Thursday, January 8, 2026 - Beware the Grim ... Rebus??
This was a delightful Thursday crossword by Mallory Montgomery and Zhou Zhang. Jean got through it at gazelle-like speeds, whereas Mike, who made the tyro's mistake of following his own advice, was le...
9 Jan 13min
Wednesday, January 7, 2026 - EPIC or ACK? You be the judge!
Our co-hosts had almost comically differing experiences solving today's crossword. Jean found it to be ... a breeze, whereas Mike found it to be a category 5 hurricane, which he will dub Hurricane Adr...
8 Jan 16min
Tuesday, January 6, 2026 - NOCAP, this was an *awesome* crossword 😀
Today's crossword was terrific. A theme that pegged the pun-meter, a second theme that nobody other than your cohosts know about 😀, and a lot of other fine clues in the grid. We particularly enjoyed ...
7 Jan 17min
Monday, January 5, 2026 - 🎵 Leavin'... on a Jet Plane 🎶
This was a gentle Monday crossword, easing us into our crossword-solving week. It was still entertaining, though, thanks to a theme that will lift your spirits — literally. In addition to the crosswo...
6 Jan 11min
Sunday, January 4, 2026 - Gene Louise De Vera, Rule Breaker! 🚔
Gene Louise De Vera's 5th NYTimes puzzle was one for the books. One of the sacrosanct rules of NYTimes crossword-dom is that an answer never appears twice in the grid. Well, rules are meant to be brok...
5 Jan 19min
Saturday, January 3, 2026 - A Brilliant End-of-Week Crossword
The clues in today's crossword, Hannah Slovut's third for the NYTimes, were so dazzling that we felt we ought to wear shades while solving it. There were scads of clever clues everywhere you look in t...
4 Jan 9min
Friday, January 2, 2026 -- Hello, awesome crossword 😁 and good bye, Deb Amlen😢
To explain the episode title: this was, indeed, an awesome crossword. And, as has happened for years upon years, Deb Amlen scrutinized the crossword in the accompanying NYTimes column, Wordplay. This ...
3 Jan 16min
Thursday, January 1, 2026 - Happy New Year! 🥳🎇
It's a new year, so why not start it off with a new constructor? That may or may not be Will's reasoning, but today's crossword is indeed a debut for Topher Booth, and it is an auspicious beginning. W...
2 Jan 13min
