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Laura Taylor Kinnel is a math teacher and the director of studies at a Friends boarding school in Newtown, Pa.
Sun 12/11/2022 Step on It!
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L | A | T | E | R | A | L | | T | E | A | M | G | A | M | E | | P | E | P | E |
P | Y | T | H | A | G | O | R | E | A | H | E | O | R | E | M | | A | G | I | N |
H | O | A | R | | | | N | E | O | | A | N | D | S | | A | R | A | L | |
A | U | R | A | S | | H | A | L | | D | R | E | I | | | C | E | L | E | B |
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D | E | S | I | G | E | D | D | R | I | V | E | R | | M | A | T | I | S | S | E |
O | N | A | | U | R | G | E | | O | A | R | | D | I | S | O | B | E | Y | S |
W | A | T | E | R | M | E | L | O | N | | W | A | I | T | O | N | | | | |
E | M | O | T | E | | S | I | B | | S | I | L | A | S | | E | S | S | A | Y |
L | O | U | T | | | | C | E | L | T | N | O | T | | | | L | I | M | E |
S | R | T | A | S | | B | A | S | E | S | | N | O | M | | R | O | L | E | S |
| | | | P | U | R | S | E | D | | S | E | M | I | W | E | E | K | L | Y |
P | A | T | O | O | T | I | E | | O | U | I | | I | T | O | O | | B | I | O |
A | N | E | M | O | N | E | | I | N | S | P | E | C | T | O | R | C | L | A | U |
I | N | L | I | K | E | F | N | N | | N | S | C | | E | D | G | Y | | | |
D | U | L | C | E | | | E | L | S | A | | S | O | N | | S | C | R | A | M |
| L | A | R | D | | T | E | A | K | | B | T | W | | | | L | A | R | A |
A | L | L | O | | L | U | D | W | I | G | V | A | N | B | T | H | O | V | E | N |
R | E | I | N | | O | N | E | S | E | E | D | S | | C | H | I | N | E | S | E |
I | D | E | S | | W | A | D | | R | O | S | Y | | H | O | P | E | N | O | T |
Sun 12/19/2021 SEASON TO TASTE
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T | H | R | U | | B | U | S | R | O | U | T | E | | U | N | N | E | R | V | E |
P | E | A | N | U | T | B | B | U | T | T | E | R | | D | E | G | R | E | E | S |
| F | I | N | N | | A | N | I | | | A | R | P | | N | O | R | A | | |
| S | L | I | T | S | | S | N | I | C | K | E | R | H | D | O | O | D | L | E |
| | I | N | I | T | S | | | M | O | S | D | E | F | | D | R | Y | A | D |
G | I | N | G | E | R | T | S | N | A | P | | | L | E | T | S | | O | R | G |
E | N | G | | | A | T | A | N | Y | | T | O | L | L | A | H | O | U | S | E |
A | N | A | T | | D | A | N | E | | R | E | M | | T | O | A | D | | | |
R | A | W | R | | A | R | C | | K | E | R | N | S | | | P | E | T | S | |
S | T | A | U | B | | T | H | I | N | S | M | I | N | T | | E | T | H | E | R |
| E | Y | E | R | | | O | T | O | E | S | | O | R | B | | T | E | L | E |
| | | S | A | G | S | | T | W | A | | F | R | A | U | | A | B | E | S |
F | I | G | E | N | E | W | T | O | N | | O | L | E | I | C | | | E | N | O |
I | L | E | | C | L | E | O | | | S | H | O | R | T | C | B | R | E | A | D |
D | I | N | A | H | | L | O | G | J | A | M | | | S | E | L | E | S | | |
O | A | T | M | E | A | L | M | R | A | I | S | I | N | | R | A | C | K | S | |
| | R | A | D | S | | Y | E | S | | | M | E | A | | S | I | N | E | |
C | O | I | N | O | P | S | | C | O | O | K | I | E | C | U | T | T | E | R | S |
D | R | F | A | U | C | I | | O | N | I | O | N | D | I | P | | A | E | R | O |
C | R | Y | S | T | A | L | | | S | L | O | | Y | D | S | | L | S | A | T |
We don't exactly duplicate the grid here. If you have an NYT Games Subscription, you can view the PDF which uses images of the cookie-cutter shapes — an elegant idea.
I don't get to pick the POWs around here, but this is my favorite crossword of the week. The gimmick is seasonal and pretty and apparently obvious, until the deeper levels reveal themselves. It's unique and clever, yet easy to understand. That seems perfect for a group solve around the kitchen table after overindulging in a family holiday meal.
POW Sun 7/5/2020 TO-DO LIST
T | S | P | | | P | S | A | S | | M | E | C | C | A | | | B | A | R | E |
A | P | U | | S | O | A | P | T | | I | D | O | L | S | | T | A | M | E | R |
R | E | T | | H | O | N | E | Y | | M | E | M | O | S | | I | C | I | N | G |
D | E | S | S | E | R | T | | S | C | E | N | E | S | | T | E | A | S | E | S |
I | D | L | Y | | M | A | F | I | A | | | S | E | A | H | O | R | S | E | |
S | O | I | R | E | E | | A | T | M | | H | O | T | H | A | N | D | | | |
| | P | U | P | | S | Q | U | A | R | E | F | O | O | T | | I | T | C | H |
R | E | S | P | E | C | T | | A | R | E | A | | | R | S | S | | I | O | U |
I | N | T | | E | A | R | | T | O | O | L | T | | A | T | T | I | C | U | S |
A | V | O | W | | R | A | M | I | | S | T | L | O | | H | U | N | K | S | |
S | E | N | I | O | R | P | R | O | M | | H | E | R | D | E | D | C | A | T | S |
| L | A | S | S | O | | I | N | O | N | | T | O | Y | T | | A | L | E | E |
T | O | P | H | A | T | S | | S | T | A | S | H | | L | E | D | | L | A | E |
E | P | I | | Y | A | K | | | E | D | I | E | | A | T | E | I | T | U | P |
L | E | G | O | | N | O | R | E | L | A | T | I | O | N | | A | S | H | | |
| | | U | N | D | R | E | S | S | | S | V | U | | U | N | L | E | S | S |
| A | R | T | I | S | T | I | C | | | B | O | R | O | N | | A | B | U | T |
B | L | A | C | K | T | | M | A | R | T | Y | R | | F | A | R | M | O | R | E |
R | E | T | R | O | | P | A | P | U | A | | I | N | T | R | O | | X | F | L |
O | R | I | O | N | | A | G | E | N | T | | E | N | E | M | Y | | E | E | L |
S | T | O | P | | | W | E | D | G | E | | S | E | N | S | | | S | R | A |
Wed 3/25/2020
R | A | C | E | | | C | A | P | O | | | B | R | A | G |
P | L | U | M | | R | O | M | A | N | S | | R | E | D | O |
M | A | R | M | E | E | M | A | R | C | H | | I | M | H | O |
| | L | A | R | V | A | | T | A | U | T | E | N | E | D |
T | E | S | S | A | | | F | I | L | C | H | | A | R | P |
I | C | U | | | A | P | R | I | L | K | E | P | N | E | R |
C | O | P | A | P | L | E | A | | | | T | A | T | S | |
| | | M | E | L | I | N | D | A | M | A | Y | | | |
| L | E | I | A | | | | I | M | I | S | S | Y | O | U |
J | U | N | E | C | L | E | A | V | E | R | | | U | P | S |
I | N | T | | H | O | R | S | E | | | M | A | L | I | A |
C | A | R | R | Y | O | U | T | | E | A | G | L | E | | |
A | B | A | T | | S | P | R | I | N | G | R | O | L | L | S |
M | A | N | E | | E | T | A | L | I | A | | N | O | E | L |
A | R | T | S | | | S | L | E | D | | | E | G | G | Y |
Sun 3/8/2020 WHAT'S SHAKING?
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| B | A | A | B | A | A | | M | O | R | O | S | E | | L | A | D | L | E | |
R | U | B | N | I | N | T | H | E | W | O | U | N | D | | D | R | E | A | M | |
A | G | R | O | | D | I | O | S | | T | R | A | F | F | I | C | | N | I | P |
I | L | E | S | | | R | O | I | L | S | | | L | E | E | | D | E | S | I |
S | E | R | E | | P | E | K | O | E | | T | S | A | R | | P | E | R | O | N |
E | R | A | S | M | U | S | | W | I | T | H | A | G | R | A | I | N | O | F | N |
| | | E | A | T | | S | A | L | A | R | Y | | I | N | N | | S | T | E |
S | P | I | C | E | S | U | P | | A | X | E | | I | S | N | T | | | | |
W | A | C | O | | O | A | R | S | | C | A | P | N | | O | O | D | L | E | S |
I | R | O | N | | N | W | A | T | E | R | T | A | F | F | Y | | R | A | V | E |
G | A | N | D | H | I | | T | U | N | E | | T | A | R | A | | I | M | A | X |
| | | | O | N | E | S | | D | D | T | | N | O | N | E | V | E | N | T |
I | A | M | | V | I | M | | D | R | I | E | S | T | | C | U | E | | | |
N | L | A | K | E | C | I | T | Y | U | T | A | H | | P | E | R | U | S | E | S |
U | L | C | E | R | | L | I | E | N | | S | O | D | A | S | | P | U | R | L |
M | O | L | Y | | B | I | N | | | M | E | W | E | D | | | A | T | N | O |
P | T | A | | C | R | A | Y | O | L | A | | O | U | T | S | | W | U | S | S |
| T | I | T | L | E | | T | H | E | N | O | F | T | H | E | E | A | R | T | H |
| E | N | S | U | E | | I | T | S | E | L | F | | A | N | G | L | E | S | |
| D | E | K | E | D | | M | O | S | S | E | S | | I | D | O | L | S | | |
Sun 12/22/2019 DOWN FOR THE COUNT
L | C | D | | | | A | L | E | | | | L | O | P | | | | N | A | W |
O | R | E | S | | S | C | A | L | P | | M | I | N | S | K | | R | O | B | E |
M | U | L | T | I | P | L | I | C | A | T | I | V | E | I | N | V | E | R | S | E |
B | L | O | U | S | E | | R | A | G | W | E | E | D | | E | C | H | E | C | K |
A | L | U | N | S | E | R | | P | E | O | N | S | | M | E | R | M | A | I | D |
R | E | S | | | | U | R | I | | | | A | V | A | | | | S | S | A |
D | R | E | W | | T | E | E | T | O | T | A | L | E | R | S | | P | O | S | Y |
I | S | D | O | N | E | | M | A | C | H | S | I | X | | A | R | E | N | A | S |
| | | U | S | C | G | | N | U | R | S | E | | G | I | R | L | | | |
P | O | R | K | C | H | O | P | | L | E | E | | P | A | S | S | E | D | G | O |
A | M | O | | | | B | A | B | I | E | S | R | U | S | | | | E | E | K |
S | A | G | A | | B | R | I | O | | | | A | L | M | S | | I | L | S | A |
T | H | E | T | H | E | O | R | Y | O | F | R | E | L | A | T | I | V | I | T | Y |
E | A | R | M | A | R | K | S | | N | O | E | | A | I | R | W | A | V | E | S |
| | F | A | I | R | E | | M | A | U | L | S | | N | O | O | N | E | | |
O | H | E | N | R | Y | | F | O | R | R | E | A | L | | S | N | A | R | F | S |
N | O | D | | | | P | A | R | R | | A | M | E | S | | | | Y | O | N |
A | M | E | N | | T | U | T | T | I | F | R | U | T | T | I | | E | R | N | E |
J | A | R | O | M | I | R | | O | V | I | N | E | | A | L | A | M | O | D | E |
A | G | E | N | D | E | R | | N | A | V | E | L | | G | L | A | M | O | U | R |
G | E | R | A | L | D | S | | S | L | E | D | S | | S | E | S | A | M | E | S |
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