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Back to SearchSunday, July 16, 2023 - The Game is Afoot, and the Grid is *Amazing*
Season 7 Episode 84
An absolutely delightful Sunday crossword by Michael Schlossberg, brilliant clues everywhere you look, guaranteed to put a smile on your face. We hav…
2 years, 9 months ago
Saturday, July 15, 2023 - ⚠️ Battlestations, it's a Jeff Chen Saturday Crossword!!⚠️
Season 7 Episode 83
Jeff Chen is known for writing great crosswords and he is in excellent form today. Clues like 2D, Head of the bar, FOAM (not SOAP!), 36A, Word that c…
2 years, 9 months ago
Friday, July 14, 2023 - When solving a crossword, your spelling must be perrfect!" 🙄
Season 7 Episode 82
Today's crossword, by Jonathan Kaufman, didn't faze Jean in the slightest, whereas Mike was almost done in by 16A, Drank discretely, HADANIP (not, as…
2 years, 9 months ago
Thursday, July 13, 2023 - The name's BAUER, EDDIEBAUER
Season 7 Episode 81
Our co-hosts took wildly divergent routes in solving today's crossword, with Jean taking the highway and Mike taking a barely discernible PATH throug…
2 years, 9 months ago
Wednesday, July 12, 2023 - Endure some DURIANS 😷
Season 7 Episode 80
You know you're in good hands when the byline reads Brooke Husic and Brian Thomas, who between them have published 19 (Brooke) + 14 (Brian) = 33 NYT…
2 years, 9 months ago
Tuesday, July 11, 2023 - Didn't attempt this crossword? Then you'll be MISSINGOUT
Season 7 Episode 79
Today's crossword by Aaron M. Rosenberg -- who bears an uncanny resemblance to our vision of Clark Kent -- was most assuredly not LACKINGVARIETY, as …
2 years, 9 months ago
Monday, July 10, 2023 - A crossword that most definitely did not JUMPTHESHARK!
Season 7 Episode 78
A delightful Goldilocks of a Monday crossword, not too easy, not too hard (at least if you've been doing these for a while!), with a fine theme (but …
2 years, 9 months ago
Sunday, July 9, 2023 - Crossword, meet Pictionary™️ 😀
Season 7 Episode 77
A fairly gentle crossword compared to the last few weeks, and between that and a novel theme, it turned out to be a very enjoyable solve. What was th…
2 years, 9 months ago
Saturday, July 8, 2023 - Send out the STREETTEAM, REM is coming to town!
Season 7 Episode 76
A stellar Saturday crossword by Brandon Koppy, a minor struggle for Jean, a major slog for Mike; but both eventually achieved that Elysian feeling of…
2 years, 9 months ago
Friday, July 7, 2023 - TRASHPANDA, a *great* name for a rock band 😀
Season 7 Episode 75
A challenging Friday crossword, and as you will hear in today's episode the co-hosts were of two minds regarding this puzzle. But with clues like 63A…
2 years, 9 months ago