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13 | 10/21/2022 | 8/23/2024 | 9 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
Circle | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
1 | 1.55 | 92 | 73% |
Rafael Musa, of San Francisco, is a software engineer at Airbnb.
Fri 8/23/2024
S | A | R | A | | S | N | A | R | E | | S | P | A | S |
I | H | A | V | E | T | O | R | U | N | | W | O | R | E |
N | O | T | E | T | O | S | E | L | F | | I | L | E | X |
E | Y | E | D | U | P | | Y | E | A | H | F | I | N | E |
| T | H | A | D | | H | O | R | N | Y | T | O | A | D |
P | H | I | | E | S | A | U | | T | M | I | | | |
E | E | K | | S | I | N | K | S | | N | E | I | N | S |
C | R | E | W | | T | O | I | L | S | | S | N | A | P |
K | E | S | H | A | | I | D | E | A | S | | D | N | A |
| | | O | R | C | | D | E | C | O | | I | C | Y |
S | H | A | K | E | O | N | I | T | | L | A | S | H | |
C | I | N | N | A | M | O | N | | W | A | R | P | E | D |
I | A | G | O | | B | I | G | P | I | C | T | U | R | E |
F | L | E | W | | A | R | M | W | R | E | S | T | L | E |
I | L | L | S | | T | E | E | N | Y | | Y | E | A | R |
Sat 6/29/2024
M | A | A | | | P | E | T | S | | P | I | N | T | A |
E | I | D | A | L | A | D | H | A | | A | W | O | R | D |
S | N | O | W | A | N | G | E | L | | T | O | T | E | D |
S | T | R | E | S | S | E | A | T | | | N | E | M | O |
U | S | E | D | T | O | I | T | | W | A | T | S | O | N |
P | O | D | | | U | N | E | V | E | N | B | A | R | S |
| | | B | O | T | | R | I | B | T | I | P | S | |
| | P | O | P | | A | D | A | | S | T | P | | |
| J | U | S | T | F | Y | I | | L | Y | E | | | |
R | U | S | S | I | A | N | S | P | Y | | | O | R | B |
O | N | H | A | N | D | | T | H | R | A | S | H | E | R |
A | K | O | N | | | T | R | A | I | L | A | W | A | Y |
S | A | V | O | R | | A | I | R | C | A | N | A | D | A |
T | R | E | V | I | | M | C | M | A | N | S | I | O | N |
S | T | R | A | P | | E | T | A | L | | | T | N | T |
Sat 2/24/2024
L | A | R | A | | R | A | S | P | S | | R | I | R | I |
E | V | E | N | T | U | A | L | L | Y | | A | H | E | M |
G | O | L | D | E | N | H | O | U | R | | C | A | N | S |
S | W | O | O | N | S | | T | O | A | D | E | T | T | E |
| | | N | A | P | A | | T | H | E | B | E | S | T |
C | O | M | E | N | O | W | | | | M | I | T | T | |
E | P | A | | T | I | G | O | N | S | | B | O | R | G |
N | E | R | O | | N | E | W | A | T | | S | A | I | L |
A | N | K | H | | T | E | N | N | I | S | | S | K | A |
| S | E | G | O | | | | C | L | I | N | K | E | D |
R | E | T | O | R | T | S | | Y | E | T | I | | | |
H | A | R | D | B | O | I | L | | T | U | G | S | O | N |
I | S | A | Y | | S | M | A | R | T | P | H | O | N | E |
N | O | T | E | | C | O | M | P | O | S | T | B | I | N |
O | N | E | S | | A | N | A | I | S | | S | A | T | E |
Fri 1/26/2024
R | C | A | | H | E | R | O | N | | I | T | S | I | N |
P | U | S | H | O | V | E | R | S | | N | O | O | N | E |
G | R | E | A | T | I | D | E | A | | D | E | F | E | R |
S | T | A | R | W | A | R | S | | P | E | L | T | E | D |
| | | L | I | N | E | | B | E | B | O | L | D | |
T | U | B | E | R | | W | E | R | E | T | O | A | S | T |
E | N | A | M | E | L | | N | A | V | | P | U | P | A |
A | S | L | | S | E | T | T | E | E | S | | N | A | G |
S | U | L | A | | D | R | E | | S | T | U | C | C | O |
E | N | E | M | Y | T | U | R | F | | A | S | H | E | N |
| G | R | I | E | V | E | | R | A | R | E | | | |
C | H | I | L | L | S | | D | I | R | T | R | O | A | D |
R | E | N | A | L | | N | O | T | G | U | I | L | T | Y |
O | R | A | T | E | | G | R | O | U | P | D | A | T | E |
P | O | S | E | D | | O | A | S | E | S | | F | A | D |
Sun 12/31/2023 It's Going Down
H | I | M | | I | D | L | E | | | E | S | S | | | | F | E | T | A | |
A | D | A | | M | E | A | N | T | | S | H | A | K | A | | O | R | A | L | B |
H | E | R | B | I | V | O | R | E | | P | O | W | E | R | B | R | O | K | E | R |
A | S | I | A | N | | S | I | N | | N | E | W | Y | E | A | R | S | E | V | E |
S | T | E | L | L | A | | C | A | P | U | T | O | | A | L | E | | A | E | R |
| | | L | O | T | I | O | N | S | | R | O | B | | L | A | D | S | | |
P | O | P | | V | I | D | | T | Y | P | E | D | U | P | | L | O | H | A | N |
S | P | I | C | E | T | E | A | | C | O | E | | G | R | U | | H | O | S | E |
H | E | P | A | | | N | I | G | H | T | | F | O | O | T | B | A | T | H | S |
A | R | E | N | A | | T | R | E | O | | | L | U | C | I | A | | | | |
W | A | T | E | R | B | I | L | L | S | | S | A | T | E | L | L | I | T | E | S |
| | | | K | A | T | I | E | | | O | T | B | S | | L | G | A | M | E |
T | H | A | T | S | L | I | F | E | | C | A | S | A | S | | | G | H | E | E |
M | A | Y | O | | L | E | T | | B | A | R | | G | O | B | E | Y | O | N | D |
I | N | C | U | R | | S | E | R | A | P | E | S | | R | A | Y | | E | D | Y |
| | A | R | A | B | | D | E | L | | W | E | A | S | L | E | Y | | | |
D | I | R | | N | O | R | | L | L | B | E | A | N | | L | I | S | T | I | C |
I | C | A | N | T | D | E | C | I | D | E | | O | N | O | | N | E | W | T | O |
T | I | M | E | S | S | Q | U | A | R | E | | A | U | T | O | G | R | A | P | H |
Z | E | B | R | A | | S | E | N | O | R | | K | A | T | S | U | | I | R | E |
| R | A | F | T | | | | T | P | S | | | L | O | O | P | | N | O | N |
Matt Linzer, of San Francisco, is a former professional ballet and contemporary dancer who now works in graphic design and art. Rafael Musa, also of San Francisco, is a software engineer at Airbnb.
This is Matt's second puzzle for The Times, Rafa's ninth. After Matt solved Rafa's Pride-themed puzzle in the paper last June, he reached out for help in developing this one's theme.
Fri 11/24/2023
K | E | N | O | | A | L | I | G | | A | R | S | O | N |
A | R | A | L | | M | A | N | O | | R | E | T | R | O |
N | E | R | D | F | E | S | T | S | | M | E | A | N | T |
S | C | R | E | E | N | T | E | S | T | | D | R | U | G |
A | T | O | N | E | | P | R | I | U | S | | S | R | O |
N | S | W | | L | E | A | | P | R | O | V | I | S | O |
| | | V | I | G | G | O | | N | U | D | G | E | D |
| C | H | A | N | G | E | O | F | P | L | A | N | S | |
S | L | E | I | G | H | | H | A | R | P | Y | | | |
C | O | L | L | I | E | S | | K | O | A | | E | R | A |
H | U | P | | T | A | U | P | E | | T | A | X | O | N |
I | S | L | E | | D | R | A | M | A | C | L | U | B | S |
S | E | I | K | O | | E | Y | E | S | H | A | D | O | W |
M | A | N | E | D | | T | E | A | T | | M | E | T | E |
S | U | E | D | E | | Y | E | T | I | | O | D | O | R |
Fri 9/22/2023
S | T | O | A | T | S | | L | S | D | | O | P | E | N |
C | A | R | R | O | T | C | A | K | E | | R | O | M | A |
O | X | Y | M | O | R | O | N | I | C | | G | O | O | D |
T | I | X | | B | A | B | A | R | | Y | A | L | T | A |
| | | L | I | P | S | | E | V | O | N | N | E | |
| E | C | I | G | S | | P | S | E | U | D | O | | |
A | L | O | F | T | | S | H | O | T | H | O | O | P | S |
P | A | L | E | O | | P | O | R | | A | N | D | O | R |
E | N | D | O | F | R | A | N | T | | D | O | L | M | A |
| | F | R | A | N | C | E | | C | O | R | E | S | |
| B | U | D | I | C | E | | D | E | N | S | | | |
E | A | S | E | L | | R | E | U | S | E | | L | I | D |
A | S | I | A | | J | A | M | E | S | J | O | Y | C | E |
R | I | O | T | | A | C | T | S | N | O | R | M | A | L |
P | E | N | H | | Y | E | S | | A | B | S | E | N | T |
Fri 8/25/2023
H | E | L | L | S | C | A | P | E | | B | A | I | L | S |
I | L | H | A | N | O | M | A | R | | U | N | L | I | T |
M | I | A | M | I | D | A | D | E | | S | I | L | V | A |
O | T | S | | T | E | S | T | | O | Y | S | T | E | R |
M | E | A | L | | | S | H | O | P | | E | R | A | S |
| S | N | I | P | E | | A | W | E | S | | E | L | I |
| | | N | O | P | A | I | N | N | O | G | A | I | N |
| M | A | D | L | I | B | | I | M | L | A | T | E | |
P | O | R | T | A | P | O | T | T | I | E | S | | | |
A | T | M | | R | E | D | O | | C | S | P | A | N | |
N | O | R | M | | N | E | O | N | | | S | C | O | W |
G | R | E | E | T | S | | R | O | C | K | | C | P | A |
R | O | S | S | I | | B | E | L | I | E | B | E | R | S |
A | L | T | A | R | | T | A | T | T | L | E | D | O | N |
M | A | S | S | E | | S | L | E | E | P | D | E | B | T |
POW Fri 7/28/2023
I | N | C | H | U | P | | | | T | E | M | P | T | S |
S | E | R | A | P | E | S | | | I | N | A | R | E | A |
O | V | E | R | D | R | A | W | | G | O | C | O | L | D |
B | A | D | M | O | U | T | H | S | | S | A | G | E | T |
A | D | O | S | | | I | O | W | A | | W | A | P | O |
R | A | S | | L | A | N | D | A | R | T | | M | O | S |
| | | P | E | C | | O | N | C | A | M | E | R | A |
E | N | G | A | G | E | M | E | N | T | P | A | R | T | Y |
G | O | R | D | I | T | A | S | | I | A | N | | | |
O | W | E | | T | I | C | T | A | C | S | | T | M | I |
B | O | A | S | | C | O | H | N | | | Y | A | R | N |
O | N | T | O | P | | S | A | K | E | B | O | M | B | S |
O | D | O | U | L | S | | T | H | R | O | U | P | L | E |
S | E | N | S | E | I | | | S | O | L | D | O | U | T |
T | R | E | A | D | S | | | | S | T | O | N | E | S |
POW Sun 7/2/2023 About Two Feet
B | T | S | | S | K | I | M | | W | A | T | C | H | | | D | I | M | S | |
U | A | E | | O | N | M | E | | A | N | I | T | A | | R | E | C | A | L | L |
T | H | E | E | L | E | P | H | A | N | T | M | A | N | | A | V | E | N | U | E |
W | E | S | T | A | T | E | | | D | E | B | | H | E | S | S |
H | O | Y | A | | | | A | R | S | | T | O | L | L | B | O | O | T | H | S |
Y | E | A | R | N | E | D | | P | I | R | A | T | E | S | Y | |
| | | B | E | B | O | P | | N | I | N | E | | A | I | N | T | | | |
| T | H | U | N | B | E | R | G | | O | K | R | A | | T | E | E | M | S | |
G | E | O | D | E | | | O | A | K | | | I | U | D | | S | L | A | T | E |
A | C | T | S | | N | A | P | T | I | M | E | | T | U | B | E | | S | A | L |
S | H | Y | | S | Y | M | B | O | L | I | C | L | O | G | I | C | | C | U | E |
P | H | O | | O | T | O | E | | N | B | O | | R | A | N | G |
S | U | G | A | R | | S | T | P | | | O | O | P | | | M | E | R | C | Y |
| B | A | N | T | U | | S | L | E | D | | L | A | H | D | I | D | A | H | |
| | | N | O | N | E | | A | P | E | S | | Y | I | E | L | D | | | |
| Y | O | U | F | L | A | T | T | E | R | M | E | | S | N | O | W | D | A | Y |
D | E | C | A | T | E | | O | S | U | | | | A | I | M | E |
I | N | T | L | | E | T | A | | | I | T | S | B | E | E | N | R | E | A | L |
S | T | A | F | F | S | | B | I | G | S | H | O | E | S | T | O | F | I | L | L |
S | A | V | E | A | S | | O | V | U | L | E | | R | A | R | E | | N | I | A |
| S | E | E | D | | | O | S | T | E | R | | S | U | E | S | | S | E | T |
Rebecca Goldstein, of Albany, Calif., is a research scientist at Merck, developing immunotherapies for cancer. Rafael Musa, of San Francisco, is a software engineer at Airbnb. Each has been published individually in The Times, but this is their first collaboration.
As friends they see each other occasionally at Bay Area puzzle events and otherwise. They worked separately, though, through many different versions, to implement this crossword's ambitious theme.
POW Sun 6/4/2023 Flying Colors
| | | D | U | N | B | A | R | | S | L | O | G | A | N | S | | | |
| | A | R | M | O | I | R | E | | C | O | L | O | N | I | E | S | | |
| O | N | A | N | D | O | F | F | | R | E | D | S | T | A | T | E | S | |
W | H | O | Y | O | U | | | I | T | I | S | S | O | | | S | A | L | E |
O | A | R | | | L | O | S | | A | B | S | | U | S | A | T | L | A | S |
O | R | A | N | G | E | J | U | I | C | E | | S | T | E | R | O | I | D | S |
T | A | K | E | I | | O | C | T | O | | O | C | H | E | R | | N | E | O |
| | | A | N | D | | C | E | S | S | N | A | | T | O | E | | | |
| D | A | R | K | R | O | O | M | | Y | E | L | L | O | W | L | A | B | |
S | O | S | | G | A | R | R | | P | R | I | D | E | | | F | L | A | G |
F | I | T | | O | W | N | | M | A | I | L | | G | N | C | | E | R | E |
O | N | E | S | | | O | C | A | L | A | | F | O | O | L | | U | R | L |
| G | R | E | E | N | T | A | P | E | | C | A | S | S | E | T | T | E | |
| | | A | N | O | | S | L | O | T | H | S | | E | R | A | | | |
A | L | F | | S | M | I | T | E | | I | O | T | A | | I | N | D | I | A |
P | E | A | C | O | A | T | S | | B | L | U | E | J | A | C | K | E | T | S |
I | D | C | A | R | D | S | | P | R | E | | N | A | S | | | P | A | T |
A | T | T | N | | | A | T | E | A | S | E | | | I | A | M | A | L | I |
| V | I | O | L | E | T | R | A | Y | | B | R | A | D | B | U | R | Y | |
| | S | E | T | P | I | E | C | E | | A | T | H | E | I | S | T | | |
| | | D | E | S | E | X | E | D | | Y | E | S | S | E | S | | | |
Rafael Musa, of San Francisco, is a software engineer at Airbnb. This is his third crossword for The Times.
The idea for it came from a giant 57/58-Across at the intersection of Castro and Market in San Francisco. "I was stuck at a light looking at it and thought — could this be a crossword puzzle? Turns out, yes, it can!" He adds, "This one is very special to me as it's running 10 years, almost to the day, after I came out for the first time."
Sun 1/1/2023 In Play
T | R | E | E | | J | A | P | A | N | | S | P | A | M | S | | A | C | T | S |
Y | E | N | S | | A | I | O | L | I | | A | E | R | I | E | | L | O | I | N |
R | E | C | T | A | N | G | U | L | A | R | P | R | I | S | M | | E | L | M | O |
A | L | E | R | T | | | R | E | L | O | | | | S | I | M | P | L | E | R |
| | L | O | V | E | W | I | L | L | T | E | A | R | U | S | A | P | A | R | T |
D | R | A | G | | N | O | T | E | | | D | O | E | S | | C | O | B | | |
A | I | D | E | | T | W | O | | S | W | I | N | G | A | T | | | O | P | A |
M | O | U | N | T | A | I | N | S | T | A | T | E | S | | O | U | T | R | U | N |
E | T | S | | H | I | E | | P | A | R | | | | F | I | N | E | A | R | T |
| | | T | E | L | | D | O | C | T | O | R | D | O | L | I | T | T | L | E |
A | X | I | O | M | | T | O | O | K | | Z | E | R | O | | C | R | E | S | S |
G | E | T | B | A | C | K | I | N | S | H | A | P | E | | G | O | A | | | |
I | N | S | I | G | H | T | | | | E | R | R | | S | U | R | | P | A | T |
L | O | N | N | I | E | | B | R | E | A | K | O | U | T | I | N | S | O | N | G |
E | N | O | | | M | A | N | U | A | L | S | | N | A | N | | A | S | T | I |
| | B | B | S | | L | A | I | C | | | S | O | L | E | | L | E | I | F |
F | R | I | E | N | D | S | I | N | H | I | G | H | P | L | A | C | E | S | | |
L | E | G | R | O | O | M | | | | S | U | R | E | | | D | I | N | A | R |
U | R | G | E | | P | I | C | T | U | R | E | I | N | P | I | C | T | U | R | E |
B | A | I | T | | E | T | H | O | S | | S | N | E | E | R | | E | D | E | N |
S | N | E | S | | S | H | I | N | E | | S | E | D | G | E | | M | E | A | T |
Adam Wagner, of Oakland, Calif., is a creative lead at Patreon, the crowdfunding site for content creators. Michael Lieberman is an attorney in Washington, D.C. Rafael Musa, of San Francisco, is a software engineer at Airbnb. They met through crossword posts on Twitter and now play on the same team in a weekly Zoom trivia night.
The idea for this puzzle was Michael's. Rafael and Adam added to the theme. They all collaborated on the grid and clues.
POW Fri 10/21/2022
E | B | A | Y | | B | A | S | T | E | | L | A | W | N |
S | O | S | O | | O | N | T | O | E | | I | D | E | A |
P | L | A | Y | I | T | C | O | O | L | | L | U | R | E |
N | O | N | O | T | T | H | A | T | | B | A | L | E | |
U | S | A | | C | L | O | T | | F | A | C | A | D | E |
| | | B | A | E | | | B | A | R | | T | O | N |
| | H | A | N | G | O | N | A | S | E | C | O | N | D |
| W | A | I | T | R | I | G | H | T | H | E | R | E | |
W | I | N | T | H | E | L | O | T | T | E | R | Y | | |
A | N | D | | U | E | Y | | | R | A | N | | | |
R | E | T | U | R | N | | B | E | A | D | | I | N | A |
| C | O | L | T | | C | O | N | C | E | R | T | O | S |
D | A | W | N | | D | R | U | N | K | D | I | A | L | S |
U | V | E | A | | V | E | N | U | E | | P | L | I | E |
G | E | L | S | | R | E | D | I | D | | E | Y | E | S |