Podcast Episodes

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 - Just like 5D, this crossword was ALLGOOD!

Season 13 Episode 13

This was a fine Tuesday crossword by Ginny Too, with a twee theme that lent itself to some amusing segues, as you will discover in today's episode. We also have our Triplet Tuesday segment, so to see…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Monday, May 26, 2025 - In today's episode, we drill down on dental definitions 🙄

Season 13 Episode 12

This is Ari Halpern's third NYTimes crossword, but his previous crossword appeared seventeen years ago. We're hoping that's because Ari found other things to do in the interim, and not because he's s…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Sunday, May 25, 2025 - 🎵 All together now ... like an Einstein-Rosen bridge, over trouuuubled waters🎵 🙄

Season 13 Episode 11

This was a brilliant crossword by Dylan Schiff. Solving it was terrific fun, but creating it must've been a real bear (to borrow from a recent NYTimes Crossword answer). You'll see why when you check…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Saturday, May 24, 2025 - Today's crossword contained, literally, a PLEASANTSURPRISE

Season 13 Episode 10

Both cohosts found today's crossword to be a tad on the easy side (for a Saturday), but it nonetheless had some brilliant clues. Among these were 32D, Eton ___ (traditional English dessert), MESS (yu…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Friday, May 23, 2025 - No, AKEE is not how you feel after eating an AKEE 🙄

Season 13 Episode 8

Our intrepid cohosts -- solving, as always, independently -- had very different experiences whilst filling in the grid. Jean got through this relatively readily, whereas Mike muttered many imprecatio…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Thursday, May 22, 2025 - If crosswords were paintings, this'd be the Mona Lisa 🖼️

Season 13 Episode 7

This crossword was the embodiment of what makes the NYTimes Crossword so outstanding: a fantabulous theme amid a sea of novel and some LOL supporting clues. Just check out today's podcast, and then r…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - A crossword so good you'll wish it was SOSTENUTO!

Season 13 Episode 6

There was art in today's grid -- specifically at 29A, "The most beautiful deception of all," per Debussy, ART, and more generally, everywhere else; because only the most artful of crosswords make the…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 - It's NIGH well about time NIGH made a comeback! 😀

This was Rena Cohen's first Tuesday crossword, and like the other three that she has constructed for the NYTimes, it was excellent: a brilliant theme and a constellation of ingenious clues made the w…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Monday, May 19, 2025 - We're agOG about today's crossword 😉

Season 13 Episode 4

This was a fun, fast, frothy Monday crossword. It would be a great crossword to solve with the young'uns, for reasons that will become evident as you listen to today's episode.

Also, as presaged in ye…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Sunday, May 18, 2025 - A big ola! to those who sell OLLAS 😏

Season 13 Episode 3

Today's crossword seemed (to at least one of our cohosts) to be slightly crunchier than the usual Sunday, thanks to clues like 3D, "Ci vediamo in giro!" , CIAO; 70A, Pauperism, so to speak, RAGS (um,…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago