Sunday, February 23, 2025 - Nothing SPURIOUS about today's crossword, all clues have been triple-checked! The podcast though ... 😉

There were some very nice pairings in today's crossword: The oh-so-close 7D, Sound of a smooth-running engine, PURR, and 45D, Catherine ___, wife of Henry VIII, PARR 😀The numerically related 89A, 11, literally, ONES, and 78D, 110, facetiously, ELEVENTYthe homonymously-related 10D, Forget to finish writing a clue, mayb, ERR, and 53A, Word with lock or pocket, AIRand, as they say, much, much moreSo our hats are off to today's constructors -- Daniel Grinberg and Rafael Musa -- for crafting a PUR...