Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword

A terrific Sunday crossword by Will Nediger: the theme is an absolute delight, and Will didn't slouch off in the rest of the grid, either. We have all the deets inside, so have at it!

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We are back, and what a welcome Trent H. Evans had in store for us - an epically difficulty Saturday crossword, with mind-bending clues in every corner. The phrase "tough but fair" comes to mind, and to find out why that's the case, you know what to do: subscribe, download, listen, and enjoy!

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As listeners may recall from prior episodes, puzzles by Kameron Austin Collins usually mean a challenge -- and on a Saturday in particular KAC does not hold back, and today's puzzle shows him to be in rare form: wherever you look in the grid, from 1A, Directive for the board, DONTERASE (yikes!) all the way to 65A, Something wonderful, with "the", BEESKNEES(😀), you will find great, great clues. Truly, a work of art.

Also in today's episode,  we have awarded our JAMCOTWAs (plural: this time it's a tie), and announced the winner of our second Triplet Tuesday Contest! Congrats to all winners!!

Finally, we will be on hiatus next week, recharging, etc., so keep doing the crosswords,  and don't forget to write and say "hi" - [email protected]

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An excellent Friday crossword by Jem Burch, with great clues and -- whew! -- no secret L's lurking in the grid (check out yesterday's podcast to understand that reference). We have all the deets inside, just waiting for you to download and enjoy.

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Most of the time the black squares are just standing guard, allowing clues to not run into one another and trigger an Everything, Everywhere, All At Once moment, but not today. In this puzzle, those black squares, so easy to ignore, are absolutely critical to making sense of the grid. We have the complete 411 in today's episode, so we strongly encourage you to subscribe (so you'll never miss an episode!), download, listen and enjoy!

Just a reminder that our Triplet Tuesday Contest winner(s) will be announced tomorrow, so if you haven't already entered, check out this Tuesday's podcast for the rules and deets on how to do so.

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A great way to celebrate Black History Month, with several famous civil rights leaders  appearing in the grid, with their names slightly modified in honor of the DOUBLEV campaign of WWII. We found LOTSA interesting clues throughout the rest of the puzzle, and to find out what those are, you know what to do: subscribe / download / listen up / enjoy!

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A lovely Valentine's Day present from the New York Times to the world ... a somewhat challenging (for Mike) Tuesday crossword with a highly amusing theme, a very apt follow-up to yesterday's. We have all the deets inside plus ... the big news, it's our *second* Triplet Tuesday Contest! That's right, if you didn't win last time, now you have a second chance. Listen to the rules, follow 'em to the letter (or as close to the letter as you can get), and send your # of tries to [email protected]. If you have the lowest score, you'll be our winner! Good luck, and may the crossword-force be with you 😀 

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A marvelous Monday crossword, and your co-hosts had a rather unique experience solving it. We'd say more, but because today is "No-Spoiler Monday", we will refrain from doing so but rather encourage you to subscribe, download, listen up and enjoy today's episode.

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Ooh, a tough Sunday crossword by Christina Iverson and Samuel A. Donaldson, thanks to an ingenious theme and some relatively obscure clues -- 12A, Catchy tunes, informally, BOPS; 49D, Cousin of a weasel, MARTEN; and the very droll 78D, Main antagonist?, PIRATESHIP (woah!). There was a lot to like in today's grid, and we spell out all the deets in today's episode.

Also a reminder, our Triplet Tuesday Contest is coming right up -- perhaps not quite the Super Bowl, but we do have fewer ads (i.e.,none 😀).

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A super Saturday crossword by  the NYTimes Spelling Bee editor, Sam Ezersky, who occasionally wanders over into the crossword section to work his magic. And he did so today, with some nicely worded clues and juicy juxtapositions. We enjoyed the rarely seen 58D, Like swampland, MIRY (if you say so!); 5D and 23A,  both "Ah", follower,  respectively ISEE and CHOO (very twee); 61D, End of a series, in Canada, ZED (❤️🇨🇦); and the educational 50D, Where "talon" and "toga" mean "hello" and "goodbye", SAMOA (manaia ia!)

Today's also Saturday, and our JAMCOTWA winner is ... oops, no spoilers! Download and listen up to today's podcast to find out who, why, and how much swag they're likely to get!

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