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Friday, November 13, 2026 — 🎶 Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz, Oh, What a Great Crossword This Is 🎶 😀 😀
Season 19 Episode 24
Although today is ostensibly an unlucky day, at least as far as crosswords are concerned we have lucked out, for Mike Graczyk's debut (!) puzzle is a…
22 hours ago
Thursday, November 12, 2026 — No Ad Creep in *This* Podcast!!
Good news: there might be ADCREEP in the grid, but we remain a 100% ad-free podcast (until Apple offers us a Mac Studio Ultra with all the trimmings…
1 day, 22 hours ago
Wednesday, November 11, 2026 — Thank You, Veterans!
Season 19 Episode 22
Today's crossword was the fiftieth for Damon J. Gulczynski since 2004. Damon tends to favor the "difficult" days of the week — Thursday through Satur…
2 days, 21 hours ago
Tuesday, November 10, 2026 — A heteronym, a metonym, and an eponym walk into a bar 😀 😀
Season 19 Episode 21
Although 31D, Bert and Ernie, or Chip n' Dale worked quite well as a clue for DUO, today's constructors — Sam Koperwas and Jeff Chen — could've throw…
3 days, 21 hours ago
Monday, November 9, 2026 — Pop Quiz! Which Answer Just Made Its 1,443rd (!) Appearance in the NYTimes Crossword?
Season 19 Episode 20
Hard to believe, but ERE has now appeared a whopping 1,443 times in the NYTimes crossword. ThERE's just something magical about that three letter wor…
4 days, 22 hours ago
Sunday, November 8, 2026 — Happy National STEM/STEAM Day!
Season 19 Episode 19
Simeon Seigel has a reputation for making exactly the sort of crossword that he has conjured up today — based on a head-spinning theme and sprinkled …
5 days, 21 hours ago
Saturday, November 6, 2026 — An Education-Rich Saturday Crossword
Season 19 Episode 18
Today's crossword had an ocean of great clues, many of which delivered facts, puns, or in some memorable cases, both. As examples we offer for your i…
6 days, 21 hours ago
Friday, November 6, 2026 — Ah, Bliss, aka the NYTimes Friday Crossword 😍
Season 19 Episode 17
This was a thoroughly enjoyable Friday crossword, with just enough bite to make it interesting. That bite came courtesy of clues like the nostalgia-i…
1 week ago
Thursday, November 5, 2026 — When Alphabets Collide!
Season 18 Episode 16
Today's crossword was a brilliant answer to the question, "What happens when alphabets collide"? It transpires that the answer is, at least in one se…
1 week, 1 day ago
Wednesday, November 4, 2026 — Do BULGARI Fans Tend to Drive Bugattis? Inquiring Minds Need To Know 🙄
Season 18 Episode 15
Today's crossword was a debut — huzzah! — for Peggy Sue Marlin. Congratulations, kudos, pip, pip, and all that. There were many fun clues in the grid…
1 week, 2 days ago