Thursday, August 12, 2021 - A Slight Misunderstanding
HOHO, another exciting crossword from Jake Halperin (with, we presume, a dollop of assistance from Will Shortz), who CALLSITLIKEITIS, calling a spade a spade, and a funny bone a FUNNYNERVE -- because ...
13 Aug 20218min
Wednesday, August 11, 2021 - Oh that face!
Today’s crossword featured a fine example of grid art — a face that definitely HADABLANKLOOK, and SHOWEDNOEMOTION - which coincidentally is what Jean & Mike look like when they have their puzzle-solvi...
12 Aug 202113min
Monday, August 9, 2021 - From the LOWLANDS to the HIGHSEAS
A slightly more difficult Monday than usual -- crunchier, as they say -- but that's to be expected when Alex Eaton-salners is at the helm. You know that trouble's ahead when one of the first clues, 2D...
10 Aug 20217min
Sunday, August 8, 2021 - Five Easy (?) Pieces
Today's crossword puzzle was ... a puzzle, literally, with 5 shaded areas that when fitted together spelled out that homage to Kodak (maybe), PICTUREPERFECTMOMENTS. There was not a lot of humor in the...
9 Aug 202112min
Saturday, August 7, 2021 - A GHT Extravaganza!
There are many reasons to love today's crossword, and a new world's record for use of words containing GHTs is not the least of them. With a minimum of cultural references (Mike's bane), and the pun-...
8 Aug 202116min
Friday, August 6, 2021 - a Friday Flap
Both Jean and Mike had issues with today's crossword - Jean missed class the day they covered the moons of Saturn (41D, Moon of Saturn, TETHYS), and Mike is utterly convinced that the only true 23D, D...
7 Aug 202114min
Thursday, August 5, 2021 - The Half & Half Crossword
Today's crossword involves two animals, both clued as Hybrid creature of myth, that are either ancient and indeed mythical or possibly escapees from S.T.A.R. labs: MERMAID and CENTAUR. And these are ...
6 Aug 202111min
