Saturday, February 21, 2026 - Now *that's* a Saturday crossword!

Traditionally,  NYTimes crosswords increase in difficulty from Monday to Saturday*. So, if you had problems with today's puzzle, that's perfectly normal and by design: it was built that way.

The clues were magnificent, all designed to exercise those little grey cells. We covered the best of these in the podcast, but the rest (still very, very good) included 13D, Many key changes take place in it, CARSHARE (yikes!); 20A, The third primary chakra is located just above it, NAVEL (quick, the fainting couch!); and 11D, Like a spoilsport, NOFUN (and the exact opposite of today's crossword).

Show note imagery: LOUISA Catherine Adams, First Lady, 1825-1829

*with Sunday characterized as a "large Wednesday" in terms of difficulty

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