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Friday, January 23, 2026 - Designer Geoffrey's favorite question: how ya' been, BEENE? 🙄
Season 15 Episode 42
In the course of two days we've spanned the experience spectrum. Yesterday's constructor, Joe DiPietro, has published 142 (!) NYTimes crosswords. Tod…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Thursday, January 22, 2026 - Joe DiPietro pulls out all the stops 😀 🚦
Season 15 Episode 41
If somebody has published 142 crosswords in the NYTimes, there's gotta be a reason ... and today's GUCCI crossword reminds us why Joe DiPietro gets p…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - NIHAO, y'all! 🙄
Season 15 Episode 40
Today's crossword, a collaboration between Ginny Too and Avery Gee Katz, had scads of splendid clues. In addition to those mentioned in today's podca…
9 months ago
Tuesday, January 20, 2026 - HELLO, Hello, hello, he ...
Season 15 Episode 39
This was a debut crossword by Jonathan Raksin and an auspicious start to what we hope will be a lucrative crossword-writing career. The theme was a h…
9 months ago
Monday, January 19, 2026 - This crossword was capital!
Season 15 Episode 38
Peter Gorman has produced his third NYTimes crossword since February of last year, each on a different day of the week, which is quite 62D, Chilly, C…
9 months ago
Sunday, January 18, 2026 - ¡Hola, MAMI! 😘
Season 15 Episode 37
This was an excellent crossword by Rena Cohen, a Washington University in St. Louis student. If the university sounds familiar, that might be because…
9 months ago
Saturday, January 17, 2026 - This crossword wasn't merely MKAY, it was parfait 😀 🤣
Season 15 Episode 36
This was a fun Saturday crossword, which one of our cohosts (Jean) found to be an easy solve whereas the other (by process of elimination, Mike) foun…
9 months ago
Friday, January 16, 2026 - All hail APOLLOVII!! 🚀 🧑🏼🚀
Season 15 Episode 35
This was a great cruciverbial workout by Kyle T. Dolan, whose crosswords tend to be on the challenging side, with 11 of his 19 NYTimes puzzles appear…
9 months ago
Thursday, January 15, 2026 - Are you fazed by FAZING? Fear not — it's only a phase 🙄😀
Season 15 Episode 34
Today's crossword, a collaboration between Wendy L. Brandes and Barbara Lin, had an awesome theme that both cohosts temporarily missed in distinct an…
9 months ago
Wednesday, January 14, 2026 - This crossword was positively GUCCI!!😀
Season 15 Episode 33
As the week progresses, the crossword constructors get more opportunities to add spice to the mix, and Joseph Gangi, author of today's fine puzzle (e…
9 months, 1 week ago