Crossword Chat

 Matt Gaffney, Mike Miller, and Mike Shenk have a great conversation about crossword puzzles at this link. Especially informative is the section where Mike Shenk creates a puzzle and discusses the finer points of filling the grid. 

Clever Clue of the Month

 

August 2020
Clue: Cultural center?................................BIOLAB
Constructor: Greg Johnson; Editor: Stanley Newman
Newsday, Saturday, August 8, 2020

Clever Clue Nominees

Please vote for the best clue from August (either by email or comments below). The Clever Clue of the Month will be announced on Thursday.

Drops from a workout....................SWEAT

Ring highlights?........................GEMSTONES

Cultural center?........................BIOLAB

Where to get a mullet trimmed...........FISHMARKET

Mexican bar tender......................PESO

One may eat at your place...............TERMITE

Clever Clue of the Month

July 2020
Clue: Grounds crew?............BARISTAS
Constructors/Editor: Patrick Berry
The New Yorker, Monday, July 13, 2020

Clever Clue Nominees

Please vote for the best clue from July (either by email or comments below). The Clever Clue of the Month will be announced on Monday.

Folks who share a joint?................CELLMATES

Constellation in the very middle of this 

clue, not counting spaces...............LEO

Word containing itself twice............ESS

Grounds crew?...........................BARISTAS

Movable type?...........................NOMAD

Skeptical comment from a podiatrist?....MYFOOT

Clever Clue of the Month

June 2020
Clue: Undercover asset?.........MATTRESSPAD
Constructors/Editor: Erik Agard
The New Yorker, Friday, June 5, 2020

Clever Clue Nominees

Please vote for the best clue from June (either by email or comments below). The Clever Clue of the Month will be announced on Saturday.

Undercover asset?.......................MATTRESSPAD

Provider of Tour de France coverage.....LYCRA

"Cheese" products.......................SMILES

Spike of interest in movies?............LEE

Kind of artist who's not very good?.....CON

Olympic record?.........................MYTH