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Sunday, April 13, 2025 - John Kugelman is an INSPO to us all 😀
Season 12 Episode 69
This was a sweet Sunday crossword, with an unusual theme, unusual grid size (!), but the usual great clues that we expect from a Sunday NYTimes cross…
1 year, 2 months ago
Saturday, April 12, 2025 - Time for some COMICRELIEF, and, good news! It's in the grid, and in the episode.
Season 12 Episode 68
This was a very nice (i.e., quite tricky) Saturday crossword. Fortunately (for Mike), there were not a lot of pop culture references, and fortunately…
1 year, 2 months ago
Friday, April 11, 2025 - Think your LensCrafters bill is high? Be glad you're not a SEASCALLOP 😀 🕶️
Season 12 Episode 67
Today's crossword had OCEANS of great clues. To pick just three, we had 1A, Some pops, COCACOLAS (Mike's favorite beverage!); 12D, Fabulizes, SPINSAY…
1 year, 2 months ago
Thursday, April 10, 2025 - Hmmm... a Saturday crossword seems to have strayed into Thursday territory 😱
Season 12 Episode 66
Both cohosts found this to be an exceptionally tough Thursday crossword -- but they are not complaining, as many of the clues were home runs, and the…
1 year, 2 months ago
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 - OLEATO!
Season 12 Episode 65
This was an exceptionally memorable Wednesday crossword. The theme was inspired, but the rest of the puzzle was just chockfull of equally brilliant e…
1 year, 2 months ago
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 - ¡Ay, caramba!, it's the island of ARUBA 😀
Season 12 Episode 64
Today's crossword was fun (absolutely!), fast (YMMV), and this episode has exactly the same characteristics! So have a listen, and remember, we're ha…
1 year, 2 months ago
Monday, April 7, 2025 - RIP, ASH Ketchum
Season 12 Episode 63
One of the best parts of doing the NYTimes Crossword is the thrill of learning something new. For example, today our hosts learned that ASH Ketchum i…
1 year, 2 months ago
Sunday, April 6, 2025 - No need to spin it - this crossword was abfab!
Season 12 Episode 62
Kareem Ayas has put together an ingenious Sunday crossword, with a lot of layers - wheels within wheels, you might say, and as soon as you see the gr…
1 year, 2 months ago
Saturday, April 5, 2025 - The toughest crossword of the week lives up to its billing
Season 12 Episode 61
Saturdays are supposed to be the toughest crosswords of the week, and Rafael Musa definitely got the memo: the amount of misdirection in today's puzz…
1 year, 2 months ago
Friday, April 4, 2025 - It's officially long answer Friday 😉
Season 12 Episode 60
There were a lot of long answers in this crossword, but fortunately they were also very common phrases. Otherwise, this would've been a Saturday or p…
1 year, 2 months ago