Thursday, August 25, 2022 - EREBUS (the deity, not the manufacturer!)

This fine Friday puzzle was Robyn Weintraub's 26th (according to the New York Times' Wordplay column, and they ought to know). It was not particularly challenging - both Jean and Mike cruised through...

4 Juni 202212min

A novel Thursday theme - and Jean and Mike had diverging opinions as to its merits: was it ingenious? or merely sneaky? Listen to today's episode, (after, ideally, you've tackled the puzzle in questio...

3 Juni 202210min

There were some fabulous clues/answers in today's grid -- 30A, Scandinavian-inspired shoe brand, DANSKO, 51A, Full of noxious vapors, MIASMIC, and the always tasty 24D, Rice dish infused with saffron,...

2 Juni 202211min

A trickier Tuesday than usual, with a grid riddled with the likes of MALADROIT, the highly suspicious LINTY, and queen DIDO. Definitely not complaining, and the theme was particularly fabulous, defini...

1 Juni 202216min

A delicious Monday crossword, not too difficult, but higher in calories than most puzzles -- witness the NOUGATBAR, BANANA, ORANGE, and NOODLEBOWLS that made it into today's grid. Nom, nom, nom!We lov...

31 Maj 202211min

The perfect memorial day weekend crossword, a salute to HONESTABE, aka Abraham Lincoln, as well as his memorial. This crossword was by Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen, which accounts for it pegging the JA...

30 Maj 202215min

A trying Saturday crossword ... which you should definitely try! The clues were crisp and only occasionally obscure (with all due respect to the award winning mathematician whose name -- in order to p...

29 Maj 202216min

A gentler-than-usual Friday crossword, both Jean (as expected) and Mike (a complete and total surprise) got through it fairly expeditiously: a "smooth solve", in the argot of cruciverbalists. But gent...

28 Maj 202211min