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Back to SearchMonday, May 29, 2023 - WHATTHEDEUCE! How can you be out of JAMBAJUICE? 🙄
Season 7 Episode 37
Any crossword that manages to work the phrase WHATTHEDEUCE into the grid (as this one does, 47A, Quaint cry of surprise), as well as JAMBAJUICE (60A, Smoothie chain founded in 1990) deserves some sor…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Sunday, May 28, 2023 - Look out, LLOSA is on the LOOSE 🙄
Season 7 Episode 35
One of our dynamic duo found today's crossword to be a major challenge - the other tore through it so quickly that her keyboard was smoking. And if the pronoun didn't give it away, then listening to …
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Saturday, May 27, 2023 - This crossword was TOTESADORBS ❤️
Season 7 Episode 34
Woah, if you thought Friday's crossword was tough, better sit down for this one because it's a wild ride, with 13 debut answers, and the crossword itself is also a debut ... for the constructor, Samu…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Friday, May 26, 2023 - Three cheers for the MERCYRULE (and its application to tomorrow's puzzle 😀 😀 )
Season 7 Episode 33
A challenging Friday crossword, especially the dreaded northeast corner, home to quite a few posers (31A, Tough nut to crack, POSER 😀), and one clue that required a lot of scholarship to suss out (1…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Thursday, May 25, 2023 - Are WHIPPETS whippersnappers? Possibly not, but it's certainly fun to say 🙄
Season 7 Episode 32
A clever Thursday crossword, with an inspired theme and virtually no crosswordese to sully its fine grid. We approve, and hereby, by the power vested in us by the state of Wisconsin (ed: that would b…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 - Let's give a hand to the author of No Hands, WAKAFLOCKAFLAME!
Season 7 Episode 31
If you're a fan of old-timey video games, then this crossword will be right up your alley, so to speak -- the only remaining mystery is, how old is "old-timey", and which particular video game do we …
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - It's hard to be blue when listening to JONI Mitchell's "Blue" 🎶 💙
Season 7 Episode 30
A deftly constructed crossword by Lee Taylor, with a nifty theme and a bevy of supporting clues that elevate it above the merely "good" to that loftier echelon, "good enough to get into the NYTimes".…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Sunday, May 21, 2023 - No ENNUI in this grid ... er, except for the ENNUI in this grid 😀
Season 7 Episode 29
Overall, a pleasing Sunday crossword, although Mike - in his capacity as founding member of the "Don't Drop Your G's Society" - did have a few things to say about the theme. Strike that, he had ATON …
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Saturday, May 20, 2023 - SUEBIRD, basketball star extraordinaire!
Season 7 Episode 28
A series of lively clues made for a vastly entertaining Saturday crossword. Notables include the debut 32A, Neuropsychological trait in which one might ascribe colors to numbers or tastes to words, S…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Friday, May 19, 2023 - A SUHWEET Friday crossword!
Season 7 Episode 27
David Distenfeld is on a role. Last month he had a Monday crossword published, and today has weighed in with a tricky Friday puzzle -- just on the right side of impossible (although as always, YMMV d…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago