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
Thursday, March 17, 2022 - SANTASLAP - a comfy place or a precursor to coal in a stocking? You be the judge!
A highly satisfactory Thursday offering, with a brilliant theme, and the sort of terrifically crisp cluing that suggests Jeff Chen is involved. This is definitely a 5 squares on the JAMCR scale, and t...
18 Mars 20229min
Wednesday, March 15, 2022 - It's ducks, all the way down!
Today's crossword was just ducky! And not that we're trying to SHIRK our responsibility, but in order to AVOID any spoiler alerts, and DODGE controversy, we will eschew any further references to a the...
17 Mars 202210min
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 - This crossword? ITS(NOT)THEPITS
A fun Tuesday crossword, with a witty theme. Jean tore through the crossword in 10:10, Mike, naticked by 55A, Gymnast Aly with three Olympic gold medals, RAISMAN, intersecting 52D, Christine of "The B...
16 Mars 202216min
Monday, March 14, 2022 - This crossword was FAB!
Any crossword that manages to bring the likes of STEVEURKEL, KIMMYGIBBLER, WILSONWILSON, and FREDROGERS into one grid has to be applauded, and we are happy to oblige! For all the deets, just subscribe...
15 Mars 20225min
Sunday, March 13, 2022 - A Rebus-travaganza!
A Sunday crossword that Loki would've approved of, the grid was brimming with tricky word puzzles. Mike somehow got through it, but it was touch-and-go for the longest time, and the longest time was ...
14 Mars 20228min
Saturday, March 12, 2022 - Is this a CAESURA I see before me? Gasp!
A challenging Saturday crossword ... Jean had to dig deeply into her encyclopedic knowledge of, well, everything, to claw her way to victory, and Mike, well, JEEPERSCREEPERS! And to explain what that'...
13 Mars 202212min
