Monday, April 4, 2022 - Could you FETA VELOCIRAPTOR in the ARGO? EYEROLL!
A straightforward Monday for those schooled in the spelling of dinosaur names; a slightly more arduous task for those who were not. Regardless, it's the journey that counts, and to hear how ours went,...
5 Apr 20227min
Sunday, April 3, 2022 - ADAMSON, Born Free!
We are back after a brief unexpected hiatus due to some logistical problems. And what a crossword to come back to! Jean persevered, Mike went, like 7A, "... and it flopped", PFFT, as his usually near-...
4 Apr 202211min
Wednesday, March 30, 2022 - Needin' the skinny on SHINNY? Start listenin' now.
In today's war between velar nasal and alveolar nasal, good ol' al was the victor, as many g's were sacrificed in the making of today's pun-riddled grid. Some of the clues were quite fresh: 19A, Pres...
31 Mars 202211min
March 29, 2022 - That's ASADA Taco!
Today's crossword is right down to business, and while the more pedantic might argue that it is, technically speaking, right across to business, we not only stand by our statement but maintain that it...
30 Mars 202214min
Monday, March 28, 2022 - BENTOBOX - simultaneously a Japanese-style lunch box and a product-placement coup for BentoBox Restaurant, Inc.
A fairly straightforward Monday: Jean came tantalizingly close to breaking the 5-minute barrier, while Mike ... did not. For the deets, as in who knew what when, and who thought that CANON should be s...
29 Mars 20228min
Sunday, March 27, 2022 - A puzzle to prove your solving CHEOPS
We're back! After a week on the French Riviera (or possibly Green Bay, they are easily confused). Speaking of confused, today's crossword was a doozie, with a Pyramid, a Pharaoh, and much, much, more....
28 Mars 202211min
Saturday, March 19, 2022 - LONCHANEY, the "Man of 1000 Faces" (and 3 New York Times Crosswords)
Saturdays are generally regarded as the toughest crosswords of the week, and today's is an exemplar: but like the best of the Saturdays, it does not flood the grid with cultural references, but just u...
20 Mars 202216min
Friday, March 18, 2022 - JOYCE Bryant, aka The Belter
Today's crossword was a toughie. Both Jean & Mike flailed about in the northwest corner, where some deliciously EVIL (and we say that in the best possible sense of the word, and also because EVIL happ...
19 Mars 202214min
