Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
63 | 1/3/2013 | 12/6/2023 | 7 |
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
3 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Circle | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
4 | 1.60 | 297 | 44% |
Bruce Haight is originally from Wisconsin and is now a semi-retired eye surgeon in San Diego. He was inspired to start puzzle construction by Peter A. Collins.
Bruce once rallied against Will Shortz for ten minutes in ping-pong and didn't get a single point off him.
Wed 12/6/2023
M | A | S | S | | S | C | A | M | | C | H | O | I | R |
E | R | M | A | | C | O | C | A | | R | A | N | B | Y |
H | E | A | V | Y | H | A | N | D | | E | M | C | E | E |
| | R | E | V | E | R | E | D | | W | H | E | T | S |
K | I | T | | E | M | S | | A | S | N | O | | | |
A | N | Y | | S | E | E | | S | P | E | C | T | R | A |
R | A | P | | | | | | H | I | C | K | H | O | P |
A | K | A | | B | A | M | | E | L | K | | A | S | S |
C | N | N | | E | V | O | | S | T | S | | T | E | C |
H | O | T | H | E | A | D | | | | | | S | O | O |
I | T | S | A | T | I | E | | B | O | Y | | S | I | R |
| | | T | A | L | L | | E | R | E | | O | L | E |
F | I | S | H | Y | | S | T | E | W | A | R | T | | |
O | N | E | A | L | | H | I | G | H | H | O | R | S | E |
P | O | L | I | O | | I | D | E | A | | C | U | T | S |
S | T | A | R | R | | P | E | E | T | | K | E | E | P |
Every clue starts with the letter H. The only H's in the grid are those in the theme answers. Bryant White had a similar idea in 1994.
Thu 12/15/2022
E | E | L | I | N | G | | O | S | L | O | | I | D | E | D |
O | R | O | M | E | O | | P | H | E | W | | N | I | N | A |
N | E | W | P | O | T | A | T | O | E | S | | L | E | T | T |
S | A | N | S | | C | L | I | O | | | M | E | D | I | A |
A | D | O | | C | H | I | C | K | E | N | S | T | O | C | K |
G | E | T | B | E | A | T | | | W | I | N | | W | E | E |
O | R | E | A | D | | | D | I | E | T | | A | N | D | Y |
| | | H | E | A | V | Y | C | R | E | A | M | | | |
B | E | S | S | | L | I | E | U | | | B | I | B | L | E |
U | N | A | | P | O | E | | | D | E | E | D | B | O | X |
S | A | U | T | E | E | D | L | E | E | K | S | | Q | V | C |
R | C | C | A | R | | | U | T | N | E | | C | R | E | E |
I | T | I | S | | V | I | C | H | Y | S | S | O | I | S | E |
D | E | N | T | | A | C | R | E | | B | U | L | B | E | D |
E | D | G | Y | | L | E | E | R | | Y | E | A | S | T | S |
Tue 11/1/2022
M | A | D | A | M | | | A | L | T | O | | F | D | A |
A | D | E | L | E | | S | C | A | R | E | | A | I | R |
N | E | V | E | R | B | E | T | T | E | R | | C | D | S |
O | L | E | | L | I | M | I | T | | | F | E | T | E |
R | I | L | E | | R | I | V | E | R | B | A | S | I | N |
S | N | O | R | E | D | | | | A | L | T | I | M | A |
| E | P | I | C | | V | O | L | G | A | | T | E | L |
| | | C | O | V | E | R | B | A | N | D | | | |
I | M | S | | L | U | T | E | S | | C | I | T | E | |
H | O | T | P | A | D | | | | I | H | E | A | R | D |
O | V | E | R | B | U | D | G | E | T | | D | R | N | O |
P | I | P | E | | | E | E | R | I | E | | H | U | G |
E | E | O | | L | I | N | K | I | N | G | V | E | R | B |
S | A | N | | T | R | I | K | E | | G | E | E | S | E |
O | D | E | | D | E | M | O | | | O | G | L | E | D |
Tue 8/9/2022
S | E | W | | | T | I | N | C | T | | | A | D | S |
U | S | A | | E | N | D | U | R | E | S | | D | I | P |
M | A | R | | G | O | L | I | A | T | H | | Z | O | O |
O | U | T | V | O | T | E | | T | R | A | B | E | R | T |
| | | A | M | E | R | I | C | A | N | O | | | |
J | O | L | L | A | | I | S | H | | T | O | I | L | S |
O | N | E | L | S | | C | S | I | | Y | K | N | O | W |
R | I | D | E | S | | H | O | T | | T | O | R | T | E |
G | O | T | Y | A | | | | | | O | F | U | S | E |
E | N | V | O | G | U | E | | L | O | W | S | N | A | P |
| | | F | E | S | S | | A | N | N | A | | | |
J | O | N | E | S | E | S | | Y | E | S | M | A | A | M |
U | R | A | L | | D | A | V | I | D | | U | C | L | A |
M | E | T | A | | T | Y | I | N | G | | E | M | I | T |
P | O | S | H | | O | S | A | G | E | | L | E | T | S |
New Flash: Crossword puzzles are not science, history, or theology textbooks. Prepare for outrage in the blogosphere anyway.
Crossword puzzles have their own rules. Or rather, they have no rules, only conventions, which they happily break whenever they want, all for your amusement. The grid art today looks vaguely like a slingshot. That's good enough. It doesn't matter that the slingshot David (if he existed) used against Goliath (if that event occurred) would look nothing like it.
In pre-modern times, the slingshot was a destructive and deadly weapon, similar in impact to a rifle today. A soft pouch held a rock or pebble. It was attached to a couple of long strands of leather. You'd swing it around your head a few times to build momentum and then precisely aim at your target. Unlike other weapons of the time, it was effective against armor or shields. See the photo in Jeff's note.
The David v. Goliath story is an odd one anyway. All poor Goliath had was a spear. You or I could have conquered the big guy as easily as David did with a bit of practice and the world's most deadly weapon. Hardly the "underdog prevailing" story we're used to.
Mon 7/4/2022
Y | S | L | | F | R | E | A | K | | | S | W | A | M |
A | T | E | | B | A | N | T | A | M | | M | E | R | E |
P | A | S | S | I | N | G | T | H | E | T | O | R | C | H |
A | R | L | O | | | | A | L | O | E | G | E | L | |
T | R | I | P | L | E | C | R | O | W | N | | H | I | C |
| Y | E | S | I | D | O | | | S | T | O | O | G | E |
| | | | L | E | S | S | | | | I | M | H | O |
| A | S | P | I | R | I | N | T | A | B | L | E | T | |
B | T | U | S | | | | L | E | T | O | | | | |
O | B | R | I | E | N | | | R | O | Y | A | L | S | |
T | O | E | | T | O | W | N | A | N | D | G | O | W | N |
| T | H | A | T | T | O | O | | | | E | R | A | S |
S | T | A | T | U | E | O | F | L | I | B | E | R | T | Y |
K | O | N | A | | S | L | E | E | V | E | | I | A | N |
I | M | D | B | | | F | E | T | E | D | | E | T | C |
Wed 6/8/2022
A | T | B | A | T | | | V | A | C | A | Y | | M | E | L |
M | A | O | R | I | S | | A | M | O | R | E | | O | L | E |
P | I | C | K | E | T | H | L | I | N | E | S | | V | I | A |
M | L | K | | D | U | A | L | | | | | B | I | O | S |
| | | P | U | B | L | I | C | T | O | I | L | E | T | H |
E | C | L | I | P | S | E | | H | E | A | T | E | R | | |
T | H | I | N | | | | A | R | T | S | C | H | O | O | L |
C | A | T | | F | A | D | D | I | E | T | H | | L | I | E |
H | O | T | E | L | B | A | R | S | | | | G | E | N | X |
| | E | L | O | I | S | E | | P | A | R | A | S | K | I |
M | A | R | K | E | T | H | P | L | A | C | E | S | | | |
E | B | B | S | | | | | O | A | T | S | | L | I | P |
A | B | U | | M | O | D | E | L | R | O | C | K | E | T | H |
L | O | G | | P | R | O | W | L | | R | U | I | N | E | D |
S | T | S | | H | E | X | E | S | | | E | X | A | M | S |
Tue 4/5/2022
L | A | C | K | S | | A | P | E | X | | B | E | E | T |
A | L | L | E | Y | | F | L | O | E | | L | A | D | E |
B | L | O | W | N | G | L | A | S | S | | A | R | M | S |
A | T | M | | C | O | A | T | | | I | N | S | E | T |
M | O | P | S | | A | C | E | P | I | T | C | H | E | R |
B | L | E | E | P | S | | | L | O | S | | O | S | U |
A | D | D | T | O | | A | M | A | N | A | | T | E | N |
| | | S | P | A | C | E | C | A | S | E | | | |
Z | A | G | | T | I | T | H | E | | I | C | E | E | S |
I | R | E | | A | D | O | | | S | N | O | C | A | P |
P | O | R | K | B | A | R | R | E | L | | N | O | S | H |
F | U | M | E | S | | | O | N | U | S | | T | I | E |
I | S | A | Y | | H | O | L | D | M | Y | B | E | E | R |
L | E | N | O | | I | D | E | A | | M | O | U | S | E |
E | D | E | N | | P | E | S | T | | S | O | R | T | S |
Mon 8/23/2021
M | A | G | M | A | | B | A | G | G | Y | | S | E | W | S |
O | T | O | E | S | | O | P | I | N | E | | E | V | A | N |
T | W | O | T | H | U | M | B | S | U | P | | V | E | R | A |
T | A | D | A | | F | B | I | | | | S | E | R | I | F |
O | R | G | | N | O | S | O | U | P | F | O | R | Y | O | U |
| | U | S | E | S | | | P | A | R | S | E | | | |
D | R | E | A | M | | M | I | T | R | E | | | F | A | M |
J | U | S | T | O | N | E | M | O | R | E | T | H | I | N | G |
S | T | S | | | I | R | O | N | Y | | E | A | R | N | S |
| | | L | O | N | G | U | | | A | C | H | E | | |
H | O | W | S | W | E | E | T | I | T | I | S | | P | S | T |
A | N | O | D | E | | | | C | A | D | | I | O | T | A |
N | E | W | T | | F | I | N | A | L | A | N | S | W | E | R |
G | A | Z | A | | C | R | O | N | E | | A | L | E | R | T |
S | L | A | B | | C | E | N | T | S | | T | E | R | N | S |
Tue 7/13/2021
M | O | R | P | H | | R | E | M | I | T | | S | I | B | S |
A | W | A | R | E | | E | L | I | S | E | | E | N | Y | A |
C | O | V | E | R | A | L | L | T | H | E | B | A | S | E | S |
E | W | E | | E | L | I | A | | | P | O | S | E | A | S |
| | | W | I | L | E | | S | T | E | M | | C | R | Y |
R | I | G | H | T | O | F | F | T | H | E | B | A | T | | |
A | D | R | O | I | T | | A | R | E | S | | T | B | A | R |
C | L | A | Y | S | | S | C | A | M | | B | R | I | B | E |
K | E | M | O | | N | A | I | F | | S | E | A | T | E | D |
| | O | U | T | O | F | L | E | F | T | F | I | E | L | D |
S | U | P | | I | S | E | E | | L | O | A | N | | | |
A | S | H | O | R | E | | | C | O | O | L | | W | A | H |
W | H | O | L | E | N | E | W | B | A | L | L | G | A | M | E |
T | E | N | D | | S | W | E | E | T | | E | N | T | E | R |
O | R | E | S | | E | W | E | R | S | | N | U | T | S | O |
Thu 5/7/2020
A | C | H | | F | L | A | G | | E | P | H | E | D | R | A |
T | R | U | E | L | O | V | E | | T | O | E | L | O | O | P |
B | U | T | M | A | T | E | T | H | E | R | E | S | W | A | R |
A | S | T | I | N | | | N | O | R | | P | I | N | S | |
T | O | O | T | | | C | A | E | N | | | E | T | T | U |
S | E | N | T | | B | A | S | S | E | S | | | U | P | S |
| | | I | C | A | N | T | | | C | E | D | R | I | C |
| M | E | N | S | D | A | Y | W | A | R | N | I | N | G | |
H | U | N | G | U | P | | | E | R | O | D | E | | | |
U | S | S | | | R | A | I | L | E | D | | T | T | O | P |
E | T | N | A | | | V | O | L | S | | | P | I | N | E |
| H | A | L | S | | O | N | O | | | A | L | P | H | A |
C | A | R | E | T | O | W | A | K | E | A | M | A | J | O | R |
O | V | E | R | U | S | E | | A | L | L | I | N | A | L | L |
B | E | S | T | B | U | D | | Y | I | P | E | | R | D | S |
Oh, what does Jeff know? This is a terrific puzzle. I love it.
Mon 2/10/2020
A | D | F | E | E | | T | H | U | G | | B | C | U | P |
I | C | E | A | X | | V | I | N | E | | I | O | N | A |
W | O | R | T | H | A | S | H | O | T | | L | U | G | S |
A | N | N | | A | R | E | A | | | M | O | N | E | T |
| | | A | L | I | T | T | L | E | E | X | T | R | A |
J | A | B | B | E | D | | | U | S | A | I | N | | |
A | C | R | E | | | S | A | R | A | N | | O | U | T |
C | H | I | | C | R | E | W | C | U | T | | S | H | O |
K | E | G | | H | A | R | S | H | | | P | E | O | N |
| | H | E | A | R | T | | | M | A | R | S | H | Y |
S | E | T | T | L | E | A | S | C | O | R | E | | | |
I | T | S | O | K | | | H | A | I | R | | F | E | Z |
G | A | I | N | | D | O | U | B | L | E | T | A | K | E |
M | I | D | I | | A | N | T | I | | S | K | I | E | R |
A | L | E | C | | B | E | S | T | | T | O | R | S | O |
Wed 12/25/2019
P | S | S | T | | B | A | S | K | | | P | I | N | A |
A | C | A | I | | I | S | L | A | M | | O | N | E | S |
L | A | N | D | H | O | H | O | H | O | | O | T | I | S |
O | L | D | I | E | | | T | L | C | | L | O | L | A |
| P | L | E | A | S | E | H | O | H | O | H | O | L | D |
| | | S | L | A | P | | | A | T | A | D | | |
D | E | I | | | S | C | A | R | | O | L | E | I | C |
I | T | S | H | O | H | O | H | O | P | E | L | E | S | S |
S | C | O | O | T | | T | H | O | R | | | P | H | I |
| | T | T | O | P | | | M | I | S | O | | | |
H | O | H | O | H | O | L | Y | S | M | O | K | E | S | |
A | V | E | R | | P | E | A | | | S | T | R | E | P |
T | U | R | N | | I | M | H | O | H | O | H | O | M | E |
E | L | M | O | | N | O | O | S | E | | E | D | I | T |
R | E | S | T | | | N | O | U | N | | N | E | S | S |
Ho HO!
Here are all the NYT crosswords published on Christmas Day.
Mon 7/29/2019
B | I | G | I | F | | S | K | I | N | | W | E | S | T |
A | R | E | S | O | | T | A | C | O | | E | X | P | O |
B | A | L | L | P | L | A | Y | E | R | | R | E | I | N |
A | N | T | E | | E | R | A | | | T | E | R | R | E |
| | | | P | A | R | K | V | I | S | I | T | O | R |
G | E | T | B | U | S | Y | | E | B | A | N | | | |
A | T | A | L | L | | | H | E | E | | L | E | A | K |
T | R | I | A | L | C | O | U | R | T | J | U | D | G | E |
E | E | L | S | | A | S | H | | | I | C | A | R | E |
| | | T | O | N | S | | M | I | L | K | M | A | N |
J | A | Z | Z | P | I | A | N | I | S | T | | | | |
A | D | I | O | S | | | U | S | E | | B | A | A | S |
P | E | N | N | | O | N | T | H | E | B | E | N | C | H |
A | L | E | E | | R | O | S | A | | B | A | N | T | U |
N | E | S | S | | S | T | O | P | | Q | U | E | S | T |
Tue 7/9/2019
A | S | Y | E | T | | B | E | B | O | P | | E | S | T |
S | E | E | M | E | | O | T | O | E | S | | N | T | H |
P | A | S | T | H | I | S | T | O | R | Y | | D | E | I |
E | C | O | | E | N | S | U | E | | | I | W | I | N |
C | O | R | D | E | D | | | R | A | T | F | I | N | K |
T | O | N | I | | Y | I | N | | M | A | S | S | E | S |
S | K | O | S | H | | N | O | Y | E | S | | E | M | O |
| | | C | A | S | H | M | O | N | E | Y | | | |
B | O | T | | V | E | D | A | Y | | S | E | G | A | R |
I | N | A | F | O | G | | D | O | G | | A | R | I | E |
T | A | X | I | C | A | B | | | E | S | H | A | R | P |
E | L | S | E | | | Y | U | B | A | N | | B | T | U |
S | I | C | | B | U | N | N | Y | R | A | B | B | I | T |
A | N | A | | I | S | O | U | T | | F | R | A | M | E |
T | E | M | | N | E | W | M | E | | U | R | G | E | D |
Fri 6/28/2019
L | E | F | T | J | A | B | | A | L | L | O | W | M | E |
I | S | U | R | E | D | O | | P | E | E | P | E | R | S |
S | P | R | E | A | D | O | N | E | S | W | I | N | G | S |
S | A | R | A | N | | K | I | X | | | E | T | R | E |
O | N | I | T | | D | I | N | A | R | | | P | E | N |
M | O | E | | A | R | E | A | M | A | P | | R | E | C |
E | L | R | O | N | D | | | S | N | O | C | O | N | E |
| | | P | E | R | M | | | L | E | O | | | |
M | E | N | S | W | E | A | R | | A | T | T | I | C | A |
A | M | A | | | W | R | I | S | T | S | | S | A | N |
R | A | M | P | | | I | C | E | E | | L | I | M | O |
S | N | E | A | D | | E | O | N | | M | I | N | E | D |
B | A | T | S | I | N | T | H | E | B | E | L | F | R | Y |
A | T | A | T | R | O | T | | C | A | R | L | O | A | N |
R | E | G | A | T | T | A | | A | D | V | E | R | S | E |
Is this grid asymmetric? We've had this exact controversy before in a previous Bruce Haight puzzle. The squares that make the bats have diagonal symmetry. The rest of the squares have standard rotational symmetry. Mushing them together makes, what? Something new, I guess.
Mon 5/27/2019
J | I | M | | H | O | B | O | S | | S | T | A | B |
A | R | E | | B | E | A | U | T | | A | U | D | I |
C | O | R | P | O | R | A | T | E | W | O | R | L | D |
K | N | E | E | | | | O | N | O | | B | E | E |
| | | W | O | R | D | F | O | R | W | O | R | D |
L | E | T | S | D | I | E | | | N | A | B | | |
E | C | O | | O | O | M | P | H | | L | O | F | T |
T | O | R | O | N | T | O | R | A | P | T | O | R | S |
O | N | C | D | | S | N | O | R | E | | S | E | A |
| | H | O | G | | | S | P | A | T | T | E | R |
H | O | R | R | O | R | S | T | O | R | Y | | | |
E | V | E | | B | O | A | | | | P | S | S | T |
M | U | L | T | I | P | L | E | C | H | O | I | C | E |
A | L | A | S | | E | E | R | I | E | | T | A | R |
N | E | Y | O | | S | M | E | A | R | | H | M | M |
Mon 4/22/2019
A | V | E | R | T | | B | I | L | L | | I | L | K | S |
P | I | X | A | R | | I | S | E | E | | N | E | O | N |
P | O | P | S | I | N | G | L | E | S | | S | A | R | A |
S | L | O | P | | A | A | A | | | N | E | V | E | R |
| | | | G | I | M | M | E | A | B | R | E | A | K |
B | A | N | A | L | L | Y | | L | S | A | T | | | |
A | L | I | C | E | | | A | M | I | | C | H | U | G |
C | O | N | T | E | M | P | T | O | F | C | O | U | R | T |
K | E | E | N | | O | I | L | | | L | I | N | G | O |
| | | A | M | O | S | | S | P | O | N | G | E | S |
W | H | A | T | A | R | A | C | K | E | T | | | | |
H | A | M | U | P | | | A | I | D | | O | H | M | Y |
I | B | A | R | | F | A | L | L | I | N | L | O | V | E |
N | I | N | A | | I | T | L | L | | A | D | O | P | T |
E | T | A | L | | B | E | S | S | | P | E | P | S | I |
Wed 1/16/2019
L | A | S | H | | | A | D | D | S | | E | T | C | H |
A | L | I | A | S | | R | O | U | E | | S | O | H | O |
B | U | T | T | W | E | I | G | H | T | | T | O | A | T |
T | M | I | | A | D | A | M | | | B | E | L | T | S |
E | N | D | I | N | G | | A | I | S | L | E | B | E | E |
C | A | L | M | S | E | A | | S | P | A | | A | A | A |
H | E | E | D | | | C | P | L | U | S | | R | U | T |
| | | B | U | Y | C | H | A | N | T | S | | | |
T | H | E | | S | E | E | I | N | | | H | O | S | T |
R | O | Y | | E | T | S | | D | O | L | U | N | C | H |
E | W | E | G | U | I | S | E | | P | A | N | E | R | A |
S | T | R | A | P | | | L | I | A | M | | Y | E | T |
T | R | O | Y | | C | Z | E | C | H | P | L | E | A | S |
L | U | L | L | | S | I | C | K | | S | O | A | M | I |
E | E | L | Y | | I | T | T | Y | | | T | R | O | T |
Tue 12/25/2018
D | A | I | S | | I | S | P | O | S | E | | T | M | C |
E | D | N | A | | B | E | A | R | O | N | | Y | A | Y |
J | U | D | Y | G | A | R | L | A | N | D | | P | V | C |
A | L | A | | U | R | B | A | N | | | P | E | E | L |
| T | H | I | N | | S | U | G | A | R | C | A | N | E |
A | H | O | K | | | | | E | R | O | S | | | |
R | O | U | E | S | | S | A | M | M | Y | | A | W | E |
L | O | S | A | N | G | E | L | E | S | A | N | G | E | L |
O | D | E | | O | A | T | E | N | | L | O | A | N | S |
| | | E | R | M | A | | | | | E | R | T | E |
M | O | V | I | E | S | T | A | R | | A | L | P | S | |
S | H | I | N | | | E | N | E | M | Y | | L | O | X |
N | Y | G | | O | T | A | N | N | E | N | B | A | U | M |
B | O | O | | Y | E | S | I | A | M | | A | T | T | A |
C | U | R | | S | T | E | E | L | E | | H | E | H | S |
POW Wed 10/31/2018
S | H | A | G | | A | G | A | S | P | | T | I | F | F |
C | U | J | O | | R | E | V | U | E | | R | A | I | L |
O | L | A | F | | E | L | E | N | A | | O | G | L | E |
T | A | X | L | A | W | S | | K | G | B | M | O | L | E |
| | | A | L | E | | | | R | A | P | | | |
N | E | S | T | E | G | G | | V | A | L | E | T | E | D |
E | R | E | | R | O | O | | I | V | S | | E | L | I |
A | D | A | | T | O | M | | D | E | A | | A | F | T |
R | O | S | E | | D | O | W | E | L | | O | B | I | T |
S | C | E | N | E | | R | H | O | | B | R | I | N | Y |
| | R | O | T | A | R | Y | C | L | U | B | S | | |
P | C | P | | A | R | A | M | A | I | C | | C | A | R |
A | M | E | X | | T | H | E | M | E | | B | U | R | Y |
P | O | N | Y | | | | | | | | R | I | G | A |
A | N | T | Z | | C | R | Y | P | T | | A | T | O | N |
POW Fri 10/12/2018
N | E | S | S | | A | D | A | G | E | | P | R | A | T |
O | C | T | A | | T | U | P | A | C | | F | I | S | H |
W | H | A | T | S | T | H | E | B | I | G | I | D | E | A |
L | O | T | I | O | N | | | | G | A | Z | E | A | T |
E | B | E | R | T | | M | C | S | | M | E | S | S | I |
T | O | M | E | | P | E | O | N | S | | R | H | Y | S |
M | O | O | | B | A | G | N | O | L | D | | O | A | T |
E | M | T | | I | R | A | Q | W | A | R | | T | S | O |
S | E | T | | D | E | D | U | C | T | S | | G | A | S |
E | R | O | S | | D | E | E | R | E | | J | U | B | A |
E | S | S | E | X | | T | S | A | | F | A | N | C | Y |
| | | L | I | G | H | T | B | U | L | B | | | |
L | A | T | I | N | O | | | | R | O | B | U | S | T |
A | V | E | N | G | E | | | | N | A | E | N | A | E |
B | A | D | A | S | S | | | | S | T | R | O | D | E |
Tue 9/4/2018
I | M | O | F | F | | S | P | U | R | N | | P | U | G |
S | O | L | A | R | | T | A | G | U | P | | I | P | O |
A | L | L | T | O | G | E | T | H | E | R | | A | F | T |
Y | E | A | | S | T | A | T | | | | S | N | O | B |
| | | A | T | O | M | I | C | T | H | E | O | R | Y |
A | L | W | A | Y | S | | | R | E | A | C | T | | |
M | O | O | R | | | A | S | I | A | M | | U | M | A |
A | I | R | P | O | R | T | T | E | R | M | I | N | A | L |
S | N | L | | S | E | E | P | S | | | N | E | I | L |
| | D | A | L | A | I | | | F | A | I | R | L | Y |
A | N | C | H | O | R | T | E | N | A | N | T | | | |
C | O | L | A | | | | B | O | N | D | | M | V | P |
U | S | A | | T | H | E | E | I | G | H | T | I | E | S |
T | I | S | | S | E | A | R | S | | O | A | T | E | S |
E | R | S | | K | N | U | T | E | | W | R | E | S | T |
Fri 7/27/2018
A | D | S | A | L | E | S | | | P | A | R | T | I | I |
B | R | I | N | G | O | U | T | | E | T | C | E | T | C |
L | I | L | A | B | N | E | R | | C | O | A | R | S | E |
U | N | L | I | T | | | A | M | O | N | | M | O | B |
S | K | I | S | | T | O | G | A | S | | R | I | P | E |
H | U | E | | K | U | N | I | S | | G | O | N | E | R |
| P | R | I | N | C | E | C | H | A | R | M | I | N | G |
| | | D | E | C | O | | A | L | O | E | | | |
C | A | P | T | A | I | N | O | B | V | I | O | U | S | |
O | R | E | A | D | | O | S | L | I | N | | N | A | M |
L | A | N | G | | I | N | P | E | N | | R | E | N | I |
U | M | A | | F | O | E | R | | | P | E | A | R | L |
M | A | N | B | U | N | | E | T | H | E | L | R | E | D |
N | I | C | E | S | T | | Y | O | U | G | O | T | M | E |
S | C | E | N | E | V | | | P | B | S | S | H | O | W |
Sun 7/8/2018 PERSON / PLACE / THING
L | E | D | O | N | | G | E | E | K | | W | H | U | M | P | | E | H | O | W |
S | C | O | R | E | | O | L | G | A | | E | A | P | O | E | | X | E | N | A |
A | L | G | R | E | E | N | B | A | Y | W | I | N | D | O | W | | C | A | L | L |
T | A | N | | | Q | U | A | D | | A | R | G | O | N | | B | E | R | Y | L |
S | T | A | Y | P | U | T | | | F | I | D | O | | | L | O | S | T | T | O |
| | P | A | R | I | S | H | I | L | T | O | N | H | E | A | D | S | H | O | P |
| | | K | O | P | | I | B | I | S | | | E | L | S | E | | S | O | S |
C | A | T | O | | | G | M | A | N | | A | L | L | L | E | G | S | | | |
O | L | I | V | E | R | N | O | R | T | H | P | O | L | E | D | A | N | C | E | |
O | L | E | | R | E | A | M | S | | Y | O | Y | O | | | | I | A | M | S |
P | O | D | C | A | S | T | | | C | A | P | | | W | H | A | T | N | O | T |
T | T | Y | L | | | | S | C | A | T | | S | K | O | A | L | | C | R | O |
| S | E | A | N | P | E | N | N | S | T | A | T | I | O | N | B | R | E | A | K |
| | | W | I | L | D | O | N | E | | T | O | O | L | | | A | L | P | E |
C | B | S | | B | A | I | O | | | T | H | I | S | | R | A | D | | | |
R | I | C | H | L | I | T | T | L | E | R | O | C | K | M | U | S | I | C | | |
A | G | R | E | E | D | | | E | X | E | S | | | A | B | S | O | L | U | T |
S | T | E | N | T | | C | H | E | C | K | | O | M | N | I | | | A | P | U |
H | O | W | L | | M | A | E | W | E | S | T | B | A | N | K | H | E | I | S | T |
E | D | I | E | | O | N | E | A | L | | V | O | T | E | | M | A | M | E | T |
S | O | N | Y | | E | S | P | Y | S | | S | E | E | R | | M | U | S | T | I |
Thu 6/7/2018
T | A | O | S | | R | I | O | T | | O | L | M | E | C |
I | D | O | L | | A | N | O | S | | O | U | I | J | A |
D | U | L | Y | | W | I | C | K | | J | A | N | E | T |
E | E | E | W | I | D | T | H | | C | L | U | T | C | H |
| | M | I | C | A | | A | M | A | T | | S | T | Y |
B | E | N | N | E | T | | M | E | R | C | | | | |
D | I | S | K | | A | P | P | A | L | L | | B | I | B |
A | N | D | S | O | | E | A | R | | A | M | U | S | E |
Y | E | A | | O | L | D | G | A | G | | A | B | E | S |
| | | | C | A | A | N | | I | L | L | B | E | T |
F | A | R | | K | Y | L | E | | F | I | L | L | | |
I | N | A | G | E | S | | C | A | T | T | R | E | A | T |
A | D | B | I | Z | | I | L | L | S | | A | S | T | I |
T | R | I | B | E | | M | E | M | E | | T | U | R | N |
S | E | D | E | R | | P | R | A | T | | S | P | A | S |
POW Mon 4/30/2018
S | H | O | T | S | | T | I | P | S | Y | | I | T | D |
T | O | R | S | O | | E | L | O | P | E | | N | O | R |
L | E | G | A | L | B | R | I | E | F | S | | A | L | E |
| | A | R | I | A | N | A | | | | E | N | D | S |
O | W | N | | D | I | S | C | J | O | C | K | E | Y | S |
T | H | I | R | S | T | | | A | S | H | G | R | A | Y |
S | O | S | O | | | H | A | M | L | E | T | | | |
| A | M | A | T | E | U | R | B | O | X | E | R | S | |
| | | D | R | A | M | A | S | | | S | E | L | F |
A | N | T | W | E | R | P | | | S | E | T | F | E | E |
M | O | V | I | E | S | H | O | R | T | S | | E | W | W |
D | O | W | N | | | | S | U | I | T | O | R | | |
I | D | I | | C | A | S | H | D | R | A | W | E | R | S |
A | L | F | | F | A | K | E | D | | T | E | E | N | A |
L | E | E | | O | H | Y | A | Y | | E | S | S | A | Y |
Wed 4/18/2018
| B | A | M | A | | S | N | O | B | | R | A | T | S |
S | O | D | A | S | | E | I | R | E | | E | N | R | Y |
T | O | O | T | H | E | X | T | R | A | C | T | I | O | N |
E | M | P | T | Y | O | U | T | | M | O | O | M | O | O |
A | I | T | | | U | P | I | | | T | R | A | P | P |
K | N | E | A | D | S | | | N | E | S | T | L | E | S |
| G | E | R | M | | O | L | E | S | | S | I | R | I |
| | | M | A | T | H | E | X | A | M | | A | S | S |
B | A | A | | J | O | Y | O | U | S | L | Y | | | |
A | S | P | S | | M | E | N | S | | L | O | T | S | |
S | T | E | P | P | E | S | | | B | E | W | A | I | L |
E | R | R | O | L | | | S | T | U | | | C | D | E |
H | O | T | T | E | A | | C | O | R | N | C | H | E | X |
I | P | U | T | A | S | P | E | L | L | O | N | Y | O | U |
T | O | R | E | | T | U | N | E | | N | E | O | N | S |
S | P | E | D | | I | B | E | T | | U | T | N | E | |
Mon 2/19/2018
H | E | M | S | | E | L | M | O | | B | A | L | D | S |
A | V | E | C | | M | E | A | L | | C | L | A | R | K |
L | I | F | E | G | U | A | R | D | | C | A | S | E | Y |
F | L | I | N | T | | P | L | E | A | | | C | A | L |
W | E | R | E | O | N | | A | N | D | S | O | A | M | I |
A | Y | S | | S | E | A | | | S | A | D | L | O | T |
Y | E | T | I | | L | I | E | S | | L | O | A | N | |
| | | F | I | L | M | L | O | V | E | R | | | |
| S | H | O | D | | S | I | R | I | | S | H | E | L |
G | O | A | L | I | E | | | T | E | M | | O | V | A |
H | A | N | D | G | R | I | P | | W | E | S | L | E | Y |
O | K | S | | | A | M | O | S | | R | H | I | N | E |
U | S | O | F | A | | P | O | L | I | C | E | D | O | G |
L | U | L | U | S | | E | L | A | N | | B | A | N | G |
S | P | O | R | K | | I | S | M | S | | A | Y | E | S |
Tue 2/13/2018
S | P | A | M | | M | E | A | L | S | | H | O | L | A |
T | E | R | I | | A | B | B | O | T | | A | R | O | D |
A | S | O | F | | I | B | E | L | I | E | V | E | S | O |
N | O | N | F | A | T | | | A | R | R | E | S | T | S |
| | | S | N | A | R | F | | S | I | A | | | |
O | R | G | | N | I | E | L | S | | C | H | A | S | M |
P | E | R | S | E | | B | A | T | C | H | E | D | I | T |
E | R | A | T | | B | O | X | E | D | | A | S | T | O |
R | O | M | E | | R | O | S | E | S | | R | A | P | S |
A | L | M | A | M | A | T | E | R | | A | T | L | A | S |
S | L | Y | L | Y | | S | E | E | M | S | | E | T | A |
| | | A | B | C | | D | R | U | I | D | | | |
A | R | I | K | A | R | A | | | R | A | R | I | N | G |
G | O | S | I | D | E | W | A | Y | S | | U | S | E | R |
A | R | E | S | | T | E | H | E | E | | M | O | R | E |
R | Y | E | S | | E | D | I | T | S | | S | N | O | W |
Tue 2/6/2018
D | I | N | | R | A | B | B | I | | E | P | I | C | S |
A | N | O | | A | X | I | O | M | | C | A | L | L | A |
D | E | C | | D | E | A | T | H | V | A | L | L | E | Y |
B | R | A | G | | | S | H | E | E | R | | B | M | W |
O | R | N | A | T | E | | | R | E | D | D | I | S | H |
D | O | D | G | E | V | I | P | E | R | | O | T | O | E |
S | R | O | | L | I | M | A | | | | P | E | N | N |
| | | D | E | E | P | V | O | I | C | E | | | |
S | I | L | O | | | | E | T | N | A | | A | D | O |
A | H | A | S | | D | A | R | T | H | V | A | D | E | R |
V | O | T | E | R | I | D | | | D | E | N | O | V | O |
E | P | I | | S | N | O | O | P | | | S | P | I | N |
D | E | M | O | V | E | R | S | I | O | N | | T | O | Y |
U | S | E | U | P | | B | L | E | A | R | | M | U | M |
P | O | S | T | S | | S | O | R | T | A | | E | S | S |
Wed 1/3/2018
J | A | Z | Z | | | S | L | A | V | | F | L | A | G |
A | L | E | E | | O | C | A | L | A | | A | U | R | A |
I | T | S | N | A | C | H | O | P | R | O | B | L | E | M |
L | O | T | | R | T | E | S | | I | N | F | U | S | E |
| | | I | T | E | M | | C | A | T | O | | | |
| L | E | T | S | T | A | C | O | B | O | U | T | I | T |
S | A | L | T | Y | | | H | A | L | | R | O | N | A |
T | U | B | | | G | A | I | L | Y | | | T | O | N |
A | R | O | D | | E | L | M | | | O | P | E | N | S |
Y | A | W | A | N | N | A | P | I | Z | Z | A | M | E | |
| | | T | O | E | S | | T | O | A | T | | | |
R | I | D | E | U | P | | G | R | O | W | | S | I | P |
I | C | A | N | N | O | L | I | I | M | A | G | I | N | E |
P | E | R | U | | O | O | Z | E | S | | U | R | G | E |
S | E | N | T | | L | O | A | D | | | V | E | E | P |
Mon 12/18/2017
E | A | S | E | S | | A | L | G | A | E | | A | L | B |
S | L | O | M | O | | R | E | I | G | N | | N | O | R |
C | L | A | U | D | E | M | O | N | E | T | | O | V | A |
A | M | P | | A | X | O | N | | | O | K | I | E | S |
P | A | I | L | | P | R | I | D | E | M | O | N | T | H |
E | L | N | I | N | O | | | O | R | B | I | T | A | L |
D | E | G | A | S | | H | A | J | I | | | S | P | Y |
| | | M | A | D | E | M | O | N | E | Y | | | |
R | I | M | | | E | L | I | S | | G | A | I | N | S |
A | T | A | T | I | M | E | | | D | O | W | N | O | N |
C | O | D | E | M | O | N | K | E | Y | | N | A | T | O |
E | L | D | E | R | | | N | A | A | N | | W | O | W |
F | D | A | | I | N | N | E | R | D | E | M | O | N | S |
A | Y | S | | C | R | U | E | L | | M | E | R | C | I |
N | A | H | | H | A | N | D | Y | | O | G | D | E | N |
Fri 11/24/2017
S | A | S | H | I | M | I | | I | N | K | S | A | C | S |
O | T | T | O | M | A | N | | G | A | N | A | C | H | E |
F | L | I | P | P | I | N | G | O | N | E | S | L | I | D |
T | A | N | | S | N | O | O | T | | L | H | A | S | A |
T | N | G | | | S | W | A | T | A | T | | S | E | T |
A | T | E | | | Q | A | T | A | R | | I | S | L | E |
C | A | R | | G | U | Y | | | T | I | P | | | |
O | N | S | I | T | E | | | | | V | O | T | E | R |
| | | R | E | E | N | A | C | T | S | | A | X | E |
P | A | P | A | | Z | O | R | R | O | | | J | I | M |
A | G | O | | C | E | N | T | E | R | | | M | T | A |
L | A | T | C | H | | P | O | E | T | S | | A | L | S |
A | T | T | H | E | D | R | O | P | O | F | A | H | A | T |
C | H | E | E | R | I | O | | E | N | P | L | A | N | E |
E | A | R | W | I | G | S | | R | I | D | D | L | E | R |
This is the 29th asymmetric grid of the Shortz Era. Here are the rest.
Thu 11/9/2017
J | O | Y | S | | I | N | G | R | A | M | | P | S | Y |
A | L | S | O | | C | I | C | E | R | O | | R | Y | E |
W | E | L | L | B | E | T | H | G | I | R | | I | R | A |
| | | A | O | R | T | A | | | D | U | M | A | S |
S | H | I | R | T | | I | T | A | K | E | T | A | H | T |
P | O | N | C | H | O | | | D | E | C | A | L | | |
I | O | N | A | | B | A | N | A | N | A | | U | B | S |
T | H | E | R | E | S | N | O | G | N | I | N | R | U | T |
E | A | R | | M | E | D | L | E | Y | | E | G | G | O |
| | B | L | I | S | S | | | G | O | W | E | L | L |
G | U | E | S | S | S | O | H | W | | N | I | S | E | I |
I | P | A | D | S | | | A | H | E | A | D | | | |
S | T | U | | A | N | D | D | O | N | T | E | M | O | C |
T | O | T | | R | I | V | O | L | I | | A | V | E | R |
S | P | Y | | Y | A | R | N | E | D | | S | P | R | Y |
Mon 9/25/2017
A | D | D | E | R | | D | A | B | | A | F | T | E | R |
D | I | A | N | A | | E | M | U | | D | R | O | N | E |
H | A | N | D | Y | | B | I | L | | H | O | I | T | Y |
O | R | D | | G | R | U | E | L | | E | S | T | E | E |
C | Y | Y | O | U | N | G | | M | A | R | T | Y | R | S |
| | | A | N | A | | T | O | N | E | | | | |
T | R | E | K | S | | F | O | O | D | S | T | A | M | P |
W | A | V | E | | H | O | T | S | Y | | W | I | R | E |
O | P | E | N | H | O | U | S | E | | D | I | D | I | N |
| | | | O | P | R | Y | | A | I | R | | | |
S | T | D | E | N | I | S | | S | C | U | L | P | T | S |
I | H | O | P | E | | P | O | W | E | R | | A | A | H |
L | O | V | E | Y | | E | G | O | | N | A | M | B | Y |
T | R | E | E | D | | E | R | R | | A | M | B | L | E |
S | A | Y | S | O | | D | E | N | | L | A | Y | E | R |
This reminds me of two memorable Paula Gamache grids: this one where crossed words are pronounced differently, and this one where CROSS is added.
Tue 9/12/2017
H | I | P | S | | E | N | D | O | W | | S | H | A | H |
O | M | R | I | | V | E | R | D | I | | H | O | N | E |
M | I | S | T | R | E | S | S | E | S | | A | T | T | A |
E | N | T | | U | S | S | | | E | S | P | I | E | D |
L | A | U | D | S | | | C | I | S | T | E | R | N | S |
A | W | N | U | T | S | | O | N | T | O | | O | N | E |
B | E | T | E | | P | R | O | D | | R | A | N | A | T |
| | | L | I | F | E | L | I | N | E | S | | | |
S | P | A | S | M | | T | E | A | R | | S | L | I | M |
A | R | T | | H | O | A | R | | C | R | E | E | P | O |
V | I | E | W | I | N | G | S | | | U | T | A | H | N |
A | V | I | A | T | E | | | J | A | B | | D | O | O |
G | Y | N | T | | D | I | V | E | R | S | I | O | N | S |
E | T | T | E | | G | L | A | D | E | | T | R | E | K |
D | O | O | R | | E | L | L | I | S | | D | E | S | I |
Wed 8/2/2017
H | O | L | D | U | P | | C | O | N | T | I | N | U | E |
A | R | O | U | S | E | | R | E | A | R | M | O | S | T |
W | E | C | O | O | L | | U | N | V | E | I | L | E | D |
K | O | I | | | E | S | S | | | A | G | A | R | S |
| | | F | I | G | H | T | W | I | T | H | | | |
A | L | O | U | D | | H | E | H | S | | T | A | S | E |
N | O | R | R | I | S | | D | E | L | L | | S | U | R |
T | O | S | S | O | U | T | | W | E | A | T | H | E | R |
S | F | O | | M | E | S | H | | S | U | R | E | D | O |
Y | A | N | G | | M | A | A | M | | G | O | N | E | R |
| | | O | V | E | R | S | I | G | H | T | | | |
A | K | I | T | A | | | B | R | A | | | M | A | D |
L | A | S | H | L | I | N | E | | M | A | Y | I | G | O |
A | M | B | I | E | N | C | E | | E | R | E | N | O | W |
S | A | N | C | T | I | O | N | | R | E | S | I | G | N |
Wed 6/21/2017
O | R | I | G | A | M | I | | | M | A | D | A | M | E |
N | A | N | O | B | O | T | | R | U | B | I | T | I | N |
D | I | S | R | O | B | E | | I | C | E | C | O | L | D |
A | N | T | E | D | | M | A | C | K | | K | N | E | W |
T | H | O | S | E | | | N | A | Y | | | E | R | A |
E | A | R | | | C | D | S | | | I | T | G | U | Y |
S | T | E | M | | D | A | W | G | | L | O | O | N | S |
| | | B | U | T | T | E | R | F | L | Y | | | |
O | P | R | A | H | | A | R | E | A | | S | W | A | K |
B | R | A | S | S | | | K | G | B | | | E | V | E |
L | O | Y | | | S | H | E | | | C | H | A | I | N |
I | B | O | S | | M | A | Y | S | | A | A | R | O | N |
G | O | V | I | R | A | L | | H | O | T | L | I | N | E |
E | N | A | M | E | L | S | | I | H | A | V | E | I | T |
S | O | C | I | A | L | | | M | O | N | A | R | C | H |
Tue 5/16/2017
R | A | F | T | | C | A | P | S | I | D | | P | E | P |
A | R | I | A | | O | R | A | C | L | E | | O | N | O |
W | A | R | N | I | N | G | S | H | O | T | | O | R | S |
B | L | E | N | D | S | | | U | S | E | D | P | O | T |
A | S | H | E | S | | I | M | S | E | R | I | O | U | S |
R | E | A | D | | A | M | I | S | | | T | U | T | U |
S | A | T | | L | I | A | R | | I | N | S | T | E | P |
| | | N | O | R | M | A | L | D | A | Y | | | |
D | E | V | I | L | S | | C | O | I | N | | B | A | S |
A | L | E | C | | | S | L | O | G | | K | A | L | E |
B | A | N | K | R | A | T | E | S | | B | I | B | L | E |
E | P | I | S | O | D | E | | | L | A | D | Y | D | I |
A | S | S | | A | F | R | I | C | A | N | L | I | O | N |
R | E | O | | S | E | N | T | U | P | | I | S | N | T |
S | S | N | | T | E | S | T | E | D | | T | H | E | O |
Tue 4/18/2017
S | E | E | S | | E | T | T | E | | | L | A | S | S |
T | I | L | T | | R | E | A | R | S | | A | R | I | A |
A | R | E | A | | A | S | S | A | I | | R | A | T | S |
R | E | A | L | I | S | T | | | S | T | I | L | E | S |
| | | E | T | E | S | | A | S | E | A | | | |
A | L | T | A | I | R | | A | L | I | S | T | E | R | |
S | A | R | I | S | | R | I | T | E | S | | L | A | T |
S | T | I | R | | S | E | L | E | S | | R | I | T | A |
T | E | T | | S | T | E | E | R | | E | A | T | E | R |
| R | E | T | A | I | L | S | | A | T | R | E | S | T |
| | | E | L | L | S | | E | S | A | I | | | |
I | S | R | A | E | L | | | S | A | L | T | I | E | R |
R | I | I | S | | E | T | A | T | S | | I | R | A | E |
E | L | L | E | | R | E | L | E | E | | E | A | S | E |
S | T | E | R | | | L | E | S | T | | S | S | T | S |
A grid with only 7 different letters is an NYT record. The previous mark was 8, set in this 2015 puzzle, also by Mr. Haight. Here's a list of all the other low letter-count grids.
The record holder before that was yesterday's constructor Peter Gordon who used only 10 letters in this 2001 puzzle, a grid that set a different record which will never be broken.
Wed 3/15/2017
E | V | E | R | Y | | A | A | S | | C | H | I | M | P | S |
K | A | T | I | E | | R | B | I | | C | E | T | E | R | A |
E | L | T | O | N | J | O | H | N | | R | E | T | A | I | N |
S | E | A | T | | E | M | O | | R | I | D | | N | O | D |
| | | | S | T | A | R | R | E | D | E | N | T | R | Y |
A | V | E | R | S | E | | S | U | R | E | D | O | | | |
B | E | G | I | N | S | | | D | A | R | | W | E | B | B |
B | R | A | Y | | | I | S | I | N | | | A | R | I | Z |
A | N | N | A | | C | D | T | | | C | H | I | N | T | Z |
| | | D | N | A | L | A | B | | L | A | T | E | S | T |
A | L | P | H | A | B | E | T | I | C | A | L | | | | |
G | A | R | | S | I | R | | J | U | S | | A | L | E | C |
O | B | I | W | A | N | | N | O | T | S | O | M | U | C | H |
R | E | S | O | L | E | | S | U | I | | H | E | N | C | E |
A | L | M | O | S | T | | A | X | E | | O | R | D | E | R |
Sun 2/19/2017 UH-OH!
J | A | B | B | A | | C | E | D | E | | H | U | L | A | S | | T | W | O | S |
A | L | A | R | M | | R | A | U | L | | I | N | E | P | T | | R | A | P | T |
N | O | T | E | C | R | A | C | K | E | R | S | U | I | T | E | | I | K | E | A |
K | N | E | W | | A | W | H | E | C | K | | | | E | V | O | K | I | N | G |
Y | E | S | | O | C | D | | S | T | O | N | E | D | S | I | L | E | N | C | E |
| | | A | N | K | A | | | | | I | V | O | T | E | D | | G | A | S |
| C | A | R | T | E | D | | H | A | C | K | E | R | S | | | M | U | S | E |
N | O | G | O | A | T | S | N | O | G | L | O | R | Y | | N | E | O | P | E | T |
I | C | E | U | P | | | O | N | I | O | N | | | T | I | P | S | | | |
C | O | N | N | | A | R | T | I | L | Y | | P | A | R | T | I | | O | W | E |
H | O | T | D | O | G | B | O | N | E | | D | I | X | I | E | C | O | P | E | S |
E | N | S | | D | O | I | N | G | | G | I | Z | M | O | S | | H | I | L | T |
| | | F | I | R | S | | | B | O | O | Z | E | | | D | W | A | D | E |
A | T | H | E | N | A | | B | R | E | A | D | A | N | D | B | O | A | T | E | R |
T | O | A | D | | | L | O | U | R | D | E | S | | E | E | R | I | E | R | |
A | T | V | | D | W | A | Y | N | E | | | | | P | S | S | T | | | |
P | H | O | N | E | A | N | D | G | A | M | E | S | | E | T | A | | D | I | X |
R | E | L | E | A | S | E | | | | I | M | M | U | N | O | | L | U | R | E |
I | M | I | N | | H | O | M | I | N | G | B | I | R | D | F | E | E | D | E | R |
C | A | N | E | | E | N | O | C | H | | E | L | S | E | | S | T | E | N | O |
E | X | E | S | | S | E | O | U | L | | R | E | A | D | | C | O | D | E | X |
POW Mon 1/23/2017
P | O | O | H | | M | W | A | H | | T | A | P | E | D |
A | C | N | E | | O | H | I | O | | O | H | A | R | A |
R | U | M | P | R | O | A | S | T | | L | A | S | E | D |
A | L | I | T | O | | P | L | E | A | D | | T | A | B |
D | A | K | O | T | A | | E | L | D | O | R | A | D | O |
E | R | E | | I | R | A | | S | O | F | A | B | E | D |
| | | E | N | A | C | T | | | | C | A | R | S |
| | S | T | I | L | T | W | A | L | K | E | R | | |
M | A | T | H | | | | O | P | A | L | S | | | |
I | S | R | A | E | L | I | | B | Y | U | | O | W | E |
S | K | I | N | G | A | M | E | | S | T | O | N | E | D |
C | A | N | | R | O | A | R | S | | Z | A | L | E | S |
A | W | G | E | E | | F | A | I | R | Y | T | A | L | E |
S | A | U | L | T | | A | S | T | O | | E | T | A | L |
T | Y | P | O | S | | N | E | S | T | | R | E | D | S |
Sun 12/4/2016 ACTION STARS
F | E | L | T | T | I | P | | Z | I | P | C | A | R | | S | T | A | B | L | E |
L | A | Y | I | N | T | O | | A | G | L | A | R | E | | H | E | R | O | I | C |
O | R | L | A | N | D | O | B | L | O | O | M | E | D | | U | N | C | O | L | A |
G | L | E | N | | | L | E | E | R | | | | E | O | S | | | S | L | R |
| | | A | W | R | A | T | S | | H | E | L | E | N | H | U | N | T | E | D |
M | B | A | | H | I | R | E | | D | A | R | E | M | E | | N | E | E | | |
A | R | M | B | O | N | E | | A | U | G | I | E | | L | S | D | T | R | I | P |
J | A | M | E | S | G | A | R | N | E | R | E | D | | | C | E | S | S | N | A |
A | G | O | G | | | | U | G | L | I | S | | S | C | A | R | | H | U | G |
| | | A | S | S | A | I | L | E | D | | T | H | U | M | B | | O | R | E |
S | E | A | N | P | E | N | N | E | D | | B | R | A | D | P | I | T | T | E | D |
A | R | S | | R | A | T | E | D | | Q | U | A | Y | S | I | D | E | | | |
N | R | A | | A | W | E | D | | P | U | T | I | N | | | | E | L | B | A |
T | O | L | D | Y | A | | | S | H | E | L | L | E | Y | L | O | N | G | E | D |
A | L | L | E | G | R | O | | R | O | U | E | S | | E | A | T | A | B | L | E |
| | G | R | U | | S | H | I | N | E | R | | W | A | C | O | | T | A | N |
G | L | E | N | N | C | L | O | S | E | D | | T | E | H | E | E | D | | | |
O | A | T | | | R | O | O | | | | B | A | L | I | | | A | P | S | E |
T | R | O | P | P | O | | R | U | S | S | E | L | L | B | R | A | N | D | E | D |
I | G | U | E | S | S | | A | S | P | I | R | E | | E | C | O | T | A | G | E |
T | E | T | R | I | S | | Y | E | A | R | N | S | | T | A | K | E | S | O | N |
Mon 11/7/2016
E | T | T | A | | A | T | B | A | T | | E | L | L | E |
M | A | H | I | | V | I | O | L | A | | C | A | I | N |
O | P | A | L | | I | N | N | E | R | C | H | I | L | D |
J | O | N | | M | A | C | E | | | I | O | T | A | S |
I | N | K | C | A | R | T | R | I | D | G | E | | | |
| | S | O | N | Y | | | M | I | S | S | O | U | T |
G | U | A | R | D | | S | A | G | A | | | D | N | A |
I | S | L | A | M | I | C | C | A | L | E | N | D | A | R |
L | E | O | | | N | O | S | Y | | L | A | S | S | O |
A | R | T | F | A | I | R | | | F | I | R | M | | |
| | | I | N | T | E | R | N | E | T | C | A | F | E |
S | A | T | E | D | | | E | A | S | E | | K | A | L |
I | V | O | R | Y | C | O | A | S | T | | T | E | R | I |
Z | I | N | C | | A | N | I | T | A | | A | R | C | S |
E | D | G | E | | B | E | R | Y | L | | I | S | E | E |
Tue 7/26/2016
C | A | B | S | | A | L | P | S | | S | O | F | A | R |
O | M | A | N | | D | O | I | T | | I | H | O | P | E |
S | I | D | E | T | A | B | L | E | | T | H | R | O | W |
I | D | E | A | S | | S | O | N | G | T | I | T | L | E |
| | | K | A | T | | T | O | N | I | | S | O | D |
S | E | A | T | R | I | P | | | A | G | S | | | |
I | N | C | H | | S | O | R | E | T | H | U | M | B | S |
B | O | R | I | S | | L | O | X | | T | R | O | U | T |
S | W | E | E | T | T | O | O | T | H | | E | M | L | Y |
| | | F | A | B | | | S | A | D | T | A | L | E |
E | R | G | | R | A | F | T | | M | E | H | | | |
S | O | U | L | T | R | A | I | N | | V | I | X | E | N |
T | A | S | E | R | | S | E | A | S | O | N | T | W | O |
E | S | T | E | E | | T | U | N | E | | G | R | O | G |
S | T | O | R | K | | S | P | O | T | | S | A | K | S |
Thu 2/18/2016
A | D | E | L | P | H | | | | T | E | M | O | N | E |
L | I | T | E | R | A | T | | C | E | M | A | K | E | R |
A | N | D | S | O | D | O | | O | N | I | Z | I | N | G |
S | O | S | | M | A | U | | C | A | L | | E | E | O |
| | | P | O | N | T | | O | N | I | A | | | |
J | A | M | E | S | I | | | | T | A | L | I | C | S |
A | T | I | T | | P | L | A | N | S | | E | N | C | E |
D | A | N | | | | O | H | O | | | | B | I | G |
E | R | S | T | | K | N | A | V | E | | M | E | N | U |
N | I | K | O | L | A | | | | D | B | A | D | G | E |
| | | G | O | T | T | | L | I | E | D | | | |
W | C | S | | T | R | O | | O | T | A | | F | E | E |
H | O | T | C | H | I | L | | N | I | T | S | E | L | F |
O | P | E | R | A | N | D | | G | N | O | R | E | I | T |
S | A | M | U | R | A | | | | G | N | I | T | E | S |
Mon 12/21/2015
U | P | D | O | S | | A | T | E | A | M | | T | H | O |
S | L | E | P | T | | M | E | N | L | O | | W | E | B |
C | O | N | T | R | A | P | T | I | O | N | | O | Y | S |
| | | E | E | L | S | | D | E | A | D | E | Y | E |
D | O | O | D | A | D | | | | | L | O | G | O | S |
R | U | N | | M | A | S | S | | D | I | N | G | U | S |
A | C | E | S | | | T | E | R | E | S | A | | | |
W | H | A | T | C | H | A | M | A | C | A | L | L | I | T |
| | | A | R | A | B | I | C | | | D | O | S | E |
W | I | D | G | E | T | | S | E | A | M | | N | E | S |
I | N | R | E | D | | | | | G | A | D | G | E | T |
S | T | U | D | I | O | S | | A | U | D | I | | | |
H | I | M | | T | H | I | N | G | A | M | A | J | I | G |
E | M | U | | O | N | R | Y | E | | A | N | O | D | E |
S | E | P | | R | O | S | E | S | | N | A | G | A | T |
Mon 10/26/2015
W | O | R | K | S | | S | H | A | B | B | Y | | S | A | W |
A | D | I | E | U | | O | O | L | A | L | A | | U | M | A |
C | I | T | Y | B | Y | T | H | E | B | A | Y | | P | A | L |
O | N | A | U | T | O | | O | X | E | N | | S | E | N | T |
| | | P | L | U | G | | A | L | C | A | T | R | A | Z |
P | E | P | | E | W | O | K | | | | J | A | M | | |
O | B | O | E | | I | N | E | P | T | | A | R | O | A | R |
G | O | L | D | E | N | G | A | T | E | B | R | I | D | G | E |
O | N | A | I | R | | S | N | A | P | E | | N | E | R | F |
| | R | B | I | | | | S | E | A | S | | L | A | S |
C | A | B | L | E | C | A | R | | E | M | I | T | | | |
I | S | E | E | | O | R | I | G | | A | T | R | A | I | N |
S | K | A | | S | A | N | F | R | A | N | C | I | S | C | O |
C | U | R | | S | T | A | L | I | N | | O | B | I | E | S |
O | P | S | | W | I | Z | E | N | S | | M | E | A | T | Y |
Mon 9/21/2015
M | E | T | S | | H | T | T | P | | S | M | A | S | H |
U | N | I | T | | O | W | I | E | | K | A | P | P | A |
S | O | R | E | S | P | O | T | S | | I | L | I | A | D |
S | W | E | E | P | | S | L | O | W | S | T | A | R | T |
| | | P | C | T | | E | S | A | U | | N | E | O |
S | E | T | S | A | I | L | | | G | I | S | | | |
O | R | A | L | | S | E | L | L | S | T | O | C | K | S |
W | A | C | O | | | A | A | A | | | U | H | O | H |
S | T | O | P | S | S | H | O | R | T | | L | O | L | A |
| | | E | E | K | | | S | A | D | S | O | N | G |
T | V | S | | A | I | L | S | | X | I | I | | | |
S | I | T | S | S | T | I | L | L | | M | S | N | B | C |
A | R | O | M | A | | S | E | E | S | S | T | A | R | S |
R | A | V | E | L | | Z | E | N | O | | E | S | A | I |
S | L | E | E | T | | T | K | O | S | | R | A | T | S |
Wed 7/15/2015
V | E | N | O | M | | P | A | C | E | | | T | O | P |
E | L | O | P | E | | O | L | A | Y | | S | E | R | E |
R | E | P | E | R | T | O | I | R | E | | U | L | E | E |
A | V | E | N | G | E | R | | | S | A | I | L | O | R |
| | | M | E | R | | R | O | O | S | T | S | | |
D | E | C | I | | P | R | O | P | R | I | E | T | O | R |
I | M | A | C | S | | A | C | T | E | D | | A | P | O |
D | O | M | | W | A | D | | O | S | E | | L | E | A |
U | T | E | | E | R | I | T | U | | S | E | E | D | S |
P | E | R | P | E | T | U | I | T | Y | | A | S | S | T |
| | A | L | T | I | M | A | | E | M | T | | | |
E | X | C | E | S | S | | | D | O | I | D | A | R | E |
D | O | R | A | | T | Y | P | E | W | R | I | T | E | R |
E | X | E | S | | R | A | I | L | | E | R | T | E | S |
R | O | W | | | Y | O | G | I | | S | T | A | D | T |
Tue 6/2/2015
B | A | U | M | | A | I | R | E | D | | V | A | M | P |
A | B | R | A | | S | N | A | R | E | | I | R | I | S |
A | B | B | R | | K | U | D | O | S | | N | E | X | T |
B | E | A | C | H | E | R | O | S | I | O | N | | | |
A | Y | N | | O | W | E | N | | | L | Y | C | R | A |
A | S | S | T | S | | | | B | S | A | | H | U | G |
| | P | I | T | C | H | E | R | O | F | B | E | E | R |
I | N | R | E | | O | A | S | E | S | | A | E | R | O |
L | E | A | R | N | T | H | E | R | O | P | E | S | | |
L | A | W | | A | S | A | | | | A | Z | E | R | A |
S | P | L | A | T | | | A | J | A | R | | P | A | S |
| | | H | E | R | O | S | A | N | D | W | I | C | H |
T | I | D | E | | A | G | I | N | G | | E | Z | I | O |
A | Q | U | A | | F | R | A | I | L | | E | Z | E | R |
U | S | E | D | | T | E | N | S | E | | P | A | R | E |
The NYT published this amusing correction: The crossword puzzle on Tuesday provided an erroneous clue for 1-Down, seeking the answer "Baa Baa." The clue should have read, "Salutatory cry to a black sheep, in a nursery rhyme" — not "Black sheep's cry, in a nursery rhyme" — because it is the unnamed speaker of the rhyme (not the sheep, of course) who says, "Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?"
Tue 4/14/2015
G | A | G | A | | A | I | R | E | S | | T | E | E | S |
A | G | E | S | | G | R | E | T | A | | R | A | T | E |
T | H | A | T | S | G | R | E | A | T | | I | S | H | E |
E | A | R | | H | I | E | S | | T | A | S | T | E | R |
| | | S | I | E | G | | T | I | T | T | E | R | S |
S | T | R | E | S | S | | S | I | G | H | E | R | | |
H | E | A | T | H | | S | E | T | H | S | | E | E | G |
A | R | T | I | | E | I | G | H | T | | A | G | R | I |
H | A | T | | R | A | R | E | E | | S | S | G | T | S |
| | E | R | A | S | E | R | | G | E | T | S | E | T |
S | T | R | E | E | T | S | | T | I | T | I | | | |
T | E | R | E | S | A | | H | A | R | T | | A | H | S |
E | R | I | S | | S | T | A | R | T | E | R | S | E | T |
T | R | E | E | | I | R | I | S | H | | A | T | R | A |
S | I | R | S | | A | E | G | I | S | | G | R | E | G |
Mon 3/30/2015
| | J | O | Y | | | W | H | O | | | B | B | C |
| L | U | R | E | | I | R | E | D | | A | Y | L | A |
B | I | R | D | S | O | F | A | F | E | A | T | H | E | R |
B | E | Y | | | A | S | P | | | G | O | O | S | E |
Q | U | O | | P | R | O | P | | R | E | P | O | S | E |
| | F | O | E | | | I | C | E | | | K | E | N |
| E | Y | R | E | | G | N | U | S | | R | O | D | S |
F | L | O | C | K | T | O | G | E | T | H | E | R | | |
O | S | U | | | R | A | P | | | A | B | B | E | S |
X | E | R | | P | I | T | A | | P | L | A | Y | A | T |
| | P | I | E | | | P | A | L | | | C | S | I |
| C | E | C | E | | H | E | L | I | | B | R | E | R |
C | L | E | A | R | F | O | R | T | A | K | E | O | F | F |
A | I | R | M | A | I | L | | O | N | E | H | O | U | R |
R | O | S | E | T | T | A | | S | T | A | R | K | L | Y |
Tue 2/17/2015
C | A | T | | B | A | G | S | | G | A | B | | P | O | M |
H | M | O | | O | O | N | A | | A | C | E | | Y | A | O |
O | A | T | | X | R | A | Y | | R | C | A | | R | H | O |
W | H | O | L | E | T | T | H | E | D | O | G | S | O | U | T |
| | | O | R | A | | I | S | E | U | L | T | | | |
A | R | L | O | | | | T | A | N | N | E | R | I | E | S |
S | E | E | K | | | | O | U | S | T | | E | N | N | E |
S | A | M | O | A | N | | | | | | | T | A | C | T |
I | D | U | N | N | O | | | | | | | C | R | A | T |
S | T | R | E | E | T | | A | M | P | M | | H | O | S | E |
T | O | S | S | E | S | | N | C | O | S | | E | W | E | R |
| | | B | L | O | O | D | H | O | U | N | D | | | |
P | I | P | E | | B | R | E | A | D | | T | O | A | S | T |
U | K | E | S | | A | T | A | L | L | | H | U | S | K | Y |
G | E | N | T | | D | O | N | E | E | | S | T | A | I | R |
Tue 12/23/2014
C | O | F | F | E | E | S | | G | I | A | N | T | S | |
O | X | I | D | I | Z | E | | A | L | G | E | R | I | A |
R | E | A | R | L | I | T | | B | L | A | Z | I | N | G |
E | N | T | | E | N | A | B | L | E | R | | B | E | E |
| | | T | E | E | H | E | E | | | N | E | W | S |
E | L | F | I | N | | E | A | R | T | H | Y | | | |
B | U | L | L | | W | A | N | | H | A | T | T | E | R |
B | R | O | | B | A | D | S | E | E | D | | G | L | O |
S | K | E | W | E | R | | T | S | O | | J | I | M | A |
| | | M | A | N | I | A | C | | G | O | F | O | R |
S | F | P | D | | | S | L | A | P | A | T | | | |
A | R | E | | R | A | N | K | L | E | S | | N | A | B |
R | E | T | R | A | C | T | | L | A | S | C | A | L | A |
G | E | R | A | R | D | O | | O | C | E | A | N | U | S |
| H | I | J | A | C | K | | P | E | R | F | U | M | E |
Mon 11/10/2014
J | A | V | A | | Q | U | E | S | T | | S | T | U | B |
A | V | E | R | | U | N | D | U | E | | T | A | R | O |
D | O | N | T | M | A | K | E | M | E | L | A | U | G | H |
E | N | D | | A | K | I | N | | | U | T | T | E | R |
| | | E | V | E | N | | I | D | L | E | | | |
F | U | H | G | E | D | D | A | B | O | U | D | I | T | |
O | N | I | O | N | | | L | E | I | S | | C | O | G |
R | I | P | S | | T | W | I | X | T | | P | I | T | A |
A | F | T | | G | R | A | B | | | H | O | N | E | Y |
| Y | O | U | R | E | K | I | D | D | I | N | G | M | E |
| | | N | I | K | E | | R | A | N | G | | | |
S | T | R | I | P | | | B | A | N | D | | F | Y | I |
T | H | A | T | S | R | I | D | I | C | U | L | O | U | S |
O | O | Z | E | | I | N | A | N | E | | U | R | A | L |
P | R | E | S | | A | B | Y | S | S | | G | E | N | E |
Fri 8/8/2014
G | A | N | G | N | A | M | | L | E | A | P | S | A | T |
A | M | E | R | I | C | A | | O | I | L | R | I | C | H |
S | O | M | E | T | H | I | N | G | S | F | I | S | H | Y |
O | R | E | | | E | D | Y | S | | A | S | T | E | R |
H | O | S | | | | E | S | O | S | | M | I | S | O |
O | S | I | S | | O | N | E | U | P | S | | N | O | I |
L | O | S | E | R | S | | | T | A | I | L | E | N | D |
| | | R | O | C | | | | N | G | O | | | |
A | L | L | T | H | A | T | | S | O | N | N | E | T | S |
L | E | E | | E | R | I | T | U | | | I | N | R | E |
A | T | A | N | | S | T | A | N | | | | C | A | D |
M | I | N | E | D | | R | U | B | E | | A | L | I | A |
O | N | T | H | E | W | A | T | E | R | F | R | O | N | T |
D | O | O | R | M | A | T | | L | O | O | K | S | E | E |
E | N | S | U | I | T | E | | T | O | P | S | E | E | D |
Martin Ashwood-Smith took issue with calling this grid asymmetric. He sees it as a new kind of symmetry that superimposes diagonal symmetry on the normal rotational kind. The suggested name for this: Goldfish Symmetry.
Wed 7/9/2014
D | E | P | O | T | | R | A | N | G | E | | B | A | L |
R | A | J | A | H | | U | S | E | I | N | | E | T | E |
J | U | S | T | A | R | R | I | V | E | D | | E | O | S |
| | | S | T | E | A | D | | | E | A | R | N | S |
M | A | D | | S | A | L | E | S | T | A | R | G | E | T |
O | B | A | M | A | | | | T | O | R | T | U | G | A |
M | A | D | A | G | A | S | C | A | R | | | T | O | R |
| | | C | O | S | T | A | R | I | C | A | | | |
A | D | D | | | W | I | S | E | C | R | A | C | K | S |
S | O | R | O | R | A | L | | | | E | A | S | E | L |
T | O | U | R | I | S | T | A | R | E | A | | A | G | O |
A | D | M | E | N | | | C | O | M | T | E | | | |
R | L | S | | S | T | A | R | S | T | U | D | D | E | D |
T | E | E | | E | S | T | E | E | | R | E | A | D | Y |
E | S | T | | S | E | E | D | S | | E | N | S | U | E |
Mon 6/16/2014
B | U | L | B | | A | S | A | P | | B | A | B | A | S |
I | G | O | R | | B | A | B | E | | U | L | T | R | A |
B | L | U | E | B | E | A | R | D | | G | E | E | K | Y |
S | I | T | A | R | | B | I | R | D | B | R | A | I | N |
| | | K | I | M | | M | O | U | E | | M | N | O |
B | A | R | B | E | L | L | | | M | A | B | | | |
A | M | O | R | | B | A | N | K | B | R | A | N | C | H |
R | I | L | E | | | H | E | N | | | C | I | A | O |
B | E | L | A | B | A | R | T | O | K | | K | N | E | E |
| | | D | U | G | | | B | I | G | B | A | N | D |
A | D | D | | S | A | P | S | | A | L | I | | | |
B | E | E | F | B | R | O | T | H | | I | T | S | O | N |
I | G | L | O | O | | B | E | E | R | B | E | L | L | Y |
D | A | I | R | Y | | O | V | I | D | | R | A | G | E |
E | S | S | E | S | | X | E | R | S | | S | W | A | T |
POW Tue 3/4/2014
D | R | D | O | O | M | | I | B | M | P | C | | | |
J | A | R | U | L | E | | B | R | A | I | D | | | |
E | V | E | N | E | R | | E | A | R | N | S | | | |
D | I | S | C | O | V | E | R | I | N | G | | I | D | A |
| S | S | E | | | D | I | N | E | | E | T | A | T |
A | H | I | | | A | W | A | Y | | B | L | A | R | E |
B | E | N | J | A | M | I | N | | Q | U | E | L | L | S |
E | D | G | E | D | I | N | | F | U | R | C | O | A | T |
| | | L | A | D | | P | R | I | N | T | | | |
G | O | F | L | Y | | S | H | A | D | | R | O | D | S |
E | U | R | O | | A | M | E | N | | | I | B | E | T |
I | T | A | | S | K | U | N | K | | S | C | A | L | A |
S | E | N | S | E | I | | O | L | D | T | I | M | E | R |
H | A | C | K | I | T | | M | I | S | S | T | A | T | E |
A | T | E | A | S | E | | S | N | L | | Y | S | E | R |
Fri 2/14/2014
A | R | M | Y | C | A | M | P | | | U | R | G | E | S |
R | E | A | D | A | B | O | O | K | | T | A | U | N | T |
P | I | N | S | T | R | I | P | E | | T | H | E | D | A |
E | N | E | | | A | R | S | E | N | E | | S | L | Y |
L | A | D | Y | S | | A | T | P | A | R | | T | E | C |
| | | O | P | A | | H | I | P | | E | S | S | O |
| L | A | K | E | P | O | E | T | | F | A | T | S | O |
L | O | V | E | C | O | N | Q | U | E | R | S | A | L | L |
I | D | O | L | S | | P | U | P | P | E | T | R | Y | |
L | E | I | S | | R | A | E | | I | T | O | | | |
L | S | D | | N | U | T | S | O | | S | N | O | U | T |
I | T | A | | Y | E | R | T | L | E | | | V | S | O |
P | O | N | T | E | | O | I | L | T | Y | C | O | O | N |
U | N | C | U | T | | L | O | I | T | E | R | I | N | G |
T | E | E | N | S | | | N | E | A | T | I | D | E | A |
Thu 1/3/2013
A | L | L | F | O | R | | | | A | P | O | L | L | O |
L | I | E | A | B | E | D | | S | N | I | P | E | A | T |
I | N | A | C | O | M | A | | I | I | N | S | I | S | T |
O | E | D | | V | A | T | | O | M | E | | S | T | E |
T | O | S | T | A | D | A | | N | A | T | A | T | O | R |
O | U | T | S | T | E | P | | | T | A | K | E | R | S |
| T | O | P | E | | L | I | T | E | R | A | R | Y | |
| | | | | | A | C | E | | | | | | |
| I | M | A | G | I | N | E | S | | T | E | E | D | |
S | L | A | M | O | N | | | T | R | O | U | P | E | D |
A | I | R | I | E | S | T | | T | E | R | R | I | N | E |
D | E | Y | | S | U | E | | U | D | O | | G | A | M |
I | S | O | B | A | R | S | | B | A | N | D | O | R | E |
S | C | R | A | P | E | S | | E | S | T | O | N | I | A |
M | U | R | D | E | R | | | | H | O | L | E | I | N |