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Saturday, March 28, 2026 - The Queen of Saturdays is Back!
Season 16 Episode 5
Katie Hoody, the Queen of Saturdays, is back again with an excellent example of the genre. In today's puzzle, the clues were deliciously deceiving, b…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Friday, March 27, 2026 - Siri's great, great, great, grandfather, R.U.D.I. 😀
Season 16 Episode 4
Today's crossword, a fine effort by Zachary David Levy, will not induce neuralgia, aka BRAINFREEZE, rather just the opposite: it will cause those bi…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Thursday, March 26, 2026 - A crossword that will make you soar, not sore 😀
Season 16 Episode 3
Yesterday's crossword was all about sequels, and today's crossword is itself a sequel — the second for constructor Alex Murphy. That could be coincid…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 - 🎵 Jeepers creepers, where'd you get those peepers, jeepers, creepers, where'd you get those I's 🎶 🙄
Season 16 Episode 2
While Mike often has no idea what's going on with the theme, it is a blue moon day indeed when Jean also fails to get the gist of the thing. While th…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Tuesday, March 24, 2026 - A fabulous crossword, a Triplet Tuesday miracle, and much, much more!
Season 16 Episode 1
Today's crossword, by Killian Olson, was funny, punny, and a subtle reward for those of you who paid attention in Art Appreciation 101. We loved it, …
7 months ago
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…
7 months 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…
7 months 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…
7 months 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,…
7 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…
7 months ago