I admit it, I prefer themeless puzzles. Sure, sometimes there's a really clever idea, and sometimes those clever ideas are well done, bu...

Today's forced theme is four playing cards interpreted as clues. The ace of spades is used for  MASTERGARDENER . That's cute. Then w...

Kind of an odd, positionally-clued theme today. The top row clues all included the word "top" in them: "Top dog?" ( MUTT...

OK, this was clever.  APLUSWORK  explains "a guard," "a barber," "a chef," and "a miner," all hidden...

The theme is  STILLONTHETABLE , and on that table are a pitcher, a plate, and a bowl. Interesting. Since I had no idea what was going on as ...

I filled in everything but the lock in about 13 minutes, but then I couldn't figure out the lock, so I let Frannie look at it. She reali...

This is just what we want in a Saturday puzzle. Misdirections like "It's a straight shot" ( NEATVODKA ), "Uniform shade...