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Tuesday, October 8, 2024 - A crossword with a lot of SWAGGER!
Season 10 Episode 92
This crossword - the second for the NYTimes by Justin Werfel - was everything that you would expect of a Tuesday NYTimes crossword - fun, educationa…
1 year, 3 months ago
Sunday, October 6, 2024 - An A+ of a crossword!
Season 10 Episode 91
Today's crossword has a terrific theme, but the supporting cast of clues was also impressive, with gems all over the grid. For instance, 9D, Good "Wh…
1 year, 3 months ago
Saturday, October 5, 2024 - A MONSTRO of a Saturday crossword!
Season 10 Episode 90
This was one of our favorite Saturday crosswords this year - tough but fair, with cheery clues to educate and delight. We've covered most of them in …
1 year, 3 months ago
Friday, October, 4, 2024 - Bilbo Baggins, one of the SHIER members of The Shire 🙄
Season 10 Episode 89
An elegant Friday crossword by Zhouqin Burnikel, her 80th for the NYTimes(!). Jean hit a few snags in the bottom right, whereas Mike spun his wheels …
1 year, 3 months ago
Thursday, October 3, 2024 - Live long and prosper!
Season 10 Episode 88
This is a fine debut crossword by Rena Cohen, with an aptly large number of debut entries to accompany a clever but initially cryptic theme. It invol…
1 year, 3 months ago
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - We're not teasing, TEASEL is in the grid!
Season 10 Episode 87
A perfect midweek crossword by Luke K. Schreiber that has echos of yesterday's puzzle. You will recall (or if not, check out our podcast), that yeste…
1 year, 3 months ago
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 - HOORAH, a Kevin Curry and Jeff Chen collaboration
Season 10 Episode 86
Kevin Curry and Jeff Chen have teamed up to create a fun Tuesday crossword, based on an ingenious attempt to merge myth and mystery. We won't say any…
1 year, 3 months ago
Monday, September 30, 2024 - All good months must come to an end ...
Season 10 Episode 85
Today's crossword, by Alexander Liebeskind, does what all good Monday crosswords should do: offer entertaining clues and not crush the spirit of cros…
1 year, 3 months ago
Sunday, September 29, 2024 - Joe Deeney rides, er, writes, again!
Season 10 Episode 84
Joe Deeney has gotten accolades for writing terrific crosswords, and today's puzzle, we are pleased to report, continues the streak. The theme is ing…
1 year, 3 months ago
Saturday, September 27, 2024 - Tarnation this was a tough crossword!
Season 10 Episode 83
You know when a grid has words like HORCHATA and AORTAE lurking inside that the puzzle is going to be tough, and that is most definitely the case tod…
1 year, 3 months ago