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Sunday, January 12, 2025 - Not puns are knot allowed ... or something like that 🙄
Sunday, January 12, 2025 - Not puns are knot allowed ... or something like that 🙄

Season 11 Episode 82

Today's crossword was by Jeffrey Martinovic, a mechanical engineering student at Western University in London, Ontario (go JW! -- yes, that's the nam…

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Saturday, January 11, 2025 - Ryan McCarty dials it up to 12!!
Saturday, January 11, 2025 - Ryan McCarty dials it up to 12!!

Season 11 Episode 81

Today's crossword was a Saturday crossword, and that means tough; it was also by Ryan McCarty, which means, tough bordering on impossible. But not un…

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Friday, January 10, 2025 - Robert Logan hits out of the ballpark with crossword # 5!
Friday, January 10, 2025 - Robert Logan hits out of the ballpark with crossword # 5!

Season 11 Episode 80

This was an excellent Friday crossword - not particularly difficult, both cohosts got through it rather expeditiously - but the clues were just fabul…

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Thursday, January 9, 2025 - A NATO-themed crossword? Neato!! 😀 😀
Thursday, January 9, 2025 - A NATO-themed crossword? Neato!! 😀 😀

Season 11 Episode 79

This was a fun and challenging Thursday crossword by David P. Williams, his sixth for the NYTimes, deftly edited by the indomitable Will Shortz. The …

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Wednesday, January 8, 2024 - ARROYO, fun to say, fun to spell, *essential* to solving today's crossword!
Wednesday, January 8, 2024 - ARROYO, fun to say, fun to spell, *essential* to solving today's crossword!

Season 11 Episode 78

Today's crossword, by Laura Dershewitz, was her third for the NYTimes, and it was grand. Both cohosts found it a little crunchier (i.e., tougher) tha…

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Tuesday, January 7, 2025 - OOHBABY this was an awesome crossword! 😀
Tuesday, January 7, 2025 - OOHBABY this was an awesome crossword! 😀

Season 11 Episode 77

Dana Edwards has written two NYTimes crosswords, and both have been uniformly excellent. This one had an ingenious theme to it (not that his first wa…

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Monday, January 6, 2024 - Worried you'll forget what FOMO stands for? That's FOFFOMO 😀 😀
Monday, January 6, 2024 - Worried you'll forget what FOMO stands for? That's FOFFOMO 😀 😀

Season 11 Episode 76

Rena Cohen has concocted a fine Monday crossword for your enjoyment, one that checks all the boxes:

Cute theme? (check!)Not too hard (check, check!)En…

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Sunday, January 5, 2024 - Deep philosophical question here, did Batman ever have a BATPUP? 🧐
Sunday, January 5, 2024 - Deep philosophical question here, did Batman ever have a BATPUP? 🧐

Season 11 Episode 75

This was an excellent Sunday crossword by Kareem Ayas, the themed clues being particularly ingenious and amusing (deets inside). But Kareem didn't ea…

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Saturday, January 6, 2024 - A not-entirely-impossible Sam Ezersky Saturday spectacular!!
Saturday, January 6, 2024 - A not-entirely-impossible Sam Ezersky Saturday spectacular!!

Season 11 Episode 74

The name Sam Ezersky strikes fear (or at least mild anxiety) in the hearts of NYTimes crossword solvers everywhere, as he is known for his devilishly…

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Friday, January 3, 2025 - A Colin Adams' crossword? Yup, we're ALLIN
Friday, January 3, 2025 - A Colin Adams' crossword? Yup, we're ALLIN

Season 11 Episode 73

This was Colin Adams' fourth NYTimes crossword in under a year, and, as we discuss in today's episode, he remains as proficient as he is prolific. Je…

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