Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
A short, fun and occasionally not unintentionally educational podcast in which two fans of the New York Times crossword describe their puzzle-solving travails.
Podcasting since 2020 • 2001 episodes
Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
Latest Episodes
Monday, March 30, 2026 - We don't want to be too MODESTO, but we figured out MODESTO 🙄
Gary Cee's crosswords have appeared 41 times in the NYTimes since 2009, mainly on Mondays and Tuesdays — he knows the territory well. This crossword had a "predictable" Monday theme — but predictable only in the sense that we knew it would be g...
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Season 16
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Episode 7
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17:28
Sunday, March 29, 2026 - When should we stop making puns about roundabouts? Oh, roundabout now 🙄
This was a crunchy Sunday crossword, with much of the crunch coming from Michael and Oliver Schlossbergs' dizzyingly brilliant theme. As fans of both crosswords and roundabouts, w...
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Season 16
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Episode 6
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18:31
Saturday, March 28, 2026 - The Queen of Saturdays is Back!
Katie Hoody, the Queen of Saturdays, is back again with an excellent example of the genre. In today's puzzle, the clues were deliciously deceiving, but the amount of pop culture s...
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Season 16
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Episode 5
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9:56
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Re: [Two-point play in American football] : SAFETY What Jean described is a two point conversion (aka point after touchdown.) Both are worth two points, but a SAFETY is scored by the defensive team when they tackle an offensive ball carrier in his own end zone; Gregory Ross
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