Sunday, March 15, 2026 - Beware, ARSENE Lupin is lurking in the grid 😱🇫🇷
Today's crossword was a real deal — two themes for he price of one. But, here's the kicker (and the reason why this puzzle was worthy of the NYTimes): the two themes were slyly related in a way that w...
16 Mar 16min
Saturday, March 14, 2026 - GOTTA like a crossword with GOTTA and ATTA 😉
Kameron Austin Collins (aka KAC) has a reputation for writing streak-killing crosswords. Today, however, KAC is playing against type — and the result is a tough, doable puzzle that doubles as a master...
15 Mar 12min
Thursday, March 12, 2026 - One HARDCORE Thursday crossword!
Today marks Joe Marquez's sixth NYTimes crossword. Having started in 2023, that amounts to about 2 crosswords per year — not too shabby! This particular puzzle was particularly non-shabby, with a wry ...
13 Mar 15min
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 - Eureka!
Today's crossword was an homage to proponents of the "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade" philosophy, and it made for an awesome theme — tales of happy accidents that led to some critically acc...
12 Mar 16min
Tuesday, March 10, 2026 - Mmm, give us a bowl of that ol' BABAGHANOUJ 😋
Just like the dish in the title, today's crossword was yummy. We found the theme delicious, the clues tangy, and like all good crosswords it left us wanting more. Just to give you a taste, we had 34A,...
11 Mar 13min
Monday, March 9, 2026 - May we have the envelope, please?
This was a fine Monday crossword, straightforward but with a wry theme and clues that spanned a wide gamut of years. For instance, 3D, Bobby, Peter or Greg, to Carol Brady, STEPSON (circa 1969); 46D, ...
10 Mar 9min
Sunday, March 8, 2026 - Happy International Women's Day!!
Kelly Richardson has crafted a delightful and timely puzzle in honor of INTERNATIONALWOMENSDAY, in which all of the crosses are the names of famous women — all the way from ISSA Ray to HEDY Lamar. It ...
9 Mar 15min
Saturday, March 7, 2026 - Red Alert! There's a Saturday Streak Smasher™️ at 12 o'clock, closing fast!
If crosswords were animals, then today's, by Fritz Juhnke, would be Godzilla, smashing its way through streaks like nobody's business. Fritz was relentless, piling tough clue atop tough clue. From 28D...
7 Mar 21min
