Podcast Episodes

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 'Allo, AYOEDEBIRI!

Season 14 Episode 59

As we sidle up to the most challenging crossword of the week, aka Saturday, we expect the opening act -- Friday -- to help get us in the right frame of mind. Friday does not disappoint, as there were…

Published on 2 months ago

Thursday, October 10, 2025 - A PARAGON of a Thursday crossword

Season 14 Episode 58

If you needed to be reminded that the scariest day of the year is coming up tomorrow; and if yesterday's crossword didn't drive the stake (er, point) home, then today's surely will. Between the OREOS…

Published on 2 months ago

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 - Today's podcast, brought to you by the Bela Lugosi Fan Club 🧛🏽🫣

Season 14 Episode 57

This was the perfect Halloween Eve's Eve crossword, suitably spooky and eminently entertaining. The theme was a stitch, and the supporting cast of clues was, well, quite supportive. We've covered the…

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Tuesday, October 28, 2025 - The world definitely needs more SOFAFORTS 🤗

Season 14 Episode 56

Jean found today's crossword to be a tad more difficult than usual; Mike found it almost, but not quite, impossible, thanks to the high density of pop-culture references in the bottom-left corner. We…

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Monday, October 27, 2025 - We'll take a flier on how to spell FLYER 😀

Season 14 Episode 55

This was Tarun Krishnamurthy's third NYTimes crossword: he now has two Mondays and a Tuesday under his belt. Today's opus had an endearing theme and provided us with an opportunity to dive into the F…

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Sunday, October 26, 2025 - A Titan might find a CHITON a bit tight on 'em 😉

Season 14 Episode 54

The last few crosswords have been rather on the challenging side and while Will and co. (co, in this case, being  collaborators Gary Larson and Doug Peterson) definitely did ease up a bit today, it w…

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Saturday, October 25, 2025 - Just in time for Halloween, a Very Scary Solve 🫣

Season 14 Episode 53

Byron Walden has had 110 crosswords published in the NYTimes, of which 71 were Saturdays. If you are wondering why, then take a gander at today's grid, and peek at the podcast; Byron has served up a …

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Friday, October 24, 2025 - A *brilliant* Friday debut by Kelvin Zhou

Season 14 Episode 52

It is hard to believe that today's crossword was a debut, but ... believe it! By turns elegant, hilarious, engaging and definitely taxing, both cohost were decidedly enamored with today's work. We ha…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Thursday, October 23, 2025 - Life would be *perfect* ... if only we could buy ALDOs at ALDI's 🙄😉

Season 14 Episode 51

This were a lot of jewels in today's grid, including, well, JOULES (56A, Units equal to roughly a quarter of a calorie). We also were glad to learn the last name of 60A, Lou ___, "Mambo No. 5" singer…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - A crossword you can count on, mais oui!

This was a gem of a Wednesday crossword. The theme was, as you might expect, unexpected: the rest of the grid, as you might also expect, excellent. We covered most of our favorites in today's episode…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago