Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWednesday, April 23, 2025 - Time for DINDIN 😀 🧑🏽🍼
Season 12 Episode 78
One of the most enjoyable moments in NYTimes-crossword-solving, is when one is completely floored by an answer, only to discover, with a bit of resea…
10 months ago
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 - Here ye, here ye, announcing our Triplet Tuesday Contest winner!
Season 12 Episode 77
We had a fine Tuesday crossword by a frequent contributor to the NYTimes, Alex Eaton-Salners. There are many perfectly good reasons why AE-S has had …
10 months, 1 week ago
Monday, April 21, 2025 - A crossword that's nothing to sneeze at!
Season 12 Episode 76
This was Thomas van Geel's second NYTimes crossword, and it is an awesome example of an LOL theme. Have a listen, and you'll see what we mean.
A remin…
10 months, 1 week ago
Sunday, April 20, 2025 - ADVENTURE is out there (... and in the grid!)
Season 12 Episode 75
Today's crossword was somewhat of a gently sloping foothill for Jean, and an Everest atop an Everest for Mike. The former made it through the crosswo…
10 months, 1 week ago
Friday, April 18, 2025 - BARBIECORE? That's nothing compared to ... wait for it ... crosswordcore™️!!!!
Season 12 Episode 74
We are delighted to announce the purely coincidental arrival, on the same day that this fabulous crossword brought us BARBIECORE, of crosswordcore™ …
10 months, 1 week ago
Thursday, April 17, 2025 - Let's see, there are FARRIERS and FURRIERS, but no FIRRIERS or FORRIERS ... that seems very UNFAIRIERS 🙄
Season 12 Episode 73
Our cohosts took highly divergent paths towards victory on this crossword - Jean took the high road, and had a lovely time; Mike took the low road, a…
10 months, 1 week ago
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 - Three cheers for the Rubber Ducks of AKRON, OH! 🐥
Season 12 Episode 72
This was a slightly crunchier than usual Wednesday*, for one very good reason. We're not going to tell you that reason just yet, but we cerealously b…
10 months, 1 week ago
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - It's a two-fer! An abfab crossword, *and* an abfab Triplet Tuesday Contest, huzzah!! 🎉
Season 12 Episode 71
In today's episode, we have a two-fer. First, an awesome crossword, a debut by Per Bykodorov that is just brimming with microtome-sharp clues, and an…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Monday, April 14, 2025 - Happy Tax Day Eve! 🙄
Season 12 Episode 70
This was a very nice Monday crossword, and an NYTimes debut for both of its authors, Stacy Cooper and Ken Cohen. There were, of course, a variety of …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Sunday, April 13, 2025 - John Kugelman is an INSPO to us all 😀
Season 12 Episode 69
This was a sweet Sunday crossword, with an unusual theme, unusual grid size (!), but the usual great clues that we expect from a Sunday NYTimes cross…
10 months, 2 weeks ago