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Monday, April 29, 2024 - No HUEANDCRY about this crossword, it was awesome!
Season 9 Episode 48
Another day, another debut crossword, this one by Tom Locke -- who has published in other well-known venues before, but this is indeed his first in t…
2 years, 1 month ago
Saturday, April 27, 2024 - EXTRAEXTRA, in the grid and how long it'll take to solve this magnificent Saturday crossword
Season 9 Episode 46
A challenging Saturday crossword by Rich Norris - his 188th!! -- with a nice mix of deceiving and educational clues. Examples of the former include 2…
2 years, 1 month ago
Sunday, April 28, 2024 - WIZKHALIFA, an unsurprisingly very tall rapper 😀 🗼
Season 9 Episode 47
Today's crossword, a debut in the NYTimes by Mike Ellison, was a relatively gentle Sunday crossword with a host of curious clues, such as 94A, Hats w…
2 years, 1 month ago
Friday, April 26, 2024 - This crossword was the CREMA de la CREMA!
Season 9 Episode 45
This was a delightful Friday crossword courtesy of Matthew Stock and Christina Iverson (with Joel Fagliano ably editing). It had plenty of crunch, th…
2 years, 1 month ago
Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 🎶 The name's MCRAE ... Carmen MCRAE 🎶
Season 9 Episode 44
Just when you thought that the PHENOMs who construct NYTimes Crosswords couldn't possibly come up with one more theme, they ... come up with one more…
2 years, 1 month ago
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - MAMMAMIA, this was an *awesome* Wednesday crossword!
Season 9 Episode 43
Jeffrey Martinovic has graced the pages of the NYTimes before, and one glance at this crossword will tell you why he was invited back - a splendid pi…
2 years, 1 month ago
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, 1 month 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months ago