Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword

Today's crossword has a distinctly outdoorsy feel to it, and we'll give you tree guesses as to why. [Hint: there are no typos in the previous sentence, but a very bad pun]

Besides our usual witty banter (and a priceless bit about debut words, priceless because we don't have any ads 😀), we also have an episode of Triplet Tuesday, and an enlightening bit of listener mail. Enjoy!

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A fun, not particularly difficult crossword ... excerpt for the parts that were 😀. Jean got through it fairly quickly, only hung up on  TIC and TAC v. TIT and TAT; Mike had to labor longer, the lacuna in his knowledge of Himalayan rivers once again almost proving his downfall. 

As usual with Sunday crosswords, there are waaaaay too many clues to cover in the podcast: a few superb ones that were left on the cutting room floor include discussions of 124A, Forest nymph, DRYAD (not to be confused with a PSA for abstemiousness 😀); 99A, One of five every seven, WEEKDAY (hah!); 60A, Curmudgeon's countenance, SCOWL ()that award winning alliteration deserves, ... an award); and 88D, Ice cream entrepreneur, Joseph, EDY (Oh, so EDY had a first name? Who knew?)

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Sam Ezersky, whose day job is to write another puzzle for the NYTimes, Spelling Bee, occasionally has been known to wander over into the crossword area, and today is one of those lucky days! His clues are coherent (good), clever (Sam Ezersky does not know how to write any other kind) and (of course, it's a Saturday), challenging. We'd say more, but you probably doesn't want theses on these Cs 🙄, so we'll just let today's episode speak for itself!

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A fine Friday crossword by Rafael Muse and Hoang-Kim Vu, with something for everyone who wants to eat (GORDITAS), drink (ODOULS, SAKEBOMBS) and be merry (EGOBOOST). We approve, and hereby award this crossword 5 squares on the JAMCR scale.

In other news, it's Friday, and for Fun Fact Friday™️ we have a dazzling discussion of Ferrero's greatest edible invention ever. We don't want to reveal it right here, but here's a hint: it earned them a mint 😀 😀

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A slightly gentler than usual Thursday crossword, but between the elegance of the cluing and the terrific theme, we are not complaining! Our favorite example of craftsmanship not covered in the podcas:: 48A, Foreign refusal, NEIN, was right on top of 50A, Words of rejection, ITSANO 😀. And in case you didn't spot that, the clue right in between actually points that out: 49A: One on top of another on top of another, PILE. Now that's attention to detail!

Also, the NYTimes is now offering an easy mode version of one of the hardest crosswords of the week, and you can subscribe to it right here.

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Kudos to Mary Crane, as this is her debut NYTimes crossword!! There were a goodly number of great clues in the crossword, and beyond those discussed in today's episode we would be remiss if we did not mention 58A, First-year law student, informally, ONEL(👩🏽‍⚖️); 43D, Company making tracks, LIONEL (😀); and one that we can't help but fawn over, 34A, Goat/man of mythology, FAUN (😉).

Also in today's episode, we welcome the birth of a new subatomic particle (and which all crossword puzzles are composed of), the CLUAN --  spread the word!

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Gary Larson and Doug Peterson -- no, not that Gary Larson, but definitely that Doug Peterson -- weigh in with a great Tuesday crossword with a droll theme worthy of a standup comic, which Gary Larson just happened to be (he has since retired). The rest of the grid was also perfect Tuesday fare, it is fair to say: and to hear all the details, as well as the outcome of today's Triplet Tuesday spectacular, all you need to do is download, listen up, and enjoy! (But if you haven't already, don't forget to subscribe, so you'll get a a new episode each day without breaking a sweat, an especially good thing when the thermometer's close to bursting).

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A gentle Monday crossword, just the right degree of difficulty, that provided Jean with the opportunity to discuss the difference between salt shakers and SALTCELLARS, and for Mike to punnily observe that if you can buy a SALTCELLAR at Target, that makes Target a SALTCELLAR seller 🙄

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A winning Sunday crossword by Chandi Deitmer, with a bevy of sound aural puns forming a brilliant theme, amid a sea of other fine clues, including the apostrophe-rich 44D, Cap'n's subordinate, BOSN; the always welcome (as a word, at any rate) 26D, Nonsense, to Brits, TOSH; and one of our favorite Grammy Award winners, 40A, Grammy winner Hill, LAURYN. 

Definitely FTW, we give it 5 squares on the JAMCR scale.

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