Tuesday, January 21, 2024 - This crossword's got style!
A classy Tuesday crossword and a debut by Patrick Maher, with an LOL theme and edutaining clues all 'round. For example, 34D, Greek letter shaped like a pitchfork, PSI (true, true); 49D, Camelid somet...
24 Jan 202416min
Monday, January 20, 2024 - Some OLDIES, some NEWBs, this FAB crossword's got it all!
Just how many crossword themes are possible? We'd argue for infinite, and while we have no proof, thanks to today's crossword we have even more empirical evidence: a unique and ebullient addition to t...
23 Jan 202412min
Sunday, January 21, 2024 - Oh, no, it's an imbroglio over an INTAGLIO 🙄
Today's crossword is entitled "Funny Business", and it definitely lives up to its name. The themed clues were a stitch, and there were lots of intriguing clues, which we had a lot of fun with as well...
22 Jan 202421min
Saturday, January 20, 2024 -Oh, neato, there's such a thing as INCOGMEATO 😀
Caitlin Reid and Matthew Stock have produced a breezy Saturday crossword -- with a slew of educational and entertaining clues such as 52A, Bad drawing?, SHORTSTRAW; 30D, Greek who originated the expr...
21 Jan 202414min
Friday, January 19, 2024 - A crossword that's chock-full of AHAMOMENTs
Today's crossword was a delight -- not soul-crushingly difficult, as Friday crosswords sometimes are, but just a joy to behold and to solve. We give numerous examples in today's podcast, but we'd also...
19 Jan 202415min
Thursday, January 18, 2024 - I before E, except after C, albeit science tells us that there might be exceptions 🙄
We'd like to say that the Michnovicz brothers have done it again, but since this is their debut NYTimes crossword all we can say is that they've done it! -- written a thought provoking puzzle that wil...
19 Jan 202422min
Wednesday, January 17. 2024 - Morton J. Mendelson had a (b)right idea 😀
A fine Wednesday crossword by Morton J. Mendelson, and to answer the question raised in the grid, yes, ITISART: artfully designed, wittily clued, and with an astonishing number of themed clues. We wer...
18 Jan 202416min
Tuesday, January 16, 2024 - A deLightful Tuesday crossword
Every now and then the NYTimes publishes a crossword for the ages, and today is one of those days, because this work of art, by Marshall Hermann, is sublime, stunning, stupendous, and a slew of other ...
17 Jan 202418min
