Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchJuly 27, 2023 - Meooo-burr-oooow, the familiar cry of the Scottish Fold cat 🙄
Season 7 Episode 94
A slightly gentler than usual Thursday crossword, but between the elegance of the cluing and the terrific theme, we are not complaining! Our favorite…
2 years, 8 months ago
July 26, 2023 - We are AMPED about today's crossword (and the discovery of the CLUAN 😀)
Season 7 Episode 93
Kudos to Mary Crane, as this is her debut NYTimes crossword!! There were a goodly number of great clues in the crossword, and beyond those discussed …
2 years, 8 months ago
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 - SAGUARO, the world's most difficult to spell cactus
Season 7 Episode 92
Gary Larson and Doug Peterson -- no, not that Gary Larson, but definitely that Doug Peterson -- weigh in with a great Tuesday crossword with a droll …
2 years, 8 months ago
Monday, July 24, 2023 - ELECTRO, a shocking Spider-Man villain
Season 7 Episode 91
A gentle Monday crossword, just the right degree of difficulty, that provided Jean with the opportunity to discuss the difference between salt shaker…
2 years, 9 months ago
Sunday, July 23, 2023 - A grid with OOMPH, FTW!
Season 7 Episode 90
A winning Sunday crossword by Chandi Deitmer, with a bevy of sound aural puns forming a brilliant theme, amid a sea of other fine clues, including th…
2 years, 9 months ago
Saturday, July 22, 2023 - A crossword that'll have you doing CARTWHEELS 🤸♀️😉
Season 7 Episode 89
This, Robert Logan's second NYTimes Crossword, took him 17 months to complete! The end result, though, is a chef's kiss of a crossword, one that gi…
2 years, 9 months ago
Thursday, July 20, 2023 - Honk if you liked this crossword 🚗😉. Honk, honk!!
Season 7 Episode 88
A fiendishly clever crossword by Drew Schmenner, with a worthy theme -- that's not UPFORDEBATE -- that would've taxed even the great IBMWATSON. We lo…
2 years, 9 months ago
Wednesday, July 19, 2023 - Go, Packers! Time for another THREEPEAT 😀
Season 7 Episode 87
As the week progresses, the NYTimes crosswords, by-and-large, get more difficult, and you can start to feel the friction on Wednesday, with clues lik…
2 years, 9 months ago
Tuesday, July 18, 2023 - DIONYSUS and BACCHUS walk into a bar ...
Season 7 Episode 86
Today's puzzle is educational -- a primer for those of you who can't tell your Greek gods from your Roman ones., as well as entertaining -- what you'…
2 years, 9 months ago
Monday, July 17, 2023 - BORESOME -- in the grid and in...applicable 🙄
Season 7 Episode 85
A marvelous Monday crossword by Fulbright scholar (!) Alexander Liebeskind, and that genius shines through wherever you look in today's grid. There w…
2 years, 9 months ago