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Saturday, October 18, 2025 - Fasten your seatbelts, Samuel Smalley is baaaaaack!
Season 14 Episode 46
This was Samuel Smalley's second crossword, and his second on a Saturday . He certainly seems to have internalized the make-it-as-tough-as-you'd-like…
4 months, 1 week ago
Friday, October 17, 2025 - VOLARE!
Season 14 Episode 45
This was a splendiferous Friday crossword by Karen Steinberg. It was not particularly difficult, but it was particularly fun to solve, and for that w…
4 months, 1 week ago
Thursday, October 16, 2025 - We choose ... the REDPILL!
Season 14 Episode 44
This was an ingenious and entertaining crossword by Kareem Ayas, his 7th for the NYTimes. The theme was very (n)ice indeed, but the rest of the clues…
4 months, 1 week ago
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - Ah, those halcyon, cerulean skies!
Season 14 Episode 43
We find it difficult to resist a crossword with the word "cerulean" anywhere in it, or even in near it, when the constructors were working their magi…
4 months, 1 week ago
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - Contemplating the RIGHTNESS of RIGHTNESS 🙄😉
Season 14 Episode 42
This was an excellent crossword by Stella Zawistowski, her 24th for the NYTimes and her 7th Tuesday. There were some awesome clues in the grid, such …
4 months, 1 week ago
Monday, October 13, 2025 - YOSHI, Everyone's favorite pixel-based lifeform 😉
Season 14 Episode 41
This was an intriguing debut crossword by Katherine Xiong. Both cohosts -- solving independently as usual -- found it to be a tad longer than one mig…
4 months, 1 week ago
Sunday, October 12, 2025 - FENNELBULBS: when LCDs just aren't bright enough 🙄😎
Both cohosts found today's puzzle to be particularly crunchy due to cruciverbial challenges in different areas of the grid. Jean struggled mightily i…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Saturday, October 11, 2025 - Another Sam Ezersky Thriller
Season 14 Episode 39
Sam Ezersky crosswords can be quite thrilling, as he is renowned for making highly challenging puzzles. He certainly does not disappoint this Saturda…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Friday, October 10, 2025 - Another fun-filled Friday frolic of a crossword
Colin Adams seems to have hit the sweet spot with Friday crosswords chock-full of cracklingly good clues. Besides those mentioned in today's podcast,…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Thursday, October 9, 2025 - Soyonora, LEONORA 🙄😀
Season 14 Episode 37
This was Freddie Cheng's 18th NYTimes crossword. He mainly publishes earlier in the week, but he has had a crossword published on every day, no mean …
4 months, 2 weeks ago