Friday, December 15, 2023 - Stop us if you've heard this one ... A NEPHALIST, a PHILATELIST and a CRUCIVERBALIST walk into a bar ... 🙄🍷
A challenging but not insurmountable Friday crossword by Alex Tomlinson - his debut! - with a whopping 8 debut answers. We cover all but 2 of them in today's episode, omitting only 2D, One whose work ...
16 Dec 20238min
Thursday, December 11, 2023 - Can you hear me? Can you hear me now?
It is not clear how many Zoom calls Esha Datta, author of today's crossword (her debut!) has been in, but we're willing to bet LOADS of them, based on their (very clever) theme. Beyond that, there wer...
15 Dec 202318min
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 - This crossword is *not* cray cray, it's great great 😀
A nice mid-week crossword by veteran cruciverbalist Alex Eaton-Salners (this is in fact his 64th), and it is as refreshing as a glass of cool spring water, thanks to a theme that has everything to do ...
14 Dec 202314min
Tuesday, December 13, 2023 - LAXLY, finalist in the "most difficult word to work into casual conversation" contest
Peter Gordon must be a real MENSCH, and that's not just because he managed to slip that word into today's crossword, as part of a very amusing themed answer. There's a lot more magic happening in the ...
13 Dec 202317min
Monday, December 11, 2023 - 🎶 Mi, mi, mi 🎶
There's something about a Monday NYTimes crossword theme -- crafted to put a smile on your lips combined with a "huh!" when recognition dawns. Later in the week, that "huh", sometimes morphs into a "d...
12 Dec 202315min
Sunday, December 10, 2023 - The puns, they are upun us 🙄
A seemingly easier than usual Sunday crossword, especially surprising consider its origin - from the minds and pens of Zachary David Levy and Jeff Chen. Besides a small boatload of puns that comprised...
11 Dec 202315min
Saturday, December 9, 2023 - We CANCONFIRM - this crossword will cause your vocabulary to EMBIGGEN 😀
Our intrepid cohosts had distinct solving experiences working on today's crossword - Jean found it relatively straightforward (aided and abetted, as usual, by her insanely copious and nearly complete ...
10 Dec 202320min
Friday, December 8, 2023 - Robert Logan's NOAPOLOGIES crossword
Robert Logan has to make NOAPOLOGIES for today's crossword, a fine Friday, challenging but accessible, with some shorter toeholds conveniently located everywhere in the grid. There were a lot of fasc...
9 Dec 202321min
