Thursday, January 18, 2024 - I before E, except after C, albeit science tells us that there might be exceptions 🙄
We'd like to say that the Michnovicz brothers have done it again, but since this is their debut NYTimes crossword all we can say is that they've done it! -- written a thought provoking puzzle that wil...
19 Jan 202422min
Wednesday, January 17. 2024 - Morton J. Mendelson had a (b)right idea 😀
A fine Wednesday crossword by Morton J. Mendelson, and to answer the question raised in the grid, yes, ITISART: artfully designed, wittily clued, and with an astonishing number of themed clues. We wer...
18 Jan 202416min
Tuesday, January 16, 2024 - A deLightful Tuesday crossword
Every now and then the NYTimes publishes a crossword for the ages, and today is one of those days, because this work of art, by Marshall Hermann, is sublime, stunning, stupendous, and a slew of other ...
17 Jan 202418min
Monday, January 15, 2024 - Beware the grampus!
A crossword that's bound to tickle your fancy, a statement that will appear quite droll once you've heard the podcast / soused out the theme. Beyond the clues already mentioned on the podcast, we'd li...
16 Jan 202412min
Sunday, January 14, 2023 - A SUPERDUPER Sunday crossword!
John Kugelman, cybersecurity expert and crossword constructor extraordinaire, has outdone himself with an extremely punny Sunday opus. INAILEDIT shows up in the grid, and may also have reflected his ...
15 Jan 202422min
Saturday, January 13, 2024 - Somewhere between new and crescent, it's ... BABYMOON!
An easier than usual Saturday crossword (for at least one of our cohosts, no prizes for guessing who!), which means that -- according to the Law of Conservation of Crossword Difficulty -- Sunday is go...
14 Jan 202414min
Friday, January 12, 2024 - The NYTimes Crossword - the *perfect* way to while away a snow day
A lively Friday crossword by Hemant Mehta, with a fusillade of clever and/or educational clues guaranteed to delight the diligent solver. We cover most of them in today's episode, along with a fascina...
13 Jan 202420min
Thursday, January 11, 2024 - X marks the spot!
Today's puzzle, by Damon Gulczynski, has an ingenious and well-disguised theme: and thanks to the revealer's position in the bottom-right, we are kept in suspense / befuddlement, until the very end --...
12 Jan 20247min
