Tuesday, September 10, 2024 - HEMINGWAYESQUE, fun to say, a challenge to spell, and impossible to work into casual conversation 😀

Tuesday, September 10, 2024 - HEMINGWAYESQUE, fun to say, a challenge to spell, and impossible to work into casual conversation 😀

Today's theme was about as NYTimes-esque as they come, just a fun exploration of attributes of the English language, and something that almost surely could not have been constructed without a computer to do the heavy lifting. Without spoiling anything out here in the show notes, let's just say that the theme involved finding three answers that met certain criteria, and those answers were the output of a Python program. To be fair, the author of the crossword wrote said program, and could've d...

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Friday, July 24, 2020

Friday, July 24, 2020

Jean & Mike find themselves immersed in a not-particularly TRUETOLIFE BOSSBATTLE with the New York Times crossword, but are able to emerge victoriously, so AWLS well that ends well.We love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

25 Juli 20208min

Thursday,July 23, 2020

Thursday,July 23, 2020

A brilliant crossword from Robyn Eintraub, um, we mean Weintraub, illustrating the importance of always reading the instructions.We love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

24 Juli 202012min

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Jean & Mike were momentarily ATALOSS while working on this crossword, but in spite of some unusually spelled words -- OLIO and SANA, to name a pair -- were able to persevere: hear how they did it right here.We love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

23 Juli 20208min

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Today's crossword gets a perfect 20/20!We love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

22 Juli 20204min

Monday, July 20, 2020

Monday, July 20, 2020

Jean & Mike thought this Monday puzzle was RIGHTONTHEMONEY, and definitely did not leave them LEFTINTHELURCH, with a bevy of old favorites like HBOMB, HORA and ABBA, along with a few new friends -- DISHY and EVIE, to name two.We love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

21 Juli 20204min

Sunday, July 19, 2020

Sunday, July 19, 2020

A fine Sunday crossword, with a plethora of intriguing names and nouns, including RAPANUI (spoken on Easter Island), MILT Jackson (a Jazz icon), OREAD (a Mountain nymph of Greek myth, spelled here with an E instead of an I). All in all, there was lots to LIKELIKE!We love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

19 Juli 202011min

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Saturday, July 18, 2020

A Saturday spectacular, in which Jean learns that a CALF is a piece of detached ice, and Mike maintains an EVENTENOR upon learning that the answer to "x, y or z" is AXIS, not AXES.We love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

19 Juli 202010min

Friday, July 17, 2020

Friday, July 17, 2020

Jean & Mike find today's crossword to be a great mental workout, with some scarily long answers. There were some NEARDISASTERS along the road, but Jean & Mike's REPUTATIONS remain intact (although they don't want to GLOAT).We love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

18 Juli 202010min

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