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Saturday, April 5, 2025 - The toughest crossword of the week lives up to its billing
Season 12 Episode 61
Saturdays are supposed to be the toughest crosswords of the week, and Rafael Musa definitely got the memo: the amount of misdirection in today's puzz…
1 year ago
Friday, April 4, 2025 - It's officially long answer Friday 😉
Season 12 Episode 60
There were a lot of long answers in this crossword, but fortunately they were also very common phrases. Otherwise, this would've been a Saturday or p…
1 year ago
Thursday, April 3, 2025 - A *galaxy* of great clues 😉
Season 12 Episode 59
Today's crossword was by Hanh Huynh. His Thursday crossword themes have always been brilliant, and we are pleased to announce that with today's puzzl…
1 year ago
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 - CIAO - the *perfect* word when you've forgotten if you're coming or going 😀 😀
Season 12 Episode 58
This was a highly pleasing mid-week crossword by Daniel Bodily. There were some NEAT clues (including 15A, "Sweet!", NEAT); clues with a lot of HEART…
1 year ago
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 - We're fools for today's crossword 🙄
Season 12 Episode 57
Today's crossword was the perfect April 1st crossword -- as a Tuesday, it was not too difficult, but it was very meta, and very relatable, making for…
1 year ago
Monday, March 31, 2025 - A grid that is obsessed with ZEST
Season 12 Episode 56
OK, perhaps "obsessed" is a little over the top, because technically ZEST itself only showed up once, as per custom; but the clues and answers were s…
1 year ago
Saturday, March 30, 2025 - Happy April Fool's Day Eve Eve 🤣🎉
Season 12 Episode 55
Simeon Seigel tends to write crosswords just like this one - filled with clever and novel clues. We present, as exhibit A, ...
105A, Its southernmost …1 year ago
Saturday, March 29, 2025 - We're baaaaaack!
Season 12 Episode 54
We have returned after a brief, unplanned hiatus, and welcoming us back were Christina Iverson and Jacob McDermott, who have prepared a delightful, a…
1 year ago
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - So Long, and Thanks for All the Fishes
Season 12 Episode 53
We'd give this crossword an APLUS, for no other reason than that it gave us an APLUS, as in 54D, Highest grade. But lest we be accused of grade infla…
1 year, 1 month ago
Monday, March 24, 2025 - No ERRANT words in today's grid ... except for ERRANT 🙄
Season 12 Episode 52
This was a nice debut by Victor Schmitt, yet another "cute n' clever" theme that definitely lives up to its name. (We note parenthetically that "Cute…
1 year, 1 month ago