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Wednesday, July 16, 2025 - BESTIR, BESTIR, there's a crossword to tackle!

Season 13 Episode 62

This was a highly elegant Wednesday crossword, featuring that most elegant of drinks (and one of the most famous letters in the English alphabet 😉). …

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Tuesday, July 15, 2025 - Daniel Britt's DeBut 😉

Season 13 Episode 61

For those of you pondering the episode title, no, our quality control department has not dropped the ball, but rather made a wry (but not awry 🙄) jok…

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Monday, July 14, 2025 - Happy Bastille Day / Joyeux 14 juillet!!

Season 13 Episode 60

This was a Monday crossword, which means that a) it should not be particularly difficult for experienced solvers, and b) entertaining. We are pleased…

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Sunday, July 13, 2025 - Brought to you by RINSO, winner of the "Best Name for a Laundry Soap" contest 5 years in a row 😀

Season 13 Episode 59

Today's crossword had bells, whistles, and even an EHRU thrown into the mix. It was by Brandon Koppy, however, so at no time did the quality of the p…

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Saturday, July 12, 2025 - Katie Hoody definitely has a clue (72, in fact!)

Season 13 Episode 58

This was a terrific Saturday crossword, because the clues were just brilliant. Who could resist the allure of 58A, Member of a sub-Saharan matriarcha…

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Friday, July 11, 2025 - Run for your life, it's an onion volcano, yum!! 🧅🌋

Season 13 Episode 57

Kudos to James McCarron, on creating an excellent Friday crossword, a debut, no less. Among our favorite clues (not mentioned in the podcast) were 21…

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Thursday, July 10, 2025 - Pick a card, any card ...

Season 13 Episode 56

This was an awesome Thursday crossword, courtesy of Emily Biegas and Sala Wanetick (with Will Shortz, as always, at the helm). The were oodles of cun…

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Wednesday, July 9, 2025 - A true test of your peripheral vision 😉

Season 13 Episode 55

Just when you think the NYTimes crossword could not possibly come up with one more theme -- they've all been done before -- they prove you wrong (whi…

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025 - No need to grade *this* crossword on a curve!

Season 13 Episode 54

This was a SERENE crossword -- and we say that not  because of the presence of SERENE in the grid, but because of the, well, SERENE theme -- one that…

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Monday, July 7, 2025 - Blasts from the past!

Today's crossword, the 39th (!) by Daniel Raymon, was replete with musical performers of various vintages, from composer Aaron Copland to a band that…

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