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Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - It's a two-fer! An abfab crossword, *and* an abfab Triplet Tuesday Contest, huzzah!! 🎉
Season 12 Episode 71
In today's episode, we have a two-fer. First, an awesome crossword, a debut by Per Bykodorov that is just brimming with microtome-sharp clues, and an…
1 year ago
Monday, April 14, 2025 - Happy Tax Day Eve! 🙄
Season 12 Episode 70
This was a very nice Monday crossword, and an NYTimes debut for both of its authors, Stacy Cooper and Ken Cohen. There were, of course, a variety of …
1 year ago
Sunday, April 13, 2025 - John Kugelman is an INSPO to us all 😀
Season 12 Episode 69
This was a sweet Sunday crossword, with an unusual theme, unusual grid size (!), but the usual great clues that we expect from a Sunday NYTimes cross…
1 year ago
Saturday, April 12, 2025 - Time for some COMICRELIEF, and, good news! It's in the grid, and in the episode.
Season 12 Episode 68
This was a very nice (i.e., quite tricky) Saturday crossword. Fortunately (for Mike), there were not a lot of pop culture references, and fortunately…
1 year ago
Friday, April 11, 2025 - Think your LensCrafters bill is high? Be glad you're not a SEASCALLOP 😀 🕶️
Season 12 Episode 67
Today's crossword had OCEANS of great clues. To pick just three, we had 1A, Some pops, COCACOLAS (Mike's favorite beverage!); 12D, Fabulizes, SPINSAY…
1 year ago
Thursday, April 10, 2025 - Hmmm... a Saturday crossword seems to have strayed into Thursday territory 😱
Season 12 Episode 66
Both cohosts found this to be an exceptionally tough Thursday crossword -- but they are not complaining, as many of the clues were home runs, and the…
1 year ago
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 - OLEATO!
Season 12 Episode 65
This was an exceptionally memorable Wednesday crossword. The theme was inspired, but the rest of the puzzle was just chockfull of equally brilliant e…
1 year ago
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 - ¡Ay, caramba!, it's the island of ARUBA 😀
Season 12 Episode 64
Today's crossword was fun (absolutely!), fast (YMMV), and this episode has exactly the same characteristics! So have a listen, and remember, we're ha…
1 year ago
Monday, April 7, 2025 - RIP, ASH Ketchum
Season 12 Episode 63
One of the best parts of doing the NYTimes Crossword is the thrill of learning something new. For example, today our hosts learned that ASH Ketchum i…
1 year ago
Sunday, April 6, 2025 - No need to spin it - this crossword was abfab!
Season 12 Episode 62
Kareem Ayas has put together an ingenious Sunday crossword, with a lot of layers - wheels within wheels, you might say, and as soon as you see the gr…
1 year ago