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Sunday, September 21, 2025 - A crossword that melts in your mouth, not in your hand 😀
Season 14 Episode 20
A rebus -- for those of you new to the crossword-solving realm -- is a square containing more than one letter. Rebuses come in several varieties; in today's crossword we have two words per square, on…
Published on 3Â months, 1Â week ago
Saturday, September 20, 2025 - A FEARSOME Saturday spectacular!
Season 14 Episode 19
This is Katie Hoody's fourth NYTimes Saturday crossword, and it is apparent that she has mastered the genre. The clues are devious, to be sure; and diabolical, also true; but you likely know the answ…
Published on 3Â months, 1Â week ago
Friday, September 19, 2025 - You can pronounce magniloquence? OK but don't BRAG about it 😉
Season 14 Episode 18
This was a tough Friday crossword, following a couple of crunchier than usual Wednesday and Thursday offerings. Extrapolating, we are therefore quaking in our metaphorical shoes awaiting Saturday's p…
Published on 3Â months, 1Â week ago
Thursday, September 18, 2025 - Huh, a Saturday crossword fell through a wormhole into Thursday!
Season 14 Episode 17
Adam Wagner has a reputation for making tough, high-quality crosswords, which explains ... today's, tough, high-quality crossword. Even after grokking the theme, the rest of the clues required no lit…
Published on 3Â months, 2Â weeks ago
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 - A crossword that's waaaaay more than OK!
Season 14 Episode 16
The remarkable xwordinfo.com has compiled a list of the maximum number of times each letter has appeared in a crossword. Up until today, K had appeared a total of 18 times, but now -- thanks to Jacks…
Published on 3Â months, 2Â weeks ago
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 - What the deuce, it's ... egad ... a LOOKIELOO! 😀 😀
Season 14 Episode 15
This was an excellent debut crossword by Jonathan Daly; we were dazzled by the theme, and found gems in the rest of the grid as well. We enjoyed 71A, Floppy part of a beagle, EAR; 49D, Owl's question…
Published on 3Â months, 2Â weeks ago
Monday, September 15, 2025 - Go, team, go!!
Season 14 Episode 14
This was a fine Monday crossword courtesy of the very talented Matthew Stock and Michael Lieberman. The latter, based on both this puzzle and his xwordinfo.com photo, is apparently a baseball fan; so…
Published on 3Â months, 2Â weeks ago
Sunday, September 14, 2025 - BEEP, BEEP!
Season 14 Episode 13
In August we had a fabulous crossword honoring "the Man of 1000 Voices", Mel Blanc, and ... he's back, this time in the grid, and in celebration of what might be the greatest animated toon duo of all…
Published on 3Â months, 2Â weeks ago
Saturday, September 13, 2025 - YAFSC (Yet Another Fantabulous Saturday Crossword)!
Season 14 Episode 12
This was definitely a Saturday-caliber crossword, where Will & company pull out pretty much all the stops. On no other day of the week will you see entertaining, educational, and definitely challengi…
Published on 3Â months, 2Â weeks ago
Friday, September 12, 2025 - OCEANOLOGY: OCEANOGRAPHY's lesser known cousin 🙄
Season 14 Episode 11
This was a very nice Friday crossword -- not soul-crushingly difficult, but with enough razzle-dazzle (see yesterday's episode 😀) to really lift the spirits. We have the deets inside, as well as a fa…
Published on 3Â months, 2Â weeks ago