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Monday, March 23, 2026 - Alright, varmint, reach for the SKYE 😀 🐕
Season 15 Episode 100
There's a lot of pressure resting on a Monday crossword's black-and-white shoulders: welcome and educate new solvers, retain and entertain experience…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Sunday, March 22, 2026 - A Spectacular Sunday Saga!
Season 15 Episode 99
The very talented Alex Eaton-Salners is back with a cheery Sunday crossword engineered to lift your spirits (if they are sagging) or elevate you to a…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Saturday, March 21, 2026 - An Elegant Saturday Solve
Season 15 Episode 98
Today's crossword was replete with awesome clues — pretty much all of them were fresh, imaginative, and entertaining. We covered a slew of them in to…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Friday, March 20, 2026 - Rafael Musa and Rebecca Goldstein, Together Again!
This marks Rafael Musa and Rebecca Goldstein's 4th NYTimes crossword collaboration, and it is a fine piece of work. Being a Friday, it was themeless,…
5 months ago
Thursday, March 19, 2026 - Welcome to EUROPA, a *very* popular tourist destination (um, in the 2080s) 🚀
Season 15 Episode 96
Today's crossword was full of surprises. The theme? A surprise. The correct spelling of DADAIST? A surprise (at least to Mike). The fabulous 51D, Nat…
5 months ago
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 - A cracking good Wednesday crossword
Season 15 Episode 95
Adam Vincent has turned in an ab fab Wednesday crossword. The theme was highly amusing, and the rest of the clues equally awesome. We cover a lot of …
5 months ago
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 - Finally, MADISON gets its 15 minutes of fame!
Season 15 Episode 94
MADISON, Wisconsin is a wonderful city that has received many accolades over the years, but one has always eluded it: recognition in the NYTimes cros…
5 months ago
Monday, March 16, 2026 - ☃️ 🎵 Snowbody knows, the trouble we've seen, snownobody knows at all 🎶
Season 15 Episode 93
This was a superb and somewhat crunchier than usual Monday crossword, a side-effect perhaps of an excellent, and about as NYTimes-ish as you can hope…
5 months ago
Sunday, March 15, 2026 - Beware, ARSENE Lupin is lurking in the grid 😱🇫🇷
Season 15 Episode 92
Today's crossword was a real deal — two themes for he price of one. But, here's the kicker (and the reason why this puzzle was worthy of the NYTimes)…
5 months ago
Saturday, March 14, 2026 - GOTTA like a crossword with GOTTA and ATTA 😉
Season 15 Episode 91
Kameron Austin Collins (aka KAC) has a reputation for writing streak-killing crosswords. Today, however, KAC is playing against type — and the result…
5 months ago