lukewarm crossword takes with skep and sorbier
So funny story on the topic of non-alcoholic beer, we had my in-laws over for dinner once, and my wife picked up a six-pack of beer for her father. Except she mistakenly grabbed O’Douls, not realizing it’s basically the go-to brand for non-alcoholic beer. If he noticed the error, he was gracious enough not to point it out. He said it was, quote, “pretty good”. Holy crud have I been behind lately.…
Skep is a fan of shower beer but only after some hard yard work. As someone who does not have a yard, and is very thankful that I have no yard work to do, I cannot relate. Do you like beer enough to drink a non-alcoholic beer? I feel like that's the ultimate test. That's why cocktails are so good — juice is good enough to drink on its own. That said, maybe I'm just jealous because my stomach can't…
Maybe it's better that we don't overlap in puzzle repertoire... It would be hard for me to resist reading spoilers if we were! Anyway, I'm back with (another) Friday New York Times puzzle! And it's been almost a month since my last post! Let's just blow right past that fact! NYT , (Friday) June 19 by Jack Hatchett Since starting cross goss, I have fallen hardcore back into the crossword, and I'm…
As long as you’re keeping to mainstream publications, we shouldn’t have any problems :p Speaking of which, did you know Merriam-Webster Dictionary does a daily crossword called The Missing Letter ? It’s actually kind of an interesting way to play a crossword, since it has an (understandably) heavier focus on dictionary definitions, often using them as clues. On the other hand, the “gimmick” of the…
Ha, Skep, I never considered that running this blog with you could turn crosswording into a PvP game where I insert red herrings into my posts. I would never do that! Last post's crossword was fun and fresh, delighting me with such sophisticated answers as ASS . Today's post is... not that. Having resubscribed to the New York Times crossword, I am now remembering how staid and frustrating these…
Sorb, I was fixing up your last post before I’d even gotten a chance to do that crossword. I tried to pay attention to as little of your content as possible while working, but of course the one word that got stuck in my mind was BRALESS, which wasn’t even the right answer for 49A. Half of my struggle on the southeast corner was me going “how in the hell am I supposed to fit a seven-letter word…
Hi all! Sorbier checking in here with my first foray on the website. While Skep is a regular crossword fiend, polishing off crosswords from diverse sources every day, I admit that I have taken a long break from crosswording. It's been a few years since my last crossword, so if anyone around here is going to have lukewarm takes, it's going to be me. AVCX+ , May 15 by Hannah Slovut-Einerston…
Double-posting since Sorb is too busy writing our CSS to do crosswords. Lil AVCX , May 4th by Madison Shultz 14-Across: Malcolm in the Middle cooking prodigy sibling Me: “Oh yeah, I think I vaguely remember that being a thing I guess. Who was that? Dewey and REESE both fit. REESE seems right to me for some reason. What about the older brother who was in the military, what was his name? Right,…
I have never done a crossword blog before and I don’t know what I’m doing. AVCX , May 1st by Jess Rucks and Geoffrey Schorkopf Chock-full of excellent misdirect clues. 22-Across, Polar opposite of a ‘hardcore gamer’ – My immediate instinct ( FILTHYCASUAL ) was correct, but I initially didn’t enter it, deciding it was too derogatory to be the actual answer. This term is strongly associated with…