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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…
9 months, 2 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…
9 months, 2 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…
9 months, 3 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…
9 months, 3 weeks 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…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Monday, October 20, 2025 - All hail HAYAO Miyazaki, animator extraordinaire!
Season 14 Episode 48
This was a nice Monday crossword, the 17th by Adam Aaronson, who is more partial to Saturday but we're glad to see him wander over to this half of th…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Sunday, October 19, 2025 - A crossword with just the right number of CRONUTs 😀 🍩
Season 14 Episode 47
This was a truly epic Sunday crossword by Daniel Grinberg, one with a theme guaranteed to put a smile on your face and/or cause your jaw to drop in a…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Saturday, October 18, 2025 - Fasten your seatbelts, Samuel Smalley is baaaaaack!
Season 14 Episode 46
This was Samuel Smalley's second crossword, and his second on a Saturday . He certainly seems to have internalized the make-it-as-tough-as-you'd-like…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Friday, October 17, 2025 - VOLARE!
Season 14 Episode 45
This was a splendiferous Friday crossword by Karen Steinberg. It was not particularly difficult, but it was particularly fun to solve, and for that w…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Thursday, October 16, 2025 - We choose ... the REDPILL!
Season 14 Episode 44
This was an ingenious and entertaining crossword by Kareem Ayas, his 7th for the NYTimes. The theme was very (n)ice indeed, but the rest of the clues…
9 months, 4 weeks ago