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Tuesday, January 30, 2024 - A crossword to be tankful for 🙄

Season 8 Episode 65

An intriguing Tuesday crossword, with, as usual, an unusual theme - this one revolving around tanks. Beyond that, we had a few standout clues, includ…

2 years, 7 months ago

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Monday, January 29, 2024 - WHEE, an answer in today's grid, and our TLDR review 😀

Season 8 Episode 64

Both cohosts found today's crossword to be a tad tougher than usual, a small sacrifice to be made for the greater good, that being an ingenious  them…

2 years, 7 months ago

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Sunday, January 28, 2024 - WHACAMOLE, the perfect game to play while eating GUACAMOLE 🙄

Season 8 Episode 63

Today's crossword was a SMASHINGSUCCESS, and although we don't want to overly HEROIZE the author, Nathan Hasegawa was clearly  ATTHETOP of his game w…

2 years, 7 months ago

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Saturday, January 27, 2024 - This crossword is a dead SERT to be a CULTCLASSIC 😉

Season 8 Episode 62

It's Warrington & Warrington - not a law firm, but a daughter-father team responsible for this fine bit of Saturday cruciverbalism. Jean found it to …

2 years, 7 months ago

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Friday, January 26, 2024 - TOELOOP, simple for a skater, perilous for a podiatrist

Season 8 Episode 61

Sarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa have turned in a festive Friday crossword, with that joy coming from all quadrants of the grid. We appreciated 24D, Pa…

2 years, 7 months ago

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Thursday, January 25, 2024 - A crossword that is 100% *guaranteed* to have no spelling mistakes 😀

Season 8 Episode 60

Sam Ezersky, he of Spelling Bee fame,  is at the helm (under the fine leadership of Admiral Shortz), and he has turned in a fine bit o' work. He had …

2 years, 7 months ago

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - Well, GLORYBE, it's a SAMOYED!

Season 8 Episode 59

A worthy middle-of-the-week crossword, with all the requisite elements that  we would expect, but a few that we did not. For example, we did not expe…

2 years, 8 months ago

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Tuesday, January 21, 2024 - This crossword's got style!

Season 8 Episode 58

A classy Tuesday crossword and a debut by Patrick Maher, with an LOL theme and edutaining clues all 'round. For example, 34D, Greek letter shaped lik…

2 years, 8 months ago

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Monday, January 20, 2024 - Some OLDIES, some NEWBs, this FAB crossword's got it all!

Season 8 Episode 57

Just how many crossword themes are possible? We'd argue for infinite, and while we have no proof, thanks to today's crossword we have even more empir…

2 years, 8 months ago

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Sunday, January 21, 2024 - Oh, no, it's an imbroglio over an INTAGLIO 🙄

Season 8 Episode 56

Today's crossword is entitled "Funny  Business", and it definitely lives up to its name. The themed clues were a stitch, and there were lots of intri…

2 years, 8 months ago

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