Friday, February 20, 2026 - Miracle on the MARNE

Friday, February 20, 2026 - Miracle on the MARNE

This was a very pleasing Friday crossword by Kate Hawkins. Being Friday, there was no theme, but that just meant that the rest of the clues had to pull their weight, and they certainly did here. We were delighted to see a reference to our favorite streaming series in 29A, Actress Seehorn of "Pluribus", RHEA. We were chagrinned to discover that we did not recognize 39A, Miracle on the ___ (surprise French/English victory of W.W. I), MARNE. Finally we appreciated the straightforward no-nonsense...

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Friday, May 7, 2021

Friday, May 7, 2021

A somewhat challenging crossword, with some answers that were OUTOFLEFTFIELD -- but it's a Friday, so headwinds are par for the course. Jean had to dig for 2D, Home of many a tech startup, PALOALTO, w...

8 Maj 202112min

Thursday, May 6, 2021

Thursday, May 6, 2021

If you saw RED in today's crossword, DONTPANIC -- there *was* RED in today's crossword -- 4 RED squares, in fact, where you had to turn right and keep going in order to solve the clues. Jean hit a rou...

7 Maj 202111min

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

A fun crossword if you like NUMBERS, this one name dropped those in the PRIME and FIBONACCI realms, managing to arrange the answers so that they included numbered squares that were, of course, respect...

6 Maj 20217min

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Not that we believe in product placement, but this was a JUUL of a crossword, as the constructor, Nina Sloan, provided a bevy of insulting candy names, from GOOBERS to DUMDUMS, leaving out, presumably...

5 Maj 202113min

Monday, May 3, 2021

Monday, May 3, 2021

It's a gigantic crossword! No, not really, it is just 15x15, but it did manage to fit a giant's trademark FEEFIFOFUM into the answers. It also slipped in one of our favorite shows, 25D, Discovery Chan...

4 Maj 20217min

Sunday, May 2, 2021

Sunday, May 2, 2021

After the Herculean efforts yesterday's crossword demanded, today's was a much kinder solve, although it did have its moments -- 2D, Classical poem form, EPODE, and 5D, Floral archway, PERGOLA (well,...

3 Maj 20218min

Saturday, May 1, 2021

Saturday, May 1, 2021

Mayday, Mayday! And, no, we're not just referring to the date. This was a tough crossword, with some delightful verbal misdirection. Exhibit A, 6A, One whose business is home-based?, UMP, and 22A, Pop...

2 Maj 202116min

Friday, April 30, 2021

Friday, April 30, 2021

A nice crossword to round out the work week, with a lot of long answers that can be challenging, although the modern culture references were down to a minimum, giving Mike a leg up. There were definit...

1 Maj 202112min

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