Thursday, February 12, 2026 - An early Valentine's Day present 💝
Kareem Ayas has delivered a Valentine's Day present two days early, and both cohosts fell in love with it. The theme is a real chef's kiss, and the rest of the grid equally sweet. This is Kareem's nin...
13 Helmi 11min
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 — A walrus, a carpenter and an oyster walk into a bar ...
This was a terrific mid-week crossword by Joseph Gangi, number seven since his auspicious debut in March of 2022. The theme was ... magnificent. It is almost guaranteed to make you LOL when you get it...
12 Helmi 9min
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 - A round of applause for the ol' CLAPOMETER! 👏
Any time a Hasbro toy makes an appearance in the grid it puts a smile on our faces, and so we are grinning as a consequence of today's crossword — a collaboration between Sarah Sinclair and Amie Walke...
11 Helmi 15min
Monday, February 9, 2026 - SADIE Jones is in the grid (and ought to be on your reading list!)
It never ceases to amaze, how crossword constructors can take a simple phrase and spin it out into as good a puzzle as, say, this one, by Matthew Stock. We liked the theme, and, frankly, everything el...
10 Helmi 11min
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Sunday, February 8, 2026 - Go, [Insert your favorite team here], Go!
This was a Super Crossword for a Super Bowl Sunday. The theme was straightforward but cute, and the rest of the puzzle featured a SEA of crafty clues. For instance, we had 24D, Quick hellos, HIS (ha!)...
9 Helmi 16min
Saturday, February 7, 2026 - Mark Diehl is back, and better than ever!
Mark Diehl has been writing NYTimes Crosswords - predominantly Friday and Saturday puzzles - since 1984. He's eased off as of late, his last appearing in 2020. But he's back with an ingenious Saturday...
8 Helmi 15min
Friday, February 6, 2026 - Look, it's a TINYHOME: 🏠 😀
There were some truly awesome clues in today's crossword. We definitely hit the highlights in the podcast, but we'd be remiss if we didn't mention 44D, Stage name of South Korean rapper Park Jae-sang,...
7 Helmi 16min
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
