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Monday, May 27, 2024 - All rise, ELENA Kagan is in the grid!
Season 9 Episode 75
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It's hard not to GIVEPROPS to a crossword that has GIVEPROPS in the grid, so we're not even going to try: PROPS to Christopher…
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Sunday, May 26, 2024 - Look, up there in the sky ... it's a dude, it's a bro, no, it's a ... BRAH??
Season 9 Episode 74
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A straightforward Sunday puzzle by John Kugelman, this his 4th for the NYTimes, with a theme for which the word "cute" was inv…
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Saturday, May 25, 2024 - A splendid Saturday solve
Season 9 Episode 73
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This is David P. Williams' fourth NYTimes crossword, and interestingly all four have used the same grid, so apparently DPW has…
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Friday, May 24, 2024 - This crossword is TWICEASNICE
Season 9 Episode 72
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For your edification, we present our analysis of a nice -- in fact, twice as nice! -- crossword by Carolyn Davies Lynch that …
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Thursday, May 23, 2024 - Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive
Season 9 Episode 71
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We don't normally namedrop Shakespearean quotes, but we are inspired by today's highly twisty-turny theme that looks like it m…
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024 - Finally, the DEBUGGER gets its due!
Season 9 Episode 70
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Today's crossword had eight, count'em, eight debut answers, including every computer programmer's favorite, DEBUGGER, the unsu…
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - Today's crossword is LIT!
Season 9 Episode 69
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Tuesday's crossword, just like the child in the nursery rhyme, is full of grace -- and we mention nursery not just to name dro…
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Monday, May 20, 2024 - A-tten-hut! CAPTAINOBVIOUS wants to say a few (obvious) words!
Season 9 Episode 68
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A delightfully wry Monday theme courtesy of Jack Scherban, and if that name doesn't ring a bell that's because this crossword …
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Sunday, May 19, 2024 - Mmmm, pass the ADOBO!
Season 9 Episode 67
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Somewhat akin to Robert Frost's "two roads diverged in a yellow wood", Jean & Mike's solves diverged, with Jean tearing throug…
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Saturday, May 18, 2024 - Hey, where'd all the black squares go? 😀
Season 9 Episode 66
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Today's crossword looked daunting - a sea of white squares, and two 3-stack sets of grid-spanning answers. But while our firs…
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