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Friday, March 14, 2025 - A Perfect Friday Crossword ❤️
Brandon Koppy has a knack for writing magnificently deceptive clues, and his gifts are on full display in today's puzzle -- a tough but highly satisf…
1 year, 1 month ago
Thursday, March 13, 2025 - ESSIE, the preferred nail polish for 9 out of 10 mythical Scottish loch monsters 🙄
Season 12 Episode 42
The consensus at JAMDTNYTC HQ is that this was a terrific Thursday crossword, and a limbering up, as it were, in preparation for the grueling Friday …
1 year, 1 month ago
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 - No, an ARTEMIS is *not* as good as an ARTEMILE 🙄
Season 12 Episode 41
It takes just an askance glance at today's grid to know that something's up. Perhaps it's the suspicious symmetry, or the fact that several runs of g…
1 year, 1 month ago
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 - An ERIE-ily good crossword!
Season 12 Episode 40
This was a debut crossword by Jared Cappel, and it was a fine one. The theme was sharp, and surrounded by a bevy of equally keen non-themed clues: th…
1 year, 1 month ago
Monday, March 10, 2025 - A (LITTLE)LULU of a crossword!
Season 12 Episode 39
One of Will Shortz's greatest innovations was the strategy of making Monday crosswords easy, then making them progressively harder throughout the wee…
1 year, 1 month ago
Sunday, March 9, 2025 - Ah, the sweet aroma of newsprint and printer's ink
Season 12 Episode 38
The doctor -- Dr. Michael Schlossberg, to be precise -- was in fine form today, taking a sentimental stroll through the history books. Jean made shor…
1 year, 1 month ago
Saturday, May 8, 2025 - Joe Deeney, the Houdini of crossword constructors 🙄😁
Season 12 Episode 37
Joe Deeney has created a daunting looking Saturday grid -- there are oodles of 4-stack answers, and as an ADDEDBONUS, a pinwheel in the center with v…
1 year, 1 month ago
Friday, March 7, 2025 - MOVIEMAGIC, on the big screen, and in this tiny grid 😀
Season 12 Episode 36
Today's crossword was a great mental workout, replete with fine, fabulously deceptive clues -- just the kind that you hope for on a Friday.
For exampl…
1 year, 1 month ago
Thursday, March 6, 2025 - Three (Slightly Belated) Cheers for ALYRAISMAN! 🤸♀️
Season 12 Episode 35
At least one of our cohosts wasn't quite on the same wavelength as today's constructor, Kiran Pandey: the clues and answers just felt a wee bit ... o…
1 year, 1 month ago
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 - Happy ... Halloween??
Season 12 Episode 34
This was a spookily fun crossword by Rebecca Goldstein, who we are fairly certain won the ORCA Constructor of the Year Award sometime in the not too …
1 year, 1 month ago