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Saturday, September 21, 2024 - RIDIC is a word? Well, that's just ... wait for it ... RIDIC 😀
Season 10 Episode 76
Joel Fagliano's given us a bit of a breather, a challenging but relatively straightforward Saturday crossword -- certainly in comparison to the last …
2 years ago
Friday, September 20, 2024 - Don't say no to NOH 😀
Season 10 Episode 75
This was a fine, challenging, themeless Friday crossword by Jackson Matz (his second Friday puzzle, and third overall). It is refreshing, after strug…
2 years ago
Thursday, September 19, 2024 - The Kitchen Sink Episode
Season 10 Episode 74
It seems that on Thursdays anything can happen in the NYTimes crossword, and today it seems that everything happened, all at once, in one place. You'…
2 years ago
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 - It would be IGNOBLE to bribe your way to winning an IG NOBEL 😉
Season 10 Episode 73
If you haven't visited Rome, you can at least check out two of its many awesome attractions thanks to Casey Callaghan and Will Nediger, the authors o…
2 years ago
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 - OOOOOOH, the places you'll go!
Season 10 Episode 72
There were a boatload of O's in today's grid, but they were there for a reason, that being to flesh out a wonderful debut crossword by Howard Neuthal…
2 years ago
Monday, September 16, 2024, -- Huzzah, EDNA Mode is in the grid 😀
Season 10 Episode 71
This is Robert Corridan's debut crossword, and a fine debut it is, one that may induce you to sing, perhaps something along the lines of LA, LA, LA, …
2 years ago
Sunday, September 15, 2024 - Nothing PROFORMA about *this* crossword!
Season 10 Episode 70
Aimee Lucido is both a children's author -- check out "Pasta Pasta Lotsa Pasta" - and cruciverbalist - check out today's excellent example. This cros…
2 years ago
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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years ago