Podcast Episodes

Tuesday, February 6, 2024 - AISLED? That's wild! 😉

Season 8 Episode 72

A terrific Tuesday crossword by Victor Barocas. We found the answer to 59D, Lacking clutter", NEAT, to be ... NEAT. We judged the answer to 44A, Perf…

2 years, 2 months ago

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Monday, February 5, 2024 - Holy toledo, Batman, our best lines are in a crossword!

A fun Monday crossword by Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock, who are about as persistent a crossword constructing duo as you'll ever meet: their first …

2 years, 2 months ago

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Sunday, February 4, 2024 - EGAD, there's an AXOLOTL in this crossword!

Season 8 Episode 70

The puns fly thick-and-fast in a grid that is filled with panache, pizzazz, and other classy words that start with the letter p. Just consider 99D, S…

2 years, 2 months ago

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Saturday, February 3, 2024 - To write a crossword this good? That *is* ROCKETSCIENCE 😀

Season 8 Episode 69

A delightful Saturday crossword by Carolyn Davies Lynch and Jeff Chen - edited adroitly, as always, by Will Shortz. Your intrepid cohosts had vastly …

2 years, 2 months ago

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Friday, February 2, 2024 - A MAGNA crossword!

Season 8 Episode 68

Today's crossword, a debut by Ryan Judge, was a major challenge. There was no theme, just a slew of diabolically deceiving clues, leading to a remark…

2 years, 2 months ago

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Thursday, February 1, 2024 - Today's crossword is a real HEADTRIP!

Season 8 Episode 67

An astonishing Thursday crossword by Simeon Seigel, with a mind-boggling theme that's almost impossible to describe, and absolutely impossible to for…

2 years, 2 months ago

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024 - A crossword with BOOBOO in the grid? Heart be still!

Season 8 Episode 66

Although we strive mightily to provide a fair,  impartial review of each and every crossword, that goes right out the window when our favorite cartoo…

2 years, 2 months ago

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024 - A crossword to be tankful for 🙄

Season 8 Episode 65

An intriguing Tuesday crossword, with, as usual, an unusual theme - this one revolving around tanks. Beyond that, we had a few standout clues, includ…

2 years, 2 months ago

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Monday, January 29, 2024 - WHEE, an answer in today's grid, and our TLDR review 😀

Season 8 Episode 64

Both cohosts found today's crossword to be a tad tougher than usual, a small sacrifice to be made for the greater good, that being an ingenious  them…

2 years, 2 months ago

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Sunday, January 28, 2024 - WHACAMOLE, the perfect game to play while eating GUACAMOLE 🙄

Season 8 Episode 63

Today's crossword was a SMASHINGSUCCESS, and although we don't want to overly HEROIZE the author, Nathan Hasegawa was clearly  ATTHETOP of his game w…

2 years, 2 months ago

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