Monday, March 2, 2026 - Mmm, pass me another slice of that ol' tres LECHES cake đ
This was a very pleasing debut crossword by Leslie Benson, who provides, on xwordinfo.com, an amusing description of this puzzle's construction â some of which apparently took place while she was in a...
3 Mars 14min
Sunday, March 1, 2026 - In like a đŠ, out like a đ
Some of the NYTimes' finest crosswords were created by university students. For example, consider, oh, say, today's, by Western University students Matt Proulx and Jeffrey Martinovic. The theme is sli...
2 Mars 16min
Saturday, February 28, 2026 - A FEDORA in the grid? Now *that's* class! đ
This marks Adam Levav's fourth NYTimes crossword in just over a year, and you can see from today's awesome puzzle why he keeps getting published. This themeless beast had scads of challenging clues, a...
1 Mars 10min
Friday, February 27, 2026 - Happy AEOF (Almost-End-of-February) Day!
Today's crossword was a debut by Caroline Hand. Getting any crossword published in the NYTimes is an incredible achievement â and to debut on a Friday doubly so. And now for the numbers: there were 6,...
28 Feb 16min
Thursday, February 26, 2026 - BYGUM this was a brilliant crossword!
Yitzi Snow has created a masterpiece of a crossword: perhaps it's not hanging at the Louvre yet, but we know it'll get there someday. Why, you ask? For three main reasons: ThemeThemeThemeOh, and one m...
27 Feb 16min
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - EMO hair, it's gonna be big!! đ
This was Brad Lively's second New York Times crossword, and it was stunning, especially, as one might imagine, the ingenious theme. None of the clues were too over the top â with the possible exceptio...
26 Feb 18min
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 - The State of the Crossword ... is *Excellent!* đ
This was a fine Tuesday crossword by Adam Aaronson, with a subtle theme and a subtler revealer. We were surprised to see, among the 6 debut answers in today's puzzle, 24A, Fender Stratocaster, e.g., E...
25 Feb 15min
