Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Thursday, June 5, 2025 - 1 debut author, 3 debut answers, an ♾️ amount of solving satisfaction 😍
Season 13 Episode 22
This crossword had a most ingenious theme. Jean spotted it at once, enabling her to solve the puzzle in a goodly time; Mike, alas, solved it in a not…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 - OPDOC - A Spiderman villain or an NYTimes feature, something like that ...
Season 13 Episode 21
It is unclear when "crunchy" was first used to categorize crosswords, but what is clear is that today's was definitely a crunchier than usual Wednesd…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 - TAUPE, *the* perfect color choice for a toupee 🙄
Season 13 Episode 20
There was a lot to love in today's crossword, but it had us at 25A, Ref. work with definitions for "colour" and "aluminium", OED (our favorite refere…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Monday, June 2, 2025 - Yup, this crossword was dee-lish!
Season 13 Episode 19
This was a very fine sophomore crossword by Anthony V. Grubb, appearing almost exactly one year after his NY Times debut (also a Monday). The theme w…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Sunday, June 1, 2025 - Time to dust off those Jumble skills!
Season 13 Episode 18
If you grew up on Jumble (as, apparently, the author did), then you'll feel right at home tackling this awesome homage to anagrams, an impressive deb…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Saturday, May 31, 2025 - Happy Last Day of May!
Season 13 Episode 17
Today's puzzle was an enjoyable albeit challenging tag-team effort by Adam Aaronson and Ricky Cruz. Jean got through it in good time, Mike ... got th…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Friday, May 30 2025 - ALLABOARD ... the crossword express! 🚂 😀
Season 13 Episode 16
This was a fine end-of-work-week crossword by Rafael Musa, his 19th for the NYTimes and his 9th Friday, so he certainly knows this day well! Though s…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Thursday, May 29, 2025 - You'd probably need to be in Mensa to get the clue about Mensa 😉
Season 13 Episode 15
The constructor of today's crossword, John Kugelman, is mostly known for his Sunday crosswords: but somehow he managed to squeeze all that ken into a…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 - 🎶 Traditiiiiiiiiion, tradition 🎶 🎻
Season 13 Episode 14
This was a clever Wednesday crossword, and not just because its author, Peter A. Collins, slipped 21A, Understanding, KEN, and 22D, Astuteness, ACUME…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 - Just like 5D, this crossword was ALLGOOD!
Season 13 Episode 13
This was a fine Tuesday crossword by Ginny Too, with a twee theme that lent itself to some amusing segues, as you will discover in today's episode. W…
10 months, 4 weeks ago