Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword

A Tuesday crossword that features EPEEISTS and Popeye's dreaded enemy, the SEAHAG? Who could ask for anything more?

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A crossword in which both Jean & Mike discover that OLMEC is not an elderly robot, but rather a Meso-American carver of yore; Jean points out the difference between AGUA and the color that it might be, AQUA; and Mike finds out that Katmandu and Timbuktu are on entirely different continents. Enjoy!

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A challenging Sunday, no SHOOIN. With challenging entries like TEIXEIRA, and CUPROUS, and fun ones like RADIOCAR and SEADOVE, there's something here to appeal to everyone.

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In today's episode, Jean, reporting from a remote location, discovers that EYEs are not as difficult to sculpt as TOGAs, and that sometimes the answer to a "stole" clue is not BOA (FUR real). 

Meanwhile, Mike learns (again: AD NAUSEAM, in fact) about the importance of proper spelling, and celebrates the appearance of his favorite Titanic passenger, John ASTOR, in today's crossword.

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An Erik Agard crossword, written with his usual FLARE, which means solvers need to be especially ALERT. Jean, aided by her encyclopedic knowledge of Hollywood actresses of yore, tore through this in *record* time.

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A novel Thursday arrangement by the indefatigable Joel Fagliano! 

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Jean & Mike discuss a crossword that is worthy of at least ONEMICHELINSTAR for its elegant construction, and while we can't say it was NOSWEAT, we do OPINE that you don't have to be one of the cruciverbal ELITE in order to solve it.

Remember, you can always subscribe to the New York Times Crossword at nytimes.com/crosswords -- we recommend trying the puzzle first, and then listening to this podcast second to hear our whimsical (?) analysis.

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A puzzle that Jean flies through, and that's no INVENTION; while Mike discovers that ALOE makes a terrible liqueur (allegedly: he's never tried it), while SLOE is (again, allegedly) much tastier.

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A highly entertaining, hyper fast-paced, Hy-Vee approved crossword!

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Let us not ABETABOUTTHEBUSH: this was a fine Sunday crossword, which Jean solved in record time and Mike ... solved. MENSA skills were not required, just the usual ALCHEMIST's talent to turn clues into answers.

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