| Total | Debut | Latest |
| 6 | 8/28/2019 | 3/15/2024 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
| 1.75 | 34 | 53% |
Fri 3/15/2024
| B | A | S | H | | O | K | R | A | | P | E | C | O | S |
| O | S | H | A | | P | O | E | T | | E | X | A | L | T |
| P | H | I | L | L | I | S | W | H | E | A | T | L | E | Y |
| S | E | L | F | I | E | | R | O | S | T | R | A | | |
| N | O | T | V | | W | I | M | P | | A | B | L | E |
| | H | I | T | R | A | T | E | | M | E | R | E | R |
| | | M | Y | E | Y | E | | T | A | X | I | E | S |
| C | A | R | E | L | E | S | S | M | I | S | T | A | K | E |
| U | B | E | R | E | D | | H | O | N | O | R | | | |
| S | E | D | E | R | | V | I | E | T | N | A | M | | |
| S | L | A | P | | W | E | S | T | | J | E | E | Z | |
| | P | O | P | A | R | T | | T | A | X | T | I | P |
| E | S | P | R | E | S | S | O | M | A | R | T | I | N | I |
| W | I | L | T | S | | O | R | A | L | | R | E | E | K |
| W | R | E | S | T | | S | Y | N | C | | A | R | S | E |
Sun 2/4/2024 Punch Lines
| B | I | F | L | A | G | | | N | A | G | | J | O | B | | J | O | S | I | E |
| A | R | E | O | L | A | E | | B | A | R | C | O | D | E | | A | P | I | N | G |
| G | U | I | L | T | Y | A | S | C | H | A | R | G | E | D | | C | I | R | C | A |
| E | L | S | A | | D | R | E | | | M | E | G | S | | O | K | A | Y | E | D |
| L | E | T | | C | A | N | T | C | O | M | P | L | A | I | N | | T | E | N | |
| | | J | A | R | S | | O | V | A | T | E | | D | I | G | E | S | T | S |
| E | M | A | I | L | | | T | O | E | | | | K | A | T | O | | S | I | P |
| T | E | L | L | M | E | I | M | P | R | E | T | T | Y | | | O | L | I | V | E |
| N | A | I | L | | N | C | I | S | | M | I | R | O | | A | D | O | R | E | D |
| A | L | A | B | A | M | A | | | B | E | F | I | T | | R | C | A | | | |
| | S | I | X | I | N | C | H | O | R | F | O | O | T | L | O | N | G | | |
| | | D | O | T | | L | E | W | I | S | | | R | I | P | S | O | F | F |
| G | A | M | E | L | Y | | A | L | I | T | | V | E | E | S | | H | A | R | E |
| L | L | A | N | O | | | P | L | E | A | S | E | B | E | S | E | A | T | E | D |
| I | L | K | | T | K | O | S | | | | O | R | B | | | A | R | S | E | S |
| B | E | E | T | L | E | S | | T | T | O | P | S | | M | A | R | K | | | |
| G | A | R | | Y | O | U | R | E | T | H | E | B | O | S | S | | W | A | R |
| M | O | W | E | R | S | | C | A | S | T | | | E | T | S | | Z | E | T | A |
| B | R | I | B | E | | G | O | D | S | A | V | E | T | H | E | Q | U | E | E | N |
| A | I | S | L | E | | O | N | E | A | W | A | Y | | S | T | U | N | K | A | T |
| S | C | H | E | D | | A | N | D | | A | X | E | | | S | E | I | S | M | S |
Tue 10/24/2023
| C | O | L | D | | S | P | A | M | | | C | O | W | L |
| B | A | M | A | | A | L | L | I | N | | O | A | H | U |
| S | T | A | Y | C | L | A | S | S | Y | | S | K | I | T |
| Y | O | U | R | E | N | O | T | M | Y | T | Y | P | E |
| | | S | A | M | | | | P | E | A | | | |
| T | I | M | E | F | O | R | A | C | H | A | N | G | E | |
| A | N | Y | | T | R | I | L | L | | | Z | I | N | C |
| F | U | R | B | Y | | O | D | E | | M | A | Z | D | A |
| T | I | R | E | | | J | E | R | R | Y | | M | O | P |
| T | H | E | S | P | A | R | K | I | S | G | O | N | E |
| | | R | O | O | | | | G | T | O | | | |
| L | E | T | S | W | R | A | P | T | H | I | S | U | P | |
| I | V | A | N | | T | C | H | O | T | C | H | K | E | S |
| N | E | R | O | | S | T | E | N | O | | N | E | C | K |
| K | N | O | B | | | I | W | I | N | | O | S | S | A |
Mon 3/22/2021
| J | A | B | | A | P | P | L | I | E | D | | L | P | S |
| A | M | I | | D | U | R | A | N | T | E | | A | L | E |
| M | A | T | C | H | B | O | X | C | A | R | | S | A | X |
| B | R | O | O | D | | | | U | S | N | A | V | Y | |
| S | O | F | A | | S | A | A | B | | | L | E | D | S |
| | F | L | I | N | T | M | I | C | H | I | G | A | N |
| | | S | N | O | O | P | | L | E | G | A | T | O |
| E | T | S | | A | R | M | | K | I | N | | S | E | W |
| T | R | Y | O | N | E | | I | N | F | R | A | | | |
| T | I | N | D | E | R | P | R | O | F | I | L | E | | |
| U | P | T | O | | | R | E | B | S | | D | R | O | P |
| W | A | R | B | L | E | | | | L | E | O | N | E |
| F | I | X | | F | I | R | E | S | T | A | R | T | E | R |
| E | R | E | | F | R | E | A | K | E | D | | I | N | K |
| Y | E | S | | S | E | Q | U | I | N | S | | C | D | S |
Sun 12/27/2020 PARTNERSHIPS
| M | A | M | B | A | | F | A | C | T | I | S | | I | S | A | Y | | M | O | A |
| A | B | O | I | L | | I | D | U | N | N | O | | N | O | T | E | | A | R | T |
| J | U | D | G | E | A | N | D | J | U | R | Y | | B | U | T | T | D | I | A | L |
| S | T | E | P | | R | E | M | O | T | E | | G | E | R | E | | E | T | N | A |
| | | O | B | E | S | E | | | P | A | R | T | O | N | | L | A | G | S |
| H | A | R | P | I | S | T | | P | E | A | C | E | A | N | D | Q | U | I | E | T |
| A | G | A | P | E | | | V | I | V | I | E | N | | | E | T | D | | | |
| P | E | N | A | N | D | P | A | P | E | R | | A | L | T | E | R | E | G | O | S |
| S | E | A | | N | O | O | N | E | | | | C | E | O | S | | | O | N | O |
| | C | H | I | R | P | | | S | U | C | H | A | S | | | R | O | E | S |
| B | R | E | A | K | I | N | G | A | N | D | E | N | T | E | R | I | N | G | |
| Z | O | O | M | | | D | E | L | T | A | S | | | A | D | I | O | S | | |
| I | D | S | | | L | O | R | I | | | | C | E | D | E | D | | Q | I | N |
| T | E | S | T | P | I | L | O | T | | B | O | O | M | A | N | D | B | U | S | T |
| | | A | D | O | | | Z | E | A | L | O | T | | | L | E | A | S | H |
| H | U | G | S | A | N | D | K | I | S | S | E | S | | S | P | E | E | D | O | S |
| U | N | I | T | | T | E | N | E | T | S | | | S | H | I | R | R | | | |
| M | E | M | E | | A | F | A | R | | S | P | E | C | I | E | | P | L | E | A |
| B | A | L | S | A | M | I | C | | R | O | O | M | A | N | D | B | O | A | R | D |
| U | S | E | | W | E | E | K | | A | L | L | U | R | E | | I | N | D | I | E |
| G | E | T | | E | R | R | S | | G | O | O | S | E | D | | O | G | E | E | S |
Wed 8/28/2019
| S | A | C | S | | C | P | A | | T | H | E | N | E | T |
| P | L | A | N | | A | R | C | | R | A | V | I | N | E |
| A | L | J | O | L | S | O | N | | A | Z | A | L | E | A |
| Y | O | U | G | O | T | S | E | R | V | E | D | | | |
| S | Y | N | | W | R | Y | | H | E | R | E | I | A | M |
| | | Y | E | A | | S | E | L | | D | O | T | E |
| A | C | O | U | S | T | I | C | S | | | | W | A | N |
| F | A | U | L | T | I | N | O | U | R | S | T | A | R | S |
| R | I | T | | | | L | U | S | I | T | A | N | I | A |
| O | R | E | S | | N | I | T | | S | A | X | | | |
| S | O | D | A | C | A | N | | S | O | T | | F | E | B |
| | | L | O | V | E | A | C | T | U | A | L | L | Y |
| S | A | T | O | R | I | | H | A | T | E | M | A | I | L |
| S | T | O | O | G | E | | O | R | O | | P | I | T | A |
| T | E | N | N | I | S | | Y | E | S | | S | L | E | W |
This is my first crossword in the New York Times, and I'm excited to check this achievement off of the personal bucket list! I've been doing Times crosswords for most of my life, but only got into constructing last year. While I was completing a Ph.D. in Film and Media Studies, crosswords proved to be an especially refreshing break from reading hundreds of pages of theory. There's something so satisfying about landing on a promising theme, figuring out a grid formation that works, and cracking a stubborn corner of fill. Plus, I finally found a niche where people might appreciate my insatiable appetite for punning.
As I soon discovered, many skills go into constructing a crossword, and all of them have a learning curve. Finding out about tools like Crossfire and XWord Info made a substantial difference. I also read through years of constructor's notes and Jeff Chen's commentary and learned a lot from them. Even still, I submitted twelve unsuccessful crosswords before suddenly, one day en route to the gym, the words Love Actually popped into my head. Then You Got Served. Then The Fault in Our Stars and The Net and tennis. All five theme answers just appeared like a cartoon light bulb. I held my breath as I counted the letters in the entries and hoped they would work. Once those stars aligned, the rest of the puzzle quickly fell into place. I guess it goes to show you that high school tennis lessons and a doctorate in film can have some unintended benefits.
Now, the next goal on my bucket list to get a Puzzle of the Week accolade from Jeff one of these days!
