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Friday, March 21, 2025 - A crossword that SPARKLES!

This was a good, challenging, but ultimately doable -- provided you've had lots and lots of practice! -- Friday crossword. The clues were quite fresh, and apart from those mention...

March 21, 2025 • Season 12 • Episode 49 • 25:23

Thursday, March 20, 2025 - Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow!

The title probably could do with a few more "wows", as today's crossword by Daniel Grinberg clearly deserves to be in the pantheon of crossword masterpieces. Indeed, both cohosts feel that they will never forget where they were at the ...

March 20, 2025 • Season 12 • Episode 48 • 20:43

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 - A classic, CLASSA, NYTimes crossword

This crossword was brilliant -- primarily because of the astronomical phenomenon that formed the heart of today's theme, visually dominated the grid, and was echoed in several other clues. For instance: 28D, Astrophysicist ___ deGrasse Tyson, N...

March 19, 2025 • Season 12 • Episode 47 • 19:51

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 - 🎵 Tonight we're gonna party like it's twenty-twenty-five ♬ 😀

It was with great satisfaction that we welcome back to the grid Alan ALDA, who has not made too many appearances as of late, always glad to see a great ... whatever Alan ALDA is ....

March 18, 2025 • Season 12 • Episode 46 • 16:05

Monday, March 17, 2025 - Happy St. Patrick's Day!

There was no green in today's grid, as far as we could see, but there must've been a gleam in the eye of the cruciverbalist, Kathy Lowden, as she put this fine puzzle together. There was a lot of pop culture in the crossword, but ...

March 17, 2025 • Season 12 • Episode 45 • 12:56

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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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