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...

Two Bits

by | Dec 16, 2020 | Blog

Hi all. Jeffrey here. “Two Bits” is this week’s puzzle title and each theme answer is clued with two items in a set clued by a term which ordinarily has a different meaning. 17a [“Hair” and “Hairspray”?] – MUSICAL DUO. 25a [Huff and puff?] – PAIR OF PANTS. Why are...

G-force

by | Dec 9, 2020 | Blog

Hi all. Jeffrey here. “G-force” is this week’s puzzle title and the letter “G” has been forced over from the last letter of the first word to be the first letter of the second word in the theme answers. 18a [Getting’ a tan?] – GROWIN-G-OLD. Growing Old turns in to...

Wait, There’s More

by | Dec 2, 2020 | Blog

Hi all. Jeffrey here. “Wait, There’s More” is this week’s puzzle title and the circled letters in the theme answers form a staircase where each step down is more than the previous one, from “none” to “all” like so: 17a [Nothingburgers] – NON-EVENTS with NONE circled....