Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
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A short, fun and occasionally not unintentionally educational podcast in which two fans of the New York Times crossword describe their puzzle-solving travails.
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Thursday, February 20, 2025 - Oh, *so* close
Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
02/21/25 • 4 min
This was a debut crossword for Peter Gorman, and it was splendid. The theme was definitely unique -- we've seen none like it in recent memory -- and there were a number of excellent clues, including 61A, Hot spot, OVEN (cute!); 34A, Who said "A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture", DIOR (profound!); and 57D, Locale depicted in Bosch's "The Garden of Earthly Delights", EDEN (we ❤️ Bosch!).
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Thursday, March 13, 2025 - ESSIE, the preferred nail polish for 9 out of 10 mythical Scottish loch monsters 🙄
Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
03/14/25 • 19 min
The consensus at JAMDTNYTC HQ is that this was a terrific Thursday crossword, and a limbering up, as it were, in preparation for the grueling Friday and Saturday crosswords yet to come. We were pleased to see OCCAM make an appearance in the grid, as well as a smattering of frqtly. sn. txt. msg. abbrs., including DMED, OTOH, IRL and IPAS (ok, we're not sure about that last one, but the rest most definitely are frequently seen text message abbreviations).
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Friday, February 20, 2025 - Today's crossword is SWAK!
Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
02/22/25 • 17 min
Today's episode explores Colin Adams' fifth NYTimes crossword, which is just as good as his other four, i.e., great! It was a tough but rewarding puzzle, requiring a lot of head scratching and memory palace exploration. In short, it was a perfect Friday!
In honor of Friday, we're featuring our Fun Fact FridayTM️ segment. We don't want to entirely spoil it, but let's just say this: if you think you know where the largest radioactive spill in US history took place ... you're probably wrong.
Show note imagery: PALOMA Picasso, jewelry designer and daughter of some painter dude 😉
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Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
04/21/21 • 11 min
No, the New York Times crossword is not going to the dogs, although a skosh of them had cameos in today's puzzle. If there is indeed a New York Times crossword Clue-Hall-of-Fame, then we would like to nominate 13D, Awesome, in surfer speak, GNARLY, simply to give us an excuse to write the word GNARLY. There were several artful juxtapositions in today's grid, including 33A, Jack who pioneered late-night talk, PAAR, and 34A, Golfer's target, PAR, as well as 62A, Stinky smells, ODORS, and 66A, Oblong tomatoes, ROMAS. So, yes, we'd rate this puzzle as most definitely ... GNARLY!
Sunday, June 2, 2024 - Look out, here comes a SQUIB! 🦵🏈
Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
06/03/24 • 16 min
Today's crossword was a real deal - two puzzles for the price of one, and each was a delight. We have all the deets inside, so do have a listen.
This is our last podcast for two weeks-- we are taking our yearly Summer sabbatical -- so expect to hear from us starting ... in about two weeks!
Show note imagery: Behold, a BEERAMID
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Friday, July 5, 2024 - A SRSLY super crossword!
Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
07/06/24 • 12 min
A very nice bit of work by Trent H. Evans, his 11th crossword for the NYTimes. Jean found it a piece o'cake, Mike found it more of a bowl of CRANACHAN (see our Tuesday, July 2 episode if your knowledge of CRANACHAN is wanting, after which you'll probably be wanting some CRANACHAN 😀).
Beyond the clues mentioned in today's podcast, we'd also like to give a shoutout to 2D, Billing matter, ROLE (not RATE, as Mike had conjectured); 17A, Training announcement, ALLABOARD (heh, heh); and 12D, They're a snap to get, NOBRAINER (quite the opposite of today's puzzle).
Show note imagery: A TRUSTFALL in action
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Saturday, June 22, 2024 - Yes, PLANTSITTER *is* a career path!
Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
06/23/24 • 10 min
A fine Saturday crossword by Hoang-Kim Vu, so fine, in fact, that it won our JAMCOTWA - Jean And Mike Crossword Of The Week AwardTM️. With crisp cluing, amusing answers, what's not to like? Nothing, hence the award! Deets inside, so have a listen.
Just a friendly reminder that doing the NYTimes Crossword is a great way to keep those synapses sharp. So, if you haven't already, wander over to nytimes.com/crossswords where you can find out how to subscribe.
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Tuesday, July 9, 2024 - Er... one BANHMI to go, please!
Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
07/10/24 • 16 min
There was GLEE In the grid, literally, in this Tuesday crossword by Gary Larson and Amy Ensz. A few recent answers made reappearances - we just saw 68A, Ensemble of eight, OCTET, and it's been less than a month since 9D, Unit of butter, PAT, melted into view. One answer that hasn't been clued as such in aeons also arose, that being 14A, Thrice repeated words in one of Gertrude Stein's truisms, AROSE (as in AROSE is AROSE is AROSE).
In other news, Mike cleared the very low bar of not making a total fool of himself in today's Triplet Tuesday -- deets inside, so check it out!
Show note imagery: The KARASEA, just north of Siberia
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Friday, January 10, 2025 - Robert Logan hits out of the ballpark with crossword # 5!
Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
01/11/25 • 18 min
This was an excellent Friday crossword - not particularly difficult, both cohosts got through it rather expeditiously - but the clues were just fabulous. We've gone through most of them in today's episode, so check that out.
In addition, we have a Fun Fact Friday segment on Sergio Leone, so, make our day* and tell others people about us on "the socials" (aka social media).
Show note imagery: Harry Chiti, who the METS once traded for himself!!
*a Clint Eastwood reference, in case you missed it
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Sunday, April 20, 2025 - ADVENTURE is out there (... and in the grid!)
Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword
04/21/25 • 20 min
Today's crossword was somewhat of a gently sloping foothill for Jean, and an Everest atop an Everest for Mike. The former made it through the crossword in a longer-than-usual-but-still-reasonable time frame, whereas for the latter it seemed that several civilizations rose, prospered, and fell, before he finally got the happy music.
We've covered the theme in today's episode, but some of the (many) notable clues that did not make the cut include 103D, Support line?, ISECOND 😀; 71D, Blood line, VEIN (😀 😀); and 49A, Honcho, NABOB (also an excellent brand of coffee, sold primarily in Canada ☕️☕️☕️).
Show note imagery: A delicious WHOOPIEPIE
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Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword currently has 1685 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Leisure, Hobbies, Fun, Language Learning, Podcasts and Education.
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The episode title 'Sunday, August 23, 2020' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword is 14 minutes.
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The first episode of Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword was released on Jun 21, 2020.
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