Friday, February 9, 2024 - All rise, LOUIS Armstrong is in the grid!
A fine Friday crossword by Christina Iverson, who is, at least based on her NYTimes record, unable to write any other kind. Jean tore through this like nobody's business, Mike almost met his Waterloo ...
10 Feb 202417min
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - Was this a most bodacious Thursday crossword? TRUTH!
Samuel A. Donaldson, having completed his 39th NYTimes crossword, demonstrates that practice makes perfect. Let's run through the list, shall we? Sly, wry, and occasionally totally deceptive theme? ...
9 Feb 202416min
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 - A crossword to sing about
Today's crossword was (mainly) a blast from the past, featuring a series of diverse musical hits with one common lyrical feature. Can you tell what LOLA, POKERFACE, MYGENERATION and CHANGES all have i...
8 Feb 202414min
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 - AISLED? That's wild! 😉
A terrific Tuesday crossword by Victor Barocas. We found the answer to 59D, Lacking clutter", NEAT, to be ... NEAT. We judged the answer to 44A, Perfect, IDEAL, to be ... IDEAL. Finally we found the ...
7 Feb 202419min
Monday, February 5, 2024 - Holy toledo, Batman, our best lines are in a crossword!
A fun Monday crossword by Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock, who are about as persistent a crossword constructing duo as you'll ever meet: their first crossword (this is their second) took 123 tries bef...
6 Feb 202415min
Sunday, February 4, 2024 - EGAD, there's an AXOLOTL in this crossword!
The puns fly thick-and-fast in a grid that is filled with panache, pizzazz, and other classy words that start with the letter p. Just consider 99D, School name that sounds like a Canadian territory, U...
5 Feb 202420min
Saturday, February 3, 2024 - To write a crossword this good? That *is* ROCKETSCIENCE 😀
A delightful Saturday crossword by Carolyn Davies Lynch and Jeff Chen - edited adroitly, as always, by Will Shortz. Your intrepid cohosts had vastly different experiences solving today's puzzle, but t...
4 Feb 202413min
Friday, February 2, 2024 - A MAGNA crossword!
Today's crossword, a debut by Ryan Judge, was a major challenge. There was no theme, just a slew of diabolically deceiving clues, leading to a remarkably enjoyable solving experience. Beyond that, it'...
3 Feb 202424min
