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Saturday, November 22, 2025 - A Historic Saturday Crossword
Season 14 Episode 79
Prior to today, only 3 NYTimes crosswords qualified as double pangrams -- ones where the grid includes the entire alphabet, A-Z, twice. Today's crossword marks the fourth. Writing any NYTimes-worthy …
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Friday, November 21, 2025 - AYOEDEBIRI, remember that name (and how to spell it!!!)
Season 14 Episode 78
There were MANY GEMS in today's puzzle, and that's not even counting 3D, A host of, MANY, and 34A, Prized people, GEMS. We had 8D, Senescent, OLD; 48D, Real hoot, RIOT; and the colorful (?) 22D, Came…
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Wednesday, November 19, 2025 - IBIZA, in the grid and on our bucket list 😀
Season 14 Episode 77
This was a fine crossword to solve, but it must've been a bear to construct. Jeremy Newton was up to the task, though, serving up a perfect midweek puzzle. He had us at 16A, Times noted in Captain Ki…
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Tuesday, November 18, 2025 - Avast, thar be JETSAM ahead, me hearties!🏴☠️
Season 14 Episode 76
Joe Deeney's crosswords always seem to include a little extra spice, a little extra pizzazz: we present today's puzzle as an exemplar, and that's not just because we've been itching to use exemplar i…
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Monday, November 17, 2025 - DEF not a MID crossword 🤔😀
Season 14 Episode 75
This was a not-at-all-MID, nor, for that matter -MEH, Monday crossword: the theme was above average, the clues crisp and clever. We especially want to give a shoutout to 22D, Sch. with a T section, M…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Sunday, November 16, 2025 - This crossword packs a pun(ch)!
Season 14 Episode 74
If you like Shakespeare, and if you like puns, you will be in ecstasy by the time you've finished today's crossword. And even if you are not a huge fan, we predict that you'll find this crossword to …
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Saturday, November 15, 2025 - Was this a fabulous Saturday crossword?? OBVI 😁
Season 14 Episode 73
If this crossword were a drink, it would be a chamomile tea. However, it was even better than that: a bliss-inducing, soul-lifting crossword. We certainly feel happier for having solved it, and we ho…
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Friday, November 14, 2025 - This crossword wasn't just great ... it was POG 🤔
Season 14 Episode 72
Several clues in today's crossword gave both cohosts reason to pause. Most notably we had a debut at 6D, Aesthetic associated with classical literature and vintage fashion, DARKACADEMIA; we also had …
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Thursday, November 13, 2025 - 🎶 In the circle, the circle of life 🎶🦁
Season 14 Episode 71
This was a tricky Thursday crossword and a magnificent debut for Kyle Perkins. Jean struggled and Mike strugggggled, to get to the happy music; both eventually persevered, but not before much gnashin…
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Wednesday, November 12, 2025 - It was a horse! Mule! Horse! Mule! ...
Season 14 Episode 70
The father and daughter duo of Brad Wiegmann and Nicole Wiegmann have teamed up to create a wonderful connect-the-dots-er-squares puzzle-within-a-puzzle. Elizabeth Gorski, an NYTimes contributor with…
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