Podcast Episodes

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 - 🎶 Thunderbolt and ⚡️, very, very frightening 🎸

Season 14 Episode 96

There were several deities in today's grid — ARES, ZEUS, and the lesser known DOER, Lord of Bad Puns. None of them prevented our cohosts from having …

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Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - No need to hem or haw, we loved this crossword!

Season 14 Episode 95

This was Kate Hawkins' eighteenth NYTimes crossword, and while mainly distinguished by its brilliant theme, gems could be found throughout the grid. …

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Monday, December 8, 2025 - Nothing HOHUM about today's crossword!

Today's puzzle had a wry, perfect-for-a-Monday theme: if it was a hat, it would definitely be stylish and arranged at a rakish angle. 

We were surpris…

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Sunday, December 7, 2025 - A *Frabjous* Sunday Crossword!

Season 14 Episode 93

We treasure any excuse to break out into Lewis Carroll adjectives, and today's frabjous crossword provides just that opportunity. This is a debut, no…

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Saturday, December 6, 2025 - CHARLIXCX is baaaaack!

Season 14 Episode 92

Our cohosts had vastly different experiences tackling today's crossword. Jean found it to be quite challenging, whereas Mike was (for a change) defin…

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Friday, December 5, 2025 - Kotoka International, repeat winner of the "Best Airport in Africa" award! 🏆

Season 14 Episode 91

This was a challenging Friday crossword, the second by James McCarron since August, of the year: in short, he's on a roll. There were some simultaneo…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Wednesday, December 3, 2025 - Do or do not. There is no try.

Season 14 Episode 90

Today's crossword, by Victor Barocas, had a fun and frothy theme that came from a galaxy far, far away. We loved it! We also enjoyed the very strong …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Tuesday, December 2, 2025 - This crossword was absolutely CAPITAL!

Season 14 Episode 89

Today's crossword was a debut for Jonathan Baude, kudos for that! The theme was uplifting (literally), and the rest of the puzzle was perfect Tuesday…

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Monday, December 1, 2025 - Masa, which, sadly, is not available at any NASA commisary 🙄

Today's crossword was perfectly timed, at least for those of us living in those northern regions currently besieged by winter storms. We were intrigu…

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Sunday, November 30, 2025 - Welcome back, LOUDOUTS!

Season 14 Episode 87

The easy-to-spell and fun-to-say LOUDOUTS has appeared a grand total of two times in the NYTimes crossword: today, and on June 15, 2013. We are on te…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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