Thursday, February 29, 2024 - Leaping lizards, it's a leap day crossword!
Whether this was in honor of Leap Day or not (only Will knows, and he's not saying), today's crossword was extra special, most notably because of some of the clues weren't just text, but in fact cute...
1 Mar 202421min
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 - Finally, a crossword that answers that burning question: WHATITSALLABOUT?
A debut crossword by Greg Snitkin, but you wouldn't know it based on the quality of today's puzzle. The theme was terrif, and was abetted by a passel of captivating clues to round off the grid. While...
29 Feb 202415min
Tuesday, February 27, 2024 - ;-), meet your grandchild, 😉
A lot of INK went into today's crossword, in such answers as SLINKYDOG, WINKYFACE and 5 (!) more of that ink, er, we mean ilk, 😀. Numerous clues got our attention and podcast time, but we would also ...
28 Feb 202414min
Monday, February 26, 2024 - NAMASTE!
This is Joe Marquez's second NYTimes crossword (congrats, Joe!) and a very nice piece of work it is. Several clues had a wry twist to them (and we are not just saying that because the theme involved a...
27 Feb 202413min
Sunday, February 25, 2024 - Sunday is Punday
Once again the puns come thick and fast, so if you like puns, well, step this way and download this episode, because it's teeming with them, seven at last count. They're not that bad though, in fact s...
26 Feb 202419min
Saturday, February 24, 2024 - We're willing to let TIGONS be TIGONS 🙄
A tough but fair Saturday crossword, and, coincidentally (since they always solve independently), both Jean and Mike ended up at the same spot, 20A, Pink-headed mushroom in Mario games, TOADETTE. Ther...
25 Feb 202418min
Friday, February 23, 2024 - CHEESEDIP and HAUTECUISINE, together at last 😀 😀
Jean and Mike had entirely different solving experiences tackling today's crossword, a fine effort by Larry Snyder. Jean made short work of it, but Mike started inventing words out of whole cloth, a f...
24 Feb 202415min
Thursday, February 22, 2024 - This crossword was quite JAKE, and that's no JAPE 😀 😀
This is Dan Schoenholz's 29th NYTimes crossword, and it shows -- a nicely polished grid, with an exceptional theme. Since the preponderance of Dan's crosswords have appeared on Sunday, it might seem l...
23 Feb 202414min
