A | T | T | A | C | K | R | A | C | E | R | S | T | A | M | E | N | ||||
L | E | A | G | U | E | R | E | V | I | L | E | S | C | I | M | I | N | O | ||
P | A | T | I | N | A | O | V | E | R | L | A | P | A | K | I | N | T | O | ||
A | P | T | L | Y | N | A | M | E | D | C | E | L | E | B | R | I | T | I | E | S |
C | O | L | E | F | A | L | A | N | I | C | E | Y | O | R | E | |||||
A | T | E | B | L | I | N | I | S | I | N | G | E | N | O | S | |||||
W | E | A | R | I | N | G | N | A | M | E | T | A | G | S | ||||||
S | W | E | E | P | E | A | U | A | L | S | O | R | R | O | W | S | ||||
G | E | R | A | R | D | G | A | G | O | N | R | E | R | E | A | D | ||||
R | A | I | N | S | I | M | A | C | U | O | F | A | T | E | S | L | A | |||
A | W | N | S | U | M | F | A | R | T | I | M | |||||||||
B | E | G | E | T | H | Y | M | N | F | U | N | K | S | C | E | N | E | |||
S | E | E | N | A | S | A | S | I | A | N | A | M | A | N | A | S | ||||
D | R | Y | M | O | P | S | E | N | V | O | S | M | O | N | D | S | ||||
A | P | P | L | E | S | W | E | A | T | S | H | I | R | T | ||||||
G | T | S | A | H | E | A | P | A | M | O | R | E | T | V | S | |||||
O | A | T | H | A | R | U | T | S | K | O | R | C | H | E | T | |||||
T | H | E | O | N | E | T | O | T | H | E | W | E | S | T | O | F | H | E | R | E |
H | I | P | P | O | S | O | N | E | V | O | T | E | A | R | O | U | S | E | ||
A | N | O | I | N | T | M | I | T | E | R | E | D | T | A | S | S | E | L | ||
M | I | N | N | I | E | K | A | R | E | N | S | T | E | A | D | Y |
Andrew Chaikin is a musician and game inventor in San Francisco. This crossword contains a whodunit.
S | P | O | I | L | L | A | L | A | W | S | H | U | T | W | A | R | T | |||
P | U | N | N | Y | A | R | I | S | E | L | A | S | H | I | G | O | R | |||
C | L | E | A | N | O | U | T | T | H | E | H | O | U | S | E | N | A | M | E | |
A | L | P | S | U | R | L | D | A | M | E | D | E | E | P | A | K | ||||
S | E | E | F | R | I | E | N | D | S | M | O | R | E | O | F | T | E | N | ||
M | A | R | C | I | E | S | A | I | A | T | T | A | ||||||||
O | H | C | O | O | L | S | N | O | G | S | S | R | S | R | O | |||||
S | E | E | N | S | A | Y | G | R | O | W | M | Y | N | E | S | T | E | G | G | |
H | A | N | D | K | O | N | W | E | I | R | C | L | E | A | R | Y | ||||
E | D | T | M | E | R | E | S | A | L | T | I | H | A | R | L | E | M | |||
G | I | V | E | U | P | O | L | D | H | A | B | I | T | S | ||||||
S | H | E | R | R | I | T | E | A | K | S | N | O | D | E | M | B | A | |||
A | E | R | A | T | E | R | A | M | I | S | O | N | T | E | E | N | ||||
W | A | T | C | H | W | H | A | T | I | E | A | T | B | A | G | H | D | A | D | |
L | E | I | A | L | Y | S | C | A | R | S | I | R | I | U | S | |||||
E | A | R | S | D | R | E | D | L | O | T | T | O | ||||||||
P | L | A | N | A | P | E | R | F | E | C | T | G | E | T | A | W | A | Y | ||
S | H | A | L | O | M | D | E | A | D | I | N | K | A | T | I | T | ||||
W | A | I | L | O | R | G | A | N | I | Z | E | M | Y | O | F | F | I | C | E | |
I | S | L | E | N | E | E | D | T | A | K | E | I | T | I | V | O | S | |||
M | E | A | N | A | N | D | Y | S | P | E | N | T | S | T | E | N | T |
Andrew Chaikin, of San Francisco, is an electronic-blues musician who goes by the name Kid Beyond. He has played with such luminaries as James Brown, Ray Charles, Will.I.Am and Sara Bareilles.
This is his third Sunday crossword for The Times. Last January he made a resolution to have another puzzle in the paper by the end of the year. In October, with time running out, he thought, "What's an idea they'd want to publish by December 31?" Voilà!
C | O | A | S | T | A | T | A | T | I | M | E | C | H | I | T | A | ||||
M | A | N | T | L | E | T | R | I | S | T | A | N | H | O | T | E | L | S | ||
A | G | E | F | O | R | D | R | I | N | K | I | N | G | L | E | G | A | L | L | Y |
Y | E | T | B | R | E | A | S | T | S | C | R | I | E | S | E | T | D | |||
A | S | I | A | O | M | I | T | H | A | M | S | E | X | O | N | |||||
N | U | M | B | E | R | O | N | E | A | L | B | U | M | B | Y | A | D | E | L | E |
S | P | E | L | L | P | O | E | D | I | D | D | Y | ||||||||
A | R | A | B | S | P | C | T | T | E | N | L | B | ||||||||
G | U | N | S | I | N | A | M | I | L | I | T | A | R | Y | S | A | L | U | T | E |
O | N | E | T | O | O | M | A | N | Y | E | L | I | E | W | I | E | S | E | L | |
O | C | C | B | L | T | O | P | T | T | R | I | |||||||||
F | A | C | S | I | M | I | L | E | S | M | A | L | E | F | I | C | E | N | T | |
S | P | O | T | S | O | N | A | L | L | S | I | D | E | S | O | F | A | D | I | E |
R | I | T | A | S | I | N | N | S | T | E | N | S | ||||||||
S | H | O | U | T | W | C | S | O | E | S | T | E | ||||||||
W | I | N | N | I | N | G | B | L | A | C | K | J | A | C | K | T | O | T | A | L |
I | S | A | K | E | U | R | O | E | L | L | E | F | A | V | A | |||||
L | P | S | H | A | V | A | N | A | S | T | I | E | R | S | R | E | P | |||
L | E | T | T | E | R | S | I | N | T | H | E | S | E | A | N | S | W | E | R | S |
S | E | A | G | A | L | N | O | N | A | G | O | N | E | T | H | A | N | E | ||
D | R | I | L | Y | S | L | O | G | A | N | S | L | S | A | T | S |
D | E | W | A | R | F | L | O | W | C | H | A | P | M | A | L | E | ||||
E | X | I | L | E | R | A | R | E | L | A | B | A | N | I | M | A | L | |||
C | A | S | A | B | L | A | N | C | A | F | A | L | A | L | A | L | A | L | A | |
O | M | E | N | O | N | E | S | C | A | N | T | O | D | D | S | O | N | |||
A | T | O | Z | N | E | A | L | S | S | M | E | E | ||||||||
T | A | B | L | E | T | B | O | L | T | S | S | T | A | R | W | A | R | S | ||
B | L | A | D | E | C | L | U | C | E | S | A | R | B | O | T | |||||
S | O | F | A | T | H | A | T | C | H | O | N | U | P | E | R | D | E | |||
P | E | T | C | H | O | C | U | L | A | I | D | D | O | D | A | H | L | |||
A | S | H | E | K | R | O | S | S | M | E | T | R | I | C | A | L | ||||
A | M | A | N | A | P | L | A | N | A | C | A | N | A | L | P | A | N | A | M | A |
R | A | W | O | N | I | O | N | K | A | M | E | N | I | P | A | D | ||||
C | R | A | W | T | U | D | E | T | O | A | D | I | E | S | A | B | S | |||
H | I | R | E | S | I | T | S | C | A | R | A | T | S | A | B | L | E | |||
E | N | D | S | A | T | C | H | E | L | S | E | N | R | O | N | |||||
R | A | S | T | A | M | A | N | I | C | O | S | A | I | S | A | A | C | S | ||
U | T | E | S | S | L | A | N | T | S | M | O | G | ||||||||
A | D | O | R | E | S | P | A | I | N | E | G | P | A | R | A | J | A | |||
M | A | G | N | A | C | A | R | T | A | B | A | L | A | C | L | A | V | A | S | |
P | Y | R | O | M | A | N | I | A | I | C | E | S | A | M | I | C | I | |||
M | O | E | N | L | I | M | N | T | E | E | M | O | S | A | K | A |
In 2002 I published a crossword by Patrick Berry in which the only vowel in the entire grid was A, so I wasn't so impressed here that just the theme answers are univocalic. But the twist of the theme clues also having A as the only vowel? Love it! Fourteen theme entries in a Sunday puzzle is impressive, too.