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Tuesday, September 26, 2023 - The McDonald's app better have a HAMBURGERMENU 😀

Season 8 Episode 55

For those of you who have been hoarding tech terms like they're going out of style (which being tech terms, they will), now's your chance to haul the…

2 years, 6 months ago

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Monday, September 25, 2023 - This crossword's the living END!

Season 8 Episode 54

It's not clear if the phrase "Queen of Mondays" has ever been applied to Lynn Lempel, but having written 73 crosswords for the first day of the work …

2 years, 7 months ago

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Sunday, September 24, 2023 - Joe Fagliano and Christina Iverson would like to tell you a story: once a pun a time ...

Season 8 Episode 53

Today's crossword, by Joel Fagliano and Christina Iverson, is either, depending on your perspective, a magnificent collection of brilliant puns, or .…

2 years, 7 months ago

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Saturday, September 23, 2023 - AMIDALA and DARTH walk into a bar ...

Season 8 Episode 52

A challenging Saturday crossword, at least for one of our dynamic duo, thanks in part to his confidence that McTwist was a delectable McDonald's trea…

2 years, 7 months ago

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Friday, September 22, 2023 - Let's get this straight ... there's a penguin in a bodice sipping a BUDICE?

Season 8 Episode 51

An excellent Friday crossword - not particularly difficult, but filled with some delightful clues. For example, 38A, Country described in "One can't …

2 years, 7 months ago

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Thursday, September 21, 2023 - A crossword that's for the birds -- literally!

Just when you think that the lode of clever themes has been exhausted, someone strikes pay dirt, and today we have Dan Cabrera to thank and congratul…

2 years, 7 months ago

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023 - Don't mock the MOCS!

Season 8 Episode 49

Jean and Mike, solving separately as usual, had distinctly different impressions of today's crossword. Jean found it to be a bit of a slog, whereas M…

2 years, 7 months ago

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023 - SESQUIPEDALIAN - runner up in the "Most Difficult Word to Slip into a Conversation" contest 😀

Season 8 Episode 48

A crunchier than usual Tuesday crossword, both of your cohosts had to dig deeply for the win, with Jean struggling at the top, while Mike's bane was …

2 years, 7 months ago

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Monday, September 18, 2023 - Move along, move along, nothing ATOLL to see here 🙄

Season 8 Episode 47

There was lot of color in today's grid,  thanks to a colorful theme -- and we mean that literally. Beyond our cutting edge analysis, in today's episo…

2 years, 7 months ago

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Sunday, September 17, 2023 - Win, lose or ... PUSH?

Season 8 Episode 46

For those of you who grew up in the era of the Beatles, Electric Light Orchestra, Cat Stevens, and the like, you're going to love this crossword; for…

2 years, 7 months ago

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