Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Rebus | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
1 | 1.69 | 47 | 73% |
Fri 10/23/2015
C | O | W | T | I | P | P | I | N | G | | I | H | O | P |
A | M | E | N | C | O | R | N | E | R | | M | A | G | E |
F | A | N | T | A | S | Y | F | O | O | T | B | A | L | L |
E | N | D | | N | I | C | O | | U | S | A | G | E | S |
| | | K | N | E | E | | S | P | A | C | E | | |
R | A | D | I | O | S | | D | O | O | R | K | N | O | B |
O | P | A | R | T | | J | E | A | N | S | | D | N | A |
L | A | N | K | | T | U | R | K | S | | B | A | R | R |
O | R | C | | F | R | I | E | S | | S | U | Z | Y | Q |
S | T | E | P | B | A | C | K | | W | U | S | S | E | S |
| | C | R | O | N | Y | | S | E | N | T | | | |
L | A | R | A | M | S | | S | K | I | D | | D | I | P |
P | L | A | Y | B | O | Y | M | A | G | A | Z | I | N | E |
G | A | Z | E | | M | E | E | T | H | E | A | D | O | N |
A | W | E | D | | S | W | E | E | T | S | P | O | T | S |
Sat 8/29/2015
A | X | E | | I | C | B | M | | T | A | B | S | E | T |
N | B | A | | B | O | R | E | | E | R | O | I | C | A |
N | O | R | | A | L | U | M | | R | E | D | D | O | T |
O | X | F | O | R | D | C | O | M | M | A | | E | N | T |
Y | O | L | K | | S | E | P | A | L | | F | O | O | L |
E | N | A | C | T | | L | A | Y | I | T | O | N | M | E |
D | E | P | O | R | T | E | D | | M | I | L | E | Y | |
| | | R | A | V | E | | W | I | N | K | | | |
| W | A | R | M | S | | H | A | T | C | H | E | C | K |
S | E | X | A | P | P | E | A | L | | T | E | X | A | N |
T | I | L | L | | E | V | I | L | S | | R | O | M | E |
E | R | R | | S | C | A | R | E | Q | U | O | T | E | S |
A | D | O | N | A | I | | G | N | U | S | | I | R | S |
M | A | S | A | L | A | | E | D | I | E | | C | O | E |
Y | L | E | V | E | L | | L | A | B | S | | A | N | T |
Fri 12/12/2014
A | B | B | E | S | S | | | A | M | P | E | D | U | P |
C | O | O | L | A | I | R | | C | O | L | G | A | T | E |
T | O | S | T | A | D | A | | C | R | O | O | N | E | R |
O | K | T | O | B | E | R | F | E | S | T | | | | |
N | E | O | N | | K | E | E | P | I | T | R | E | A | L |
E | R | N | | F | I | G | H | T | | W | I | L | C | O |
| | | V | I | C | A | R | | J | I | C | A | M | A |
H | I | J | I | N | K | S | | B | A | S | E | M | E | N |
A | D | O | N | I | S | | S | E | C | T | S | | | |
Z | O | N | E | S | | M | I | L | K | S | | C | A | P |
E | L | I | S | H | A | O | T | I | S | | Y | U | L | E |
| | | | L | E | D | Z | E | P | P | E | L | I | N |
T | H | E | W | I | R | E | | F | R | A | N | K | E | N |
R | E | T | I | N | O | L | | S | A | L | T | I | N | E |
E | Y | E | T | E | S | T | | | T | E | E | N | S | Y |
Sat 10/18/2014
M | E | S | S | K | I | T | S | | C | R | O | T | C | H |
A | G | E | L | I | M | I | T | | L | A | U | R | I | E |
N | O | S | E | C | O | N | E | | A | S | T | U | T | E |
| S | E | E | K | | A | P | P | S | | S | T | E | P |
| | | P | S | Y | C | H | O | P | A | T | H | | |
A | W | L | | T | U | T | E | E | | U | R | I | A | H |
V | I | A | | A | M | I | N | | S | T | I | N | G | O |
A | L | S | O | R | A | N | | C | O | O | P | E | R | S |
S | C | E | N | T | S | | C | A | L | C | | S | E | E |
T | O | R | T | E | | R | O | L | E | O | | S | E | A |
| | D | I | R | T | Y | H | A | R | R | Y | | | |
C | R | I | P | | T | E | E | M | | R | A | F | A | |
H | U | S | T | L | E | | R | A | R | E | B | I | R | D |
A | S | C | O | T | S | | E | R | I | C | B | A | N | A |
D | E | S | E | R | T | | D | I | C | T | A | T | E | D |
Evan's handsome construction today has quite a few names, some of them uncommon, which is always cause for concern — especially when they're in the same area, and especially especially when they cross. LAURIE (16A) crossing RAS (10D) may give some solvers pause, but I think "A" at the intersection is the most likely letter to guess. I also worried about SOLER (35D) crossing the difficult STINGO and ROLEO. Evan's clue for SOLER was "Baroque composer Padre Antonio __," who, I have to admit, I'm not familiar with. So I changed this to something more inferable, even if it's rare. Overall Evan writes excellent clues. The ones here for 15A, 36A, 43A, 4D, 12D, and 28D are all his.
POW Sat 4/26/2014
C | A | M | P | | H | O | W | D | A | R | E | Y | O | U |
E | V | E | R | | I | N | A | U | G | U | R | A | L | S |
D | I | D | O | | M | E | L | O | N | B | A | L | L | S |
A | L | I | T | O | | A | T | S | E | A | | E | A | R |
R | A | C | E | C | A | R | D | | W | T | S | | | |
| | | S | U | M | M | I | T | | O | K | B | U | T |
E | A | S | T | L | A | | S | E | W | | Y | O | K | E |
C | A | L | V | I | N | A | N | D | H | O | B | B | E | S |
O | R | E | O | | A | C | E | | A | T | O | A | S | T |
N | E | W | T | O | | H | Y | D | R | O | X | | | |
| | | E | R | N | | W | I | F | E | S | W | A | P |
A | R | T | | L | I | M | O | S | | S | E | E | M | E |
R | E | T | R | O | V | I | R | U | S | | A | W | A | R |
A | N | Y | O | N | E | E | L | S | E | | T | O | T | O |
B | E | L | T | S | A | N | D | E | R | | S | N | I | T |
Wed 3/5/2014
C | H | E | | G | R | A | M | S | | E | P | S | O | M |
H | E | M | | C | E | L | I | A | | R | O | U | T | E |
A | Y | E | | H | E | L | L | I | F | I | K | N | O | W |
M | Y | R | I | A | D | | | D | A | T | E | S | | |
P | O | I | N | T | | I | M | S | T | U | M | P | E | D |
S | U | L | K | | A | D | I | O | S | | O | O | Z | E |
| | | S | H | R | E | D | | | I | N | T | R | A |
G | A | S | | B | E | A | T | S | M | E | | S | A | D |
O | U | T | G | O | | | E | L | U | D | E | | | |
O | T | O | E | | A | E | R | O | S | | D | E | A | R |
D | O | N | T | A | S | K | M | E | | F | I | R | M | A |
| | E | E | R | I | E | | | J | E | T | S | E | T |
I | H | A | V | E | N | O | C | L | U | E | | A | C | T |
R | O | G | E | T | | U | P | E | N | D | | T | H | E |
K | E | E | N | E | | T | A | N | K | S | | Z | E | D |
Sat 2/22/2014
A | L | C | H | E | M | I | S | T | S | | B | A | S | E |
P | I | R | A | T | E | S | H | I | P | | O | M | A | R |
S | T | A | Y | A | T | H | O | M | E | | S | E | M | I |
E | R | N | S | | H | O | W | | D | V | O | R | A | K |
S | E | E | T | O | | T | D | S | | E | M | I | R | S |
| | | A | A | A | | O | L | A | Y | | C | I | A |
B | L | A | C | K | M | A | G | I | C | | W | A | T | T |
R | I | S | K | S | I | T | | M | T | S | I | N | A | I |
O | P | T | S | | C | O | M | E | U | N | D | O | N | E |
A | R | R | | J | I | M | I | | P | E | E | | | |
D | E | O | R | O | | S | N | L | | E | R | A | S | E |
B | A | D | E | G | G | | I | A | N | | I | R | A | S |
A | D | O | S | | A | R | C | H | A | N | G | E | L | S |
N | E | M | O | | W | H | A | T | A | S | H | A | M | E |
D | R | E | W | | D | O | M | I | N | A | T | R | I | X |
Thu 10/3/2013
H | U | L | A | | H | O | F | F | | S | L | O | T | H |
O | H | O | S | | O | R | A | L | | C | A | N | W | E |
S | U | C | K | S | B | Y | O | U | | A | F | T | E | R |
P | H | O | E | N | I | X | | B | A | L | O | V | E | R |
| | | D | O | T | | S | E | D | E | R | | | |
T | A | X | I | | | H | E | R | E | | G | A | E | A |
O | P | E | N | A | R | E | A | | S | E | E | M | S | B |
M | A | N | | B | O | R | N | O | T | B | | I | T | O |
B | R | I | D | E | B | | C | H | E | S | S | S | E | T |
S | T | A | R | | E | W | E | S | | | C | H | E | T |
| | | Y | P | R | E | S | | A | P | R | | | |
B | H | O | N | E | S | T | | B | R | I | E | F | E | D |
G | O | M | E | R | | B | O | R | N | B | W | I | L | D |
U | M | A | S | S | | A | R | I | A | | I | S | S | A |
N | O | R | S | E | | R | I | T | Z | | T | H | E | Y |
In the print edition of the Times, the solution to this puzzle will be shown as SUCKS2BYOU, 2BORNOT2B, etc. For online, though, the solution shows "BB" in the theme squares, as we felt that's what solvers are more likely to guess. This was the playoff puzzle at last Friday's Westchester Crossword Puzzle Tournament. As I write this, I'm anxious to see how quickly (or not) the contestants catch onto the trick.
ADDED NOTE: Winning time for this puzzle at the 17th Westchester Crossword Puzzle Tournament, held last Friday in Pleasantville, NY:
1st — Bob Mackey, perfect in 8:36
2nd — Jeffrey Schwartz, perfect in 10:34
3rd — Glen Ryan, 11:56 with one error