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Podcast: Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
Episode: Monday, March 31, 2025 - A grid that is obsessed with ZEST
Description: OK, perhaps "obsessed" is a little over the top, because technically ZEST itself only showed up once, as per custom; but the clues and answers were still quite snappy. Our particular favorite? 46D, Producers of six-packs, SITUPS (nice!). We were also delighted to see 15A, King of the gods, in Egyptian myth, AMON. And while AMON may not translate as "God of Aliases", since AMON is aka AMUN, AMUNRA, AMONRA and AMUNRE, we would not be surprised if it did.For the deets, and some interesting listener mail, have a listen, and feel free to leave us a...