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Monday, November 10, 2025 - Happy Veteran's Day Eve!!
Season 14 Episode 68
This was an excellent crossword by a prolific cruciverbalist. It was a Monday, and as far as being fun and appropriate for novice puzzle solvers, a s…
7 months, 1 week ago
Sunday, November 9, 2025 - Amie Walker swings for the fences!
Season 14 Episode 67
If crosswords had moods, we'd classify this one as feisty. It took both cohosts, working independently as always, longer than usual to get to the hap…
7 months, 1 week ago
Saturday, November 8, 2025 - MANSAMUSA, the original golden boy 🙄
Season 14 Episode 66
This was a good Saturday workout: not the hardest Saturday ever, but engaging, with some truly effervescent cluing. We covered the best-of-the-best i…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Friday, November 7, 2025 - Today's crossword had an *ENNEAD* of debut entries (which, sadly, did not include ENNEAD🙄)
Season 14 Episode 65
This was a challenging crossword for both cohosts, as both -- solving independently as is their custom -- ended up in the same area of the grid, temp…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Thursday, November 6, 2025 - YOWZAH, what a crossword!!
Season 14 Episode 64
For you polyglots out there, the NYTimes has written a love letter, cleverly disguised as a crossword -- today's, to be precise, a magnificent opus b…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 - All hail ANNA Lee Fisher, first mother in space!
Season 14 Episode 63
The first author of today's crossword, Chad Hazen, had over 40 rejections before finally getting a crossword published -- but when he did get it publ…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Tuesday, November 4, 2025 - Make ROOM for the ROOMBA
Season 14 Episode 62
This was a debut crossword by Patrick Hayden, and a very nice one, to boot. The theme was sly, and the author has a knack for writing novel clues for…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Sunday, November 2, 2025 - A veritable *ocean* of white squares 😳
Season 14 Episode 61
If you fear crosswords with large swathes of white squares, infrequently interrupted by a black square or two (and psychiatrists have a technical nam…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Saturday, November 1, 2025 - All hail the PEOPLESELBOW! 💪🏽
Season 14 Episode 60
This was a sweet Saturday crossword by Michael Lieberman, filled with his characteristically witty, and fresh clueing. We've covered the best in the …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Friday, October 31, 2025 - 'Allo, AYOEDEBIRI!
Season 14 Episode 59
As we sidle up to the most challenging crossword of the week, aka Saturday, we expect the opening act -- Friday -- to help get us in the right frame …
7 months, 3 weeks ago