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Wednesday, February 21, 2024 - This crossword's got STYLE (and a whole lot of other words 😀)

Season 8 Episode 87

Jeffrey Martinovic has managed to work the word TAUTOLOGICAL into the grid, and for that alone he should receive some sort of commendation. But we ca…

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024 - Let's get crackin', and learn how to pronounce KRAKEN

Season 8 Episode 86

This is Robert S. Gard's second NYTimes crossword. We reviewed his first in season 8, episode 38, and like that Saturday puzzle, this one was equally…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Monday, February 19, 2024 - We'd like to mention the presence of MENSCH in today's crossword 🙄😀

Season 8 Episode 85

This is Adam Wagner's 19th NYTimes crossword, but it is a debut, in a sense - his first Monday puzzle. It was a little crunchier than usual, but the …

2 years, 4 months ago

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Sunday, February 18, 2024 - We 🎶 HEARDITTHROUGH THEGRAPEVINE 🎶 that this was an awesome crossword!

Season 8 Episode 84

Sid Sivakumar dials it back as he slips into his Sunday best, and this was indeed one of his best Sundays, his fourth for the NYTimes. 

There were som…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Saturday, February 17, 2024 - Here comes the ... ZITI?

Season 8 Episode 83

Spencer Leach and Jem Burch have produced a splendiferous Saturday crossword that entertained, educated, and ... whatever the opposite of enervated i…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Friday, February 16, 2024 - Not one SOURNOTE in today's grid, Colin Adam's creation is all NICEWORK

Season 8 Episode 82

Colin Adams has turned in a fine (debut!) Friday crossword: no theme (as befits a Friday puzzle), but plenty of sharp cluing (as one would also expec…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Thursday, February 15, 2024 - An epic Thursday spectacular!

Season 8 Episode 81

Years from now, cruciverbalists will be able to say, I remember where I stood (or, more likely, sat) when I finally solved this crossword, it's that …

2 years, 4 months ago

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - A Valentine's Day present from the NYTimes!

Season 8 Episode 80

Today is Valentine's Day, and the NYTimes Crossword team was ready, thanks to a fabulous opus by Ella Dershowitz. It was a crunchier than usual Wedne…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Tuesday, February 13, 2023 - Finally, DOGTV makes it into the NYTimes Crossword. Woof!

Season 8 Episode 79

A lovely pre-Valentine's Day crossword, clearly a labor of love by Peter Gordon, his ninth in the NYTimes. There was a sizable ... what's the term fo…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Monday, February 12, 2024 -  😉😉

Season 8 Episode 78

A gentle Monday crossword to get our work week going, with a theme that involved nonverbal answers. For those of you unaware, a nonverbal answer, wri…

2 years, 4 months ago

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