Podcast Episodes

Thursday, February 12, 2026 - An early Valentine's Day present 💝

Season 15 Episode 62

Kareem Ayas has delivered a Valentine's Day present two days early, and both cohosts fell in love with it. The theme is a real chef's kiss, and the r…

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Wednesday, February 11, 2026 — A walrus, a carpenter and an oyster walk into a bar ...

Season 15 Episode 61

This was a terrific mid-week crossword by Joseph Gangi, number seven since his auspicious debut in March of 2022. The theme was ... magnificent. It i…

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Tuesday, February 10, 2026 - A round of applause for the ol' CLAPOMETER! 👏

Season 15 Episode 60

Any time a Hasbro toy makes an appearance in the grid it puts a smile on our faces, and so we are grinning as a consequence of today's crossword — a …

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Monday, February 9, 2026 - SADIE Jones is in the grid (and ought to be on your reading list!)

Season 15 Episode 59

It never ceases to amaze, how crossword constructors can take a simple phrase and spin it out into as good a puzzle as, say, this one, by Matthew Sto…

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Sunday, February 8, 2026 - Go, [Insert your favorite team here], Go!

Season 15 Episode 58

This was a Super Crossword for a Super Bowl Sunday. The theme was straightforward but cute, and the rest of the puzzle featured a SEA of crafty clues…

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Sunday, February 7, 2026 - Mark Diehl is back, and better than ever!

Mark Diehl has been writing NYTimes Crosswords - predominantly Friday and Saturday puzzles - since 1984. He's eased off as of late, his last appearin…

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Friday, February 6, 2026 - Look, it's a TINYHOME: 🏠 😀

Season 15 Episode 56

There were some truly awesome clues in today's crossword. We definitely hit the highlights in the podcast, but we'd be remiss if we didn't mention 44…

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Thursday, February 5, 2026 - Beep, beep! Honk, honk, honk! Beeeeeeep!

Season 15 Episode 55

Today's crossword, a debut (huzzah!) by Dario Salvucci, was one of those puzzle-in-a-puzzle challenges that we just adore. In this case, one had to d…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Wednesday, February 4, 2026 - Et tu, CATO?

Season 15 Episode 54

Today's crossword leveraged a hilarious line from a very well-known sitcom, and with just the slightest change in syllabification, turned it into the…

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Tuesday, February 3, 2026 - Shimmy on over to the SHAKESHACK! 🍔🧋

Season 15 Episode 53

It's been almost 2 years since Nate Cardin last graced the pages of the NYTimes, and from our perspective that's almost 2 years too long. But he's ba…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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