Wednesday, February 26, 2025 - We long for more crosswords by Dan Caprera 😁

A tough Saturday crossword, the kind that tests one's mettle, and tries one's soul, among other idioms. The clues and answers were as crisp as they come - 41A, Lickspittle, YESMAN; 38D, Coming down hard?, HAILING; and 2D, "Ain't it so?", AMIRITE are 3 of the clues that didn't make it into today's episode, yes, even the also-rans were sparkling. Five squares on the JAMCR scale, and we can't wait for John Hawksley's next masterpiece. We love feedback! Send us a text... Contact Info: We lo...

16 Okt 202217min

A David Steinberg crossword, and the maestro of cruciverbalism does not disappoint, with a stellar grid and inspired cluing. We doff our hats to you, and cannot wait until your next puzzle! Five squares on the JAMCR scale, each one of them well-earned!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!

15 Okt 20227min

A tricky Thursday crossword (for one of us: for the other, a piece of gateau), with numerous til (today I learned) moments. For example, both Jean and Mike were bemused to discover the answer to 46A, Congress-created media giant, NPR (a media giant? Really?). Mike was amazed to discover the spelling of 39A, "... about up to here", YEAHIGH, to say nothing of 16A, Serve as a go-between, LIAISE. Jean had a spot of bother in the bottom-left corner, whereas Mike misconstrued the theme, and spent n...

14 Okt 202214min

A fine midweek puzzle, Jean aced it, Mike ... jokered it, temporarily hung up in the top center of the grid by a combination of hubris and poor spelling, a dangerous mixture. Besides the theme (deets inside), there were numerous other fun clues - 2D, Foofaraws (which is just a delight to say), ADOS; 36D, Name hidden in paleontology, LEON (an undoubted disappointment to all the forgotten TOLOs of the world 🙄); and a host of others, that we dissect in today's episode. We love feedback! Send us ...

13 Okt 202212min

A debut Tuesday crossword by the youngest person ever to get published in the NYTimes, so congrats to Ailee Yoshida, who turns in a splendid Tuesday (regardless of age!). There were a few clues that might've been more familiar to a younger generation (e.g., 58A, Chucked forcefully, in modern lingo, YEETED), but that was offset (and arguably dominated) by clues like 25A, One who's "Hoppin' and a-boppin' and a-singin' his song", in a 1958 hit, ROCKINROBIN. There was some great cluin', um, we me...

12 Okt 202218min

There was a lot of food lurking in today's grid - some PASTA, some PARM, we spotted a SPUD, an HERB, and to wash it all down, some CHEAPWINE. Definitely something a FOODIE could enjoy, but we did too! Five forks, er, we mean squares, on the JAMCR scale!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!

11 Okt 20227min

The husband-and-wife team of Jessie and Ross Trudeau have created a super Sunday crossword - not too difficult, and with a great, great, theme. We'd tell you more here, but they say that a certain amount of suspense is good for the heart, so we will refrain and instead strongly encourage you to subscribe / download / listen / leave us a 5 star (or even a 6 star) rating wherever you happen to be listening to this podcast. We love feedback! Send us a text... Contact Info: We love list...

10 Okt 202216min

There are Saturday crosswords, and there are Saturday crosswords - this is definitely one of the latter -- not because the letters are all in bold, but because it was very, very difficult in spots. Our intrepid cohosts managed to muscle their way through it (metaphorically speaking, of course - for the most part the majority of their muscles were pretty much slack, and that includes those in the jaw area, as they were working on this). We have all the deets inside, plus a new time-traveling f...

9 Okt 202220min