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Friday, January 26, 2024 - TOELOOP, simple for a skater, perilous for a podiatrist
Season 8 Episode 61
Sarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa have turned in a festive Friday crossword, with that joy coming from all quadrants of the grid. We appreciated 24D, Pa…
1 year, 11 months ago
Thursday, January 25, 2024 - A crossword that is 100% *guaranteed* to have no spelling mistakes 😀
Season 8 Episode 60
Sam Ezersky, he of Spelling Bee fame, is at the helm (under the fine leadership of Admiral Shortz), and he has turned in a fine bit o' work. He had …
1 year, 11 months ago
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - Well, GLORYBE, it's a SAMOYED!
Season 8 Episode 59
A worthy middle-of-the-week crossword, with all the requisite elements that we would expect, but a few that we did not. For example, we did not expe…
1 year, 11 months ago
Tuesday, January 21, 2024 - This crossword's got style!
Season 8 Episode 58
A classy Tuesday crossword and a debut by Patrick Maher, with an LOL theme and edutaining clues all 'round. For example, 34D, Greek letter shaped lik…
1 year, 11 months ago
Monday, January 20, 2024 - Some OLDIES, some NEWBs, this FAB crossword's got it all!
Season 8 Episode 57
Just how many crossword themes are possible? We'd argue for infinite, and while we have no proof, thanks to today's crossword we have even more empir…
1 year, 11 months ago
Sunday, January 21, 2024 - Oh, no, it's an imbroglio over an INTAGLIO 🙄
Season 8 Episode 56
Today's crossword is entitled "Funny Business", and it definitely lives up to its name. The themed clues were a stitch, and there were lots of intri…
1 year, 11 months ago
Saturday, January 20, 2024 -Oh, neato, there's such a thing as INCOGMEATO 😀
Season 8 Episode 55
Caitlin Reid and Matthew Stock have produced a breezy Saturday crossword -- with a slew of educational and entertaining clues such as 52A, Bad drawi…
1 year, 11 months ago
Friday, January 19, 2024 - A crossword that's chock-full of AHAMOMENTs
Season 8 Episode 54
Today's crossword was a delight -- not soul-crushingly difficult, as Friday crosswords sometimes are, but just a joy to behold and to solve. We give …
1 year, 11 months ago
Thursday, January 18, 2024 - I before E, except after C, albeit science tells us that there might be exceptions 🙄
Season 8 Episode 53
We'd like to say that the Michnovicz brothers have done it again, but since this is their debut NYTimes crossword all we can say is that they've done…
1 year, 11 months ago
Wednesday, January 17. 2024 - Morton J. Mendelson had a (b)right idea 😀
Season 8 Episode 52
A fine Wednesday crossword by Morton J. Mendelson, and to answer the question raised in the grid, yes, ITISART: artfully designed, wittily clued, and…
1 year, 11 months ago