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Wednesday, January 22, 2025 - Egad, this grid's got EGOT 😀

Season 11 Episode 92

Today's crossword was looking sharp -- and not just because ARMANI was in the grid (but it helped). We liked the daunting open-endedness of 48A, "___…

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025 - A crossword that's firing on all CYLINDERs

Season 11 Episode 91

This was a terrific Tuesday crossword by Dan Caprera, his 6th in the NYTimes. The clues were fun, fresh, and the theme was a wry one. Besides the clu…

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Monday, January 20, 2025 - When AI's on the blink, time to break out the ol' Strunk & White!

Season 11 Episode 90

Today's crossword was a debut for Katie Byl (pronounced "bill") and most definitely not a debut for Jeff Chen (pronounced "chen" 😀). Together they ha…

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Sunday, January 19, 2025 - All rise, Strega NONA is in the grid!

Season 11 Episode 89

For those of you who like mathematics and puns, Emily Sharp and Kunal Nabar have got your number, with this fine debut (for Emily) and debut-follow-u…

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Saturday, January 18, 2025 - Three stacks of three answers apiece, gasp!

Season 11 Episode 88

Today's crossword was remarkably daunting. The grid consisted of three stacks of three answers, each stack spanning the width of the crossword. Const…

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Friday, January 17, 2025 - Look out, on the port side, it's the Jörmungandr!! 🦑

Season 11 Episode 87

This was Willa Angel Chen Miller's second Friday crossword, and like the first one, this was a beaut! Jean found it easy going, Mike ... found it ...…

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Thursday, January 16, 2025 - Oh, the irony, ATOM, WHIT and TSP in a *hugely* well-done crossword 😀

Season 11 Episode 86

Rebecca Goldstein is a great crossword constructor. Adam Wagner is no slouch himself. Put them together and you get ... well, this crossword, a craft…

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Wednesday, January 15, 2025 - It's Higgins, Sir!

Season 11 Episode 85

Today's crossword is by Parker Higgins, and it was a joy. We had a lot of fun -- some might argue too much, but not us! -- digging through the grid, …

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Tuesday, January 14, 2025 - Today's crossword? WHATATREAT!

Season 11 Episode 84

This was a very entertaining Tuesday crossword by Lance Enfinger, with some thought-provoking clues such as 40A, News of an alien landing, probably, …

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Monday, January 13, 2025 - Didst thou enjoyth said crossword? We certainly didith 😀

Season 11 Episode 83

We start off the work week with a fine debut crossword by Adam Levav -- congrats, Adam!! We particularly enjoyed this puzzle because the theme involv…

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