A short, fun and occasionally not unintentionally educational podcast in which two fans of the New York Times crossword describe their puzzle-solving travails.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 - Featuring potatoes: the origin story!
14 mins; May 14, 2025
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 - ELATION! A crossword with *ELATION* in the grid 😀 😉🙄
12 mins; May 13, 2025
Monday, May 12, 2025 - 🥳 Celebrating the 500th appearance of the OREO in the NYTimes crossword!!🎉🎈
7 mins; May 12, 2025
Sunday, May 11, 2025 - Danger, Will Robinson! Extremely hard crossword approaching
13 mins; May 11, 2025
Saturday, May 10, 2025 - Happy Mother's Day Eve!!
14 mins; May 10, 2025
Friday, May 9, 2025 - At long last, GRACEHOPPER is in the grid!
17 mins; May 09, 2025
Thursday, May 8, 2025 - Battle stations! An incoming Dan Caprera crossword at 9 o'clock!!
19 mins; May 08, 2025
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 - Happy Belated Wordle Day!
14 mins; May 07, 2025
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 - Ho, ho, this grid's got HOHOS 😀
16 mins; May 06, 2025
Monday, May 5, 2025 - Boo-YAH, this was a marvelous Monday crossword!
8 mins; May 05, 2025
Sunday, May 4, 2025 - Ah, who can forget the uplifting strains of 🎶 tum, tum, .... tum, tum, tum, tuuuuuuuum, tum 🎶🚀 😀
15 mins; May 04, 2025
Saturday, May 3, 2025 - Pass the SHAKSHUKA -- fun to say, delicious to eat!
14 mins; May 03, 2025
Friday, May 2, 2025 - A tip of the tiara to Robyn Weintraub, Queen of the Friday crossword
15 mins; May 02, 2025
Thursday, May 1, 2025 - 🎶 AVEENO, I just met a hair style product named ... AVEEEEEEENO 🎵
16 mins; May 01, 2025
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 - Don't DAWDLE, check out today's episode posthaste!
13 mins; April 30, 2025
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 - There was a little extra OOMPH in today's crossword, literally!
15 mins; April 29, 2025
Monday, April 28, 2025 - Grab your (key)board, it's time to EGOSURF 😀
9 mins; April 28, 2025
Sunday, April 27, 2025 - Look out, here comes BRIDEZILLA 😀
16 mins; April 27, 2025
Saturday, April 26, 2025 - Happy Canadian Election Day Eve Eve!!🙄
8 mins; April 26, 2025
Friday,April 25, 2025 - Nothing BLAND in today's grid (except, inevitably, BLAND 😉)
10 mins; April 25, 2025
Thursday, April 24, 2025 - Whew, this was a real brow-furler of a crossword!
15 mins; April 24, 2025
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 - Time for DINDIN 😀 🧑🏽🍼
12 mins; April 23, 2025
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 - Here ye, here ye, announcing our Triplet Tuesday Contest winner!
19 mins; April 22, 2025
Monday, April 21, 2025 - A crossword that's nothing to sneeze at!
10 mins; April 21, 2025
Sunday, April 20, 2025 - ADVENTURE is out there (... and in the grid!)
20 mins; April 20, 2025
Friday, April 18, 2025 - BARBIECORE? That's nothing compared to ... wait for it ... crosswordcore™️!!!!
14 mins; April 18, 2025
Thursday, April 17, 2025 - Let's see, there are FARRIERS and FURRIERS, but no FIRRIERS or FORRIERS ... that seems very UNFAIRIERS 🙄
17 mins; April 17, 2025
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 - Three cheers for the Rubber Ducks of AKRON, OH! 🐥
12 mins; April 16, 2025
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - It's a two-fer! An abfab crossword, *and* an abfab Triplet Tuesday Contest, huzzah!! 🎉
18 mins; April 15, 2025
Monday, April 14, 2025 - Happy Tax Day Eve! 🙄
10 mins; April 14, 2025
Sunday, April 13, 2025 - John Kugelman is an INSPO to us all 😀
15 mins; April 13, 2025
Saturday, April 12, 2025 - Time for some COMICRELIEF, and, good news! It's in the grid, and in the episode.
14 mins; April 12, 2025
Friday, April 11, 2025 - Think your LensCrafters bill is high? Be glad you're not a SEASCALLOP 😀 🕶️
14 mins; April 11, 2025
Thursday, April 10, 2025 - Hmmm... a Saturday crossword seems to have strayed into Thursday territory 😱
16 mins; April 10, 2025
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 - OLEATO!
10 mins; April 09, 2025
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 - ¡Ay, caramba!, it's the island of ARUBA 😀
19 mins; April 08, 2025
Monday, April 7, 2025 - RIP, ASH Ketchum
12 mins; April 07, 2025
Sunday, April 6, 2025 - No need to spin it - this crossword was abfab!
22 mins; April 06, 2025
Saturday, April 5, 2025 - The toughest crossword of the week lives up to its billing
15 mins; April 05, 2025
Friday, April 4, 2025 - It's officially long answer Friday 😉
15 mins; April 04, 2025
Thursday, April 3, 2025 - A *galaxy* of great clues 😉
14 mins; April 03, 2025
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 - CIAO - the *perfect* word when you've forgotten if you're coming or going 😀 😀
12 mins; April 02, 2025
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 - We're fools for today's crossword 🙄
16 mins; April 01, 2025
Monday, March 31, 2025 - A grid that is obsessed with ZEST
11 mins; March 31, 2025
Saturday, March 30, 2025 - Happy April Fool's Day Eve Eve 🤣🎉
15 mins; March 30, 2025
Saturday, March 29, 2025 - We're baaaaaack!
11 mins; March 29, 2025
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - So Long, and Thanks for All the Fishes
16 mins; March 25, 2025
Monday, March 24, 2025 - No ERRANT words in today's grid ... except for ERRANT 🙄
16 mins; March 24, 2025
Sunday, March 23, 2025 - This crossword will DONICELY!
24 mins; March 23, 2025
Saturday, March 22, 2025 - In the grid, and in the nightmares of spelling bee-ers everywhere, PSILOCYBIN!
16 mins; March 22, 2025
Friday, March 21, 2025 - A crossword that SPARKLES!
25 mins; March 21, 2025
Thursday, March 20, 2025 - Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow!
20 mins; March 20, 2025
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 - A classic, CLASSA, NYTimes crossword
19 mins; March 19, 2025
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 - 🎵 Tonight we're gonna party like it's twenty-twenty-five ♬ 😀
16 mins; March 18, 2025
Monday, March 17, 2025 - Happy St. Patrick's Day!
12 mins; March 17, 2025
Saturday, March 15, 2025 - It was a DARKNSTORMY crossword 🙄
22 mins; March 15, 2025
Friday, March 14, 2025 - A Perfect Friday Crossword ❤️
24 mins; March 14, 2025
Thursday, March 13, 2025 - ESSIE, the preferred nail polish for 9 out of 10 mythical Scottish loch monsters 🙄
19 mins; March 13, 2025
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 - No, an ARTEMIS is *not* as good as an ARTEMILE 🙄
18 mins; March 12, 2025
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 - An ERIE-ily good crossword!
21 mins; March 11, 2025
Monday, March 10, 2025 - A (LITTLE)LULU of a crossword!
13 mins; March 10, 2025
Sunday, March 9, 2025 - Ah, the sweet aroma of newsprint and printer's ink
17 mins; March 09, 2025
Saturday, May 8, 2025 - Joe Deeney, the Houdini of crossword constructors 🙄😁
6 mins; March 08, 2025
Friday, March 7, 2025 - MOVIEMAGIC, on the big screen, and in this tiny grid 😀
9 mins; March 07, 2025
Thursday, March 6, 2025 - Three (Slightly Belated) Cheers for ALYRAISMAN! 🤸♀️
19 mins; March 06, 2025
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 - Happy ... Halloween??
13 mins; March 05, 2025
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 - Announcing the discovery of the world's first Chameleon Word™️
17 mins; March 04, 2025
Monday, March 3, 2025 - Vroom, vroom!
8 mins; March 03, 2025
Sunday, March 2, 2025 - Today's puzzle, brought to you in Crossword-Color™️🌈 🙄
22 mins; March 02, 2025
Saturday, March 1, 2025 - Hello, March!
15 mins; March 01, 2025
Friday, February 28, 2025 - And now, a PAEAN to today's crossword
15 mins; February 28, 2025
Thursday, February 27, 2025 - David Steinberg is baaaaaaack! 🎉
12 mins; February 27, 2025
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 - We long for more crosswords by Dan Caprera 😁
14 mins; February 26, 2025
Monday, February 24, 2025 - Rena Cohen is back, and better than ever!
12 mins; February 25, 2025
Tuesday, February 25, 2025 - We are DONEZO with today's crossword 😀
13 mins; February 25, 2025
Sunday, February 23, 2025 - Nothing SPURIOUS about today's crossword, all clues have been triple-checked! The podcast though ... 😉
17 mins; February 23, 2025
Saturday, February 22, 2025 - Happy Belated GALENTINESDAY 😀
15 mins; February 22, 2025
Friday, February 20, 2025 - Today's crossword is SWAK!
17 mins; February 21, 2025
Thursday, February 20, 2025 - Oh, *so* close
4 mins; February 20, 2025
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 - A FAB, crossword, way above PAR
13 mins; February 19, 2025
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 - Erik Agard is back, huzzah!
14 mins; February 18, 2025
Monday, February 17, 2025 - Nothing MOROSE in this grid, except, er, MOROSE 😉
13 mins; February 17, 2025
Sunday, February 16, 2025 - CHOCULA, SKORs, and DEEPFRIEDOREOS, so ... not the *healthiest* crossword ever 😉
16 mins; February 16, 2025
Saturday, February 15, 2025 - CERTS - no longer at your grocer's, but at least they're still in the grid 😋
19 mins; February 15, 2025
Friday, February 14, 2025 - ♫ Love is in the air ♬ ... and in the grid ❤️!
11 mins; February 14, 2025
Thursday, February 13, 2025 - This crossword *rocks* -- must be all that heavy metal 😉
17 mins; February 13, 2025
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 - RAH, Sir Michael PALIN is in the grid!
18 mins; February 12, 2025
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 - There were REAMS of good clues in today's crossword (spoiler alert: and no bad ones 😍)!
16 mins; February 11, 2025
Monday, February 10, 2025 - The name's ANN, ... RAGGEDYANN 😁
13 mins; February 10, 2025
Sunday, February 9, 2025 - A REally Super Sunday (and, nope, that was *not* a typo)
14 mins; February 09, 2025
Saturday, February 8, 2025 - A *perfect* Saturday crossword!
16 mins; February 08, 2025
Friday, February 7, 2025 - Have a sip of TEXASTEA 🫖
14 mins; February 07, 2025
Thursday, February 6, 2025 - This crossword's really making a STATEment 😀
15 mins; February 06, 2025
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 - Today's forecast? 100% chance of a great (and wet 😀) crossword
16 mins; February 05, 2025
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - GEORGIA -- on our mind and in the grid!
15 mins; February 04, 2025
Monday, February 3, 2025 - KENDO? Can do! 😀
10 mins; February 03, 2025
Sunday, February 2, 2025 - MRMACGOO, meet MRSDASH 😀
25 mins; February 02, 2025
Saturday, February 1, 2025 - Yup, thar be DIAMONDS in that thar grid! 🙄
11 mins; February 01, 2025
Thursday, January 30, 2025 - A review of Edward Gibbon's little known work, The Rise and Fall of the NYTimes Thursday Crossword 😀 😀
14 mins; January 31, 2025
Friday, January 31, 2025 - Hasta la vista, January
