Thursday, December 22, 2022 - Here we go round the roundabout 🎵
A dizzying, dazzling, delightful Thursday crossword by David Steinberg that has to be seen to be believed -- and even then you might not! Clearly DS is in a league of his own when it comes to crosswor...
23 Dec 202217min
Wednesday, December 21, 2022 - RHENIUM, the metal that *nobody* has heard of 😀
A highly educational Wednesday crossword, with a slew of TIL (Today I Learned) entries, including the fascinating 9D, Metal next to tungsten on the periodic table, RHENIUM, which neither Jean nor Mike...
22 Dec 202214min
Tuesday, December 20, 2022 - Pass the slivovitz!
A clever Tuesday theme, great clues and the opportunity to pronounce the word slivovitz - in short, a perfect crossword, and short is how these show notes will be as well, since everything you need to...
21 Dec 202214min
Monday, December 19, 2022 - The name's Simone, NINA Simone
A fine and definitely seasonally-appropriate Monday crossword from Jennifer Nutt, creator of today's puzzle. You didn't need to have a brain the size of an ENIAC, or even an IMAC, for that matter, to ...
20 Dec 202210min
Sunday, December 18, 2022 - A crossword to sing about
Today's crossword was themeless, but there was a lot of music in the grid. Between 7D, Pink Floyd co-founder Barrett, SYD, to 87D, Soul singer Thomas, CARLA, there were numerous other references: 31A,...
19 Dec 202215min
Saturday, December 17, 2022 - YETI another punny NYTimes crossword! 🙄
A fine Saturday crossword, arguably less challenging then yesterday's slogfest, but with some deftly written clues, such as ... 53A, Detail-oriented sort, IDOTTER (😀); 54A, Clerical worker?, PRIEST ...
18 Dec 202211min
Friday, December 16, 2022 - Pant, Gasp, Wheeze!
An exhausting, exhilarating, and, let's just say it, excellent crossword by Kameron Austin Collins, with a grid-full of superb clues and answers, as one would expect when KAC is in charge. All the dee...
17 Dec 202211min
Thursday, December 15, 2022 - A soup-er, er, super, crossword
What can we say about a crossword that includes the word VICHYSSOISE? First, that we are in awe of it, and to be more precise its constructor, Bruce Haight, as we are just amazed that he can even spel...
16 Dec 202210min
