
Sunday, September 20, 2026 —Tracy Gray Shows Off Her Crossword Super Powers
Tracy Gray has had 38 crosswords published in the NYTimes, including 13 Sundays. We'd call today's work a typical TG puzzle, except for the fact that there is no such thing: her creations are all uniq...
21 Sep 14min

Saturday, September 19, 2026 — Playing a Ukitar's Easier When Wearing a Unitard? Riiiiight ... 🙄
This was a lively Saturday crossword, thanks in part to Hannah Slovut's talent at working exciting new answers into the grid: there were a total of 10 debuts, not too shabby at all. Even the non-debut...
20 Sep 9min

Friday, September 18, 2026 — A Splendiferous Way to Wrap Up the Workweek
Ryan Mathiason's third NYTimes crossword, and his first Friday, was an elegant piece of cruciverbial magic. We like clues that educate —13A, Modern tech aid whose design was inspired by a Go board, QR...
19 Sep 15min

Thursday, September 17, 2026 — 🎉 Woo-hoo, 250,000 Downloads and Counting!! 🎉
According to BuzzSprout, our podcast has had over 250,000 downloads, and so, to celebrate, we're ... going to do another podcast 😀 Your cohosts had slightly different impressions of today's crosswor...
18 Sep 14min

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 — Bonjour, BASENJI!
Today's crossword was an homage to a state that seems to be bursting at the seams with National Parks, and that state would be ... [REDACTED BY ORDER OF THE SPS (SPOILER PREVENTION SOCIETY)]. In addi...
17 Sep 10min

Tuesday, September 15, 2026 — All Cohosts Present and Accounted For, Suh!
There was cause for much celebration at JAMDTNYTC HQ, as the J of the aforementioned podcast made her triumphant return to the studio. She chose an auspicious day to do so, because the crossword was ...
16 Sep 11min

Monday, September 14, 2026 — 🎶 Daylight Come and Me Wanna Go ... Solve a Crossword 🎶🙄🍌
Today's crossword — a joint effort by Andrea Carla Michaels and Dena R. Verkuil — had a lot of appeal, and if that generates peals of laughter, then this sentence will have done its job! Being a Mond...
15 Sep 6min

Sunday, September 13, 2026 — Hey, It's a Tiny Escape Room 😀
Today's crossword — a very nice piece of work by Henry Lin-David and Frank S. David — featured an adorable, tiny escape room! You can't miss it — it's right in the center of the grid — and you also ca...
14 Sep 6min




















