Total | Debut | Latest |
6 | 10/3/2001 | 2/14/2021 |
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Rebus | Circle | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
1 | 1 | 1.62 | 27 | 65% |
POW Sun 2/14/2021 SEALED WITH A KISS
S | N | A | R | U | M | | P | A | N | | A | M | B | I | | O | R | C | A | S |
Y | O | M | A | M | A | | O | X | O | | N | O | U | N | | L | E | A | C | H |
S | T | E | F | A | N | | W | I | S | P | I | E | S | T | | S | I | S | Q | O |
T | A | R | T | | O | N | E | A | L | L | | T | H | E | S | E | | Q | U | A |
E | L | I | S | | | C | R | L | O | U | S | | T | R | A | N | Q | U | I | L |
M | O | C | | S | T | O | P | | U | S | N | | I | N | C | | B | E | T | S |
| T | A | P | E | R | | | | C | H | A | R | T | E | R | U | S | | | |
| | | A | R | E | S | O | | H | Y | P | E | | T | O | R | | P | B | R |
| C | A | P | T | A | I | N | | | | P | A | P | | O | N | S | A | L | E |
B | E | S | E | A | T | E | D | | A | L | L | I | A | S | K | | C | R | U | S |
A | R | S | E | S | | V | I | C | E | V | E | R | S | A | | C | A | I | R | O |
N | E | U | T | | G | E | N | E | R | I | S | | H | U | N | D | R | A | R | D |
J | A | R | E | T | O | | E | C | O | | | | A | N | A | R | C | H | Y | |
O | L | Y | | I | F | I | | I | S | T | O | | S | A | N | A | A | | | |
| | | O | P | E | N | F | L | O | O | R | | | | A | T | T | A | R | |
N | O | S | E | | T | G | I | | L | L | D | | V | I | S | E | | N | I | T |
E | X | T | R | A | C | R | T | | S | I | E | G | E | S | | | M | A | H | I |
I | T | A | | T | H | E | T | A | | F | R | E | R | R | Y | | A | T | A | N |
G | E | N | I | I | | N | O | T | L | E | A | S | T | | O | N | I | O | N | S |
H | A | Z | E | L | | T | A | R | O | | I | T | E | | R | S | T | L | N | E |
S | M | A | R | T | | S | T | A | X | | R | E | X | | E | A | R | E | A | L |
What a thrill to be back in the Times, especially with my first Sunday grid! I had five daily puzzles published between 2001 and 2006. In those days, that meant mailing Will a manila envelope and getting a letter back, and then running out on publication mornings to buy a paper to keep. I got away from constructing, but I recently rediscovered how much I love it, and I am delighted to find that a whole crossword community has grown up in my absence, with blogs and Facebook groups, and more. I'm excited to be part of it!
Here's my bio top-line, since I'm effectively new: I had a 30-year career in non-commercial radio. Currently, I'm self-employed as an author, with two recently-published novels for young readers featuring lots of LGBTQ+ content without that being the preachy point. I also represent my town of Exeter, N.H. as one of the first out transgender state legislators in U.S. history.
I came up with the theme for today's puzzle back in the 00's. That early version had symmetrical placement of the red squares, at the cost of some real stretches among the theme words and fill. I enjoyed the editorial process with Joel Fagliano, who gave me permission to abandon the symmetry and helped guide me, with patience and good humor, to this better final version. Kudos also to the editorial team for finding some excellent cluing opportunities I missed.
I hope this grid brings solving joy!
Fri 10/27/2006
J | A | C | K | B | L | A | C | K | | E | Q | U | U | S |
I | N | H | E | R | I | T | O | R | | S | U | P | P | E |
G | A | R | G | A | N | T | U | A | | N | E | G | R | I |
G | T | O | | S | E | A | R | A | C | E | | R | I | N |
L | O | N | G | S | | G | A | L | A | | E | A | V | E |
E | M | I | L | | B | I | G | S | P | E | N | D | E | R |
S | Y | C | A | M | O | R | E | | | I | C | E | R | S |
| | | Z | E | A | L | | R | O | N | A | | | |
U | P | P | E | D | | | F | O | R | E | S | T | E | R |
S | H | A | R | O | N | T | A | T | E | | E | E | R | O |
T | O | N | S | | B | O | S | H | | A | D | A | N | A |
I | N | T | | P | A | R | T | I | A | L | | L | E | D |
N | E | L | L | Y | | P | O | R | T | L | I | E | S | T |
O | N | E | I | L | | I | N | A | M | O | R | A | T | A |
V | O | G | U | E | | D | E | S | E | R | T | F | O | X |
Fri 9/8/2006
S | Q | U | A | R | E | J | A | W | | A | B | A | F | T |
P | U | N | C | H | L | I | N | E | | R | E | T | R | O |
A | I | R | C | O | O | L | E | D | | C | A | R | E | S |
R | T | E | | | P | L | A | G | I | A | R | I | S | T |
R | E | S | O | L | E | | R | E | C | D | | F | H | A |
E | S | T | R | A | D | A | | | H | E | E | L | E | D |
D | O | S | E | D | | L | I | M | O | | X | E | N | A |
| | | L | E | M | O | N | D | R | O | P | | | |
A | P | E | S | | Y | E | T | I | | P | E | A | C | E |
L | I | N | E | A | L | | | I | B | E | R | I | A | N |
A | K | C | | D | A | L | I | | A | N | T | R | I | M |
B | E | H | A | V | I | O | R | A | L | | | T | R | A |
A | M | A | T | I | | P | A | R | T | I | S | A | N | S |
M | A | I | M | S | | E | Q | U | I | N | O | X | E | S |
A | N | N | E | E | | Z | I | N | C | O | X | I | D | E |
Tue 4/19/2005
C | A | B | L | E | | B | A | B | A | R | | B | R | A |
A | L | I | E | N | | S | I | E | V | E | | R | A | H |
R | E | D | S | Q | U | I | R | R | E | L | | O | J | O |
O | R | O | T | U | N | D | | T | R | A | M | W | A | Y |
M | T | N | | I | T | E | M | | S | P | I | N | | |
| | | F | R | O | | A | M | I | | A | B | E | T |
A | M | B | L | E | | C | I | A | O | | S | E | R | E |
C | O | L | O | R | F | U | L | A | N | I | M | A | L | S |
C | P | U | S | | R | E | B | S | | M | I | R | E | S |
T | E | E | S | | E | R | A | | A | M | C | | | |
| | W | I | R | E | | G | O | G | O | | R | D | A |
R | E | H | E | E | L | S | | D | I | D | G | O | O | D |
I | R | A | | G | O | L | D | E | N | E | A | G | L | E |
T | I | L | | A | V | A | I | L | | S | T | E | E | L |
Z | E | E | | L | E | V | E | L | | T | E | R | S | E |
Mon 12/23/2002
S | A | L | K | | L | E | T | M | E | | B | L | A | H |
A | G | U | N | | A | V | I | A | N | | O | A | H | U |
J | A | M | E | S | B | E | A | R | D | | D | I | M | E |
A | P | P | E | A | R | | | C | O | D | E | R | E | D |
K | E | Y | | H | A | S | P | | R | A | G | | | |
| | | L | I | T | T | L | E | S | H | A | V | E | R |
N | A | B | O | B | | R | A | V | E | L | | A | G | E |
O | W | E | S | | C | O | T | E | S | | C | R | O | P |
V | O | L | | A | L | L | E | N | | S | A | Y | S | O |
A | L | L | I | N | A | L | A | T | H | E | R | | | |
| | | S | T | P | | U | S | E | R | | T | A | B |
Q | U | A | L | I | T | Y | | | A | B | J | U | R | E |
U | R | S | A | | R | A | Z | O | R | S | E | D | G | E |
A | D | E | N | | A | L | E | U | T | | S | O | U | R |
D | U | A | D | | P | E | E | R | S | | T | R | E | Y |
Wed 10/3/2001
B | A | N | G | | I | N | F | E | R | | B | L | U | R |
A | G | U | E | | M | I | L | L | E | | L | O | R | E |
L | E | M | O | N | P | L | U | M | O | R | A | N | G | E |
D | E | B | R | A | | | | S | P | O | N | G | E | D |
| | | G | R | I | P | E | | E | L | K | | | |
S | E | V | E | N | S | E | V | E | N | L | E | M | O | N |
C | R | O | | I | M | P | E | L | | | T | A | L | E |
R | I | T | | A | S | L | | I | D | S | | O | D | E |
U | K | E | S | | | U | P | S | E | T | | R | I | D |
B | A | R | P | L | U | M | C | H | E | R | R | I | E | S |
| | | I | O | N | | S | A | M | O | A | | | |
S | P | E | C | I | E | S | | | | P | R | A | D | O |
S | E | V | E | N | S | E | V | E | N | S | E | V | E | N |
T | S | A | R | | C | L | A | R | A | | F | I | L | E |
S | O | N | Y | | O | F | T | E | N | | Y | V | E | S |