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Sunday, March 2, 2025 - Today's puzzle, brought to you in Crossword-Color™️🌈 🙄
Sunday, March 2, 2025 - Today's puzzle, brought to you in Crossword-Color™️🌈 🙄

Even a casual glance at today's grid will reveal that something's up - seven vertical colored lines that, unsurprisingly, play a huge role in today's…

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Saturday, March 1, 2025 - Hello, March!
Saturday, March 1, 2025 - Hello, March!

Season 12 Episode 30

March reputedly comes in like a lion, and today's crossword does the same -- parts of it are ferocious, and it seems to have lots of claws. OK, that …

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Friday, February 28, 2025 - And now, a PAEAN to today's crossword
Friday, February 28, 2025 - And now, a PAEAN to today's crossword

Season 12 Episode 29

Michael Lieberman is an accomplished crossword constructor, having written 27 for the NYTimes. Today's oeuvre had some great clues, including 63A, Pe…

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Thursday, February 27, 2025 - David Steinberg is baaaaaaack! 🎉
Thursday, February 27, 2025 - David Steinberg is baaaaaaack! 🎉

It's been over a year since David Steinberg last graced the pages of the NYTimes crossword, and from our perspective it's been just over a year too l…

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Wednesday, February 26, 2025 - We long for more crosswords by Dan Caprera 😁
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 - We long for more crosswords by Dan Caprera 😁

Season 12 Episode 27

Both cohosts found today's crossword to be a wee bit crunchier than usual (to use a technical cruciverbial term meaning, loosely translated, "really,…

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Monday, February 24, 2025 - Rena Cohen is back, and better than ever!
Monday, February 24, 2025 - Rena Cohen is back, and better than ever!

Season 12 Episode 25

Rena Cohen, who we just saw in the NYTimes crossword last month is back again, and she remains at the top of her game. For proof -- OK, for strong an…

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025 - We are DONEZO with today's crossword 😀
Tuesday, February 25, 2025 - We are DONEZO with today's crossword 😀

Season 12 Episode 26

This marks Greg Snitkin's second NYTimes crossword, almost one year, to the day, since his debut. The crossword had some fun entries, including 63A, …

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Sunday, February 23, 2025 - Nothing SPURIOUS about today's crossword, all clues have been triple-checked! The podcast though ... 😉
Sunday, February 23, 2025 - Nothing SPURIOUS about today's crossword, all clues have been triple-checked! The podcast though ... 😉

Season 12 Episode 24

There were some very nice pairings in today's crossword:

The oh-so-close 7D, Sound of a smooth-running engine, PURR, and 45D, Catherine ___, wife of H…

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Saturday, February 22, 2025 - Happy Belated GALENTINESDAY 😀
Saturday, February 22, 2025 - Happy Belated GALENTINESDAY 😀

Season 12 Episode 23

Apologies for not wishing people a happy GALENTINESDAY earlier, but as one of our cohosts had never heard of the word until doing today's superb cros…

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Friday, February 20, 2025 - Today's crossword is SWAK!
Friday, February 20, 2025 - Today's crossword is SWAK!

Season 12 Episode 22

Today's episode explores Colin Adams' fifth NYTimes crossword, which is just as good as his other four, i.e., great! It was a tough but rewarding puz…

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