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Thursday, February 29, 2024 - Leaping lizards, it's a leap day crossword!
Season 8 Episode 95
Whether this was in honor of Leap Day or not (only Will knows, and he's not saying), today's crossword was extra special, most notably because of som…
2 years, 6 months ago
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 - Finally, a crossword that answers that burning question: WHATITSALLABOUT?
Season 8 Episode 94
A debut crossword by Greg Snitkin, but you wouldn't know it based on the quality of today's puzzle. The theme was terrif, and was abetted by a passel…
2 years, 6 months ago
Tuesday, February 27, 2024 - ;-), meet your grandchild, 😉
Season 8 Episode 93
A lot of INK went into today's crossword, in such answers as SLINKYDOG, WINKYFACE and 5 (!) more of that ink, er, we mean ilk, 😀. Numerous clues got …
2 years, 6 months ago
Monday, February 26, 2024 - NAMASTE!
Season 8 Episode 92
This is Joe Marquez's second NYTimes crossword (congrats, Joe!) and a very nice piece of work it is. Several clues had a wry twist to them (and we ar…
2 years, 6 months ago
Sunday, February 25, 2024 - Sunday is Punday
Season 8 Episode 91
Once again the puns come thick and fast, so if you like puns, well, step this way and download this episode, because it's teeming with them, seven at…
2 years, 6 months ago
Saturday, February 24, 2024 - We're willing to let TIGONS be TIGONS 🙄
Season 8 Episode 90
A tough but fair Saturday crossword, and, coincidentally (since they always solve independently), both Jean and Mike ended up at the same spot, 20A, …
2 years, 7 months ago
Friday, February 23, 2024 - CHEESEDIP and HAUTECUISINE, together at last 😀 😀
Season 8 Episode 89
Jean and Mike had entirely different solving experiences tackling today's crossword, a fine effort by Larry Snyder. Jean made short work of it, but M…
2 years, 7 months ago
Thursday, February 22, 2024 - This crossword was quite JAKE, and that's no JAPE 😀 😀
Season 8 Episode 88
This is Dan Schoenholz's 29th NYTimes crossword, and it shows -- a nicely polished grid, with an exceptional theme. Since the preponderance of Dan's …
2 years, 7 months ago
Wednesday, February 21, 2024 - This crossword's got STYLE (and a whole lot of other words 😀)
Season 8 Episode 87
Jeffrey Martinovic has managed to work the word TAUTOLOGICAL into the grid, and for that alone he should receive some sort of commendation. But we ca…
2 years, 7 months ago
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 - Let's get crackin', and learn how to pronounce KRAKEN
Season 8 Episode 86
This is Robert S. Gard's second NYTimes crossword. We reviewed his first in season 8, episode 38, and like that Saturday puzzle, this one was equally…
2 years, 7 months ago