News 1. Mayoral candidates face off for the first time Halifax’s three mayoral candidates debated each other yesterday, at an event hosted by the Downtown Halifax Business Commission. Zane Woodford attended, and reports on the candidates’ replies to questions from moderator Norma Lee MacLeod. While Taylor reiterated his stance that he doesn’t care who you […]
After nearly 50 years of solving crosswords, Dartmouth sisters publish their debut puzzles
Lita and Tass Williams are part of a new, refreshing wave of constructors making culturally significant crosswords.
“Desi of Desilu Productions” “Ball go-with?” “Ricardo player” “Ball carrier, at times” Yes, those are all actual crossword clues whose answer is “Arnaz.” As in Desi Arnaz, star of the 1950s sitcom I Love Lucy, forever immortalized in crosswords — and, as a result, familiar to people like me, who have never seen an episode […]