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For Thee, Ass King
Crossnerds - March 04, 2023 19:01 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsDiscussed! NYT crossword puzzles from Weds 2/22/23 (Adam Wagner), Thurs 2/23/23 (Joe Deeney), and Sun 2/28/23 (Will Nediger). Disgust! Black History Month did not seem to matter to the NYTXW. But racial representation in crosswords matters deeply to us. Find our ep with Kameron Austin Collins ...
Cut to Wabbit Season
Crossnerds - February 10, 2023 05:23 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsSCENE: Season 8. Year of the Rabbit. 2023. Cut to: Rebecca & Brooke, Crossworld's most beloved showgirls, reviewing New York Times crossword puzzles. On this episode...they (we) peruse three (3) puzzles, from 2/2/23 - 2/4/23. Featuring.....: Bisexual lighting SARD: new year, new gem?! On ap...
Query Theory
Crossnerds - December 12, 2022 02:47 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWORDPLAY ON THE FRITZ ⋇ DEFY THE HEGEMONY ⋇ THINK FOR YOURSELF ⋇ DO NOT PANIC Happy holidaze and welcome back to the show! This week, Rebecca and Brooke calmly discuss four New York Times crossword puzzles published 11/22/2022 - 11/26/22. We also poke a stick at the curious corpus of 😱 LOGIC PU...
Solve for x[Nerds]
Crossnerds - November 19, 2022 23:30 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this ep, Rebecca and Brooke review New York Times crossword puzzles from 11/9/22 - 11/12/22. Including! The first-ever, no-details-necessary, void-where-prohibited Crossnerds challenge: ⭐ Guess Our Zodiac Signs! ⭐️ Tweet us @Crossnerds or message us to play. Also!: "Reduplicative names" ...
SOUL Shakedown Party
Crossnerds - September 26, 2022 16:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings👋🤓🎙 Live from Berlin and a Dalíesque sea of toilets: Rebecca and Brooke review the week of 9/12/22 - 9/18/22 in New York Times crossword puzzles, covering such topics as: "Noted" in crossword clues The world's kickiest animals Triple-checked squares Does Europe have Daylight Savings Time?...
Podcast...But Good(?)
Crossnerds - September 08, 2022 00:04 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsNerds here! Get yer Spicy Summer 'Ssnerds here! Featuring a husk of future residents (Rebecca and Brooke) discussing New York Times crossword puzzles (we selected 4 from the week of 8/22/22), PLUS PLUS PLUS Lollapuzzoola 2022 (puzzles still available here)!! Sundry chatter also includes: The gr...
DIDN'T WE JUST HAVE THIS? | Isomerds
Crossnerds - June 18, 2022 22:19 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsHey bb whats ur sign? In the crossword zodiac, we mean. I bet you're a Gridbearer. The Block? Butterfly (for symmetry)? Anyway, we're both Crossnerds, and in this ep we discuss New York Times crossword puzzles (published 6/6/22 - 6/12/22), as well as the following topics (which are also great si...
TWO-BY-TWO | Skater vs sk8r
Crossnerds - May 12, 2022 17:20 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsomg have WE GOT AN EP FOR YOU. 'Twixt our reviews of New York Times crossword puzzles (5/2/22 - 5/8/22), Rebrooka discover: The truly absurd history of "Louie Louie" (I chose the Toots version) The city of Ur Short fill, destigmatized #SettlerSaturday Why four-leaf clovers are rare 🍀 ...
MAGAZINE RACKET | Be as you wish to seem
Crossnerds - April 29, 2022 17:41 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsHappy belated Spring Festivals! We are celebrating with a new round of New York Times crossword puzzle reviews (4/18/22 - 4/24/22). Also featuring: A crossword for everyone(?) Punchline revealers Using a curated list to source a puzzle: 👍/👎? Oil wrestling Enjoying "Crossnerds"? Give us f...
SOFT OPTIONS | How are you?
Crossnerds - April 07, 2022 20:33 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsRebecca and Brooke are returnt like the U.S. Football League, except that our sporty forte is tackling NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLESSSS (from 3/28/22 - 4/3/22)!! Also in this ep: Americanisms, Bacchanalia for marginalia, and fie-ing the ex who absconded with intimacy (which may or may not ha...
EXES & NOS | Don't be a duck
Crossnerds - March 24, 2022 14:30 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsHappy Spring, sweet (and bitter) peas! 🌱 Your favorite average-but-clean wee lasses celebrate the season by coming for the bloggers and continuing to review New York Times crossword puzzles (from 3/14/22 - 3/20/22). Discussed: Brooke's new Tinder bio Littering is bad ... as is toxic crosswo...
PARLOR TRICK | Heal the [cross]world
Crossnerds - March 12, 2022 18:17 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsSo, all the things, mm? Alllllll the things. Anyway, here is another episode, featuring, as usual, Rebecca and Brooke's reviews of the New York Times crossword puzzles (2/28/22 - 3/6/22). Also discussed: What's in a crossword theme? Whenfore a question mark clue? Teresa Teng Unchecked sq...
CINEMAGRAMS | Yes SHIRRee
Crossnerds - March 01, 2022 22:24 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsAnother week (2/21/22 - 2/27/22), another seven New York Times crossword puzzles reviewed! Also featuring: Kelly "Wintertime" Kapow!ski and the Rugrats grandpa ("new LOU, who dis") Rebuses Chocolate v. candy Theme queries and the crossword submission process. Check out These Puzzles Fund...
PARDON MY FRENCH | Down the RAT HOLE
Crossnerds - February 24, 2022 20:05 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsGrab some refreshing ADES and Cool American-flavoured snackies and settle into this stripped-down sesh of Classic R&B: Rebecca and Brooke reviewing the last week of New York Times crossword puzzles (2/14/22 - 2/20/22). Discussed: Holes (rabbit, rat, worm, and on a green) Non-solver fans of th...
SCI-FI SHOWDOWN | It's a triomph
Crossnerds - February 13, 2022 04:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWell, well, well, if it isn't our favorite puzzlemaker/film critic/bowl made with love and erotic spirits, Kameron Austin Collins! Buckle up for Rebecca, Brooke, and Kam taking down the last week of New York Times crossword puzzles (1/31/22 - 2/6/22, which includes Kam's 2/5 stunner of a puzz). ...
Medley Week #1 | Chaotic good
Crossnerds - January 27, 2022 22:18 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsHang on to your aardwolves, you're going on an xword xventure: Crossnerds' first-ever MEDLEY WEEK [emphasis on the "eeek"]!!! We've selected seven luscious puzzles from seven gorgeous professional crossword outlets that are *not* the New York Times: Universal American Values Club ("AVCX") ...
PLAYING THE HITS | Whoomp there it is
Crossnerds - January 21, 2022 18:57 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThat's one small step for man, one glaring lack of steps for non-menkind: i.e., another week (1/10/22 - 1/16/22) of New York Times crossword puzzle reviews. That's ANO from me! Featuring: Circular nose breathing Tails [Unrelated] Baby's barnyard bovines Dataaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh Enjoying...
COLOR MIXING | I Bega your pardon
Crossnerds - January 06, 2022 01:03 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsSeason 7 2022 LET'S GOOOOOOO! Let's get through today, every day. Together! With Rebecca and Brooke. Who, this week, review New York Times crossword puzzles from 12/27/21 - 1/2/22! Including: KISSING BUTT The heroic efforts of the NYTXW Editorial Team OAT clues LOU clues Vague clues...
SEASON TO TASTE | Accept all cookies
Crossnerds - December 26, 2021 23:47 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWrap up 2021 with a bow and these BIBIMBangin' reviews of the New York Times crossword puzzles published 12/13/21 - 12/19/21! Rebecca and Brooke also talk about list themes and a puzzle's purpose. YAY ME! Yay WE. Ross Trudeau's essay, The Necessity of Filling Certain Boxes, is on his puzzle bl...
There's a new game in town | TNY's Liz Maynes-Aminzade
Crossnerds - December 24, 2021 16:40 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIs the Big Apple big enough for two major crossword puzzle outlets? Liz Maynes-Aminzade, the first-ever Puzzles & Games Editor at The New Yorker, drops in to Xnerds HQ to celebrate the magazine's inaugural Cartoons & Puzzles issue (December 27, 2021) and its new(ish) foray into puzzles and games...
JOB SHARING | RIP Phife
Crossnerds - December 18, 2021 17:28 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWhat even IS a Thursday crossword these days? Is a Thursday crossword, like time itself, "only a stubbornly persistent illusion"? A memory? A fable? 😱 Whatever it is, we're talking about the last "week" of xword puzzles in the New York Times (12/6/21 - 12/12/21). NPR on "POC" The Trouble wi...
GARAGE SALE PITCHES | Symmetry, shammetry
Crossnerds - December 03, 2021 17:12 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsGratitude, greetings, and Happy Chanukah/Hanukkah 5782! R&B here, gifting you the miracle of our thoughts on the New York Times crossword puzzles from 11/22/21 - 11/28/21. Including: Baby's first rebus The next installment of the "who ate the last cookie" drama Rosalind Franklin was a Boss ...
SCREEN SHARING | Hey Shorti
Crossnerds - November 24, 2021 17:03 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsTo Bork, or not to Bork? That is not the question. The question is, what will Rebecca and Brooke SAY about the last week (11/15/21 - 11/21/21) in New York Times crossword puzzles? A sampling: The Great Alfred Nobel Obituary Mixup How to make grid art CHEETO: implications for Mento? Happy [...
CHOICE WORDS | I want candy
Crossnerds - November 10, 2021 17:44 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsYou and your lawn decorations better get into Crosstume: Rebecca and Brooke are Rebacka, reviewing New York Times crossword puzzles from 10/25/21 thru 10/31/21. Included: the Great David S. Pumpkins SNUB of 2021, the NYT's Amazon Alexa obsession, urchin injuries, and guff. More worms, mama! Re...
SPORTS NUTS | No m&ms, but I do have two EMS
Crossnerds - October 27, 2021 23:52 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWhat do you get when a meta 4 meets the right pants leg? While you're coming up with the answer, please enjoy this list we compiled based on New York Times crossword puzzles from 10/18/21 thru 10/24/21. Are They Out There?: Aliens Santa (Lapland??) The "d" in "handsome" We also talk ab...
COMMON CORE | Balls in a pocket
Crossnerds - October 23, 2021 16:35 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsFrom Beelzebub and the shillelaghs we're esporting to lead pipes, "so-what" clues, and that blasted Off!: it's a whirlwind tour of New York Times crossword puzzles from 10/11/21 thru 10/17/21. Enjoying "Crossnerds"? Give us five ⭐️s and comment in Apple Podcasts! Comment @ us on Twitter! Sup...
SNOOZEFEST | You losefest
Crossnerds - October 08, 2021 16:57 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsRebecca and Brooke reunite IRL to bulk up our crossword podcasting r*sum*s by discussing New York Times puzzles from 9/27/21 - 10/3/21. We ask Important Questions Of Our Time (WHO IS EATING THE COOKIES???), explore kangaroos (mutual sniffing), the history of diagonal symmetry in the NYT (abridge...
STUDY BREAKS | A real rowdydow
Crossnerds - October 01, 2021 13:01 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsReady the snow scythes and bring in the beakers! Rebecca and Brooke review the New York Times crossword puzzles from 9/20/21 - 9/26/21. The Crossword Collaboration Directory is a beautiful thing!! Among other sources, here is CNN's piece on Ole Miss. Go forth and clue responsibly. Enjoyi...
NEW LOOK | Semordnilap
Crossnerds - September 24, 2021 16:25 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsL'jai alai'm! In this episode of New York Times crossword puzzle reviews: lovin' on some diagonal symmetry, crossword cocktails*, RiRi, and GAY PORN. Cruciverbs from 9/13/21 thru 9/19/21. Join the crossword Discord (d/b/a Crosscord)! *Cocktails suggestion box: @Crossnerds. Enjoying "Cross...
WHAT A CHARACTER! | Cat with tears of joy emoji
Crossnerds - September 15, 2021 20:21 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn the words of the Backstreet Boys: "Oh my God, we're back again." Rebecca and Brooke, that is. Reviewing the New York Times crossword puzzles from 9/6/21 thru 9/12/21. Support equality and women's rights here. Enjoying "Crossnerds"? Give us five ⭐️s and comment in Apple Podcasts! Or just ...
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