About this episode

The episode discusses a crossword by Eric Rollfing and highlights its unique approach to puzzle solving.

It is our suspicion that Eric Rollfing, author of today's fine crossword, probably solves every NYTimes Connections puzzle without any mistakes, because he seems to be quite adept at identifying commonality among highly disparate items. This is not the first time he's used this approach, but it's always novel and fun to get two puzzles for the price of one. Besides the crossword, we've picked our JAMCOTWA™️ (Jean And Mike Crossword Of The Week Award), another irresistible masterpiece by ... n...

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Hosts: Jean, Mike

Topics covered

• crossword puzzles
• NYTimes Connections
• puzzle solving
• language
• education

Keywords

• crossword
• NYTimes
• Eric Rollfing
• puzzle
• language
• education
• JAMCOTWA

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