Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
11 | 4/17/1996 | 8/16/2020 | 3 |
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Variety |
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rebus | Circle | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
1 | 1 | 1.54 | 82 | 61% |
10 daily crosswords
by Francis Heaney
POW Sun 8/16/2020 ALTERNATIVE CINEMA
M | A | O | I | S | T | S | | S | T | A | M | P | S | | M | O | R | A | S | S |
U | N | P | L | A | I | T | | I | A | M | T | O | O | | A | V | E | N | U | E |
T | W | E | L | V | E | A | N | G | R | Y | M | E | N | | R | A | N | K | E | D |
E | A | R | | A | R | R | A | N | T | | | | I | C | I | | A | L | D | A |
D | R | A | W | N | | T | H | E | A | F | R | I | C | A | N | Q | U | E | E | N |
| | | E | T | T | U | | D | R | I | E | D | | P | A | U | L | S | | |
F | L | A | N | | U | P | I | | | N | I | L | | | R | O | T | O | R | S |
D | O | C | T | O | R | S | T | R | A | N | G | E | | S | A | T | | C | A | T |
I | G | E | T | I | T | | D | E | P | E | N | D | O | N | | A | S | K | M | E |
C | O | R | O | L | L | A | | N | U | Y | S | | P | A | C | | P | S | S | T |
| | | B | Y | E | B | Y | E | | | | B | I | R | D | I | E | | | |
A | M | I | E | | S | O | O | | S | M | E | E | | E | D | H | E | L | M | S |
S | A | N | D | L | | U | N | T | H | A | W | E | D | | R | O | D | E | O | S |
P | T | A | | A | C | T | | W | A | T | E | R | S | H | I | P | D | O | W | N |
S | A | N | R | I | O | | | Y | R | S | | | L | I | V | | I | N | N | S |
| | Y | E | L | L | S | | L | O | U | I | S | | T | E | V | A | | | |
T | H | E | L | A | D | Y | V | A | N | I | S | H | E | S | | A | L | U | M | S |
R | A | V | I | | B | M | I | | | | S | A | V | O | I | R | | S | A | L |
U | N | E | E | D | A | | A | M | E | R | I | C | A | N | B | E | A | U | T | Y |
C | O | N | F | I | T | | N | O | L | U | C | K | | G | E | S | T | A | T | E |
K | I | T | S | C | H | | D | R | I | N | K | S | | S | T | E | E | L | E | R |
Wed 2/26/2020
G | R | A | M | M | Y | | O | N | K | P | | K | A | T |
R | A | D | I | O | S | | R | O | A | R | | O | N | O |
A | T | O | N | A | L | | A | T | T | E | S | T | T | O |
B | E | G | U | N | | P | L | A | Y | M | O | B | I | L |
| | | S | E | G | A | | I | D | I | D | | | |
H | I | P | S | D | O | N | T | L | I | E | | S | K | I |
E | S | A | I | | P | A | W | | D | R | A | P | E | D |
L | E | I | G | H | | M | O | D | | S | U | R | L | Y |
P | E | R | N | O | D | | P | E | P | | T | E | L | L |
S | M | S | | T | R | O | M | P | E | L | O | E | I | L |
| | | A | F | A | R | | T | R | O | T | | | |
A | S | Y | O | U | W | I | S | H | | R | U | S | S | O |
G | O | A | N | D | S | E | E | | B | E | N | H | U | R |
O | A | K | | G | I | N | A | | O | N | E | A | L | L |
G | P | S | | E | N | T | S | | B | A | D | G | U | Y |
Billie Eilish is a bad guy:
Sun 1/24/2016 INITIAL TURN
P | A | R | A | M | U | S | | C | A | R | | T | E | A | L | | R | I | C | H |
O | L | E | M | I | S | S | | A | B | A | | A | C | L | U | | E | S | A | I |
S | D | I | A | N | D | N | A | N | C | Y | | B | O | O | M | | A | L | L | Y |
E | E | N | S | Y | | | N | O | D | E | A | L | | T | B | A | C | O | L | A |
D | N | A | S | A | V | A | G | E | | | C | E | N | | A | T | T | Y | S | |
| | | I | N | A | L | L | | A | S | T | H | O | U | G | H | | A | H | I |
S | O | W | N | | N | I | E | | C | P | U | O | F | N | O | O | D | L | E | S |
C | P | A | G | U | N | S | | C | H | I | P | P | E | R | | L | U | T | E | S |
A | T | L | | N | A | T | A | L | I | E | | S | E | E | P | | S | O | T | O |
M | E | L | F | I | | | S | U | E | S | | | | S | H | A | H | | | |
P | D | A | O | F | P | A | P | E | R | | R | B | I | T | I | C | K | L | E | R |
| | | R | Y | A | N | | | | H | E | F | T | | | H | U | E | V | O |
A | N | E | T | | H | E | L | M | | A | L | F | O | N | S | O | | T | I | C |
M | O | N | E | Y | | M | Y | O | P | I | A | S | | G | T | O | M | I | L | K |
B | T | U | S | E | R | I | O | U | S | L | Y | | S | A | R | | E | T | S | Y |
I | A | N | | L | E | A | N | N | E | S | S | | T | I | E | R | I | | | |
| S | C | A | L | P | | S | T | U | | | B | Y | O | W | O | N | D | E | R |
T | M | I | C | O | O | K | | E | D | I | T | O | R | | | A | H | O | R | A |
M | A | A | M | | S | L | O | T | | B | Y | U | O | N | C | R | E | D | I | T |
A | N | T | E | | T | E | R | N | | A | N | N | | C | L | A | R | I | C | E |
N | Y | E | S | | S | E | G | A | | R | E | D | | R | E | T | R | E | A | D |
Thu 8/25/2011
S | E | N | S | E | | F | O | O | D | | B | S | M | T |
A | M | O | U | R | | E | L | M | O | | A | W | A | R |
S | C | R | E | A | M | E | D | A | T | | S | I | S | I |
S | E | A | T | | O | L | I | N | | C | I | S | C | O |
Y | E | S | | L | O | S | E | | A | R | C | S | | |
| | | N | E | T | | | C | L | O | B | B | E | R |
E | A | S | E | S | | S | H | E | S | A | L | A | D | Y |
K | N | O | W | S | | H | U | R | | T | A | N | I | A |
C | O | N | E | S | T | O | G | A | | I | C | K | E | S |
O | N | A | D | A | R | E | | | D | A | K | | | |
| | T | I | L | E | | S | P | I | N | | E | S | C |
R | A | I | T | T | | W | E | E | P | | E | X | P | O |
O | M | N | I | | T | R | O | L | L | E | Y | C | A | R |
C | I | A | O | | S | A | U | L | | D | R | E | C | K |
A | S | S | N | | K | Y | L | E | | S | E | L | E | S |
Sun 6/13/2010 FLAG DAY
M | E | T | A | L | S | | E | R | E | N | O | W | | | | L | A | L | A | W |
R | B | I | M | A | N | | R | O | M | A | N | I | A | | M | O | B | I | L | E |
| | | S | B | E | A | N | C | O | B | A | I | N | | A | G | A | M | A | S |
| | | | S | E | L | E | S | | | | G | Y | M | S | | C | E | N | T |
M | E | S | T | I | Z | O | S | | H | E | P | | | A | C | Q | U | | | |
I | N | C | I | T | E | S | | C | A | L | A | M | I | T | O | U | S | | | |
S | T | A | L | E | S | T | | A | T | A | R | U | N | | T | I | E | S | T | O |
S | A | R | | | | | I | R | E | L | A | N | D | | | P | S | H | A | W |
M | I | N | I | | | | S | T | S | | S | C | O | W | L | | | E | L | I |
E | L | E | C | T | R | U | M | | | D | O | H | | H | E | W | A | B | L | E |
| | | E | E | O | C | | I | T | A | L | Y | | I | S | A | T | | | |
M | A | L | T | A | S | E | | N | H | L | | | A | R | S | L | O | N | G | A |
A | V | E | | | E | R | A | S | E | | S | A | N | | | | B | O | U | T |
L | O | E | B | S | | | R | E | B | U | I | L | T | | | | | K | I | T |
I | N | K | I | N | D | | F | R | A | N | C | E | | S | I | S | T | I | N | E |
| | | G | O | O | N | S | T | R | I | K | E | | E | N | C | O | D | E | S |
P | Y | | | | C | S | | | D | S | O | | S | N | A | R | L | S | A | T |
E | A | S | T | | K | A | P | P | | | | D | E | N | T | I | | | | |
O | H | M | A | G | E | | D | I | G | | | | E | A | R | B | O | O | K | S |
N | O | E | X | I | T | | F | E | R | E | N | G | I | | A | E | R | I | A | L |
S | O | N | I | A | | | | D | O | R | S | E | T | | P | R | E | S | T | O |
In this ingenious puzzle, we need to read the names of the colors for the Down answers as in a normal rebus, but the Across answers work differently. Consecutive color bars combine to form flags of six different countries. Substitute the associated country names for the blocks of colors, and it all makes sense. See Wordplay for the full story including an interview with the constructor.
In my year-end wrap up Notable Puzzles of 2010 on Wordplay, I named this crossword my Puzzle of the Year.
Thu 12/17/2009
E | S | S | O | | A | B | A | | | D | R | I | E | D |
L | E | E | S | | C | A | T | | S | O | O | N | Y | I |
B | A | A | L | | C | A | T | | P | O | S | H | E | R |
A | L | L | O | U | T | | N | O | A | H | S | A | R | K |
| | | | L | S | D | | T | R | A | I | L | | |
C | A | F | F | E | | O | F | T | E | N | | A | H | H |
O | H | A | R | E | | C | L | E | M | | I | T | O | O |
M | O | L | E | | S | T | O | R | E | | L | I | R | R |
M | O | L | E | | C | O | O | P | | F | L | O | S | S |
A | T | E | | G | O | R | D | O | | R | E | N | E | E |
| | N | E | A | T | O | | P | B | A | | | | |
T | W | O | B | Y | T | W | O | | A | N | I | M | A | L |
R | I | V | O | L | I | | D | O | G | | T | C | B | Y |
A | D | E | L | I | E | | D | O | G | | L | I | O | N |
M | E | R | I | T | | | S | H | Y | | L | I | O | N |
Animals march to NOAH'S ARK in pairs.
Wed 8/28/1996
A | B | O | R | T | | B | A | B | K | A | | D | A | W |
L | A | N | A | I | | U | R | I | E | L | | U | T | E |
S | W | E | E | P | S | T | A | K | E | S | | S | R | A |
O | D | S | | T | I | N | S | E | L | | S | T | I | R |
| | | T | O | G | O | | | O | N | E | D | A | Y |
G | O | S | H | E | N | | D | I | V | I | D | E | | |
A | R | C | E | D | | N | I | N | E | L | I | V | E | S |
S | E | R | B | | F | A | V | O | R | | T | I | L | T |
P | O | U | R | S | I | T | O | N | | C | I | L | I | A |
| | B | A | S | S | E | T | | G | L | O | S | S | Y |
L | I | L | I | T | H | | | D | E | A | N | | | |
I | R | A | N | | T | A | S | E | R | S | | A | S | I |
N | O | N | | V | A | C | U | U | M | P | A | C | K | S |
E | N | D | | A | N | T | I | C | | E | N | L | A | I |
D | Y | S | | S | K | A | T | E | | R | O | U | T | S |
Tue 8/6/1996
P | E | D | A | L | | G | A | I | T | S | | S | K | A |
A | C | U | R | A | | E | A | T | A | T | | P | A | M |
L | U | C | K | Y | S | T | R | I | K | E | | A | R | E |
| | | S | I | A | M | E | S | E | | I | R | A | N |
A | U | G | | T | U | E | | | F | A | C | E | T | S |
S | T | U | P | O | R | | S | P | I | N | E | T | | |
L | E | T | O | N | | D | E | R | V | I | S | H | E | S |
A | R | T | E | | A | R | N | I | E | | H | E | X | A |
P | O | E | T | I | C | I | S | M | | M | O | R | E | L |
| | R | A | V | I | N | E | | R | E | W | O | R | K |
M | I | S | L | E | D | | | B | A | A | | D | T | S |
A | N | N | E | | R | E | S | I | G | N | S | | | |
S | K | I | | B | A | N | A | N | A | S | P | L | I | T |
H | E | P | | R | I | D | G | E | | I | R | A | T | E |
A | D | E | | O | N | S | E | T | | T | Y | S | O | N |
Wed 7/3/1996
D | I | R | E | C | T | | T | O | L | D | | A | B | S |
E | D | I | T | O | R | | A | V | I | D | | P | O | P |
A | L | L | A | B | O | U | T | E | V | E | | P | S | I |
F | E | E | | B | Y | L | I | N | E | | S | L | U | E |
| | | C | L | E | M | | | I | N | T | E | N | D |
B | A | S | H | E | S | | A | R | T | O | I | S | | |
I | N | N | E | R | | A | B | O | U | T | F | A | C | E |
O | K | A | Y | | S | T | A | M | P | | L | U | L | L |
L | A | K | E | S | T | A | T | E | | N | I | C | O | L |
| | E | N | C | O | D | E | | R | E | N | E | G | E |
T | U | R | N | I | P | | | D | A | W | G | | | |
O | P | I | E | | P | A | N | I | C | S | | O | V | A |
R | E | V | | M | A | D | A | M | I | M | A | D | A | M |
I | N | E | | A | R | I | D | | N | A | P | O | L | I |
C | D | R | | E | D | N | A | | E | N | T | R | E | E |
Wed 4/17/1996
R | E | D | I | D | | S | W | A | P | | A | W | E | S |
A | P | A | C | E | | T | I | N | A | | B | I | L | L |
J | A | M | E | S | D | A | N | D | Y | | E | L | L | A |
| | | B | E | I | N | G | | C | A | L | L | I | N |
| M | A | R | R | E | D | | C | H | I | | I | S | T |
E | I | L | E | E | N | | T | H | E | L | M | A | | |
A | T | B | A | T | | E | R | I | C | | E | M | M | A |
T | R | E | K | | S | T | A | N | K | | A | F | A | R |
S | E | R | E | | P | U | M | A | | A | S | O | N | E |
| | T | R | E | A | D | S | | A | D | U | L | T | S |
S | O | D | | O | R | E | | O | V | E | R | D | O | |
C | R | E | A | S | E | | C | R | E | P | E | | | |
R | A | N | G | | R | O | B | E | R | T | S | L | E | D |
A | T | T | A | | I | D | E | A | | L | U | A | N | A |
P | E | E | R | | B | A | R | D | | Y | P | R | E | S |
1 Variety puzzle by Francis Heaney
Sun 5/31/2009
| | | | N | I | C | K | F | A | L | D | O | | | | | |
| | | D | A | N | I | E | L | B | O | O | N | E | | | | |
| | N | A | U | T | I | L | U | S | S | H | E | L | L | | | |
| M | U | N | R | O | | | | | | | S | K | I | M | | |
K | U | D | Z | U | | P | U | R | G | E | D | | O | N | Y | X | |
A | S | I | A | | R | A | G | N | A | R | O | K | | K | E | M | P |
P | I | S | | C | E | P | H | A | L | O | P | O | D | | Y | E | A |
P | C | T | | B | A | R | | | | S | E | R | A | | E | N | D |
A | B | C | | S | P | I | R | A | L | | F | E | Y | | | | |
S | O | A | P | | S | K | A | T | E | | I | A | N | | | | |
| X | M | A | S | | A | P | E | X | | E | N | E | | | | |
| | P | R | O | F | | | | | R | N | S | | | | | |
| | | C | H | A | M | B | E | R | E | D | | | | | | |
| | | | O | C | T | O | P | U | S | | | | | | | |
| | | | | E | V | I | A | N | | | | | | | | |