Wednesday, March 1, 2023 - Have a sip of AVANTPOP

Today's crossword was by Chase Dittrich and one of the stalwarts of the crosswording community, Jeff Chen, responsible for xwordinfo.com. If you're unfamiliar with that site, head to it right now (wel...

6 Dec 202112min

An absolutely thrilling crossword: it is no coincidence that it is the winner of our weekly JAMCATWA (Jean & Mike Crossword of the Week Award). To find out precisely why it deserves this great honor, ...

5 Dec 202112min

A challenging Friday crossword, with lots of "crunchy clues" to keep life interesting. Both Jean & Mike had to dig deeply into their respective mind palaces on this one -- and to find out whether or n...

4 Dec 202114min

A challenging Thursday, with lots of crunchy clues, novel answers, and a nicely done theme - definitely a 5 squares on the JAMCR scale, and certainly eligible for the JAMCOTWA (Jean & Mike's Crossword...

3 Dec 202111min

A pun-powered crossword, taking full advantage of the many homophones that involve the sound AIR / ERR / HEIR / EYRE. Beyond that, and beyond those discussed in today's episode, we would be remiss if ...

2 Dec 202114min

A splendid Tuesday crossword, with an interesting theme, lots of fun and educational clues, this might be the first winner of what we are inventing at this very moment, the well known (ha!) and very p...

1 Dec 202113min

Traditionally, Mondays are the easiest crosswords of the week, designed to appeal to novice solvers, and today's puzzle certainly lives up to the tradition. It included a lot of old favorites, -- 40A...

30 Nov 20217min

A gentle Sunday crossword, for one of the dynamic duo (no prize if you guess which one): the other had one teensy-weensy mistake that, well, if you want to hear the whole edda-esque saga, you know wh...

29 Nov 202115min