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Back to SearchSunday, October 9, 2022 - NICEJOB!
Season 5 Episode 19
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 am…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
Saturday, October 8, 2022 - A crossword filled with ZHUZH, sound the VUVUZELAS!
Season 5 Episode 18
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. O…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
Friday, October 7, 2022 - MACANDCHEESE and STREUSEL makes for a delicious crossword!
Season 5 Episode 17
When Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen team up for a crossword, you know it's going to be fun ... and the duo does not disappoint, with a majorly challenging Friday crossword, at least for one of us (hin…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
Thursday, October 6, 2022 - The NYTimes Crossword is on a roll!
Season 5 Episode 16
After Wednesday's absolutely brilliant crossword, it was hard to believe that they NYTimes could improve ... but then comes Simeon Seigel's oeuvre, another masterclass in crossword construction. You …
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 - The antithesis of JUSTPLAINDUMBO
Season 5 Episode 15
A wonderful, joyous Wednesday creation by Jason Reich, the grid just sparkles, the clues are magnificent and often very amusing, we cannot say enough about today's puzzle -- but that didn't stop us f…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Tuesday, October 3, 2022 - PHILIPPIC!
Season 5 Episode 14
A subtle and ingenious theme, eclipsed only slightly by the appearance of PHILIPPIC in the grid, a word that has appeared three times in the NYTimes Crossword - in 1956, 1959 and ... 2022! So, welcom…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Monday, October 3, 2022 - No DEBATE, this puzzle's great!
Season 5 Episode 13
A delightfully frothy Monday crossword courtesy of debut NYTimes crossword constructor Sarah Sinclair, with such bubbly clues as 44D, Person being used by another, CATSPAW, 37D, Playthings in bathtub…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Sunday, October 2, 2022 - Today's crossword is RATEDAAA
Season 5 Episode 12
A nice Goldilox Sunday puzzle by Kathy Bloomer - not too hard, not too easy, but juuuust right (although, as always, YMMV depending on a number of factors -- how much experience you have solving cros…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Saturday, October 1, 2022 - OCEANVUONG, poet extraordinaire!
Season 5 Episode 11
There are many great reasons for doing the NYTimes Crossword - one is their ability to shine a light on a great talent that you otherwise might not have heard of. Such is the case today, when OCEANVU…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Friday, September 30, 2022 - Oh, so that's how you pronounce ACAI!
Season 5 Episode 10
A possibly easier than usual Friday crossword -- which according to the Law of Conservation of Crossword Difficulty™️ means that tomorrow's could be brutal! But we could not possibly complain about a…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago