Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Jean cruises through today's crossword without breaking a sweat, while Mike struggles against Morpheus, and wins -- eventually. We give it a 4.5 squares on the JAMCR scale. Get ready for our 100th episode celebration! The first listener to email us after our 100th episode gets published will win a coveted Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword t-shirt. What's the email address? You'll need to listen to the episode to find out 😀 We love feedback! Send us a text... Contact Info:...
24 Sep 202010min
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
An elegant tribute to CHADWICKBOSEMAN that leverages the fact that the center letter of his name, K, is coincidentally also the center of THEBLACKPANTHER. There are numerous references to that superlative MARVEL movie, we give it a 5 squares on the JAMCR scale. While it didn't take SUPERHUMANPOWER to write this crossword, it did take a HERO, that being author Jeremy Newton. And, of course, it's Tip Tuesday, so be sure and tune in for all the details! We love feedback! Send us a text... Conta...
23 Sep 202011min
Monday, September 21, 2020
An A+ effort by Daniel Larsen and The Wave Learning Festival Crossword Class? QUITERIGHT, this puzzle definitely ENDEARS, there were no UGLI naticks at all to rattle the old BEAN, so we're KEEN to see more from Daniel Larsen et. al.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 Sep 20205min
Sunday, September 20, 2020
An amazing bit of crossword construction by Sam Trabucco that DARTS from one high point to the next, this puzzle left us AGOG, and will definitely not be the subject of MIXEDREVIEWS: we give it a 5 squares on the JAMCR scale.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 Sep 202015min
Saturday, September 19, 2020
NEVERFEAR, Robyn Weintraub is here, with a nice Saturday crossword -- not too easy (you definitely couldn't do this HALFASLEEP), but not so hard as to render you WOEBEGONE. Jean had a spot of bother at a RAREBOOKSTORE, and Mike believes that all jokes should be in TOODTASTE, but both still rate it a perfect 5.0 on the JAMCR scale 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 ...
20 Sep 202011min
Friday, September 18, 2020
Even though this puzzle might have left you INAPANIC, thinking there was NOTAHOPE, IDARESAY that the team that made this fine Friday crossword, Anne and Daniel Larsen, are a DREAMACT. 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 Sep 202010min
Thursday, September 17, 2020
It's a dANDy Thursday crossword, YESSIREE, with sparklingly clever clues, HOORAH! When it comes to Simeone Seigel's talents as a crossword writer, let's just say that we are BELIEBERs. We give it a 5 squares on the JAMCR scale. There is a new app in the App Store, Crossword Replay, that lets you solve a crossword and then replay it, so you can see all the twists and turns you took. Fun for the whole family, and you can download it, for free, right here. We love feedback! Send us a text... Co...
18 Sep 202013min
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
This crossword was definitely not a NOTHINGBURGER, rather the USUAL high quality NYTimes fare that will have you grinning from EAR to, um, EAR. 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 Sep 202010min
