Tuesday, February, 22, 2022 -- A surfeit of TWOs? SHIRR thing!
TWO is often cited as the loneliest number, but not in this crossword, which is teeming with them. The crossword was a little crunchier than normal, with you-should-have-paid-more-attention-in-school clues like 26A, ___________ Ghiberti, sculptor of Florence's Gates of Paradise, LORENZO, and 42A, Beowulf's first combatant, GRENDEL. A nice crossword overall, we give it a 5 squares on the JAMCR scale. In other news, Jean is in the hot seat for Triplet Tuesday, a good thing since the rest of No...
23 Feb 202213min
Monday, February 21, 2022 - MADEA and MAJA and NAN, oh, my!
The reviews were mixed on this one. Jean thought it a typical Monday, but Mike encountered an ocean of natticks (ok, two, although it seemed like more) in the top-left corner. On the plus side he did set a record for longest indoor Mac Book Pro throw (25' 4"), so there is that. Remember that we love to get listener feedback - just drop us a line at crosswordpodcast@icloud.com. We love feedback! Send us a text... Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast...
22 Feb 20228min
Sunday, February 20, 2022 - Ah, le crossword de New York Times, c'est manifique!
A bilingual crossword! OK, perhaps that's a bit of an exaggeration, but French words do pop up even more than usual in today's grid, and for a good cause. The entire grid, come to think of it, was well done, with lots of fun cluing, and it did manage to hit that sweet spot, being not too hard, nor too easy, but juuuuust right. We approve, and give it an enthusiastic cinq squares on the JAMCR scale. We love feedback! Send us a text... Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crossw...
21 Feb 20229min
Saturday, February 22, 2022 - A BEARHUG of a crossword
Although GENIUSLEVEL shows up in the crossword, by Saturday NYTimes Crossword standards this was more of an EXTREMELYBRIGHTLEVEL crossword, with some great clueing, a cool looking grid design, and a reference to Mike's favorite band. To find out who that is, and more significantly, who was the winner of this week's JAMCOTWA, you know the drill -- download and listen up! We love feedback! Send us a text... Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com. Also,...
20 Feb 202213min
Friday, February 18, 2022 - Care for some TEA? Or perhaps some BOXEDWINE?
A slightly tricky Friday crossword: Jean was, ALAS, temporarily mired in the bottom-left corner, and Mike got slightly HUFFY when he couldn't figure out the answer to 9A, Irritated, HUFFY. But both rallied, and emerged from the struggle, if not unscathed, just slightly scathed. For all the deets, or perhaps we should say, for all the TEA, download and listen up! We love feedback! Send us a text... Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com. Also, w...
19 Feb 202213min
Thursday, February 17, 2022 - Welcome to Season 4!!!
Let the trumpets sound, let the banners fly, it is time for celebration because this episode marks the start of the 4th season of Jean And Mike Do The New York Times Crossword! Thanks, loyal listeners, we are in your debt, and promise to have even *more* cutting edge analysis, maybe a new feature or two, and guarantee that we will never have any more advertisers than we have now (that would be ... approximately ... zero!) And now we're officially out of room, so to hear everything that there...
18 Feb 202210min
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 - SCREE, SKRY, so, um ...
An extra crunchy Wednesday crossword, both Jean and Mike flailed about in the northeast corner waiting for their respective muses to chip in with an answer or two. Unfortunately muses are notoriously fickle, as likely to sit in their tents and sulk as join in the fray. Did they eventually wade in? Or did our dynamic duo suffer the ignominy of defeat? To find out, all you have to do is download and enjoy! We love feedback! Send us a text... Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, ...
17 Feb 202211min
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 - MEARA, MEARA, on the wall
Any crossword that references Sponge Bob Square Pants is bound to be good -- and this one definitely falls in that category. It was a Tuesday, so the difficulty level was set to simmer, but there were enough crunchy clues to make it fun. In other news, it's Triplet Tuesday, and on today's episode Mike attempts to make up for the shellacking he suffered last time. Did he succeed? Or did he once again go down in flames? To find out, all you need to do is hit the big ol' download button (...
16 Feb 202212min
