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Sunday, May 31, 2026 — Goodbye, May, thanks for all the flowers!! 🪻🌹
Season 16 Episode 66
Today's crossword was by Jeffrey Martinovic and Evan Park, students at Western University in London, Ontario (go, Mustangs!). It was inspired in part…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Saturday, May 30, 2026 — Pass another glass of PROSECCO, per fevore
Season 16 Episode 65
Since this was Saturday, we expected a tough crossword, and Malaika Handa and Erik Agard did not disappoint. Some of the clues were straightforward-i…
3 weeks ago
Friday, May 29, 2026 — A Brilliant Friday Crossword
Season 16 Episode 64
Hemant Mehta is adept at writing challenging but highly entertaining Friday crosswords, and we cherish every one of the seven that he has constructed…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Thursday, May 28, 2026 — John Kugelman is on a tear!
Season 16 Episode 63
This marks John Kugelman's fifth NYTimes crossword of the year, and it's only May! The man is clearly the embodiment of prolific, but it's not just q…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 — ROBOTSUMO, it's gonna be *big*!!
This was a clever mid-week crossword by Dario Salvucci. The theme was fun, there was just the right number of "huh, who knew?" clues for a Wednesday,…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Tuesday, May 26, 2026 — Oh, c'mon, dismal science, cheer up! 😉
Season 16 Episode 61
Today's crossword is by Brad Lively, who now has one crossword in each of the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday slots. We're placing our bets that his …
3 weeks, 4 days ago
Monday, May 25, 2026 — Today's crossword is *smoking* 🔥🔥
Season 16 Episode 60
Timed just perfectly to match the mini-heatwave about to ravage NE Wisconsin (temperatures might get up to 90°F😱), Anthony V. Grubb has shown up with…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Sunday, May 24, 2026 — Happy Memorial Day Eve!
Season 16 Episode 59
David Steinberg is definitely a child prodigy when it comes to crosswords. His first NYTimes crossword was published in 2011, when he was (does some …
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Saturday, May 23, 2026 — Rejoice, it's another "Quasi-Impossible Saturday Spectacular" by Kameron Austin Collins
Season 16 Episode 58
Kameron Austin Collins specializes in end-of-the-week-and-nigh-well-impossible crosswords. His talents are on full display today, a crossword with ve…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Friday, May 22, 2026 — Don't be a fool, mate, and succumb to the FOOLSMATE 🙄😀
Season 16 Episode 57
This was Gene Louise De Vera's sixth NYTimes Crossword, and his Friday debut. Both cohosts found the clues to be quite lively — fun but not fraught, …
4 weeks, 1 day ago