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Back to SearchSunday, April 23, 2023 - Catastrophe! We're Missing an Apostrophe!
Season 7 Episode 3
A crossword that's sure to be a hit with English teachers everywhere, today's rather subtle -- almost to the point of invisible -- theme reminds us of the importance of proper punctuation. There were…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
April 22, 2023 - JUNEAUITES and NADERITES and NIXIEs, oh, my!
Season 7 Episode 2
The only thing that was 46A -- A piece of cake, SOEASY -- about this puzzle was, well, 46A. The rest of the grid was crackling with fiendishly clever and often quite arcane clues, such as 61A, Dead l…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Thursday, April 20, 2023 - The Mona Lisa of Crosswords!
Season 7 Episode 1
We would need to break out the thesaurus to do justice to today's crossword, an absolutely brilliant theme. We'd say more here, but we don't want to spoil the surprise, so download, listen up, and be…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 - 🎶 HEYMRDJ! 🎵
Season 6 Episode 100
For all you poetry aficionados, your time has come -- a crossword theme built around an octad of famous (?) poets. This was definitely a crunchier than usual crossword, Jean had to work slightly hard…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 - The works of DURER ... endure!
Season 6 Episode 99
As the week progresses, the crosswords tend to get more difficult, and while Tuesday is therefore on the easier side, this puzzle did have a few crunchier clues, including: 19D, Showy basket, DUNK (h…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Monday, April 17, 2023 - An EELY good crossword 🙄
Season 6 Episode 98
Last Tuesday, MONDEGREEN made its way into the grid for the very first time, and so we were delighted to find an example of that -- ODETOJOY -- make an appearance today: first because we just adore O…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Sunday, April 15, 2023 - ACUTETRIANGLE in a cute crossword!
Season 6 Episode 97
We found a lot to like in today's crossword -- a debut by Chicago real estate agent Mike Hobin -- as well as a few fascinating mysteries lurking in the grid. Intrigued? Want to know more? In that cas…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Saturday, April 15, 2023 - KAC Alert! KAC Alert! Tough crossword, comin' at ya!
Season 6 Episode 96
Anytime you see Kameron Austin Collins in the byline, be afraid, be very afraid ... of having a really great and epic time doing battle with the master of opaque cluing. Today's crossword was perfect…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Thursday, April 13, 2023 - BACHATA Rules!
Season 6 Episode 95
An excellent Thursday crossword, with a theme that, once again, requires we metaphorically doff our hats in awe and astonishment at the creativity of constructors such as today's -- Robin Yu -- for w…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 - Need some flour? ATTA oughta do!
Season 6 Episode 94
An ingenious theme made today's crossword slightly crunchier than usual (and we're not just saying that because NUT appeared in the grid). Fortunately the theme did not detract from the rest of the p…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago