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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, 6 months ago
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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 months ago