Monday, May 5, 2025 - Boo-YAH, this was a marvelous Monday crossword!
We try and be as impartial as possible while discussing the crossword, but when our favorite vehicle -- the DeLorean, of course -- appears in the grid, we find it very difficult to stay neutral, so, w...
6 Mai 20258min
Sunday, May 4, 2025 - Ah, who can forget the uplifting strains of 🎶 tum, tum, .... tum, tum, tum, tuuuuuuuum, tum 🎶🚀 😀
Today's crossword must've surely been challenging to construct, but the end result is brilliant, thanks to constructor Brandon Koppy (under the keen supervision, no doubt, of editor Will Shortz). This...
5 Mai 202515min
Saturday, May 3, 2025 - Pass the SHAKSHUKA -- fun to say, delicious to eat!
This was a very nice Saturday crossword by Michael Lieberman, his 29th for the NYTimes. It had a boatload of fine Saturday-level clues, perfectly positioned as far as difficulty is concerned: enough t...
4 Mai 202514min
Friday, May 2, 2025 - A tip of the tiara to Robyn Weintraub, Queen of the Friday crossword
Robyn Weintraub is well known for writing awesomely good clues, and that talent is definitely on display today: it is not for nothing that she is known (eh, at least to us), as the Queen of the Friday...
3 Mai 202515min
Thursday, May 1, 2025 - 🎶 AVEENO, I just met a hair style product named ... AVEEEEEEENO 🎵
If the theme of today's crossword leaves your head spinning, there is a perfectly natural and non-medically-related explanation. We'd like to tell you what that is here, but true to our motto of "as f...
2 Mai 202516min
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 - Don't DAWDLE, check out today's episode posthaste!
This was a crisply clued Wednesday crossword, with lots of novel takes and perplexing posers in the puzzle. Right away we have, at 1D, Blade sheathed in a saya, KATANA. We have a debut at 30A, Alterna...
1 Mai 202513min
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 - There was a little extra OOMPH in today's crossword, literally!
Today's crossword was a debut for Gene Louise De Vera, so a few lusty "huzzahs" would not be out of place. The grid had some interesting features: we liked the the juxtaposition of 39D, Children's au...
30 Apr 202515min
Monday, April 28, 2025 - Grab your (key)board, it's time to EGOSURF 😀
This was a gentle Monday crossword. Jean moved through it almost as fast as a MAKO (up to 46 mph, according to 29D). Mike took a tad longer, but was still able to MAKO good time 🙄. We have all the de...
29 Apr 20259min
