Sunday, August 7, 2022 - ETNAS -- winner of the 2022 most aptly named piece of lab equipment contest 😀
We are back after a week's hiatus, and welcoming us back is a superb crossword by Tina Labadie, her debut -- but you wouldn't know it from the finely crafted clues! We have all the deets inside plus ....
8 Aug 202215min
Sunday, July 31, 2022 - We have to spell SRIRACHA? SRSLY? IGUESS ... SRIRACHA!
A middle-of-the-road Sunday crossword, appropriate considering all the road references lurking in today's grid -- 108D, Inits. on the road, MPH; 109D, Inits. on the road, (yes, again) AAA; 27D, Fwy. o...
1 Aug 202211min
Saturday, July 30, 2022 - LUGES and LOGES and LILTS, oh, my!
A tricky Saturday crossword (as one would expect!), with vast swathes of white squares and just a few oases of black to break up the monotony. The cluing was suitably obfuscatory -- 51D, Supervisory c...
31 Juli 202216min
Friday, July 29, 2022 - Uno v. SBARRO - who will win??
A nice Friday crossword by a veteran constructor, Robyn Weintraub. Jean found the puzzle to be a piece of cake, Mike found it to be almost impossible, until the crossword deities smiled benevolently u...
30 Juli 202218min
Thursday, July 28, 2022 - This crossword was HASHTAG SWELL
A curious Thursday crossword by Bill Pipal and Jeff Chen (always a good OMEN to see M. Chen in the masthead), that asks you to do what we generally try and AVOID, i.e., CUT CORNERS. The result is a c...
29 Juli 202211min
Wednesday, July 27, 2022 - The name's Kurosawa, AKIRA Kurosawa!
Have you ever considered how many phrases involve articles of clothing? Fortunately Enrique Henestroza Anguiano has, and this witty Wednesday crossword is a result. Jean had no trouble with the grid. ...
28 Juli 202213min
July 26, 2022 - ROSHAMBO and RIFFLING in one crossword? Heart be still!!!
A fine Tuesday crossword by Lillian Simpson, with a debut entry for 25A, Certain spousal state (which we will not state right here, you'll either have to be a good guesser or listen to the podcast to ...
27 Juli 202214min
Monday, July 25, 2022 - The last answer in today's grid? It could've been ... THEBITTEREND
A marvelous Monday crossword, with a grid that just sings -- thanks in no small part to some great musical references - from LIL Jon (and Wayne), to Yoko ONO, to one of those discoveries that make you...
26 Juli 202214min
