A short, fun and occasionally not unintentionally educational podcast in which two fans of the New York Times crossword describe their puzzle-solving travails.
Thursday, March 7, 2024 - J.B. Smoove, one smoove operator
16 mins; March 07, 2024
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 - Nothing JERKY about this crossword ... except the JERKY 😀
14 mins; March 06, 2024
Tuesday, March 5, 2024 - DWEEBY, SLANGY and EEK - 3 answers in today's grid, and a law firm to be avoided at all costs 😀
16 mins; March 05, 2024
Monday, March 4, 2024 - This crossword? It's both a debut and a BEAUT!
13 mins; March 04, 2024
Sunday, March 3, 2024 - Three, two, one, blastoff! 🚀
20 mins; March 03, 2024
Saturday, March 2, 2024 -The Book of 1001 SAT Words will be arriving FORTHWITH, or at least posthaste 😀
16 mins; March 02, 2024
Friday, March 1, 2024 - In like a lion ...
13 mins; March 01, 2024
Thursday, February 29, 2024 - Leaping lizards, it's a leap day crossword!
21 mins; February 29, 2024
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 - Finally, a crossword that answers that burning question: WHATITSALLABOUT?
15 mins; February 28, 2024
Tuesday, February 27, 2024 - ;-), meet your grandchild, 😉
14 mins; February 27, 2024
Monday, February 26, 2024 - NAMASTE!
13 mins; February 26, 2024
Sunday, February 25, 2024 - Sunday is Punday
19 mins; February 25, 2024
Saturday, February 24, 2024 - We're willing to let TIGONS be TIGONS 🙄
18 mins; February 24, 2024
Friday, February 23, 2024 - CHEESEDIP and HAUTECUISINE, together at last 😀 😀
15 mins; February 23, 2024
Thursday, February 22, 2024 - This crossword was quite JAKE, and that's no JAPE 😀 😀
14 mins; February 22, 2024
Wednesday, February 21, 2024 - This crossword's got STYLE (and a whole lot of other words 😀)
13 mins; February 21, 2024
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 - Let's get crackin', and learn how to pronounce KRAKEN
15 mins; February 20, 2024
Monday, February 19, 2024 - We'd like to mention the presence of MENSCH in today's crossword 🙄😀
11 mins; February 19, 2024
Sunday, February 18, 2024 - We 🎶 HEARDITTHROUGH THEGRAPEVINE 🎶 that this was an awesome crossword!
21 mins; February 18, 2024
Saturday, February 17, 2024 - Here comes the ... ZITI?
16 mins; February 17, 2024
Friday, February 16, 2024 - Not one SOURNOTE in today's grid, Colin Adam's creation is all NICEWORK
9 mins; February 16, 2024
Thursday, February 15, 2024 - An epic Thursday spectacular!
15 mins; February 15, 2024
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - A Valentine's Day present from the NYTimes!
18 mins; February 14, 2024
Tuesday, February 13, 2023 - Finally, DOGTV makes it into the NYTimes Crossword. Woof!
20 mins; February 13, 2024
Monday, February 12, 2024 - 😉😉
6 mins; February 12, 2024
Sunday, February 11, 2024 - We are not the least bit REPINE about today's crossword
15 mins; February 11, 2024
Saturday, February 10, 2024 - Welcome to the YEAROFTHEDRAGON, GONGXIFACAI!
17 mins; February 10, 2024
Friday, February 9, 2024 - All rise, LOUIS Armstrong is in the grid!
17 mins; February 09, 2024
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - Was this a most bodacious Thursday crossword? TRUTH!
16 mins; February 08, 2024
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 - A crossword to sing about
14 mins; February 07, 2024
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 - AISLED? That's wild! 😉
19 mins; February 06, 2024
Monday, February 5, 2024 - Holy toledo, Batman, our best lines are in a crossword!
15 mins; February 05, 2024
Sunday, February 4, 2024 - EGAD, there's an AXOLOTL in this crossword!
20 mins; February 04, 2024
Saturday, February 3, 2024 - To write a crossword this good? That *is* ROCKETSCIENCE 😀
13 mins; February 03, 2024
Friday, February 2, 2024 - A MAGNA crossword!
24 mins; February 02, 2024
Thursday, February 1, 2024 - Today's crossword is a real HEADTRIP!
17 mins; February 01, 2024
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 - A crossword with BOOBOO in the grid? Heart be still!
16 mins; January 31, 2024
Tuesday, January 30, 2024 - A crossword to be tankful for 🙄
17 mins; January 30, 2024
Monday, January 29, 2024 - WHEE, an answer in today's grid, and our TLDR review 😀
12 mins; January 29, 2024
Sunday, January 28, 2024 - WHACAMOLE, the perfect game to play while eating GUACAMOLE 🙄
22 mins; January 28, 2024
Saturday, January 27, 2024 - This crossword is a dead SERT to be a CULTCLASSIC 😉
17 mins; January 27, 2024
Friday, January 26, 2024 - TOELOOP, simple for a skater, perilous for a podiatrist
16 mins; January 26, 2024
Thursday, January 25, 2024 - A crossword that is 100% *guaranteed* to have no spelling mistakes 😀
15 mins; January 25, 2024
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - Well, GLORYBE, it's a SAMOYED!
15 mins; January 24, 2024
Tuesday, January 21, 2024 - This crossword's got style!
16 mins; January 23, 2024
Monday, January 20, 2024 - Some OLDIES, some NEWBs, this FAB crossword's got it all!
12 mins; January 22, 2024
Sunday, January 21, 2024 - Oh, no, it's an imbroglio over an INTAGLIO 🙄
21 mins; January 21, 2024
Saturday, January 20, 2024 -Oh, neato, there's such a thing as INCOGMEATO 😀
14 mins; January 20, 2024
Friday, January 19, 2024 - A crossword that's chock-full of AHAMOMENTs
15 mins; January 19, 2024
Thursday, January 18, 2024 - I before E, except after C, albeit science tells us that there might be exceptions 🙄
22 mins; January 18, 2024
Wednesday, January 17. 2024 - Morton J. Mendelson had a (b)right idea 😀
16 mins; January 17, 2024
Tuesday, January 16, 2024 - A deLightful Tuesday crossword
18 mins; January 16, 2024
Monday, January 15, 2024 - Beware the grampus!
12 mins; January 15, 2024
Sunday, January 14, 2023 - A SUPERDUPER Sunday crossword!
22 mins; January 14, 2024
Saturday, January 13, 2024 - Somewhere between new and crescent, it's ... BABYMOON!
14 mins; January 13, 2024
Friday, January 12, 2024 - The NYTimes Crossword - the *perfect* way to while away a snow day
20 mins; January 12, 2024
Thursday, January 11, 2024 - X marks the spot!
7 mins; January 11, 2024
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 - GOBI, the world's most aptly named desert!
15 mins; January 10, 2024
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 - OCTOPI, the Einsteins of the depths! 🐙
18 mins; January 09, 2024
Monday, January 8, 2024 - TEDLASSO wins big ... in the NYTimes crossword?
13 mins; January 08, 2024
Sunday, January 7, 2024 - The name's Chyna ... BLAC Chyna!
21 mins; January 07, 2024
Saturday, January 6, 2024 - Today's "Can you work it into casual conversation?" challenge: BOKEH!
14 mins; January 06, 2024
Friday, January 5, 2024 - EASYREAD, tricky solve!
20 mins; January 05, 2024
Thursday, January 4, 2023 - SOBE, or not SOBE ... yup, it was SOBE 😀
16 mins; January 04, 2024
Wednesday, January 3, 2023 - Another ICONIC NYTimes Crossword 😍
13 mins; January 03, 2024
Tuesday, January 2, 2024 - We're baaaaaaack!
14 mins; January 02, 2024
December 20, 2023 - January 1, 2024 - Break time!
1 min; December 21, 2023
Tuesday, December 21, 2023 - Baba Ghanouj and PITA, the perfect combo!
16 mins; December 19, 2023
Monday, December 18, 2023 - A quite quastonishing quantity of Q's 🙄
11 mins; December 18, 2023
Sunday, December 17, 2023 - 🎶 Like a bridge, over trouuuuuuuuubled waters ... 🎶
21 mins; December 17, 2023
Saturday, December 16, 2023 - Definitely a TOPRATED (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) crossword!
14 mins; December 16, 2023
Friday, December 15, 2023 - Stop us if you've heard this one ... A NEPHALIST, a PHILATELIST and a CRUCIVERBALIST walk into a bar ... 🙄🍷
8 mins; December 15, 2023
Thursday, December 11, 2023 - Can you hear me? Can you hear me now?
18 mins; December 14, 2023
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 - This crossword is *not* cray cray, it's great great 😀
14 mins; December 13, 2023
Tuesday, December 13, 2023 - LAXLY, finalist in the "most difficult word to work into casual conversation" contest
17 mins; December 12, 2023
Monday, December 11, 2023 - 🎶 Mi, mi, mi 🎶
15 mins; December 11, 2023
Sunday, December 10, 2023 - The puns, they are upun us 🙄
15 mins; December 10, 2023
Saturday, December 9, 2023 - We CANCONFIRM - this crossword will cause your vocabulary to EMBIGGEN 😀
20 mins; December 09, 2023
Friday, December 8, 2023 - Robert Logan's NOAPOLOGIES crossword
21 mins; December 08, 2023
Thursday, December 7, 2023 - BUNSEN Honeydew, Muppet and STEM advocate extraordinaire!
19 mins; December 07, 2023
Wednesday, December 6, 2023 - HICKHOP, best musical portmanteau ever!
15 mins; December 06, 2023
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - SNORTY, one of the lesser known and least popular of the *8* dwarves!
17 mins; December 05, 2023
Monday, December 4, 2023 - PSST, let me tell you a STORY, 7 words guaranteed to draw your audiences closer!
12 mins; December 04, 2023
Sunday, December 3, 2023 - CRIKEY, this crossword took an EONIAN amount of time!
20 mins; December 03, 2023
Saturday, December 2, 2023 - This crossword ... WHATABEAST!
20 mins; December 02, 2023
Friday, December 1, 2023 - This crossword was most definitely not ALLTOOEASY
7 mins; December 01, 2023
Thursday, November 30, 2023 - A very timely Thursday crossword
14 mins; November 30, 2023
Wednesday, November 28, 2023 - Get Yer YAYAS Out!
12 mins; November 29, 2023
Tuesday, November 28, 2023 - ORANGEDOORHINGE - they said it couldn't be done, and ... they were right!
17 mins; November 28, 2023
Monday, November 27, 2023 - CAREEN, fun to say, but to do? Not so much.
11 mins; November 27, 2023
Sunday, November 26, 2023 - Go, UTAHUTES! 🏈
22 mins; November 26, 2023
Saturday, November 25, 2023 - EEEE -- either a) the size of a shoe, or b) the reaction to seeing its price 😀
20 mins; November 25, 2023
Friday, November 24, 2023 - ASTI, the Pride of Piedmont!
15 mins; November 24, 2023
Thursday, November 23, 2023 - A crossword to be thankful for!
16 mins; November 23, 2023
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 - MALBEC - for when your heart craves a merlot, but your wallet needs a grape juice 🍷
16 mins; November 22, 2023
Tuesday, November 21, 2023 - Three cheers for the SEABEES 🐝
7 mins; November 21, 2023
Monday, November 20, 2023 - From the Spelling Bee editor, a crossword with a lot of hard-to-spell words 😀
15 mins; November 20, 2023
Sunday, November 19, 2023 - There's NOCAP on the talent's of today's crossword constructors, and that's NOCAP! 😍
18 mins; November 19, 2023
Saturday, November 17, 2023 - Beware Charybdis, horrific sea monster and even more terrifying spelling bee word 😀
21 mins; November 18, 2023
Friday, November 17, 2023 - Today's forecast? A BLAMESTORM ⛈️
