Thursday, February 5, 2026 - Beep, beep! Honk, honk, honk! Beeeeeeep!
Today's crossword, a debut (huzzah!) by Dario Salvucci, was one of those puzzle-in-a-puzzle challenges that we just adore. In this case, one had to decipher some emoticon-like clues to get the correct...
6 Helmi 20min
Wednesday, February 4, 2026 - Et tu, CATO?
Today's crossword leveraged a hilarious line from a very well-known sitcom, and with just the slightest change in syllabification, turned it into the foundation of a terrific theme. Sheer genius from ...
5 Helmi 11min
Tuesday, February 3, 2026 - Shimmy on over to the SHAKESHACK! 🍔🧋
It's been almost 2 years since Nate Cardin last graced the pages of the NYTimes, and from our perspective that's almost 2 years too long. But he's back now, and in excellent form, with a wry theme and...
4 Helmi 15min
Monday, February 2, 2026 - BOOYA — BOOYA was in the grid! 😀
The Cardinal Rules of Crossword Construction: Rule # 1: never repeat an answer in the gridRule # 2: ignore rule 1 if it'll make for an especially awesome crosswordWe are pleased as punch to report th...
3 Helmi 13min
Sunday, February 1, 2026 - PIMLICO, home of Seabiscuit's greatest triumph!
Both cohosts found today's crossword, a collaboration between Lance Enfinger and John Kugelman, to be a real workout (mentally, of course: physically they were pretty much doing their best mannequin i...
2 Helmi 17min
Saturday, January 31, 2026 - The Snellen chart - the one you *know*, but can't *name* 🧐
This was a strenuous Saturday workout, no doubt, with more misdirection then you'd see at a Penn & Teller performance. Consider 15D, "Science is ___ that works": Kurt Vonnegut, MAGIC (what a fabulous ...
1 Helmi 14min
Friday, January 30, 2026 - Rejoice, rejoice, Robyn Weintraub has struck (gold) again 😀
Robyn Weintraub is one of our favorite constructors, and today's crossword shows why. It is, in a word, the clues. OK, technically that's two words, but we're feeling generous after having just enjoye...
31 Tammi 11min
Thursday, January 29, 2026 - Happy Antepenultimate Day!
This was a debut crossword by Kit Sheffield — kudos! — with a cute theme that must've been a bear to put into practice. Somehow Kit managed, though, and we are better off for it! Apart from the theme,...
30 Tammi 12min
