Podcast Episodes

Sunday, February 8, 2026 - Go, [Insert your favorite team here], Go!

Season 15 Episode 58

This was a Super Crossword for a Super Bowl Sunday. The theme was straightforward but cute, and the rest of the puzzle featured a SEA of crafty clues…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Sunday, February 7, 2026 - Mark Diehl is back, and better than ever!

Mark Diehl has been writing NYTimes Crosswords - predominantly Friday and Saturday puzzles - since 1984. He's eased off as of late, his last appearin…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Friday, February 6, 2026 - Look, it's a TINYHOME: 🏠 😀

Season 15 Episode 56

There were some truly awesome clues in today's crossword. We definitely hit the highlights in the podcast, but we'd be remiss if we didn't mention 44…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Thursday, February 5, 2026 - Beep, beep! Honk, honk, honk! Beeeeeeep!

Season 15 Episode 55

Today's crossword, a debut (huzzah!) by Dario Salvucci, was one of those puzzle-in-a-puzzle challenges that we just adore. In this case, one had to d…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Wednesday, February 4, 2026 - Et tu, CATO?

Season 15 Episode 54

Today's crossword leveraged a hilarious line from a very well-known sitcom, and with just the slightest change in syllabification, turned it into the…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Tuesday, February 3, 2026 - Shimmy on over to the SHAKESHACK! 🍔🧋

Season 15 Episode 53

It's been almost 2 years since Nate Cardin last graced the pages of the NYTimes, and from our perspective that's almost 2 years too long. But he's ba…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Monday, February 2, 2026 - BOOYA — BOOYA was in the grid! 😀

Season 15 Episode 52

The Cardinal Rules of Crossword Construction:

Rule # 1: never repeat an answer in the gridRule # 2: ignore rule 1 if it'll make for an especially awes…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Sunday, February 1, 2026 - PIMLICO, home of Seabiscuit's greatest triumph!

Season 15 Episode 51

Both cohosts found today's crossword, a collaboration between Lance Enfinger and John Kugelman, to be a real workout (mentally, of course: physically…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Saturday, January 31, 2026 - The Snellen chart - the one you *know*, but can't *name* 🧐

Season 15 Episode 50

This was a strenuous Saturday workout, no doubt, with more misdirection then you'd see at a Penn & Teller performance. Consider 15D, "Science is ___ …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Friday, January 30, 2026 - Rejoice, rejoice, Robyn Weintraub has struck (gold) again 😀

Season 15 Episode 49

Robyn Weintraub is one of our favorite constructors, and today's crossword shows why. It is, in a word, the clues. OK, technically that's two words, …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

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