Podcast Episodes

Sunday, August 3, 2025 - Energize!

Season 13 Episode 80

Today's crossword was an homage to the iconic series STARTREK, which has been around since the 1960s and at this rate seems likely to continue to exist until its actual putative time, in the 2260's.

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Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago

Saturday, August 2, 2025 - Robert Logan strikes again! 😀

Season 13 Episode 79

This was a superlative Saturday crossword, thanks to an ocean of uber-crisp clues, each forming a "mini-mystery" that you had to solve en route to the happy music. 

Marvel at the handiwork of, for ins…

Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago

Friday, August 1, 2025 - Happy Spider-Man Day!!

Season 13 Episode 78

This was a fantabulous Friday crossword that will have you saying 49D, "Look what I did!", TADA, if you are able to solve it. On the way to that illustrious goal, you might have a hunch as to an answ…

Published on 5 months ago

Thursday, July 31, 2025 - Behold, the ANTithesis of a bad crossword 😉

Season 13 Episode 77

Once again, the rebus rules, and indeed in today's crossword may even be said to teem, for it appears a whopping ten times in today's grid, in various amusing and unexpected places that are detailed …

Published on 5 months ago

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 - The name's WANG, Vera WANG 👜

Season 13 Episode 76

Today's theme was sweet -- literally! You'll know why within 30 seconds of the start of today's episode, or, if you're in more of a hurry, within 30 milliseconds of glancing at the grid. 

There were s…

Published on 5 months ago

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 - Stop us if you've heard this one -- Roger Ebert, Albert Einstein, and Mary J. Blige walk into a grid ...

Season 13 Episode 75

This was an ab fab Tuesday crossword by Peter Gorman, with an admirably serpentine theme, as we explain in today's episode (and, as usual, you can see  by checking out the solution at xwordinfo.com).…

Published on 5 months ago

Monday, July 28, 2025 - 🎵 From C to Shining C 🎶

Season 13 Episode 74

Writing the clues for today's crossword must've been quite the chore, but Brian Callahan has done himself proud. It took a bit of cultural archeology to make sense of 64A, Coneheads, e.g., for short,…

Published on 5 months ago

Sunday, July 27, 2025 - CLOUTCHASING ... yup, it's a thing!

Season 13 Episode 73

This was an astonishingly good Sunday crossword by John Kugelman, thanks to a jaw-dropping display of anagrammatic magic. We've got all the deets inside, so be prepared, to be amazed!

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Published on 5 months ago

Saturday, July 26, 2025 - To solve this crossword, you'll definitely need BRAINPOWER

Season 13 Episode 72

This was a relatively straightforward Saturday crossword, but the clues included 7 debuts (and 2 that have not been seen in donkey's years): that made for an intriguing grid, and we definitely enjoye…

Published on 5 months ago

Friday, July 25, 2025 - Ooh, you SLYBOOTS, you!

Season 13 Episode 71

This was an excellent debut crossword by Fritz Juhnke: the clues and answers were fascinating, offering plenty of opportunities for AHAMOMENTs. There were several answers that neither cohost had ever…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago