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Thursday, October 10, 2025 - A PARAGON of a Thursday crossword
Season 14 Episode 58
If you needed to be reminded that the scariest day of the year is coming up tomorrow; and if yesterday's crossword didn't drive the stake (er, point)…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 - Today's podcast, brought to you by the Bela Lugosi Fan Club 🧛🏽🫣
Season 14 Episode 57
This was the perfect Halloween Eve's Eve crossword, suitably spooky and eminently entertaining. The theme was a stitch, and the supporting cast of cl…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 - The world definitely needs more SOFAFORTS 🤗
Season 14 Episode 56
Jean found today's crossword to be a tad more difficult than usual; Mike found it almost, but not quite, impossible, thanks to the high density of po…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Monday, October 27, 2025 - We'll take a flier on how to spell FLYER 😀
Season 14 Episode 55
This was Tarun Krishnamurthy's third NYTimes crossword: he now has two Mondays and a Tuesday under his belt. Today's opus had an endearing theme and …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Sunday, October 26, 2025 - A Titan might find a CHITON a bit tight on 'em 😉
Season 14 Episode 54
The last few crosswords have been rather on the challenging side and while Will and co. (co, in this case, being collaborators Gary Larson and Doug …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Saturday, October 25, 2025 - Just in time for Halloween, a Very Scary Solve 🫣
Season 14 Episode 53
Byron Walden has had 110 crosswords published in the NYTimes, of which 71 were Saturdays. If you are wondering why, then take a gander at today's gri…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Friday, October 24, 2025 - A *brilliant* Friday debut by Kelvin Zhou
Season 14 Episode 52
It is hard to believe that today's crossword was a debut, but ... believe it! By turns elegant, hilarious, engaging and definitely taxing, both cohos…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Thursday, October 23, 2025 - Life would be *perfect* ... if only we could buy ALDOs at ALDI's 🙄😉
Season 14 Episode 51
This were a lot of jewels in today's grid, including, well, JOULES (56A, Units equal to roughly a quarter of a calorie). We also were glad to learn t…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - A crossword you can count on, mais oui!
This was a gem of a Wednesday crossword. The theme was, as you might expect, unexpected: the rest of the grid, as you might also expect, excellent. W…
8 months ago
Tuesday, October 20, 2025 - Winter in Wisconsin? Brrrrrrrrrring it on 😀 ☃️
Season 14 Episode 49
Spencer Leach's crosswords have appeared most frequently on Saturday*, meaning he likes to make 'em tough. Todays is his first Tuesday outing, and it…
8 months ago