Podcast Episodes

Saturday, January 20, 2024 -Oh, neato, there's such a thing as INCOGMEATO 😀

Season 8 Episode 55

Caitlin Reid and Matthew Stock have produced a breezy Saturday crossword -- with a slew of educational and entertaining  clues such as 52A, Bad drawi…

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Friday, January 19, 2024 - A crossword that's chock-full of AHAMOMENTs

Season 8 Episode 54

Today's crossword was a delight -- not soul-crushingly difficult, as Friday crosswords sometimes are, but just a joy to behold and to solve. We give …

2 years, 8 months ago

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Thursday, January 18, 2024 - I before E, except after C, albeit science tells us that there might be exceptions 🙄

Season 8 Episode 53

We'd like to say that the Michnovicz brothers have done it again, but since this is their debut NYTimes crossword all we can say is that they've done…

2 years, 8 months ago

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Wednesday, January 17. 2024 - Morton J. Mendelson had a (b)right idea 😀

Season 8 Episode 52

A fine Wednesday crossword by Morton J. Mendelson, and to answer the question raised in the grid, yes, ITISART: artfully designed, wittily clued, and…

2 years, 8 months ago

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024 - A deLightful Tuesday crossword

Season 8 Episode 51

Every now and then the NYTimes publishes a crossword for the ages, and today is one of those days, because this work of art, by Marshall Hermann, is …

2 years, 8 months ago

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Monday, January 15, 2024 - Beware the grampus!

Season 8 Episode 50

A crossword that's bound to tickle your fancy, a statement that will appear quite droll once you've heard the podcast / soused out the theme. Beyond …

2 years, 8 months ago

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Sunday, January 14, 2023 - A SUPERDUPER Sunday crossword!

Season 8 Episode 49

John Kugelman, cybersecurity expert and crossword constructor extraordinaire, has outdone himself  with an extremely punny Sunday opus. INAILEDIT sho…

2 years, 8 months ago

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Saturday, January 13, 2024 - Somewhere between new and crescent, it's ... BABYMOON!

Season 8 Episode 48

An easier than usual Saturday crossword (for at least one of our cohosts, no prizes for guessing who!), which means that -- according to the Law of C…

2 years, 8 months ago

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Friday, January 12, 2024 - The NYTimes Crossword - the *perfect* way to while away a snow day

Season 8 Episode 47

A lively Friday crossword by Hemant Mehta, with a fusillade of clever and/or educational clues guaranteed to delight the diligent solver. We cover mo…

2 years, 8 months ago

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Thursday, January 11, 2024 - X marks the spot!

Today's puzzle, by Damon Gulczynski, has an ingenious and well-disguised theme: and thanks to the revealer's position in the bottom-right, we are kep…

2 years, 8 months ago

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