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| For Thee, Ass King | 04 Mar 2023 | 00:32:33 | |
Discussed! NYT crossword puzzles from Weds 2/22/23 (Adam Wagner), Thurs 2/23/23 (Joe Deeney), and Sun 2/28/23 (Will Nediger). Disgust! Black History Month did not seem to matter to the NYTXW. But racial representation in crosswords matters deeply to us. Find our ep with Kameron Austin Collins here. Also!
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| Cut to Wabbit Season | 10 Feb 2023 | 00:28:11 | |
SCENE: Season 8. Year of the Rabbit. 2023. Cut to: Rebecca & Brooke, Crossworld's most beloved showgirls, reviewing New York Times crossword puzzles. On this episode...they (we) peruse three (3) puzzles, from 2/2/23 - 2/4/23. Featuring.....:
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| EXES & NOS | Don't be a duck | 24 Mar 2022 | 00:56:54 | |
Happy Spring, sweet (and bitter) peas! 🌱 Your favorite average-but-clean wee lasses celebrate the season by coming for the bloggers and continuing to review New York Times crossword puzzles (from 3/14/22 - 3/20/22). Discussed:
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| Sep 17 2017 | Super Looper | Thermidor, Computerator | 18 Sep 2017 | 00:35:13 | |
Date: Sep 17, 2017 Theme: Super Looper Constructor: Mark MacLachlan | |||
| Sep 10, 2017 | Size Matters | Yahweh, Queequeg | 11 Sep 2017 | 00:32:07 | |
Date: September 10, 2017 Theme: Size Matters Constructor: Brendan Emmett Quigley | |||
| August 27, 2017 | Location, Location, Location | Hoagies, grinders and heroes — oh my! | 27 Aug 2017 | 00:33:41 | |
Date: August 27, 2017 Constructor: Jeff Chen Theme: Location, Location, Location | |||
| Aug 22, 2017 | Found In Your Inbox | Zsa Zsa Gabor | 23 Aug 2017 | 00:29:53 | |
Date: August 22, 2017 Constructor: Ruth B. Margolin Theme: Found In Your Inbox | |||
| August 13, 2017 | Magic Show | Ukulele madness | 15 Aug 2017 | 00:27:35 | |
Date: August 13, 2017 Constructor: Eric Berlin Theme: Magic Show | |||
| August 6, 2017 | Anchors Away | Roscoe & Matisse | 10 Aug 2017 | 00:24:33 | |
Date: August 6, 2017 Constructor: Patrick Berry Theme: Anchors Away | |||
| July 30, 2017 | By Design | Fashionably informed | 30 Jul 2017 | 00:28:49 | |
Date: July 30 2017 Theme: By Design Constructors: Isaac Mizrahi and David J. Kahn | |||
| July 23, 2017 | Back on the Charts | The magic of music | 23 Jul 2017 | 00:28:49 | |
Date: July 23, 2017 Theme: Back on the Charts Constructor: Caleb Madison | |||
| July 16, 2017 | If the Spirit Moves You | M-m-m-my Sharona | 17 Jul 2017 | 00:31:07 | |
Date: July 16, 2017 Theme: If the Spirit Moves You Constructors: Andrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller | |||
| July 9, 2017 | First for Knowledge | Kefir vs Kombucha, bawds and lies | 10 Jul 2017 | 00:30:51 | |
Date: July 9, 2017 Constructor: Will Nediger Theme: First for Knowledge | |||
| PARLOR TRICK | Heal the [cross]world | 12 Mar 2022 | 00:45:53 | |
So, all the things, mm? Alllllll the things. Anyway, here is another episode, featuring, as usual, Rebecca and Brooke's reviews of the New York Times crossword puzzles (2/28/22 - 3/6/22). Also discussed:
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| July 2, 2017 | The Long and Winding Road | Beatles puns, North Dakotan rioting | 02 Jul 2017 | 00:30:55 | |
Date: July 2, 2017 Constructor: Patrick Blindauer Theme: The Long and Winding Road | |||
| June 25, 2017 | Cropped | Mauve/moot/kramer | 26 Jun 2017 | 00:29:53 | |
Date: June 25, 2017 Constructor: Jacob Stulberg Theme: Cropped
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| Jun 18 | Silent Treatment | Snoop Lion, LBJ, Lara Croft | 18 Jun 2017 | 00:29:29 | |
Date: June 18 2017 Constructor: Sam Trabucco Theme: Silent Treatment | |||
| Jun 4, 2017 | Advice to Writers | Ackbar!, Pogo sticks, Fan fiction | 04 Jun 2017 | 00:40:01 | |
Date: Jun 4 2017 Constructor: Tom McCoy Theme: Advice for Writers
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| May 28, 2017 | In Bad Taste | Me Tarzan, You Ogre | 28 May 2017 | 00:29:09 | |
Date: May 28, 2017 Constructor: Andrew Zhou Theme: In Bad Taste | |||
| May 21, 2017 | Misquoting Scripture | Trolls n' Teepees | 22 May 2017 | 00:38:55 | |
Date: May 21, 2017 Theme: Misquoting Scripture Constructor: Randolph Ross | |||
| May 14, 2017 | Places, Everyone! | Beastie Boys, gas mains, law school | 16 May 2017 | 00:36:17 | |
Date: May 14 2017 Constructor: Will Nediger Theme: Places, Everyone! | |||
| May 7, 2017 | Duality Quality | Adam Driver, Blue Hens, Reb is sick | 07 May 2017 | 00:33:21 | |
Date: May 7, 2017 Theme: Duality Quality Constructors: Finn Vigeland, Natan Last and the JASA Crossword Class | |||
| May 1, 2017 | New England Chatter | Essenes, Raceme, Acid Rock (?) | 02 May 2017 | 00:33:05 | |
Date: May 1, 2017 Constructor: Alan Arbesfeld Theme: New England Chatter | |||
| April 24 | Crossnerds in Britain, Part I | The Tao of Cee-Lo | 24 Apr 2017 | 00:31:45 | |
Date: April 24, 2017 Theme: A Century of Song Constructor: Olivia Mitra Framke | |||
| CINEMAGRAMS | Yes SHIRRee | 01 Mar 2022 | 00:47:31 | |
Another week (2/21/22 - 2/27/22), another seven New York Times crossword puzzles reviewed! Also featuring:
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| Apr 16, 2017 | Saddle Up! | Patois, Triggering, Buttermilk donuts | 16 Apr 2017 | 00:39:27 | |
| April 9 2017 | Having Nothing On | Hobbit-holes, spleens, sign language | 10 Apr 2017 | 00:29:53 | |
Date: April 9 2017 Theme: Having Nothing On Constructor: Byron Walden
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| April 2 2017 | Initial Description | Abigail Adams, frisson, Mama Cass | 02 Apr 2017 | 00:34:07 | |
Date: April 2 2017 Theme: Initial Description Constructor: Jerry Miccolis Jack & Reb talk the Sunday NY Times Crossword with the help of a bottle of rosé | |||
| March 26, 2017 | Mixed Results | Pomegranates, diners, the White(?) Panther | 26 Mar 2017 | 00:37:29 | |
Date: March 26, 2017 Constructor(s): Jeff Chen & Tracy Gray Theme: Mixed Results Jack & Reb take on the Sunday Times Xword. | |||
| March 19, 2017 | 111-Across! | Fools n' ferrules | 19 Mar 2017 | 00:31:15 | |
Date: March 19, 2017 Constructor: Grant Thackray Theme: "111-Across!" (SPOILER ALERT!) Jack & Reb talk the Sunday NY Times puzz. | |||
| Mar 12, 2017 | Taking the Fifth | Maine, Waldo, Aleut | 13 Mar 2017 | 00:39:42 | |
Date: Mar 12 2017 Theme: Taking the Fifth Constructor: Alan Arbesfeld Jack & Rebecca tackle the NYT sunday puzz | |||
| Mar 5 2017 | Elemental | Encores, Barthes, Daguerre | 06 Mar 2017 | 00:44:35 | |
Date: March 5 2017 Constructor: Timothy Polin Theme: Elemental | |||
| Feb 26, 2017 | Mixed Feelings | Yetis, tea time, Fritos | 26 Feb 2017 | 00:41:37 | |
Date: 2/26/17 Constructor: Josh Knapp Theme: Mixed Feelings | |||
| Feb 19, 2017 | Uh Oh | Royal pugs, soviet jets, Delaware, Ikea | 20 Feb 2017 | 00:42:41 | |
Date: Feb 19 2017 Constructor: Bruce Haight Theme: Uh Oh! Jack & Rebecca take on the Sunday Times crossword! Includes a nostalgic memory of Delawurr. | |||
| Feb 12, 2017 | Do The Splits | Drive-thrus, Ogden Nash, Romeo & Juliet, chicken coops | 12 Feb 2017 | 00:42:21 | |
Date: Feb 12 2017 Constructor: Lynn Lempel Theme: Do The Splits Jack & Rebecca take on the Sunday Times crossword! Includes a surprise on-air gifting. | |||
| PARDON MY FRENCH | Down the RAT HOLE | 24 Feb 2022 | 00:57:51 | |
Grab some refreshing ADES and Cool American-flavoured snackies and settle into this stripped-down sesh of Classic R&B: Rebecca and Brooke reviewing the last week of New York Times crossword puzzles (2/14/22 - 2/20/22). Discussed:
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| Feb 5, 2017 | First Ladies | 06 Feb 2017 | 00:37:04 | |
Feb 5th crossword. First ladies, "Bohemian Rhapsody," gypping, Sheena Easton, A Wrinkle in Time | |||
| Jan 29 2017 | Blackjack! | 02 Feb 2017 | 00:25:45 | |
Date: 1/29/2017 Constructors: Jim Hyres and David Steinberg Theme: HIT THE DECK Sorry for the delay on this one. Travel + work combined to make this a few days late... but still good! | |||
| Mishmash / yoko ono / wwi / snarf | 24 Jan 2017 | 00:27:45 | |
Jack and Rebecca take on the Sunday, Jan 22 puzz. | |||
| Sex scenes/Namby-pamby/Auntie Mame/Melville | 16 Jan 2017 | 00:30:29 | |
Jan 15, 2017 Constructor: Joel Fagliano Jack & Rebecca take on the Sunday Times crossword. Topics include steak, Auntie Mame, Herman Melville and whatever "namby-mamby" is (hint: British).
Crossword info: www.xwordinfo.com/Crossword?date=1/15/2017 | |||
| SCI-FI SHOWDOWN | It's a triomph | 13 Feb 2022 | 01:15:11 | |
Well, well, well, if it isn't our favorite puzzlemaker/film critic/bowl made with love and erotic spirits, Kameron Austin Collins! Buckle up for Rebecca, Brooke, and Kam taking down the last week of New York Times crossword puzzles (1/31/22 - 2/6/22, which includes Kam's 2/5 stunner of a puzz). Discussed:
And continued PSA: RiRi is still only worth 25 points. Enjoying "Crossnerds"? Give us five ⭐️s in Spotify and comment in Apple Podcasts! @ us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Or just keep listening. Or all. Ideally all. But we'll take any. Please and thank you! | |||
| Medley Week #1 | Chaotic good | 27 Jan 2022 | 00:54:25 | |
Hang on to your aardwolves, you're going on an xword xventure: Crossnerds' first-ever MEDLEY WEEK [emphasis on the "eeek"]!!! We've selected seven luscious puzzles from seven gorgeous professional crossword outlets that are *not* the New York Times:
Don't worry, we still love you, NYTXW. We'll be back with the usual next time. Enjoying "Crossnerds"? Give us five ⭐️s in Spotify and comment in Apple Podcasts! @ us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Or just keep listening. Or all. Ideally all. But we'll take any. Please and thank you! | |||
| PLAYING THE HITS | Whoomp there it is | 21 Jan 2022 | 00:52:53 | |
That's one small step for man, one glaring lack of steps for non-menkind: i.e., another week (1/10/22 - 1/16/22) of New York Times crossword puzzle reviews. That's ANO from me! Featuring:
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| COLOR MIXING | I Bega your pardon | 06 Jan 2022 | 00:42:36 | |
Season 7 2022 LET'S GOOOOOOO! Let's get through today, every day. Together! With Rebecca and Brooke. Who, this week, review New York Times crossword puzzles from 12/27/21 - 1/2/22! Including:
Adam A-aronson's other-other AA plus-plus puzzle puzzle is here. Enjoying "Crossnerds"? Give us five ⭐️s in Spotify and comment in Apple Podcasts! @ us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Or just keep listening. Or all. Ideally all. But we'll take any. Please and thank you! | |||
| SEASON TO TASTE | Accept all cookies | 26 Dec 2021 | 00:35:57 | |
Wrap up 2021 with a bow and these BIBIMBangin' reviews of the New York Times crossword puzzles published 12/13/21 - 12/19/21! Rebecca and Brooke also talk about list themes and a puzzle's purpose. YAY ME! Yay WE. Ross Trudeau's essay, The Necessity of Filling Certain Boxes, is on his puzzle blog, Rossword Puzzles.
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| There's a new game in town | TNY's Liz Maynes-Aminzade | 24 Dec 2021 | 00:29:43 | |
Is the Big Apple big enough for two major crossword puzzle outlets? Liz Maynes-Aminzade, the first-ever Puzzles & Games Editor at The New Yorker, drops in to Xnerds HQ to celebrate the magazine's inaugural Cartoons & Puzzles issue (December 27, 2021) and its new(ish) foray into puzzles and games. TNY's digital offerings include the Name Drop trivia game. Subscribe to its crosswords newsletter for forthcoming goodieeees! Enjoying "Crossnerds"? Give us five ⭐️s in SPOTIFY and comment in Apple Podcasts! @ us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Or just keep listening. Or all. Ideally all. But we'll take any. Please and thank you! | |||
| Query Theory | 12 Dec 2022 | 00:42:10 | |
WORDPLAY ON THE FRITZ ⋇ DEFY THE HEGEMONY ⋇ THINK FOR YOURSELF ⋇ DO NOT PANIC Happy holidaze and welcome back to the show! This week, Rebecca and Brooke calmly discuss four New York Times crossword puzzles published 11/22/2022 - 11/26/22. We also poke a stick at the curious corpus of 😱 LOGIC PUZZLES 😱 such as sudoku, ken ken, and star battles! We are two kra-z kids!!! Plus:
And the Inkubator is available at https://inkubatorcrosswords.com/. Enjoying "Crossnerds"? Give us five ⭐️s in Spotify! Comment in Apple Podcasts! @ us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Or just keep listening. Or all. Ideally all. But we'll take any. Please and thank you! | |||
| JOB SHARING | RIP Phife | 18 Dec 2021 | 00:40:06 | |
What even IS a Thursday crossword these days? Is a Thursday crossword, like time itself, "only a stubbornly persistent illusion"? A memory? A fable? 😱 Whatever it is, we're talking about the last "week" of xword puzzles in the New York Times (12/6/21 - 12/12/21). The Trouble with Tribe ... and the glory of Quest. Enjoying "Crossnerds"? Give us five ⭐️s and comment in Apple Podcasts! @ us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Or just keep listening. Or all. Ideally all. But we'll take any. Please and thank you! | |||
| GARAGE SALE PITCHES | Symmetry, shammetry | 03 Dec 2021 | 00:45:41 | |
Gratitude, greetings, and Happy Chanukah/Hanukkah 5782! R&B here, gifting you the miracle of our thoughts on the New York Times crossword puzzles from 11/22/21 - 11/28/21. Including:
AVCX Kickstarterrrrrrrrrr Will Nediger's asymmetric puzzles Ryan McCarty's asymmetric puzzles Vox crossword puzzles USA Today crossword puzzles Enjoying "Crossnerds"? Give us five ⭐️s and comment in Apple Podcasts! @ us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Or just keep listening. Or all. Ideally all. But we'll take any. Please and thank you! | |||
| SCREEN SHARING | Hey Shorti | 24 Nov 2021 | 00:35:30 | |
To Bork, or not to Bork? That is not the question. The question is, what will Rebecca and Brooke SAY about the last week (11/15/21 - 11/21/21) in New York Times crossword puzzles? A sampling:
Happy [Un]Thanksgiving! Namaste. Enjoying "Crossnerds"? Give us five ⭐️s and comment in Apple Podcasts! @ us on Twitter! Support us on Patreon! Or just keep listening. Or all. Ideally all. But we'll take any. Please and thank you! | |||