
Monday, November 29, 2021 - Thirsty? Why not try a LIMEADE or JAMBA?
Traditionally, Mondays are the easiest crosswords of the week, designed to appeal to novice solvers, and today's puzzle certainly lives up to the tradition. It included a lot of old favorites, -- 40A...
30 Nov 20217min

Sunday, November 28, 2021 - RITADOVE, poet extraordinaire!
A gentle Sunday crossword, for one of the dynamic duo (no prize if you guess which one): the other had one teensy-weensy mistake that, well, if you want to hear the whole edda-esque saga, you know wh...
29 Nov 202115min

Saturday, November 27, 2021 - XERISCAPING!
Beyond the clues dissected in today's episode, there were a few surprising answers lurking in the grid: 41A, People credited with discovering mechanoluminescence, using quartz crystals to generate lig...
28 Nov 20219min

Friday, November 26, 2021 - Today's episode, (not) brought to you by RADIOSHACK!
A Goldilocks of a Friday crossword - not too easy, not too hard, but just right - thanks to the talents of crossword constructor Kate Hawkins, aided and abetted, no doubt, by editor Will Shortz. Any g...
27 Nov 202111min

Thursday, November 25, 2021 - ARIAL, meet ORIEL
True or false: this was a tricky crossword. True! And false! In fact the grid was littered with true and false answers, an ingenious gimmick courtesy of Chase Dittrich. To get the full 411, just hit t...
26 Nov 202113min

Wednesday, November 24, 2021 - ACK! It's a Rebus!
A crunchier than usual Wednesday puzzle, both Jean & Mike had trouble in the north central and southeast parts of the grid. Jean was particularly stymied by her nemesis, the rebus, while Mike was almo...
25 Nov 202113min

Tuesday, November 23, 2021- The name's BONDS ... BARRYBONDS
Eric Bornstein simultaneously cashes in his chips and hits one out of the ballpark, with a financially-themed crossword with a baseball sub-theme (if two clues constitute a sub-theme, and we say yes)....
24 Nov 202114min

Monday, November 22, 2021 - Not just a stylist, a COIFFEUR!
A fine introduction to the problem solving week, Stella Zawistowski turns in a puzzle with some gentle cluing, and a cute theme, a great puzzle for those new to the New York Times crossword scene -- a...
23 Nov 20217min




















