| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scrab | Debut | Flow | Fresh |
| 1.63 | 14 | 32.8 | 45% |
Sun 8/29/2021 UH? OH ...
| T | A | D | | | O | B | A | M | A | | E | P | I | C | | | P | E | N | |
| A | W | E | S | | P | A | R | E | D | | C | E | N | A | | A | L | T | E | R |
| F | A | N | T | A | S | Y | S | U | P | P | O | R | T | S | | S | U | S | H | I |
| F | R | I | E | D | | | O | P | A | H | | S | E | A | O | T | T | E | R | S |
| Y | E | S | W | E | C | A | N | | G | O | F | O | R | B | A | R | O | Q | U | E |
| | | S | N | O | B | | L | E | N | I | N | | A | R | I | | | | |
| I | D | S | | | N | A | P | A | | E | T | N | A | | | D | E | E | T | |
| F | A | L | C | O | N | C | A | R | E | S | S | E | D | | P | E | P | S | I | S |
| S | N | E | A | K | | I | L | Y | A | | | L | E | E | R | | I | C | K | Y |
| O | O | P | S | I | E | | A | N | T | E | S | | | D | I | S | D | A | I | N |
| | T | H | E | R | O | U | X | I | N | T | H | E | T | O | W | E | L | | |
| P | I | L | E | S | O | N | | | N | O | R | A | D | | R | A | M | A | P | O |
| E | T | A | S | | D | E | E | D | | | A | R | G | O | | M | I | T | E | R |
| R | E | T | I | R | E | | D | E | R | I | D | E | A | P | R | I | C | O | T | S |
| M | E | N | U | | | S | P | I | T | | M | R | E | D | | | R | E | O |
| | | | B | I | N | | A | P | R | E | S | | R | A | I | N | | | |
| G | R | A | V | Y | T | E | R | R | A | I | N | | C | A | S | T | A | N | E | T |
| R | E | C | O | R | D | S | E | T | | E | G | G | O | | | A | D | E | L | E |
| A | C | U | T | E | | T | H | U | N | D | E | R | C | O | L | L | A | P | S | E |
| F | A | R | E | D | | E | A | R | N | | L | O | O | F | A | | L | A | I | N |
| P | A | R | | | A | B | E | E | | S | W | A | T | S | | | L | E | S |
Dory Mintz, of the Bronx, is a software engineer for a digital marketing company, Wunderkind. He likes to bowl (recently rolling a career-high 218) and calls himself "a passionate albeit subpar Scrabble player." He was reading an old art textbook when the phrase at 33-Across jumped into his head, and a crossword theme idea was born.
This is his second puzzle, and first Sunday, for The Times.
Wed 10/21/2020
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| A | G | R | A | | B | A | R | U | C | H | | O | C | T |
| B | E | R | N | B | R | I | D | G | E | S | | C | A | R |
| U | S | O | F | A | | M | E | L | | | C | A | N | E |
| T | R | I | B | E | | R | E | D | E | A | L | T | |
| | | C | A | N | N | E | S | O | P | E | N | E | R |
| G | T | E | | | H | A | D | | G | E | N | E | V | A |
| R | E | V | | D | A | B | | E | S | E | | W | E | I |
| A | L | I | S | O | N | | K | O | I | | | S | N | L |
| D | E | L | H | I | C | O | U | N | T | E | R | | | |
| T | W | O | T | E | R | M | | S | L | E | W | S | |
| I | H | O | P | | | I | Q | S | | S | T | O | O | P |
| M | O | M | | S | E | O | U | L | S | E | A | R | C | H |
| U | N | A | | A | U | L | A | I | T | | I | M | H | O |
| S | S | N | | P | R | E | T | T | Y | | L | Y | I | N |