DIONYSUS and BACCHUS walk into a bar ...
Today's puzzle is educational -- a primer for those of you who can't tell your Greek gods from your Roman ones., as well as entertaining -- what you'd expect if Steinberg was in the byline. We'd tell ...
19 Jul 202314min
Monday, July 17, 2023 - BORESOME -- in the grid and in...applicable 🙄
A marvelous Monday crossword by Fulbright scholar (!) Alexander Liebeskind, and that genius shines through wherever you look in today's grid. There were (almost) impossible to pronounce answers, 66A, ...
18 Jul 202314min
Sunday, July 16, 2023 - The Game is Afoot, and the Grid is *Amazing*
An absolutely delightful Sunday crossword by Michael Schlossberg, brilliant clues everywhere you look, guaranteed to put a smile on your face. We have all the deets inside, so please subscribe (so you...
17 Jul 202315min
