Tuesday, February, 22, 2022 -- A surfeit of TWOs? SHIRR thing!

TWO is often cited as the loneliest number, but not in this crossword, which is teeming with them. The crossword was a little crunchier than normal, with you-should-have-paid-more-attention-in-school clues like 26A, ___________ Ghiberti, sculptor of Florence's Gates of Paradise, LORENZO, and 42A, Beowulf's first combatant, GRENDEL. A nice crossword overall, we give it a 5 squares on the JAMCR scale. In other news, Jean is in the hot seat for Triplet Tuesday, a good thing since the rest of No...