Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword

A fine Sunday crossword, with a plethora of intriguing names and nouns, including RAPANUI (spoken on Easter Island), MILT Jackson (a Jazz icon), OREAD (a Mountain nymph of Greek myth, spelled here wi…

A Saturday spectacular, in which Jean learns that a CALF is a piece of detached ice, and Mike maintains an EVENTENOR upon learning that the answer to "x, y or z" is AXIS, not AXES.

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Jean & Mike find today's crossword to be a great mental workout, with some scarily long answers. There were some NEARDISASTERS along the road, but Jean & Mike's REPUTATIONS remain intact (although th…

A relatively straightforward Thursday New York Times crossword, and a fine example of the crossword creator's ART.

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Excitement MOUNTs as Jean & Mike discuss an ASHtonishing puzzle, discover that OKRA is sometimes referred to as Ladies' Fingers, and anticipate a trip to SHIBUYA once the pandemic abates. Mike gets f…

In which both Jean and Mike get their PLONK WRONG, before SHERLOCKing it out and winning the PLINK WRING.

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Oh, no, it's a crossword by one of the NYTimes most AUGUST contributors, Erik Agard. Good thing it's a Monday, we were able to triumph -- BOOYAH! 

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A crossword that Jean finds a breeze, while Mike regards it as a more of a chore, and almost WIIGs out when he discovers that a heroic exploit is a GEST, not a TEST.

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Not too cruel for a Saturday, even though CRUELLA did make an appearance...

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Jean & Mike labor over a challenging Friday, and are almost done in by a holiday for men's health, MOVEMBER.

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A relatively straight-forward Thursday, in which both Jean & Mike discover that FROOTLOOPS is not spelled the way nature intended 😀 ; Mike realizes that Lipizzaners are horses and not Swedes; and Jea…

Jean & Mike discuss a fun Wednesday crossword that draws heavily from the Edit menu!

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Jean & Mike unWRAP the Tuesday crossword, during which Jean discovers that BEERME is a thing, both Jean & Mike think a nest is cozier than a NOOK, and Michael explains that IMED is not a medical devi…

A slightly crunchier than usual Monday, featuring the tennis star Rafael, famed actress Tyne Daly, and a punny theme.

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Jean & Mike don't get TICKed while working on this crossword, a work of art which checks all the right BOXes.

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Happy 4th, everyone!

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A relatively straightforward Friday crossword, except for the shocking discovery that Mike didn’t know how to spell NONSEQUITUR 🤔

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In which Jean and Mike tackle a trickily-themed-Thursday crossword (and, eventually prevail!); Jean explains who PLESSY was; and Mike discovers that March 14th is not Physical Education Day (PEDAY), …

This crossword was CAPITAL, simply CAPITAL! In this episode, Mike ponders whether ACME is in fact a French word (peut-être, peut-être pas), Jean admires the beautiful OXEYE, and explains to Mike what…

Since we are currently in the process of moving, we lacked the time to properly do JUSTICE to this homage to JUSTICEGINSBURG, aka THENOTORIOUSRGB. T'was a fun crossword nevertheless!

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