Monday, October 27, 2025 - We'll take a flier on how to spell FLYER 😀

Monday, October 27, 2025 - We'll take a flier on how to spell FLYER 😀

This was Tarun Krishnamurthy's third NYTimes crossword: he now has two Mondays and a Tuesday under his belt. Today's opus had an endearing theme and provided us with an opportunity to dive into the FLIER v. FLYER debate. Based on extensive research, we can now conclude, unequivocally, that it should neither be spelled PHLIER (as that is a chemist who tells falsehoods about acidity) nor FLYYYYYYER (uttered by a pilot having an existential crisis). We have a few other (slightly less controversi...

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Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Today's crossword features SLEWS of PRETTY funny puns, like 17A, Ways to cross a river in Switzerland?, BERNBRIDGES, and 28A, First showing at a film festival in France?, CANNESOPENER (oof). Jean crui...

22 Okt 202011min

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

In today's podcast, Jean revs up the Tip Tuesday apparatus with tips about cars, Mike extols the virtue of listening to musicians that appear in the crossword (e.g., Joe Satriani), and both agree that...

21 Okt 202013min

Monday, October 19, 2020

Monday, October 19, 2020

A somewhat "crunchier" crossword than usual for a Monday, including words like 56A, Perfect example (EPITOME), 39D, Calm and impassive (STOLID) , and a reference to 48D, Portrait painter Rembrandt PEA...

20 Okt 20209min

Sunday, October 18, 2020

Sunday, October 18, 2020

Jean cruises through today's crossword, while Mike crashes his ASTIN, excuse us, *ASTON* in this light-hearted Sunday exercise in punnery. It earns a 4.25 on the JAMCR scale, and ... that's AWRAP!We l...

19 Okt 202013min

Saturday, October 17, 2020

Saturday, October 17, 2020

A relatively straightforward Saturday crossword, with lots of new words thrown in to the mix, including 36D, French dessert of fruit encased in sweet batter, CLAFOUTI, 40D, Language from which "peyote...

17 Okt 202015min

Friday, October 16, 2020

Friday, October 16, 2020

In today's podcast, Jean contemplates the eternal question -- is it UTAHN, or Utahan. Mike, meanwhile, engages in a painful rationalization of BATFLAPS as the answer to 15A, Showboaty home run celebr...

17 Okt 202014min

Thursday, October 15, 2020

Thursday, October 15, 2020

G'day mate! You call that a crossword? THIS is a crossword, a fine one, in fact, celebrating all things from the land DOWNUNDER, aka AUSTRALIA -- from DIGERIDOO to VEGEMITE, and several other clues in...

16 Okt 202012min

Wednesday, October 15, 2020

Wednesday, October 15, 2020

Jean & Mike give a VULCANSALUTE to Rich Proulx, who, HOPEFULLY, will not HANGLOOSE too long before he graces us again with his presence -- this crossword was a VICTORY for all concerned, 5 squares on ...

15 Okt 202010min

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