Friday, September 4, 2026 — Julian Xiao Cranks it Up to 11! 😱🥳

From Jean & Mike Do The New York Times Crossword MP

Both cohosts struggled mightily with today's crossword, the third from Julian Xiao since 2024. Here are just a few clues, to give you a taste of the difficulty level (spoiler alert: it's high): 28A, Cooking term whose name is composed of two synonyms for "criticize", PANROAST (excellent!)57A, System by which all speech is protected?, SECURELINE (tricky and a debut)23D, First country to elect a female prime minister (1960), SRILANKA (nice!)We cover quite a few more in today's podcast, and have...