No Dot About It

by | Jan 20, 2021 | Blog

Hi all. Jeffrey here. “No Dot About It” is this week’s puzzle title and each theme answer removes the dot that denotes an abbreviated word and leaves a new word in its place. 18a [Refusal to work the 1-800 line?] – TOLL FREE NO (Toll free number). 23a [Bottom line...

Extremely Opposed

by | Jan 13, 2021 | Blog

Hi all. Jeffrey here.  Thanks to Brian for filling in last week. Today’s theme is… well, when I solved the puzzle, I had no idea. The first words of the theme answers didn’t seem to relate – COMEDY, INFORMED, OFFICE, WINDS, PROGRAM. The last words didn’t either. So I...

Lateral Thinking

by | Jan 7, 2021 | Blog

I’d mostly written the below entry earlier today and intended to post it several hours ago, but got distracted – first by the events happening 35 miles southwest of me, and then by trying to distract myself from those events. I am proud to be American, but...

That’s ‘S’ as in ‘Foxtrot’

by | Dec 30, 2020 | Blog

Hi all. Jeffrey here. “That’s ‘S’ as in ‘Foxtrot’” is this week’s puzzle title and each theme answer changes an S (or two) into an “F” to result in a wacky phrase. 20a [Status of a soldier who causes huffiness] – MIFFING IN ACTION (Missing in action). 24a [Everything...

Hiding in the Dark

by | Dec 23, 2020 | Blog

Hi all. Jeffrey here. “Hiding in the Dark” is this week’s puzzle title and it is a little different from what we usually see. There’s a hint at what is going on at 66a [Card game represented by six squares in this puzzle] – BLACK JACK. So “the Dark” is actually black...