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Friday, October 18, 2024 - This crossword was a GAS, definitely nothing to BOOAT!
Season 11 Episode 2
This is Jesse Cohn's second NYTimes crossword, and it is an absolute delight. You'll be giving so many standing ovations for his fabulous cluing that…
1 year, 2 months ago
Thursday, October 17, 2024 - The INTEL is that this is a pretty good crossword!
Season 11 Episode 1
August Lee-Kovach has made a fine Thursday crossword for our edification. The theme would've been an easy sell to editors, since it was all about ...…
1 year, 2 months ago
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 - Un excelente crossword!
Season 10 Episode 100
The title of today's episode is a very subtle hint to today's theme, a nice bit of work by Hanh Huynh, his third NYTimes crossword in a year. Beyond …
1 year, 2 months ago
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 - the IDES have it!
Season 10 Episode 99
Today's crossword, a debut by Lindsay Rosenblum, did not feel like a debut at all, more like a major work by a seasoned constructor. Beyond those clu…
1 year, 2 months ago
Monday, October 14, 2024 - A PEACH of a debut crossword
Season 10 Episode 98
Just when you thought it was surely impossible for anyone, anywhere, to come up with a new theme, someone, somewhere, does. And that someone is Dana …
1 year, 2 months ago
Sunday, October 13, 2024 - That's SOMME river ya' got there 🙄🙄
Season 10 Episode 97
We're starting these show notes with a pun (see title, above, if you dare), to get you in the proper state of mind for today's crossword. You'll see …
1 year, 3 months ago
Saturday, October 12, 2024 - GEEWHIZ this was a tough crossword!
Season 10 Episode 96
At the NYTimes, the Saturday crosswords are traditionally the toughest of the week, and today's, a debut (!) by Katie Hoody, is certainly in that vei…
1 year, 3 months ago
Friday, October 11, 2024 - Be nice, lest you end up in the SINBIN 😱
Season 10 Episode 95
There was a lot of sparkle in today's crossword - the 10th for the NYTimes by Billy Bratton. We were impressed by the inclusion of 22A, Online provoc…
1 year, 3 months ago
Thursday, October 10, 2024 - Welcome to ECHO ECHO ECHO Park, Los Angeles
Season 10 Episode 94
A nice bit of cruciverbial magic by Grant Boroughs, his third NYTimes publication. There were many excellent clues lurking about in the grid, includi…
1 year, 3 months ago
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 - Tis eerily easy to confuse ERIS and EROS
Season 10 Episode 93
Today's crossword was brilliant, and that's not just because of the cracklingly good theme that Jeffrey Lease has penned, but it certainly is a major…
1 year, 3 months ago