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
Friday, November 13, 2026 — 🎶 Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz, Oh, What a Great Crossword This Is 🎶 😀 😀
Although today is ostensibly an unlucky day, at least as far as crosswords are concerned we have lucked out, for Mike Graczyk's debut (!) puzzle is an absolute beaut, with scads ...
Thursday, November 12, 2026 — No Ad Creep in *This* Podcast!!
Good news: there might be ADCREEP in the grid, but we remain a 100% ad-free podcast (until Apple offers us a Mac Studio Ultra with all the trimmings, in which case helllloooo, Madison Avenue 😀🙄).
Wednesday, November 11, 2026 — Thank You, Veterans!
Today's crossword was the fiftieth for Damon J. Gulczynski since 2004. Damon tends to favor the "difficult" days of the week — Thursday through Saturday — but he's devised a plea...
Tuesday, November 10, 2026 — A heteronym, a metonym, and an eponym walk into a bar 😀 😀
Although 31D, Bert and Ernie, or Chip n' Dale worked quite well as a clue for DUO, today's constructors — Sam Koperwas and Jeff Chen — could've thrown their names into the mix as well, for they have collaborated on four highly pleasurable cross...
Monday, November 9, 2026 — Pop Quiz! Which Answer Just Made Its 1,443rd (!) Appearance in the NYTimes Crossword?
Hard to believe, but ERE has now appeared a whopping 1,443 times in the NYTimes crossword. ThERE's just something magical about that three letter word that allows it to be slipped in whEREver.But there was no slippage in qu...
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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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