Monday, June 29, 2026 — One day you'll rue the day, you ROUE, you! 🙄😉
Today's crossword marks the first collaboration between Ginny Too and Rajeswari Rajamani, and it turned out rather nicely, with theme answers that were almost as much fun to say as they were to solve....
30 Jun 12min
Sunday, June 28, 2026 — Was This Crossword Bomb? Fer Shur! 🙄
Today's crossword was by veteran constructors Rebecca Goldstein and Christina Iverson, both of whom are unequivocally 30A, Mentally agile, CLEVER. For instance, we had the very fine 97A, Time to give ...
29 Jun 15min
Saturday, June 27, 2026 — TEETERS v. TOTTERS: Runner-Up in the "Shows You're Least Likely to See on ESPN" Contest 😀
This was a fine Saturday crossword by Adrian Johnson. There were no daunting, grid-spanning answers, and it was not the most difficult Saturday we've seen, but the clues were sufficiently cryptic to m...
28 Jun 9min
Friday, June 26, 2026 — Beware the 😱 PANOPTICON 🫣
Although Spencer Leach's second Friday NYTimes crossword was 15x15, it seemed larger, somehow — not because EXTRALARGE made its way into the grid, but because it was brimming with abfab clues. We wer...
27 Jun 17min
Thursday, June 25, 2026 — Wanna swap?
This was Tarun Krishnamurthy's fourth and — based on the day of the week — most challenging NYTimes crossword to date. We thought the theme was inspired, and there was a laudable sparkle to the rest o...
26 Jun 14min
Wednesday, June 24, 2026 — Alright, the Bulletproof Boy Scouts Are Back!! 😍
Kevin Curry and Zhang Zhou are collaborating again — this is their third pairing — and the world is a better place for it. We have them to thank for our knowledge of Pinkglow pineapples and GloFish (6...
25 Jun 12min
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 — A Crossword That Won't Leave You Bent Out of Shape 😉
This was Kathy Bloomer's fifth NYTimes crossword since 2018, and it was splendid — ideal Tuesday fare. The theme was ... ingenious (the quality control at the NYTimes when it comes to themes is simply...
24 Jun 17min
Monday, June 22, 2026 — Leapin’ Lizards, This Was a Great Monday Crossword!
This was Victoria Fernandez Grande's second NYTimes crossword, and her first came just 2 months ago, so she is off to an impressive start! Monday crosswords are designed to be the easiest crosswords o...
23 Jun 11min
