Podcast Episodes

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 - CIAO - the *perfect* word when you've forgotten if you're coming or going 😀 😀

Season 12 Episode 58

This was a highly pleasing mid-week crossword by Daniel Bodily. There were some NEAT clues (including 15A, "Sweet!", NEAT); clues with a lot of HEART…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025 - We're fools for today's crossword 🙄

Season 12 Episode 57

Today's crossword was the perfect April 1st crossword -- as a Tuesday, it was not too difficult, but it was very meta, and very relatable, making for…

11 months ago

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Monday, March 31, 2025 - A grid that is obsessed with ZEST

Season 12 Episode 56

OK, perhaps "obsessed" is a little over the top, because technically ZEST itself only showed up once, as per custom; but the clues and answers were s…

11 months ago

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Saturday, March 30, 2025 - Happy April Fool's Day Eve Eve 🤣🎉

Season 12 Episode 55

Simeon Seigel tends to write crosswords just like this one - filled with clever and novel clues. We present, as exhibit A, ...

105A, Its southernmost …

11 months ago

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Saturday, March 29, 2025 - We're baaaaaack!

Season 12 Episode 54

We have returned after a brief, unplanned hiatus, and welcoming us back were Christina Iverson and Jacob McDermott, who have prepared a delightful, a…

11 months ago

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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - So Long, and Thanks for All the Fishes

Season 12 Episode 53

We'd give this crossword an APLUS, for no other reason than that it gave us an APLUS, as in 54D, Highest grade. But lest we be accused of grade infla…

11 months ago

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Monday, March 24, 2025 - No ERRANT words in today's grid ... except for ERRANT 🙄

Season 12 Episode 52

This was a nice debut by Victor Schmitt, yet another "cute n' clever" theme that definitely lives up to its name. (We note parenthetically that "Cute…

11 months ago

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Sunday, March 23, 2025 - This crossword will DONICELY!

Season 12 Episode 51

Jean made short work of today's crossword, armed as she was with a PANOPLY of answers, whereas Mike, for whom PANOPLY was the only gimme in the grid,…

11 months ago

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Saturday, March 22, 2025 - In the grid, and in the nightmares of spelling bee-ers everywhere, PSILOCYBIN!

Season 12 Episode 50

This was an excellent Saturday crossword -- with clue difficulty mostly ranging from scarily difficult to "you must be joking, Ms. Hoody". These sort…

11 months, 1 week ago

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Friday, March 21, 2025 - A crossword that SPARKLES!

Season 12 Episode 49

This was a good, challenging, but ultimately doable -- provided you've had lots and lots of practice! -- Friday crossword. The clues were quite fresh…

11 months, 1 week ago

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