Podcast Episodes

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…

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Sunday, February 11, 2024 - We are not the least bit REPINE about today's crossword

Season 8 Episode 77

Depending on your upbringing and life experiences, you have found this crossword to be a breeze (Jean), or a quagmire of naticks (Mike). Both agree t…

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Saturday, February 10, 2024 - Welcome to the YEAROFTHEDRAGON, GONGXIFACAI!

Season 8 Episode 76

An elegant Saturday crossword by Zhouquin Burnikel, her 79th! It was a perfectly timed reminder that today is the Chinese New Year, the YEAROFTHEDRAG…

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Friday, February 9, 2024 - All rise, LOUIS Armstrong is in the grid!

Season 8 Episode 75

A fine Friday crossword by Christina Iverson, who is, at least based on her NYTimes record, unable to write any other kind. Jean tore through this li…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Thursday, February 8, 2024 - Was this a most bodacious Thursday crossword? TRUTH!

Season 8 Episode 74

Samuel A. Donaldson, having completed  his 39th NYTimes crossword, demonstrates that practice makes perfect. Let's run through the list, shall we?

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2 years, 4 months ago

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024 - A crossword to sing about

Season 8 Episode 73

Today's crossword was (mainly) a blast from the past, featuring a series of diverse musical hits with one common lyrical feature. Can you tell what L…

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024 - AISLED? That's wild! 😉

Season 8 Episode 72

A terrific Tuesday crossword by Victor Barocas. We found the answer to 59D, Lacking clutter", NEAT, to be ... NEAT. We judged the answer to 44A, Perf…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Monday, February 5, 2024 - Holy toledo, Batman, our best lines are in a crossword!

A fun Monday crossword by Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock, who are about as persistent a crossword constructing duo as you'll ever meet: their first …

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Sunday, February 4, 2024 - EGAD, there's an AXOLOTL in this crossword!

Season 8 Episode 70

The puns fly thick-and-fast in a grid that is filled with panache, pizzazz, and other classy words that start with the letter p. Just consider 99D, S…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Saturday, February 3, 2024 - To write a crossword this good? That *is* ROCKETSCIENCE 😀

Season 8 Episode 69

A delightful Saturday crossword by Carolyn Davies Lynch and Jeff Chen - edited adroitly, as always, by Will Shortz. Your intrepid cohosts had vastly …

2 years, 4 months ago

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