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Tuesday, October 3, 2023 - Snakes on a plane? No, in the grid!
Season 8 Episode 62
A surprisingly slithery Tuesday, thanks to the arrival, in the grid, of a den of members of the order squamata, aka snakes. Both Jean and Mike found …
2 years, 4 months ago
Monday, October 2, 2023 - The Argos of crosswords 👀
Season 8 Episode 61
Argos, you may recall, if you happen to be particularly long lived and/or well read, was a giant, Hera's servant, and a particularly good watcher, th…
2 years, 4 months ago
Sunday, October 1, 2023 - And the Oscar goes to ... Jeffrey Lease!?!
Season 8 Episode 60
An award winning Sunday crossword, with movies that -- even if you don't go to movies -- you will (almost) surely know. But you probably don't know t…
2 years, 4 months ago
Saturday, September 30, 2023 - Like SPUMONI, this crossword had many layers 😀
Season 8 Episode 59
A challenging Saturday crossword, Jean in particular had to take a stroll through her vast mind palace in order to get through today's puzzle, wherea…
2 years, 5 months ago
Friday, September 29, 2023 - Beware the SUNDAYSCARIES!
Season 8 Episode 58
A delightful Friday crossword by Malaika Handa, with some familiar clues, but not many, as befits a Friday. Some of our favorites include the most ex…
2 years, 5 months ago
Thursday, September 28, 2023 - The key point about today's crossword involves ... keys!
Season 8 Episode 57
Once again the NYTimes crossword typesetters are pushing the envelope, today by working musical staffs into the clues. They did a great job (er, exce…
2 years, 5 months ago
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 - NOAMCHOMSKY weighs in on "colorless green ideas" -- we kid you not!
Season 8 Episode 56
It is reasonable to assume that any crossword that works NOAMCHOMSKY into the grid and the theme is going to be deep, and we're talking Mariana Trenc…
2 years, 5 months ago
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 - The McDonald's app better have a HAMBURGERMENU 😀
Season 8 Episode 55
For those of you who have been hoarding tech terms like they're going out of style (which being tech terms, they will), now's your chance to haul the…
2 years, 5 months ago
Monday, September 25, 2023 - This crossword's the living END!
Season 8 Episode 54
It's not clear if the phrase "Queen of Mondays" has ever been applied to Lynn Lempel, but having written 73 crosswords for the first day of the work …
2 years, 5 months ago
Sunday, September 24, 2023 - Joe Fagliano and Christina Iverson would like to tell you a story: once a pun a time ...
Season 8 Episode 53
Today's crossword, by Joel Fagliano and Christina Iverson, is either, depending on your perspective, a magnificent collection of brilliant puns, or .…
2 years, 5 months ago