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Thursday, February 5, 2026 - Beep, beep! Honk, honk, honk! Beeeeeeep!
Season 15 Episode 55
Today's crossword, a debut (huzzah!) by Dario Salvucci, was one of those puzzle-in-a-puzzle challenges that we just adore. In this case, one had to d…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Wednesday, February 4, 2026 - Et tu, CATO?
Season 15 Episode 54
Today's crossword leveraged a hilarious line from a very well-known sitcom, and with just the slightest change in syllabification, turned it into the…
3 weeks ago
Tuesday, February 3, 2026 - Shimmy on over to the SHAKESHACK! 🍔🧋
Season 15 Episode 53
It's been almost 2 years since Nate Cardin last graced the pages of the NYTimes, and from our perspective that's almost 2 years too long. But he's ba…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Monday, February 2, 2026 - BOOYA — BOOYA was in the grid! 😀
Season 15 Episode 52
The Cardinal Rules of Crossword Construction:
Rule # 1: never repeat an answer in the gridRule # 2: ignore rule 1 if it'll make for an especially awes…3 weeks, 2 days ago
Sunday, February 1, 2026 - PIMLICO, home of Seabiscuit's greatest triumph!
Season 15 Episode 51
Both cohosts found today's crossword, a collaboration between Lance Enfinger and John Kugelman, to be a real workout (mentally, of course: physically…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Saturday, January 31, 2026 - The Snellen chart - the one you *know*, but can't *name* 🧐
Season 15 Episode 50
This was a strenuous Saturday workout, no doubt, with more misdirection then you'd see at a Penn & Teller performance. Consider 15D, "Science is ___ …
3 weeks, 4 days ago
Friday, January 30, 2026 - Rejoice, rejoice, Robyn Weintraub has struck (gold) again 😀
Season 15 Episode 49
Robyn Weintraub is one of our favorite constructors, and today's crossword shows why. It is, in a word, the clues. OK, technically that's two words, …
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Thursday, January 29, 2026 - Happy Antepenultimate Day!
Season 15 Episode 48
This was a debut crossword by Kit Sheffield — kudos! — with a cute theme that must've been a bear to put into practice. Somehow Kit managed, though, …
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Wednesday, January 28, 2026 - In the eye of the besolver ... er, beholder.
Season 15 Episode 47
This was a fun mid-week crossword, built with HI (Human Intelligence), with just a skosh of (non-AI) assistance from Excel. (See the xwordinfo.com en…
4 weeks ago
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 - 🎵 Gonna fly like an eagle ... eventually 🎶
Season 15 Episode 46
Miranda Kany and Tracy Bennett have teamed up to create a sweet Tuesday crossword, most definitely not for the birds (even though birds did manage t…
4 weeks, 1 day ago