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Saturday, September 20, 2025 - A FEARSOME Saturday spectacular!
Season 14 Episode 19
This is Katie Hoody's fourth NYTimes Saturday crossword, and it is apparent that she has mastered the genre. The clues are devious, to be sure; and d…
1 year ago
Friday, September 19, 2025 - You can pronounce magniloquence? OK but don't BRAG about it 😉
Season 14 Episode 18
This was a tough Friday crossword, following a couple of crunchier than usual Wednesday and Thursday offerings. Extrapolating, we are therefore quaki…
1 year ago
Thursday, September 18, 2025 - Huh, a Saturday crossword fell through a wormhole into Thursday!
Season 14 Episode 17
Adam Wagner has a reputation for making tough, high-quality crosswords, which explains ... today's, tough, high-quality crossword. Even after grokkin…
1 year, 1 month ago
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 - A crossword that's waaaaay more than OK!
Season 14 Episode 16
The remarkable xwordinfo.com has compiled a list of the maximum number of times each letter has appeared in a crossword. Up until today, K had appear…
1 year, 1 month ago
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 - What the deuce, it's ... egad ... a LOOKIELOO! 😀 😀
Season 14 Episode 15
This was an excellent debut crossword by Jonathan Daly; we were dazzled by the theme, and found gems in the rest of the grid as well. We enjoyed 71A,…
1 year, 1 month ago
Monday, September 15, 2025 - Go, team, go!!
Season 14 Episode 14
This was a fine Monday crossword courtesy of the very talented Matthew Stock and Michael Lieberman. The latter, based on both this puzzle and his xwo…
1 year, 1 month ago
Sunday, September 14, 2025 - BEEP, BEEP!
Season 14 Episode 13
In August we had a fabulous crossword honoring "the Man of 1000 Voices", Mel Blanc, and ... he's back, this time in the grid, and in celebration of w…
1 year, 1 month ago
Saturday, September 13, 2025 - YAFSC (Yet Another Fantabulous Saturday Crossword)!
Season 14 Episode 12
This was definitely a Saturday-caliber crossword, where Will & company pull out pretty much all the stops. On no other day of the week will you see e…
1 year, 1 month ago
Friday, September 12, 2025 - OCEANOLOGY: OCEANOGRAPHY's lesser known cousin 🙄
Season 14 Episode 11
This was a very nice Friday crossword -- not soul-crushingly difficult, but with enough razzle-dazzle (see yesterday's episode 😀) to really lift the …
1 year, 1 month ago
Thursday, September 11, 2025 - Ah, a crossword with some real RAZZLEDAZZLE 😍
Season 14 Episode 10
This was a fun crossword by Gia Bosko, with a theme that Jean immediately sussed out, and Mike only discovered after he finished the crossword. That …
1 year, 1 month ago