Podcast Episodes

Thursday, January 25, 2024 - A crossword that is 100% *guaranteed* to have no spelling mistakes 😀

Season 8 Episode 60

Sam Ezersky, he of Spelling Bee fame,  is at the helm (under the fine leadership of Admiral Shortz), and he has turned in a fine bit o' work. He had …

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - Well, GLORYBE, it's a SAMOYED!

Season 8 Episode 59

A worthy middle-of-the-week crossword, with all the requisite elements that  we would expect, but a few that we did not. For example, we did not expe…

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Tuesday, January 21, 2024 - This crossword's got style!

Season 8 Episode 58

A classy Tuesday crossword and a debut by Patrick Maher, with an LOL theme and edutaining clues all 'round. For example, 34D, Greek letter shaped lik…

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Monday, January 20, 2024 - Some OLDIES, some NEWBs, this FAB crossword's got it all!

Season 8 Episode 57

Just how many crossword themes are possible? We'd argue for infinite, and while we have no proof, thanks to today's crossword we have even more empir…

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Sunday, January 21, 2024 - Oh, no, it's an imbroglio over an INTAGLIO 🙄

Season 8 Episode 56

Today's crossword is entitled "Funny  Business", and it definitely lives up to its name. The themed clues were a stitch, and there were lots of intri…

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Saturday, January 20, 2024 -Oh, neato, there's such a thing as INCOGMEATO 😀

Season 8 Episode 55

Caitlin Reid and Matthew Stock have produced a breezy Saturday crossword -- with a slew of educational and entertaining  clues such as 52A, Bad drawi…

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Friday, January 19, 2024 - A crossword that's chock-full of AHAMOMENTs

Season 8 Episode 54

Today's crossword was a delight -- not soul-crushingly difficult, as Friday crosswords sometimes are, but just a joy to behold and to solve. We give …

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Thursday, January 18, 2024 - I before E, except after C, albeit science tells us that there might be exceptions 🙄

Season 8 Episode 53

We'd like to say that the Michnovicz brothers have done it again, but since this is their debut NYTimes crossword all we can say is that they've done…

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Wednesday, January 17. 2024 - Morton J. Mendelson had a (b)right idea 😀

Season 8 Episode 52

A fine Wednesday crossword by Morton J. Mendelson, and to answer the question raised in the grid, yes, ITISART: artfully designed, wittily clued, and…

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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 …

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