
Thursday, April 17, 2025 - Let's see, there are FARRIERS and FURRIERS, but no FIRRIERS or FORRIERS ... that seems very UNFAIRIERS 🙄
Our cohosts took highly divergent paths towards victory on this crossword - Jean took the high road, and had a lovely time; Mike took the low road, and for his pains got repeatedly stuck in the mire. ...
18 Apr 202517min

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 - Three cheers for the Rubber Ducks of AKRON, OH! 🐥
This was a slightly crunchier than usual Wednesday*, for one very good reason. We're not going to tell you that reason just yet, but we cerealously believe you'll like it once you hear it 😀😉🙄. Besi...
17 Apr 202512min

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - It's a two-fer! An abfab crossword, *and* an abfab Triplet Tuesday Contest, huzzah!! 🎉
In today's episode, we have a two-fer. First, an awesome crossword, a debut by Per Bykodorov that is just brimming with microtome-sharp clues, and an LOL theme. But wait, there's more 😀 We have our ...
16 Apr 202518min

Monday, April 14, 2025 - Happy Tax Day Eve! 🙄
This was a very nice Monday crossword, and an NYTimes debut for both of its authors, Stacy Cooper and Ken Cohen. There were, of course, a variety of clues, some fun -- 51A, Roller coaster exclamation,...
15 Apr 202510min

Sunday, April 13, 2025 - John Kugelman is an INSPO to us all 😀
This was a sweet Sunday crossword, with an unusual theme, unusual grid size (!), but the usual great clues that we expect from a Sunday NYTimes crossword. We've covered the biggies in today's episode,...
14 Apr 202515min

Saturday, April 12, 2025 - Time for some COMICRELIEF, and, good news! It's in the grid, and in the episode.
This was a very nice (i.e., quite tricky) Saturday crossword. Fortunately (for Mike), there were not a lot of pop culture references, and fortunately (for Jean), she knows things™️. This marks the thi...
13 Apr 202514min

Friday, April 11, 2025 - Think your LensCrafters bill is high? Be glad you're not a SEASCALLOP 😀 🕶️
Today's crossword had OCEANS of great clues. To pick just three, we had 1A, Some pops, COCACOLAS (Mike's favorite beverage!); 12D, Fabulizes, SPINSAYARN (the answer was fine: the clue, divine); and 34...
12 Apr 202514min

Thursday, April 10, 2025 - Hmmm... a Saturday crossword seems to have strayed into Thursday territory 😱
Both cohosts found this to be an exceptionally tough Thursday crossword -- but they are not complaining, as many of the clues were home runs, and the theme was a grand slam. Somehow, Adam Wagner -- th...
11 Apr 202516min





















