Sat 8/1/2026
| T | R | A | S | H | T | A | L | K | | | A | P | B | S |
| V | A | G | U | E | I | D | E | A | S | | B | A | L | I |
| D | I | A | D | E | L | O | S | M | U | E | R | T | O | S |
| A | N | T | S | | S | U | S | A | N | L | U | C | C | I |
| D | Y | E | | M | I | T | E | S | | K | P | H | | |
| | | D | O | T | | N | U | T | | T | W | I | N |
| R | C | C | A | R | | A | S | T | R | O | N | O | M | Y |
| I | R | A | N | I | A | N | | R | I | V | E | R | A | S |
| G | A | R | G | A | N | T | U | A | | A | S | K | M | E |
| A | P | S | E | | Y | E | T | | O | R | S | | | |
| | H | R | T | | D | I | S | H | Y | | C | O | T |
| A | M | A | Z | E | B | A | L | L | S | | G | A | B | E |
| C | O | R | O | N | A | T | I | O | N | R | O | B | E | S |
| M | I | E | N | | M | E | T | P | A | Y | R | O | L | L |
| E | L | S | E | | | D | Y | S | P | E | P | S | I | A |
Sun 8/2/2026 Going for a Spin
| B | I | C | | S | A | R | I | | T | A | G | S | | C | A | R | P | S | |
| M | E | N | U | | T | I | E | R | | W | R | A | P | | A | L | E | R | T | S |
| O | F | F | R | O | A | D | V | E | H | I | C | L | E | | R | E | V | E | R | E |
| T | O | L | L | F | R | E | E | | A | T | H | L | E | T | E | S | | F | E | N |
| T | R | U | S | T | | | R | A | M | S | | A | D | O | S | | B | E | A | D |
| S | E | X | | T | A | R | S | U | S | | | N | E | W | S | H | O | C | K | S |
| | | M | I | S | S | E | D | | | E | T | R | E | | A | R | T | S | |
| L | O | W | E | M | I | S | S | I | O | N | S | | S | L | A | T | E | | | |
| O | R | A | T | E | S | | | | N | E | E | D | | | R | E | D | A | C | T |
| V | A | N | E | S | | S | C | A | M | P | | I | M | A | C | S | | N | O | R |
| E | N | T | S | | B | U | C | K | E | T | S | E | A | T | S | | N | O | D | E |
| I | G | O | | F | A | R | S | I | | U | P | S | E | T | | F | E | I | G | N |
| T | E | N | D | O | N | | | N | A | N | A | | | | I | R | O | N | E | D |
| | | R | I | S | E | S | | K | E | Y | L | E | S | S | E | N | T | R | Y |
| T | H | I | S | | V | I | S | A | | | O | V | U | L | E | S | | | |
| Q | U | I | E | T | R | I | D | E | | | P | R | I | M | A | L | | S | I | M |
| U | R | L | S | | I | C | E | E | | P | H | I | L | | | O | M | A | N | I |
| A | F | L | | A | C | T | T | H | R | E | E | | D | E | B | A | C | L | E | S |
| S | W | A | T | C | H | | R | E | A | R | W | H | E | E | L | D | R | I | V | E |
| H | A | R | A | R | E | | I | R | I | S | | M | A | L | E | | A | V | E | R |
| R | Y | D | E | R | | P | E | L | E | | S | D | S | U | | E | A | R | |
Mon 8/3/2026
| C | O | S | T | | S | N | A | I | L | | A | R | E | A |
| O | D | O | R | | T | E | D | D | Y | | P | U | M | P |
| M | I | D | I | | A | B | A | S | E | | I | N | C | A |
| B | E | A | C | H | B | U | M | | | P | E | T | E | R |
| | | Y | E | L | L | | C | R | O | C | H | E | T |
| I | C | E | C | R | E | A | M | M | A | K | E | R | | |
| A | I | S | L | E | | | O | O | Z | E | | O | A | F |
| M | A | T | E | | M | I | L | N | E | | H | U | R | L |
| B | O | A | | B | E | T | A | | | B | U | G | L | E |
| | T | R | U | E | C | R | I | M | E | S | H | O | W |
| S | T | E | A | L | T | H | | M | A | L | T | | | |
| L | A | S | I | K | | | C | H | I | L | L | I | N | G |
| E | T | A | S | | B | L | O | O | D | | E | V | E | R |
| P | E | L | E | | A | G | A | M | E | | R | A | R | E |
| T | R | E | S | | E | A | T | E | N | | S | N | O | W |
Tue 8/4/2026
| M | I | T | T | | S | L | I | M | E | S | | S | K | A |
| A | C | E | R | | C | O | M | B | A | T | | W | A | D |
| S | A | R | I | N | O | T | S | A | R | I | | O | L | D |
| S | N | I | P | E | R | S | | | | L | Y | R | E | S |
| | | L | L | C | | B | A | L | E | E | N | | |
| | D | E | L | H | I | P | L | A | T | T | E | R | S |
| O | N | U | S | | | G | A | U | N | T | | N | O | W |
| H | E | M | | A | Y | N | | M | A | O | | E | V | A |
| O | R | B | | R | E | I | G | N | | | A | M | E | N |
| H | O | L | I | M | A | T | R | I | M | O | N | Y | | |
| | E | T | C | H | E | R | | O | R | G | | | |
| Y | A | D | D | A | | | | C | R | E | E | P | I | N |
| U | F | O | | N | A | A | N | A | P | O | L | O | G | Y |
| M | A | R | | D | A | N | I | S | H | | I | P | O | S |
| A | R | E | | Y | A | C | H | T | S | | C | O | R | E |
Wed 8/5/2026
| C | H | A | R | T | | | | T | O | P | P | E | R |
| L | E | A | D | I | N | G | | N | O | W | H | E | R | E |
| A | R | I | Z | O | N | A | | I | C | E | D | T | E | A |
| P | A | G | E | | | R | A | N | K | S | | | | |
| | | | C | A | R | D | | | | C | A | S | E |
| | H | E | A | D | | M | A | S | S | A | G | E | S |
| C | A | R | B | O | N | | S | T | O | R | A | G | E |
| W | E | S | T | E | R | N | | S | A | H | A | R | A | |
| I | N | T | E | R | N | E | T | | B | O | T | S | | |
| G | O | E | S | | | | B | U | S | T | | | | |
| | | | F | I | R | S | T | | | M | A | T | E |
| B | O | O | L | E | A | N | | A | L | G | E | B | R | A |
| I | N | D | I | A | N | A | | H | O | O | S | I | E | R |
| C | O | U | N | T | S | | | | N | O | S | E | S | |
This puzzle was a particularly challenging one to construct (see this similar puzzle for some background). I spent a great deal of time exploring different black-square patterns and ended up filling several grids around this core concept. In the end, I had to accept a few less-than-ideal entries to make everything work. I hope you enjoy the solve and that, at the very least, it gives you something a little different to sink your teeth into.
– puzzle by Daniel Bodily
Thu 8/6/2026
| T | O | N | I | | I | C | E | D | | E | D | D | I | E |
| A | N | O | N | | S | A | M | E | | G | R | O | O | M |
| J | A | I | C | A | N | R | U | M | | G | A | U | N | T |
| R | I | S | O | T | T | O | | | P | R | I | G | | |
| T | R | Y | M | E | | L | E | B | R | O | N | J | E | S |
| | | M | A | R | | C | O | O | L | | H | A | L |
| S | E | S | A | M | E | | H | O | T | L | A | N | T | A |
| C | L | A | N | | T | H | O | S | E | | H | U | M | P |
| R | E | N | D | E | R | E | D | | S | P | I | T | E | S |
| A | N | D | | M | I | R | O | | T | A | G | | | |
| P | A | J | A | P | A | R | T | Y | | R | O | I | D | S |
| | W | I | L | L | | | E | L | M | T | R | E | E |
| P | R | I | M | O | | J | A | M | P | A | C | K | E | D |
| D | I | C | E | Y | | O | N | E | G | | H | E | R | A |
| A | C | H | E | S | | E | T | N | A | | A | D | E | N |
Fri 8/7/2026
| S | T | R | E | S | S | B | A | L | L | | A | F | E | W |
| I | H | A | D | N | O | I | D | E | A | | R | A | V | I |
| C | A | T | S | O | U | T | O | F | T | H | E | B | A | G |
| S | I | S | | W | R | I | S | T | | O | W | E | N | S |
| | | S | C | O | T | | T | A | S | E | R | | |
| P | E | C | A | N | | B | U | S | T | A | G | U | T |
| T | R | A | I | T | | P | O | R | K | | T | E | V | A |
| N | E | R | F | | T | O | O | N | S | | H | E | E | L |
| U | G | L | I | | A | W | E | S | | B | I | G | A | L |
| T | O | Y | M | A | K | E | R | | S | O | N | G | S | |
| | R | O | V | E | R | | B | E | R | G | | | |
| O | L | I | V | E | | G | R | I | D | S | | N | Y | C |
| M | U | S | I | C | P | R | O | D | U | C | T | I | O | N |
| I | C | E | E | | G | A | T | E | C | H | A | N | G | E |
| T | A | R | S | | A | B | I | T | E | T | O | E | A | T |
Sat 8/8/2026
| T | O | S | S | | | | S | A | R | I | | C | B | S |
| H | O | O | T | S | | H | E | M | A | N | D | H | A | W |
| A | L | F | R | E | | E | R | I | C | C | A | R | L | E |
| W | A | T | E | R | S | L | I | D | E | | P | I | L | E |
| S | L | E | E | V | E | L | E | S | S | T | | S | E | T |
| A | N | T | I | R | U | S | T | | R | E | T | R | Y |
| | S | T | E | E | V | E | | D | A | V | I | S | |
| | | E | T | N | A | | M | A | G | I | | | |
| R | I | A | T | A | | F | I | N | I | T | E | | |
| G | E | T | M | E | | L | E | N | S | C | A | P | S | |
| A | A | H | | S | P | A | N | A | K | O | P | I | T | A |
| B | R | E | A | | H | Y | D | R | O | M | E | T | E | R |
| B | E | L | L | E | A | M | I | E | | I | R | O | N | S |
| E | N | P | A | S | S | A | N | T | | C | O | M | T | E |
| R | D | S | | P | E | N | G | | | | N | E | S | S |
Sun 8/9/2026 Freestyle Exercise
| A | T | A | L | L | | H | E | I | S | T | S | | F | L | U | | A | X | I | S |
| C | O | M | E | O | N | I | N | T | H | E | W | A | T | E | R | S | F | I | N | E |
| C | O | N | G | R | E | S | S | I | O | N | A | L | D | I | S | T | R | I | C | T |
| O | C | E | A | N | U | S | | S | W | A | M | P | | D | A | Y | O | | | |
| R | O | S | T | E | R | | U | N | U | M | | H | O | E | | E | M | A | I | L |
| D | O | T | E | | O | N | T | O | P | | D | A | U | N | T | | A | N | N | E |
| S | L | Y | | S | L | E | E | T | | D | E | B | T | | H | I | N | T | A | T |
| | | B | O | O | N | S | | L | I | F | E | S | P | A | N | | C | H | I |
| | L | O | D | G | E | | H | A | V | E | T | H | I | N | G | S | O | U | T |
| T | O | D | A | Y | | M | O | V | E | A | S | O | N | E | | N | L | R | B |
| R | O | T | I | S | | T | O | N | I | S | T | O | N | E | | M | O | O | R | E |
| I | M | I | N | | P | A | L | E | S | T | I | N | E | | T | A | W | N | Y | |
| T | O | N | G | U | E | L | A | S | H | I | N | G | | C | O | V | E | Y | | |
| U | R | L | | B | E | E | S | T | I | N | G | | D | O | M | E | D | | | |
| A | R | I | S | E | N | | S | A | N | G | | G | R | O | A | N | | S | I | P |
| L | O | F | T | | S | H | E | N | G | | W | R | I | S | T | | M | I | N | E |
| S | W | E | E | P | | U | S | S | | I | H | O | P | | I | S | O | L | D | E |
| | | P | O | O | L | | W | A | R | I | O | | F | L | A | R | E | U | P |
| C | O | R | P | O | R | A | T | E | S | U | R | V | E | I | L | L | A | N | C | E |
| I | N | V | E | R | T | E | D | R | O | L | L | E | R | C | O | A | S | T | E | R |
| S | A | S | S | | O | D | S | | F | E | S | S | E | S | | T | S | A | R | S |
- I've been meaning to put 57-Across in a puzzle ever since I learned about her (and Mamie Johnson and Connie Morgan) while visiting the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, one of the first things I did after moving to Kansas City seven years ago. Fortuitous that this puzzle is running so soon after the inaugural season of the Women's Pro Baseball League begins.
- Making the puzzle took longer than usual. I did the middle part of the grid in February 2025, and then I thought it would be nice to have some 21-letter answers. My wordlists didn't have a ton of those (since they're largely sourced from 15x15 puzzles), so I spent some time looking for more by using online dictionary search tools and also by thinking of them. I submitted the puzzle in September 2025. Love a slow burn!
- I asked the Times team which editor wrote the brilliant clue at 66-Across; I should have guessed that it was Sam Ezersky (you know, the Bee guy).
– puzzle by Erik Agard