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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…
1 year, 3 months ago
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…
1 year, 3 months ago
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…
1 year, 3 months ago
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 …
1 year, 3 months ago
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…
1 year, 3 months ago
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…
1 year, 3 months ago
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…1 year, 3 months ago
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…
1 year, 3 months ago
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…
1 year, 3 months ago
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…
1 year, 3 months ago