Total | Debut | Latest |
13 | 2/2/2012 | 5/8/2019 |
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
Rebus | Circle | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
2 | 2 | 1.56 | 51 | 73% |
Stu Ockman is president of Ockman & Borden Associates, management consultants to the construction industry. In addition to The New York Times, his crosswords have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Jerusalem Post and… well, if you do a google search for "Stu xwords," you'll usually find him hanging out near the bottom of the first page. And why not check out his new, 275+ page tome, Will and Me: Confessions of a Crossword Junkie, at www.ockman.us. It's an authorized biography of a slice of Will Shortz' career at The Times that both entertains and enlightens.
Wed 5/8/2019
U | L | N | A | | M | A | M | E | T | | R | A | M | S |
N | E | E | R | | A | T | A | R | I | | I | C | E | T |
H | A | W | K | | R | O | X | I | E | | O | H | M | Y |
I | V | S | | I | M | P | I | N | G | E | | I | O | N |
P | E | C | A | N | S | | | | S | E | V | E | R | E |
| B | A | R | K | | O | N | A | | E | A | V | E | |
| E | S | C | | A | D | E | L | E | | R | E | X | |
| | T | A | B | L | E | T | E | N | N | I | S | | |
| | | D | O | I | | | | G | O | A | | | |
S | O | B | E | R | E | R | | F | I | E | N | N | E | S |
P | L | U | S | O | N | E | | A | N | A | T | O | L | E |
E | D | S | | N | A | P | S | T | E | R | | N | S | W |
D | E | M | I | | T | O | R | T | E | | N | O | T | I |
U | L | A | N | | E | S | T | E | R | | I | N | O | N |
P | I | N | G | | D | E | A | R | S | | P | O | N | G |
Thu 1/24/2019
R | C | A | S | | A | I | M | | B | A | H | A | I | S |
E | R | I | C | I | D | L | E | | A | R | A | R | A | T |
V | O | D | O | D | O | L | L | | S | C | H | E | M | A |
S | N | A | P | E | | | T | I | S | | | A | T | F |
| | | S | E | A | L | | F | O | L | P | R | O | F |
O | D | D | | | R | E | G | I | N | A | L | | | |
C | R | I | T | I | C | A | L | | | D | E | C | C | A |
T | O | R | I | C | H | F | O | R | M | Y | B | L | O | D |
O | P | E | R | A | | | M | O | U | S | S | A | K | A |
| | | E | N | C | A | S | E | S | | | D | E | M |
F | O | T | S | T | O | L | | S | T | A | G | | | |
A | L | I | | | L | E | T | | | L | A | N | D | O |
C | A | M | E | R | A | | G | O | G | O | E | Y | E | S |
E | L | E | V | E | N | | I | N | A | F | L | A | S | H |
T | A | X | A | C | T | | F | A | B | | S | H | I | A |
Wed 2/7/2018
H | A | N | S | | G | I | Z | M | O | | P | L | A | Y |
U | T | A | H | | O | N | I | O | N | | L | E | N | E |
M | A | K | E | C | O | N | N | E | C | T | I | O | N | S |
O | B | E | R | O | N | | | | D | I | E | T | E | D |
R | O | D | E | O | | T | E | A | | C | R | A | T | E |
M | I | L | E | | P | U | L | L | A | | S | R | T | A |
E | L | Y | | O | R | E | I | L | L | Y | | D | E | R |
| | | | W | I | S | | E | T | A | | | | |
D | Y | S | | L | E | D | A | W | A | Y | | W | A | S |
R | A | T | A | | R | A | D | I | I | | T | A | M | P |
A | M | O | C | O | | Y | O | S | | R | H | Y | M | E |
F | A | R | C | R | Y | | | | G | O | E | S | O | N |
T | H | E | T | I | E | S | T | H | A | T | B | I | N | D |
E | A | R | N | | C | H | A | I | R | | E | D | I | E |
E | S | S | O | | H | O | N | E | Y | | S | E | A | R |
Sat 12/9/2017
E | S | A | S | | A | S | F | I | T | | T | A | O | S |
R | O | N | A | | L | O | R | C | A | | O | N | C | E |
I | N | D | I | R | E | N | E | E | D | | R | A | T | E |
C | O | R | N | B | R | E | A | D | | P | E | C | A | N |
I | G | O | T | I | T | | K | A | T | A | R | I | N | A |
D | R | I | E | S | | P | I | N | E | C | O | N | E | S |
L | A | D | D | | F | I | N | C | H | E | S | | | |
E | M | S | | B | E | E | G | E | E | S | | M | A | P |
| | | K | I | L | D | A | R | E | | B | A | D | A |
L | I | B | E | L | L | A | W | S | | M | O | N | E | Y |
O | N | A | P | L | A | T | E | | M | A | X | I | N | E |
C | A | R | T | S | | E | S | T | A | T | E | T | A | X |
A | L | T | O | | D | R | O | W | N | E | D | O | U | T |
L | I | E | F | | A | R | M | A | S | | U | B | E | R |
S | E | R | F | | M | E | E | S | E | | P | A | R | A |
Sat 6/24/2017
O | A | K | S | | A | D | D | T | O | | D | O | L | E |
N | E | E | T | | C | R | E | A | K | | I | B | A | R |
T | R | E | E | S | T | U | M | P | S | | A | L | A | N |
H | O | P | E | T | O | G | O | D | | O | D | I | L | E |
E | S | A | L | E | N | | L | A | S | V | E | G | A | S |
M | O | W | E | R | | M | I | N | C | E | M | E | A | T |
A | L | A | R | | F | A | T | C | A | T | S | | | |
P | S | Y | | S | A | L | I | E | N | T | | C | A | D |
| | | S | A | V | I | O | R | S | | N | O | L | A |
H | O | M | E | L | O | A | N | S | | F | O | R | T | Y |
I | D | I | T | A | R | O | D | | B | O | X | S | E | T |
N | E | S | T | S | | B | E | L | O | W | Z | E | R | O |
G | L | U | E | | P | A | R | A | L | L | E | L | E | D |
E | A | S | E | | A | M | B | L | E | | M | E | G | A |
D | Y | E | S | | Y | A | Y | A | S | | A | T | O | Y |
Thu 10/8/2015
A | H | E | A | D | | G | A | M | | G | R | A | P | E |
S | O | C | H | I | | E | X | O | | L | O | M | A | X |
S | P | O | O | N | F | E | E | D | | A | S | O | N | E |
T | I | N | S | E | L | | D | E | S | S | E | R | T | S |
| | O | T | R | O | S | | M | I | N | T | | | |
O | H | M | | O | P | T | S | | M | O | O | R | E | D |
C | O | I | L | | S | O | H | O | | S | P | A | C | Y |
U | N | C | O | P | Y | R | I | G | H | T | A | B | L | E |
L | E | A | S | E | | M | L | L | E | | Z | B | A | R |
I | D | L | E | R | S | | L | E | A | R | | I | T | S |
| | | O | M | O | O | | D | R | I | F | T | | |
Q | U | E | U | E | I | N | G | | S | T | I | F | L | E |
U | S | L | T | A | | T | O | R | T | U | R | O | U | S |
I | M | H | O | T | | A | L | E | | A | M | O | C | O |
P | A | I | N | E | | P | D | F | | L | A | D | E | S |
Wed 12/17/2014
D | A | W | G | | S | L | U | R | S | | C | F | O | S |
P | L | E | A | | H | U | N | A | N | | R | I | T | T |
I | T | L | L | T | A | K | E | F | O | R | E | V | E | R |
| | L | L | A | M | A | | | | A | D | E | L | A |
M | A | K | E | H | A | S | T | E | S | L | O | W | L | Y |
A | T | N | O | O | N | | R | E | A | P | | S | O | S |
S | E | I | N | E | | Z | I | L | C | H | | | | |
S | E | T | S | | M | I | T | E | S | | R | O | S | A |
| | | | H | Y | P | E | R | | J | E | L | L | O |
I | S | M | | A | N | I | S | | K | A | S | D | A | N |
N | O | T | U | N | A | T | T | R | A | C | T | I | V | E |
L | I | E | T | O | | | | A | R | O | A | R | | |
A | S | T | H | I | C | K | A | S | A | B | R | I | C | K |
N | E | N | E | | T | E | M | P | T | | E | S | A | U |
D | E | A | R | | S | W | I | S | S | | A | H | M | E |
I think there are a couple of reasons for the theme confusion. First, assuming Jeff's analysis is correct, the theme is entirely contained in the clues. That is, you can uncover the theme without entering a single letter in the grid. This isn't unheard of, but it's rare in the NYT.
Second, the first two long answers seem to be related in a way that is thematic. Searching for similar connections in the other two clues yields nothing further.
Sat 4/19/2014
L | E | S | S | C | O | M | P | L | I | C | A | T | E | D |
O | N | E | A | F | T | E | R | A | N | O | T | H | E | R |
T | H | E | G | O | B | L | E | T | O | F | F | I | R | E |
H | A | T | E | S | | D | W | A | R | F | | E | I | S |
A | N | O | S | | D | I | R | K | | E | L | V | E | S |
I | C | I | | K | E | N | A | I | | R | E | E | S | E |
R | E | T | | E | G | G | P | A | N | | E | S | T | D |
| | | I | G | A | | | | U | A | R | | | |
S | N | C | C | | S | O | M | B | E | R | | I | C | E |
C | O | L | O | R | | S | I | E | V | E | | N | A | Y |
A | T | O | N | E | | M | A | J | A | | H | A | M | E |
C | A | S | | S | P | O | S | E | | B | A | S | E | L |
C | L | E | A | N | A | S | A | W | H | I | S | T | L | E |
H | O | S | T | I | L | E | R | E | A | C | T | I | O | N |
I | T | T | A | K | E | S | A | L | L | S | O | R | T | S |
Thu 8/22/2013
C | T | H | E | D | O | G | S | O | F | F | | B | A | C |
I | H | A | V | E | N | O | I | D | E | A | | A | P | B |
O | R | I | O | L | E | S | N | E | S | T | | T | H | O |
P | O | L | | A | T | S | E | A | | C | R | O | I | X |
E | W | E | S | | W | I | S | | C | A | A | N | S | |
| | | P | R | O | P | | H | T | T | P | | | |
A | L | G | A | E | | | O | R | R | | S | E | T | A |
D | O | N | T | C | U | S | W | E | L | L | C | Y | O | U |
S | O | U | L | | R | O | E | | | T | I | E | R | S |
| | | E | M | I | T | | D | O | D | O | | | |
| A | P | S | O | S | | H | E | T | | N | C | A | R |
C | H | I | E | N | | C | A | P | E | S | | A | M | O |
A | O | L | | G | U | A | D | A | L | C | A | N | A | L |
T | R | E | | S | T | P | A | U | L | I | G | I | R | L |
C | A | S | | T | O | O | C | L | O | S | E | T | O | C |
Thu 4/18/2013
A | T | O | Y | | | O | O | L | | M | O | D | E | S |
D | R | N | O | | P | O | M | E | | A | M | A | T | I |
M | I | D | D | L | E | M | A | N | | F | E | L | O | N |
I | N | V | A | I | N | | R | O | F | I | L | I | N | G |
T | I | D | | N | A | P | | S | L | O | E | | | |
| | | S | E | L | A | H | | A | S | T | I | M | E |
E | R | I | K | A | | P | I | P | P | I | | O | R | B |
R | A | C | I | | L | U | L | L | S | | O | W | E | R |
I | R | E | | L | E | A | D | A | | P | R | A | D | O |
N | A | T | I | O | N | | A | T | L | A | S | | | |
| | | M | C | I | V | | A | A | R | | A | D | S |
M | E | C | H | A | N | I | C | | T | O | P | L | I | T |
A | L | L | O | T | | R | O | C | K | L | E | D | G | E |
S | L | I | M | E | | A | R | I | A | | T | O | U | T |
T | A | P | E | D | | L | E | G | | | A | L | P | S |
I've highlighted the meandering theme answers with the range of ALPs so you can see how nicely symmetric everything is.
Wed 10/31/2012
E | S | P | R | I | T | | Z | A | N | E | | T | A | O |
A | T | R | I | S | K | | O | D | I | N | | A | D | Z |
T | O | O | T | H | O | F | W | O | L | F | | N | R | A |
S | A | B | U | | S | L | I | P | S | O | F | Y | E | W |
| | O | A | R | | Y | E | T | | L | L | A | M | A |
E | N | S | L | E | R | | | | A | D | O | | | |
L | U | C | | E | A | S | E | U | P | | A | B | O | U |
B | L | I | N | D | W | O | R | M | S | S | T | I | N | G |
A | L | S | O | | L | O | O | S | E | N | | S | E | L |
| | | R | D | S | | | | S | A | S | H | A | Y |
O | B | A | M | A | | A | A | H | | G | T | O | | |
L | I | Z | A | R | D | S | L | E | G | | A | P | B | S |
I | T | T | | W | I | T | C | H | E | S | B | R | E | W |
V | E | E | | I | D | E | O | | L | O | L | I | T | A |
E | S | C | | N | O | R | A | | B | R | E | C | H | T |
Thu 8/30/2012
A | T | I | T | | A | R | M | S | | P | O | R | C |
L | O | D | E | | T | O | S | H | | A | V | E | R |
F | R | E | E | R | A | N | G | E | | N | E | U | E |
| N | A | T | A | L | E | | A | M | A | R | N | A |
C | A | M | I | L | L | E | | F | A | C | E | I | T |
A | D | A | M | | | | | | N | E | A | T | O |
B | O | N | E | D | R | Y | | P | H | A | S | E | R |
| | | | O | O | O | O | O | O | | Y | D | S |
S | L | O | | O | O | O | O | O | O | | | | |
M | I | N | E | R | S | | M | R | D | E | E | D | S |
A | B | E | A | D | | | | | | U | L | E | E |
C | E | D | R | I | C | | G | E | S | T | A | L | T |
K | R | O | N | E | R | | I | N | T | E | N | T | |
D | A | Z | E | | E | G | G | C | A | R | T | O | N |
A | C | E | S | | P | A | L | L | | P | R | I | E |
B | E | N | T | | E | L | I | S | | E | A | D | S |
Thu 2/2/2012
P | A | I | L | | S | C | T | V | | O | R | B | E | D |
A | R | N | O | | A | L | O | E | | L | E | E | R | Y |
R | E | A | L | K | N | O | W | L | E | D | G | E | I | S |
M | E | L | | L | E | S | S | | D | E | L | T | | |
A | L | L | H | E | R | E | | B | A | S | E | H | I | T |
| | L | A | P | | T | O | A | S | T | | O | R | E |
S | T | I | N | T | S | | T | N | N | | S | V | E | N |
T | O | K | N | O | W | T | H | E | E | X | T | E | N | T |
O | N | E | A | | I | R | E | | R | A | I | N | E | S |
W | I | L | | E | V | E | R | S | | V | P | S | | |
S | O | I | R | E | E | S | | O | R | I | E | N | T | S |
| | H | A | L | L | | U | N | I | E | | I | A | L |
O | F | O | N | E | S | I | G | N | O | R | A | N | C | E |
W | O | O | E | R | | A | L | E | T | | I | T | H | E |
N | O | D | E | S | | N | I | T | S | | S | H | O | P |