Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
57 | 7/28/2012 | 11/10/2024 | 9 |
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Variety |
8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 11 |
Rebus | Circle | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
2 | 2 | 1.71 | 479 | 90% |
Sam Ezersky is the digital puzzles editor for The New York Times. Besides helping with the crossword, he oversees other daily Times games like Spelling Bee and Letter Boxed.
46 daily crosswords
by Sam Ezersky
Sun 11/10/2024 From Start to Finish
L | G | B | T | | | H | O | W | T | O | | S | T | O | P | S | | F | O | B |
E | E | R | I | E | | A | L | A | R | M | | O | H | W | O | W | | U | N | O |
S | T | A | N | D | A | R | D | S | U | B | | P | E | N | S | I | V | E | E | X |
M | A | N | A | G | E | D | M | I | C | R | O | | W | E | S | T | E | L | M | |
I | T | A | | A | R | T | E | | K | E | N | M | O | R | E | | S | L | O | B |
Z | I | G | | R | O | O | | | | | E | A | R | | | S | P | I | N | E |
| P | H | I | L | | P | E | N | U | L | T | I | M | A | T | E | A | N | T | E |
| | | M | E | W | | L | O | T | I | O | N | | R | O | N | | E | H | S |
G | R | A | D | E | A | | L | U | A | N | N | | W | R | O | T | E | | | |
R | A | C | Y | | W | E | I | G | H | T | | W | I | I | | I | L | O | S | E |
A | F | R | I | C | A | N | P | A | N | | S | O | L | V | I | N | G | D | I | S |
S | T | E | N | O | | E | S | T | | M | T | N | D | E | W | | R | O | M | P |
| | | G | L | A | R | E | | C | A | R | T | A | | I | C | E | R | U | N |
A | U | K | | M | S | G | | S | H | R | E | D | S | | N | R | C | | | |
A | P | O | C | A | L | Y | P | T | I | C | P | O | S | T | | O | O | P | S | |
A | S | W | A | N | | | H | A | R | | | | | H | R | S | | O | T | S |
S | T | A | N | | Y | E | S | B | A | B | E | | A | R | E | S | | P | A | P |
| A | L | T | T | E | X | T | | C | O | M | P | L | E | T | E | A | U | T | O |
V | I | S | I | O | N | P | R | O | | H | E | A | T | E | D | S | U | P | E | R |
I | R | K | | S | T | E | I | N | | R | E | C | A | P | | T | R | A | I | T |
P | S | I | | H | E | L | P | S | | S | T | O | R | M | | | A | D | D | Y |
Sam Ezersky, of Buffalo, N.Y., has worked for The Times Games team since 2017. He is the editor of Spelling Bee, Letter Boxed and the Mini crossword.
Sam keeps a running list of crossword ideas on his iPhone's Notes app; today's puzzle, his eighth Sunday, was inspired by the find at 23-Across, though it took months to cobble together a complete set.
Sat 8/31/2024
V | A | P | E | J | U | I | C | E | | | L | A | L | A |
C | R | O | M | A | G | N | O | N | | F | A | V | E | S |
M | C | N | U | G | G | E | T | S | | R | O | O | T | S |
O | T | C | | | | Z | T | I | L | E | | C | S | I |
N | I | H | I | L | O | | A | L | A | S | K | A | N | S |
E | C | O | N | O | M | Y | | E | C | H | O | D | O | T |
Y | A | S | Q | U | E | E | N | | | S | O | O | T | S |
| | | U | N | N | A | T | U | R | A | L | | | |
I | S | B | I | G | | | H | A | I | L | A | C | A | B |
W | A | R | R | E | N | G | | E | M | A | I | L | M | E |
O | K | A | Y | W | H | A | T | | A | D | D | I | N | S |
J | E | T | | E | L | L | E | R | | | | P | E | E |
I | B | I | Z | A | | O | N | E | P | L | E | A | S | E |
M | A | N | O | R | | P | E | D | I | A | T | R | I | C |
A | R | G | O | | | S | T | O | P | W | A | T | C | H |
Sat 3/23/2024
B | I | B | S | | S | T | R | I | P | S | T | E | A | K |
U | H | O | H | | W | H | Y | S | H | O | U | L | D | I |
S | E | X | Y | | A | U | D | I | O | B | O | O | K | S |
S | A | F | E | T | Y | N | E | T | | | | C | I | S |
I | R | I | S | H | | B | R | O | S | | P | U | N | Y |
N | Y | S | T | A | T | E | | K | A | R | A | T | S | |
G | A | H | | L | O | R | D | | Y | U | L | E | | |
| | | L | A | R | G | E | B | I | L | L | | | |
| | L | I | M | P | | M | E | D | I | | P | A | W |
| P | E | R | I | O | D | | G | O | N | D | O | L | A |
A | L | T | A | | R | O | B | E | | G | A | L | L | S |
B | A | I | | | | G | E | N | O | S | M | I | T | H |
B | I | T | C | O | I | N | A | T | M | | A | S | H | E |
A | N | G | E | L | F | A | L | L | S | | S | C | A | R |
S | T | O | L | E | A | P | E | E | K | | K | I | T | S |
Thu 1/25/2024
P | S | I | | | A | N | I | T | A | | | T | E | C | H |
I | A | M | | A | T | A | C | O | S | T | | M | I | L | E |
G | L | A | S | S | T | H | E | R | M | O | M | E | T | E | R |
E | U | R | E | K | A | | | P | I | R | A | N | H | A | S |
A | T | E | A | M | | E | P | I | L | O | G | | E | N | T |
R | E | T | R | O | G | R | A | D | E | | M | A | R | C | O |
| | | | M | A | G | I | | | L | A | B | O | U | R |
P | A | T | S | | W | O | N | T | D | O | | A | R | T | Y |
E | C | H | E | C | K | | | A | R | A | B | | | | |
E | A | R | T | H | | W | N | B | A | F | I | N | A | L | S |
K | I | A | | A | R | E | O | U | T | | C | U | R | I | E |
A | B | S | T | R | A | C | T | | | L | E | T | S | B | E |
B | O | H | E | M | I | A | N | R | H | A | P | S | O | D | Y |
O | W | E | N | | D | R | E | Y | E | R | S | | N | E | O |
O | L | D | S | | | D | W | E | E | B | | | S | M | U |
Mon 11/20/2023
A | V | A | | | A | C | C | R | U | E | | S | H | O | P |
G | E | T | S | | F | R | I | E | N | D | | P | O | G | O |
A | N | T | I | | T | E | N | N | I | S | C | O | U | R | T |
S | T | I | L | L | | A | C | E | | | L | O | S | E | S |
P | I | C | K | U | P | T | H | E | P | H | O | N | E | | |
| | | H | I | R | E | | | E | A | T | | W | W | I |
I | T | S | A | G | O | | S | I | R | I | | P | H | I | S |
M | U | L | T | I | C | U | L | T | U | R | A | L | I | S | M |
A | B | E | S | | E | N | Y | A | | C | R | A | P | P | Y |
C | E | E | | P | S | I | | | L | U | C | Y | | | |
| | P | L | A | S | T | I | C | U | T | E | N | S | I | L |
I | M | O | U | T | | | F | O | X | | D | I | N | G | O |
C | O | N | N | E | C | T | I | C | U | T | | C | A | L | F |
E | P | I | C | | G | A | L | O | R | E | | E | G | O | T |
S | E | T | H | | I | N | L | A | Y | S | | | S | O | Y |
Sat 7/29/2023
C | A | M | E | L | H | U | M | P | S | | Q | T | I | P |
A | R | E | Y | O | U | H | I | G | H | | R | A | N | D |
T | I | M | E | O | F | Y | E | A | R | | C | O | I | F |
S | A | P | S | | F | E | N | C | E | P | O | S | T | S |
| | H | O | O | P | S | | O | W | E | D | | | |
S | H | I | N | T | O | | Q | U | I | T | E | B | A | D |
C | O | S | M | O | | P | U | R | S | E | | E | P | I |
R | U | B | E | | L | E | A | S | H | | B | I | B | S |
U | S | B | | J | E | S | S | E | | P | A | N | I | C |
B | E | Q | U | E | A | T | H | | M | A | N | G | O | S |
| | | P | A | D | S | | T | O | N | K | A | | |
I | G | O | T | N | O | T | H | I | N | | C | L | A | P |
M | A | X | I | | F | R | I | G | I | D | A | I | R | E |
A | L | E | C | | F | I | L | E | S | E | R | V | E | R |
Y | A | N | K | | S | P | O | R | T | S | D | E | S | K |
Sun 6/11/2023 Words, Words, Words: A Themeless
| | | T | O | B | A | C | C | O | | | | H | A | S | P | L | A | N | S |
| | C | O | A | U | T | H | O | R | | | B | A | C | K | R | O | N | Y | M |
| S | H | O | R | T | H | A | U | L | | S | A | S | H | A | O | B | A | M | A |
B | A | R | T | S | T | A | R | R | | R | E | D | H | O | T | P | O | K | E | R |
O | V | O | | W | E | N | T | T | O | E | T | O | T | O | E | | | I | T | T |
C | O | N | C | O | R | D | | C | I | C | A | D | A | S | | P | A | N | S | Y |
A | R | O | O | M | | | C | A | L | L | L | O | G | | C | A | M | | | |
| | | G | E | T | S | O | M | E | A | I | R | | T | A | R | O | T | S | |
S | K | I | N | N | I | E | R | | D | I | M | | S | O | L | D | A | S | I | S |
C | O | M | O | | K | A | N | T | | M | I | C | H | E | L | | M | U | L | L |
O | O | H | S | | I | L | E | A | C | | T | U | R | N | A | | A | R | E | A |
O | P | E | C | | B | I | L | B | A | O | | D | U | A | L | | S | I | N | K |
B | A | R | E | S | A | L | L | | U | N | M | | B | I | O | W | A | S | T | E |
| S | E | N | T | R | Y | | A | L | G | A | L | B | L | O | O | M | | | |
| | | T | I | S | | D | I | D | O | K | A | Y | | | N | A | T | T | Y |
T | A | M | E | R | | S | O | R | R | I | E | R | | F | A | T | T | I | R | E |
A | C | U | | | D | A | I | K | O | N | R | A | D | I | S | H | | D | E | G |
J | U | S | T | K | I | D | D | I | N | G | | J | U | N | K | E | T | I | N | G |
I | N | T | R | O | C | L | A | S | S | | S | E | M | I | S | W | E | E | T | |
K | I | D | A | C | T | O | R | S | | | C | A | B | S | T | A | N | D | | |
S | T | O | P | H | A | T | E | | | | I | N | S | H | O | R | T | | | |
Sam Ezersky is the digital puzzles editor for The Times. Besides helping with the crossword, he oversees other daily Times games like Spelling Bee and Letter Boxed.
This themeless grid (Sam's favorite kind to make) is his 40th construction for the paper. It has only 118 answers — the lowest word count in Sunday Times history. Nearly a quarter of the answers have never appeared in a Times puzzle before. Sam likes challenges. When you see his byline, he wants you to think, "Oh boy, time to buckle up!"
Sat 2/11/2023
V | A | M | P | I | R | E | S | | T | O | B | A | G | O | |
I | P | R | E | S | U | M | E | | E | C | O | T | E | C | H |
B | I | G | T | E | N | C | O | N | F | E | R | E | N | C | E |
E | P | O | D | E | | E | U | F | L | A | G | | I | A | M |
C | H | O | O | | T | E | L | L | O | N | | S | I | M | P |
H | O | D | G | E | S | | | | N | O | U | N | | | |
E | B | B | | G | A | S | C | A | P | | P | O | S | T | S |
C | I | A | W | O | R | L | D | F | A | C | T | B | O | O | K |
K | A | R | A | T | | A | C | T | N | O | W | | F | B | I |
| | | I | S | A | Y | | | | T | O | P | T | E | N |
A | S | S | T | | V | I | S | T | A | S | | H | A | F | T |
N | A | P | | M | E | N | T | O | R | | F | A | R | R | O |
A | M | A | Z | I | N | G | S | P | I | D | E | R | M | A | N |
L | O | W | E | R | G | I | | P | S | A | L | M | O | N | E |
| A | N | D | Y | E | T | | S | K | Y | L | A | R | K | S |
Sun 4/24/2022 MAGAZINE RACKET
S | C | U | L | P | T | | G | N | A | W | | D | A | B | S | | I | N | F | O |
N | O | M | O | R | E | | M | I | R | O | | O | S | H | A | | T | U | R | K |
A | P | P | L | E | J | A | C | K | E | T | | W | H | A | T | M | A | K | E | S |
G | A | S | | W | A | T | S | O | N | A | N | D | C | R | I | C | K | E | T | |
| | | G | E | N | E | | N | A | N | O | | A | A | N | D | E | | | |
| C | A | R | B | O | M | B | | | | M | I | N | T | Y | | I | B | E | X |
C | O | C | A | | | P | O | S | T | B | A | C | | | | A | T | A | N | Y |
S | I | T | T | I | N | O | N | T | H | E | D | O | C | K | E | T | | D | S | L |
I | N | V | A | D | E | | G | A | R | R | | N | U | L | L | V | A | L | U | E |
| | | | L | V | I | | L | A | N | D | | R | A | E | | P | O | E | M |
| L | I | K | E | A | M | I | L | L | I | O | N | B | U | C | K | E | T | S | |
M | O | T | O | | D | O | C | | L | E | G | O | | S | T | U | | | | |
E | A | T | S | P | A | L | E | O | | B | O | O | S | | O | D | I | S | T | S |
R | T | E | | U | N | D | E | R | G | R | O | U | N | D | R | O | C | K | E | T |
C | H | A | R | T | | | | W | O | O | D | T | A | R | | | H | O | L | Y |
H | E | M | I | | A | L | B | E | E | | | | P | I | T | F | A | L | L | |
| | | C | A | N | O | E | | T | R | A | M | | N | E | A | T | | | |
| F | R | O | N | T | O | F | T | H | E | P | A | C | K | E | T | | T | A | U |
Y | O | U | T | I | C | K | E | T | | D | A | R | N | S | O | C | K | E | T | S |
A | I | N | T | | O | I | L | Y | | D | R | I | B | | F | A | E | R | I | E |
M | E | G | A | | W | E | L | L | | S | T | A | C | | F | T | Y | P | E | S |
Sam Ezersky, 26, is the digital puzzles editor of The New York Times. He also edits the daily Spelling Bee. This is his 38th crossword for the paper.
On the day this one runs, he himself will be running the Brooklyn Half Marathon — the first time he's ever done this distance. He says, "Hoping solvers won't be struggling on Sunday morning as much as me!"
Sat 1/15/2022
S | M | A | C | K | D | A | B | | A | S | L | A | N | T |
E | A | G | L | E | O | W | L | | M | O | O | C | O | W |
I | H | E | A | R | Y | O | U | | E | N | T | I | R | E |
Z | O | O | M | B | O | M | B | I | N | G | | D | I | E |
E | M | U | S | | G | A | B | S | | W | R | I | S | T |
S | E | T | | P | A | N | E | L | T | R | U | C | K | S |
| S | O | H | O | | | R | E | O | I | L | | | |
| | F | E | T | E | D | | T | O | T | E | M | | |
| | | A | T | E | I | T | | | E | R | A | S | |
S | W | I | V | E | L | C | H | A | I | R | | K | T | S |
M | I | N | E | R | | T | E | N | T | | N | E | A | P |
U | S | B | | M | O | U | N | T | S | H | A | S | T | A |
R | E | E | B | O | K | | O | H | B | O | T | H | E | R |
F | U | T | U | R | A | | R | E | A | L | T | A | L | K |
S | P | A | C | E | Y | | M | M | D | D | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Sat 10/23/2021
P | O | P | Q | U | I | Z | | E | M | I | R | A | T | I |
G | R | O | U | C | H | Y | | M | A | S | A | L | A | S |
F | I | R | E | L | O | G | | O | I | L | G | L | U | T |
I | N | K | | A | P | O | S | T | L | E | | S | R | I |
L | O | R | E | | E | T | H | I | C | S | | T | I | N |
M | C | I | N | G | | E | A | C | H | | T | A | N | K |
S | O | B | E | I | T | | D | O | I | D | A | R | E | |
| | | R | S | V | P | | N | M | E | X | | | |
| P | I | G | T | A | I | L | | P | R | I | C | E | S |
D | E | N | Y | | N | E | U | F | | E | N | A | C | T |
A | T | E | | I | T | C | L | U | B | | G | R | O | K |
T | U | X | | D | E | A | L | E | R | S | | T | R | I |
I | N | A | W | I | N | K | | L | E | A | D | A | C | T |
N | I | C | E | O | N | E | | U | V | L | I | G | H | T |
G | A | T | E | M | A | N | | P | E | T | F | E | E | S |
Fri 5/21/2021
M | A | S | T | | D | E | F | I | B | | | M | O | B |
A | R | C | H | | A | P | I | T | Y | | P | A | N | E |
D | A | R | E | | M | A | R | A | T | H | O | N | E | R |
C | L | A | M | U | P | | | L | E | G | O | S | E | T |
A | S | P | E | N | | W | A | I | S | T | H | I | G | H |
P | E | P | S | I | C | O | L | A | | | B | O | G | S |
S | A | Y | | S | T | R | O | N | G | M | A | N | | |
| | | N | O | R | S | E | M | Y | T | H | | | |
| | I | A | M | L | E | G | E | N | D | | R | E | I |
S | I | N | G | | | T | E | A | T | O | W | E | L | S |
U | N | A | G | I | R | O | L | L | | O | H | G | E | E |
A | S | C | E | T | I | C | | | E | M | E | R | G | E |
B | E | A | R | D | C | O | M | B | S | | L | O | I | N |
L | A | S | S | | I | M | O | U | T | | P | U | Z | O |
E | M | T | | | N | E | W | D | O | | S | P | E | W |
Thu 4/1/2021
M | Y | G | O | D | | D | E | V | | | | E | L | F |
B | U | O | N | O | | E | Y | E | S | | S | L | U | R |
A | M | O | C | O | | C | R | A | P | | L | M | A | O |
| | V | E | R | Y | R | E | L | I | G | I | O | U | S |
S | E | E | | M | U | Y | | | R | A | M | | | |
H | A | R | H | A | R | | S | C | A | R | E | D | O | F |
E | S | S | E | N | T | I | A | L | L | Y | | A | R | I |
B | T | E | N | | | M | M | I | | | T | V | A | D |
O | L | A | | B | A | D | M | O | U | T | H | I | N | G |
P | A | S | S | E | D | B | Y | | N | O | O | D | G | E |
| | | O | A | R | | | S | U | N | | L | E | T |
B | L | E | N | D | E | D | F | A | M | I | L | Y | | |
B | O | R | G | | P | E | L | T | | G | E | N | R | E |
Q | U | I | Z | | S | P | A | Y | | H | I | C | K | S |
S | T | E | | | | P | B | R | | T | A | H | O | E |
Sat 1/16/2021
| | | C | A | L | L | T | H | E | S | H | O | T | S |
| | M | U | S | E | U | M | E | X | H | I | B | I | T |
| L | E | T | I | T | G | O | A | L | R | E | A | D | Y |
G | A | R | E | T | H | | B | R | I | O | | M | E | R |
A | P | R | S | | A | K | I | M | B | O | | A | P | E |
G | U | I | T | A | L | E | L | E | | M | A | S | O | N |
S | P | A | | F | L | E | E | | | | R | U | D | E |
| | M | E | R | Y | L | | T | R | A | M | P | | |
S | A | W | V | | | | S | E | E | P | | P | B | S |
A | R | E | E | L | | S | C | R | A | P | B | O | O | K |
R | I | B | | U | N | P | A | I | R | | U | R | S | I |
A | G | S | | G | I | L | L | | E | A | S | T | O | N |
N | A | T | I | O | N | A | L | A | N | T | H | E | M | |
A | T | E | A | S | E | S | O | L | D | I | E | R | | |
C | O | R | N | I | S | H | P | A | S | T | Y | | | |
Sat 11/21/2020
W | E | I | R | D | H | U | H | | F | L | O | O | R | S |
A | L | O | E | V | E | R | A | | R | I | N | G | U | P |
N | E | W | S | D | E | S | K | | E | N | E | R | G | Y |
T | M | A | N | | L | A | U | R | E | A | T | E | S | |
| E | C | I | G | | E | N | E | S | C | O | | | |
I | N | A | K | I | T | | A | S | P | | T | A | B | S |
B | T | U | | B | U | B | | P | I | N | E | N | U | T |
M | A | C | A | B | R | E | | I | R | O | N | O | R | E |
P | R | U | S | S | I | A | | N | I | H | | T | N | N |
C | Y | S | T | | N | U | M | | T | O | P | H | I | T |
| | | R | A | G | T | A | G | | W | R | E | N | |
| S | H | O | R | T | S | T | O | P | | E | R | G | O |
D | O | O | B | I | E | | A | T | O | M | B | O | M | B |
N | O | L | O | S | S | | T | H | E | S | I | N | A | I |
A | N | D | Y | E | T | | A | S | T | U | D | E | N | T |
Sun 10/4/2020 YOU'RE TELLING ME!
A | D | M | I | R | E | | | A | C | T | U | P | | H | O | T | D | A | T | E |
G | O | D | S | E | N | D | | D | I | A | N | E | | T | R | U | E | D | A | T |
O | C | T | O | B | E | R | | M | A | K | I | N | G | M | E | B | L | U | S | H |
| | | M | U | M | B | A | I | | E | Q | U | A | L | S | | A | L | T | O |
O | U | T | O | F | Y | O | U | R | G | O | U | R | D | | | B | Y | T | E | S |
W | H | A | R | F | | B | L | A | R | N | E | Y | | O | J | O | S | | | |
L | U | M | P | | | | A | L | I | | | | S | H | O | O | | G | A | S |
S | H | A | H | S | | M | I | S | S | I | N | G | T | H | E | P | O | I | N | T |
| | | | T | H | A | T | | | D | E | R | A | I | L | | R | O | A | R |
B | O | O | H | O | O | S | | F | L | O | W | E | R | | | P | E | T | C | O |
I | N | F | O | R | I | T | N | O | W | | D | A | R | N | T | O | O | T | I | N |
G | E | H | R | Y | | | I | R | O | B | O | T | | O | U | R | S | O | N | G |
T | O | E | S | | H | A | N | G | R | Y | | | S | T | E | T | | | | |
O | N | L | Y | A | S | G | O | O | D | A | S | T | H | E | | A | M | I | T | Y |
P | E | P | | B | I | O | S | | | | A | H | A | | | | A | C | R | E |
| | | F | L | A | G | | D | I | A | L | I | N | G | | C | R | E | E | L |
C | A | M | R | Y | | | C | O | M | P | A | N | Y | Y | O | U | K | E | E | P |
O | T | O | E | | S | A | I | D | N | O | | N | U | R | S | E | S | | | |
S | O | M | E | T | H | I | N | G | E | L | S | E | | O | A | T | M | I | L | K |
T | W | O | P | A | I | R | | E | X | A | M | S | | S | K | I | A | R | E | A |
A | N | A | R | C | H | Y | | S | T | R | U | T | | | A | P | N | E | W | S |
Sam Ezersky, 25, is an associate puzzle editor of The New York Times. He sold his first crossword to the paper when he was 17, just before starting his senior year at South Lakes High School in Reston, Va.
Eight years and 30 Times crosswords later, Sam says his professional goal is to "never, ever create an ‘ordinary' puzzle." His favorite clues/answers in this one are at 111A and 81D
Fri 5/29/2020
T | R | E | N | D | S | | B | A | R | C | H | A | R | T |
R | U | P | I | A | H | | A | T | E | L | U | N | C | H |
E | N | I | G | M | A | | T | H | E | O | D | I | C | Y |
E | S | C | H | E | W | | G | E | L | T | | M | O | M |
T | A | F | T | S | | V | I | E | | | S | A | L | E |
O | L | A | Y | | W | O | R | L | D | A | T | L | A | S |
P | A | I | N | P | I | L | L | | O | N | A | | | |
| P | L | I | A | N | T | | M | U | N | I | C | H | |
| | | G | N | C | | C | Y | B | E | R | L | A | W |
A | T | T | H | E | H | E | A | R | T | | M | O | T | H |
T | R | O | T | | | R | N | A | | R | A | S | T | A |
B | O | T | | S | C | A | N | | D | E | S | E | R | T |
A | P | E | H | O | U | S | E | | U | P | T | O | I | T |
T | H | R | I | L | L | E | R | | C | L | E | N | C | H |
S | Y | M | M | E | T | R | Y | | T | Y | R | E | K | E |
Sun 2/16/2020 NUMBER THEORY
D | R | A | T | | | | D | A | T | I | V | E | | | S | L | I | M | U | P |
R | E | C | U | T | | C | I | N | E | M | A | X | | S | P | A | N | I | S | H |
I | N | T | R | O | | A | M | I | L | A | T | E | | L | A | N | D | T | A | X |
Q | U | I | N | C | E | J | E | L | L | Y | | Q | U | I | N | C | E | | | |
| | | P | O | T | U | S | | | | C | U | S | P | | E | X | A | M | S |
| G | E | R | M | A | N | | A | Y | E | A | Y | E | S | I | R | | M | A | W |
D | A | F | O | E | | | A | B | A | F | T | | T | H | O | | L | O | R | I |
E | L | F | | | D | O | B | B | Y | T | H | E | H | O | U | S | E | E | L | F |
W | A | S | A | B | I | P | E | A | | | O | V | I | D | | T | I | B | E | T |
| | | G | E | T | I | T | | H | A | D | E | S | | R | E | P | A | Y | |
| | S | E | I | Z | E | | P | O | W | E | R | | S | E | I | Z | E | | |
| A | C | I | T | Y | | M | O | T | E | S | | S | O | M | N | I | | | |
A | M | I | S | S | | T | A | U | T | | | G | O | D | I | S | G | O | O | D |
D | U | E | T | O | T | H | E | F | A | C | T | T | H | A | T | | | D | U | E |
I | N | N | S | | M | R | S | | K | A | Z | O | O | | | N | O | I | C | E |
O | R | C | | D | I | E | T | M | E | N | U | S | | F | R | E | N | C | H | |
S | A | Y | S | O | | A | R | C | S | | | | S | I | E | V | E | | | |
| | | L | O | S | T | I | N | | T | R | A | N | S | L | A | T | I | O | N |
B | U | S | Y | B | E | E | | A | K | R | O | N | O | H | | D | E | T | O | O |
I | T | A | L | I | A | N | | B | I | O | L | O | G | Y | | A | R | T | O | O |
G | E | N | Y | E | R | | | B | A | T | O | N | S | | | | M | Y | O | B |
Sam Ezersky, 24, is the associate puzzles editor at The Times. A "puzzlehead" since childhood, he sold his first crossword to the paper, a Saturday, when he was 17. His job at The Times includes testing/fact-checking the daily Mini crossword and curating the daily digital Spelling Bee.
This puzzle started when he noticed a curious property of 26-Across.
Sat 8/24/2019
P | R | O | T | I | P | | S | L | I | G | H | T | B | I | T |
S | E | N | H | O | R | | L | I | T | E | B | R | I | T | E |
A | V | E | E | N | O | | O | F | F | C | O | U | R | S | E |
L | E | G | O | | G | O | W | E | A | K | | M | Y | O | B |
M | A | R | C | H | | A | M | O | C | O | | P | A | P | A |
| L | A | R | A | C | R | O | F | T | | | | N | E | G |
| | M | A | I | M | | | P | O | I | | W | I | N | S |
| | | C | R | O | P | C | I | R | C | L | E | | | |
B | W | A | Y | | N | R | A | | | B | O | T | S | | |
Y | O | M | | | | O | P | S | O | M | A | N | I | A | |
R | O | O | M | | H | A | I | T | I | | F | O | X | T | V |
I | K | E | A | | A | C | T | O | D | C | | O | T | R | O |
G | I | B | R | A | L | T | A | R | | A | M | D | I | A | L |
H | E | I | S | T | F | I | L | M | | S | E | L | E | C | T |
T | E | C | H | S | A | V | V | Y | | T | H | E | S | E | S |
Fri 5/31/2019
S | T | A | N | D | P | A | T | | H | I | T | J | O | B |
O | H | R | E | A | L | L | Y | | Y | S | H | A | P | E |
F | R | E | E | M | I | U | M | | D | E | E | D | E | E |
T | E | N | D | | A | M | P | E | R | E | | E | L | F |
G | E | T | S | O | N | | A | M | O | I | | | | |
| | W | H | A | T | S | N | E | X | T | | F | A | M |
S | K | E | E | T | | A | I | R | Y | | G | I | L | A |
A | N | A | L | Y | S | T | | A | L | S | O | R | A | N |
K | E | L | P | | P | H | I | L | | P | O | E | S | Y |
E | E | L | | B | R | O | A | D | S | I | D | E | | |
| | | | R | I | M | S | | E | N | D | A | S | H |
A | C | T | | O | N | E | S | E | C | | O | T | T | O |
C | O | A | C | H | K | | U | B | E | R | G | E | E | K |
E | A | R | F | U | L | | M | A | D | E | G | R | E | E |
S | T | O | O | G | E | | E | N | E | M | Y | S | P | Y |
Sat 2/23/2019
T | M | Z | L | I | V | E | | | R | O | S | A | R | Y |
W | W | I | I | V | E | T | | B | A | D | I | D | E | A |
O | A | K | L | A | N | D | | R | I | O | T | A | C | T |
A | H | A | | N | I | S | S | A | N | R | O | G | U | E |
M | A | V | S | | | | H | I | D | | N | E | T | S |
| H | I | E | S | | M | O | D | E | M | | | | |
A | A | R | P | C | A | R | D | | L | A | C | T | I | C |
B | H | U | T | A | N | I | | S | A | L | I | E | N | T |
C | A | S | A | B | A | | B | A | Y | T | R | E | E | S |
| | | | S | C | R | U | M | | A | C | N | E | |
M | A | S | S | | O | A | R | | | | A | D | D | S |
O | R | P | H | A | N | B | L | A | C | K | | R | A | H |
M | I | R | A | N | D | A | | S | A | N | T | A | N | A |
M | E | E | R | K | A | T | | I | R | O | N | M | A | N |
A | L | E | P | H | S | | | S | E | X | T | A | P | E |
Sun 12/16/2018 TOP GEAR
F | I | V | E | A | M | | I | M | A | M | | L | O | M | | S | E | M | I | S |
I | M | E | A | S | Y | | T | O | D | O | | A | H | A | | T | I | A | R | A |
S | P | A | R | T | A | | S | U | D | S | | R | B | I | | A | G | L | E | T |
C | A | L | L | I | N | G | I | N | T | S | T | I | O | N | | G | H | A | N | A |
A | C | E | S | | T | O | N | T | O | | M | A | Y | A | N | | T | W | I | N |
L | T | R | | B | O | O | | I | Q | U | I | T | | C | Y | B | H | I | C | S |
| | | B | U | N | D | L | E | U | P | | | L | T | G | E | N | | | |
| P | I | U | S | I | I | I | | E | C | H | O | E | S | | R | O | A | D | S |
L | O | N | G | | A | D | O | | U | S | I | N | G | | R | E | T | A | I | L |
I | P | A | S | S | | E | N | C | E | | C | E | O | | A | T | E | M | P | O |
B | C | C | | W | H | A | T | I | | | | A | B | A | F | T | | I | P | A |
R | O | O | M | E | R | | A | V | E | | I | L | L | S | | A | L | L | I | N |
A | R | M | I | E | S | | M | I | S | S | M | | O | T | S | | A | N | N | E |
S | N | A | K | T | | G | E | L | C | A | P | | C | R | A | B | L | E | G | |
| | | E | I | D | E | R | | | B | O | O | K | O | F | R | A | | | |
I | M | S | P | E | N | T | | F | R | E | U | D | | P | E | R | | D | I | M |
N | O | T | I | | A | T | S | E | A | | N | O | D | O | Z | | L | O | C | I |
C | O | R | A | L | | A | T | T | H | E | D | R | O | P | O | F | A | H | A | T |
A | M | A | Z | E | | K | O | I | | S | L | O | W | | N | A | T | A | N | T |
P | O | N | Z | I | | E | M | S | | T | O | U | R | | E | M | E | R | G | E |
S | O | D | A | S | | N | A | H | | E | T | S | Y | | S | E | R | M | O | N |
Thu 11/8/2018
A | D | D | L | E | | A | N | D | S | O | | | H | A | D |
L | E | V | I | N | | C | O | A | T | I | | R | I | M | E |
L | A | D | P | O | W | E | R | B | A | L | | O | P | E | C |
| | V | I | K | E | S | | B | I | B | | O | H | N | O |
L | A | I | D | I | N | | L | A | D | A | R | M | O | R | C |
O | D | D | | | T | M | I | | | S | I | T | P | A | T |
P | I | E | T | Y | | E | B | B | T | I | D | E | | | |
| G | O | W | E | S | T | Y | O | U | N | G | M | A | N | |
| | | I | N | P | H | A | S | E | | E | P | C | O | T |
F | I | E | S | T | A | | | S | S | S | | | T | O | O |
L | A | D | T | A | C | O | S | A | | L | I | V | E | B | Y |
I | M | I | T | | E | N | E | | J | A | D | E | D | | |
N | A | T | O | | L | A | D | S | U | P | E | R | B | O | W |
G | L | O | P | | A | I | G | H | T | | A | N | I | M | A |
S | I | R | | | B | R | E | E | S | | L | E | G | G | Y |
Thu 9/20/2018
M | A | M | B | A | | | G | L | O | T | T | I | S |
S | T | A | U | B | | B | O | A | R | H | U | N | T |
G | O | D | R | Y | | E | N | S | C | O | N | C | E |
| M | E | S | S | A | G | E | T | | R | | A | |
E | M | I | | S | L | O | B | | H | | E | | D |
T | A | T | A | | A | N | A | H | E | I | M | C | A |
C | N | B | C | | S | I | D | E | R | O | A | D | S |
| | E | C | G | | A | | E | D | W | I | T | H |
I | N | T | E | R | L | | C | | S | A | L | | |
R | A | T | P | O | I | S | O | N | | N | A | B | S |
I | G | E | T | I | D | E | A | S | | S | C | O | T |
S | | R | | N | | A | G | E | S | | C | U | P |
| T | | I | | G | S | E | C | T | I | O | N | |
G | O | T | O | R | U | I | N | | A | M | U | C | K |
I | N | O | N | E | A | C | T | | L | I | N | E | A |
G | Y | M | S | O | C | K | | | E | N | T | R | Y |
Sat 8/25/2018
P | I | N | T | O | B | E | A | N | | I | L | I | K | E |
A | C | E | O | F | B | A | S | E | | N | O | S | I | R |
G | O | O | N | S | Q | U | A | D | | F | I | N | D | S |
E | N | D | N | O | W | | P | L | A | I | N | T | S | |
| | A | E | R | I | E | | O | P | E | C | | | |
S | O | D | | T | N | T | | W | A | L | L | M | A | P |
P | L | A | Y | S | G | O | D | | | D | O | Y | L | E |
E | L | I | A | | S | N | I | P | S | | T | F | A | L |
R | I | S | K | Y | | | S | E | A | C | H | A | R | T |
M | E | T | E | O | U | T | | R | N | A | | I | M | S |
| | | T | U | S | H | | F | D | R | J | R | | |
| L | A | Y | A | B | E | T | | P | R | E | L | I | M |
W | O | M | Y | N | | R | A | D | I | O | W | A | V | E |
I | L | I | A | D | | I | C | A | L | L | E | D | I | T |
N | A | N | K | I | | O | H | H | E | L | L | Y | E | S |
Sun 7/15/2018 COMPLIMENTARY
A | L | P | O | | A | C | T | A | S | I | F | | T | H | E | D | A | N | C | E |
M | A | R | C | | M | R | S | L | A | T | E | | R | I | D | E | S | O | U | T |
I | M | I | T | | O | U | T | S | T | A | N | D | I | N | G | B | I | L | L | S |
N | I | C | O | L | | D | O | O | N | | | A | D | D | E | R | A | L | L | |
O | N | E | P | A | G | E | R | | A | D | O | R | E | | D | I | G | | | |
R | A | D | I | C | A | L | M | O | V | E | M | E | N | T | | S | O | T | T | O |
| | | | A | B | Y | S | S | | M | E | N | T | H | E | | | O | I | L |
| P | I | G | G | Y | | | S | A | I | N | T | | E | C | O | N | O | M | Y |
C | A | N | O | E | | B | R | I | G | | | | A | S | H | C | A | K | E | |
A | S | T | A | | T | A | I | C | H | I | | S | W | E | E | T | T | A | L | K |
S | T | E | L | L | A | R | C | L | A | S | S | I | F | I | C | A | T | I | O | N |
K | I | L | L | E | R | B | E | E | | P | O | D | U | N | K | | I | M | R | E |
| C | L | I | F | B | A | R | | | | T | E | L | E | | M | E | A | D | E |
S | C | E | N | T | E | D | | G | A | D | O | T | | | J | A | R | T | S | |
S | I | C | | | S | O | N | O | F | A | | W | H | E | E | L | | | | |
N | O | T | A | R | | S | O | L | I | D | F | O | U | N | D | A | T | I | O | N |
| | | R | A | S | | N | I | G | E | R | | S | T | I | L | E | T | T | O |
| E | P | I | C | P | O | E | M | | | A | S | H | E | | A | S | H | E | N |
S | M | A | S | H | I | N | G | P | U | M | P | K | I | N | S | | S | E | L | F |
A | M | S | T | E | R | E | O | | T | A | P | I | N | T | O | | E | L | L | A |
D | A | T | A | L | O | S | S | | A | V | E | N | G | E | D | | S | P | O | T |
Fri 6/15/2018
A | L | I | E | N | | A | G | A | K | H | A | N | | |
C | A | C | T | I | | L | O | P | E | A | R | E | D | |
E | L | E | C | T | | P | R | I | N | T | R | U | N | S |
T | I | M | E | | W | H | E | A | T | S | | R | A | W |
A | G | A | T | H | A | | | | | | B | O | B | O |
L | A | N | C | E | B | A | S | S | | T | O | T | A | L |
| | | | M | A | D | M | A | G | A | Z | I | N | E |
| D | O | O | M | S | D | A | Y | C | L | O | C | K | |
D | O | T | H | E | H | U | S | T | L | E | | | | |
E | L | C | I | D | | P | H | O | E | N | I | C | I | A |
A | L | S | O | | | | | | F | T | R | O | O | P |
L | O | T | | C | O | U | R | T | S | | V | E | N | T |
S | P | O | R | T | S | B | A | R | | D | I | R | G | E |
| S | C | A | R | L | E | T | A | | I | N | C | U | S |
| | K | Y | L | O | R | E | N | | A | G | E | N | T |
Fri 5/11/2018
S | O | U | P | S | U | P | | | P | E | R | S | I | A |
T | O | P | T | I | E | R | | B | I | G | T | I | M | E |
I | H | E | A | R | Y | A | | I | N | G | E | M | A | R |
F | L | A | M | E | | I | G | L | O | O | | I | W | O |
F | A | R | E | | | S | U | I | T | | S | L | A | B |
E | L | L | E | N | | E | M | O | | S | N | A | R | E |
D | A | Y | T | O | N | | M | U | D | T | I | R | E | S |
| | | I | V | O | R | Y | S | O | A | P | | | |
S | P | I | N | A | W | E | B | | C | L | E | R | I | C |
M | A | N | G | E | | C | E | O | | K | R | O | N | A |
A | I | D | S | | W | H | A | M | | | R | A | F | T |
L | S | U | | S | H | E | R | E | | S | I | D | L | E |
L | A | C | O | N | I | C | | G | U | L | F | W | A | R |
O | N | T | R | A | C | K | | A | M | I | L | A | T | E |
J | O | S | E | P | H | | | S | A | D | E | Y | E | D |
Sat 4/14/2018
S | O | D | A | C | A | N | S | | C | A | M | E | B | Y |
E | C | O | L | A | B | E | L | | U | R | A | N | I | A |
A | T | T | E | N | D | T | O | | P | E | S | T | E | R |
M | I | C | R | O | U | S | B | | O | N | H | O | L | D |
A | L | O | T | | C | U | B | S | F | A | N | | | |
N | E | D | | S | T | R | E | E | T | | O | M | A | R |
| | O | A | K | | F | R | E | E | S | T | Y | L | E |
A | N | T | L | E | R | | | | A | L | E | T | A | P |
C | O | U | L | D | I | T | B | E | | A | S | H | | |
A | N | K | A | | O | H | E | N | R | Y | | B | B | S |
| | | B | U | T | A | L | S | O | | S | U | C | H |
S | O | L | O | N | G | | A | L | I | P | A | S | H | A |
C | R | E | A | T | E | | B | A | D | A | C | T | O | R |
A | Z | A | R | I | A | | O | V | E | R | H | E | R | E |
B | O | R | D | E | R | | R | E | D | C | A | R | D | S |
POW Sun 4/1/2018 1 + 1 = 5
F | A | R | F | R | O | M | | P | C | B | S | | P | U | N | I | T | I | V | E |
A | L | A | B | A | M | A | | O | H | O | H | | A | V | E | M | A | R | I | A |
K | I | D | I | N | A | C | S | T | O | R | E | | P | E | X | P | R | E | S | S |
E | V | A | | I | N | S | I | P | I | D | | M | C | A | T | | G | N | A | T |
S | E | R | F | | | | N | I | C | E | D | A | Y | | | G | E | E | S | |
| | S | U | I | T | S | | E | E | L | E | D | | P | L | O | T | | | |
| | | C | R | E | A | M | | | L | C | A | L | R | I | S | S | I | A | N |
A | L | L | H | O | N | D | E | C | K | | I | M | B | E | A | T | | A | D | O |
T | I | E | I | N | | | R | O | A | N | | E | S | S | I | E | | M | A | T |
T | V | M | A | | B | A | C | K | L | O | T | | | A | S | A | | W | P | A |
H | E | M | | Y | A | N | K | E | E | D | O | O | D | L | E | D | | O | T | S |
E | W | E | | E | R | A | | | S | T | R | A | I | T | S | | A | M | I | E |
B | I | S | | A | S | S | T | S | | O | C | H | O | | | B | R | A | V | A |
A | T | E | | H | O | A | G | I | E | | H | U | R | R | I | C | A | N | E | S |
T | H | E | A | M | A | Z | I | N | G | R | | | S | E | R | U | M | | | |
| | | P | A | P | I | | G | O | G | E | T | | S | E | P | I | A | | |
| G | M | E | N | | | D | I | S | H | R | A | G | | | | S | C | A | R |
P | A | I | R | | W | E | A | N | | T | O | B | A | C | C | O | | C | U | E |
E | L | A | S | T | I | C | B | | A | F | I | S | H | C | A | L | L | E | D | W |
C | O | M | O | E | S | T | A | | D | I | C | E | | E | R | E | A | D | E | R |
S | P | I | N | S | H | O | T | | S | T | A | T | | D | E | S | C | E | N | D |
Sat 2/3/2018
H | A | L | L | P | A | S | S | | | G | A | P | P | Y |
O | L | I | G | A | R | C | H | | S | O | I | R | E | E |
P | I | B | B | X | T | R | A | | P | A | N | E | R | A |
I | C | E | T | | S | O | B | S | I | S | T | E | R | S |
S | E | R | R | A | | D | B | A | C | K | | N | Y | T |
| F | A | I | R | S | | A | T | E | A | T | | | |
N | A | T | G | E | O | | T | U | R | N | R | I | P | E |
E | Y | E | H | A | N | D | | P | A | Y | A | F | E | E |
W | E | S | T | C | O | R | K | | C | O | V | E | N | S |
| | | S | O | F | I | A | | K | N | E | E | S | |
O | T | B | | D | A | N | Z | A | | E | L | L | I | E |
C | O | O | K | E | D | K | A | L | E | | B | L | O | W |
T | R | A | U | M | A | | K | E | T | E | L | O | N | E |
A | I | R | D | A | M | | H | U | N | G | O | V | E | R |
D | I | D | U | P | | | S | T | A | G | G | E | R | S |
Mon 1/8/2018
D | O | T | E | | | G | O | A | D | | E | L | K | S |
E | T | E | S | | H | O | R | S | E | | M | A | L | A |
A | H | A | S | | I | S | T | H | A | T | O | K | A | Y |
R | E | C | | U | H | O | H | | N | Y | J | E | T | S |
G | L | A | S | S | O | F | O | J | | C | I | R | C | A |
O | L | D | W | E | S | T | | I | D | O | | S | H | H |
D | O | D | O | | | | F | L | U | B | S | | | |
| | Y | O | U | W | I | L | L | O | B | E | Y | | |
| | | P | R | I | C | Y | | | | L | E | T | O |
R | A | S | | B | I | B | | S | T | C | L | A | I | R |
A | V | E | D | A | | M | I | L | O | O | S | H | E | A |
S | I | L | E | N | T | | P | E | R | M | | F | I | N |
C | A | F | E | A | U | L | A | I | T | | Z | I | N | G |
A | R | I | D | | L | O | D | G | E | | A | N | T | E |
L | Y | E | S | | L | U | S | H | | | C | E | O | S |
Sat 12/16/2017
O | C | T | U | P | L | E | T | | | Z | A | P | P | A |
T | H | E | V | O | I | C | E | | F | E | L | L | I | N |
R | E | A | L | T | A | L | K | | O | R | I | E | N | T |
A | N | K | A | | R | A | W | F | O | O | T | A | G | E |
| | | M | U | S | T | A | R | D | G | A | S | | |
S | H | O | P | S | | | R | A | P | | L | E | T | S |
H | E | N | | E | A | R | | N | O | W | I | S | E | E |
I | M | E | M | I | N | E | | C | R | E | A | T | E | D |
R | A | T | A | T | A | T | | S | N | L | | A | U | G |
K | N | O | T | | G | I | T | | | B | T | Y | P | E |
| | W | H | E | R | E | A | R | E | Y | A | | | |
R | E | A | L | M | A | D | R | I | D | | M | O | J | O |
I | T | T | E | A | M | | M | A | G | N | A | V | O | X |
F | A | C | T | I | S | | A | T | E | A | L | I | V | E |
E | T | H | E | L | | | C | A | S | H | E | D | I | N |
POW Wed 11/8/2017
B | A | D | | T | A | N | G | Y | | | P | E | R | E |
E | R | A | | A | M | O | R | E | | A | L | L | A | N |
L | C | D | | X | E | N | O | N | | P | O | I | N | T |
M | A | R | K | I | N | G | S | | C | O | P | C | A | R |
O | D | O | N | | R | A | Z | O | R | S | | I | M | O |
N | I | C | E | D | A | Y | | S | I | T | A | T | O | P |
T | A | K | E | I | | | C | L | E | A | R | S | K | Y |
| | | P | A | S | S | P | O | R | T | S | | | |
L | P | G | A | T | O | U | R | | | E | N | D | O | R |
E | A | R | D | R | U | M | | Y | E | S | O | R | N | O |
A | R | E | | I | S | O | G | O | N | | V | I | E | S |
D | O | N | T | B | E | | H | U | S | B | A | N | D | S |
O | L | D | I | E | | K | A | B | U | L | | K | O | S |
F | E | E | L | S | | I | N | E | R | T | | E | W | E |
F | E | L | L | | | M | A | T | E | S | | R | N | A |
Sat 10/14/2017
L | E | F | T | B | R | A | I | N | | S | L | U | R | P |
U | G | L | Y | B | E | T | T | Y | | H | O | S | E | A |
T | R | A | P | Q | U | E | E | N | | A | G | A | I | N |
Z | E | K | E | | N | A | M | E | B | R | A | N | D | S |
| T | E | A | S | E | T | | X | W | O | R | D | | |
| | | | A | S | H | E | | A | N | I | T | A | |
A | T | E | S | T | | O | D | A | Y | | T | H | U | G |
M | A | G | U | S | | M | E | T | | W | H | E | R | E |
P | R | O | M | | B | E | N | T | | A | M | M | A | N |
| A | M | O | C | O | | S | I | B | S | | | | |
| | A | M | A | Z | E | | C | L | I | M | B | S | |
P | I | N | A | C | O | L | A | D | A | | I | A | M | B |
E | D | I | T | H | | E | C | O | N | M | A | J | O | R |
P | E | A | C | E | | C | H | O | C | O | T | A | C | O |
S | A | C | H | S | | T | Y | R | A | B | A | N | K | S |
Sat 3/25/2017
L | I | F | E | O | F | P | A | B | L | O | | P | A | N |
I | C | E | C | R | E | A | M | B | A | R | | E | R | A |
B | A | T | T | E | R | Y | A | C | I | D | | T | I | N |
| N | C | O | | A | C | T | | D | E | L | U | G | E |
A | S | H | | C | L | U | E | | A | R | E | N | O | T |
S | E | E | P | Y | | T | U | R | N | | G | I | L | T |
P | E | S | A | C | H | | R | O | E | V | W | A | D | E |
| | | C | L | I | P | | O | G | L | E | | | |
J | A | C | K | E | D | U | P | | G | O | A | L | I | E |
U | B | E | R | | E | N | I | D | | G | R | A | N | T |
M | O | N | A | C | O | | Z | E | D | S | | Y | E | A |
B | U | T | T | O | N | | A | V | A | | B | O | X | |
L | T | R | | H | O | R | R | O | R | M | O | V | I | E |
E | M | U | | A | M | E | R | I | C | A | N | E | L | M |
D | E | M | | N | O | B | O | D | Y | C | A | R | E | S |
POW Tue 1/26/2016
Y | U | K | S | | I | T | O | N | | S | I | L | K | S |
A | B | I | T | | P | A | C | E | | C | H | A | I | N |
N | E | L | L | | O | R | C | A | | H | E | N | N | A |
G | R | O | U | N | D | O | U | T | S | | A | C | D | C |
| | | C | O | N | T | R | O | L | F | R | E | A | K |
L | A | D | I | D | A | | | | Y | A | Y | | | |
A | U | R | A | | N | E | W | T | | D | A | V | I | D |
M | T | A | | T | O | T | A | S | T | E | | E | L | K |
B | O | W | I | E | | A | N | K | A | | N | E | I | N |
| | | M | A | O | | | | B | L | U | R | A | Y |
M | A | J | O | R | P | R | O | B | L | E | M | | | |
I | D | E | D | | T | O | M | F | O | O | L | E | R | Y |
N | O | L | I | E | | C | A | L | I | | O | B | O | E |
D | P | L | U | S | | C | H | A | D | | C | A | M | O |
S | T | O | M | P | | O | A | T | S | | K | N | E | W |
Sat 7/4/2015
B | R | O | S | | W | H | I | M | S | | | M | O | T |
B | A | B | A | G | H | A | N | O | U | J | | E | X | O |
S | P | E | L | L | I | N | G | B | E | E | | G | Y | M |
| T | Y | S | O | N | G | A | Y | | D | R | A | G | S |
| | | O | W | E | S | | | B | I | B | L | E | |
M | I | S | D | I | D | | M | I | A | M | I | I | N | K |
A | D | M | A | N | | N | I | C | K | I | | T | M | I |
M | I | A | | T | H | I | C | K | E | N | | H | A | T |
M | O | R | | H | A | R | R | Y | | D | L | I | S | T |
A | T | T | H | E | Z | O | O | | S | T | O | C | K | Y |
| B | A | D | D | Y | | | B | A | R | F | | | |
H | O | L | L | A | | A | M | I | R | I | G | H | T | |
A | X | E | | R | E | C | O | R | D | C | R | O | W | D |
R | E | C | | K | L | O | N | D | I | K | E | B | A | R |
T | S | K | | | I | P | A | S | S | | N | O | S | Y |
Wed 4/22/2015
A | T | V | | C | A | M | E | | S | A | I | D | N | O |
P | H | I | | A | C | E | Y | | T | E | N | O | R | S |
P | E | P | | D | A | N | E | | I | S | A | I | A | H |
| C | R | E | D | I | T | R | E | P | O | R | T | | |
M | O | O | N | Y | | H | O | L | E | P | U | N | C | H |
I | P | O | D | | R | O | L | O | | | T | O | P | E |
N | A | M | E | C | A | L | L | I | N | G | | W | A | X |
| | | R | O | Z | | | | A | A | S | | | |
H | U | B | | T | R | A | D | I | N | G | P | O | S | T |
E | P | I | C | | | P | O | C | O | | E | L | M | O |
H | I | G | H | S | C | O | R | E | | S | A | D | A | T |
| | P | A | I | R | S | O | F | C | A | R | D | S | |
J | O | A | N | N | E | | T | R | O | N | | A | H | A |
U | N | P | E | G | S | | H | E | A | D | | Y | U | M |
T | O | I | L | E | T | | Y | E | L | P | | S | P | Y |
Sat 1/3/2015
B | O | T | C | H | | S | E | V | E | N | I | R | O | N |
R | H | O | D | A | | A | L | A | N | A | D | A | L | E |
A | I | N | T | I | | F | U | L | L | T | I | M | E | R |
I | F | Y | | K | E | E | L | S | | | O | B | I | T |
N | O | D | O | U | B | T | | | B | A | C | O | N | S |
G | R | A | Y | | B | Y | T | H | E | B | Y | | | |
A | G | N | E | S | | B | O | O | T | Y | | L | E | S |
M | O | Z | Z | A | R | E | L | L | A | S | T | I | C | K |
E | T | A | | P | I | L | E | D | | S | A | V | O | Y |
| | | S | O | F | T | T | O | P | | R | E | L | Y |
B | O | G | A | R | T | | | N | E | M | E | R | O | V |
O | R | L | Y | | | G | H | A | N | A | | A | G | O |
T | O | Y | S | T | O | R | E | S | | R | E | D | I | D |
H | U | P | M | O | B | I | L | E | | T | R | A | S | K |
A | T | H | E | I | S | T | I | C | | S | E | R | T | A |
Fri 8/22/2014
B | B | Q | S | A | N | D | W | I | C | H | | H | E | H |
S | A | U | D | I | A | R | A | B | I | A | | I | N | O |
T | R | A | I | N | S | I | G | N | A | L | | B | A | M |
A | H | I | | G | A | V | E | | | T | E | A | M | O |
R | O | L | L | E | | E | W | E | S | | D | C | O | N |
S | P | A | Y | | F | R | A | N | K | G | E | H | R | Y |
| S | T | E | A | L | | R | O | Y | A | L | I | S | M |
| | | | M | I | L | | S | L | R | | | | |
I | T | S | M | A | G | I | C | | I | P | A | D | S | |
D | E | E | P | T | H | R | O | A | T | | A | R | T | Y |
C | A | T | E | | T | R | A | P | | P | H | Y | L | A |
A | M | I | G | A | | | R | A | G | A | | F | U | N |
R | U | N | | B | L | I | S | T | E | R | P | A | C | K |
D | S | T | | L | A | K | E | O | N | T | A | R | I | O |
S | A | O | | E | Z | E | R | W | E | I | Z | M | A | N |
As I may have mentioned once, SDI (4D) is an entry I'd like to ban from crosswords, as it's a long out-of-date initialism. But here, since it crosses the lovely stack of BBQ SANDWICH, SAUDI ARABIA, and TRAIN SIGNAL, I had to make an exception.
Fri 7/11/2014
T | A | S | T | E | S | B | A | D | | D | O | D | G | E |
S | E | W | E | R | L | I | N | E | | O | N | E | A | M |
E | N | E | R | G | Y | B | A | R | | G | U | M | U | P |
T | E | A | M | O | | | K | I | N | G | S | I | Z | E |
S | I | T | S | | F | R | I | D | A | Y | | J | E | R |
E | D | Y | | R | O | O | N | E | Y | | P | O | P | O |
| | | B | U | T | T | S | | | L | E | H | A | R |
F | A | C | E | B | O | O | K | F | R | I | E | N | D | S |
L | I | O | N | S | | | Y | E | A | R | N | | | |
A | R | N | E | | T | O | W | A | G | E | | J | A | Y |
P | F | C | | C | E | D | A | R | S | | M | E | R | E |
J | O | E | C | A | M | E | L | | | B | A | R | C | A |
A | R | D | O | R | | S | K | I | P | A | R | K | A | S |
C | C | E | L | L | | S | E | V | E | N | C | E | N | T |
K | E | S | E | Y | | A | R | E | A | C | O | D | E | S |
POW Sat 5/3/2014
M | A | K | E | S | A | M | E | S | S | | A | T | A | D |
O | P | E | R | A | M | U | S | I | C | | B | O | B | O |
B | O | Y | S | O | P | R | A | N | O | | S | P | O | T |
I | S | E | E | | | D | I | E | T | Z | | H | U | H |
L | E | D | | M | M | E | | W | I | I | M | O | T | E |
| | | T | I | A | R | A | | A | G | E | N | T | J |
| P | S | A | L | M | I | S | T | | | C | O | H | O |
A | L | A | S | K | A | N | K | I | N | G | C | R | A | B |
L | A | Y | S | | | C | O | M | E | L | A | S | T | |
P | C | H | E | L | P | | F | E | T | U | S | | | |
H | E | E | L | E | R | S | | S | H | E | | F | C | C |
A | N | Y | | G | O | T | A | T | | | K | A | R | L |
S | A | K | E | | B | A | B | A | O | R | I | L | E | Y |
I | M | I | T | | S | L | A | M | D | A | N | C | E | D |
G | E | D | S | | T | E | A | P | O | T | D | O | M | E |
Wed 1/8/2014
B | Y | O | B | | S | P | U | R | | P | A | R | S | E |
R | O | V | E | | O | G | L | E | | E | T | A | I | L |
A | H | E | M | | B | A | T | H | S | P | O | N | G | E |
T | O | R | I | I | | | R | A | T | | B | O | N | N |
T | H | I | N | G | A | M | A | B | O | B | | U | F | O |
Y | O | T | E | A | M | O | | | P | A | S | T | O | R |
| | | | | O | T | I | C | | S | H | O | R | E |
| | N | I | C | K | E | L | O | D | E | O | N | | |
N | I | E | C | E | | T | O | M | B | | | | | |
O | R | W | E | L | L | | | B | L | I | N | K | A | T |
S | K | I | | T | I | M | E | S | S | Q | U | A | R | E |
E | S | S | A | | M | E | N | | | S | T | R | E | P |
B | O | S | S | Y | P | A | N | T | S | | J | A | N | E |
A | M | U | S | E | | L | U | A | U | | O | T | O | E |
G | E | E | N | A | | Y | I | P | E | | B | E | T | S |
Sam and Vic aren't the NYT co-constructors with the widest age difference (that would, famously, be Bernice Gordon and David Steinberg, born 83 years apart). But 43 years is still quite a difference. Sam is one of several young constructors whom Vic has mentored. Besides the theme here, I especially like YO TE AMO, BE MINE, RAN OUT ON, NOSEBAG, NEW ISSUE and NUT JOB.
Thu 12/13/2012
S | O | S | A | D | | E | G | A | L | | S | L | I | M |
W | R | I | T | E | | S | O | M | E | | P | I | L | E |
A | N | N | A | L | | P | I | N | G | T | A | B | L | E |
T | E | G | R | I | N | | N | O | S | E | C | R | E | T |
| | V | I | V | O | | | T | I | N | E | A | R | S |
C | L | O | S | E | C | U | T | | T | A | J | | | |
A | V | I | | R | A | N | U | P | | M | A | D | A | M |
F | O | C | I | | L | A | R | A | M | | M | I | T | E |
E | V | E | N | S | | S | I | G | E | P | | N | R | A |
| | | E | K | G | | N | O | N | L | E | G | A | L |
A | R | T | R | O | O | M | | | L | U | N | D | | |
S | H | U | T | A | W | A | Y | | O | R | B | I | T | Z |
K | I | N | G | L | I | V | E | S | | A | L | T | H | O |
O | N | E | A | | D | I | N | O | | L | O | C | A | L |
F | E | D | S | | E | S | S | O | | S | C | H | W | A |
Sat 7/28/2012
S | T | A | R | D | A | T | E | | T | A | P | P | A | N |
P | I | L | E | I | T | O | N | | A | T | H | O | M | E |
I | D | I | T | A | R | O | D | | M | T | O | S | S | A |
F | A | T | | M | A | K | E | M | E | | T | T | O | P |
F | L | O | G | | | H | A | R | D | W | O | N | | |
| | | O | A | T | E | R | S | | A | B | A | S | H |
C | A | L | O | R | I | E | S | | C | R | U | S | O | E |
A | L | I | G | N | E | D | | S | E | A | C | A | L | F |
S | E | L | L | E | R | | C | H | I | C | K | L | I | T |
A | S | Y | E | T | | L | E | E | L | E | E | | | |
| | W | E | T | B | A | R | S | | | T | O | K | E |
O | S | H | A | | I | M | A | G | E | D | | B | E | L |
S | H | I | R | A | Z | | M | O | N | O | G | A | M | Y |
L | I | T | T | L | E | | I | N | C | L | U | M | P | S |
O | N | E | H | I | T | | C | E | L | L | M | A | T | E |
11 Variety puzzles by Sam Ezersky
Sun 2/18/2024
P | O | O | H | P | O | O | H | | | H | A | I | L | S |
A | U | T | O | T | U | N | E | | C | A | T | N | A | P |
I | C | E | W | A | T | E | R | | O | W | E | S | T | O |
N | H | L | | | S | H | N | O | O | K | | T | E | N |
T | I | L | D | E | | O | I | N | K | | B | I | N | G |
S | E | O | U | L | | R | A | D | | A | R | N | I | E |
| | | S | A | M | S | | E | F | F | E | C | T | S |
| B | A | T | T | L | E | | C | U | R | A | T | E | |
T | E | M | P | E | S | T | | K | N | I | T | | | |
A | V | I | A | S | | O | R | C | | C | H | A | I | N |
B | E | R | N | | W | W | I | I | | A | E | T | N | A |
U | R | I | | N | O | N | P | R | O | | | T | H | E |
L | A | G | O | O | N | | O | C | T | A | V | I | A | N |
A | G | H | A | S | T | | F | L | O | T | I | L | L | A |
R | E | T | R | Y | | | F | E | E | L | S | A | F | E |
Sun 6/12/2022
L | A | S | I | K | | | | A | L | O | O | F | L | Y |
O | C | H | R | E | | | F | L | E | W | S | O | L | O |
S | C | O | R | N | | P | O | T | E | N | T | I | A | L |
T | O | E | | T | E | R | R | O | R | | E | L | M | O |
P | U | P | | S | P | I | T | S | | S | O | S | A | |
E | T | R | E | | I | C | Y | | Y | A | P | | | |
T | R | I | X | | S | K | Y | P | E | C | A | L | L | |
S | E | N | T | | T | E | A | R | S | | T | E | E | M |
| S | T | E | E | L | D | R | U | M | | H | A | V | E |
| | | R | Y | E | | D | N | A | | Y | V | E | S |
| A | C | N | E | | I | D | E | A | S | | I | R | S |
O | S | H | A | | P | H | A | R | M | A | | N | A | B |
C | H | I | L | D | L | E | S | S | | L | E | G | G | O |
H | E | L | L | Y | E | A | H | | | T | O | B | E | Y |
O | N | E | Y | E | A | R | | | | S | E | E | D | S |
Sun 11/29/2020
T | R | A | C | T | O | R | S | | | R | A | N | C | H |
H | I | B | E | R | N | A | T | E | | E | B | O | L | A |
E | D | U | C | A | T | I | O | N | | L | A | T | E | N |
G | E | N | E | | O | S | P | R | E | Y | | H | A | D |
O | R | C | | S | P | I | G | O | T | | F | I | R | S |
P | S | H | A | W | | N | A | L | A | | O | N | C | E |
| | O | N | O | | S | P | L | I | T | A | G | U | T |
| A | F | O | O | T | | | | L | I | M | I | T | |
A | L | B | I | N | O | R | A | T | | N | U | N | | |
L | O | A | N | | R | E | N | E | | E | P | C | O | T |
C | E | L | T | | S | H | I | R | T | S | | O | R | B |
O | V | O | | M | I | A | S | M | A | | A | M | M | O |
V | E | N | M | O | | N | E | I | L | S | I | M | O | N |
E | R | E | C | T | | G | E | T | I | T | D | O | N | E |
S | A | Y | A | H | | | D | E | A | D | E | N | D | S |
Sun 7/26/2020
G | N | A | S | H | | D | E | A | L | | | P | D | A |
R | O | C | K | Y | | E | L | I | E | | O | R | A | L |
I | S | R | A | E | L | B | O | R | N | | P | O | S | E |
D | E | O | | N | E | A | P | | T | I | P | J | A | R |
I | D | S | | A | S | T | E | R | | T | R | E | N | T |
R | I | T | E | | S | E | R | E | N | G | E | T | I | |
O | V | I | N | E | | | S | A | R | I | S | | | |
N | E | C | T | A | R | S | | P | A | R | S | E | C | S |
| | | O | R | A | T | E | | | L | O | G | O | N |
| S | T | U | F | F | E | D | U | P | | R | O | M | A |
N | E | H | R | U | | P | A | N | E | S | | T | O | P |
O | N | E | A | L | L | | M | I | L | L | | R | E | C |
B | E | R | G | | A | M | A | T | E | U | R | I | S | H |
I | C | E | E | | S | O | M | E | | S | E | P | T | A |
G | A | D | | | H | I | E | D | | H | A | S | A | T |
Sun 5/5/2019
| S | W | O | R | E | T | O | | S | E | T | T | L | E |
S | C | O | R | E | P | A | D | | U | M | B | R | A | S |
P | E | R | S | P | I | R | E | | M | A | O | I | S | T |
A | N | D | O | R | | | R | U | M | I | N | A | T | E |
S | E | E | N | O | T | E | | S | I | L | E | N | C | E |
M | I | D | | B | O | X | S | E | T | | | G | A | M |
| | | N | A | G | G | Y | | | B | I | L | L | S |
| C | A | P | T | A | I | N | M | A | R | V | E | L | |
N | A | C | R | E | | | C | O | R | E | Y | | | |
E | R | R | | | R | U | S | S | I | A | | O | H | M |
W | R | I | T | T | E | N | | T | A | K | E | T | E | A |
H | A | M | A | R | T | I | A | | | C | A | I | R | N |
A | D | O | N | A | I | | R | I | G | A | T | O | N | I |
R | I | N | G | I | N | | P | O | P | M | U | S | I | C |
T | O | Y | O | T | A | | S | N | A | P | P | E | A | |
Sun 3/10/2019
E | S | P | O | U | S | E | S | | D | A | U | B | E | R |
S | K | E | T | C | H | U | P | | O | N | T | I | M | E |
C | A | R | O | L | I | N | A | | U | N | I | S | E | X |
A | T | V | | A | P | U | | A | B | A | L | O | N | E |
L | E | A | R | | S | C | U | L | L | | E | N | D | S |
A | P | S | E | S | | H | A | T | E | S | | | | |
D | A | I | S | Y | | S | E | A | C | L | I | F | F | |
E | R | V | I | N | G | | | | D | E | S | I | R | E |
| K | E | N | T | U | C | K | Y | | E | L | L | E | N |
| | | | H | E | L | I | O | | P | A | L | E | D |
S | P | A | T | | S | A | T | U | P | | M | I | L | O |
A | U | T | O | P | S | Y | | T | A | G | | N | O | R |
G | R | A | T | I | N | | O | U | T | O | F | G | A | S |
G | E | L | A | T | O | | U | B | E | R | R | I | D | E |
Y | E | L | L | A | T | | R | E | S | P | O | N | S | E |
Sun 2/25/2018
A | N | C | E | S | T | O | R | S | | I | M | S | A | D |
D | O | U | B | L | E | D | I | P | | M | O | I | R | A |
V | E | R | B | O | S | E | L | Y | | A | N | T | S | Y |
I | N | T | | E | L | S | E | | S | L | O | W | E | R |
S | T | A | B | | A | S | S | A | I | L | | I | N | A |
E | R | I | E | | S | A | U | C | E | D | | T | A | T |
D | Y | L | A | N | | | P | I | N | O | C | H | L | E |
| | | D | E | M | O | | D | A | N | E | | | |
S | T | A | Y | W | A | R | M | | | E | N | D | O | W |
H | E | R | | S | I | E | R | R | A | | T | I | R | E |
O | H | M | | I | L | L | F | E | D | | S | P | I | N |
W | R | I | S | T | S | | I | C | O | N | | L | O | T |
H | A | S | T | E | | E | X | T | R | A | B | O | L | D |
O | N | E | A | M | | L | I | O | N | T | A | M | E | R |
W | I | N | G | S | | I | T | S | S | O | E | A | S | Y |
Sun 11/5/2017
T | E | R | E | S | A | | | C | O | L | L | A | B | S |
O | C | E | L | O | T | S | | A | N | Y | I | D | E | A |
P | O | L | L | U | T | E | | T | U | E | S | D | A | Y |
C | H | I | | P | I | X | I | E | S | | T | I | P | S |
H | O | S | T | | C | C | S | | | T | E | N | A | M |
E | T | H | E | R | | H | I | T | S | I | N | G | L | E |
F | E | E | L | S | | A | S | W | A | N | | | | |
| L | S | E | V | E | N | | I | M | G | A | M | E | |
| | | | P | A | G | E | S | | O | R | A | L | B |
P | I | N | T | E | R | E | S | T | | D | I | N | E | R |
A | N | T | E | D | | | P | S | A | | D | I | C | E |
S | H | U | N | | D | O | N | O | R | S | | P | T | A |
T | A | P | E | S | O | N | | F | E | E | D | E | R | S |
A | L | L | T | I | M | E | | F | A | C | E | D | I | T |
S | E | E | S | R | E | D | | | S | T | O | I | C | S |
Sun 9/24/2017
| | | | | | | S | K | I | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | L | I | E | N | S | | | | | | |
| | | | | | I | D | E | S | T | | | | | | |
| G | M | C | | | S | E | P | T | A | | | L | O | U | |
M | A | C | H | U | | P | R | M | A | N | | P | O | U | T | Y |
A | T | R | A | P | | S | O | U | N | D | | O | T | T | E | R |
C | O | A | R | S | E | | A | M | T | | S | P | U | R | N | S |
| R | E | L | A | X | E | D | | S | I | M | P | S | O | N | |
| | | I | D | E | M | | | | R | A | Y | E | | | |
| S | W | E | A | R | T | O | | G | A | S | C | A | P | S | |
S | P | I | R | I | T | | F | I | E | | H | O | T | O | I | L |
S | O | L | O | S | | E | F | R | O | N | | C | E | L | L | O |
S | U | D | S | Y | | P | R | I | M | O | | K | R | I | L | L |
| T | E | E | | | E | A | S | E | D | | | S | O | Y | |
| | | | | | E | M | O | T | E | | | | | | |
| | | | | | S | P | U | R | S | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | S | T | Y | | | | | | | |
Sun 3/26/2017
A | R | A | F | A | T | | | G | O | G | O | B | A | R |
L | E | N | O | V | O | | S | A | M | E | H | E | R | E |
A | C | T | I | O | N | | C | L | A | M | M | E | A | T |
B | I | L | L | W | I | T | H | E | R | S | | F | B | I |
A | P | E | | S | C | A | M | | | | V | A | I | N |
M | E | R | E | | | G | O | D | S | | E | L | S | A |
A | S | S | E | S | S | | S | A | N | D | L | O | T | S |
| | | R | U | I | N | | M | A | R | C | | | |
B | A | S | I | N | B | O | Y | | P | E | R | I | L | S |
R | E | E | L | | S | T | E | P | | | O | N | E | L |
A | R | M | Y | | | | A | I | L | S | | H | O | E |
P | O | I | | C | L | O | S | E | A | T | H | A | N | D |
A | S | P | I | R | A | N | T | | Y | E | A | B | I | G |
D | O | R | M | A | N | C | Y | | E | R | M | I | N | E |
S | L | O | P | P | E | D | | | R | E | S | T | E | D |
Sun 8/14/2016
| | | | | T | E | S | L | A | | | | | | | |
| | | | H | E | R | O | I | S | M | | | | | | |
| | | H | E | M | A | N | D | H | A | W | | | | | |
| | A | I | R | | | | | | A | I | L | | | | |
| | A | G | E | | | | | | N | R | A | | | | |
| | A | H | A | | | | | | D | E | W | | | | |
| | | C | N | N | | | | L | P | S | | | | | |
| | | | D | E | E | P | S | E | A | | | | C | S | I |
| | | | N | A | T | I | O | N | | | | | H | I | C |
| | S | T | O | P | A | N | D | G | O | | | Y | A | N | K |
| S | K | E | W | | | | A | T | M | S | | O | M | G | |
I | C | E | D | | | | | | H | E | L | D | U | P | | |
D | H | L | | | | | | | | L | A | R | A | | | |
I | L | E | | | | | | | G | E | M | I | N | I | | |
O | U | T | A | N | D | A | B | O | U | T | | B | D | A | Y | S |
| B | O | B | A | N | D | R | A | Y | | | | I | M | O | K |
| | R | U | N | A | M | O | K | | | | | | B | O | Y |