Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
A short, fun and occasionally not unintentionally educational podcast in which two fans of the New York Times crossword describe their puzzle-solving travails.
Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
Latest Episodes
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 — In the Great ROTI v. NAAN Contest, ROTI Scores Again!!
Listeners may recall that the appearance of ROTI or NAAN in the grid immediately drives us to xwordinfo.com to check out the number of times each has appeared in a crossword. As a consequence of
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 — Adam Vincent's Got Our Number!
This was definitely a Tuesday crossword, and we say that not just because of the calendar. The clues were slightly trickier than yesterday's, but still eminently doable w...
Monday, October 5, 2026 — Ah, Those Tsky Tusky animals 🐗🙄
It's been a hot minute since Chase Dittrich's last NYTimes crossword, but he's here now with a fine Monday effort. The theme was engineered for Monday solvers, and while most of t...
Sunday, October 4, 2026 — 🎶 Mercy Sakes Alive, Looks Like We Got Ourselves a Convoy! 🚛🚚 😀
Kathryn Bale's absolutely fabulous debut crossword is in honor of a holiday that we had no idea existed until tackling Kathryn's puzzle. In our defense, the holiday first came int...
Saturday, October 2, 2026 — KAC Is Back with a Chef's Kiss of a Saturday Crossword 😘
Kameron Austin Collins, aka KAC, specializes in tough Friday and Saturday crosswords. Today's is a perfect example, with cunning clueing everywhere you look in the grid. We can't ...
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