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Wednesday, July 2, 2025 - IBIZA beckons! 🎰 🏖️
Season 13 Episode 48
Today's theme was great (as always), and there were oodles of appealing clues lurking in the grid today (see previous parenthetical remark 😉). A few …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 - Was this a great crossword? NOCAP!
Season 13 Episode 47
For those of you wondering about the episode title, it is explored and explained, along with a multitude of other topics riffing off of today's excel…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Monday, June 30, 2025 -- All hail the Mighty Mighty Bosstones! 🎉🎺
Season 13 Episode 46
This was a delightful Monday crossword, thanks to the hardworking team of Dena R. Verkuil and Andrea Carla Michaels (abetted, no doubt, by the mighty…
8 months ago
Sunday, June 29, 2025 - Wheels within wheels ...
Season 13 Episode 45
Once again an NYTimes contributor -- today, that would be Mike Hobin -- has created a theme that will make you want to cheer, doff your hat, and appl…
8 months ago
Saturday, June 28, 2025 - A deliciously devious Saturday crossword!
Season 13 Episode 44
This was Jesse Guzman's third NYTimes crossword, and with quality this good it's no surprise that the publication of his fourth NYTimes crossword is …
8 months ago
Friday, June 27, 2025 - Carolyn Davies Lynch ACES her OPUS
Season 13 Episode 43
Today's crossword marks Carolyn Davies Lynch's third NYTimes crossword, and she just keeps getting better and better. This had some great clues, incl…
8 months ago
Thursday, June 26, 2025 - Must you be leaving SASSON? 🙄
Season 13 Episode 42
Simeon Seigel is definitely on a tear, this marks his fourth NYTimes crossword this year, and his second in under a month. Quality isn't suffering at…
8 months ago
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 - Yet *another* SOCKDOLAGER of a crossword!
Season 13 Episode 41
This was a surprising crossword, in a number of ways that we will not enumerate here, but dive into in depth in today's episode. There were too many …
8 months ago
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 - 🎵 You must remember this, a kiss is just a kiss, ASSAI is just ASSAI 🎶 🙄
Season 13 Episode 40
This was an impressive debut crossword by Ingrid Steffensen. The theme definitely and deservedly takes center stage, and the rest of the clues were a…
8 months ago
Monday, June 23, 2025 - You! Will! Like! This! Crossword! 😀
Season 13 Episode 39
For those of you pondering the title of today's episode, fear not: all, well, nearly all, will be revealed in today's podcast, covering Zhouqin Burni…
8 months ago