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Saturday, November 17, 2023 - Beware Charybdis, horrific sea monster and even more terrifying spelling bee word 😀
Season 9 Episode 7
A scintillating Saturday crossword by Hoang-Kim Vu -- with a grid that is jam-packed with debut answers, including 36D, Photo of someone holding up t…
2 years, 10 months ago
Friday, November 17, 2023 - Today's forecast? A BLAMESTORM ⛈️
Season 9 Episode 6
A fine Friday crossword by Hemant Mehta. What it lacked for in glitzy animation (we're looking at you, Thursday!), it made up for in flashy clues, su…
2 years, 10 months ago
Thursday, November 16, 2023 - This crossword was constructed with TLC
Season 9 Episode 5
Today's crossword, by veteran cruciverbalist Paolo Pasco, had its ups and downs, but that was by design, and the payoff - which we discuss in today's…
2 years, 10 months ago
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 - We are ARDENT about this crossword!
Season 9 Episode 4
If you found yourself nodding off while solving today's crossword, that's probably because of all the Z's in the grid - but that was the only boring …
2 years, 10 months ago
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 - A crossword guaranteed to inspire some wishful thinking
Season 9 Episode 3
A nifty Tuesday crossword by Matthew Linzer, with a remarkable theme that we wish we could talk about here ... oh, wait, we just did 😀. Precisely why…
2 years, 10 months ago
Monday, November 13, 2023 - This crossword is definitely worth a SOU ... and more!
Season 9 Episode 2
A pleasing Monday crossword, a debut by Benjamin Fink, that asks that burning question, CANYOUBELIEVEIT?. The answer is yes, this was a Monday crossw…
2 years, 10 months ago
Sunday, November 12, 2023 - A crossword with CHIASMUS, DADGUMIT, and SALBANDO in the grid? What a GAS!
Season 9 Episode 1
A scintillating Sunday crossword courtesy of Garrett Chalfin, with a gloriously serpentine theme, and an array of eye-opening clues. For example, 85A…
2 years, 10 months ago
Saturday, November 11, 2023 - Mountebanks and the Capulets? Yup, we'd like a MULLIGAN on that title!
Season 8 Episode 100
Today's puzzle is a tautly constructed Saturday crossword, with just 58 words -- not quite few enough for the Guinness Book of World Records, but ge…
2 years, 10 months ago
Friday, November 10, 2023 - Smoking a chesterfield, while wearing a chesterfield, and reclining on a chesterfield? It *can* be done!!
Season 8 Episode 99
A fine Friday crossword by Kate Hawkins - her 12th in the NYTimes - and it hits the sweet spot - not too easy, not too hard, but juuuuust right. We a…
2 years, 10 months ago
Thursday, November 9, 2023 - This crossword was AOK!
Season 8 Episode 98
A (surprising) crossword by Simeon Siegel, most noteworthy for a profusion of parentheses in the grid, all part of an intricate theme that we delve i…
2 years, 10 months ago