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Tuesday, November 18, 2025 - Avast, thar be JETSAM ahead, me hearties!🏴☠️
Season 14 Episode 76
Joe Deeney's crosswords always seem to include a little extra spice, a little extra pizzazz: we present today's puzzle as an exemplar, and that's not…
3 months, 1 week ago
Monday, November 17, 2025 - DEF not a MID crossword 🤔😀
Season 14 Episode 75
This was a not-at-all-MID, nor, for that matter -MEH, Monday crossword: the theme was above average, the clues crisp and clever. We especially want t…
3 months, 1 week ago
Sunday, November 16, 2025 - This crossword packs a pun(ch)!
Season 14 Episode 74
If you like Shakespeare, and if you like puns, you will be in ecstasy by the time you've finished today's crossword. And even if you are not a huge f…
3 months, 1 week ago
Saturday, November 15, 2025 - Was this a fabulous Saturday crossword?? OBVI 😁
Season 14 Episode 73
If this crossword were a drink, it would be a chamomile tea. However, it was even better than that: a bliss-inducing, soul-lifting crossword. We cert…
3 months, 1 week ago
Friday, November 14, 2025 - This crossword wasn't just great ... it was POG 🤔
Season 14 Episode 72
Several clues in today's crossword gave both cohosts reason to pause. Most notably we had a debut at 6D, Aesthetic associated with classical literatu…
3 months, 1 week ago
Thursday, November 13, 2025 - 🎶 In the circle, the circle of life 🎶🦁
Season 14 Episode 71
This was a tricky Thursday crossword and a magnificent debut for Kyle Perkins. Jean struggled and Mike strugggggled, to get to the happy music; both …
3 months, 1 week ago
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 - It was a horse! Mule! Horse! Mule! ...
Season 14 Episode 70
The father and daughter duo of Brad Wiegmann and Nicole Wiegmann have teamed up to create a wonderful connect-the-dots-er-squares puzzle-within-a-puz…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Tuesday, November 11, 2025 - Happy Veteran's Day!
Season 14 Episode 69
This is the second Christina Iverson - Scott Hogan collaboration, and the first NYTimes crossword ever to include WORCESTERSHIRE as an answer. It usu…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Monday, November 10, 2025 - Happy Veteran's Day Eve!!
Season 14 Episode 68
This was an excellent crossword by a prolific cruciverbalist. It was a Monday, and as far as being fun and appropriate for novice puzzle solvers, a s…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Sunday, November 9, 2025 - Amie Walker swings for the fences!
Season 14 Episode 67
If crosswords had moods, we'd classify this one as feisty. It took both cohosts, working independently as always, longer than usual to get to the hap…
3 months, 2 weeks ago