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
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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I had to unsubscribe from your podcast because you give too many spoilers away in the title. Sometimes I haven’t done the crossword yet and I already see some of the answers in my feed and I don’t like that.
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