Monday, September 22, 2025 - JUSTINTRUDEAU is in the grid ... but not in The House
For those of you unfamiliar with Canadian politics, JUSTINTRUDEAU ruled Canada from 2015-2025, when he stepped aside in favor of Mark Carney, the current PM. The entire political saga will probably be...
23 Sep 202511min
Sunday, September 21, 2025 - A crossword that melts in your mouth, not in your hand 😀
A rebus -- for those of you new to the crossword-solving realm -- is a square containing more than one letter. Rebuses come in several varieties; in today's crossword we have two words per square, one...
22 Sep 202515min
Saturday, September 20, 2025 - A FEARSOME Saturday spectacular!
This is Katie Hoody's fourth NYTimes Saturday crossword, and it is apparent that she has mastered the genre. The clues are devious, to be sure; and diabolical, also true; but you likely know the answe...
21 Sep 202514min
Friday, September 19, 2025 - You can pronounce magniloquence? OK but don't BRAG about it 😉
This was a tough Friday crossword, following a couple of crunchier than usual Wednesday and Thursday offerings. Extrapolating, we are therefore quaking in our metaphorical shoes awaiting Saturday's pu...
20 Sep 202518min
Thursday, September 18, 2025 - Huh, a Saturday crossword fell through a wormhole into Thursday!
Adam Wagner has a reputation for making tough, high-quality crosswords, which explains ... today's, tough, high-quality crossword. Even after grokking the theme, the rest of the clues required no litt...
19 Sep 202518min
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 - A crossword that's waaaaay more than OK!
The remarkable xwordinfo.com has compiled a list of the maximum number of times each letter has appeared in a crossword. Up until today, K had appeared a total of 18 times, but now -- thanks to Jackso...
18 Sep 202517min
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 - What the deuce, it's ... egad ... a LOOKIELOO! 😀 😀
This was an excellent debut crossword by Jonathan Daly; we were dazzled by the theme, and found gems in the rest of the grid as well. We enjoyed 71A, Floppy part of a beagle, EAR; 49D, Owl's question?...
17 Sep 202514min
Monday, September 15, 2025 - Go, team, go!!
This was a fine Monday crossword courtesy of the very talented Matthew Stock and Michael Lieberman. The latter, based on both this puzzle and his xwordinfo.com photo, is apparently a baseball fan; so,...
16 Sep 202512min
