Saturday, August 15, 2026 — Blake Slonecker Dials It Up To Eleven!
This was a challenging Saturday crossword, requiring that both cohosts really put their backs into it — which, since we are talking about crosswords, involves moving hardly a millimeter while staring ...
16 Aug 16min
Friday, August 14, 2026 — Zhou Zhang's Friday Debut is a Beaut!
Zhou Zhang is gradually working through the days of the week: this crossword marked her Friday debut. The only days on which she has not published are Tuesday and Saturday, but we expect those in shor...
15 Aug 20min
Thursday, August 13, 2026 — Killian Olson's Killer Thursday 😀
Killian Olson has put together a very crunchy Thursday crossword for your puzzle-solving pleasure. We found it to be quite the workout. The theme was dazzling, with lots of bamboozlement throughout th...
14 Aug 16min
Wednesday, August 12, 2026 — Attention All Techies, Your Time Has Come 😀 📡
This midweek crossword was short (well for some: YMMV) and sweet, with a theme that did a fine job of melding two of our favorite activities: cruising the web, and cruising NE Wisconsin. It also inclu...
13 Aug 8min
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 — Alright, Our Favorite Psychedelic Rock Band Named After a Body Part Is in the Grid 😀
Today's crossword, a debut (😃) by Wade Bednar, combined music and dynasties — specifically Chinese dynasties — in an absolutely ingenious way. But Wade didn't slough off when it came to clues, eithe...
12 Aug 15min
Monday, August 10, 2026 — It's National Lazy Day! We'd Celebrate, But, YKNOW ... 🙄
Nate Cardin's 8th NYTimes crossword was a quintessential Monday puzzle. For one thing, it didn't have QUINTESSENTIAL in the grid. This is not particularly surprising, though, because even though QUINT...
11 Aug 12min
Sunday, August 9, 2026 —My, Grandma, What Long Answers You Have 😀
Making any Sunday crossword is definitely not easy. Making one with a two-high stack of grid spanning answers is amazing; and making one with 2 two-high stacks, in one puzzle, is so difficult that it ...
10 Aug 19min
Saturday, August 8, 2026 — Roll Up Those Sleeves, It's Time to STEEVE 🙄
This was Kameron Austin Collins' 20th Saturday NYTimes crossword, and his name at the top of the marquee is pretty much an ironclad guarantee that we're in for a good time. We laughed, we learned, and...
9 Aug 13min
