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Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - ELVIS might've left the building, but he's still in the grid!
Season 9 Episode 42
Judy Bower's debut crossword has much to commend it, including 45D, Word with bad or blood, SPORT; 34D, Certain Scotsman, GAEL; 38D, "Ha, no surpris…
2 years ago
Monday, April 22, 2024 - Happy Earth Day! 🌎
Season 9 Episode 41
A celebration of Earth Day and a word ladder, who could ask for more? We love word ladders, so today's crossword, by David J. Kahn (his 189th!!), hit…
2 years ago
Sunday, April 21, 2024 - A crackerjack of a crossword! 😀
Season 9 Episode 40
Michael Schlossberg has created a dazzling Sunday crossword with a doozie of a theme, definitely worth 5 squares on the JAMCR scale. We have all the …
2 years ago
Saturday, April 20, 2024 - BOOMROASTED!
Season 9 Episode 39
Another challenging Saturday crossword - no surprise there, Saturdays are designed to be the toughest crossword of the week - but at least the trivi…
2 years ago
Friday, April 19, 2024 - Flying to Sweden? Why not land in LUND? 🙄
Season 9 Episode 38
An entertaining and educational Friday crossword by Kate Hawkins - just the way we like 'em! Jean knew pretty much every answer in the grid, although…
2 years ago
Thursday, April 18, 2024 - Today's crossword was a real ROMP
Season 9 Episode 37
Today's crossword did not have the rebuses (rebusae?) that one of us (cough, Mike, cough) forecast yesterday, but it made up for that omission with a…
2 years ago
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - The ayes have it!
Season 9 Episode 36
Another fabulous midweek NYTimes crossword, thanks to a glorious theme that is about as NYTimes-ish as they come. We will leave you in suspense as to…
2 years ago
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - This crossword was the absolute TOPPS!
Season 9 Episode 35
A splendid Tuesday crossword by Adam Vincent (edited most ably by Joel Fagliano), with quite a few lively clues to keep the solver interested. We are…
2 years ago
Monday, April 15, 2024 - Today's exotic crossword food? Not OREOS, not ENOKI, no, it's ... ASIANPEARS! 🍐
Season 9 Episode 34
We are philosophical about today's crossword (a debut by Amanda Winter), mainly because today's crossword -- particularly the theme -- contained a la…
2 years ago
Sunday, April 14, 2024 - 🎶 All we are saying, is give PAESE a chance 🎶 🙄
Season 9 Episode 33
A crunchier than usual Sunday crossword by John Rippe and Jeff Chen, a side-effect, perhaps, of a brilliant theme that had Jeff Chen's fingerprints a…
2 years ago