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Podcast: Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
Episode: Monday, March 10, 2025 - A (LITTLE)LULU of a crossword!
Description: One of Will Shortz's greatest innovations was the strategy of making Monday crosswords easy, then making them progressively harder throughout the week, with Saturday being quasi-impossible. [Sunday is often described as a "large Wednesday" in terms of difficulty.] And it's not like Will forgot his greatest innovation, but this was a trickier-than-usual Monday, which may (or may not) presage a challenging week ahead -- we'll let you know for sure on Saturday.In the meantime, we did enjoy this crossword -- a fine work by Patti Varol, and an opportunity to make our pitch for a...