Podcast Episodes

Thursday, August 24, 2023 - Hats off to whoever invented the KEPI 🙄

Season 8 Episode 22

A joyously unique Thursday crossword, with an absolutely ingenious theme that has to be seen to be believed. Fortunately, you can do so right here, a…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023 - Feeling peckish? This crossword won't help!

Season 8 Episode 21

A delicious Wednesday crossword by Michael Lieberman, with a cool theme, clever clues (like 45A, End of a two-player Harlem Globetrotters play, OOP ;…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Wednesday, August 22, 2023 - Don't freeze when someone offers you a FROSÉ

Season 8 Episode 20

A splendid Tuesday crossword, a debut for Jay Silverman, and if you find yourself breaking out in song while doing this crossword, you will be forgiv…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Monday, August 21, 2023 - Woo-hoo, it's a HOOHA! 😀

Season 8 Episode 19

Hold the (homo)phone!, it's another  delightful Monday crossword by Jennifer Nutt (her 9th, in fact). There were some revelations in the grid, such a…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Sunday, August 20, 2023 - NOM, NOM, this was one delicious crossword!

Season 8 Episode 18

A great start to our crossword solving week, courtesy of Michael Schlossberg, who seems to be pathologically unable to construct anything less than a…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Saturday, August 17, 2023 - No need to GILDTHELILY, this crossword is a real RUSH!

Season 8 Episode 17

A nice Saturday crossword, and a debut by David P. Williams, so kudos not only for getting published, but for constructing such an excellent puzzle, …

2 years, 4 months ago

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Friday, August 18, 2023 - ELGAR and YANNI ... together? again??

Season 8 Episode 16

Kameron Austin Collins is another reliably fabulous cruciverbalist, who specializes in Saturday puzzles but occasionally produces a Friday (such as t…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Thursday, August 17, 2023 - Time to celebrate, Erik Agard is in the house!

Season 8 Episode 15

They say that practice makes perfect, and this crossword is a perfect example, It's by Erik Agard (his 77th for the NYTimes), and is a master class i…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Wednesday, August 16, 2023 - How much would a COTE cost? We'd like a COTE quote!

Season 8 Episode 14

In honor of Indian Independence Day, we have  this visually stunning crossword (click on the link to see what we mean). It doesn't look quite like th…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Tuesday, August 15, 2023 - FLYERS? FLIERS? PHLYERS? Decisions, decisions!

Season 8 Episode 13

A trendy, Tuesday  crossword by Malaika Handa, with a smattering of rarer clues, such as 18D, Gun control activist David, HOGG; 11D, Payment after a …

2 years, 4 months ago

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