Saturday, June 24, 2023 -If this crossword drives you BATTY, retreat to the ZENGARDENS

Saturday, June 24, 2023 -If this crossword drives you BATTY, retreat to the ZENGARDENS

A very sticky Saturday crossword, with more traps than a golf course, and calculated to lead you down the garden path (such as may be found in ZENGARDENS). Some of our favorites include 33A, "Elvis has left the building", EVERYBODYGOHOME; 32D, "I'm beat!", WHATADAY; and 28D, Overseas sailors, LIMEY (so named after what they ate to avoid scurvy). This being Saturday, we also have our JAMCOTWA (Jean And Mike Crossword Of The Week Award), and this one includes a mild surprise. Curiou...

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Sunday, April 25, 2021

Sunday, April 25, 2021

In Saturday's crossword we had 35A, Implausible argument, say, STRETCH, a fine example of foreshadowing, because today's puzzle, titled Stretching Exercises, revolved around stretching various muscle ...

26 Apr 202119min

Saturday, April 24, 2021

Saturday, April 24, 2021

Everywhere you look in this crossword you'll find a superb example of the clue-writer's craft. In the top-left, 13A, Rockies you won't find in Colorado?, AWAYTEAM. In the center left, 22D, Stocking st...

25 Apr 202116min

Friday, April 23,2021

Friday, April 23,2021

A Robyn Weintraub Friday crossword, woot! Jean had to dig deeply for this one, but Mike was able to fare quite well, abetted by an almost complete dearth of cultural references — but for both it left ...

24 Apr 20219min

Thursday, April 22, 2021

Thursday, April 22, 2021

The name's Burch, Jem Burch, and she turns in a gem of a crossword starring the most British of spies, Bond, James Bond. The theme involves 7 OO rebuses, forming a large number 7 that extends the heig...

23 Apr 202112min

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Jean found today's crossword to be a SLICK, SWEETRIDE, while Mike thought it might BURY his streak in an avalanche of cultural references that were not in his wheelhouse -- including but astoundingly ...

22 Apr 202116min

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

No, the New York Times crossword is not going to the dogs, although a skosh of them had cameos in today's puzzle. If there is indeed a New York Times crossword Clue-Hall-of-Fame, then we would like to...

21 Apr 202111min

Monday, April 19, 2021

Monday, April 19, 2021

Was this a fun crossword? YOUBETYOURLIFE -- because of that, and 2 other CLASSICGAMESHOW references that formed the theme for today's puzzle. It also had the clue 9A, Wee bit, SKOSH, which was COOL. I...

20 Apr 20217min

Sunday, April 18, 2021

Sunday, April 18, 2021

NEEDLESSTOSAY, today's crossword is not MISSIONIMPOSSIBLE; indeed, some veteran crossword solvers have maintained that it is a tad TOOEASY. But we found it to be a Goldilocks of a puzzle, just right. ...

19 Apr 202117min

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