Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword

A thoughtful Tuesday puzzler, not too difficult, and with some fun clues to entertain and educate. Jean momentarily forgot her blood types, and Mike momentarily forgot that EBEAMS are not a thing, but other than that our dynamic duo managed to make it through this puzzle unscathed. 

It's Triplet Tuesday, and Jean's turn in the hot seat. Did she succeed? Or did the hot seat cause her to, ahem, flame out? All the deets are primed to get from our microphone to your ears, so download, listen up, and enjoy!

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TOOBADFORYOU if you neglected to do this crossword, because it'd be sure to put you in a HAPPY mood, no JOKE! So much for the executive summary, if you want the full 411, we cordially invite you to download and listen up.

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A terrific Sunday crossword, with a theme that literally halved the time required to figure out the  themed clues. Jean got through expeditiously, no surprise there, but Mike shockingly managed to solve it on his first go round. Today's episode has all the deets, as well as listener mail 😀, so for guaranteed enjoyment, or your money cheerfully refunded, just hit download/subscribe, play, and enjoy!

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It's Friday all over again: Jean tore through this crossword like nobody's business, and again Mike took approximately twice the time to get to the happy music. To quote Jean,  when asked, "to what do you attribute your great success", she replied "it helps if you know the answers". Words of wisdom to live by! 

Today is Saturday, which means it's time to award the coveted JAMCOTWA (Jean And Mike Crossword Of The Week Award). Was it a long-shot, like Sunday's? Perhaps the favorite, Thursday?  To find out for sure, subscribe, download, and listen up!

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An easy / incredibly difficult crossword, according to Jean / Mike, the former benefitting from having memorized Wikipedia, and the  latter disadvantaged by having forgotten it (well, almost all of it, the exception being  WAKANDA). All in all, a GEM of a crossword, and except for (or perhaps because of??)  a few DREAR moments while one of the cohosts, aka Mike, struggled to get traction, a truly delightful puzzle. We give it a glowing 5 squares on the JAMCR scale.

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Another reminder that the NYTimes Crossword, at the top of its game, has no equal, and they're in fine form today -- where, to be specific, that fine form is a SPIRAL. We have all the deets on this dizzyingly impressive puzzle, so to get the 411, download, hit play, and enjoy.

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A gentle Wednesday crossword, with a GLEEEEEEEful theme, an AVALANCHE of fun clues, overall a fun time. Highly recommended, 5 squares on the JAMCR (Jean And Mike Crossword Rating) scale, so if you haven't solved it yet ... do that first, and then download and listen to our blow-by-blow second.

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An educational Tuesday offering by Julian Lim, including a refresher on Chinese dynasties (MING, TANG, CHIN, SUI and HAN, to name 5), the fact that DIMES (presumably American) are 1.35 mm thick, and a reminder that NORI is a type of seaweed that goes around  sushi. Now you know. There were other fine bits as well, download today's 100%-ad-free-podcast for all the deets.

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Erik Agard is a legend in the crossword world, and even on a Monday, where there are arguably fewer opportunities to demonstrate one's crossword constructing chops, he manages to do so anyway. How, you ask? Well, we have a comprehensive, stem-to-stern report on today's grid, so just download, subscribe, and enjoy!

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Opinions were divided on today's puzzle -- Jean found it a snap, Mike, alas, found it a much bumpier road, done in by his lack of knowledge of basketball, northern New Jersey cities, and the Salt-N-Pepa back catalog. Still, a decent crossword, we give it a 4.5 squares on the JAMCR scale.

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