
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 - The name's WANG, Vera WANG 👜
Today's theme was sweet -- literally! You'll know why within 30 seconds of the start of today's episode, or, if you're in more of a hurry, within 30 milliseconds of glancing at the grid. There were s...
31 Heinä 202514min

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 - Stop us if you've heard this one -- Roger Ebert, Albert Einstein, and Mary J. Blige walk into a grid ...
This was an ab fab Tuesday crossword by Peter Gorman, with an admirably serpentine theme, as we explain in today's episode (and, as usual, you can see by checking out the solution at xwordinfo.com). ...
30 Heinä 202516min

Monday, July 28, 2025 - 🎵 From C to Shining C 🎶
Writing the clues for today's crossword must've been quite the chore, but Brian Callahan has done himself proud. It took a bit of cultural archeology to make sense of 64A, Coneheads, e.g., for short, ...
29 Heinä 202510min

Sunday, July 27, 2025 - CLOUTCHASING ... yup, it's a thing!
This was an astonishingly good Sunday crossword by John Kugelman, thanks to a jaw-dropping display of anagrammatic magic. We've got all the deets inside, so be prepared, to be amazed! Show note imager...
28 Heinä 202516min

Saturday, July 26, 2025 - To solve this crossword, you'll definitely need BRAINPOWER
This was a relatively straightforward Saturday crossword, but the clues included 7 debuts (and 2 that have not been seen in donkey's years): that made for an intriguing grid, and we definitely enjoyed...
27 Heinä 202513min

Friday, July 25, 2025 - Ooh, you SLYBOOTS, you!
This was an excellent debut crossword by Fritz Juhnke: the clues and answers were fascinating, offering plenty of opportunities for AHAMOMENTs. There were several answers that neither cohost had ever ...
26 Heinä 202521min

Thursday, July 24, 2025 - Name notwithstanding, OBELI is *not* an ancient Star Wars race
This was a delightfully crunchy crossword by Ginny Too - her third NYTimes crossword in about a year. There were a boatload of novel clues†, which made the solve just that much more satisfying. We hav...
25 Heinä 202519min

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 - Joseph Gangi, Wizard of the Wednesday Crossword!
Joseph Gangi has had 4 NYTimes crosswords published, all of them Wednesdays. He clearly has the difficulty level down pat, and his themes are always inventive: today's crossword being a case in point....
24 Heinä 202513min






















