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Tuesday, October 20, 2025 - Winter in Wisconsin? Brrrrrrrrrring it on 😀 ☃️
Season 14 Episode 49
Spencer Leach's crosswords have appeared most frequently on Saturday*, meaning he likes to make 'em tough. Todays is his first Tuesday outing, and it…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Monday, October 20, 2025 - All hail HAYAO Miyazaki, animator extraordinaire!
Season 14 Episode 48
This was a nice Monday crossword, the 17th by Adam Aaronson, who is more partial to Saturday but we're glad to see him wander over to this half of th…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Sunday, October 19, 2025 - A crossword with just the right number of CRONUTs 😀 🍩
Season 14 Episode 47
This was a truly epic Sunday crossword by Daniel Grinberg, one with a theme guaranteed to put a smile on your face and/or cause your jaw to drop in a…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Saturday, October 18, 2025 - Fasten your seatbelts, Samuel Smalley is baaaaaack!
Season 14 Episode 46
This was Samuel Smalley's second crossword, and his second on a Saturday . He certainly seems to have internalized the make-it-as-tough-as-you'd-like…
1 year ago
Friday, October 17, 2025 - VOLARE!
Season 14 Episode 45
This was a splendiferous Friday crossword by Karen Steinberg. It was not particularly difficult, but it was particularly fun to solve, and for that w…
1 year ago
Thursday, October 16, 2025 - We choose ... the REDPILL!
Season 14 Episode 44
This was an ingenious and entertaining crossword by Kareem Ayas, his 7th for the NYTimes. The theme was very (n)ice indeed, but the rest of the clues…
1 year ago
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - Ah, those halcyon, cerulean skies!
Season 14 Episode 43
We find it difficult to resist a crossword with the word "cerulean" anywhere in it, or even in near it, when the constructors were working their magi…
1 year ago
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - Contemplating the RIGHTNESS of RIGHTNESS 🙄😉
Season 14 Episode 42
This was an excellent crossword by Stella Zawistowski, her 24th for the NYTimes and her 7th Tuesday. There were some awesome clues in the grid, such …
1 year ago
Monday, October 13, 2025 - YOSHI, Everyone's favorite pixel-based lifeform 😉
Season 14 Episode 41
This was an intriguing debut crossword by Katherine Xiong. Both cohosts -- solving independently as usual -- found it to be a tad longer than one mig…
1 year ago
Sunday, October 12, 2025 - FENNELBULBS: when LCDs just aren't bright enough 🙄😎
Both cohosts found today's puzzle to be particularly crunchy due to cruciverbial challenges in different areas of the grid. Jean struggled mightily i…
1 year ago