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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 - A deLightful Tuesday crossword
Season 8 Episode 51
Every now and then the NYTimes publishes a crossword for the ages, and today is one of those days, because this work of art, by Marshall Hermann, is …
1 year, 11 months ago
Monday, January 15, 2024 - Beware the grampus!
Season 8 Episode 50
A crossword that's bound to tickle your fancy, a statement that will appear quite droll once you've heard the podcast / soused out the theme. Beyond …
1 year, 11 months ago
Sunday, January 14, 2023 - A SUPERDUPER Sunday crossword!
Season 8 Episode 49
John Kugelman, cybersecurity expert and crossword constructor extraordinaire, has outdone himself with an extremely punny Sunday opus. INAILEDIT sho…
1 year, 11 months ago
Saturday, January 13, 2024 - Somewhere between new and crescent, it's ... BABYMOON!
Season 8 Episode 48
An easier than usual Saturday crossword (for at least one of our cohosts, no prizes for guessing who!), which means that -- according to the Law of C…
1 year, 11 months ago
Friday, January 12, 2024 - The NYTimes Crossword - the *perfect* way to while away a snow day
Season 8 Episode 47
A lively Friday crossword by Hemant Mehta, with a fusillade of clever and/or educational clues guaranteed to delight the diligent solver. We cover mo…
2 years ago
Thursday, January 11, 2024 - X marks the spot!
Today's puzzle, by Damon Gulczynski, has an ingenious and well-disguised theme: and thanks to the revealer's position in the bottom-right, we are kep…
2 years ago
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 - GOBI, the world's most aptly named desert!
Season 8 Episode 45
There was one TYPEO in today's grid, but that was by design and quite amusing (20A, What's tolerated by every body?), as we can count on one hand (wi…
2 years ago
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 - OCTOPI, the Einsteins of the depths! 🐙
Season 8 Episode 44
This is Adam Wagner's 18th crossword, and it was a doozy, with 4 debut answers, including both cohosts' favorite, 6D, Exploded, WENTKABOOM. The grid…
2 years ago
Monday, January 8, 2024 - TEDLASSO wins big ... in the NYTimes crossword?
Season 8 Episode 45
TEDLASSO might've been shutout at the Golden Globes, but he won big by appearing in today's NYTimes crossword, thanks to Nate Cardin, constructor and…
2 years ago
Sunday, January 7, 2024 - The name's Chyna ... BLAC Chyna!
Season 8 Episode 44
A superb Sunday crossword by Michael Schlossberg, meeting the cruciverbal RDA for:
old-timey clues -- 5A, "Yikes!", EGAD, and 19A, "Sounds 'bout right…2 years ago