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, October 16, 2024 - Un excelente crossword!
9 mins; October 16, 2024
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 - the IDES have it!
21 mins; October 15, 2024
Monday, October 14, 2024 - A PEACH of a debut crossword
13 mins; October 14, 2024
Sunday, October 13, 2024 - That's SOMME river ya' got there 🙄🙄
20 mins; October 13, 2024
Saturday, October 12, 2024 - GEEWHIZ this was a tough crossword!
18 mins; October 12, 2024
Friday, October 11, 2024 - Be nice, lest you end up in the SINBIN 😱
20 mins; October 11, 2024
Thursday, October 10, 2024 - Welcome to ECHO ECHO ECHO Park, Los Angeles
15 mins; October 10, 2024
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 - Tis eerily easy to confuse ERIS and EROS
16 mins; October 09, 2024
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 - A crossword with a lot of SWAGGER!
17 mins; October 08, 2024
Sunday, October 6, 2024 - An A+ of a crossword!
20 mins; October 06, 2024
Saturday, October 5, 2024 - A MONSTRO of a Saturday crossword!
19 mins; October 05, 2024
Friday, October, 4, 2024 - Bilbo Baggins, one of the SHIER members of The Shire 🙄
20 mins; October 04, 2024
Thursday, October 3, 2024 - Live long and prosper!
18 mins; October 03, 2024
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - We're not teasing, TEASEL is in the grid!
15 mins; October 02, 2024
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 - HOORAH, a Kevin Curry and Jeff Chen collaboration
24 mins; October 01, 2024
Monday, September 30, 2024 - All good months must come to an end ...
11 mins; September 30, 2024
Sunday, September 29, 2024 - Joe Deeney rides, er, writes, again!
22 mins; September 29, 2024
Saturday, September 27, 2024 - Tarnation this was a tough crossword!
22 mins; September 28, 2024
Friday, September 27, 2024 - A LYRICAL Friday crossword
17 mins; September 27, 2024
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - TARNATION this was a good crossword!
18 mins; September 26, 2024
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 - 🎹 DO, RE, MI, etc., etc., ♫
17 mins; September 25, 2024
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 - Time for the Great PECAN v. PECAN Pronunciation Debate (and a Triplet Tuesday Contest 😍)
24 mins; September 24, 2024
Monday, September 23, 2023 - HIALL, HELLO, and ADEIU - a crossword that'll get you coming and going
10 mins; September 23, 2024
Sunday, September 22, 2024 - A BEAU of a crossword!
24 mins; September 22, 2024
Saturday, September 21, 2024 - RIDIC is a word? Well, that's just ... wait for it ... RIDIC 😀
17 mins; September 21, 2024
Friday, September 20, 2024 - Don't say no to NOH 😀
15 mins; September 20, 2024
Thursday, September 19, 2024 - The Kitchen Sink Episode
15 mins; September 19, 2024
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 - It would be IGNOBLE to bribe your way to winning an IG NOBEL 😉
11 mins; September 18, 2024
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 - OOOOOOH, the places you'll go!
16 mins; September 17, 2024
Monday, September 16, 2024, -- Huzzah, EDNA Mode is in the grid 😀
9 mins; September 16, 2024
Sunday, September 15, 2024 - Nothing PROFORMA about *this* crossword!
16 mins; September 15, 2024
Saturday, September 14, 2024 - When it comes to this crossword, we are PHANATICS!
15 mins; September 14, 2024
Friday, September 13, 2024 - Turns out, Cotton-Eyed Joe is a dance, not an optic emergency 😏
15 mins; September 13, 2024
Thursday, September 12, 2024 - Finally, we can say that the NYTimes crossword is BRAT 😀
13 mins; September 12, 2024
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 - Three cheers for New Mexico's GILA National Forest
10 mins; September 11, 2024
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 - HEMINGWAYESQUE, fun to say, a challenge to spell, and impossible to work into casual conversation 😀
12 mins; September 10, 2024
Monday, September 9, 2024 - You know it's a classy puzzle when Dame Judi DENCH is in the grid
10 mins; September 09, 2024
Sunday, September 8, 2024 - A crossword that definitely gives it The Ol' College Try
20 mins; September 08, 2024
Saturday, September 7, 2024 - Why do spammers always call on the heckelphone? 😂
20 mins; September 07, 2024
Friday, September 6, 2024 - CITI never sleeps ... but it does zone out from time to time 😀 🏧
24 mins; September 06, 2024
Thursday, September 5, 2024 - Yoinks, it's a ZEDONK! 😀
17 mins; September 05, 2024
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 - No ELAND is an ELAND unto itself 😂
14 mins; September 04, 2024
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 - 🎶 Oh, we've got TUPLE, right here in River City! 😁
16 mins; September 03, 2024
Monday, September 2, 2024 - Another marvelous Monday crossword!
11 mins; September 02, 2024
Sunday, September 1, 2024 - Happy Labor Day Eve!!
22 mins; September 01, 2024
Saturday, August 31, 2024 - YASQUEEN!
11 mins; August 31, 2024
Friday, August 30, 2024 - Three cheers for OSSIE Davis, legendary actor and civi rights leader
22 mins; August 30, 2024
Thursday, August 29, 2024 - Featuring ... a ZOOT suit 😍
26 mins; August 29, 2024
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 - TROI and KLINGON? Sensors detect a Star-Trek mini-theme, cap'n!
18 mins; August 28, 2024
Tuesday, August 27, 2024 - Benoit MANDELBROT was a genius, and that's a f(r)act!
20 mins; August 27, 2024
Monday, August 26, 2024 - Triple your pleasure!
11 mins; August 26, 2024
Sunday, August 25, 2024 - Double, double, toil and ... an *awesome* NYTimes crossword!
22 mins; August 25, 2024
Saturday, August 24, 2024 - Aw, a FOSTERKITTEN 🥰
16 mins; August 24, 2024
Friday, August 23, 2023 - Listening to Tik Tok on TikTok 😎
7 mins; August 23, 2024
Thursday, August 22, 2024 -
13 mins; August 22, 2024
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 - An IDEAL Wednesday Crossword
14 mins; August 21, 2024
Tuesday, August 20, 2024 - Awoogah, there's a forest fire in the TAIGA!!
18 mins; August 20, 2024
Monday, August 19, 2024 - Don't YAMMER about people who like to YABBER 😂
15 mins; August 19, 2024
Sunday, August 18, 2024 - A highly amusing Sunday!
22 mins; August 18, 2024
Saturday, August 17, 2024 - ARGH, ACK, yes, it's a Saturday NYTimes crossword!
21 mins; August 17, 2024
Friday, August 16, 2024 - There's a MAGICIAN in the grid, courtesy of the MAGICIAN who made the grid, Kate Hawkins
21 mins; August 16, 2024
Thursday, August 15, 2024 - Danger, Damon J. Gulczynski's in attack mode 😀 😀
24 mins; August 15, 2024
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 - Another fabulous crossword by Samuel A. Donaldson
16 mins; August 14, 2024
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 - Some great books to RETURNTO
19 mins; August 13, 2024
Monday, August 12, 2024 - Some cryptic clues on cryptids 😎
13 mins; August 12, 2024
Sunday, August 11, 2024 - Paging Dr. WELBY!
17 mins; August 11, 2024
Saturday, August 10, 2024 - MATRYOSHKA, hard to spell, harder to work into casual conversation 😀
19 mins; August 10, 2024
Friday, August 9, 2024 - Another Hemant Mehta spectacular!
29 mins; August 09, 2024
Thursday, August 8, 2024 - Oh, boy, it's an OBOE 🙄
17 mins; August 08, 2024
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 - Hold the homophone!
24 mins; August 07, 2024
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 - EAP! It's Edgar Allan Poe 😀
15 mins; August 06, 2024
Monday, August 5, 2024 - WOOT, it's Andy Walker's debut NYTimes crossword!
11 mins; August 05, 2024
Sunday, August 4, 2024 - Prepare to GAWP, because GAWP is in the grid!
21 mins; August 04, 2024
Saturday, August 3, 2024 - IDONTGETIT - simultaneously in the grid and a summary of today's puzzle! 😀
19 mins; August 03, 2024
Friday, August 2, 2024 - A crossword with SCADS of fine answers, including ... SCADS!
18 mins; August 02, 2024
Thursday, August 1, 2024 - Shades of Schwarzenegger!
17 mins; August 01, 2024
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 - Three cheers for AIOLI, a culinary delight, a spelling-bee-er's nightmare!
11 mins; July 31, 2024
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 - A crossword to raise your spirits, and possibly eyebrows 😉
17 mins; July 30, 2024
Monday, July 29, 2024 - A BANGUP job by Jeffrey Lease!
10 mins; July 29, 2024
Sunday, July 28, 2024 - A favorite of the IOCC (International Olympic Crossword Committee)
18 mins; July 28, 2024
Saturday, July 27, 2024 - Warning! Epic battle ahead!
19 mins; July 27, 2024
Friday, July 26, 2024 - The great GAEA v. GAIA debate!
19 mins; July 26, 2024
Thursday, July 25, 2024 - Damon Gulczynski's done a bang-up job with today's crossword!!
15 mins; July 25, 2024
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 - All hail NUDIE Cohn, the creator of (of course!) NUDIE suits
15 mins; July 24, 2024
Tuesday, July 23, 2024 - 🎵 La, la, la, laaaaa 🎶
19 mins; July 23, 2024
Monday, July 22, 2024 - Laura Dershewitz KEEPSITREAL!
11 mins; July 22, 2024
Sunday, July 21, 2024 - CHERRYPICKING - a LOGICALFALLACY and a favorite activity of residents of Door County, Wisconsin
20 mins; July 21, 2024
Sunday, July 20, 2024 - Oh, no, the ship of THESEUS has sprung a leak!
16 mins; July 20, 2024
Friday, July 19, 2024 - BURPEE, the origin story!
17 mins; July 19, 2024
Thursday, July 18, 2024 - Space, the final frontier ... er, something like that
12 mins; July 18, 2024
Wednesday, July 17, 2024 - Good news, Pablo NERUDA is in the grid!
21 mins; July 17, 2024
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 - Care for a cuppa?
19 mins; July 16, 2024
Monday, July 15, 2024 - The Big Interview 😀
15 mins; July 15, 2024
Sunday, July 14, 2024 - A Jeff Chen solo effort 😀
18 mins; July 14, 2024
Saturday, July 13, 2024 - From Tame IMPALA to Dua LIPA, this grid just sings!
12 mins; July 13, 2024
Friday, July 12, 2024 - There's never a need to atone, for a crossword starring POST MALONE
17 mins; July 12, 2024
Thursday, July 11, 2024 - A rebus-less (?) Thursday
17 mins; July 11, 2024
Wednesday, July 10, 2024 - SCUSI, how do you spell "SCUSI"?
11 mins; July 10, 2024
Tuesday, July 9, 2024 - Er... one BANHMI to go, please!
16 mins; July 09, 2024
Monday, July 8, 2024 - All rise (and smile), PAULA Poundstone is in the grid!
