Saturday, May 17, 2025 - The "toughest crossword of the week" lives up to its name!
This was an excellent Saturday crossword -- with some Ginsu-knife-sharp cluing, and just a light dusting of pop culture references -- which is precisely the reason why it is now the latest winner of o...
18 Maj 202515min
Friday, May 16, 2025 - MEGASTORE - when you're running low on MEGAs 🙄
Today's puzzle was a trifle easier than your typical Friday, which means -- by the Law of Conservation of Crossword Difficulty™️ -- you can expect tomorrow's crossword to be a morsel harder (on averag...
17 Maj 202517min
Thursday, May 15th, 2025 - Today's puzzle BELIEs the notion that nobody knows what BELIE means 😉
This marks Simeon Siegel's 17th crossword since 2020, and while he might not be OVERPROUD, it is most certainly something to celebrate. The theme was particularly NOteworthy, and, YES, we meant to wri...
16 Maj 202513min
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 - Featuring potatoes: the origin story!
Today's crossword was by award-winning crossword constructor Rebecca Goldstein and, if not award-winning, deserving-of-award crossword constructor Adam Wagner. Unsurprisingly, the result was ... award...
15 Maj 202514min
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 - ELATION! A crossword with *ELATION* in the grid 😀 😉🙄
This was a nice Tuesday crossword by Joe Rodini, his second for the NYTimes. He's now been published on Monday and Tuesday, so ... 5 to go, Joe! Today's theme was a bit messy, but that's by design, as...
14 Maj 202512min
Monday, May 12, 2025 - 🥳 Celebrating the 500th appearance of the OREO in the NYTimes crossword!!🎉🎈
It is hard to believe that today marks the 500th appearance of OREO in the NYTimes crossword, but that's the word according to xwordinfo.com, and they oughta know! Now that might sound like Nabisco ha...
13 Maj 20257min
Sunday, May 11, 2025 - Danger, Will Robinson! Extremely hard crossword approaching
Brendan Emmett Quigley is famed for writing tough crosswords, and he has the pedal to the metal today. First, the grid: it is the standard 21x21 Sunday, but has only 54 black squares, a record. So, th...
12 Maj 202513min
Saturday, May 10, 2025 - Happy Mother's Day Eve!!
This was a fine Saturday crossword - tough but fair, as Saturday crosswords were meant to be. Our favorite clue had to be 29A, Some dragonflies, DARNERS (really: apparently people used to believe that...
11 Maj 202514min
