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Podcast: Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
Episode: Wednesday, March 11, 2026 - Eureka!
Description: Today's crossword was an homage to proponents of the "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade" philosophy, and it made for an awesome theme — tales of happy accidents that led to some critically acclaimed discoveries/inventions. We don't want to spoil the suspense by mentioning those particular accidents here, but fortunately, history is replete with examples of the genre. So while the author, John Guzzetta, couldn't work Superglue, pacemakers, x-rays, and plastic-eating enzymes into the grid, these, too, were discovered/invented by accident.Show note imagery: Henry Coover Jr (right), the (accidental) inventor of Superglue™️We...