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Tuesday, January 6, 2026 - NOCAP, this was an *awesome* crossword 😀
Season 15 Episode 15
Today's crossword was terrific. A theme that pegged the pun-meter, a second theme that nobody other than your cohosts know about 😀, and a lot of othe…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Monday, January 5, 2026 - 🎵 Leavin'... on a Jet Plane 🎶
Season 15 Episode 14
This was a gentle Monday crossword, easing us into our crossword-solving week. It was still entertaining, though, thanks to a theme that will lift yo…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Sunday, January 4, 2026 - Gene Louise De Vera, Rule Breaker! 🚔
Season 15 Episode 13
Gene Louise De Vera's 5th NYTimes puzzle was one for the books. One of the sacrosanct rules of NYTimes crossword-dom is that an answer never appears …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Saturday, January 3, 2026 - A Brilliant End-of-Week Crossword
Season 15 Episode 12
The clues in today's crossword, Hannah Slovut's third for the NYTimes, were so dazzling that we felt we ought to wear shades while solving it. There …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Friday, January 2, 2026 -- Hello, awesome crossword 😁 and good bye, Deb Amlen😢
Season 15 Episode 11
To explain the episode title: this was, indeed, an awesome crossword. And, as has happened for years upon years, Deb Amlen scrutinized the crossword …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Thursday, January 1, 2026 - Happy New Year! 🥳🎇
It's a new year, so why not start it off with a new constructor? That may or may not be Will's reasoning, but today's crossword is indeed a debut for…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Wednesday, December 31, 2025 - Happy New Year's Eve!!
Season 15 Episode 9
In honor of the ultimate day of 2025, Jeffrey Martinovic has donned both his party hat and thinking cap, the end result of which is today's fine cros…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 30, 2025 - We're Baaaaaack!
Season 15 Episode 8
After a week to recharge and reenergize, both cohosts are back and in peak fighting form -- or, to be more precise, crossword-solving form. And we ha…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Sunday, December 21, 2025 - Ho, ho, ho!!! 🎅🏼
Season 15 Episode 7
Today's crossword was (as you can deduce from the episode title) a fun, Christmas-themed puzzle by famed magician David Kwong. Jean & Co. solved it e…
2 months ago
Saturday, December 20, 2025 - Like a latté at Starbucks, this crossword is hot and frothy
Season 15 Episode 6
This is Robert S. Gard's second Saturday crossword. It was not quite as difficult as his first, but the cluing was deliciously deceptive, and include…
2 months ago