Thursday, April 28, 2022 - We are totally ↓ with this crossword!
A terrific Thursday crossword, with a fabulous theme the likes of which has never been seen before! At least certainly not in recent memory. We don't want to spoil the surprise, so try the crossword f...
29 Apr 202212min
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 - Bill EVANS, Bebe REXA, ABBA, Young THUG, it's a musical cornucopia!
A fine Wednesday crossword by Alex Bajcz, and if you like pinball games, doubly so. There was much to like in today's grid, with fun clues like 1A, One inclined to go in and out, RAMP (nice!); 31D, Dr...
28 Apr 202210min
Tuesday, April 26, 2022 - The JIG is up ... there, in the top left corner, to be precise
A blast-from-the-past, with a handful of rock bands from the 70s and 80s, deftly woven into the grid with great APLOMB. We liked it ... a lot, and give it 5 squares on the JAMCR scale. In other news, ...
27 Apr 202213min
Monday, April 23, 2022 - Lucretia MOTT, woman of distinction
A nice Monday crossword, the perfect palette cleanser after yesterday's epic battle (for one of us, no prize for guessing which). It was a debut for Li Ding, and hopefully we'll see more of him in the...
26 Apr 202212min
Sunday, April 24, 2022 - Attack of the ... ANTCOW??
An easy/ludicrously-difficult crossword, according to Jean/Mike. Also a controversial one, according to the massive number of comments that this generated on Word Play (the NYTimes column for discuss...
25 Apr 202214min
Saturday, April 23, 2022 - From 1A, CODERED, to 46D, ALARM, this crossword HASITALL
A relatively straightforward Saturday puzzle, at least compared to the Mt. Everest level-of-difficulty of last week. It was by no means easy, but clues like 1D, They might smell fishy, CATTREATS, and ...
24 Apr 202211min
Friday, April 22, 2022 - Airfare to the FAROE islands? it's fair!
Friday crosswords are meant to try one's souls, and by that standard today's puzzle by Daniel Sheremeta was a smashing success. Jean loped through it in decent time, whereas Mike, solving in tai-chi m...
23 Apr 202214min
Thursday, April 21, 2022 - FAWNs, EFTs, GARs, ERNEs and TIGREs, it's a zoo in here!
A very nice Thursday crossword, with a brilliant theme (well, some of the time: at others you can't see it at all). And if that last sentence didn't appear to make sense, fear not, all will be reveale...
22 Apr 202212min
