Thursday, July 11, 2024 - A rebus-less (?) Thursday

Today's crossword was a cruciverbial masterpiece, with a stream of LOL answers that seemed to go ONANDON. Beyond those delightful gems that we cover in today's episode, we'd like to note a few other h...

14 Okt 202316min

A tough Thursday crossword, both cohosts had to really dig deeply to get through this one. The theme was tricky, the clues absolutely diabolical ( we mean this in the best possible way), but we were W...

13 Okt 202328min

We are presuming that Miranda Kany has an appreciation of CAJUN cooking, based on its key role in today's delicious theme. Beyond that there were other intriguing elements to this crossword, including...

12 Okt 202314min

A fine Tuesday crossword by Nate Cardin, with a great theme, some novel answers (5 debuts, in fact, including 4 out of the 6 themed answers), and just a lot of crisp cluing throughout the grid. In ad...

11 Okt 202317min

A straightforward Monday crossword by Zachary David Levy -- his 5th NYTimes crossword, but who's counting? -- including some debut answers - 17A, Vast South American watershed, AMAZONBASIN, and 37A, K...

10 Okt 202310min

This is Sid Sivakumar's 16th crossword, and practice makes perfect, because this puzzle is spot-on, with a brilliant theme and a vast array of awe-inspiring clues. We've got all the deets inside, so c...

9 Okt 202317min

A challenging Saturday crossword by Alex Vratsanos, who would appear to have a PhD in obfuscation, based on such fabulous clues as 44A, One who's served admirally?, NAVYVET; 38D, Like "Duck Soup", it'...

8 Okt 202323min

A relatively gentle Friday crossword from veteran crossword constructors Zhouqin Burnikel and Tom Pepper, who between them have had 94 crosswords published in the NYTimes (!) -- so the "veteran" is we...

7 Okt 202314min