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Saturday, March 29, 2025 - We're baaaaaack!

We have returned after a brief, unplanned hiatus, and welcoming us back were Christina Iverson and Jacob McDermott, who have prepared a delightful, and notably not-soul-crushingly-difficult Saturday crossword for us to inspect, dissect and disc...

March 29, 2025 • Season 12 • Episode 54 • 11:44

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - So Long, and Thanks for All the Fishes

We'd give this crossword an APLUS, for no other reason than that it gave us an APLUS, as in 54D, Highest grade. But lest we be accused of grade inflation, we would like t...

March 25, 2025 • Season 12 • Episode 53 • 16:17

Monday, March 24, 2025 - No ERRANT words in today's grid ... except for ERRANT 🙄

This was a nice debut by Victor Schmitt, yet another "cute n' clever" theme that definitely lives up to its name. (We note parenthetically that "Cute n' Clever" would be an aw...

March 24, 2025 • Season 12 • Episode 52 • 16:21

Sunday, March 23, 2025 - This crossword will DONICELY!

Jean made short work of today's crossword, armed as she was with a PANOPLY of answers, whereas Mike, for whom PANOPLY was the only gimme in the grid, had to toil a wee bit longer ...

March 23, 2025 • Season 12 • Episode 51 • 24:40

Saturday, March 22, 2025 - In the grid, and in the nightmares of spelling bee-ers everywhere, PSILOCYBIN!

This was an excellent Saturday crossword -- with clue difficulty mostly ranging from scarily difficult to "you must be joking, Ms. Hoody". These sorts of puzzles make for a deeply...

March 22, 2025 • Season 12 • Episode 50 • 16:15

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Re: [Two-point play in American football] : SAFETY What Jean described is a two point conversion (aka point after touchdown.) Both are worth two points, but a SAFETY is scored by the defensive team when they tackle an offensive ball carrier in his own end zone; Gregory Ross

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