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Saturday, August 17, 2024 - ARGH, ACK, yes, it's a Saturday NYTimes crossword!
Season 10 Episode 41
It's been a challenging couple of days, crossword-wise, and Joel Fagliano didn't let up on the gas when selecting today's, which happens to be a) by …
2 years, 1 month ago
Friday, August 16, 2024 - There's a MAGICIAN in the grid, courtesy of the MAGICIAN who made the grid, Kate Hawkins
Season 10 Episode 40
A frisky Friday crossword from Kate Hawkins - her 14th - on her lucky day, Friday, when 6 out of those 14 puzzles have been published. This was a gre…
2 years, 1 month ago
Thursday, August 15, 2024 - Danger, Damon J. Gulczynski's in attack mode 😀 😀
Season 10 Episode 39
A deliciously tough crossword by a constructor whose puzzles skew towards that end of the spectrum -- one Damon J Gulczynski. One's perception of thi…
2 years, 1 month ago
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 - Another fabulous crossword by Samuel A. Donaldson
Season 10 Episode 38
Samuel Donaldson has had 41 crosswords published in the NYTimes, for reasons that are made abundantly clear in today's puzzle - a terrific theme, cri…
2 years, 1 month ago
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 - Some great books to RETURNTO
Season 10 Episode 37
Benjamin Panico, in his debut NYTimes crossword (yay!), has put together an excellent puzzle in which he managed to cram 6, count 'em, 6 novels by TO…
2 years, 1 month ago
Monday, August 12, 2024 - Some cryptic clues on cryptids 😎
Season 10 Episode 36
This is Shaun Phillips' second NYTimes crossword, and it has only been about 2 weeks since his last one, so clearly he is on a tear! This was a tad e…
2 years, 1 month ago
Sunday, August 11, 2024 - Paging Dr. WELBY!
Season 10 Episode 35
A most definitely above average Sunday crossword by Caryn Robbins, thanks to an artful, inspired theme and a few crunchy clues to chew on. We have al…
2 years, 1 month ago
Saturday, August 10, 2024 - MATRYOSHKA, hard to spell, harder to work into casual conversation 😀
Season 10 Episode 34
Today's crossword was Spencer Leach's fifth, and it is a gem. The clues are challenging, novel (there are 7 debuts) and delightfully deceiving. Defin…
2 years, 1 month ago
Friday, August 9, 2024 - Another Hemant Mehta spectacular!
Season 10 Episode 33
Hemant Mehta has written some dazzling late-week crosswords -- and this is one of them. The clues are so well done, tautly written, prone to make you…
2 years, 1 month ago
Thursday, August 8, 2024 - Oh, boy, it's an OBOE 🙄
Season 10 Episode 32
It's Rebus Thursday, not an official holiday as far as we can tell, but a) it is Thursday, and b) the grid is riddled with rebuses (rebusae?), so the…
2 years, 1 month ago