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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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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!!

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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