Podcast Episodes

Wednesday, November 8, 2023 - Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's ... a TRAPEZIST! 🎪

Season 8 Episode 97

A slightly crunchier-than-usual Wednesday, but a wry theme and memorable clues made it all worth while. Beyond those noted in the podcast, we'd like …

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023 - A Ttttttterrific Tttttttttuesday Crossword!

Season 8 Episode 96

As the episode title almost surely gave away -- it was a bit of a ttttttteaser, one might say -- today's theme involved the 20th letter of the alphab…

2 years, 10 months ago

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Monday, November 6, 2023 - AAH, what a crossword!

Season 8 Episode 95

Today's crossword was crunchy - the clues were just a tad more difficult than usual, a consequence, perhaps, of a particularly demanding theme (deets…

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Sunday, November 5, 2023 - This crossword's DABOMB, but it still *might* leave you TUCKEREDOUT

Season 8 Episode 94

Jean ACED today's crossword, but Mike just DIDOK, although if it is true that you learn from your mistakes, he is now officially a super genius thank…

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Saturday, November 3, 2023 - ROOKS and FOUNTS and TAGINE, Oh, My!

Season 8 Episode 93

A  just-the-right-level-of-almost-impossible crossword to wrap up our crossword solving week, one of those where the solving rate seems to follow an …

2 years, 10 months ago

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Friday, November 3, 2023 - Was this a fun Robyn Weintraub puzzle? YESSIREE!

Season 8 Episode 92

Robyn Weintraub's puzzles are legendary, and today's effort shows just why: the clues are awesome, the crosswordese is non-existent, and the difficul…

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Thursday, November 2, 2023 - This crossword was definitely NOTTOOSHABBY

Season 8 Episode 91

Today's crossword featured a h--hly entert--ng th--e, and if you can't suss out what it was from what we just wrote, then download today's episode, w…

2 years, 10 months ago

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023 - MUIR, an adMUIRable national monument 🙄

Season 8 Episode 90

A nice Wednesday crossword and a debut (yay!) by Steve Weyer, with an inspired theme, some very funny clues, and as a bonus a reference to a fascinat…

2 years, 10 months ago

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023 - It's HALLOWEEN - outside *and* in the grid!

Season 8 Episode 89

A scary Tuesday crossword, thanks to a slash of scary movie titles in the grid. Neither cohost had seen any of them, but fortunately the answers were…

2 years, 10 months ago

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Monday, October 30, 2023 - Kenneth Cortes had a BRIGHTIDEA, and, lo, a crossword was born!

Season 8 Episode 89

Put on your sunglasses before attempting this crossword, because it's based on a BRIGHTIDEA -- literally! There were a few other answers that glowed,…

2 years, 10 months ago

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