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Wednesday, April 15, 2026 - Oh, frabjous day! Adam Wagner is back with another ab fab puzzle!
Season 16 Episode 22
We are definitely Adam Wagner fans, and our idol does not disappoint today. The theme is inspired, the clues perfect for a Wednesday, and the entire …
4 months ago
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 — It's Tax Day Eve: do you know where your tax return is? 😱
Season 16 Episode 21
Mark Diehl is certainly a veteran crossword constructor — his first NYTimes crossword was published in 1984! He hasn't lost his touch, though: this w…
4 months, 1 week ago
Monday, April 13, 2026 - AESOP, still winning new fans after 2500 years 😀
Season 16 Episode 20
This was a splendid Monday crossword, arguably slightly crunchier than usual, but still definitely on the Monday side of the scale. A few of those cr…
4 months, 1 week ago
Sunday, April 12, 2026 - Oh, paradise! PARADIDDLE is in the grid 😍
Season 16 Episode 19
We did not know, until several hours ago, that PARADIDDLE was a word. But now that we do, we're going to try and work it into conversation whenever, …
4 months, 1 week ago
Saturday, April 11, 2026 — A classy crossword (you can tell: it has MASERATIS in the grid 😀)
Season 16 Episode 18
Our intrepid cohosts, solving independently as usual, took very different crossword solving journeys in tackling this, Kareem Ayas' tenth NYTimes opu…
4 months, 1 week ago
Friday, April 10, 2026 — Dale Chihuly, glass artist extraordinaire!
Season 16 Episode 17
Dale Chihuly is an incredibly gifted artist, but AFAWCT he has never appeared in the grid of the NYTimes crossword. Consequently, it was most gratify…
4 months, 1 week ago
Thursday, April 9, 2026 - A scrumdiddlyumptious Thursday crossword!
Season 16 Episode 16
Today's grid is sweet — literally, thanks to all those delicious, disguised dessert items. Fortunately, they are the virtual kind, and therefore high…
4 months, 1 week ago
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 — RaPUNzel definitely would've approved of this crossword 🙄
Season 16 Episode 15
This was a fine debut crossword by Philippe Monfiston. It had oodles of interesting clues, a score of bad (by which we mean good 😀) musical puns, and…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 — This crossword definitely has our vote!
Season 16 Episode 14
Kudos to Adryel W. Robles Ojeda for getting their very first crossword published in the NYTimes. We found it both fun and fast. We liked all the clue…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Monday, April 6, 2026 — It's been 5 years, but the BATSIGNAL is back!
Season 16 Episode 13
BATSIGNAL has appeared a total of 4 times in the NYTimes crossword — once in 2014, twice in 2020, and today. The real BATSIGNAL shows up much more fr…
4 months, 2 weeks ago