Tuesday, January 21, 2025 - A crossword that's firing on all CYLINDERs

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 - A crossword that's firing on all CYLINDERs

This was a terrific Tuesday crossword by Dan Caprera, his 6th in the NYTimes. The clues were fun, fresh, and the theme was a wry one. Besides the clues covered in today's podcast, we'd like to give a shout out to 52A, ___ Jordan, a.k.a. the Green Lantern, HAL (we're just suckers for superheroes); 43A, Figure painted by Warhol, MAO (Will's definitely got a thing for this picture, this week); and 19D, Sit non-ergonomically, SLOUCH (oh, brilliant!). Show note imagery: A Rummikub TILE (and more ...

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Thursday,July 23, 2020

Thursday,July 23, 2020

A brilliant crossword from Robyn Eintraub, um, we mean Weintraub, illustrating the importance of always reading the instructions.We love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

24 Jul 202012min

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Jean & Mike were momentarily ATALOSS while working on this crossword, but in spite of some unusually spelled words -- OLIO and SANA, to name a pair -- were able to persevere: hear how they did it right here.We love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

23 Jul 20208min

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Today's crossword gets a perfect 20/20!We love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

22 Jul 20204min

Monday, July 20, 2020

Monday, July 20, 2020

Jean & Mike thought this Monday puzzle was RIGHTONTHEMONEY, and definitely did not leave them LEFTINTHELURCH, with a bevy of old favorites like HBOMB, HORA and ABBA, along with a few new friends -- DISHY and EVIE, to name two.We love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

21 Jul 20204min

Sunday, July 19, 2020

Sunday, July 19, 2020

A fine Sunday crossword, with a plethora of intriguing names and nouns, including RAPANUI (spoken on Easter Island), MILT Jackson (a Jazz icon), OREAD (a Mountain nymph of Greek myth, spelled here with an E instead of an I). All in all, there was lots to LIKELIKE!We love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

19 Jul 202011min

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Saturday, July 18, 2020

A Saturday spectacular, in which Jean learns that a CALF is a piece of detached ice, and Mike maintains an EVENTENOR upon learning that the answer to "x, y or z" is AXIS, not AXES.We love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

19 Jul 202010min

Friday, July 17, 2020

Friday, July 17, 2020

Jean & Mike find today's crossword to be a great mental workout, with some scarily long answers. There were some NEARDISASTERS along the road, but Jean & Mike's REPUTATIONS remain intact (although they don't want to GLOAT).We love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

18 Jul 202010min

Thursday, July 16, 2020

Thursday, July 16, 2020

A relatively straightforward Thursday New York Times crossword, and a fine example of the crossword creator's ART.We love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

17 Jul 20204min

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