| Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
| 20 | 4/20/2021 | 5/23/2024 | 4 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Rebus | Circle | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
| 2 | 8 | 1.63 | 133 | 59% |
Adam Wagner, originally of Long Island, New York, is a creative lead at Patreon where he helps creators get paid for their work. He's also a creator *on* Patreon, building a community around his daily puzzle games Order Up and Anigrams. In previous lives, Adam has also been a writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a viral YouTuber, a game show champion, and an applied math major at Brown University.
Adam currently lives in Oakland, CA, with his wife, two kids, and a few thousand honeybees.
Thu 5/23/2024
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| T | O | E | S | H | O | E | | | M | O | V | E | O | N |
| A | G | R | E | E | O | N | | B | A | Y | A | R | E | A |
| B | R | A | E | | S | L | A | T | S | | M | R | T |
| B | E | I | R | U | T | | A | N | T | | F | E | I | G |
| O | D | E | S | | R | I | S | K | | T | O | N | N | E |
| A | S | S | | D | I | M | E | S | | L | E | T | G | O |
| | | B | O | X | B | R | A | I | D | S | | | |
| A | F | T | E | R | | A | S | F | O | R | | F | B | I |
| B | I | O | T | A | | T | H | E | N | | A | R | L | O |
| U | R | N | S | | I | M | O | | S | A | V | E | U | S |
| E | C | G | | S | P | A | W | N | | R | I | S | E | |
| L | O | A | F | P | A | N | | A | T | T | A | C | H | E |
| A | N | N | I | E | S | | | L | A | S | S | O | E | S |
| E | S | T | D | | | | A | N | Y | | S | N | L |
In this elegant construction, the 7-letter Down answers in the grid are all legitimate crossword entries, but to match the clues, you must "braid" the letters back and forth. The shaded boxes were given, and I've colored the other letters so they're easier to read.
I've untangled the letters in the answers below the grid.
PS. Adam Wagner mentions Python in his notes. For the Python-curious who want to scour through their own word lists looking for cruciverbal gold, I have some sample scripts here.
Mon 2/19/2024
| I | M | P | L | Y | | A | W | A | Y | | T | E | R | M |
| G | E | E | S | E | | L | A | N | E | | O | P | U | S |
| O | N | E | U | P | | T | W | O | T | I | M | I | N | G |
| T | S | P | | | L | I | A | R | | N | B | C | | |
| I | C | E | B | O | A | T | | A | D | S | | H | I | P |
| T | H | R | E | E | M | U | S | K | E | T | E | E | R | S |
| | | F | R | E | D | O | | C | A | P | R | I | S |
| C | O | C | A | | | E | L | F | | | H | O | S | T |
| A | D | R | I | A | N | | V | A | P | E | R | | | |
| F | O | U | R | D | I | M | E | N | S | I | O | N | A | L |
| E | R | M | | U | N | I | | B | A | D | N | A | M | E |
| | B | I | B | | S | P | A | T | | | R | A | M |
| S | Y | L | L | A | B | L | E | S | | G | O | N | Z | O |
| H | E | E | L | | R | E | N | E | | O | R | I | O | N |
| E | N | D | S | | A | D | D | S | | B | E | A | N | S |
Tue 1/9/2024
| B | O | C | C | E | | | | W | A | F | E | R | |
| I | S | H | A | L | L | | | E | L | I | D | E | D |
| F | L | I | R | T | E | D | | N | O | L | I | T | A |
| F | O | L | L | O | W | E | D | T | H | E | S | U | N |
| | I | O | N | | M | I | K | A | | O | R | C |
| A | D | O | | | S | O | D | A | | A | N | N | E |
| S | A | I | D | A | H | | I | B | A | R | | | |
| S | O | L | O | M | O | N | N | O | R | T | H | U | P |
| | | R | O | T | O | | O | F | Y | O | R | E |
| O | K | O | K | | P | R | I | M | | | U | N | I |
| A | M | C | | G | U | A | C | | P | A | N | | |
| S | A | T | I | N | T | H | E | F | R | I | D | G | E |
| I | R | O | B | O | T | | T | U | E | S | D | A | Y |
| S | T | P | E | T | E | | | N | O | H | O | P | E |
| S | I | X | E | R | | | | P | A | G | E | S |
Sun 11/26/2023 Growth Spurts
| B | A | E | S | | A | R | C | A | D | I | A | | | | S | B | A | R | R | O |
| R | U | N | T | | T | O | O | S | O | O | N | | | B | E | A | N | I | E | S |
| E | D | D | Y | | B | A | I | T | I | N | G | | B | E | L | L | Y | F | A | T |
| W | E | L | L | E | A | R | N | E | D | | I | T | S | A | L | L | A | L | I | E |
| S | N | E | E | R | Y | | C | R | O | C | | A | M | U | S | E | | E | R | R |
| | S | I | N | | D | H | S | | H | O | M | E | T | U | R | F | | | |
| D | I | S | C | O | B | R | A | | L | I | C | I | T | | P | I | L | L | O | W |
| A | R | L | O | | L | O | C | | A | N | K | L | E | S | | N | Y | A | S | A |
| M | U | O | N | | U | N | H | I | T | C | H | | R | O | T | C | | T | H | Y |
| E | L | I | | A | R | E | I | N | | H | A | I | | D | A | H | L | I | A | S |
| S | E | N | D | S | | D | N | C | | I | M | D | B | | B | I | E | N | | |
| | C | O | P | E | | G | A | I | L | | E | A | T | | N | E | C | C | O |
| A | T | H | E | I | S | T | | S | N | L | | A | B | A | B | A | | H | A | R |
| S | H | O | | R | E | U | P | | T | A | L | L | Y | H | O | | H | E | R | E |
| T | I | P | P | I | | B | I | L | O | X | I | | B | I | B | | O | S | L | O |
| I | N | S | O | N | G | | N | O | T | I | P | | U | T | A | H | U | T | E | S |
| | | I | C | O | S | A | G | O | N | | A | M | I | | E | S | C | | |
| O | V | A | | H | A | I | T | I | | G | A | S | P | | F | R | E | R | E | S |
| S | A | N | D | A | L | T | A | N | S | | S | K | I | P | A | C | K | A | G | E |
| A | N | T | E | N | N | A | S | | I | C | A | N | N | O | T | | E | Z | R | A |
| K | E | I | S | T | E | R | | | M | O | N | O | C | L | E | | Y | E | E | T |
| A | S | S | I | S | T | | | | S | W | A | T | H | E | S | | S | S | T | S |
Sun 9/10/2023 Detours Ahead
| L | O | L | | B | G | A | M | E | | | | A | S | H | E | | M | A | S | S |
| A | D | A | | I | N | L | A | T | E | | | T | K | O | S | | O | P | P | O |
| B | O | B | C | R | A | T | C | H | I | T | | B | A | D | A | S | S | E | R | Y |
| R | O | A | D | W | A | Y | | L | A | V | A | | G | U | T | H | R | I | E |
| | R | I | S | E | R | S | | E | L | A | Y | N | E | | A | E | T | N | A |
| | | N | O | D | | | R | E | E | L | | O | P | E | N | | U | G | H |
| J | O | S | E | F | | R | I | A | N | | U | S | B | O | R | D | E | R | S | |
| A | H | A | | P | O | I | N | T | | R | E | O | | D | R | I | V | E | | |
| B | M | W | | R | A | M | S | E | S | I | | B | E | G | O | N | E | | | |
| B | A | R | B | E | T | S | | D | O | T | H | | P | E | R | | N | A | N | S |
| E | M | E | R | Y | | | E | M | U | E | G | G | S | | | X | E | N | O | N |
| D | A | D | A | | S | S | N | | P | A | T | H | | G | O | B | R | O | K | E |
| | | S | H | A | L | O | M | | I | V | O | T | E | N | O | | M | I | A |
| | M | I | A | M | I | | O | E | D | | S | I | L | E | X | | I | D | K |
| F | I | L | M | S | P | E | E | D | | P | T | A | S | | K | V | A | S | S |
| B | A | N | | L | A | N | E | | I | B | I | S | | | B | I | O | | | |
| A | N | I | M | E | | S | L | Y | F | O | X | | B | O | U | N | C | E | | |
| I | N | T | O | T | A | L | | E | Y | R | E | | A | U | R | E | A | T | E | |
| L | I | A | R | S | D | I | C | E | | E | L | A | S | T | I | C | B | A | N | D |
| O | N | C | E | | A | D | D | S | | | S | T | R | E | E | T | | I | V | Y |
| N | G | O | S | | M | E | S | H | | | | L | A | R | D | S | | L | Y | E |
POW Tue 5/16/2023
| A | B | S | | S | O | C | I | A | L | S | | B | I | B |
| P | O | E | | O | P | E | N | N | E | T | | E | C | O |
| N | O | N | C | H | A | L | A | N | C | E | | H | A | Y |
| E | Y | E | R | O | L | L | | | T | E | T | O | N | S |
| W | A | C | O | | | I | N | D | O | L | E | N | T | |
| S | H | A | P | E | D | | O | R | R | | S | E | L | F |
| | | | T | I | A | N | A | | E | L | S | I | E |
| D | I | S | C | O | M | B | O | B | U | L | A | T | E | D |
| A | C | O | R | N | | R | I | S | E | S | | | | |
| M | E | N | U | | P | A | S | | Y | E | N | T | A | S |
| M | I | S | N | O | M | E | R | | | S | H | U | E |
| N | A | C | H | O | S | | | A | C | T | F | A | S | T |
| A | K | A | | U | N | B | E | K | N | O | W | N | S | T |
| P | E | R | | S | E | A | W | E | E | D | | O | I | L |
| A | R | E | | E | R | N | E | S | T | O | | S | E | E |
Thu 3/30/2023
| F | A | C | T | | M | E | H | | | M | I | C | R | O |
| A | G | U | A | | E | A | U | | N | A | R | R | O | W |
| R | I | B | R | O | A | S | T | | C | R | E | A | S | E |
| E | L | E | G | A | N | T | | S | O | A | P | P | A | D |
| D | E | S | E | R | T | | A | H | S | | E | S | P | |
| | | T | S | A | P | R | E | | B | A | H | A | I |
| E | G | G | S | | L | U | M | | R | E | T | O | R | T |
| R | O | O | | P | O | T | H | E | A | D | | O | K | S |
| H | I | T | S | A | T | | A | V | G | | E | T | S | Y |
| U | N | C | U | T | | B | I | S | E | C | T | | | |
| G | A | H | | H | E | R | | R | U | I | N | E | D |
| Y | O | U | W | H | A | T | | T | O | S | C | A | L | E |
| I | N | G | E | A | R | | D | R | O | P | K | I | C | K |
| P | C | H | E | L | P | | A | I | M | | E | V | I | E |
| S | E | T | T | O | | | D | M | S | | T | E | D | S |
Wed 2/22/2023
| C | H | E | E | P | | R | O | A | R | | B | A | R | K |
| H | E | A | L | S | | A | N | N | O | | R | A | V | E |
| E | N | V | O | Y | | P | E | T | S | | E | A | S | Y |
| F | R | E | N | C | H | G | U | I | A | N | A | | | |
| S | I | S | | H | O | O | P | S | | A | S | P | S | |
| | | P | E | N | D | | P | A | D | T | H | A | I |
| I | D | L | E | D | | | K | A | L | A | M | A | T | A |
| B | E | A | R | | S | K | I | M | P | | I | S | I | T |
| E | T | H | I | O | P | I | A | | | I | L | E | N | E |
| G | E | T | S | M | A | D | | B | A | L | K | | | |
| R | I | C | A | | S | W | I | L | L | | N | T | H |
| | | O | N | O | M | A | T | O | P | O | E | I | A |
| W | E | L | P | | N | E | X | T | | A | D | A | M | S |
| A | L | O | E | | K | N | E | E | | S | I | T | O | N |
| H | I | S | S | | P | U | R | R | | S | N | O | R | T |
Sun 1/1/2023 In Play
| T | R | E | E | | J | A | P | A | N | | S | P | A | M | S | | A | C | T | S |
| Y | E | N | S | | A | I | O | L | I | | A | E | R | I | E | | L | O | I | N |
| R | E | C | T | A | N | G | U | L | A | R | P | R | I | S | M | | E | L | M | O |
| A | L | E | R | T | | | R | E | L | O | | | | S | I | M | P | L | E | R |
| | L | O | V | E | W | I | L | L | T | E | A | R | U | S | A | P | A | R | T |
| D | R | A | G | | N | O | T | E | | | D | O | E | S | | C | O | B | | |
| A | I | D | E | | T | W | O | | S | W | I | N | G | A | T | | | O | P | A |
| M | O | U | N | T | A | I | N | S | T | A | T | E | S | | O | U | T | R | U | N |
| E | T | S | | H | I | E | | P | A | R | | | | F | I | N | E | A | R | T |
| | | T | E | L | | D | O | C | T | O | R | D | O | L | I | T | T | L | E |
| A | X | I | O | M | | T | O | O | K | | Z | E | R | O | | C | R | E | S | S |
| G | E | T | B | A | C | K | I | N | S | H | A | P | E | | G | O | A | | | |
| I | N | S | I | G | H | T | | | | E | R | R | | S | U | R | | P | A | T |
| L | O | N | N | I | E | | B | R | E | A | K | O | U | T | I | N | S | O | N | G |
| E | N | O | | | M | A | N | U | A | L | S | | N | A | N | | A | S | T | I |
| | B | B | S | | L | A | I | C | | | S | O | L | E | | L | E | I | F |
| F | R | I | E | N | D | S | I | N | H | I | G | H | P | L | A | C | E | S | | |
| L | E | G | R | O | O | M | | | | S | U | R | E | | | D | I | N | A | R |
| U | R | G | E | | P | I | C | T | U | R | E | I | N | P | I | C | T | U | R | E |
| B | A | I | T | | E | T | H | O | S | | S | N | E | E | R | | E | D | E | N |
| S | N | E | S | | S | H | I | N | E | | S | E | D | G | E | | M | E | A | T |
We haven't done this in a while, and I know many find these notes annoying, but for the few who like to learn this stuff, It's time once again to play Fun with the Finder™.
Jeff mentioned that the X IN Y pattern is broad, and it certainly is, but suppose you were on the lookout to find interesting ones. Our Finder can help. Click the links below to see the results.
- The standard Search button doesn't know about word breaks, so it's not that useful. Searching for *IN* reveals words like COINED. Not what we want.
- Fortunately, the OneLook Search button does know about word breaks. The pattern **IN** finds phrases that include the word IN. Much better, although phrases like FILL IN or IN COLD BLOOD are less interesting. We'd like IN to be in the middle of a phrase.
- The pattern *? IN ?* (note the spaces) guarantees at least one word before or after IN.
See our Finder Tips page to learn more.
Sun 11/27/2022 Go Figure
| P | I | P | | G | E | N | T | | | A | B | A | B | A | | | Y | E | A |
| J | A | P | E | | A | L | O | E | | | N | O | T | O | K | | T | U | L | L |
| I | T | L | L | B | E | F | U | N | | I | N | N | E | R | C | I | R | C | L | E |
| G | R | A | V | E | L | | T | E | R | M | | G | I | G | | L | A | K | E | R |
| G | E | N | I | E | | A | U | T | O | B | A | H | N | | C | L | I | E | N | T |
| L | O | T | S | | V | C | R | | K | E | P | I | | B | L | I | N | D | | |
| E | N | O | | O | P | E | N | H | E | A | R | T | | R | A | N | T | | | |
| | | B | A | S | K | | A | R | T | S | | K | A | Y | | R | O | D | S |
| G | R | I | T | | I | A | M | | | | C | E | S | T | S | I | B | O | N |
| W | H | I | Z | B | A | N | G | | A | G | A | P | E | | I | M | P | A | L | A |
| R | E | P | | R | I | G | H | T | T | R | I | A | N | G | L | E | | M | A | G |
| I | T | S | W | A | R | | A | I | M | E | D | | A | R | E | A | M | A | P | S |
| S | T | A | I | N | L | E | S | S | | | | A | N | I | | R | O | S | S | |
| T | O | W | N | | A | L | T | | P | U | R | R | | F | O | E | S | | | |
| | | D | A | N | K | | S | U | P | E | R | S | T | A | R | | B | O | S |
| | F | U | S | E | S | | O | R | Z | O | | E | E | K | | H | E | F | T |
| M | O | R | P | H | S | | P | R | E | O | R | D | E | R | | D | E | N | S | E |
| O | V | A | T | E | | A | L | E | | N | G | O | S | | L | O | A | T | H | E |
| L | E | M | O | N | S | Q | U | A | R | E | | P | A | V | E | D | R | O | A | D |
| T | R | E | Y | | O | U | T | R | E | | | E | W | A | N | | S | U | P | S |
| S | T | S | | | N | A | O | M | I | | | S | S | N | S | | E | T | E | |
Tue 9/13/2022
| D | E | L | I | | S | E | C | T | | S | T | O | W |
| E | C | O | N | | C | L | E | O | | H | O | R | A |
| F | O | O | T | B | A | L | L | P | L | A | Y | E | R |
| O | C | K | H | A | M | | L | I | E | N | S | | |
| R | A | M | E | N | | R | O | C | K | E | T | T | E |
| M | R | A | Z | | C | U | S | S | | | O | A | R |
| | | O | B | O | E | | | F | O | R | M | A |
| | U | N | B | O | R | N | B | A | B | Y | | |
| J | A | P | E | S | | | O | A | T | S | | | |
| F | B | I | | | A | N | N | E | | T | S | A | R |
| K | A | N | G | A | R | O | O | | D | R | O | V | E |
| | A | R | I | E | S | | S | O | U | R | E | D |
| H | E | R | E | S | T | H | E | K | I | C | K | E | R |
| B | A | M | A | | H | O | P | I | | T | I | N | E |
| O | U | S | T | | A | T | A | T | | S | N | O | W |
Thu 8/18/2022
| A | L | B | S | | E | T | C | H | E | R | | B | E | E |
| B | A | I | T | | C | H | R | O | M | E | C | A | S | T |
| C | U | K | E | | H | E | A | V | E | N | A | R | T | H |
| T | R | I | E | S | O | U | T | | T | V | T | R | A | Y |
| V | A | N | L | A | | S | E | P | I | A | | E | S | L |
| D | I | S | C | S | | | A | C | D | C | | | |
| B | E | N | | S | A | N | D | S | | A | P | I | A | N |
| A | R | E | S | | L | A | E | S | T | | A | N | T | E |
| O | N | S | E | T | | I | C | E | I | T | | B | O | W |
| | | C | O | M | E | | | C | A | R | O | M | |
| R | O | B | | P | A | R | S | E | | M | A | X | I | M |
| A | V | A | T | A | R | | P | A | N | P | I | Z | Z | A |
| J | A | C | U | Z | Z | A | R | T | Y | | S | E | E | N |
| A | L | O | N | E | A | G | A | I | N | | E | R | R | S |
| S | S | N | | S | N | O | T | T | Y | | D | O | S | E |
Thu 5/5/2022
| F | I | B | | K | O | R | U | N | A | S | | G | S | A |
| A | H | A | | A | D | D | S | A | L | T | | O | C | D |
| M | A | T | H | T | E | A | C | H | E | R | | L | I | E |
| I | D | S | A | Y | | | | | C | O | R | D | E | N |
| S | T | I | R | | S | O | O | N | | P | E | E | N | |
| H | O | N | | S | P | I | R | A | L | | O | N | C | E |
| | | C | O | O | L | D | U | D | E | | R | E | X |
| | S | L | I | T | | E | T | O | N | | A | C | C |
| D | E | A | R | | T | R | I | P | S | | T | A | O |
| T | O | Q | U | E | | H | U | L | A | | S | I | M | P |
| E | L | U | D | E | | E | P | I | | T | T | O | P | S |
| C | L | E | E | S | E | | | | E | U | R | | | |
| H | I | N | T | | T | R | I | A | L | D | A | T | E | S |
| S | E | C | T | | S | U | N | F | L | O | W | E | R | S |
| S | E | E | | Y | E | S | T | E | R | Y | E | A | R |
Tue 3/22/2022
| G | E | A | R | E | D | | A | S | P | | W | A | Z | E |
| U | L | T | I | M | A | | L | O | U | | A | G | O | G |
| F | A | T | B | O | Y | S | L | I | M | | F | R | O | G |
| F | I | E | | | | E | A | R | P | | F | E | S | S |
| A | N | N | | F | | S | H | E | E | P | L | E | | |
| W | E | D | I | D | I | T | | E | D | G | E | D | U | P |
| | | R | A | R | E | S | | I | S | I | T | M | E |
| E | C | H | O | | O | T | H | E | R | | R | O | A | R |
| S | E | E | N | I | N | | H | B | O | G | O | | | |
| P | E | R | F | U | M | E | | O | N | E | N | E | S | S |
| | H | I | D | A | L | G | O | | E | | A | P | U |
| S | K | O | L | | I | M | O | K | | | | S | A | N |
| C | A | N | I | | D | I | S | S | E | N | T | E | R | S |
| A | T | O | N | | E | R | E | | L | I | A | I | S | E |
| B | E | R | G | | N | A | E | | M | A | G | N | E | T |
POW Thu 2/3/2022
| A | D | Z | | S | M | U | G | | E | S | P | A | N | A |
| T | A | O | | A | O | N | E | | T | E | A | C | U | P |
| F | L | O | | D | O | W | N | J | A | C | K | E | T | S |
| I | A | M | B | | D | E | R | U | L | O | | L | T | E |
| R | I | S | E | S | | D | E | S | I | | R | A | Y | S |
| S | L | I | D | I | N | | | T | A | Z | O | | | |
| T | A | N | | N | A | O | M | I | | E | K | E | S | |
| M | O | M | E | N | T | O | F | T | R | U | T | H | |
| A | N | E | W | | H | A | Y | A | O | | H | E | D |
| | | N | Y | S | E | | | S | T | R | I | P | E |
| I | L | S | A | | A | L | F | A | | H | O | O | H | A |
| N | O | T | | I | T | L | L | D | O | | O | P | E | D |
| C | R | O | S | S | Y | O | U | R | T | S | | I | R | S |
| A | N | G | L | E | R | | B | E | T | A | | A | D | E |
| S | A | Y | Y | E | S | | S | P | O | T | | N | S | A |
This Thursday CROSS THE T'S theme is a companion piece to the following Thursday's DOT THE I'S.
POW Sun 11/21/2021 SCREEN SHARING
| D | I | L | A | T | E | S | | P | O | G | O | | A | L | T | | F | E | M | A |
| E | C | O | C | I | D | E | | A | W | A | Y | | T | O | E | | A | X | I | S |
| F | R | O | M | D | U | S | K | T | I | L | L | D | A | W | N | | B | O | N | K |
| T | Y | P | E | A | | A | E | O | N | | | E | L | L | S | | I | T | E | M |
| | | S | L | U | M | D | O | G | M | I | L | L | I | O | N | A | I | R | E |
| A | S | S | | | R | E | S | T | | O | W | L | | F | R | A | N | C | | |
| H | A | T | F | U | L | | | | C | R | O | S | S | E | | G | O | F | O | R |
| O | C | E | A | N | S | E | L | E | V | E | N | | A | S | H | | | I | M | O |
| O | H | A | R | A | | G | E | M | S | | D | S | L | | I | T | I | S | N | T |
| T | A | K | E | L | E | A | V | E | | P | E | W | | T | R | Y | T | H | I | S |
| | | W | E | D | D | I | N | G | C | R | A | S | H | E | R | S | | | |
| C | A | N | A | R | D | S | | D | O | S | | N | E | E | D | A | L | I | F | T |
| S | H | O | R | T | I | | Y | S | L | | P | E | E | R | | N | O | R | A | H |
| I | O | S | | | E | R | E | | I | N | H | E | R | E | N | T | V | I | C | E |
| S | K | I | P | S | | E | S | S | A | Y | S | | | | U | S | E | N | E | T |
| | R | E | R | A | N | | E | T | S | | A | C | T | I | | | A | D | A |
| T | H | E | G | O | D | F | A | T | H | E | R | P | A | R | T | I | I | | | |
| A | B | E | L | | S | A | R | A | | | E | R | I | E | | T | O | P | A | Z |
| T | O | B | E | | P | I | C | T | U | R | E | I | N | P | I | C | T | U | R | E |
| A | G | O | G | | O | R | E | | G | U | L | L | | I | N | H | A | L | E | D |
| R | O | B | S | | T | E | D | | H | E | S | S | | D | A | Y | S | P | A | S |
Thu 8/5/2021
| M | E | G | A | | H | I | M | O | M | | O | T | I | S |
| A | L | E | S | | O | P | E | R | A | | T | R | A | P |
| O | F | T | H | E | W | O | R | L | D | | S | E | G | A |
| | A | B | E | L | | M | E | D | I | | B | R | R |
| A | P | R | I | L | | B | A | A | | S | K | E | E | T |
| L | I | O | N | | D | R | I | N | K | L | I | K | E | A |
| E | S | O | | B | R | A | D | S | H | A | W | | | |
| C | A | M | E | R | A | | | | A | N | I | M | A | L |
| | | W | E | N | T | C | O | L | D | | A | X | E |
| H | O | L | E | C | O | V | E | R | S | | O | M | I | T |
| A | P | I | S | H | | G | N | C | | G | L | A | S | S |
| R | E | N | | T | O | U | T | | I | M | D | B | | |
| I | N | K | Y | | B | E | A | T | S | A | D | E | A | D |
| B | E | T | A | | I | S | U | Z | U | | O | A | H | U |
| O | D | O | R | | S | T | R | E | P | | G | R | I | D |
Fun puzzle. This one impressed me.
Sun 5/30/2021 GAME OVER
| R | A | D | N | E | R | | S | O | T | S | | S | E | A | M | S | | B | F | A |
| A | S | I | A | G | O | | N | C | A | A | | C | L | I | O | A | W | A | R | D |
| P | H | A | R | O | S | | I | T | L | L | | H | I | M | A | L | A | Y | A | S |
| C | O | L | E | | A | D | V | O | C | A | T | E | D | | B | E | T | A | S | |
| D | R | I | P | | S | E | E | M | | D | O | M | E | S | | S | C | R | I | M |
| S | E | N | T | | | S | L | O | G | | P | E | S | O | S | | H | E | E | D |
| | | I | M | A | M | | M | A | C | J | R | | D | A | B | E | A | R | S |
| H | O | T | C | O | C | O | A | | R | H | O | | D | A | V | I | D | | | |
| A | N | A | | W | E | N | T | B | Y | E | B | Y | E | | O | N | E | I | D | A |
| R | A | M | | | | D | O | R | I | C | | A | N | T | I | D | O | T | E | S |
| A | R | E | | T | U | T | | I | N | K | E | R | | I | R | S | | A | B | C |
| S | U | R | F | I | N | U | S | A | | M | I | D | A | S | | | | L | T | E |
| S | N | A | I | L | S | | I | N | B | A | D | S | H | A | P | E | | I | O | N |
| | | D | E | T | E | R | | R | T | E | | A | M | E | X | C | A | R | D |
| E | G | G | D | R | O | P | | M | Y | E | R | S | | O | A | T | H | | | |
| L | E | A | R | | W | E | I | R | D | | S | O | T | U | | | A | L | L | Y |
| I | T | S | O | K | | E | N | J | O | Y | | J | E | S | U | | L | I | E | U |
| F | L | U | E | S | | D | O | N | O | T | O | P | E | N | | K | O | N | G |
| B | R | I | N | G | I | T | I | N | | S | H | U | E | | C | U | A | N | D | O |
| T | E | N | D | E | R | A | G | E | | H | I | R | E | | U | N | R | E | E | L |
| W | E | E | | L | E | G | O | S | | I | N | N | S | | T | I | T | L | E | D |
Thu 4/29/2021
| W | O | O | F | | O | R | C | A | | B | A | T | H | S |
| H | U | R | L | | W | I | N | G | | U | S | E | U | P |
| I | T | W | O | U | L | D | B | E | A | S | H | A | M | E |
| S | P | O | U | T | S | | C | O | P | E | | R | O | D |
| K | U | R | T | Z | | | | L | P | S | | O | R | B |
| S | T | S | | | H | I | L | D | A | | I | F | M | Y |
| S | E | R | R | A | N | O | | R | O | L | F | E | |
| | | H | A | I | K | U | W | E | R | E | | | |
| C | O | Y | E | R | | P | I | N | E | S | A | P | |
| T | O | B | E | | B | R | E | N | T | | | P | I | P |
| H | M | S | | S | A | O | | | | W | I | S | E | R |
| R | E | C | | A | L | I | G | | P | O | N | C | H | O |
| O | N | E | S | Y | L | L | A | B | L | E | T | O | O | L |
| B | O | N | U | S | | E | L | L | A | | E | R | L | E |
| S | W | E | E | T | | D | A | M | N | | R | E | E | D |
Today's crossword reminds me of a favorite, not haiku, but poem anyway:
There was a young girl from Japan
Whose limericks never would scan.
When someone asked why
She replied with a sigh,
"It's because I always try to fit as many syllables into the last line as I possibly can."
There's a companion poem that goes like this:
That girl had an intimate friend
Whose limericks came to an end
Suddenly.
Tue 4/20/2021
| R | A | J | A | H | | G | I | Z | A | | S | M | O | G |
| A | C | U | R | A | | A | N | I | N | | H | A | H | N |
| M | A | I | M | S | | B | O | N | D | | O | L | G | A |
| P | I | C | | B | E | E | R | G | R | O | W | L | E | R |
| | E | A | R | L | | D | E | E | T | | E | E | L |
| S | U | B | W | O | O | F | E | R | | R | I | T | Z | Y |
| P | A | A | R | | P | A | R | | H | A | H | | | |
| A | E | R | A | T | E | D | | R | O | S | E | T | T | A |
| | | T | I | S | | B | U | M | | A | A | R | P |
| E | G | E | S | T | | B | O | B | B | A | R | K | E | R |
| V | O | L | | L | O | R | I | | R | U | D | E | | |
| E | L | I | T | E | Y | E | L | P | E | R | | H | I | P |
| R | O | X | Y | | V | E | E | R | | O | D | O | R | S |
| S | N | I | P | | E | Z | R | A | | R | O | M | A | S |
| O | G | R | E | | Y | E | S | M | | A | G | E | N | T |
ELOPE and its plural variant we see today have seen a number of outstanding clues over the years:
- Go off, but not without a hitch
- Give a ring while on the road
- Marry a cutie on the q. t.
- Expedite some union business
- Not do the rite thing
- Take the honey and run
- Split with one's beloved
And my personal favorite:
- Opt for the window instead of the aisle
