Sun 10/1/2023 Film Adaptations
T | U | L | I | P | S | | | A | L | P | A | C | A | | A | H | M | A | D | |
O | N | E | F | L | E | W | | G | O | A | W | O | L | | M | O | O | R | E | D |
T | H | E | C | U | C | K | O | O | S | N | E | S | T | | A | T | T | I | C | A |
| | | | M | O | S | T | | | | | T | O | I | L | S | O | V | E | R |
S | O | H | O | S | | | O | R | I | O | N | | | N | I | A | | E | N | T |
I | M | O | N | | T | H | E | E | M | P | I | R | E | S | E | K | I | R | T | S |
P | A | N | A | C | E | A | | M | A | I | N | A | C | T | | E | A | R | | |
T | H | E | L | A | N | D | T | I | M | E | | C | H | I | | | T | U | B | A |
E | A | S | E | L | | | I | T | S | | P | H | O | T | O | G | E | N | I | C |
A | S | T | R | O | P | O | P | | | T | I | E | | U | N | E | | S | O | T |
| | | T | R | A | N | S | L | O | S | T | L | A | T | I | O | N | | | |
B | I | S | | I | R | E | | I | D | A | | | L | E | T | T | U | C | E | S |
C | L | O | S | E | S | H | A | V | E | | T | M | I | | | A | M | I | N | O |
D | E | F | T | | | A | B | E | | R | E | A | D | I | N | G | B | U | R | N |
| | H | E | M | | N | O | D | D | E | R | S | | E | A | S | E | D | I | N |
J | E | O | P | A | R | D | Y | J | E | O | P | A | R | D | Y | | R | A | C | Y |
A | C | R | | T | E | E | | | E | S | S | I | E | | | M | S | D | O | S |
M | A | R | R | I | E | D | U | P | | | | | F | R | A | U | | | | |
B | R | O | I | L | S | | C | R | O | U | C | H | I | N | G | T | I | G | E | R |
S | T | R | O | D | E | | L | A | R | V | A | E | | S | E | T | M | E | N | U |
| E | S | T | A | S | | A | T | B | A | T | S | | | E | S | F | E | E | T |
Mon 10/2/2023
A | L | P | S | | A | T | L | A | S | | | T | A | B |
S | E | A | L | | W | H | O | O | P | | R | A | C | E |
K | I | L | O | | D | A | I | L | Y | H | I | G | H | S |
S | A | M | U | R | A | I | S | | | O | N | S | E | T |
| | | C | A | R | | | O | W | N | S | | | |
| B | E | H | I | N | D | B | L | U | E | E | Y | E | S |
F | A | X | E | D | | S | U | D | S | Y | | A | D | O |
L | I | A | R | | C | H | E | S | S | | S | L | I | D |
E | L | L | | M | O | A | N | A | | A | K | I | T | A |
A | S | T | H | E | C | R | O | W | F | L | I | E | S | |
| | | A | T | O | P | | | I | M | S | | | |
A | S | I | D | E | | | F | I | N | A | L | I | Z | E |
I | N | D | I | S | G | U | I | S | E | | O | D | O | R |
D | I | E | T | | A | R | L | E | S | | P | O | O | R |
S | P | A | | | S | L | E | E | T | | E | L | M | S |
Tue 10/3/2023
S | T | O | O | D | | | M | E | H | | | V | M | A |
M | A | U | D | E | | V | E | S | T | I | G | I | A | L |
E | L | T | O | N | | I | N | S | T | R | U | C | T | S |
A | L | F | R | E | S | C | O | | P | I | C | T | | |
R | E | I | | B | O | A | R | S | | S | C | O | R | E |
S | R | T | A | | D | R | A | T | S | | I | R | A | S |
| | | D | N | A | | H | A | N | S | | I | M | P |
O | N | E | S | O | C | K | | R | E | T | R | A | I | N |
G | E | M | | D | A | N | A | | A | L | A | | | |
R | I | P | S | | N | O | R | S | K | | G | O | D | S |
E | L | E | N | A | | B | A | M | B | A | | N | E | T |
| | R | A | S | P | | M | A | Y | B | E | L | L | E |
C | O | O | K | I | E | J | A | R | | A | L | I | E | N |
B | O | R | E | F | R | U | I | T | | C | A | N | T | O |
S | O | S | | | E | T | C | | | K | N | E | E | S |
Wed 10/4/2023
A | S | T | E | R | S | | W | B | A | | A | C | M | E |
P | A | W | N | E | E | | H | A | M | | C | H | E | R |
O | T | I | O | S | E | | A | S | P | | T | I | L | E |
P | I | C | K | I | N | G | L | I | S | T | | P | E | C |
| N | E | I | N | | A | I | L | | A | S | S | E | T |
| | | | Y | A | R | N | | | P | O | T | | |
O | A | H | U | | D | I | G | S | | E | L | I | T | E |
P | R | I | N | C | E | S | | C | O | D | I | C | I | L |
T | I | T | H | E | | H | A | U | L | | D | K | N | Y |
| | T | I | L | | | P | L | E | D | | | | |
C | A | R | P | E | | S | O | L | | E | A | S | T | |
L | E | I | | B | I | L | L | S | O | F | F | I | R | E |
A | R | C | S | | R | E | O | | P | A | R | T | I | V |
M | I | K | E | | K | E | G | | A | M | O | E | B | A |
P | E | S | T | | S | P | Y | | L | E | S | S | E | N |
Thu 10/5/2023
H | I | T | | | B | A | I | L | | P | S | Y | C | H |
A | T | A | G | L | A | N | C | E | | O | P | E | R | A |
J | O | B | M | A | R | K | E | T | | T | O | N | Y | S |
| | L | O | T | S | A | | B | E | S | T | | | |
| R | E | S | E | T | | T | E | S | H | | E | S | P |
B | U | S | | R | O | M | A | | C | O | R | N | E | A |
I | N | C | H | | O | O | P | S | | T | O | D | A | Y |
S | A | R | A | | L | E | E | C | H | | O | S | L | O |
E | T | A | I | L | | T | R | U | E | | F | U | E | L |
C | A | P | R | I | S | | E | D | A | M | | P | G | A |
T | B | S | | N | Y | P | D | | D | E | M | O | S | |
| | | M | E | S | A | | A | S | T | I | N | | |
M | A | F | I | A | | C | L | I | P | O | N | T | I | E |
S | W | I | N | G | | A | U | D | I | O | T | O | U | R |
G | E | N | I | E | | S | V | E | N | | | P | D | A |
Fri 10/6/2023
T | Y | K | E | S | | E | L | I | E | | | P | D | F |
B | U | N | G | E | E | J | U | M | P | | F | R | E | E |
S | M | O | G | A | L | E | R | T | S | | L | I | M | A |
P | A | W | | W | A | C | K | O | | F | A | V | O | R |
| | | F | E | T | T | | B | U | R | I | A | L | S |
A | S | H | L | E | E | | E | L | N | O | R | T | E | |
B | O | O | E | D | | T | R | A | I | N | | E | S | C |
C | U | R | E | S | | H | E | M | | T | H | E | S | E |
S | R | S | | A | L | I | C | E | | R | A | Y | O | N |
| G | E | T | L | O | S | T | | F | O | M | E | N | T |
P | R | O | R | A | T | E | | M | O | W | S | | | |
R | A | P | I | D | | N | E | A | R | S | | R | O | B |
O | P | E | C | | A | D | V | I | C | E | G | U | R | U |
M | E | R | E | | G | U | I | N | E | A | P | I | G | S |
S | S | A | | | E | P | E | E | | T | A | N | S | Y |
Sat 10/7/2023
H | E | D | G | E | M | A | Z | E | | | I | M | P | S |
A | X | E | L | F | O | L | E | Y | | S | L | E | E | K |
M | X | M | I | S | S | I | L | E | | H | O | M | E | Y |
M | O | O | D | | Q | E | D | | S | O | V | E | R | Y |
| N | N | E | | U | N | A | W | A | R | E | | | |
E | M | E | R | G | E | S | | O | U | T | L | I | E | R |
L | O | T | S | O | | | N | O | C | H | A | N | C | E |
O | B | I | | B | A | D | I | D | E | A | | T | H | A |
P | I | Z | Z | A | B | O | X | | | I | C | H | O | R |
E | L | E | A | N | O | R | | B | A | R | R | E | L | S |
| | | N | A | V | Y | V | E | T | | I | W | O | |
E | N | C | I | N | O | | I | N | T | | S | E | C | T |
T | Y | P | E | A | | Y | O | D | A | S | P | E | A | K |
C | R | A | S | S | | E | L | E | C | T | E | D | T | O |
H | O | S | T | | | W | A | R | H | O | R | S | E | S |
Sun 10/8/2023 Tones of Voice
M | O | C | H | A | S | | | | C | A | C | A | O | | R | O | A | M | S | |
A | D | P | A | G | E | S | | G | A | L | O | S | H | | E | A | S | I | E | R |
V | E | R | M | O | N | T | | W | E | T | R | A | G | | C | H | A | N | C | E |
| | | | G | O | L | D | E | N | O | P | P | O | R | T | U | N | I | T | Y |
T | A | L | C | | R | E | I | N | | | | | D | O | I | | | | | |
A | V | I | A | T | I | O | N | | R | E | D | E | Y | E | F | L | I | G | H | T |
S | E | E | S | I | T | | | R | E | T | I | L | E | | Y | O | W | L | E | D |
| | S | H | E | A | F | | A | D | O | N | I | S | | | B | O | A | R | S |
P | A | L | E | O | | R | A | M | O | N | E | S | | B | L | E | N | D | | |
B | R | O | W | N | I | E | M | I | X | | D | E | F | R | O | S | T | | | |
S | E | W | | | L | E | I | | | | | | L | A | G | | | B | U | S |
| | | V | E | S | S | E | L | S | | G | R | A | V | Y | B | O | A | T | S |
| | O | N | S | E | T | | A | C | R | E | A | G | E | | O | L | D | E | N |
P | A | L | E | S | | | B | R | I | B | E | S | | R | A | I | M | I | | |
C | H | I | C | A | S | | O | A | F | I | S | H | | | P | L | E | D | G | E |
P | I | N | K | Y | P | R | O | M | I | S | E | | P | O | P | S | C | E | N | E |
| | | | | Y | A | K | | | | | H | A | U | L | | S | A | U | L |
C | O | L | O | R | F | U | L | C | H | A | R | A | C | T | E | R | | | | |
A | R | A | B | I | A | | I | R | O | B | O | T | | O | P | E | N | E | R | A |
R | E | R | O | L | L | | S | O | L | I | D | S | | F | A | N | E | D | I | T |
| O | D | E | L | L | | T | W | I | T | S | | | | Y | O | D | U | D | E |
I've always wanted to construct a Sunday crossword with colored squares. The idea for this puzzle arose on a long, overnight flight from India to the U.S., when I noticed that RED-EYE FLIGHT could be phonetically reparsed as "red ‘I' flight." It was surprisingly difficult to find similar examples! The complete theme set coalesced about three months later.
This puzzle is reminiscent of two Sundays in recent memory: one by Rafael Musa earlier this year, and another by Lisa Bunker in 2021. If you enjoyed my puzzle and somehow missed those two gems in the archives, do yourself a favor and give them a whirl. Some of my decisions in theme execution here — like the placement of cross-referenced theme answers in adjacent Across slots, and the inclusion of COLORFUL CHARACTER as a (nonessential, but satisfyingly apt) "revealer" at the bottom of the grid — were inspired by Evan Birnholz's puzzles in The Washington Post Magazine. Any constructor interested in making Sundays would do well to study Evan's design principles on the 21×21 canvas.
I'm not sponsored by SPYFALL (yet! ... board game publishers, my DMs are open). I just think it's an uproariously fun experience for 5–8 people.
– puzzle by Sid Sivakumar
Mon 10/9/2023
G | R | A | M | P | A | | A | M | I | D | | B | R | R |
P | I | L | E | O | N | | K | I | L | O | | L | I | U |
A | M | A | Z | O | N | B | A | S | I | N | | O | T | S |
| | | C | L | U | E | | H | A | N | G | O | U | T |
I | K | E | A | | M | E | T | A | C | A | R | P | A | L |
V | I | L | L | A | | T | A | P | | | I | S | L | E |
S | N | L | | P | A | L | M | | Y | U | M | | | |
| | A | P | P | L | E | P | E | E | L | E | R | | |
| | | E | S | P | | E | L | A | N | | A | W | E |
N | A | D | A | | | A | R | E | | A | S | K | E | W |
U | B | E | R | M | E | N | S | C | H | | C | E | D | E |
D | I | P | L | O | M | A | | T | A | C | O | | | |
I | D | O | | T | E | C | H | S | T | A | R | T | U | P |
S | E | T | | E | R | I | E | | E | V | E | N | S | O |
M | D | S | | L | Y | N | X | | R | E | S | T | E | D |
Tue 10/10/2023
S | A | S | S | | M | O | S | T | | F | E | D | U | P |
H | U | L | A | | E | X | P | O | | A | D | O | B | O |
A | T | O | M | | G | E | E | K | | N | U | D | E | S |
G | O | G | O | D | A | N | C | E | R | S | | O | R | E |
| | | A | R | T | | | | N | U | M | B | | |
G | A | L | | J | O | J | O | R | A | B | B | I | T | |
P | L | O | T | | N | E | M | O | | S | A | R | A | H |
A | L | L | A | H | | E | N | T | S | | S | D | S | U |
| Y | O | Y | O | T | R | I | C | K | S | | S | E | E |
| | J | E | R | K | | | | I | S | H | | | |
T | W | O | | N | O | N | O | N | A | N | E | T | T | E |
R | I | N | S | E | | O | V | E | R | | L | A | R | S |
I | N | E | P | T | | D | A | T | E | | I | C | E | S |
M | E | S | A | S | | E | L | S | A | | X | O | X | O |
Wed 10/11/2023
A | J | A | R | | S | A | M | I | | B | A | R | R | E |
R | O | C | K | M | U | S | I | C | | O | N | I | O | N |
A | N | D | O | U | I | L | L | E | | S | T | R | U | T |
B | I | C | | S | T | A | L | E | S | | M | I | X | |
| | | A | E | O | N | | | T | W | A | | | |
P | E | P | P | E | R | | C | A | Y | E | N | N | E | |
A | T | O | P | | S | E | A | L | E | D | | A | L | E |
C | H | A | S | M | | A | J | O | | S | N | I | D | E |
T | I | C | | I | S | S | U | E | S | | O | V | E | N |
| C | H | I | C | K | E | N | | C | E | L | E | R | Y |
| | | T | A | I | | | K | O | L | A | | | |
| M | E | H | | N | O | W | N | O | W | | V | A | N |
L | U | C | A | S | | W | H | I | T | E | R | I | C | E |
S | T | O | C | K | | L | I | F | E | S | A | V | E | R |
D | E | L | A | Y | | S | P | E | D | | Y | A | R | D |
Thu 10/12/2023
L | A | I | L | A | A | L | I | | | A | S | H | I | P |
A | P | G | E | R | M | A | N | | B | R | O | O | M | E |
Y | E | A | R | B | O | O | K | | A | M | O | U | N | T |
| | | O | Y | S | | S | W | E | E | T | S | | |
C | P | L | U | S | | F | A | O | | T | H | E | T | A |
H | O | A | X | | J | A | C | K | S | | I | M | A | S |
R | P | S | | M | C | Q | | S | I | G | N | O | R | S |
| | T | F | O | R | | | | R | A | G | T | | |
M | E | T | O | O | E | R | | P | E | P | | H | B | O |
O | D | O | M | | W | O | W | E | D | | M | E | O | R |
S | A | L | E | S | | L | I | Z | | T | A | R | T | T |
| | E | N | C | A | L | L | | B | R | R | | | |
M | I | A | T | A | S | | L | A | L | A | K | E | R | S |
E | L | V | E | R | S | | B | L | A | C | K | O | P | S |
S | L | E | D | S | | | E | A | S | T | A | S | I | A |
Fri 10/13/2023
M | A | T | C | H | E | S | | M | O | S | A | I | C | S |
T | H | E | H | E | L | P | | O | N | A | N | D | O | N |
V | A | N | I | L | L | A | | S | C | R | E | A | M | O |
| | | V | O | I | C | E | T | E | A | C | H | E | R |
O | B | S | E | S | S | E | D | | | | D | O | T | E |
B | I | N | | | | C | O | S | T | C | O | | | |
A | D | A | S | T | R | A | | C | H | A | T | G | P | T |
M | E | R | M | A | I | D | | R | E | F | E | R | E | E |
A | T | L | A | R | G | E | | E | Y | E | S | O | R | E |
| | | L | O | A | T | H | E | | | | W | I | N |
O | R | A | L | | | | I | N | S | T | A | L | L | S |
P | O | R | T | A | P | O | T | T | I | E | S | | | |
R | U | B | I | C | O | N | | E | N | R | A | G | E | D |
A | T | O | M | A | N | T | | S | A | S | H | I | M | I |
H | E | R | E | I | G | O | | T | I | E | I | T | U | P |
Sat 10/14/2023
M | A | N | S | E | | A | H | A | B | | P | U | M | P |
A | L | B | U | M | | R | E | G | U | L | A | T | E | S |
K | O | A | L | A | | M | A | R | Z | I | P | A | N | S |
E | N | D | U | R | E | | P | I | Z | Z | A | H | U | T |
U | E | Y | | K | E | G | | | K | A | Y | | | |
P | A | N | Z | E | R | O | T | T | I | | A | G | T | S |
| G | A | I | T | | O | R | A | L | B | | O | H | O |
E | A | S | T | E | R | N | I | L | L | I | N | O | I | S |
W | I | T | | R | E | I | C | E | | R | E | D | S | |
W | N | Y | C | | G | E | E | N | A | D | A | V | I | S |
| | | A | H | A | | | T | L | C | | S | S | W |
T | H | E | S | A | U | C | E | | F | A | C | E | M | E |
M | I | D | A | U | G | H | T | S | | L | I | V | I | D |
E | Y | E | B | L | E | A | C | H | | L | A | I | N | E |
N | A | N | A | | D | O | H | A | | S | O | L | E | S |
Sun 10/15/2023 Doing Doughnuts
O | D | E | S | | M | O | B | | S | T | A | R | D | O | M | | B | O | S | C |
P | I | R | I | P | I | R | I | | A | S | T | A | I | R | E | | A | L | T | A |
E | V | I | D | E | N | C | E | | Y | E | S | I | C | A | N | | U | D | O | N |
C | A | K | E | S | T | A | N | D | | | | M | E | L | D | S | | F | O | O |
| | | B | O | S | S | | A | I | S | L | E | | B | E | T | A | A | P | P |
E | D | G | E | S | | | M | I | T | T | E | N | S | | Z | I | P | S | B | Y |
M | E | L | T | | F | R | O | S | T | E | D | T | I | P | | R | E | H | A | B |
B | R | A | S | | L | A | D | Y | | | | S | T | E | F | | R | I | L | E |
L | I | Z | | F | U | M | E | | S | A | P | | S | R | O | | C | O | L | D |
E | V | E | | O | V | E | R | R | I | D | E | S | | M | R | S | U | N | | |
M | E | D | | C | I | N | N | A | M | O | N | T | O | A | S | T | | E | N | T |
| | E | M | I | R | S | | H | O | R | N | S | I | N | O | N | | D | E | W |
F | I | X | E | | U | H | H | | N | E | E | | L | E | O | S | | I | L | E |
U | N | P | C | | S | O | A | P | | | | I | S | N | T | | M | D | S | E |
N | A | R | C | O | | P | L | A | I | N | T | R | U | T | H | | A | E | O | N |
K | N | E | A | D | S | | T | R | I | P | H | O | P | | | T | R | A | N | S |
M | I | S | S | I | N | G | | S | I | R | E | N | | A | D | O | S | | | |
U | M | S | | N | O | R | U | N | | | | S | U | G | A | R | B | U | Z | Z |
S | A | I | L | | C | A | S | I | T | A | S | | F | A | N | T | A | S | I | A |
I | T | O | O | | A | D | S | P | A | C | E | | O | T | T | E | R | P | O | P |
C | E | N | T | | P | E | R | S | I | S | T | | S | E | E | | S | S | N | S |
Mon 10/16/2023
D | O | M | E | S | | Z | I | P | S | | S | L | I | M |
O | Z | O | N | E | | O | B | O | E | | P | A | P | A |
J | A | S | O | N | M | O | M | O | A | | A | S | A | P |
O | R | A | | D | I | M | | F | L | A | R | E | | |
S | K | I | T | | L | I | V | | E | N | T | R | E | E |
| | C | H | A | N | N | I | N | G | T | A | T | U | M |
| | | O | L | E | | T | U | S | H | | A | R | T |
B | Y | G | U | M | | M | R | T | | E | G | G | O | S |
O | A | R | | A | C | A | I | | I | M | O | | | |
D | W | A | Y | N | E | J | O | H | N | S | O | N | | |
E | N | D | E | A | R | | L | A | D | | D | O | R | M |
| | U | N | C | A | P | | Z | I | T | | N | I | A |
F | L | A | T | | M | O | V | I | E | B | U | F | F | S |
D | A | T | A | | I | S | E | E | | S | T | A | L | K |
A | X | E | S | | C | H | E | R | | P | E | T | E | S |
Michael Lieberman: This puzzle has its origins at this year's American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, where we made a point of meeting each other at the suggestion of our mutual friend (the journalist Stefan Fatsis). Andrea's excellent movie-themed puzzle (with Christina Iverson) came out a few days later, and we soon started emailing about collaborating on something else movie-related, which led to this theme.
Andrea wanted to include Chris Hemsworth (if not "all those Chris guys," as she put it), and we thought we had a theme set that included him, only to realize that I had miscounted letters and had to replace Mr. Hemsworth to maintain symmetry. We'll try to work him into our next collaboration!
Andrea Carla Michaels: I was thrilled to meet Mike, magically (Magic Mike?) on Stefan's April Fool's birthday. Mike's earlier-that-week LEMURMURMUR puzzle makes me beam every time I think about it!!! This all came together quickly and easily and was a hunk a hunk a burning love.
– puzzle by Michael Lieberman and Andrea Carla Michaels
Tue 10/17/2023
K | I | L | T | | H | E | A | P | | M | E | T | R | O |
I | D | E | A | | A | N | T | I | | A | S | H | E | N |
D | O | T | D | O | T | D | O | T | | S | T | U | N | G |
| | | A | P | E | | M | A | Z | E | | N | E | O |
A | L | B | | A | R | I | | | E | R | O | D | E | D |
D | O | U | B | L | E | D | O | G | D | A | R | E | | |
S | A | R | I | | A | I | W | A | | T | A | R | S | |
| D | I | N | G | D | O | N | G | D | I | T | C | H | |
| S | E | A | L | | M | E | S | O | | E | L | A | N |
| | D | R | E | S | S | D | O | W | N | D | A | Y | S |
S | H | A | Y | N | E | | | N | N | E | | P | S | A |
P | A | L | | D | E | C | I | | A | T | E | | | |
A | N | I | M | A | | 3 | D | P | R | I | N | T | E | R |
N | O | V | E | L | | P | E | R | U | | V | I | V | A |
S | I | E | G | E | | O | M | E | N | | Y | E | E | T |
Wed 10/18/2023
R | I | P | | A | H | I | | F | E | E | | A | N | I |
E | R | A | | C | O | N | T | O | R | T | | R | O | D |
F | O | R | T | H | E | F | I | R | S | T | T | I | M | E |
U | N | T | I | E | | E | B | W | | A | S | A | N | A |
S | E | E | D | | U | R | B | A | N | | K | N | O | T |
E | D | D | Y | | S | N | A | R | E | | S | A | M | E |
| | | | R | E | O | R | D | E | R | | | | |
B | I | B | L | E | | | | | | E | W | I | N | G |
O | N | E | I | D | A | | | | A | V | A | T | A | R |
S | T | A | T | E | S | | | | P | E | T | S | P | A |
N | O | M | E | A | T | | | | P | R | E | M | E | D |
| | A | B | R | A | C | A | D | A | B | R | A | | |
R | A | Z | E | | I | L | L | E | R | | S | G | T | S |
A | L | E | E | | R | A | I | S | E | | K | I | W | I |
T | L | D | R | | E | M | A | I | L | | I | C | O | N |
Thu 10/19/2023
U | T | O | | N | I | L | L | A | | V | I | G | D | A |
S | U | N | | U | S | A | I | N | | I | N | F | R | M |
H | R | D | | C | L | U | E | D | | B | A | R | I | E |
A | N | E | A | L | E | D | | | C | I | T | R | E | N |
T | E | P | E | E | | | R | C | E | S | | K | D | S |
| D | O | R | I | C | | I | O | N | T | O | | | |
M | R | S | | | D | I | E | S | | S | L | U | G | S |
R | E | I | D | | S | C | H | M | E | | E | N | O | S |
I | D | T | A | G | | A | S | O | R | | | L | I | N |
| | | K | A | R | N | A | | E | A | T | A | T | |
I | D | B | | R | A | T | E | | | E | S | T | A | D |
S | E | T | E | R | S | | | B | O | O | K | C | L | U |
I | N | H | R | E | | T | R | O | L | L | | H | O | L |
A | S | F | S | T | | L | O | N | G | U | | E | N | D |
H | E | R | E | S | | C | O | D | A | S | | S | E | W |
Fri 10/20/2023
A | S | I | S | | A | T | R | I | A | | S | P | A | R |
M | O | T | E | L | R | O | O | M | S | | A | H | M | E |
P | L | E | X | I | G | L | A | S | S | | F | O | I | L |
M | O | M | | B | U | E | N | O | | B | E | N | D | Y |
| | | D | E | E | T | | S | M | O | T | E | | |
S | E | D | E | R | S | | G | O | O | D | Y | B | A | G |
A | Q | A | B | A | | P | A | R | T | Y | F | O | U | L |
M | U | R | A | L | | E | R | R | | D | I | O | D | E |
S | A | N | T | A | B | A | B | Y | | O | R | K | I | N |
A | L | T | E | R | E | G | O | | F | U | S | S | E | S |
| | O | T | T | E | R | | D | E | B | T | | | |
S | H | O | E | S | | A | V | A | I | L | | F | O | P |
I | O | T | A | | E | V | I | L | G | E | N | I | U | S |
G | R | I | M | | G | E | L | I | N | S | E | R | T | S |
H | A | N | S | | G | L | E | S | S | | W | E | S | T |
Sat 10/21/2023
| | R | E | P | A | I | R | S | H | O | P | S | | |
| S | E | C | O | N | D | O | P | I | N | I | O | N | |
S | T | I | L | L | N | O | T | A | P | L | A | Y | E | R |
C | A | N | A | L | | M | U | S | T | Y | | L | S | U |
A | L | I | T | | V | E | N | M | O | | F | A | T | S |
B | E | N | | S | E | N | D | S | | K | I | T | E | S |
| | | C | O | R | E | A | | C | E | N | T | R | E |
E | M | B | A | R | G | O | | W | A | N | N | E | S | T |
Y | O | U | S | E | E | | V | O | I | D | S | | | |
E | N | T | E | R | | M | A | O | R | I | | W | E | B |
L | O | T | S | | G | O | R | D | O | | P | I | N | A |
I | P | O | | M | E | R | I | T | | D | U | N | E | S |
D | O | N | T | I | N | T | E | R | R | U | P | T | M | E |
| D | I | S | C | R | E | T | I | O | N | A | R | Y | |
| | T | A | K | E | M | Y | M | O | N | E | Y | | |
I'm feeling excited, proud, and grateful to be making my crossword debut today!
I'm a middle school social studies teacher, a quilter, and a dog person. I started solving the daily puzzle early in the pandemic, and it took about a year before I could regularly solve late-week puzzles without cheating. I began constructing in early 2022, and I submitted this puzzle in early May of this year.
I could not have made this puzzle without the veteran constructors who have answered my endless questions and given me feedback on my grids. I'd especially like to thank Rich Proulx, Carly Schuna, and Aaron M. Rosenberg for their guidance and encouragement. Thank you also to the editing team for improving many of my clues, to everyone who contributes to the constructing groups on Facebook, and to Jeff Chen and Jim Horne for their years of running XWordInfo (which I have consulted religiously).
As a UVA graduate, I'm thrilled that the editors decided to keep my clue for 6-down. Go Hoos! It also is an honor to debut Ibram X. KENDI in the Times crossword. I hope this puzzle makes for fun Saturday solving!
– puzzle by Kelly Morenus
Sun 10/22/2023 You're Onto Something
M | G | S | | I | G | U | A | N | A | S | | S | P | E | C | S | | V | I | E |
A | R | P | | D | O | G | R | A | C | E | | H | A | D | A | T | | I | M | P |
D | O | E | S | N | T | G | I | V | E | A | F | I | G | U | R | E | | N | A | H |
C | U | C | K | O | O | S | | | T | H | I | N | E | | D | E | A | R | M | E |
A | C | T | I | | | | A | L | O | O | F | | | V | I | P | R | O | O | M |
P | H | O | | W | A | S | H | I | N | G | T | O | N | P | O | S | T | U | R | E |
S | O | R | D | I | D | T | A | L | E | | E | N | O | S | | | I | G | O | R |
| | | A | I | D | Y | | | | D | E | E | D | | S | H | E | E | N | A |
P | A | S | T | U | R | E | C | A | R | I | N | G | | F | E | E | S | | | |
O | B | O | E | | | | R | E | A | D | | | G | O | A | L | T | E | N | D |
T | E | L | | A | L | L | U | R | E | T | O | O | W | E | L | L | | C | E | O |
S | T | O | O | L | I | E | S | | | I | N | R | E | | | | E | R | A | T |
| | | F | E | E | D | | N | O | M | E | A | N | F | E | A | T | U | R | E |
S | C | L | A | S | S | | T | U | B | E | | | | O | L | G | A | | | |
B | O | O | N | | | F | A | D | S | | C | O | U | R | S | E | L | O | A | D |
A | D | V | E | N | T | U | R | E | C | A | L | E | N | D | A | R | | R | E | A |
L | E | E | R | I | E | R | | | E | R | O | D | E | | | | M | I | R | Y |
O | B | L | A | T | E | | D | U | N | N | O | | | C | E | S | S | N | A | S |
A | L | I | | E | N | D | U | R | E | O | N | A | H | I | G | H | N | O | T | E |
N | U | N | | R | I | S | E | N | | L | E | T | I | T | G | O | | C | O | N |
S | E | E | | S | E | L | L | S | | D | Y | E | T | E | S | T | | O | R | D |
Mon 10/23/2023
C | O | P | E | | M | O | D | E | M | | L | A | L | A |
O | P | A | L | | O | B | A | M | A | | O | R | A | L |
P | E | R | M | A | N | E | N | T | R | E | C | O | R | D |
A | N | T | | M | A | Y | A | | A | L | A | S | K | A |
| | I | D | O | L | | | | C | O | T | E | S | |
| M | A | S | K | I | N | G | T | A | P | E | | | |
B | E | L | L | | S | O | L | O | | E | S | T | A | B |
R | A | T | | | A | T | O | M | S | | | O | W | E |
A | L | O | O | F | | C | R | E | E | | A | M | E | N |
| | | H | I | G | H | Y | I | E | L | D | C | D | |
| S | C | E | N | E | | | | D | O | O | R | | |
A | P | E | M | A | N | | I | T | L | L | | U | S | A |
S | I | N | G | L | E | S | T | R | E | A | M | I | N | G |
A | R | T | E | | V | I | C | E | S | | T | S | A | R |
P | O | S | E | | A | S | H | E | S | | V | E | G | A |
Tue 10/24/2023
C | O | L | D | | S | P | A | M | | | C | O | W | L |
B | A | M | A | | A | L | L | I | N | | O | A | H | U |
S | T | A | Y | C | L | A | S | S | Y | | S | K | I | T |
| Y | O | U | R | E | N | O | T | M | Y | T | Y | P | E |
| | | S | A | M | | | | P | E | A | | | |
T | I | M | E | F | O | R | A | C | H | A | N | G | E | |
A | N | Y | | T | R | I | L | L | | | Z | I | N | C |
F | U | R | B | Y | | O | D | E | | M | A | Z | D | A |
T | I | R | E | | | J | E | R | R | Y | | M | O | P |
| T | H | E | S | P | A | R | K | I | S | G | O | N | E |
| | | R | O | O | | | | G | T | O | | | |
L | E | T | S | W | R | A | P | T | H | I | S | U | P | |
I | V | A | N | | T | C | H | O | T | C | H | K | E | S |
N | E | R | O | | S | T | E | N | O | | N | E | C | K |
K | N | O | B | | | I | W | I | N | | O | S | S | A |
Wed 10/25/2023
T | R | O | N | | D | R | J | | J | A | R | G | O | N |
C | O | M | E | T | R | U | E | | O | N | E | I | D | A |
M | E | G | W | H | I | T | E | | H | A | M | M | E | R |
| | | C | O | P | A | R | E | N | T | | L | U | C |
O | R | G | A | N | | B | I | E | B | | A | I | M | S |
D | O | U | R | | R | A | N | S | O | M | S | | | |
I | M | S | | D | I | G | G | | N | A | S | S | E | R |
S | E | S | T | I | N | A | | W | H | I | T | T | L | E |
T | O | Y | I | N | G | | S | I | A | M | | O | M | A |
| | | E | G | O | T | I | S | M | | C | U | E | D |
B | B | Q | S | | S | E | C | T | | L | I | T | R | E |
Y | O | U | | S | T | A | K | E | O | U | T | | | |
G | R | A | M | M | A | | D | R | U | M | R | O | L | L |
U | N | D | O | E | R | | A | I | R | P | O | R | T | S |
M | E | S | M | E | R | | Y | A | S | | N | E | E | D |
Thu 10/26/2023
S | C | E | N | E | | A | H | A | B | | M | A | I | D |
H | O | N | E | Y | | W | A | V | E | | O | N | L | Y |
E | S | T | E | E | | A | R | I | S | T | O | T | L | E |
B | I | R | D | B | I | R | D | S | T | O | N | E | | |
A | G | E | | A | D | D | | | I | N | S | A | N | E |
| N | E | A | L | E | | Y | O | L | K | | T | E | N |
| | | P | L | A | C | E | P | L | A | C | E | A | T |
| H | O | P | | | O | A | R | | | A | R | T | |
B | I | T | T | E | N | S | H | Y | S | H | Y | | | |
A | L | T | | B | E | T | S | | O | A | S | E | S | |
M | O | O | C | O | W | | | E | D | U | | L | O | P |
| | M | A | N | M | A | N | M | A | N | B | A | B | Y |
U | P | A | N | D | A | T | E | M | | T | A | P | E | R |
S | E | N | D | | T | R | O | Y | | E | L | S | I | E |
E | T | S | Y | | H | A | N | S | | D | E | E | T | S |
Fri 10/27/2023
| S | L | I | M | E | | S | T | I | T | C | H | E | S |
S | P | A | T | E | S | | O | H | B | E | H | A | V | E |
C | A | T | S | A | T | | B | E | S | E | A | T | E | D |
A | R | E | N | T | | C | E | L | E | S | T | E | N | G |
R | E | N | O | | H | E | R | O | N | | | R | T | E |
S | U | I | T | | Y | O | U | R | | K | I | S | S | |
| S | T | E | E | P | | P | A | L | E | D | | | |
| | E | A | S | E | L | | X | E | N | O | N | | |
| | | S | T | R | I | P | | I | O | N | I | C | |
| T | A | Y | E | | V | E | A | L | | T | H | A | T |
D | R | S | | | M | E | C | C | A | | W | I | N | E |
R | I | C | E | B | O | W | L | S | | T | A | L | I | A |
A | V | E | M | A | R | I | A | | M | O | N | I | S | M |
M | I | N | I | B | A | R | S | | R | I | N | S | E | S |
S | A | D | L | Y | Y | E | S | | S | L | A | T | E | |
Sat 10/28/2023
L | A | M | B | E | D | | P | A | M | | F | M | R | I |
A | R | I | A | D | A | C | A | P | O | | L | O | A | N |
N | O | N | C | I | T | I | Z | E | N | | A | B | I | T |
D | U | C | K | F | A | T | | | S | A | Y | S | N | O |
U | S | E | B | Y | | | M | A | T | S | | C | H | I |
P | E | R | U | | T | O | I | L | E | T | S | E | A | T |
| | | T | W | I | T | T | E | R | R | A | N | T | |
| | S | T | A | R | T | E | R | H | O | M | E | | |
| C | H | O | K | E | A | R | T | I | S | T | | | |
C | O | R | N | E | L | W | E | S | T | | H | A | V | E |
A | R | I | | M | E | A | D | | | P | E | R | I | L |
T | R | E | X | E | S | | | F | O | I | S | T | E | D |
B | I | K | E | | S | M | A | R | T | P | H | O | N | E |
E | D | E | N | | L | A | B | O | R | P | A | I | N | S |
D | A | D | A | | Y | E | S | | A | I | M | S | A | T |
Sun 10/29/2023 Fabric-ations
R | A | P | D | U | O | | C | T | R | L | | Z | E | B | R | A | F | I | S | H |
E | L | O | I | S | E | | A | R | E | A | | A | D | A | P | T | E | D | T | O |
G | I | N | G | E | R | B | R | E | A | D | | B | I | N | G | E | R | E | A | D |
A | N | D | E | S | | O | R | A | L | | B | A | B | E | S | | R | A | N | G |
L | E | S | S | | I | P | A | D | | P | U | R | L | S | | H | E | S | S | E |
| | | T | O | N | I | C | | P | E | R | S | E | | B | O | T | | | |
| | S | E | N | A | T | E | S | E | A | T | | | | A | S | S | E | N | T |
S | P | A | D | E | R | | | E | A | R | | J | D | A | T | E | | M | O | E |
A | R | I | | O | M | E | L | E | T | | W | A | R | D | S | | O | P | T | S |
M | I | D | | F | O | C | U | S | | D | A | L | A | I | | P | R | A | T | T |
| C | U | T | F | R | O | M | T | H | E | S | A | M | E | C | L | O | T | H | |
D | E | N | I | S | | T | P | A | I | N | | P | A | U | L | A | | H | E | N |
E | C | C | E | | H | A | I | R | S | | M | E | S | S | E | S | | I | R | A |
C | A | L | | T | E | X | A | S | | B | A | N | | | A | M | A | Z | E | S |
O | P | E | N | E | R | | | | E | R | R | O | R | P | R | O | N | E | | |
| | | I | N | S | | G | E | N | I | E | | A | R | E | N | T | | | |
L | A | C | E | D | | P | R | U | D | E | | S | T | I | R | | I | D | O | L |
E | T | A | L | | B | L | O | C | S | | A | P | T | S | | C | H | I | L | E |
A | R | M | S | R | E | A | C | H | | C | R | E | A | M | C | H | E | E | S | E |
F | I | R | E | E | A | T | E | R | | U | G | L | I | | V | E | R | G | E | D |
S | A | Y | N | O | M | O | R | E | | P | O | L | L | | S | W | O | O | N | S |
Mon 10/30/2023
O | T | I | S | | M | O | C | H | A | | U | S | E | S |
L | A | V | A | | A | P | R | I | L | | T | E | A | K |
A | X | E | L | | S | T | U | P | I | D | E | A | S | Y |
F | I | R | S | T | A | I | D | | | I | R | A | T | E |
| | | A | R | L | O | | C | H | A | I | N | | |
G | U | I | D | E | A | N | I | M | A | L | | E | L | K |
A | N | N | I | E | | | M | O | W | S | | M | O | I |
L | A | M | P | | P | R | A | N | K | | T | O | R | O |
A | G | E | | S | L | O | G | | | B | O | N | D | S |
S | I | M | | H | I | D | E | A | N | D | S | E | E | K |
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