Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Rebus | Circle | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
1 | 2 | 1.63 | 24 | 69% |
Fri 6/19/2020
R | O | A | S | T | P | I | G | | O | P | T | F | O | R |
A | N | S | W | E | R | T | O | | P | A | U | L | I | E |
B | E | T | A | T | E | S | T | | E | N | R | O | L | L |
B | L | A | D | E | S | | M | O | N | T | R | O | S | E |
L | E | N | D | S | | M | I | R | | S | E | R | T | A |
E | G | A | L | | G | I | L | D | S | | T | W | O | S |
| | | E | V | E | N | K | E | E | L | | A | N | E |
R | O | S | S | I | N | I | | R | E | B | O | X | E | D |
O | V | A | | P | U | M | P | I | R | O | N | | | |
P | E | T | A | | S | I | G | N | S | | C | I | R | C |
E | R | I | N | S | | Z | A | G | | M | A | C | A | O |
S | T | A | G | E | S | E | T | | R | E | M | E | D | Y |
O | U | T | L | I | E | | O | S | O | L | E | M | I | O |
F | R | E | E | Z | E | | U | N | D | E | R | E | A | T |
F | E | S | S | E | D | | R | O | S | E | A | N | N | E |
Sat 3/30/2019
G | H | O | S | T | G | U | N | S | | B | O | I | S | E |
R | E | H | E | A | R | S | A | L | | E | A | S | E | L |
O | R | G | A | N | I | C | M | A | T | E | R | I | A | L |
C | E | O | S | | P | E | E | K | I | N | | T | O | E |
E | S | O | | M | E | N | D | E | L | | D | S | T | |
R | Y | D | E | R | | S | A | D | | M | E | A | T | Y |
| | | I | T | G | U | Y | | P | I | L | F | E | R |
D | O | G | T | O | Y | S | | V | E | S | P | E | R | S |
D | U | R | H | A | M | | M | I | C | A | H | | | |
S | T | E | E | D | | D | A | N | | D | I | V | O | T |
| D | A | R | | S | Y | N | C | E | D | | I | K | E |
M | A | T | | P | A | N | G | E | A | | R | A | T | S |
I | T | J | U | S | T | A | I | N | T | R | I | G | H | T |
N | E | O | N | S | | S | E | T | M | E | F | R | E | E |
I | D | B | E | T | | T | R | E | E | S | T | A | N | D |
Tue 9/18/2018
S | H | O | O | | S | O | F | I | A | | J | A | D | A |
K | E | R | R | | A | W | A | S | H | | E | X | I | T |
I | M | A | C | | W | I | T | H | C | H | E | E | S | E |
M | E | T | H | A | N | E | | | H | O | P | | | |
S | N | E | E | R | | | S | C | O | T | S | M | E | N |
| | | S | E | E | B | E | L | O | W | | O | M | G |
| E | M | T | | T | A | T | A | | A | M | O | C | O |
| C | A | R | B | O | N | D | I | O | X | I | D | E | |
M | O | L | A | R | | I | A | M | B | | L | Y | E | |
A | N | A | | E | A | S | T | S | I | D | E | | | |
J | O | R | D | A | C | H | E | | | I | P | A | D | S |
| | | O | T | C | | | A | M | M | O | N | I | A |
J | O | H | N | H | U | G | H | E | S | | S | T | A | T |
U | H | U | H | | S | T | A | R | R | | T | I | N | A |
G | O | G | O | | E | S | T | O | P | | S | C | A | N |
Wed 1/7/2015
S | O | B | | P | D | A | | | A | S | T | H | M | A |
T | H | E | S | E | U | S | | | T | H | R | E | A | D |
I | N | T | E | A | R | S | | S | H | O | U | L | D | A |
R | O | S | A | | A | A | R | P | | U | T | L | E | Y |
| | | L | A | B | Y | R | I | N | T | H | | | |
I | S | H | | C | L | E | R | K | S | | | S | C | I |
T | W | E | E | T | E | D | | Y | A | M | M | E | R | S |
S | O | A | M | I | | | M | | | A | R | I | E | L |
A | R | R | I | V | A | L | | A | R | T | I | S | T | E |
T | D | S | | | N | E | W | B | I | E | | M | E | T |
| | | K | I | N | G | M | I | N | O | S | | | |
A | P | R | O | N | | O | D | D | S | | O | O | P | S |
L | O | A | D | E | R | S | | J | E | T | B | L | U | E |
E | S | C | A | P | E | | | A | R | I | A | D | N | E |
S | E | E | K | T | O | | | N | S | C | | S | T | P |
POW Mon 10/13/2014
P | O | R | S | C | H | E | | S | P | A | C | E | L | Y |
C | R | O | Q | U | E | T | | C | A | N | A | S | T | A |
S | E | C | U | R | E | D | | O | N | E | T | E | R | M |
| | | A | L | L | | G | N | A | W | S | | | |
P | S | A | T | S | | L | A | C | Y | | C | A | R | S |
A | N | D | S | | C | O | M | E | | V | A | L | E | T |
N | O | D | | S | A | K | E | | G | E | N | E | V | A |
D | O | S | | T | W | I | S | T | E | R | | R | E | T |
O | K | A | P | I | S | | E | E | L | Y | | T | R | I |
R | E | L | A | X | | T | V | A | D | | A | L | S | O |
A | R | T | S | | C | H | E | R | | K | E | Y | I | N |
| | | S | A | L | O | N | | H | E | R | | | |
C | H | E | A | T | E | R | | H | E | R | O | I | C | S |
H | A | N | G | M | A | N | | M | A | R | B | L | E | S |
I | N | V | E | S | T | S | | S | P | I | E | S | O | N |
I've been saving this puzzle for about a year, to run around the time of the baseball playoffs and the World Series. The double nature of the theme — that the grid contains seven games and they're all seven letters long — is what sold me on this. Simple and elegant, with a funny reveal, perfect for a Monday.
Mon 8/25/2014
S | T | E | M | | A | S | S | T | | P | A | B | S | T |
T | O | T | E | | P | O | L | O | | R | O | U | T | E |
A | L | T | A | | P | R | O | F | | E | L | M | O | S |
B | L | U | N | D | E | R | B | U | S | S | | B | L | T |
| | | T | R | A | Y | S | | T | E | T | L | E | Y |
Z | E | S | T | E | R | | | T | E | N | S | E | | |
I | N | T | O | W | | G | A | M | E | T | A | B | L | E |
N | Y | U | | | M | Y | B | A | D | | | E | A | T |
C | A | M | E | R | A | M | A | N | | U | P | E | N | D |
| | B | E | A | M | S | | | P | H | A | S | E | S |
A | P | L | O | M | B | | A | K | R | O | N | | | |
L | I | E | | B | O | B | B | L | E | H | E | A | D | S |
L | A | B | E | L | | O | N | U | S | | L | E | A | K |
I | N | U | S | E | | L | E | T | T | | E | R | I | E |
N | O | M | A | D | | O | R | Z | O | | D | O | S | E |
One tiny thing I debated on this puzzle was whether or not to clue UH-OH (42D) as "Oops!," as the main theme answers are. But doing so would naturally have led solvers to look at its symmetrical mate, DREW (21D), which cannot be clued as "Oops!," causing a letdown. It would have looked like the constructor had tried to do something but failed. So ultimately I decided to clue 42D nonthematically.
Sat 3/22/2014
F | L | E | W | B | Y | | G | E | S | T | A | T | E | S |
R | E | D | H | O | T | | A | L | T | E | R | A | N | T |
I | N | W | A | R | D | | Z | I | P | D | R | I | V | E |
E | N | O | L | A | | T | E | X | A | S | | L | I | T |
Z | O | O | E | X | H | I | B | I | T | | T | O | S | S |
E | N | D | S | | O | D | O | R | | M | A | R | I | O |
| | | | P | R | E | S | | S | E | X | T | O | N |
H | E | R | A | L | D | S | | L | E | G | I | O | N | S |
O | P | A | Q | U | E | | L | E | E | S | | | | |
M | I | N | U | S | | T | E | A | M | | S | A | S | S |
E | S | A | I | | G | R | A | P | E | J | E | L | L | Y |
P | O | L | | G | R | I | F | T | | U | P | P | E | D |
O | D | O | N | N | E | L | L | | O | M | A | H | A | N |
R | E | N | T | A | B | L | E | | A | B | L | A | Z | E |
T | I | G | H | T | E | S | T | | F | O | S | S | E | Y |
Mon 12/16/2013
L | A | P | I | S | | C | I | A | O | | Y | A | P | S |
P | R | I | M | E | | R | O | M | E | | O | R | E | L |
S | E | E | Y | A | L | A | T | E | R | | U | R | S | A |
| | | O | N | E | M | A | N | | S | L | I | C | K |
A | C | D | U | C | T | S | | | B | M | O | V | I | E |
S | H | O | R | E | S | | C | H | A | I | S | E | | |
H | I | S | S | | | D | O | U | B | L | E | D | U | P |
E | N | V | | G | O | O | D | B | Y | E | | E | N | O |
S | K | I | S | L | O | P | E | S | | | E | R | I | E |
| | D | I | A | P | E | R | | M | A | S | C | O | T |
S | T | A | N | D | S | | | T | E | N | P | I | N | S |
L | O | N | G | E | | L | I | E | S | T | O | | | |
U | T | I | L | | H | A | S | T | A | L | U | E | G | O |
G | A | Y | E | | E | M | I | R | | E | S | S | E | X |
S | L | A | T | | T | A | T | A | | R | E | P | L | Y |
The four main theme entries, at 17A, 50A, 11D, and 24D, are nice, but they're not what sold me on this puzzle. It was the bonus themers of CIAO, TA-TA, and GOODBYE that moved it into the special category for me. The nontheme entries I'M YOURS, YOU LOSE, and SKI SLOPES are handsome, too.