Sunday, June 7, 2026 — A Rorschach Test of a Crossword 🤔
About this episode
The episode discusses a controversial crossword created by Adam Wagner and Simeon Seigel, highlighting differing opinions among solvers.
Today's crossword, a collaboration between veteran constructors Adam Wagner and Simeon Seigel, was relatively controversial: some solvers found it to be a splendid tour de force of modern crossword construction, others found it to be less splendid and more slog. Your cohosts are a case in point: but we will keep you briefly in suspense, dear listener, as to who felt what. (And as a meta-puzzle, see if you can suss that out prior to listening). Show note imagery: "Here's lookin' at you, kid", ...
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