
Thursday, January 11, 2024 - X marks the spot!
Today's puzzle, by Damon Gulczynski, has an ingenious and well-disguised theme: and thanks to the revealer's position in the bottom-right, we are kept in suspense / befuddlement, until the very end --...
12 Jan 20247min

Wednesday, January 10, 2024 - GOBI, the world's most aptly named desert!
There was one TYPEO in today's grid, but that was by design and quite amusing (20A, What's tolerated by every body?), as we can count on one hand (without resorting to any phalanges chicanery) the num...
11 Jan 202415min

Tuesday, January 9, 2024 - OCTOPI, the Einsteins of the depths! 🐙
This is Adam Wagner's 18th crossword, and it was a doozy, with 4 debut answers, including both cohosts' favorite, 6D, Exploded, WENTKABOOM. The grid was replete with many other less explosive but st...
10 Jan 202418min

Monday, January 8, 2024 - TEDLASSO wins big ... in the NYTimes crossword?
TEDLASSO might've been shutout at the Golden Globes, but he won big by appearing in today's NYTimes crossword, thanks to Nate Cardin, constructor and (by his own account) TEDLASSO fan. We suspect that...
8 Jan 202413min

Sunday, January 7, 2024 - The name's Chyna ... BLAC Chyna!
A superb Sunday crossword by Michael Schlossberg, meeting the cruciverbal RDA for: old-timey clues -- 5A, "Yikes!", EGAD, and 19A, "Sounds 'bout right to me", IRECKONSO; birds that Mike has never hear...
8 Jan 202421min

Saturday, January 6, 2024 - Today's "Can you work it into casual conversation?" challenge: BOKEH!
After Friday's grueling workout, today's crossword, even though it was a Saturday, seemed relatively straightforward. We are not complaining, though, because the clues were entertaining, the answers e...
7 Jan 202414min

Friday, January 5, 2024 - EASYREAD, tricky solve!
A tough, tough Friday crossword by David P. Williams -- his third, and his third to use the exact same grid pattern! The grid was daunting, with many a long answer, and there were almost no "gimme" cl...
6 Jan 202420min

Thursday, January 4, 2023 - SOBE, or not SOBE ... yup, it was SOBE 😀
An excellent Thursday crossword, marred by an unfortunate technical glitch. The themed clues contained underlined letters, but the underscores did not appear in the app (they appeared as expected in a...
5 Jan 202416min




















