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Sunday, June 1, 2025 - Time to dust off those Jumble skills!
Sunday, June 1, 2025 - Time to dust off those Jumble skills!

Season 13 Episode 18

If you grew up on Jumble (as, apparently, the author did), then you'll feel right at home tackling this awesome homage to anagrams, an impressive deb…

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Saturday, May 31, 2025 - Happy Last Day of May!
Saturday, May 31, 2025 - Happy Last Day of May!

Season 13 Episode 17

Today's puzzle was an enjoyable albeit challenging tag-team effort by Adam Aaronson and Ricky Cruz. Jean got through it in good time, Mike ... got th…

9 months ago

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Friday, May 30 2025 - ALLABOARD ... the crossword express! 🚂 😀
Friday, May 30 2025 - ALLABOARD ... the crossword express! 🚂 😀

Season 13 Episode 16

This was a fine end-of-work-week crossword by Rafael Musa, his 19th for the NYTimes and his 9th Friday, so he certainly knows this day well! Though s…

9 months ago

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Thursday, May 29, 2025 - You'd probably need to be in Mensa to get the clue about Mensa 😉
Thursday, May 29, 2025 - You'd probably need to be in Mensa to get the clue about Mensa 😉

Season 13 Episode 15

The constructor of today's crossword, John Kugelman, is mostly known for his Sunday crosswords: but somehow he managed to squeeze all that ken into a…

9 months ago

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Wednesday, May 28, 2025 - 🎶 Traditiiiiiiiiion, tradition 🎶 🎻
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 - 🎶 Traditiiiiiiiiion, tradition 🎶 🎻

Season 13 Episode 14

This was a clever Wednesday crossword, and not just because its author, Peter A. Collins, slipped 21A, Understanding, KEN, and 22D, Astuteness, ACUME…

9 months ago

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Tuesday, May 27, 2025 - Just like 5D, this crossword was ALLGOOD!
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 - Just like 5D, this crossword was ALLGOOD!

Season 13 Episode 13

This was a fine Tuesday crossword by Ginny Too, with a twee theme that lent itself to some amusing segues, as you will discover in today's episode. W…

9 months ago

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Monday, May 26, 2025 - In today's episode, we drill down on dental definitions 🙄
Monday, May 26, 2025 - In today's episode, we drill down on dental definitions 🙄

Season 13 Episode 12

This is Ari Halpern's third NYTimes crossword, but his previous crossword appeared seventeen years ago. We're hoping that's because Ari found other t…

9 months ago

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Sunday, May 25, 2025 - 🎵 All together now ... like an Einstein-Rosen bridge, over trouuuubled waters🎵 🙄
Sunday, May 25, 2025 - 🎵 All together now ... like an Einstein-Rosen bridge, over trouuuubled waters🎵 🙄

Season 13 Episode 11

This was a brilliant crossword by Dylan Schiff. Solving it was terrific fun, but creating it must've been a real bear (to borrow from a recent NYTime…

9 months ago

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Saturday, May 24, 2025 - Today's crossword contained, literally, a PLEASANTSURPRISE
Saturday, May 24, 2025 - Today's crossword contained, literally, a PLEASANTSURPRISE

Season 13 Episode 10

Both cohosts found today's crossword to be a tad on the easy side (for a Saturday), but it nonetheless had some brilliant clues. Among these were 32D…

9 months ago

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Friday, May 23, 2025 - No, AKEE is not how you feel after eating an AKEE 🙄
Friday, May 23, 2025 - No, AKEE is not how you feel after eating an AKEE 🙄

Season 13 Episode 8

Our intrepid cohosts -- solving, as always, independently -- had very different experiences whilst filling in the grid. Jean got through this relativ…

9 months ago

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