Podcast Episodes

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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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!! 😀 😀

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!

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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