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Saturday, September 14, 2024 - When it comes to this crossword, we are PHANATICS!
A tough Saturday crossword (of course!) by Christina Iverson, with the northwest corner being particularly tough. But the clues were fair and fun, ma…
1 year, 9 months ago
Friday, September 13, 2024 - Turns out, Cotton-Eyed Joe is a dance, not an optic emergency 😏
Season 10 Episode 68
Today's crossword was a debut for Boaz Moser, and it was a fine one - challenging but VALID, including familiar clues like 15D, Beverage steeped in b…
1 year, 9 months ago
Thursday, September 12, 2024 - Finally, we can say that the NYTimes crossword is BRAT 😀
Season 10 Episode 67
A historic first, "BRAT" used in the sense of 52D, 2024 Charli XCX album with a lime green color -- as opposed to all the 179 previous times, when it…
1 year, 9 months ago
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 - Three cheers for New Mexico's GILA National Forest
Season 10 Episode 66
A decidedly crunchy Wednesday crossword, Jean managed to chew through it expeditiously, Mike broke a tooth 😉. The theme took a while for both cohosts…
1 year, 9 months ago
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 - HEMINGWAYESQUE, fun to say, a challenge to spell, and impossible to work into casual conversation 😀
Season 10 Episode 65
Today's theme was about as NYTimes-esque as they come, just a fun exploration of attributes of the English language, and something that almost surely…
1 year, 9 months ago
Monday, September 9, 2024 - You know it's a classy puzzle when Dame Judi DENCH is in the grid
Season 10 Episode 64
Tim D'Alfonso has constructed an excellent Monday crossword -- his debut! -- with a smile-inducing theme and some fun cluing, including 42D, Your of …
1 year, 9 months ago
Sunday, September 8, 2024 - A crossword that definitely gives it The Ol' College Try
Season 10 Episode 63
Occasionally at JAMDTNYTC HQ, the cohosts opinions are so divergent that one might be inclined to think they are talking about different puzzles: but…
1 year, 9 months ago
Saturday, September 7, 2024 - Why do spammers always call on the heckelphone? 😂
Season 10 Episode 62
After last Saturday's killer crossword we were hoping that Joel might give us a break, but nooooooo, he still had the pedal to the floor, cruciverbia…
1 year, 9 months ago
Friday, September 6, 2024 - CITI never sleeps ... but it does zone out from time to time 😀 🏧
Season 10 Episode 61
A challenging Friday crossword, more so in the top-left, less so in the bottom-right. There were a plethora of awesome clues in today's puzzle, inclu…
1 year, 9 months ago
Thursday, September 5, 2024 - Yoinks, it's a ZEDONK! 😀
Season 10 Episode 60
We had an exceptional Thursday crossword -- no rebuses (rebusae(?)), but an inspired theme from the most brilliant Joe Deeney. We cover it in detail …
1 year, 9 months ago