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Sunday, November 16, 2025 - This crossword packs a pun(ch)!
Season 14 Episode 74
If you like Shakespeare, and if you like puns, you will be in ecstasy by the time you've finished today's crossword. And even if you are not a huge f…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Saturday, November 15, 2025 - Was this a fabulous Saturday crossword?? OBVI 😁
Season 14 Episode 73
If this crossword were a drink, it would be a chamomile tea. However, it was even better than that: a bliss-inducing, soul-lifting crossword. We cert…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Friday, November 14, 2025 - This crossword wasn't just great ... it was POG 🤔
Season 14 Episode 72
Several clues in today's crossword gave both cohosts reason to pause. Most notably we had a debut at 6D, Aesthetic associated with classical literatu…
9 months ago
Thursday, November 13, 2025 - 🎶 In the circle, the circle of life 🎶🦁
Season 14 Episode 71
This was a tricky Thursday crossword and a magnificent debut for Kyle Perkins. Jean struggled and Mike strugggggled, to get to the happy music; both …
9 months ago
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 - It was a horse! Mule! Horse! Mule! ...
Season 14 Episode 70
The father and daughter duo of Brad Wiegmann and Nicole Wiegmann have teamed up to create a wonderful connect-the-dots-er-squares puzzle-within-a-puz…
9 months ago
Tuesday, November 11, 2025 - Happy Veteran's Day!
Season 14 Episode 69
This is the second Christina Iverson - Scott Hogan collaboration, and the first NYTimes crossword ever to include WORCESTERSHIRE as an answer. It usu…
9 months ago
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…
9 months 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…
9 months 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…
9 months 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…
9 months, 1 week ago