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Season 5 Episode 76
A slightly crunchier than usual Monday crossword, owing, perhaps, to the delightfully understated theme in honor of which we shall just say ...
hey, what happened to the rest of the paragraph??
To full…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
Sunday, December 4, 2022 - Pass the IDLI!
Season 5 Episode 75
A punny Sunday crossword, revolving around all the myriad phrases that people use to describe gossip. We'd talk about those people, but we hate to, well, gossip, so we'll just point out that beyond …
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
Saturday, December 3, 2022 - No APOLOGYTOUR needed for this bundle of JOLLITY
Season 5 Episode 74
A good crossword educates, entertains, and intrigues, and Kate Hawkins' Saturday opus does all 3 perfectly and in equal measure. Educates - 25A, Brain-tingly feeling that may come from hearing whispe…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
Friday, December 2, 2022 - We liked today's crossword best, a clear case of RECENCYBIAS
Season 5 Episode 73
Another crossword in which our co-hosts' experiences differed vastly: in a return to form, Jean sped through the puzzle, whereas Mike ... staggered, reeled, and ultimately clawed his way across the f…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Thursday, December 1, 2022 - Have you finished writing the podcast title? NOTQUITEYET ...
Season 5 Episode 72
For those of you who reveled in last Thursday's crossword, with the "DOT THE I'S" revealer, and giddy with ANTICIPATION of their return, well, your time has come -- the dots are back!, rounder than e…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 - This crosswords not just 'K, it's SWELL!
Season 5 Episode 71
Who knew that the letter K could be lurking in so many words and phrases? Addison Snell, apparently, and he lets us in on the secret in today's fine Wednesday crossword. The grid managed to harbor on…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 - A crossword most definitely *not* for the birds!
Season 5 Episode 70
A crossword with a theme guaranteed to make you feel all atwitter, hatched from the fertile mind of David Rockow and not poached from anyone else. We'd say more, but that would be talon 🙄, so for al…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Monday, November 28, 2022 - Beware the GHOSTCHILI! 👻
Season 5 Episode 69
A scary Monday crossword, partially because of 17A, Pepper measuring over 1 million on the Scoville scale, GHOSTCHILI, and partially because - at least for Mike - the top left corner was bristling wi…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Sunday, November 27, 2022 - Today's puzzle? CESTSIBON (translation inside 😀)
Season 5 Episode 68
After an easier than usual Saturday, along comes today's WHIZBANG of a puzzle to balance things out, and it does so quite nicely: it took real GRIT to solve, but when (or if!) you did, you could BAS…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Saturday, November 26, 2022 - Edited by Will Shortz, aka the Wizard of AHS
Season 5 Episode 67
A gentler-than-usual Saturday crossword, possibly a sop to those still wandering about in a tryptophan fog. That's not to say it wasn't a fun experience - you are estopped from saying that about a g…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago