Saturday, May 8, 2025 - Joe Deeney, the Houdini of crossword constructors 🙄😁

Saturday, May 8, 2025 - Joe Deeney, the Houdini of crossword constructors 🙄😁

Joe Deeney has created a daunting looking Saturday grid -- there are oodles of 4-stack answers, and as an ADDEDBONUS, a pinwheel in the center with very few exits into the rest of the puzzle. The clues were definitely of Saturday calibre. As proof, consider 53D, Arabic man's name meaning "servant of God, ABDI; 30D, Scorching, HOTASHADES; 46A, Antonym of "iie" in Japanes, HAI; and the absolutely fabulous 50D, What's added to one to make zero?, NOTA. In short, a brilliant way to end our crosswo...

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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 wit...

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! Se...

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 the...

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,...

17 Jul 20204min

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Excitement MOUNTs as Jean & Mike discuss an ASHtonishing puzzle, discover that OKRA is sometimes referred to as Ladies' Fingers, and anticipate a trip to SHIBUYA once the pandemic abates. Mike gets fo...

16 Jul 20208min

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

In which both Jean and Mike get their PLONK WRONG, before SHERLOCKing it out and winning the PLINK WRING.We love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswor...

15 Jul 20208min

Monday, July 13, 2020

Monday, July 13, 2020

Oh, no, it's a crossword by one of the NYTimes most AUGUST contributors, Erik Agard. Good thing it's a Monday, we were able to triumph -- BOOYAH! We love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We lov...

14 Jul 20205min

Sunday, July 12, 2020

Sunday, July 12, 2020

A crossword that Jean finds a breeze, while Mike regards it as a more of a chore, and almost WIIGs out when he discovers that a heroic exploit is a GEST, not a TEST.We love feedback! Send us a text......

13 Jul 20208min

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