Sunday, September 15, 2024 - Nothing PROFORMA about *this* crossword!
Aimee Lucido is both a children's author -- check out "Pasta Pasta Lotsa Pasta" - and cruciverbalist - check out today's excellent example. This crossword was not hugely difficult, but it was hugely e...
16 Sep 202416min
Saturday, September 14, 2024 - When it comes to this crossword, we are PHANATICS!
A tough Saturday crossword (of course!) by Christina Iverson, with the northwest corner being particularly tough. But the clues were fair and fun, making for an enjoyable solve. Deets inside, so we en...
15 Sep 202415min
Friday, September 13, 2024 - Turns out, Cotton-Eyed Joe is a dance, not an optic emergency đ
Today's crossword was a debut for Boaz Moser, and it was a fine one - challenging but VALID, including familiar clues like 15D, Beverage steeped in bright daylight, SUNTEA, lesser known ones, such as ...
14 Sep 202415min
Thursday, September 12, 2024 - Finally, we can say that the NYTimes crossword is BRAT đ
A historic first, "BRAT" used in the sense of 52D, 2024 Charli XCX album with a lime green color -- as opposed to all the 179 previous times, when it was a reference to an annoying small child. The re...
13 Sep 202413min
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 - Three cheers for New Mexico's GILA National Forest
A decidedly crunchy Wednesday crossword, Jean managed to chew through it expeditiously, Mike broke a tooth đ. The theme took a while for both cohosts to grok, after which solving the puzzle became mu...
12 Sep 202410min
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 - HEMINGWAYESQUE, fun to say, a challenge to spell, and impossible to work into casual conversation đ
Today's theme was about as NYTimes-esque as they come, just a fun exploration of attributes of the English language, and something that almost surely could not have been constructed without a computer...
11 Sep 202412min
Monday, September 9, 2024 - You know it's a classy puzzle when Dame Judi DENCH is in the grid
Tim D'Alfonso has constructed an excellent Monday crossword -- his debut! -- with a smile-inducing theme and some fun cluing, including 42D, Your of yore, THY; 43D, Start of a donkey's bray, HEE; and ...
10 Sep 202410min
Sunday, September 8, 2024 - A crossword that definitely gives it The Ol' College Try
Occasionally at JAMDTNYTC HQ, the cohosts opinions are so divergent that one might be inclined to think they are talking about different puzzles: but they most definitely were talking about one puzzle...
8 Sep 202420min
