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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...

March 30, 2026 • Season 16 • Episode 7 • 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...

March 29, 2026 • Season 16 • Episode 6 • 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...

March 28, 2026 • Season 16 • Episode 5 • 9:56

Friday, March 27, 2026 - Siri's great, great, great, grandfather, R.U.D.I. 😀

Today's crossword, a fine effort by Zachary David Levy, will not induce neuralgia, aka BRAINFREEZE, rather just the opposite:  it will cause those billions of neurons to put ...

March 27, 2026 • Season 16 • Episode 4 • 22:56

Thursday, March 26, 2026 - A crossword that will make you soar, not sore 😀

Yesterday's crossword was all about sequels, and today's crossword is itself a sequel — the second for constructor Alex Murphy. That could be coincidence, o...

March 26, 2026 • Season 16 • Episode 3 • 18:26

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