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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…
9 months, 1 week 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…
9 months, 1 week 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…
9 months, 1 week 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…
9 months, 1 week 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 …
9 months, 1 week 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 …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
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)…
9 months, 2 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…
9 months, 2 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…
9 months, 2 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 …
9 months, 2 weeks ago