About this episode

The episode discusses a challenging Saturday crossword puzzle featuring various clues and answers.

This was a crunchy Saturday crossword, ideal for those looking for a strenuous mental workout. As is always the case on Saturdays, today's puzzle was themeless and a lot of fun. We smiled our way through 57A, What might add a bit of flavor to a salsa?, BONGO; celebrated the debut of 33D, Actor who plays the title role on TV's "Andor", DIEGOLUNA; and groaned slightly upon solving 4D, Super man?, MARIO. This marks Ryan Judge's 7th NYTimes crossword: hopefully puzzle # 8 is already in the hopper...

People in this episode

Hosts: Jean, Mike

Topics covered

• crossword puzzles
• mental workout
• themed puzzles
• New York Times
• language

Keywords

• crossword
• NYTimes
• puzzle
• DIEGOLUNA
• BONGO
• MARIO
• mental workout

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Andor, DIEGOLUNA, BONGO, MARIO

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