Monday, July 15, 2024 - The Big Interview 😀
Today's crossword, by Tarun Krishnamurthy, was a perfect Monday offering, not too difficult, but with our favorite kind of theme, the LOL kind. This was Tarun's debut NYTimes Crossword, and he's also ...
16 Juli 202415min
Sunday, July 14, 2024 - A Jeff Chen solo effort 😀
Jeff Chen is a master cruciverbalist, and he is in fine form today with an amazing theme. The theme idea is simple, but constructing it must've been a major challenge. Confused? Check out today's epis...
15 Juli 202418min
Saturday, July 13, 2024 - From Tame IMPALA to Dua LIPA, this grid just sings!
A fine Saturday crossword by Eli Cotham, a relatively smooth solve but with a lot of fine verbal baubles to enjoy along the way. We have all the deets inside, as well as our JAMCOTWA -- Jean And Mike ...
14 Juli 202412min
Thursday, July 11, 2024 - A rebus-less (?) Thursday
Don't bother looking for rebuses (rebusae)? in today's grid - there aren't any. But the theme that we have instead is still tricky and amusing, and we doff our hats in what we imagine to be the genera...
12 Juli 202417min
Wednesday, July 10, 2024 - SCUSI, how do you spell "SCUSI"?
Today's crossword, Hal Moore's 10th for the NYTimes, was a little bit novel, a tad quirky, but here at JAMDTNYTC HQ we adore novel and quirky. It helps that the supporting cast of entries populating t...
11 Juli 202411min
Tuesday, July 9, 2024 - Er... one BANHMI to go, please!
There was GLEE In the grid, literally, in this Tuesday crossword by Gary Larson and Amy Ensz. A few recent answers made reappearances - we just saw 68A, Ensemble of eight, OCTET, and it's been less th...
10 Juli 202416min
Monday, July 8, 2024 - All rise (and smile), PAULA Poundstone is in the grid!
Quality control at the NYTimes crossword desk is remarkable, week after week they crank out great, great, puzzles -- and today's is just a fine example, a theme that is light and airy -- if it were a ...
9 Juli 202410min
