Monday, December 20, 2021 - ALAS, poor PEPITA, we knew you when!
A slightly crunchier Monday crossword than usual, Jean and Mike didn't come anywhere near the their epic, some might say quixotic, quest to complete the crossword in 5 minutes. Why, you ask? Or, if yo...
21 Dec 20218min
Sunday, December, 19, 2021 - The art of ARP!!
A sapid Sunday crossword (and if you're unfamiliar with sapid, be sure and check out Friday's episode), Jean ate it up, tearing through it in 32 minutes. Mike, always the fussy eater, took just over t...
20 Dec 202112min
Saturday, December 18, 2021 - Don't stare at that STERE of firewood!
Today's crossword pegged the crossword-difficulty-meter (expressed in units of Joe DiPietro's, see our December 10th podcast for the deets). Everywhere you looked in the grid there was a challenge, fr...
19 Dec 202116min
Friday, December 17, 2021 - HOLYSMOKES this BIBIMBAP is SAPID!
A decidedly vocabulary-stretching Friday crossword, with a dollop of food and pop culture references to amp up the difficulty level. We loved it -- giving it an enthusiastic 5 squares on the JAMCR sc...
18 Dec 202112min
Thursday, December 16, 2021 - This clue warrants closer inSPEXtion
A fine, some might even say mind-bogglingly spectacular, Thursday crossword from Trenton Charlson, aided and abetted by the clever programmers who run the New York Times crossword site. We don't want ...
17 Dec 202111min
Wednesday, December 15, 2021 - Oh WILLA, you pioneer, you!
Jessie Bullock and Ross Trudeau are at the helm, so you know we're in for a good time (or, in case you didn't know it, they are veteran primo crossword writers). Beyond the clues covered in today's po...
16 Dec 202112min
Tuesday, December 14, 2021 - A crossword to ENTHRAL
SCANDINAVIA consists of 6 countries, and crossword constructor Tao Platt managed to squeeze 4 of them into today's grid -- but since they are the size of, well, countries, that's no mean feat! And th...
15 Dec 202113min
Monday, December 13, 2021 - STOPDROPANDROCK ... er, ROLL
A fine debut crossword by Tomas Spiers, built around the concept of fire safety, i.e., STOPDROPANDROLL. Jean tore through this crossword in almost record time, whereas Mike, betrayed by his (completel...
14 Dec 20219min
