Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
1,437 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsA short, fun and occasionally not unintentionally educational podcast in which two fans of the New York Times crossword describe their puzzle-solving travails.
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Thursday, January 5, 2023 - Quick, pass the SENNA!
January 06, 2023 01:00 - 11 minutes - 8.08 MBSend us a Text Message. A highly educational Thursday crossword. Clues like 16A, Smallest South Pacific nation, NAURU; 1D, The flowers in Amy Lowell's "Your great puffs of flowers / Are everywhere in this my New England"; and 31D, Agricultural item that Nigeria produces more of than the rest of the world combined, YAM; were certainly eye-openers for your co-hosts. One of us found the puzzle tricky, the other impossible; and to find out who, all you need to do is subscribe (optional, but hig...
Wednesday, January 4, 2023 - An out-of-this-world puzzle!
January 05, 2023 02:00 - 13 minutes - 9.05 MBSend us a Text Message. For those of you who remember where you were when the James Webb Space Telescope finally deployed, the NYTimes has you covered, with a great, astronomy-themed puzzle. But even if you're not a space-nerd, there was a galaxy of fabulous clues, such as 27A, Dispenser of drafts, TAP (cute!), 43A, "The lowest form of humor -- when you don't think of it first," per Oscar Levant, PUN (ha, ha!), and 42A, One righting writing, EDITOR (ho, ho!). We approve, and hereby bestow t...
Tuesday, January 3, 2023 - Time to SNARF a PANINI!
January 04, 2023 02:00 - 13 minutes - 9.44 MBSend us a Text Message. A fine Tuesday puzzle by Margaret Seikel, with a straightforward theme and not too much pop culture. It helped slightly to be acquainted with The Princess Diaries, so, advantage Jean. Mike only had one gimme, 46D, Lex of "Superman", LUTHOR, counterbalanced by the curious 41D, "Should we bounce?", WANNAGO, and the overwhelming urge to spell 11D, Italian pressed sandwich, PANINI, with more N's than a sandwich deserves to have. Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop...
Monday, January 2, 2023 - All together now, ITHADTOBEYOU 🎵🎶
January 03, 2023 02:00 - 9 minutes - 6.67 MBSend us a Text Message. A hilarious (and we use that term very rarely) theme by Seth Bisen-Hersh in their debut NYTimes crossword appearance, a great start. We won't spoil the joke by telling it here, but the entire crossword is a setup, and the payoff is exquisite. Details within, so you know the drill: subscribe (if you don't already), download, listen up and enjoy! Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, [email protected]. Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free t...
Sunday, January 1, 2023 - A crossword that'll make you want to BREAKOUTINSONG
January 02, 2023 02:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Something to sing about on this, the first day of 2023 - a great crossword by a trio of constructors - Adam Wagner, Michael Lieberman and Rafael Musa - with a brilliant theme. Specifically, it offers two clues for the themed answer, one in the usual place and t'other in a surprising location that will remain a secret until you've listened to this podcast, which we hope you do ... right now. Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud...
Saturday, December 31, 2022 - Happy New Year!
January 01, 2023 02:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBSend us a Text Message. In celebration of the new year, we have a jam-packed episode. First, we have our usual meticulous dissection of today's puzzle; then, the big reveal for the JAMCOTWA (Jean And Mike Crossword Of The Week Award); next, a first, our predictions for the new year in NYTimes Crosswords; a return of "Oh, That's How You Pronounce It!", and last but not least, listener-mail. So please subscribe / download / listen, and we wish all of you all the best for 2023! Contact Info: ...
Friday, December 30, 2022 - Enjoying a cuppa CHA while eyeing a CHAGALL
December 31, 2022 02:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Brendan Emmett Quigley has crafted an elegantly enjoyable Friday crossword -- clues that are brilliant (54A, One who is mean as the Dickens?, SCROOGE), enlightening (15A, Whom the New York Times co-named athlete of the year, with Babe Ruth, in 1920), MANOWAR, and impossible to spell (21A, Missed-the-turn maneuver, UEY). We liked this crossword ATON, THATSFORSURE; and to find out precisely why, just tap Subscribe / Download / Play / Enjoy (um, if you do find the Enjoy...
Thursday, December 29, 2022 - TYVM for a great puzzle!
December 30, 2022 02:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MBSend us a Text Message. A fine crossword by Claire Rimkus and Rachel Fabi, with a brilliant theme that left us eLATEd, and a few words and phrases to add to the ol' lexicon, including: 64D, Body part affected by heterochromia, EYE (for the record, we knew EYE; it was heterochromia that we were unacquainted with) 40D, Euphemism for a lesbian couple, GALPALS 15D, "I really appreciate it!," in textspeak, TYVM And for the full 411 on today's crossword, you know the drill: subscribe (always ...
Wednesday, December 28, 2022 - BLINI and NANAIMO, num, num!
December 29, 2022 02:00 - 14 minutes - 9.66 MBSend us a Text Message. An homage to female ROCKANDROLL artists who have been inducted twice into the HALLOFFAME -- once with collaborators, and once as a solo act. Several other musicians managed to slip into the grid: to find out who they are, as well as some other absolutely fascinating TIL (Today I Learned) areas of the grid, all you need do is subscribe, download, listen and learn! Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, [email protected]. Also, we're on FaceB...
Tuesday, December 27, 2022 - The lesson of LETSON
December 28, 2022 02:00 - 11 minutes - 7.83 MBSend us a Text Message. Lynn Lempel had her first NYTimes crossword published in 1979, and this was her 99th! According to xwordinfo.com, which tracks these sorts of things, most of her crosswords appear on Monday (71), with most of the rest (16) appearing on Tuesday. Jean found today's crossword to be fairly straightforward: Mike found it a bit of a challenge, especially in the vicinity of 9D, White wine named for the European river valley where it's produced, MOSELLE, as the only thing he...
Monday, December 26, 2022 - A Super-ULTRA Crossword!
December 27, 2022 02:00 - 13 minutes - 9.02 MBSend us a Text Message. Once again, like CLOCKWORK, the NYTimes has come up with a fine Monday crossword to start our problem-solving week. Apart from a few snags - 1A, Floating ice chunk, BERG (not FLOE); 33A, College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, COE (not UNI); 30D, Bitter part of an orange, PITH (not PEEL or RIND) ; and 61D, A rainbow may be seen as a good one, SIGN (not OMEN) - the crossword was fine: and come to think of it, even with those snags it was fine -- a full 5 squares on the JAMCR...
Saturday, December 24, 2022 - A NEATO Saturday!
December 25, 2022 02:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBSend us a Text Message. A challenging but fair Christmas Eve crossword, with 2 full width, and 2 full height answers that were reasonably familiar, although the clues that led to those answers suitably cryptic (e.g., 57A, Symphony originally dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte, BEETHOVENSTHIRD, and 2D, Revenue source for a Girl Scout troop, DOORTODOORSALES). Jean tore through the grid in under 1/3 the time it took Mike, who ran into a morass in the bottom center. All the sordid details, as well...
Friday, December 23, 2022 - We Love Technicolor TESSIE, aka Lucy 😀
December 24, 2022 02:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBSend us a Text Message. A fine Friday oeuvre by Brandon Koppy, and a timely one too, esp. 11D, Follower of an arctic blast, COLDSPELL, 4D, Character in "Frozen" who says "Some people are worth melting for", OLAF, and when things get really nasty outside, 51D, Relief org., FEMA. We also have a very cool Fun Fact Friday segment, so gather your favorite hot beverage and then subscribe, download, listen up, learn and enjoy! Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcas...
Thursday, December 22, 2022 - Here we go round the roundabout 🎵
December 23, 2022 02:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBSend us a Text Message. A dizzying, dazzling, delightful Thursday crossword by David Steinberg that has to be seen to be believed -- and even then you might not! Clearly DS is in a league of his own when it comes to crossword construction, we are in awe, as in, aww, that was great! Can we have an encore? 😀 Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, [email protected]. Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!
Wednesday, December 21, 2022 - RHENIUM, the metal that *nobody* has heard of 😀
December 22, 2022 03:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBSend us a Text Message. A highly educational Wednesday crossword, with a slew of TIL (Today I Learned) entries, including the fascinating 9D, Metal next to tungsten on the periodic table, RHENIUM, which neither Jean nor Mike, in spite of having taken several chemistry classes, had ever heard of. It is true that a number of heavier elements have been added to the periodic table, um, periodically, but the lower numbered elements have generally remained unchanged. There were some other TILs, ...
Tuesday, December 20, 2022 - Pass the slivovitz!
December 21, 2022 02:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBSend us a Text Message. A clever Tuesday theme, great clues and the opportunity to pronounce the word slivovitz - in short, a perfect crossword, and short is how these show notes will be as well, since everything you need to know about this crossword is in today's podcast - subscribe, download, listen up and enjoy! For today's FB tie-in, let us know on our Facebook page what your favorite EDDIE Rabbit song is. Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, [email protected]...
Monday, December 19, 2022 - The name's Simone, NINA Simone
December 20, 2022 02:00 - 10 minutes - 7.17 MBSend us a Text Message. A fine and definitely seasonally-appropriate Monday crossword from Jennifer Nutt, creator of today's puzzle. You didn't need to have a brain the size of an ENIAC, or even an IMAC, for that matter, to succeed, really just a GIFT with language, to solve this GIFT of a crossword. Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, [email protected]. Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!
Sunday, December 18, 2022 - A crossword to sing about
December 19, 2022 03:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Today's crossword was themeless, but there was a lot of music in the grid. Between 7D, Pink Floyd co-founder Barrett, SYD, to 87D, Soul singer Thomas, CARLA, there were numerous other references: 31A, All-woman rock band with the 1982 hit "Vacation", GOGOS; the curious 43A, When doubled, a classic Mardis Gras tune, IKO; and finally 52A, 2017 chart-topping hit whose YouTube video was the first to reach 3 billion views, DESPACITO (we defy you to not dance while watchin...
Saturday, December 17, 2022 - YETI another punny NYTimes crossword! 🙄
December 18, 2022 02:00 - 11 minutes - 7.87 MBSend us a Text Message. A fine Saturday crossword, arguably less challenging then yesterday's slogfest, but with some deftly written clues, such as ... 53A, Detail-oriented sort, IDOTTER (😀); 54A, Clerical worker?, PRIEST (😀 😀 ); and 18D, "I spilled _______ on my dog, now he's gone": Steven Wright, SPOTREMOVER (too many 😀's to list). We liked this crossword a lot, and we've got the podcast to prove it! In other news, it's Saturday, and in today's JAMCOTWA (Jean And Mike Crossword Of The W...
Friday, December 16, 2022 - Pant, Gasp, Wheeze!
December 17, 2022 01:00 - 11 minutes - 8.26 MBSend us a Text Message. An exhausting, exhilarating, and, let's just say it, excellent crossword by Kameron Austin Collins, with a grid-full of superb clues and answers, as one would expect when KAC is in charge. All the deets are inside, as well as a Fun Fact Friday exploration of a very popular fish (challenge to the reader: can you guess it before you listen? -- let us know!), so download, listen up, and enjoy. Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud...
Thursday, December 15, 2022 - A soup-er, er, super, crossword
December 16, 2022 03:00 - 10 minutes - 7.43 MBSend us a Text Message. What can we say about a crossword that includes the word VICHYSSOISE? First, that we are in awe of it, and to be more precise its constructor, Bruce Haight, as we are just amazed that he can even spell VICHYSSOISE -- Mike took about 3 running starts to get it sorted out. Second, it reminds us once again of Will Shortz's towering genius, as we now realize it was portended by yesterday's 9D, Something you need to do to solve crosswords, SPELL. We are not worthy 😀 Con...
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 - A crossword full of Lucky Charms, yum!
December 15, 2022 02:00 - 10 minutes - 7.28 MBSend us a Text Message. A delicious Wednesday crossword by Matthew Stock, with references to PANERA, CRONUTS and -- well, OEUF is a bit, ahem, oeuffy, er, iffy -- but regardless, it was a good crossword, with a delightful theme. We have all the deets inside just waiting for you to sink your teeth into, so subscribe, download, listen up, and enjoy! Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, [email protected]. Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and s...
Tuesday, December 13, 2022 - Did we like this crossword? Fer SHER!
December 14, 2022 02:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBSend us a Text Message. An intriguing Tuesday crossword by Julietta Gervase, who undoubtedly put her soul into today's crossword, but also managed to sneak in her name - at least a part, as in 54D, James in both the Blues and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame, ETTA. Very clever, Julietta, we saw what you did there! There were also a few askew clues, as in 5D, Takes a dive, perhaps, SCUBAS (did not know that it could exist without DIVE attached); 32A, ________ Burton, host of "Reading Rainbow" (bu...
Monday, December 12, 2022 - Woof!
December 13, 2022 02:00 - 9 minutes - 6.78 MBSend us a Text Message. At least one of our dynamic duo found this crossword to be woof, er, we mean rough, owing to a highly improbable series of poor word choices, and a loss of situational awareness causing this individual (who will remain nameless, at least until you listen to the episode) to mistake one country for another approximately a hemisphere apart. And, just to be clear, when we say "at least one", we really mean, "exactly one", because the individual who will not remain namele...
Sunday, December 11, 2022 - There's a lot of buzz around today's crossword!
December 12, 2022 03:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MBSend us a Text Message. If you suffer from entomophobia, then whatever you do, don't do today's crossword! But it should be safe to listen to today's podcast, as we only mention insects -- the bane of entomophobia sufferers everywhere -- en passant. Beyond the insect kingdom, the grid had a lot of educational clues and answers: both cohosts were surprised to learn that 33D, Sublime soprano, was a DIVA, having labored under the misapprehension that a DIVA was one of those stuck up, hard-to-w...
Saturday, December 10, 2022 - More than a heptad of great clues
December 11, 2022 02:00 - 13 minutes - 9.24 MBSend us a Text Message. An exceptional Saturday crossword by Sid Sivakumar, who seems to be incapable of writing any other kind. The clues were fabulous (as we explore in depth in today's episode), and even the crossings were praiseworthy - most notably 38A, Rock forming mineral that makes up over half the earth's crust, FELDSPAR intersecting 17A, Meets expectations, in a way, MAKESPAR, while even 19A, Pumped, STOKED versus 4D, Preakness or Belmont, STAKES, had a nice alliterative feel. T...
Friday, December 9, 2022 - Yay, TAYTAY!
December 10, 2022 02:00 - 14 minutes - 9.68 MBSend us a Text Message. A challenging Friday crossword, although our intrepid co-hosts -- solving, as always, independently -- ran into difficulties in different areas of the grid. Jean got stuck in the center left, remaining INASTUPOR until she wasn't; whereas Mike encountered headwinds in the southwest, almost done in by his unfamiliarity with Spanish and the Italian literati, ENERO and ELENA Ferrante, respectively. In other news, it is Fun Fact Friday™️, and Jean weighs in with a strik...
Thursday, December 8, 2022 - C'mon, SHAKEAPEG!
December 09, 2022 01:00 - 10 minutes - 7.31 MBSend us a Text Message. A fantabulous Thursday crossword by Grant Thackray, with a brilliant theme, great clues all round, and the shocker that the answer to 69A, Misnomer for the character Fritz in the original "Frankenstein", (1931) was ... wait for it ... IGOR (gasp!). There were other equally entertaining and educational clues, of course, and to find out what those were, you are, like thousands before you, cordially invited to subscribe, download, listen up and enjoy! Contact Info: We ...
Wednesday, December 7, 2022 - Sprechen sie crosswordese?
December 08, 2022 02:00 - 12 minutes - 8.38 MBSend us a Text Message. A fascinating theme by Karen Steinberg, as a consequence of which Europeans might, for once, have a SKOSH of an advantage. There were a few relatively unfamiliar names in the grid - ________ Achebe, "Things Fall Apart" author, CHINUA; 59D, Little ________, who sang "The Locomotive", EVA; and the very rare, 22A, Six-time MLB All-Star Mookie, BETTS (in its second appearance ever in the grid, previously clued as Britain's Crown Princess way back in 1946!). Contact Inf...
Tuesday, December 6, 2022 - Was this a great crossword? WELLDUH!
December 07, 2022 03:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBSend us a Text Message. Today's crossword almost pegged the pop-culture-reference-meter, but, as you will discover in today's episode, it was for a very good cause (which we will refrain from expounding upon here in the interests of generating just a frisson of suspense). We will also refrain from defining frisson, because a) we always thought it involved a poor lifestyle choice in the shampoo aisle, and b) Wiktionary has already done so, and done so well. So, to hear all of the above, plu...
Monday, December 5, 2022 - CHAPPAQUA, as fun to say as it is to spell!
December 06, 2022 02:00 - 10 minutes - 7.47 MBSend us a Text Message. A slightly crunchier than usual Monday crossword, owing, perhaps, to the delightfully understated theme in honor of which we shall just say ... hey, what happened to the rest of the paragraph?? To fully comprehend that last jest, all you need do is subscribe, download and listen up, and then the scales will fall, comprehension will dawn, etc., etc. Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, [email protected]. Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel f...
Sunday, December 4, 2022 - Pass the IDLI!
December 05, 2022 02:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBSend us a Text Message. A punny Sunday crossword, revolving around all the myriad phrases that people use to describe gossip. We'd talk about those people, but we hate to, well, gossip, so we'll just point out that beyond the theme that were some great clues, including Jean's favorite - 111A, Sneeze guard?, ELBOW, and Mike's decidedly lengthier one - 82A, ___________ Questionnaire, character assessment that might ask "What is your idea of perfect happiness?", PROUST. In other news, if you...
Saturday, December 3, 2022 - No APOLOGYTOUR needed for this bundle of JOLLITY
December 04, 2022 03:00 - 11 minutes - 7.75 MBSend us a Text Message. A good crossword educates, entertains, and intrigues, and Kate Hawkins' Saturday opus does all 3 perfectly and in equal measure. Educates - 25A, Brain-tingly feeling that may come from hearing whispering or crinkling, in brief, ASMR (huh!); entertains - 14A, Guilt trip?, APOLOGYTOUR (hah!); and intrigues, 41D, Cheesed off, INAPET (hmmm...). We liked this crossword enough to give it a full 5 squares on the JAMCR scale, bravo! Encore, encore! Update: No APOLOGYTOUR wa...
Friday, December 2, 2022 - We liked today's crossword best, a clear case of RECENCYBIAS
December 03, 2022 02:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBSend us a Text Message. Another crossword in which our co-hosts' experiences differed vastly: in a return to form, Jean sped through the puzzle, whereas Mike ... staggered, reeled, and ultimately clawed his way across the finish line. For deets on the epic struggle, as well as a fascinating fact for Fun Fact Friday, do have a listen -- and then let us know what you think, [email protected] Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, [email protected]. Also, we...
Thursday, December 1, 2022 - Have you finished writing the podcast title? NOTQUITEYET ...
December 02, 2022 03:00 - 12 minutes - 8.46 MBSend us a Text Message. For those of you who reveled in last Thursday's crossword, with the "DOT THE I'S" revealer, and giddy with ANTICIPATION of their return, well, your time has come -- the dots are back!, rounder than ever, and form the basis for today's theme. We have all the dots, er, we mean deets, inside, so download, listen up and enjoy (and don't forget to subscribe!!). A few fun links based on today's grid: Mr. MACGOO NEODADA HOUSTON, the Eagle has landed Contact Info: We lo...
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 - This crosswords not just 'K, it's SWELL!
December 01, 2022 03:00 - 11 minutes - 8.26 MBSend us a Text Message. Who knew that the letter K could be lurking in so many words and phrases? Addison Snell, apparently, and he lets us in on the secret in today's fine Wednesday crossword. The grid managed to harbor one of Mike's favorite words, TWANGY, as well as one of Jean's, LUSTY -- and they both yearn for the day when the portmanteau TWUSTY someone slips past Will's keen eye and gets into the puzzle, but since that portmanteau has just been invented in these very show notes, we a...
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 - A crossword most definitely *not* for the birds!
November 30, 2022 02:00 - 13 minutes - 9.54 MBSend us a Text Message. A crossword with a theme guaranteed to make you feel all atwitter, hatched from the fertile mind of David Rockow and not poached from anyone else. We'd say more, but that would be talon 🙄, so for all the deets (and almost no other puns, we promise!), download and enjoy! Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, [email protected]. Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!
Monday, November 28, 2022 - Beware the GHOSTCHILI! 👻
November 29, 2022 02:00 - 12 minutes - 8.7 MBSend us a Text Message. A scary Monday crossword, partially because of 17A, Pepper measuring over 1 million on the Scoville scale, GHOSTCHILI, and partially because - at least for Mike - the top left corner was bristling with natticks leaving him HOPPINGMAD, and only after a few WELLAIMED guesses was he able to get to the solve. Jean, of course, was able to keep her SANITY well in check, and got to that AHA! moment serenely and speedily. All the GORY deets are inside, just waiting for you t...
Sunday, November 27, 2022 - Today's puzzle? CESTSIBON (translation inside 😀)
November 28, 2022 03:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBSend us a Text Message. After an easier than usual Saturday, along comes today's WHIZBANG of a puzzle to balance things out, and it does so quite nicely: it took real GRIT to solve, but when (or if!) you did, you could BASK in the glory of it all. Deets are inside, as well as an invite to visit our FaceBook page to vote on your favorite song by one of the artist's mentioned in today's episode. Oh, that phrase, CESTSIBON? It means "it's so good". Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop...
Saturday, November 26, 2022 - Edited by Will Shortz, aka the Wizard of AHS
November 27, 2022 02:00 - 13 minutes - 9.56 MBSend us a Text Message. A gentler-than-usual Saturday crossword, possibly a sop to those still wandering about in a tryptophan fog. That's not to say it wasn't a fun experience - you are estopped from saying that about a grid that manages to work in 4D, Classical orator, RHETOR, 42A, Unfailingly loyal, RIDEORDIE, and 1A, Influential book sellers, BLURBS (nice one!). It's also Saturday, which means it's time to award our weekly JAMCOTWA (Jean And Mike Crossword of the Week Award). Who won?...
Friday, November 25, 2022 - Any idea how to title this episode? IGOTNOTHIN 😀
November 26, 2022 02:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBSend us a Text Message. A highly amusing Friday crossword by Simon Marotte - no theme, just funny clues and answers, all covered in depth in today's episode. Besides that, we have another in our recurrent segment, Oh, That's How You Pronounce It!, this time featuring the Earl, er, we mean Ural, mountains, as well as a fun fact for Fun Fact Friday™️. And if that's not enough, we are also inviting listeners to check out our FaceBook page and vote for their favorite song by one of the musician...
Friday, November 25, 2022 - Any idea how to title this episode? IGOTNOTHIN 😀
November 26, 2022 02:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBA highly amusing Friday crossword by Simon Marotte - no theme, just funny clues and answers, all covered in depth in today's episode. Besides that, we have another in our recurrent segment, Oh, That's How You Pronounce It!, this time featuring the Earl, er, we mean Ural, mountains, as well as a fun fact for Fun Fact Friday™️. And if that's not enough, we are also inviting listeners to check out our FaceBook page and vote for their favorite song by one of the musicians in today's puzzle. Deet...
Thursday, November 23, 2022 - Rejoice, a Pao Roy crossword to drive you dotty!
November 25, 2022 03:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Pao Roy has created some epic crosswords, and he is at the top of his form in today's puzzler, with a remarkable, grin-inducing theme, and great clues all around. All the deets are inside, but for you overachievers who want even more details, here are a few pertinent links ... A Pale Blue Dot iMacs The Australian Parliament Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, [email protected]. Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there an...
Wednesday, November 23, 2022 - The skinny on the skinny grid
November 24, 2022 03:00 - 12 minutes - 8.8 MBSend us a Text Message. A slightly crunchier than usual Wednesday crossword, aided and abetted by a colorful, circular theme. There were not a lot of cultural references in today's grid, although Mike found much to admire in 59A, ______ mountains, formation made by the collision of the continents Laurasia and Kazakhstania, URAL, and Jean relished 49D, Test taken in a tube, MRI. For our American listeners, tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and we wish all of you the very best; for our Canadian list...
Tuesday, November 22, 2022 - LUCIAN, Mark Twain's great, great, ... , great ancestor 😀
November 23, 2022 02:00 - 9 minutes - 6.41 MBA GEM of a Tuesday crossword, and we're not LYIN about that! The theme was, ahem, cutting edge (an in-joke that you will be in on as soon as you listen to the podcast), and the cultural references not too obscure: in short, a perfect Tuesday. All the deets are as close as your play button, so click / tap it now and enjoy! Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, [email protected]. Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!
Tuesday, November 22, 2022 - LUCIAN, Mark Twain's great, great, ... , great ancestor 😀
November 23, 2022 02:00 - 9 minutes - 6.41 MBSend us a Text Message. A GEM of a Tuesday crossword, and we're not LYIN about that! The theme was, ahem, cutting edge (an in-joke that you will be in on as soon as you listen to the podcast), and the cultural references not too obscure: in short, a perfect Tuesday. All the deets are as close as your play button, so click / tap it now and enjoy! Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, [email protected]. Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and stri...
Monday, November, 21, 2022 - An EPICWIN for the NYTimes Crossword!
November 22, 2022 02:00 - 10 minutes - 6.91 MBSend us a Text Message. It is - as almost everyone knows - the start of the World Cup, and the NYTimes Crossword is as eager to celebrate as anyone. As proof, we need go no further than today's grid, which has a number of quite amusing World Cup references to put you in the mood. All THEDEETS are inside, so check it out, and let us know what you think! Contact Info: We love listener mail! Drop us a line, [email protected]. Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there ...
Sunday, November 20, 2022 - We have our doots about SNOOTS 😀
November 21, 2022 02:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBSend us a Text Message. A GRAND Sunday crossword by Joe Deeney, who seems to be able to crank these out LIKECLOCKWORK (this is his 14th since 2017!) -- while he may like to slip a SLOTH into the grid, he clearly is not one! He was able to GETOFFONTHERIGHTFOOT with 1A, Tot's rocker, HORSY, and kept it going all the way to 116A, Schnozzes (what a great clue!), SNOOTS (an even greater answer!). We have more to say about this TNT, er dynamite, of a puzzle, as well as listener mail, so as alw...
Sunday, November 20, 2022 - We have our doots about SNOOTS 😀
November 21, 2022 02:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBA GRAND Sunday crossword by Joe Deeney, who seems to be able to crank these out LIKECLOCKWORK (this is his 14th since 2017!) -- while he may like to slip a SLOTH into the grid, he clearly is not one! He was able to GETOFFONTHERIGHTFOOT with 1A, Tot's rocker, HORSY, and kept it going all the way to 116A, Schnozzes (what a great clue!), SNOOTS (an even greater answer!). We have more to say about this TNT, er dynamite, of a puzzle, as well as listener mail, so as always we invite you to subs...
Saturday, November 19, 2022 - A MAGICAL Saturday!
November 20, 2022 02:00 - 13 minutes - 9.53 MBSend us a Text Message. A super Saturday crossword by Benji Goldsmith. Jean was on fire (figuratively: the fire brigade was not required), tearing through the grid in near record time, whereas Mike, well, let's just say that he coulda been a contender (which works better if you can imagine Marlon Brando saying that, or, if you're imagination's on the fritz, you can hear Marlon Brando saying that). For all the deets -- as well as the winner of this week's JAMCOTWA (Jean And Mike Crossword Of...