Sunday, November 8, 2020
Jean tears through today's crossword, while Mike, FELTSAD to discover the bottom-left corner to be almost LETHAL (but still TAME compared to yesterday!). We give it a 4.0 squares on the JAMCR scale...
9 Nov 20208min
Saturday, November 7, 2020
A ferocious Saturday, so let's get right to today's crossword AUTOPSY! Mike is run over by GRANIMALS, gets kicked in the SHIN, lost a MINT by betting on, well, MINT, and chose a few other words INERRO...
8 Nov 202014min
Friday, November 6, 2020
A crossword that almost drove both Jean & Mike BANANAS, but they fought it to THEBITTEREND and, abetted by ALOT of luck and a little BARTRIVIA, were able to triumph. Some especially fun clues -- 13A,...
7 Nov 202012min
Thursday, November 5, 2020
OHLOOK, it's a Thursday crossword honoring the beloved HASHTAG (nee pound sign, aka octothorp), and ALLTHINGSBEING=, there are no puzzles we'd rather be SOLVING than ones like these, by Jeremy Newton...
6 Nov 202011min
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Put on your PARTYHATS, because it's time to celebrate the debut NYTimes crossword by Jack Murtagh, a real BEAUTY with lots of clever cluing, and multiple homages to Mike's favorite company -- 13A, Job...
5 Nov 202010min
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
WOW, a great but not particularly HEAVYDUTY Tuesday crossword, just the ticket, SOIHEAR, if you need an IDYL to HIDEAWAY in. We just saw GOLDENDOODLEs a few days ago, and today we celebrate the appea...
4 Nov 202011min
Monday, November 2, 2020
Jean almost beats her personal best Monday time, her fingers a blur over the keyboard. Mike, meanwhile, takes heart in the fact that he solved a crossword with a GOLDENDOODLE in it (20A, Popular dog c...
3 Nov 20208min
Sunday, November 1, 2020
An EXQUISITE and very ARTY start to November, with references to various works and writers, including OTHELLO, BAUM, DANTE, and, while not quite as classical, the definitely classy EBERT and CARLSAGAN...
2 Nov 202012min
