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Back to SearchSaturday, April 29, 2023 - WOWIEZOWIE what a crossword!
Season 7 Episode 9
Crosswords have moods - some make you laugh; some (especially the insanely hard ones) make you want to cry; this one was just infectiously joyous. Y…
2 years, 9 months ago
Friday, April 28, 2023 - A Malaika Handa & Erik Agard Friday crossword? GULP!
Season 7 Episode 8
Considering the day of the week and the names of the constructors -- Malaika Handa and Erik Agard -- it was not surprising that the cohosts had to d…
2 years, 9 months ago
Thursday, April 27, 2023 - No EGRETS about this crossword!
Season 7 Episode 7
A splendid Thursday crossword by Michael Schlossberg -- and somehow "splendid" and "Michael Scholossburg" seem to appear together quite frequently, t…
2 years, 9 months ago
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 - A VERTIGO-inducing puzzle
Season 7 Episode 6
If you're a HITCHCOCK fan, or a Jimmy STEWART or Kim NOVAK stan, then today's crossword will be right up your alley, as the theme revolves around HIT…
2 years, 10 months ago
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 - Que SERA, SERA
Season 7 Episode 5
A fun Tuesday crossword, and we had fun talking about it, as even a perfunctory listen to today's episode will reveal. So have a listen, and, as alw…
2 years, 10 months ago
Monday, April 24, 2023 - One NEATO crossword
Season 7 Episode 4
There appeared to be, along with the explicit and enjoyable main theme, there is a sub-theme involving Star Wars - witness 9D, Humanoid robot who app…
2 years, 10 months ago
Sunday, April 23, 2023 - Catastrophe! We're Missing an Apostrophe!
Season 7 Episode 3
A crossword that's sure to be a hit with English teachers everywhere, today's rather subtle -- almost to the point of invisible -- theme reminds us o…
2 years, 10 months ago
April 22, 2023 - JUNEAUITES and NADERITES and NIXIEs, oh, my!
Season 7 Episode 2
The only thing that was 46A -- A piece of cake, SOEASY -- about this puzzle was, well, 46A. The rest of the grid was crackling with fiendishly clever…
2 years, 10 months ago
Thursday, April 20, 2023 - The Mona Lisa of Crosswords!
Season 7 Episode 1
We would need to break out the thesaurus to do justice to today's crossword, an absolutely brilliant theme. We'd say more here, but we don't want to …
2 years, 10 months ago
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 - 🎶 HEYMRDJ! 🎵
Season 6 Episode 100
For all you poetry aficionados, your time has come -- a crossword theme built around an octad of famous (?) poets. This was definitely a crunchier th…
2 years, 10 months ago