Saturday, January 17, 2026 - This crossword wasn't merely MKAY, it was parfait 😀 🤣
This was a fun Saturday crossword, which one of our cohosts (Jean) found to be an easy solve whereas the other (by process of elimination, Mike) found to be deucedly difficult. The reasons for both ma...
17 Jan 12min
Friday, January 16, 2026 - All hail APOLLOVII!! 🚀 🧑🏼🚀
This was a great cruciverbial workout by Kyle T. Dolan, whose crosswords tend to be on the challenging side, with 11 of his 19 NYTimes puzzles appearing on Friday or Saturday. The clues today were dev...
17 Jan 18min
Thursday, January 15, 2026 - Are you fazed by FAZING? Fear not — it's only a phase 🙄😀
Today's crossword, a collaboration between Wendy L. Brandes and Barbara Lin, had an awesome theme that both cohosts temporarily missed in distinct and rather amusing ways that we will not describe her...
16 Jan 16min
Wednesday, January 14, 2026 - This crossword was positively GUCCI!!😀
As the week progresses, the crossword constructors get more opportunities to add spice to the mix, and Joseph Gangi, author of today's fine puzzle (edited, as always, by the legendary Will Shortz), ha...
15 Jan 5min
Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - CUTCO, slicing prices with their own products!
This was a debut for Nate Hall, and he does a bang-up job. The theme was perfect for a Tuesday, and there were some marvelous clues throughout the grid. Jean's favorite was 44D, Pet sitters?, LAPCATS,...
14 Jan 15min
Monday, January 12, 2026 -Booyah, it's a HOYA! 🙄
This was a classy Monday crossword, and the fact that Carolyn Davies Lynch and Christina Iverson are in the marquee has a lot to do with it. The clues just seemed to have a little more pizzaz. We cove...
13 Jan 14min
Sunday, January 11, 2026 - A PHIne crossword indeed 😉
Hopefully you remember your Greek lessons, listeners, because they — or at least one of them, which we hope for comedy's sake took place on a PHIday — will come in particularly handy today. And now th...
12 Jan 15min
Saturday, January 10, 2026 - Looking for a RAFT of great clues? KAC's got you covered!
This was a fine Saturday crossword by Kamereon Austin Collins, his 25th for the NYTimes and his 17th Saturday opus. There were a slew of great clues in the grid, including 6D, "That dis was goo-ood!!"...
11 Jan 11min
