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Saturday, June 6, 2026 — 🎵 We Can See Clearly Now, the Black Squares Are Gone 😀 🎶
Season 16 Episode 72
After just a cursory glance at today's crossword, your first reaction might be a pressing need to don sunglasses. That would be because of the grid, …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Friday, June 5, 2026 — A Rigorous Friday Workout!
Season 16 Episode 71
This was an exciting Friday crossword by Kelly Morenus, with a bevy of challenging clues. Just to give you a taste, we had 54A, "___ y plata" (Montan…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Thursday, June 4, 2026 — Look, up there in the sky, it's a REDACTED, it's a REDACTEDAGAIN!!, it's ... SUPEREGO! 😀 🙄
Season 16 Episode 70
Once again the NYTimes crossword boffins have gone above and beyond to inject a little something extra into the grid, to aid the constructor. We had …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Wednesday, June 3, 2026 — Happy National Repeat Day! Happy National Repeat Day! Happy ... etc., etc. 😀
Season 16 Episode 69
We do not know if this was planned or by chance, but today's crossword happens to be an ideal choice for National Repeat Day, which, we have been rel…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Tuesday, June 2, 2026 —Another *brilliant* Tuesday theme, courtesy of Rich Katz
Season 16 Episode 68
Rich Katz has scored again with a winning theme and a strong supporting cast of clues. We've covered most of those in the podcast, but we would also …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Monday, June 1, 2026 — A round of applause, if you please, for the CLAPOMETER 😀 👏
Season 16 Episode 67
This was Kenneth Cortes' third NYTimes crossword, and it was splendid. The theme was memorable and unique, and there were some other gems among the r…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Sunday, May 31, 2026 — Goodbye, May, thanks for all the flowers!! 🪻🌹
Season 16 Episode 66
Today's crossword was by Jeffrey Martinovic and Evan Park, students at Western University in London, Ontario (go, Mustangs!). It was inspired in part…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Saturday, May 30, 2026 — Pass another glass of PROSECCO, per fevore
Season 16 Episode 65
Since this was Saturday, we expected a tough crossword, and Malaika Handa and Erik Agard did not disappoint. Some of the clues were straightforward-i…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Friday, May 29, 2026 — A Brilliant Friday Crossword
Season 16 Episode 64
Hemant Mehta is adept at writing challenging but highly entertaining Friday crosswords, and we cherish every one of the seven that he has constructed…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Thursday, May 28, 2026 — John Kugelman is on a tear!
Season 16 Episode 63
This marks John Kugelman's fifth NYTimes crossword of the year, and it's only May! The man is clearly the embodiment of prolific, but it's not just q…
2 months, 3 weeks ago