Tuesday, July 16, 2024 - Care for a cuppa?
A delicious Tuesday crossword by Kelly Richardson, notable for a suggestive and quite apropos grid, a lot of fun clues, and the unexpected appearance of LAYETTE in the grid (not a debut, but certainly new to us). A few clues caught our eye but didn't make it into the podcast, including 27A, Tenet, PRECEPT; 48A, Smart society, MENSA (admission to which requires you to be able to spell PRECEPT 😀); and Legendary, STORIED, which we think is a legendary answer! Show note imagery: A Smedstor...
17 Jul 202419min
Monday, July 15, 2024 - The Big Interview 😀
Today's crossword, by Tarun Krishnamurthy, was a perfect Monday offering, not too difficult, but with our favorite kind of theme, the LOL kind. This was Tarun's debut NYTimes Crossword, and he's also the first crossword constructor we've ever interviewed, so check it out, and, as always, let us know what you think. Show note imagery: A BOCABURGER, yum! We love feedback! Send us a text... Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com. Also, we're on FaceBoo...
16 Jul 202415min
Sunday, July 14, 2024 - A Jeff Chen solo effort 😀
Jeff Chen is a master cruciverbalist, and he is in fine form today with an amazing theme. The theme idea is simple, but constructing it must've been a major challenge. Confused? Check out today's episode, and all will become clear! Show note imagery: Beware the REDTIDES, algal blooms that are, apparently, on the rise. 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 an...
15 Jul 202418min
Saturday, July 13, 2024 - From Tame IMPALA to Dua LIPA, this grid just sings!
A fine Saturday crossword by Eli Cotham, a relatively smooth solve but with a lot of fine verbal baubles to enjoy along the way. We have all the deets inside, as well as our JAMCOTWA -- Jean And Mike Crossword Of The Week Award -- winner, so we humbly implore you to download, listen up and ... enjoy! Show note imagery: One of many WPAMURALS, this one in the Cohen Building, in Washington, D.C. We love feedback! Send us a text... Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpo...
14 Jul 202412min
Friday, July 12, 2024 - There's never a need to atone, for a crossword starring POST MALONE
A nice Friday crossword by Malaika Handa, with some fun cluing, a few singers worth listening to, and a whopping 6 debut entries, including 17A, It has many twists and turns, CRAZYSTRAW, and the splendid 5D, "Get with the program, will you?", TRYTOKEEPUP. Definitely worth 5 squares on the JAMCR scale! Show note imagery: HELLOKITTY, Japan's tourism ambassador We love feedback! Send us a text... Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com. Also, we're on F...
13 Jul 202417min
Thursday, July 11, 2024 - A rebus-less (?) Thursday
Don't bother looking for rebuses (rebusae)? in today's grid - there aren't any. But the theme that we have instead is still tricky and amusing, and we doff our hats in what we imagine to be the general direction of Mat Shelden, the author of today's fine work, a debut in the NYTimes. Show note imagery: PEETA, who, according to 21A, is Katniss's partner in "The Hunger Games" We love feedback! Send us a text... Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud....
12 Jul 202417min
Wednesday, July 10, 2024 - SCUSI, how do you spell "SCUSI"?
Today's crossword, Hal Moore's 10th for the NYTimes, was a little bit novel, a tad quirky, but here at JAMDTNYTC HQ we adore novel and quirky. It helps that the supporting cast of entries populating the rest of the grid were also quite well done. Our collective judgement, therefore, is that Hal Moore should immediately start to work on his 11th NYTimes crossword, we look forward to seeing it sometime soon! Show note imagery: The Duchess of ALBA, courtesy of Francisco Goya We love feedback! S...
11 Jul 202411min
Tuesday, July 9, 2024 - Er... one BANHMI to go, please!
There was GLEE In the grid, literally, in this Tuesday crossword by Gary Larson and Amy Ensz. A few recent answers made reappearances - we just saw 68A, Ensemble of eight, OCTET, and it's been less than a month since 9D, Unit of butter, PAT, melted into view. One answer that hasn't been clued as such in aeons also arose, that being 14A, Thrice repeated words in one of Gertrude Stein's truisms, AROSE (as in AROSE is AROSE is AROSE). In other news, Mike cleared the very low bar of not making a...
10 Jul 202416min
