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Friday, January 19, 2024 - A crossword that's chock-full of AHAMOMENTs
Season 8 Episode 54
Today's crossword was a delight -- not soul-crushingly difficult, as Friday crosswords sometimes are, but just a joy to behold and to solve. We give …
2 years, 9 months ago
Thursday, January 18, 2024 - I before E, except after C, albeit science tells us that there might be exceptions 🙄
Season 8 Episode 53
We'd like to say that the Michnovicz brothers have done it again, but since this is their debut NYTimes crossword all we can say is that they've done…
2 years, 9 months ago
Wednesday, January 17. 2024 - Morton J. Mendelson had a (b)right idea 😀
Season 8 Episode 52
A fine Wednesday crossword by Morton J. Mendelson, and to answer the question raised in the grid, yes, ITISART: artfully designed, wittily clued, and…
2 years, 9 months ago
Tuesday, January 16, 2024 - A deLightful Tuesday crossword
Season 8 Episode 51
Every now and then the NYTimes publishes a crossword for the ages, and today is one of those days, because this work of art, by Marshall Hermann, is …
2 years, 9 months ago
Monday, January 15, 2024 - Beware the grampus!
Season 8 Episode 50
A crossword that's bound to tickle your fancy, a statement that will appear quite droll once you've heard the podcast / soused out the theme. Beyond …
2 years, 9 months ago
Sunday, January 14, 2023 - A SUPERDUPER Sunday crossword!
Season 8 Episode 49
John Kugelman, cybersecurity expert and crossword constructor extraordinaire, has outdone himself with an extremely punny Sunday opus. INAILEDIT sho…
2 years, 10 months ago
Saturday, January 13, 2024 - Somewhere between new and crescent, it's ... BABYMOON!
Season 8 Episode 48
An easier than usual Saturday crossword (for at least one of our cohosts, no prizes for guessing who!), which means that -- according to the Law of C…
2 years, 10 months ago
Friday, January 12, 2024 - The NYTimes Crossword - the *perfect* way to while away a snow day
Season 8 Episode 47
A lively Friday crossword by Hemant Mehta, with a fusillade of clever and/or educational clues guaranteed to delight the diligent solver. We cover mo…
2 years, 10 months ago
Thursday, January 11, 2024 - X marks the spot!
Today's puzzle, by Damon Gulczynski, has an ingenious and well-disguised theme: and thanks to the revealer's position in the bottom-right, we are kep…
2 years, 10 months ago
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 - GOBI, the world's most aptly named desert!
Season 8 Episode 45
There was one TYPEO in today's grid, but that was by design and quite amusing (20A, What's tolerated by every body?), as we can count on one hand (wi…
2 years, 10 months ago