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Wednesday, June 10, 2026 — 🎶 NARITA, we just met an airport named ... NARITA 🙄🎶
Season 16 Episode 76
This was a terrific Wednesday crossword, with an exceedingly well timed and executed theme, combined with some excellent cluing exsewhere, er, elsew…
1 week, 3 days ago
Tuesday, June 9, 2026 — Rebecca Goldstein Is at the Helm, Brace for Extreme Wit and Whimsy 😀
Season 16 Episode 75
Rebecca Goldstein is one of our favorite constructors, which is why we felt 56D, Utter delight, GLEE, upon seeing that she had authored today's puzzl…
1 week, 4 days ago
Monday, June 8, 2026 —Now, Where's That BELETE Key Gotten To? 😀
Season 16 Episode 74
Today's crossword was excellent Monday fare. Most of the clues were written with new solvers in mind, as one would expect; but they were a lot of fun…
1 week, 5 days ago
Sunday, June 7, 2026 — A Rorschach Test of a Crossword 🤔
Season 16 Episode 73
Today's crossword, a collaboration between veteran constructors Adam Wagner and Simeon Seigel, was relatively controversial: some solvers found it to…
1 week, 6 days ago
Saturday, June 6, 2026 — 🎵 We Can See Clearly Now, the Black Squares Are Gone 😀 🎶
Season 16 Episode 72
After just a cursory glance at today's crossword, your first reaction might be a pressing need to don sunglasses. That would be because of the grid, …
2 weeks ago
Friday, June 5, 2026 — A Rigorous Friday Workout!
Season 16 Episode 71
This was an exciting Friday crossword by Kelly Morenus, with a bevy of challenging clues. Just to give you a taste, we had 54A, "___ y plata" (Montan…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Thursday, June 4, 2026 — Look, up there in the sky, it's a REDACTED, it's a REDACTEDAGAIN!!, it's ... SUPEREGO! 😀 🙄
Season 16 Episode 70
Once again the NYTimes crossword boffins have gone above and beyond to inject a little something extra into the grid, to aid the constructor. We had …
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Wednesday, June 3, 2026 — Happy National Repeat Day! Happy National Repeat Day! Happy ... etc., etc. 😀
Season 16 Episode 69
We do not know if this was planned or by chance, but today's crossword happens to be an ideal choice for National Repeat Day, which, we have been rel…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Tuesday, June 2, 2026 —Another *brilliant* Tuesday theme, courtesy of Rich Katz
Season 16 Episode 68
Rich Katz has scored again with a winning theme and a strong supporting cast of clues. We've covered most of those in the podcast, but we would also …
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Monday, June 1, 2026 — A round of applause, if you please, for the CLAPOMETER 😀 👏
Season 16 Episode 67
This was Kenneth Cortes' third NYTimes crossword, and it was splendid. The theme was memorable and unique, and there were some other gems among the r…
2 weeks, 5 days ago