Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword

What's all that HOOPLA about? This crossword, a most WORTHY effort by Francesca Goldston and Jeff Chen (Will Shortz, ed.). Jean's only serious snafu was imagining John Lennon ONACOD (as opposed to ONACID), and Mike's only issue was ... the entire crossword. Still, we give it a 5 squares on the incredibly precise 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 t...

9 Okt 202012min

We might be a TOUGHCROWD, but we certainly wouldn't begrudge a round of applause for this BUENO Wednesday crossword by Ross Trudeau, with several laugh out loud answers, including (especially) the theme. Jean cruised through it, Mike hummed a SADSONG while hung up on the image of sheep grazing around a TARN, watching a video by famed actress Lisa TONET. Definitely a 5 squares on the JAMCR scale, thank you Mr. Trudeau! We love feedback! Send us a text... Contact Info: We love listener m...

8 Okt 20207min

Do we like the New York Times crossword? YESWEDO, in general, and this one in particular: we give it a 5 squares on the JAMCR scale.Today's Tip Tuesday, so be sure and listen in for some (hopefully, HAHA) tips on how you can improve your crossword solving skills.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!

7 Okt 202013min

A crossword to SOOTH: even CORONA shows up in a non-threatening way, in this gently themed, sparkling puzzle by Evan Mahnken (and it would sparkle even without the Kohi-i-NOOR diamond).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!

6 Okt 20205min

A Sam Ezersky spectacular that Jean breezed through, DARNTOOTIN, but Mike thought was SOMETHINGELSE. For more details, listen to the intrepid duo's puzzle solving adventure right here.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!

5 Okt 202014min

Jean gets stuck in the bottom left corner, and Mike makes a HUMANERROR at the corner of 49D - Literature Nobelist Mario Vargas _____ and 52A - Singer/dancer/actress Falana. Still, any time that we can almost complete a Saturday crossword is ONEFINEDAY, and any puzzle that includes such memorable answers as TARN (42A - Alpine Lake) and works in both THESENTINEL and CITADEL has to be a 5 squares on the JAMCR scale. We love feedback! Send us a text... Contact Info: We love listener mail! D...

4 Okt 20209min

It is AXIOMATIC: you can RELY on the New York Times to deliver a great Friday puzzle. Mike was QUIK to solve this one, Jean took her THYME, but both agree that it was a HIT!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!

3 Okt 202011min

Today's crossword hits all the right buttons. It's a tour de force by Adam Fromm, who most definitely did not phone this one in. You likely won't get done in a TRICE, but if you do complete it, you will surely ROAR ... IWON! It's a definite 5 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!

2 Okt 202013min