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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…
7 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…
7 months, 1 week 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)…
7 months, 1 week 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…
7 months, 1 week ago
Thursday, March 12, 2026 - One HARDCORE Thursday crossword!
Season 15 Episode 90
Today marks Joe Marquez's sixth NYTimes crossword. Having started in 2023, that amounts to about 2 crosswords per year — not too shabby! This particu…
7 months, 1 week ago
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 - Eureka!
Season 15 Episode 89
Today's crossword was an homage to proponents of the "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade" philosophy, and it made for an awesome theme — tales…
7 months, 1 week ago
Tuesday, March 10, 2026 - Mmm, give me a bowl of that ol' BABAGHANOUJ 😋
Season 15 Episode 88
Just like the dish in the title, today's crossword was yummy. We found the theme delicious, the clues tangy, and like all good crosswords it left us …
7 months, 1 week ago
Monday, March 9, 2026 - May we have the envelope, please?
Season 15 Episode 87
This was a fine Monday crossword, straightforward but with a wry theme and clues that spanned a wide gamut of years. For instance, 3D, Bobby, Peter o…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Sunday, March 8, 2026 - Happy International Women's Day!!
Season 15 Episode 86
Kelly Richardson has crafted a delightful and timely puzzle in honor of INTERNATIONALWOMENSDAY, in which all of the crosses are the names of famous w…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Saturday, March 7, 2026 - Red Alert! There's a Saturday Streak Smasher™️ at 12 o'clock, closing fast!
Season 15 Episode 85
If crosswords were animals, then today's, by Fritz Juhnke, would be Godzilla, smashing its way through streaks like nobody's business. Fritz was rele…
7 months, 2 weeks ago