Podcast Episodes

Friday, October 6, 2023 - Look, yonder, 'tis a tantalizing TANSY 🙄

Season 8 Episode 65

A relatively gentle Friday crossword from veteran crossword constructors Zhouqin Burnikel and Tom Pepper, who between them have had 94 crosswords pub…

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Thursday, October 5, 2023 - Tarana Burke, creator of the #METOO movement

Season 8 Episode 64

Turns out the upside down is not just for characters on Stranger Things, it is also a key element of today's crossword, where many of the clues are t…

2 years, 6 months ago

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023 - Adios, OTIOSE, you are ... superfluous 🙄

Season 8 Episode 63

A surprise Wednesday crossword, thanks to the totally unexpected appearance of something that might be cause for either a) celebration or b) gnashing…

2 years, 6 months ago

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023 - Snakes on a plane? No, in the grid!

Season 8 Episode 62

A surprisingly slithery Tuesday, thanks to the arrival, in the grid, of a den of members of the order squamata, aka snakes. Both Jean and Mike found …

2 years, 6 months ago

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Monday, October 2, 2023 - The Argos of crosswords 👀

Season 8 Episode 61

Argos, you may recall, if you happen to be particularly long lived and/or well read, was a giant, Hera's servant, and a particularly good watcher, th…

2 years, 6 months ago

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Sunday, October 1, 2023 - And the Oscar goes to ... Jeffrey Lease!?!

Season 8 Episode 60

An award winning Sunday crossword, with movies that -- even if you don't go to movies -- you will (almost) surely know. But you probably don't know t…

2 years, 6 months ago

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Saturday, September 30, 2023 - Like SPUMONI, this crossword had many layers 😀

Season 8 Episode 59

A challenging Saturday crossword, Jean in particular had to take a stroll through her vast mind palace in order to get through today's puzzle, wherea…

2 years, 6 months ago

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Friday, September 29, 2023 - Beware the SUNDAYSCARIES!

Season 8 Episode 58

A delightful Friday crossword by Malaika Handa, with some familiar clues, but not many, as befits a Friday. Some of our favorites include the most ex…

2 years, 6 months ago

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Thursday, September 28, 2023 - The key point about today's crossword involves ... keys!

Season 8 Episode 57

Once again the NYTimes crossword typesetters are pushing the envelope, today by working musical staffs into the clues. They did a great job (er, exce…

2 years, 6 months ago

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023 - NOAMCHOMSKY weighs in on "colorless green ideas" -- we kid you not!

Season 8 Episode 56

It is reasonable to assume that any crossword that works NOAMCHOMSKY into the grid and the theme is going to be deep, and we're talking Mariana Trenc…

2 years, 6 months ago

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