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

We're wrapping up 2024 and putting a bow on it, the actual present being today's crossword, a fine bit of work by Michael Lieberman, his 25th for the NYTimes, as deftly edited by -- it gives us such j...

1 Jan 202519min

Today's crossword is a cause for celebration. First, it was a great crossword (no surprise there -- check out the podcast for the deets), and second, it was edited by Will Shortz, the long time editor...

31 Dec 202411min

Today's crossword is the last Sunday of the year, and the finale is a fine one, thanks to Harry Zheng, author of today's puzzle -- edited ably and adeptly, as always, by Joel Fagliano. Deets inside, s...

30 Dec 202416min

We've been off almost a week, so in honor of our reboot we're starting the podcast with some musical fanfare to declare our return. And, for your edification, we are returning with an analysis of a fi...

29 Dec 202417min

The NYTimes has given us a splendid holiday present, today's crossword -- a chewy, themeless Sunday that you can really sink your teeth into (er, metaphorically speaking, please!). We. have all the ...

23 Dec 202415min

In today's episode, Jean sails through the toughest crossword of the week, and Mike crashes into the mizenmast, and is still pulling out splinters. We have all the deets inside, so you are cordially i...

23 Dec 202412min

As the week progresses, the NYTimes crosswords get tougher, and here on a Friday, things can get really sticky. Today's was about a 7-8 out of 10 on the stickiness scale, but the cluing was still ente...

21 Dec 20249min

This was a slick Thursday crossword by Brandon Koppy, with some significant Golidlox cluing - not too easy, not too hard, just right -- assuming that you've been doing the crosswords for a while. If y...

20 Dec 202416min