Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword

We are back after a brief hiatus, and welcoming us back is this fine crossword by Laura Dershowitz and Katherine Baicker (edited by Joel Fagliano). The theme was a little on the high-brow side and a lot on the punny side, just what one would expect from a good Tuesday NYTimes crossword.  We have all the deets inside, so please, subscribe, download, listen up, and, as always, let us know what you think!

Show note imagery: Various politicos with a fortunately-not-life-sized Euro commemorating Croatia's adoption of the currency

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This is Lynn Lempel's 102nd NYTimes Crossword (no, that was not a typo). We don't know how she does it, but we are soooo glad that she does. Check out today's episode for all the reasons (as well as our latest Triplet Tuesday segment).

For logistical reasons we need to take a break this week, but we will be back next Tuesday ... in the meantime, keep doing those crosswords!

Show note imagery: CAPN Crunch, whose mustaches almost rival Salvador Dali's!

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A fine Monday crossword by Trent H. Evans -- his tenth in the NYTimes -- and it has a number of fine clues honoring  A-listers, including  59A, Artist who co-authored a book about his mustache, DALI; 38A, Game show icon Trebek, ALEX; and 42A, Queen of the Nile, informally, CLEO.  

Show note imagery: Dali's Mustache 😀 

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This marks Simeon Siegel's 12th NYTimes crossword, and it is a masterpiece! There's no telling how long it took to make, but no matter how long, it was worth the wait, one of those "I can remember where I was when I solved it" puzzles that makes you glad to be alive. Deets inside, so check it out, and, as usual, let us know what you think!

Show note  imagery: NIAGARAFALLS on ice, 1888

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After Friday's mental melee, today's crossword was slightly easier, but still not a walk in the park, not by a long stretch. It was a Saturday, designed to confuse and confound, and it did so in spades. We have all the details, as well as our JAMCOTWA (Jean And Mike Crossword Of The Week Award) winner, plus some awesome listener mail, so for all that, and more, we encourage you to subscribe (so you don't miss an episode), download, listen, learn, and laugh.

Show note imagery: Where the Sidewalk Ends, by Shel Silverstein

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Today is Pi Day - 3/14 - and the NYTimes is celebrating in grand style (ok, perhaps not the entire newspaper, but certainly the crossword section).  To see what happens when the gray lady lets down her hair, so to speak, be sure and check out today's podcast!

Show note imagery: A helpful chart for anyone hoping to try their hand at chiromancy 🙄

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Today's crossword was the ideal middle-of-the-week puzzle; a fun but accessible theme, a smattering of debut answers and a host of intriguing clues. We have -- of course! -- all the deets inside, so do have a listen, and, as usual, let us know what you think!

Show notes imagery: OSLO, showing just a few of its 40 islands and 350 lakes

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Andrew Kingsley and Garret Chalfin have teamed up to produce a fine Tuesday crossword, with some good clues, some great clues, and some awesome clues. In the latter category we have 35D, Show stoppers?, ADS 😀; 51A, Liquid-ATE, MELT 🙄; and 50D, Anonymous creator of a painting sold at auction that subsequently shredded itself, BANKSY 😀 😀 .

An admirable  crossword, we hereby declare it to be worth a full 5 squares on the JAMCR scale.

Show note imagery: BANKSY's work of art, destroying itself!

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Today's crossword is by award winning (!) crossword constructor Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi, and the two have constructed a wonderful puzzle that is sure to whet your appetite for more of their work. The theme -- which will also whet your appetite -- is fine, but there were some other clues worth cheering. Allow us to point out, for example, 30A, One nickname for Elizabeth, ELLY; 9D, Genre for Da Brat or DaBaby, RAP;  and 2D, US Soccer star, RAPINOE, to which we can only say 34D, Cheer at a soccer stadium, OLE!

Show note imagery: Apples to Apples

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Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock have teamed up to rack 'em up, with a  clever Scrabble-based theme. It briefly looked like today might been a four leaf clover of a crossword, a Sunday puzzle with a rebus: but in this case, the trick was to construct the rebus mentally, while writing only a single letter in the grid itself. It's complicated, but we've got the 411 on all of it, so dig into today's episode, and, as always, let us know what you think.

Show note imagery: Sekhmet, the Egyptian goddess of war

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