Sunday, January 12, 2025 - Not puns are knot allowed ... or something like that 🙄
Today's crossword was by Jeffrey Martinovic, a mechanical engineering student at Western University in London, Ontario (go JW! -- yes, that's the name of their mascot, no word on whether they were try...
13 Jan 202521min
Saturday, January 11, 2025 - Ryan McCarty dials it up to 12!!
Today's crossword was a Saturday crossword, and that means tough; it was also by Ryan McCarty, which means, tough bordering on impossible. But not unfair; the clues were deliciously difficult, but -- ...
12 Jan 202523min
Friday, January 10, 2025 - Robert Logan hits out of the ballpark with crossword # 5!
This was an excellent Friday crossword - not particularly difficult, both cohosts got through it rather expeditiously - but the clues were just fabulous. We've gone through most of them in today's epi...
11 Jan 202518min
Thursday, January 9, 2025 - A NATO-themed crossword? Neato!! 😀 😀
This was a fun and challenging Thursday crossword by David P. Williams, his sixth for the NYTimes, deftly edited by the indomitable Will Shortz. The theme was very helpful, providing a distinct tactic...
10 Jan 202518min
Wednesday, January 8, 2024 - ARROYO, fun to say, fun to spell, *essential* to solving today's crossword!
Today's crossword, by Laura Dershewitz, was her third for the NYTimes, and it was grand. Both cohosts found it a little crunchier (i.e., tougher) than usual, Mike more so than Jean, stymied as he too ...
9 Jan 202519min
Tuesday, January 7, 2025 - OOHBABY this was an awesome crossword! 😀
Dana Edwards has written two NYTimes crosswords, and both have been uniformly excellent. This one had an ingenious theme to it (not that his first was a slouch, but this one just had a little extra sp...
8 Jan 202519min
Monday, January 6, 2025 - Worried you'll forget what FOMO stands for? That's FOFFOMO 😀 😀
Rena Cohen has concocted a fine Monday crossword for your enjoyment, one that checks all the boxes: Cute theme? (check!)Not too hard (check, check!)Entertaining? (check, check, check!)In short, we won...
7 Jan 202513min
Sunday, January 5, 2025 - Deep philosophical question here, did Batman ever have a BATPUP? 🧐
This was an excellent Sunday crossword by Kareem Ayas, the themed clues being particularly ingenious and amusing (deets inside). But Kareem didn't ease off the gas when constructing the rest of the pu...
6 Jan 202517min
