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Thursday, June 12, 2025 - Double, double, toil and trouble
Season 13 Episode 29
It took just one teensy-weensy act to shift this crossword from nigh-well impossible to fun and eminently doable. Unfortunately, that act was to figu…
1 year ago
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 - Quick, get your shades, this is one *brilliant* Wednesday crossword!
Season 13 Episode 28
If crosswords were paintings, today's would be hanging in the Louvre, it is that good. The theme is a winner, but the rest of the clues are magnifice…
1 year ago
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 - Was this a fine crossword? To quote 10D, YESREALLY!
Season 13 Episode 27
Today's grid had a few surprising entries. One that in particular caught our eye, because it has never caught our eye, was 30A, Altar constellation, …
1 year ago
Monday, June 9, 2025 - Expect the unexpected!
Season 13 Episode 26
Even if you do expect the unexpected, we predict that you'll still laugh when you figure out today's crossword, as the theme is delightful. Note that…
1 year ago
Sunday, June 8, 2025 - An eerily attractive crossword grid 😉
Season 13 Episode 25
This was John Kugelman's twelfth NYTimes crossword in about 2 years, and today's puzzle makes it clear why he keeps getting published. The theme was …
1 year ago
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 her…
1 year 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…
1 year 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…
1 year 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 Wednesd…
1 year 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 refere…
1 year ago