Saturday, June 10, 2023 - CINCINNATUS and TELESCOPIUM and ORNAMENTING, oh, my!
John Hawksley pulls out all the stops on this one: no theme (typical for Saturday), but some jaw-droppingly difficult clues that will leave you awed, agog, and amazed (which also sounds like a great n...
11 Juni 202320min
Friday, June 9, 2023 - This crossword has got it all, SOUPTONUTS!
A fabulous, fun Friday crossword by a reliably great crossword constructor, Robin Weintraub. It has such pleasing clues as 57A, Contronym that means moving quickly or not moving at all, FAST 😀 ; 56A...
10 Juni 202317min
Thursday, June 8, 2023 - Quickly, fetch the secret decoder ring!
It's not clear that the phrase "come for the theme, stay for the clues" has ever been applied to a crossword before -- ChatGPT denied knowledge -- but it really does apply to this one. It has an atten...
9 Juni 202317min
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 - BREAKINGSTORY - this crossword was fabulous!
A very pleasing crossword by Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson, who managed to sneakily embed a chyron into the grid. They also seemed to have included a mini-French theme, with 36A, "Ta-da!", ETVOILA, a...
8 Juni 202315min
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - Give the constructor a DAP for pulling out all the STOPS
You might want to have a pillow handy while working on today's crossword, so when you figure out the theme and your jaw drops, no serious injury results. Yes, the crossword is that good. For all the d...
7 Juni 202315min
Monday, June 5, 2023 - OKEEFFE, often lauded, often misspelled 😀
A fine Monday crossword by Eric Rollfing, with one of those memorable Monday themes that makes one ponder the incredible ingenuity of the many NYTimes Crossword constructors. There were a few sneakier...
6 Juni 202312min
Sunday, June 4, 2023 - A crossword to be proud of!
In honor of Pride month, the NYTimes Crossword editors have broken out the ol' color palette. They may have previously embedded color (other than gray) in the grid , but not very often - so if this is...
5 Juni 202319min
Saturday, June 3, 2023 - This crossword was a PUZZLINGPROBLEM 😀
A superb Saturday crossword by John Westwig, challenging -- as one would expect from the putatively hardest crossword of the week! -- but fair, with a merciful (from Mike's perspective) dearth of pop ...
4 Juni 202315min
