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Monday, October 28, 2024 - Water under the bridge and ... in the grid?
Season 11 Episode 12
There was a lot of water in today's grid - in 4D, Obstacle for a would-be castle attacker, MOAT; 35D, Beverage with a Big Mac, perhaps, LARGECOKE; an…
1 year, 2 months ago
Sunday, October 27, 2024 - Amoon our favorite puzzles this month 😉
Season 11 Episode 11
Jeffrey Martinovic and Jeff Chen -- who as far as we know do not call themselves the two Jeffs -- have put together a moonificent Sunday crossword th…
1 year, 2 months ago
Saturday, October 26, 2024 - The first person to record Hound Dog? Nope, not that guy, 'twas Big MAMA Thornton!
Season 11 Episode 10
This is, incredibly, Peter A. Collins' 120th NYTimes crossword. His sweet spot seems to be Wednesdays, but he has published (unsurprisingly, with 120…
1 year, 2 months ago
Friday, October 25, 2024 - Any crossword with TENOUTOFTEN in the grid deserves, ... wait for it, ... a TENOUTOFTEN 😀
Season 11 Episode 9
This was a debut crossword by Alex Murphy, and a fine debut it was - with a large-ish number of challenging clues, exactly what you'd expect and hope…
1 year, 2 months ago
Thursday, October 24, 2024 - Just finished that wonder water? Then it's bye, bye, BAI 🙄😀
Season 11 Episode 8
A fun Thursday crossword by Ella Dershowitz, with a theme that will grow on you (or, since it involves NE, perhaps we should say glow on you🙄😀). All …
1 year, 2 months ago
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - A crossword with a lot of SPARK and FIRE
Season 11 Episode 7
This was a lovely Wednesday crossword by veteran cruiciverbalists Matthew Stock and Brooke Husic, with a theme guaranteed to warm the cockles of acad…
1 year, 2 months ago
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - SPACE ... above us, around us and ... in the grid!
Season 11 Episode 6
This is Barbara Lin's 14th NYTimes crossword since 2020, and to see why she keeps getting them published, just take a look at today's puzzle. We did,…
1 year, 2 months ago
Monday, October 21, 2024 - Monday's crossword is fair of face, or, er, something like that ...
Season 11 Episode 5
This was a straightforward crossword, as Monday's are wont to be, although one of our number had several mistakes that they had to ferret out before …
1 year, 2 months ago
Sunday, October 20, 2024 - Movie madness!
Season 11 Episode 4
EGAD this was a fine crossword, it deserves some sort of AWARD for its EPIC themed clues and answers. There was NOTABIT of crosswordese in the grid, …
1 year, 2 months ago
Saturday, October 19, 2024 - NUUK, one cool capital city!
Season 11 Episode 3
Today's crossword was filled with amusing and tricky clues, like 46D, "Charms strike the sight, but _______ wins the soul": Alexander Pope, MERIT; an…
1 year, 2 months ago