Sunday, January 22, 2023 - Got the FANTODS? Perhaps you just need some TLC
Although the title of today's crossword was With Ease, that's not how your intrepid cohosts solved it: rather, the clue for 19A, My ________ (You're never gonna get it), 1992 hit by En Vogue, seemed a...
23 Jan 202315min
Saturday, January 21, 2023 - CHEERIOS, WITHCHEESE, and WINESAUCE - a gastronomically very confused crossword 😀
A challenging Saturday crossword -- Jean had an epic struggle in the north central area of the grid, and Mike had an epic struggle ... everywhere! But along the way we were able to appreciate such fin...
21 Jan 202312min
Friday, January 20, 2023 - A great crossword? TRUEDAT!
A fine Friday crossword by Robert S. Greenfield, not too difficult for a Friday, but still festooned with fun clues and answers (which we like to call cluans™️), such as 34A, Neologize, COINAPHRASE (f...
20 Jan 202313min
Thursday, January 19, 2023 - Fire up the kinderklaviers, it's time for a RAPBATTLE!!
A deliciously devious Thursday crossword by Daniel Bodily, thanks to Friday and Saturday level cluing and a theme that may leave you AGASP (and if you solve today's puzzle, saying AAH). Definitely a f...
20 Jan 202315min
Wednesday, January 18, 2023 - Will Shortz, THEGOAT of crossword editors!
A wonderful Wednesday crossword, and a debut for constructor Lindsay McBride (kudos and all that!). We especially enjoyed 67A, Like matryoshka dolls, NESTED (we just like to say matryoshka); 32D, Goo...
19 Jan 202313min
Tuesday, January 17, 2023 - This crossword made our day!
A fine Tuesday crossword, with a bilingual theme -- the best kind -- as well as some amusing clues (9D, Phrase sung 36 times in a 1970 Beatles hit, LETITBE; 6D, Bovine:cow::corvine:__________, CROW; a...
18 Jan 202319min
Monday, January 16, 2023 - Look out, MOTHRA's on the prowl!
A slightly more intense Monday crossword than usual, with several span-the-grid answers, but the cute theme (the constructor, Michael Paleos, definitely did not MAILITIN) made it all worthwhile. We've...
17 Jan 202312min
Sunday, January 15, 2023 - Great Caesar's ghost, what a crossword!
If you like literature, you'll love today's crossword, teeming with literary references, all in the cause of a fun theme. Even if you're not particularly well-versed in the classics, though, chances a...
16 Jan 202320min
