Podcast Episodes

Saturday, August 2, 2025 - Robert Logan strikes again! 😀

Season 13 Episode 79

This was a superlative Saturday crossword, thanks to an ocean of uber-crisp clues, each forming a "mini-mystery" that you had to solve en route to th…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Friday, August 1, 2025 - Happy Spider-Man Day!!

Season 13 Episode 78

This was a fantabulous Friday crossword that will have you saying 49D, "Look what I did!", TADA, if you are able to solve it. On the way to that illu…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Thursday, July 31, 2025 - Behold, the ANTithesis of a bad crossword 😉

Season 13 Episode 77

Once again, the rebus rules, and indeed in today's crossword may even be said to teem, for it appears a whopping ten times in today's grid, in variou…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Wednesday, July 30, 2025 - The name's WANG, Vera WANG 👜

Season 13 Episode 76

Today's theme was sweet -- literally! You'll know why within 30 seconds of the start of today's episode, or, if you're in more of a hurry, within 30 …

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025 - Stop us if you've heard this one -- Roger Ebert, Albert Einstein, and Mary J. Blige walk into a grid ...

Season 13 Episode 75

This was an ab fab Tuesday crossword by Peter Gorman, with an admirably serpentine theme, as we explain in today's episode (and, as usual, you can se…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Monday, July 28, 2025 - 🎵 From C to Shining C 🎶

Season 13 Episode 74

Writing the clues for today's crossword must've been quite the chore, but Brian Callahan has done himself proud. It took a bit of cultural archeology…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Sunday, July 27, 2025 - CLOUTCHASING ... yup, it's a thing!

Season 13 Episode 73

This was an astonishingly good Sunday crossword by John Kugelman, thanks to a jaw-dropping display of anagrammatic magic. We've got all the deets ins…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Saturday, July 26, 2025 - To solve this crossword, you'll definitely need BRAINPOWER

Season 13 Episode 72

This was a relatively straightforward Saturday crossword, but the clues included 7 debuts (and 2 that have not been seen in donkey's years): that mad…

10 months, 4 weeks ago

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Friday, July 25, 2025 - Ooh, you SLYBOOTS, you!

Season 13 Episode 71

This was an excellent debut crossword by Fritz Juhnke: the clues and answers were fascinating, offering plenty of opportunities for AHAMOMENTs. There…

10 months, 4 weeks ago

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Thursday, July 24, 2025 - Name notwithstanding, OBELI is *not* an ancient Star Wars race

Season 13 Episode 70

This was a delightfully crunchy crossword by Ginny Too - her third NYTimes crossword in about a year. There were a boatload of novel clues†, which ma…

10 months, 4 weeks ago

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