Daily Crosswords

ROE = Raw eggs? ROE is fish eggs, raw or cooked.

ROSIN = Bow lubricant? ROSIN is NOT a lubricant, it increases stickiness.

Editor? Are you there? Are you reviewing and editing these submissions? And why not?

Jill Pepper, a pieta is not a madonna and child sculpture. It is an image of Mary and the dead Christ. I dont think Christ died as a child.

Who thinks they are hard? I am 81 and zip right through them... Sure don't like the ads though... But don't mind the foreign words... Hablo un poco de espanol.... Und Deutsch... No likee de frenchie though...

I used to think these were too easy, but lately I've been having problems, too. I was afraid it was dementia setting in. I much preferred the other crossword they had a few years ago.

A well-designed puzzle should have a minimum of foreign words and acronyms. Anyone can make a hard puzzle with tons of obscure words. But that kind of "hard" isn't fun.

By the way, they do "charge" for the puzzles. You haven't noticed those ads at the beginning? You can be sure that they're making money off of the games. Otherwise they'd drop them. They are a business after all.

Congratulations Jill Pepper, on composing Sunday's crossword that meets my concept of what a good one should be, i.e., avoiding/minimal use of, foreign words, proper nouns/peoples names, acronyms, slang, etc. The extra effort required by you to achieve this, is greatly appreciated.

Was Darth Vader truly evil? Or was he a product of circumstances?

As for odd clues ... that's the writer's fault not Yahoo's. I do these every day. But I'm getting worse and worse at em.

im with the guy that says,, stop whining... its free, one of the few things in life! better enjoy, cause im sure one day they will find a way to charge for this....

I do this puzzle every day. I don't see too many mistakes.

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"Software Purchaser"

Answer - "USSR?"

Shouldn't that be "USER?"