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Saturday, June 7, 2025 - SACRA bleu, this crossword was a BEAUT! 😀
Season 13 Episode 24
Today's crossword was Blake Slonecker's 9th in the NYTimes, and his 4th Saturday, so he definitely knows how to write challenging clues. The grid here was impressive, with 4 full-width and 4 full-hei…
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Friday, June 6, 2025 - A perfect Friday crossword
Season 13 Episode 23
What, you may ask, makes for a perfect Friday crossword? We're not sure about the what, but we are about the who: Adrian Johnson, the author of today's and 5 prior NYTimes Friday crosswords, definite…
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Thursday, June 5, 2025 - 1 debut author, 3 debut answers, an ♾️ amount of solving satisfaction 😍
Season 13 Episode 22
This crossword had a most ingenious theme. Jean spotted it at once, enabling her to solve the puzzle in a goodly time; Mike, alas, solved it in a not-so-goodly time, meaning he had more time to savor…
Published on 7 months ago
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 - OPDOC - A Spiderman villain or an NYTimes feature, something like that ...
Season 13 Episode 21
It is unclear when "crunchy" was first used to categorize crosswords, but what is clear is that today's was definitely a crunchier than usual Wednesday - just the way we like it! Need proof? Check ou…
Published on 7 months ago
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 - TAUPE, *the* perfect color choice for a toupee 🙄
Season 13 Episode 20
There was a lot to love in today's crossword, but it had us at 25A, Ref. work with definitions for "colour" and "aluminium", OED (our favorite reference work of all time). We became even more smitten…
Published on 7 months ago
Monday, June 2, 2025 - Yup, this crossword was dee-lish!
Season 13 Episode 19
This was a very fine sophomore crossword by Anthony V. Grubb, appearing almost exactly one year after his NY Times debut (also a Monday). The theme was cute; the clues, at an apposite Monday level, i…
Published on 7 months ago
Sunday, June 1, 2025 - Time to dust off those Jumble skills!
Season 13 Episode 18
If you grew up on Jumble (as, apparently, the author did), then you'll feel right at home tackling this awesome homage to anagrams, an impressive debut by Sam Brody. Ironically, the word anagram does…
Published on 7 months ago
Saturday, May 31, 2025 - Happy Last Day of May!
Season 13 Episode 17
Today's puzzle was an enjoyable albeit challenging tag-team effort by Adam Aaronson and Ricky Cruz. Jean got through it in good time, Mike ... got through it, slowed down in numerous areas, but prima…
Published on 7 months ago
Friday, May 30 2025 - ALLABOARD ... the crossword express! 🚂 😀
Season 13 Episode 16
This was a fine end-of-work-week crossword by Rafael Musa, his 19th for the NYTimes and his 9th Friday, so he certainly knows this day well! Though seemingly not hugely difficult, it was a good warmu…
Published on 7 months ago
Thursday, May 29, 2025 - You'd probably need to be in Mensa to get the clue about Mensa 😉
Season 13 Episode 15
The constructor of today's crossword, John Kugelman, is mostly known for his Sunday crosswords: but somehow he managed to squeeze all that ken into a 15x15 grid, and the result is this fine Thursday …
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago