teevoz
@teevoz.bsky.social
Twitter since '07—now a refugee with multiple citizenship—teevoz everywhere. Zero tolerance for bullshit. NYT Crossword/Spelling Bee solve every day, comments mostly daily on Twitter, here too. #NYTXW #NYTSpellingBee #CrosswordSky #GridSky #WearADamnMask
Hi! Streak intact thru my ongoing break. But I had to post on the Mon 9/15 #nytxw by Matthew Stock & @Footnote24.bsky.social bc it’s abt my fave sport, has a clever revealer, & I’m a fan of these guys’ work. Fun for these last regular season days…go Yankees! Thx Matt & Mike! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
September 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Hi! Streak intact thru my ongoing break. But I had to post on the Mon 9/15 #nytxw by Matthew Stock & @Footnote24.bsky.social bc it’s abt my fave sport, has a clever revealer, & I’m a fan of these guys’ work. Fun for these last regular season days…go Yankees! Thx Matt & Mike! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
Tuesday 8/12 #nytxw by
@e-a-rly.bsky.social is a great early weeker by a favorite constructor. Of course I saw the common element in the themers early on, but when I hit the revealer I literally LOL’d. Nice one Erik! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
@e-a-rly.bsky.social is a great early weeker by a favorite constructor. Of course I saw the common element in the themers early on, but when I hit the revealer I literally LOL’d. Nice one Erik! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
August 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Tuesday 8/12 #nytxw by
@e-a-rly.bsky.social is a great early weeker by a favorite constructor. Of course I saw the common element in the themers early on, but when I hit the revealer I literally LOL’d. Nice one Erik! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
@e-a-rly.bsky.social is a great early weeker by a favorite constructor. Of course I saw the common element in the themers early on, but when I hit the revealer I literally LOL’d. Nice one Erik! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
Monday 8/11 #nytxw by @rebecculous.bsky.social - cute, clever, tasty. In fact I think I’ll have one now! Interesting entries, creative clues, great fun. Thanks Rebecca - a delicious start to the week! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
August 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Monday 8/11 #nytxw by @rebecculous.bsky.social - cute, clever, tasty. In fact I think I’ll have one now! Interesting entries, creative clues, great fun. Thanks Rebecca - a delicious start to the week! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
A pleasure to solve Fri 8/8 #nytxw by @rafaxword.bsky.social & Matthew Stock. Unsurprised, because both always deliver tasty puzzles w great clueing & lively colloquials. Had a little trouble breaking in but then it flowed south to north beautifully. Still LOLing at 55A. Thx! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
August 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A pleasure to solve Fri 8/8 #nytxw by @rafaxword.bsky.social & Matthew Stock. Unsurprised, because both always deliver tasty puzzles w great clueing & lively colloquials. Had a little trouble breaking in but then it flowed south to north beautifully. Still LOLing at 55A. Thx! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
Tuesday 8/5 #nytxw by Gary Larson & Amy Ensz has a clever punny theme with no revealer needed. Always fun when you have to choose which pronunciation to go with in order to make sense of the clue. Nice one Gary & Amy! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
August 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Tuesday 8/5 #nytxw by Gary Larson & Amy Ensz has a clever punny theme with no revealer needed. Always fun when you have to choose which pronunciation to go with in order to make sense of the clue. Nice one Gary & Amy! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
Mon 8/4 #nytxw by Patti Varol is a fast solve that I at first thought had a ho-hum theme…until I noticed the vowel progression. Nice. Glad to see 18A & my fave 12D. NBD but surprised at theme-mimic 30D—feels like a rookie mistake but Patti’s no rookie. Overall good week start. #CrosswordSky #GridSky
August 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Mon 8/4 #nytxw by Patti Varol is a fast solve that I at first thought had a ho-hum theme…until I noticed the vowel progression. Nice. Glad to see 18A & my fave 12D. NBD but surprised at theme-mimic 30D—feels like a rookie mistake but Patti’s no rookie. Overall good week start. #CrosswordSky #GridSky
We interrupt my slow commenting return on the #nytxw to cheer the Sun 8/3 puzzle by Jeremy Newton. A construction tour de force w/ubiquitous themers—for a 50+year fan like me, this is perfection. Shading, circles, visuals—this has it all. Loved it! Thx Jeremy wherever you are! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
August 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We interrupt my slow commenting return on the #nytxw to cheer the Sun 8/3 puzzle by Jeremy Newton. A construction tour de force w/ubiquitous themers—for a 50+year fan like me, this is perfection. Shading, circles, visuals—this has it all. Loved it! Thx Jeremy wherever you are! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
Excellent Sunday 7/27 #nytxw from John Kugelman. Really cleverly clued anagrams with some sparkly non-theme longs made for a fun solve. Thanks John! #GridSky #CrosswordSky
July 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Excellent Sunday 7/27 #nytxw from John Kugelman. Really cleverly clued anagrams with some sparkly non-theme longs made for a fun solve. Thanks John! #GridSky #CrosswordSky
Saturday 7/19 #nytxw:
@e-a-rly.bsky.social serves up a terrific themeless w his customary brilliant clueing, 5 gridspanning colloquials, easy flow, and as always things to learn. My brother did 10Ds in Baltimore so I was especially pleased to see that one. Thx Erik! #CrosswordSky #GridSKy
@e-a-rly.bsky.social serves up a terrific themeless w his customary brilliant clueing, 5 gridspanning colloquials, easy flow, and as always things to learn. My brother did 10Ds in Baltimore so I was especially pleased to see that one. Thx Erik! #CrosswordSky #GridSKy
July 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Saturday 7/19 #nytxw:
@e-a-rly.bsky.social serves up a terrific themeless w his customary brilliant clueing, 5 gridspanning colloquials, easy flow, and as always things to learn. My brother did 10Ds in Baltimore so I was especially pleased to see that one. Thx Erik! #CrosswordSky #GridSKy
@e-a-rly.bsky.social serves up a terrific themeless w his customary brilliant clueing, 5 gridspanning colloquials, easy flow, and as always things to learn. My brother did 10Ds in Baltimore so I was especially pleased to see that one. Thx Erik! #CrosswordSky #GridSKy
Random catchup begins… Thurs 7/16 #nytxw by Sam Brody reminds me of cryptics, sort of, fun to decipher. A couple of tough spots—I’m not up on my Chinese search engines—& a major spelling question in the vertical gridspanner gave this some lateweek bite, a good thing. Thx Sam! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
July 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Random catchup begins… Thurs 7/16 #nytxw by Sam Brody reminds me of cryptics, sort of, fun to decipher. A couple of tough spots—I’m not up on my Chinese search engines—& a major spelling question in the vertical gridspanner gave this some lateweek bite, a good thing. Thx Sam! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
Still here, keeping my #nytxw streak going uninterrupted from the Cape but taking a break from commenting. I’ll be back here—maybe catching up, maybe not, maybe a few posts on some notable past puzzles. Then back in the groove. I’m sure my readers have done fine without me! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
July 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Still here, keeping my #nytxw streak going uninterrupted from the Cape but taking a break from commenting. I’ll be back here—maybe catching up, maybe not, maybe a few posts on some notable past puzzles. Then back in the groove. I’m sure my readers have done fine without me! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
Tuesday 7/1 #nytxw by @aaaronson.bsky.social & Michael Garbus has tasty wordplay in an offbeat theme. A tight set, easy solve. Good early weeker. #CrosswordSky #GridSky
July 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Tuesday 7/1 #nytxw by @aaaronson.bsky.social & Michael Garbus has tasty wordplay in an offbeat theme. A tight set, easy solve. Good early weeker. #CrosswordSky #GridSky
Wednesday 7/2 #nytxw by Dan Caprera is easy to solve & hard to describe: an exposition of clues that inform & define the answers in a meta way. You see? Fun & clever. #CrosswordSky #GridSky
July 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Wednesday 7/2 #nytxw by Dan Caprera is easy to solve & hard to describe: an exposition of clues that inform & define the answers in a meta way. You see? Fun & clever. #CrosswordSky #GridSky
Unsurprisingly, I love the Thurs 7/3 #nytxw by @adamwagner.bsky.social. Brilliantly constructed w his customary sense of whimsy. Lots of theme & a gimmick that works across & down in slightly different ways. And the payoff graphic when you get gold is perfect. Thank you Adam! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
July 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Unsurprisingly, I love the Thurs 7/3 #nytxw by @adamwagner.bsky.social. Brilliantly constructed w his customary sense of whimsy. Lots of theme & a gimmick that works across & down in slightly different ways. And the payoff graphic when you get gold is perfect. Thank you Adam! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
Monday 6/30 #nytxw by Dena R. Verkuil & Andrea Carla Michaels is a tight, excellent start to the week. Funny themers, pulled together well. This one hits the mark on what is sometimes a too easy day. Well done, Dena & Andrea! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
July 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Monday 6/30 #nytxw by Dena R. Verkuil & Andrea Carla Michaels is a tight, excellent start to the week. Funny themers, pulled together well. This one hits the mark on what is sometimes a too easy day. Well done, Dena & Andrea! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
Sunday 6/29 #nytxw by Mike Hobin has a cute theme with punny answers that reveal the circles, so the themers are their own clues. Easy, but a stretch here & there. Had to laugh at 63A. Pretty standard Sunday fare, fun to solve. #CrosswordSky #GridSky
July 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Sunday 6/29 #nytxw by Mike Hobin has a cute theme with punny answers that reveal the circles, so the themers are their own clues. Easy, but a stretch here & there. Had to laugh at 63A. Pretty standard Sunday fare, fun to solve. #CrosswordSky #GridSky
Tough Saturday 6/28 #nytxw by Jesse Guzman had a lot of good stuff but a 1A Mario entry followed by a 2nd one is off-putting for me. But I persevered & was happily surprised when I got the gold. Good Saturday challenge. #CrosswordSky #GridSky
July 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Tough Saturday 6/28 #nytxw by Jesse Guzman had a lot of good stuff but a 1A Mario entry followed by a 2nd one is off-putting for me. But I persevered & was happily surprised when I got the gold. Good Saturday challenge. #CrosswordSky #GridSky
Friday 6/27 #nytxw by Carolyn Davies Lynch is a very nice themeless. Usually I like more pushback on Friday, but I enjoyed this easy solve with excellent long stacks, good flow, & lively clues. Nice one. (And I’ll be catching up on this hot week’s posts, if anyone cares!) #CrosswordSky #GridSky
June 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Friday 6/27 #nytxw by Carolyn Davies Lynch is a very nice themeless. Usually I like more pushback on Friday, but I enjoyed this easy solve with excellent long stacks, good flow, & lively clues. Nice one. (And I’ll be catching up on this hot week’s posts, if anyone cares!) #CrosswordSky #GridSky
Sun 6/22 #nytxw by Ruth Bloomfield Margolin & Hannah Margolin (her debut) combines a classic June theme with a classic pun theme & it works. Cleverly done with a sense of humor. Nice Ruth & congrats Hannah! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
June 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Sun 6/22 #nytxw by Ruth Bloomfield Margolin & Hannah Margolin (her debut) combines a classic June theme with a classic pun theme & it works. Cleverly done with a sense of humor. Nice Ruth & congrats Hannah! #CrosswordSky #GridSky
Saturday 6/21 #nytxw by Christina Iverson & @xworddoug.bsky.social has an uncommon shape that facilitates sparkling longs. A slow start but then it explodes w 4 great gridspanning entries like 4D & sharp clues like 9D. Fun solve.. Thanks Christina & Doug, collaborators supreme! #CrosswordSky#GridSky
June 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Saturday 6/21 #nytxw by Christina Iverson & @xworddoug.bsky.social has an uncommon shape that facilitates sparkling longs. A slow start but then it explodes w 4 great gridspanning entries like 4D & sharp clues like 9D. Fun solve.. Thanks Christina & Doug, collaborators supreme! #CrosswordSky#GridSky
Friday 6/20 #nytxw debut by Adrianne Baik is a solid themeless featuring 6 snappy gridspanners including several colloquial expressions. All of that white space looked daunting at first but you chip away and find the answers. Very nice debut. #CrosswordSky #GridSky
June 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Friday 6/20 #nytxw debut by Adrianne Baik is a solid themeless featuring 6 snappy gridspanners including several colloquial expressions. All of that white space looked daunting at first but you chip away and find the answers. Very nice debut. #CrosswordSky #GridSky
Thurs 6/19 #nytxw by Hannah Slovut-Einertson has a classic replace theme— clever, but the clueing is backwards. Following the instructions should yield the correct answer—replace A with B but you have to do that in your mind. Make it a rebus or rework. Editorial error IMO. #CrosswordSky #GridSky
June 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Thurs 6/19 #nytxw by Hannah Slovut-Einertson has a classic replace theme— clever, but the clueing is backwards. Following the instructions should yield the correct answer—replace A with B but you have to do that in your mind. Make it a rebus or rework. Editorial error IMO. #CrosswordSky #GridSky
Wed 6/18 #nytxw by Eli Cotham filled in easily but w/out getting the theme. Then I hit the revealer which is completely unknown to me–never heard of it. I got that one by crosses & a few educated guesses, then the gold. Streak is intact but this one is not for me. #CrosswordSky #GridSky
June 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Wed 6/18 #nytxw by Eli Cotham filled in easily but w/out getting the theme. Then I hit the revealer which is completely unknown to me–never heard of it. I got that one by crosses & a few educated guesses, then the gold. Streak is intact but this one is not for me. #CrosswordSky #GridSky
Tues 6/16 #nytxw by Tarun Krishnamurthy, a high school student, has a clever meta theme. I would’ve preferred it w/out the circles so you had to think a little to solve it. Or don’t have a revealer. But it’s solid and well constructed, if easy even for early week.
June 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Tues 6/16 #nytxw by Tarun Krishnamurthy, a high school student, has a clever meta theme. I would’ve preferred it w/out the circles so you had to think a little to solve it. Or don’t have a revealer. But it’s solid and well constructed, if easy even for early week.
Monday 6/16 #nytxw by Jill Rafaloff & Michelle Sontarp has a sweet theme that warms this grandma’s heart. Straightforward solve to start off the week. Nice. #CrosswordSky #GridSky
June 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Monday 6/16 #nytxw by Jill Rafaloff & Michelle Sontarp has a sweet theme that warms this grandma’s heart. Straightforward solve to start off the week. Nice. #CrosswordSky #GridSky