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Tuesday, October 13, 2026 — Happy National Train Your Brain Day!!
Season 17 Episode 94
We would classify today's crossword as a tinge crunchier than usual, for a Tuesday. Certainly 57D, Ceremonial Maori dance, HAKA, did not leap to mind…
1 month ago
Monday, October 12, 2026 — Happy Canadian Thanksgiving, Everyone! 🇨🇦
Season 17 Episode 93
While today's crossword did not have a Thanksgiving Day theme, it did have a theme for which we are thankful: one that was relatively straightforward…
1 month ago
Sunday, October 11, 2026 — 🎶 Ya Gotta Have Heart, Miles and Miles and Miles of Heart ❤️🎶
Season 17 Episode 92
Today's crossword was a splendid work from an always entertaining constructor, aka Michael Lieberman. The themed clues in particular appear engineer…
1 month ago
Saturday, October 10, 2026 — SIA, SZA and Rhianna Walk into a Grid ...
Season 17 Episode 91
This was a very entertaining and relatively straightforward Saturday crossword by David Levinson Wilk, arguably easier than Friday's — but, as always…
1 month ago
Friday, October 9, 2026 — For Some, Spelling SYSIPHEAN is, Well, SISYIPHEAN — or, Third Time's the Charm — SISYPHEAN🙄
Season 17 Episode 90
Now this was a Friday crossword — themeless, tricky, and highly entertaining. We have to applaud 39A, It's mine, all mine!, EGO; scratch our heads at…
1 month ago
Thursday, October 8, 2026 — Oh, No, It's an ONO 🐠 😀
Season 17 Episode 89
Rachel Grey and John Kugelman have collaborated on a very clever Thursday crossword, based on a dizzying theme that it took both cohosts no little ti…
1 month ago
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 — In the Great ROTI v. NAAN Contest, ROTI Scores Again!!
Season 17 Episode 88
Listeners may recall that the appearance of ROTI or NAAN in the grid immediately drives us to xwordinfo.com to check out the number of times each has…
1 month, 1 week ago
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 — Adam Vincent's Got Our Number!
Season 17 Episode 87
This was definitely a Tuesday crossword, and we say that not just because of the calendar. The clues were slightly trickier than yesterday's, but sti…
1 month, 1 week ago
Monday, October 5, 2026 — Ah, Those Tsky Tusky animals 🐗🙄
It's been a hot minute since Chase Dittrich's last NYTimes crossword, but he's here now with a fine Monday effort. The theme was engineered for Monda…
1 month, 1 week ago
Sunday, October 4, 2026 — 🎶 Mercy Sakes Alive, Looks Like We Got Ourselves a Convoy! 🚛🚚 😀
Season 17 Episode 85
Kathryn Bale's absolutely fabulous debut crossword is in honor of a holiday that we had no idea existed until tackling Kathryn's puzzle. In our defen…
1 month, 1 week ago