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Back to SearchSunday, August 6, 2023 - The LITERATI agree, this crossword was ADORABLE
Season 8 Episode 4
Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen have teamed up to create a mind- (or at least answer-) bending crossword, which if you're familiar with DROPLEAFTABLES will…
2 years, 8 months ago
Saturday, August 5, 2023 - SWORDSMITH - yes, that *is* a career!
Season 8 Episode 3
An eminently and appropriately challenging Saturday crossword by veteran cruciverbalist John Guzzetta, this is his 39th NYTimes appearance, and pract…
2 years, 8 months ago
Friday, August 4, 2023 - No WETNOODLES in this grid!
Season 8 Episode 2
A brilliant Friday crossword by Brandon Koppy, no theme (of course: Fridays are almost always themeless), but a grid that was chockfull of clever clu…
2 years, 8 months ago
Thursday, August 3, 2023 - EREWHON, gateway to ... NOWHERE?
Season 8 Episode 1
The perfect blend of entertaining, educational, and 'ead scratching, today's crossword has something for everyone. A theme that makes you reach for i…
2 years, 8 months ago
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 - Be careful, don't touch those touch-me-nots!
Season 7 Episode 100
A breezy Wednesday crossword by Barbara Lin, with a theme that is vaguely related to Sunday's, and yet ... entirely different. You'll see what we mea…
2 years, 8 months ago
Monday, August 1, 2023 - BAHAMEN, ELO and RINGO, all in one grid? This crossword sings!
Season 7 Episode 99
Today's crossword has a distinctly outdoorsy feel to it, and we'll give you tree guesses as to why. [Hint: there are no typos in the previous sentenc…
2 years, 8 months ago
Monday, July 31, 2023 - An homage to a homonym 😀
Season 7 Episode 98
The inventiveness of the NYTimes stable of cruciverbalists never ceases to amaze, and today's crossword is one reason why -- exhibit A, we might say,…
2 years, 8 months ago
Sunday, July 29, 2023 - Attack of the killer spoonerisms!
Season 7 Episode 97
A fun, not particularly difficult crossword ... excerpt for the parts that were 😀. Jean got through it fairly quickly, only hung up on TIC and TAC v…
2 years, 8 months ago
Saturday, July 29, 2023 - Sam Ezersky spells it out for us 😀
Season 7 Episode 96
Sam Ezersky, whose day job is to write another puzzle for the NYTimes, Spelling Bee, occasionally has been known to wander over into the crossword ar…
2 years, 8 months ago
Friday, July 28, 2023 - This wasn't just a good crossword puzzle, it was a GREATONE
Season 7 Episode 95
A fine Friday crossword by Rafael Muse and Hoang-Kim Vu, with something for everyone who wants to eat (GORDITAS), drink (ODOULS, SAKEBOMBS) and be me…
2 years, 8 months ago