Tuesday, November 4, 2025 - Make ROOM for the ROOMBA
This was a debut crossword by Patrick Hayden, and a very nice one, to boot. The theme was sly, and the author has a knack for writing novel clues for common answers. We covered many of them in the pod...
5 Nov 202515min
Sunday, November 2, 2025 - A veritable *ocean* of white squares 😳
If you fear crosswords with large swathes of white squares, infrequently interrupted by a black square or two (and psychiatrists have a technical name for that: "normal"), you might want to give this ...
3 Nov 20258min
Saturday, November 1, 2025 - All hail the PEOPLESELBOW! 💪🏽
This was a sweet Saturday crossword by Michael Lieberman, filled with his characteristically witty, and fresh clueing. We've covered the best in the podcast, but we also were enamored with 37D, Atypic...
2 Nov 202516min
Thursday, October 10, 2025 - A PARAGON of a Thursday crossword
If you needed to be reminded that the scariest day of the year is coming up tomorrow; and if yesterday's crossword didn't drive the stake (er, point) home, then today's surely will. Between the OREOS,...
31 Okt 202516min
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 - Today's podcast, brought to you by the Bela Lugosi Fan Club 🧛🏽🫣
This was the perfect Halloween Eve's Eve crossword, suitably spooky and eminently entertaining. The theme was a stitch, and the supporting cast of clues was, well, quite supportive. We've covered the ...
30 Okt 202511min
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 - The world definitely needs more SOFAFORTS 🤗
Jean found today's crossword to be a tad more difficult than usual; Mike found it almost, but not quite, impossible, thanks to the high density of pop-culture references in the bottom-left corner. We ...
29 Okt 202515min
Monday, October 27, 2025 - We'll take a flier on how to spell FLYER 😀
This was Tarun Krishnamurthy's third NYTimes crossword: he now has two Mondays and a Tuesday under his belt. Today's opus had an endearing theme and provided us with an opportunity to dive into the FL...
28 Okt 202512min
