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Saturday, April 26, 2025 - Happy Canadian Election Day Eve Eve!!🙄
Season 12 Episode 81
Today's crossword was a "relatively" straightforward Saturday crossword. Saturdays are always tough, and this was by no means a walk in the park, bu…
1 year ago
Friday,April 25, 2025 - Nothing BLAND in today's grid (except, inevitably, BLAND 😉)
Season 12 Episode 80
This was a nice Friday crossword by Adrian Johnson, a bit of a palette cleanser after yesterday's definitely crunchier-than-usual epic. We found some…
1 year ago
Thursday, April 24, 2025 - Whew, this was a real brow-furler of a crossword!
Season 12 Episode 79
This was a debut crossword by Kathleen Duncan -- congrats!! -- and it was a doozy. Jean managed to get through it in fairly good time, but Mike ran i…
1 year ago
Wednesday, 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…
1 year 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 …
1 year 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…
1 year 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…
1 year 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™ …
1 year 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…
1 year 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…
1 year ago