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Thursday, April 24, 2025 - Whew, this was a real brow-furler of a crossword!

This was a debut crossword by Kathleen Duncan -- congrats!! -- and it was a doozy. Jean managed to get through it in fairly good time, but Mike ran into the proverbial le...

April 24, 2025 • Season 12 • Episode 79 • 15:04

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 - Time for DINDIN 😀 🧑🏽‍🍼

One of the most enjoyable moments in NYTimes-crossword-solving, is when one is completely floored by an answer, only to discover, with a bit of research, that it is apparently the 5th most popular word of the year, and that you are the only...

April 23, 2025 • Season 12 • Episode 78 • 12:10

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 - Here ye, here ye, announcing our Triplet Tuesday Contest winner!

We had a fine Tuesday crossword by a frequent contributor to the NYTimes, Alex Eaton-Salners. There are many perfectly good reasons why AE-S has had 73 puzzles published in the pa...

April 22, 2025 • Season 12 • Episode 77 • 19:21

Monday, April 21, 2025 - A crossword that's nothing to sneeze at!

This was Thomas van Geel's second NYTimes crossword, and it is an awesome example of an LOL theme. Have a listen, and you'll see what we mean.A reminder, this is y...

April 21, 2025 • Season 12 • Episode 76 • 10:12

Sunday, April 20, 2025 - ADVENTURE is out there (... and in the grid!)

Today's crossword was somewhat of a gently sloping foothill for Jean, and an Everest atop an Everest for Mike. The former made it through the crossword in a longer-than-usual-but-...

April 20, 2025 • Season 12 • Episode 75 • 20:44

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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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