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
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...
Sunday, November 8, 2026 — Happy National STEM/STEAM Day!
Simeon Seigel has a reputation for making exactly the sort of crossword that he has conjured up today — based on a head-spinning theme and sprinkled with clues so crisp that ...
Saturday, November 6, 2026 — An Education-Rich Saturday Crossword
Today's crossword had an ocean of great clues, many of which delivered facts, puns, or in some memorable cases, both. As examples we offer for your inspection 1A, Beetle alternati...
Fan Mail
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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