Wed 1/1/2020
O | H | F | U | N | | A | R | T | | | C | L | I | P |
L | E | A | F | S | | R | A | M | A | | A | O | N | E |
M | A | K | O | C | L | I | N | I | C | | L | O | L | A |
O | D | E | S | | E | A | U | | C | A | V | I | A | R |
S | S | N | | K | E | L | P | R | E | V | I | E | W | S |
| P | A | R | I | S | | | E | D | E | N | | | |
J | A | M | A | L | | T | H | E | E | | B | L | O | W |
I | C | E | I | T | | Y | 2 | K | | W | A | I | V | E |
F | E | S | S | | D | I | O | S | | E | L | V | E | S |
| | | E | V | E | N | | | P | A | L | E | R | |
F | I | N | D | I | N | G | D | O | R | K | | A | L | P |
A | L | O | H | A | S | | A | D | O | | S | L | O | E |
M | U | L | E | | E | N | D | O | F | S | T | O | R | K |
E | V | I | L | | R | E | A | R | | R | A | N | D | O |
D | U | E | L | | | A | S | S | | O | B | E | S | E |
Thu 1/2/2020
S | E | A | L | | S | C | O | N | E | S | | L | E | T |
P | L | I | E | | E | F | F | E | C | T | | A | L | E |
A | F | R | A | I | D | O | F | T | H | E | | M | A | N |
| | S | P | C | A | | S | T | O | P | G | A | P | S |
W | A | I | T | U | N | T | I | L | | H | O | R | S | E |
O | R | N | O | | | I | T | E | M | | P | R | E | S |
M | I | A | | A | C | M | E | | U | A | R | | | |
B | E | I | N | T | H | E | | N | S | T | O | R | M | Y |
| | | A | V | E | | J | A | K | E | | E | E | O |
C | A | S | K | | Z | I | O | N | | | A | G | A | R |
A | F | T | E | R | | C | H | O | C | O | L | A | T | E |
T | R | A | D | E | S | I | N | | U | R | A | L | | |
N | I | T | | T | H | E | D | A | R | K | S | I | D | E |
A | C | E | | R | E | S | O | R | B | | K | N | E | W |
P | A | N | | O | A | T | E | R | S | | A | G | E | E |
POW Fri 1/3/2020
A | I | M | | O | P | H | E | L | I | A | | G | U | N |
S | T | A | G | F | L | A | T | I | O | N | | R | N | A |
T | U | N | A | T | A | R | T | A | R | E | | A | F | T |
U | N | I | T | | S | P | A | R | | M | U | N | R | O |
T | E | A | S | E | T | | | | B | I | N | D | I | |
E | S | C | | R | I | T | Z | C | R | A | C | K | E | R |
| | | | A | C | H | O | R | U | S | L | I | N | E |
B | T | W | O | | C | A | R | E | T | | E | D | D | Y |
T | H | A | T | S | U | N | R | E | A | L | | | | |
W | E | T | H | E | P | E | O | P | L | E | | H | U | M |
| F | E | E | L | S | | | | I | S | M | E | N | E |
L | O | R | R | E | | C | O | A | T | | A | L | P | S |
O | R | B | | C | R | O | P | C | I | R | C | L | E | S |
A | C | E | | T | A | K | E | R | E | V | E | N | G | E |
F | E | D | | S | E | E | R | E | S | S | | O | S | S |
Sat 1/4/2020
S | W | E | A | R | W | O | R | D | | | A | C | L | S |
H | A | M | B | U | R | G | L | A | R | | B | L | I | P |
O | C | T | O | B | E | R | S | K | Y | | F | A | K | E |
T | O | S | S | | N | E | T | | D | R | A | P | E | D |
| | | Y | E | S | S | I | R | E | E | B | O | B | |
S | P | A | S | M | | S | N | A | R | F | | M | U | G |
T | I | L | T | A | T | | E | T | C | | B | E | T | H |
A | L | L | E | G | E | S | | S | U | Z | E | T | T | E |
B | L | A | M | | C | P | R | | P | I | G | E | O | N |
S | O | B | | S | H | E | E | T | | T | U | R | N | T |
| W | O | R | L | D | W | A | R | I | I | I | | | |
S | L | U | I | C | E | | D | I | M | | L | I | C | K |
C | A | T | S | | M | I | S | S | S | A | I | G | O | N |
A | C | M | E | | O | N | T | H | A | T | N | O | T | E |
T | E | E | N | | | T | O | A | D | E | G | R | E | E |
Sun 1/5/2020 STRESSED OUT
L | A | R | D | S | | S | W | A | G | | F | R | O | G | S | | N | A | S | A |
A | F | O | O | T | | A | I | D | E | | I | O | N | I | A | | O | P | E | C |
P | R | O | J | E | C | T | G | U | T | E | N | B | E | R | G | | H | O | A | R |
S | O | S | O | R | R | Y | | | T | V | S | | A | L | E | | E | S | S | O |
E | S | T | | E | A | R | A | C | H | E | | E | R | S | | A | L | T | O | N |
| | | D | O | G | | P | R | E | S | E | N | T | C | O | M | P | A | N | Y |
U | R | G | E | S | | U | P | O | N | | Y | O | H | O | H | O | | T | A | M |
P | E | R | F | E | C | T | S | C | O | R | E | S | | U | N | R | E | E | L | S |
S | H | E | A | T | H | E | | | D | I | F | | S | T | O | O | L | | | |
H | E | A | T | | E | R | I | C | | D | U | M | A | | | U | L | T | R | A |
O | A | S | | P | R | O | D | U | C | E | L | A | B | E | L | S | | H | E | R |
T | R | Y | T | O | | | E | R | O | S | | G | E | N | E | | S | E | A | R |
| | | W | O | L | F | S | | H | O | P | | | A | N | A | T | O | L | E |
M | A | H | A | L | I | A | | C | O | N | T | R | A | C | T | T | E | R | M | S |
A | R | E | | T | E | N | S | O | R | | C | O | L | T | | T | R | Y | S | T |
D | I | S | C | O | U | N | T | S | T | O | R | E | S | | E | E | N | | | |
E | S | S | A | Y | | E | R | A | | D | U | G | O | U | T | S | | P | S | A |
A | T | I | T | | A | D | A | | P | O | I | | | T | A | T | T | L | E | S |
B | I | A | S | | C | O | N | V | E | R | S | E | A | L | L | S | T | A | R | S |
E | D | N | A | | T | U | G | O | N | | E | R | I | E | | T | O | N | G | A |
T | E | S | T | | S | T | E | W | S | | R | E | L | Y | | O | P | T | E | D |
Will Nediger, of London, Ontario, is a professional crossword constructor and writer of trivia questions. He's a regular contributor to National Academic Quiz Tournaments, which supplies questions for quiz-bowl tournaments at the middle-school, high-school and college levels.
Since 2000, Will has had more Sunday crosswords in The Times (14, including today's) than any other Canadian.
– puzzle by Will Nediger
Mon 1/6/2020
V | A | C | A | T | E | | G | E | N | T | | G | E | M |
A | R | A | B | I | A | | E | L | I | A | | A | N | Y |
R | U | B | I | E | S | | E | M | E | R | A | L | D | S |
| G | A | T | | T | U | N | I | C | | G | L | U | T |
S | U | N | | | S | N | A | R | E | | T | O | R | E |
E | L | A | S | T | I | C | | A | S | A | | P | E | R |
W | A | S | H | E | D | U | P | | | F | U | S | S | Y |
| | | A | M | E | T | H | Y | S | T | S | | | |
S | C | A | M | P | | | D | E | C | R | E | A | S | E |
C | O | G | | E | E | G | | S | H | A | D | I | E | R |
A | C | I | D | | A | L | L | E | N | | | L | A | G |
N | A | T | O | | R | A | I | S | A | | R | E | S | |
D | I | A | M | O | N | D | S | | P | E | A | R | L | S |
A | N | T | | W | E | L | T | | P | A | N | O | U | T |
L | E | E | | E | D | Y | S | | S | T | I | N | G | Y |
POW Tue 1/7/2020
B | B | O | Y | | | I | N | I | T | | T | R | A | P |
R | E | V | U | P | | N | O | R | A | | H | U | G | E |
A | D | E | L | E | | M | R | O | C | T | O | B | E | R |
T | H | R | E | E | P | O | I | N | T | E | R | | | |
S | O | S | | P | I | N | | B | I | C | | I | A | M |
| G | H | O | S | T | O | F | A | C | H | A | N | C | E |
| | A | W | A | Y | | E | R | S | | C | T | R | L |
B | U | R | N | T | | C | D | S | | S | H | E | E | T |
E | R | I | E | | S | O | U | | E | C | O | N | | |
L | A | N | D | S | C | A | P | E | P | H | O | T | O | |
A | L | G | | P | O | R | | L | E | I | | I | P | O |
| | | O | U | T | S | I | D | E | S | H | O | T | S |
S | T | E | P | N | I | E | C | E | | M | A | N | I | A |
P | A | V | E | | A | L | E | S | | S | L | A | C | K |
A | X | E | D | | N | Y | E | T | | | E | L | S | A |
Wed 1/8/2020
I | S | H | | M | R | T | O | A | D | | F | E | T | A |
M | O | E | | M | O | R | R | I | E | | A | M | A | N |
A | L | A | R | M | B | E | L | L | S | | V | I | C | E |
C | O | L | O | M | B | O | | | S | O | R | R | O | W |
| | | A | G | E | | A | D | E | L | E | | | |
| A | U | R | O | R | A | B | O | R | E | A | L | I | S |
B | A | S | S | O | | M | A | T | T | | U | L | N | A |
R | N | A | | D | A | B | | E | S | C | | A | S | P |
E | D | G | E | | R | I | A | L | | A | G | N | U | S |
A | W | E | S | O | M | E | B | L | O | S | S | O | M | |
| | | S | T | Y | N | E | | C | T | U | | | |
E | T | C | E | T | C | | | H | A | L | I | B | U | T |
Y | A | R | N | | A | B | P | O | S | I | T | I | V | E |
E | X | E | C | | M | A | R | L | I | N | | R | E | N |
S | I | D | E | | P | H | O | T | O | G | | D | A | N |
See Wordplay for Will Shortz's comments.
– puzzle by Amanda Yesnowitz and Joon Pahk
Thu 1/9/2020
| P | C | H | E | L | P | | C | O | S | E | L | L | |
B | R | O | O | D | E | R | | O | N | E | R | E | E | L |
H | E | R | O | I | N | E | | P | I | C | A | N | T | E |
A | L | O | | | | R | A | I | | | | I | M | S |
J | U | N | O | | R | I | P | L | E | | R | E | E | S |
I | D | E | S | | U | G | B | O | A | | A | N | G | O |
S | E | T | T | E | E | S | | T | R | E | N | T | O | N |
| | | A | N | D | | | | O | M | S | | | |
M | I | S | R | E | A | D | | R | U | P | I | A | H | S |
I | N | O | | | | R | O | U | | | | R | O | U |
A | S | C | O | | R | A | P | S | E | | I | M | I | D |
S | T | O | U | | O | P | T | H | A | | R | E | S | S |
M | A | R | L | O | W | E | | D | U | R | A | N | T | E |
A | L | R | O | K | E | R | | I | R | O | N | I | E | S |
| L | O | N | E | L | Y | | E | N | D | E | A | R | |
Fri 1/10/2020
B | I | T | M | O | J | I | | | S | O | P | S | U | P |
O | M | N | I | B | U | S | | O | A | K | L | A | N | D |
R | A | U | C | O | U | S | | P | I | R | A | T | E | S |
O | N | T | H | E | L | A | S | T | D | A | Y | | | |
| | | E | S | P | | I | S | H | | A | P | R | |
I | T | A | L | | O | O | P | | I | C | R | I | E | D |
P | O | P | | I | D | A | H | O | | C | E | N | S | E |
A | P | P | L | E | S | H | O | R | T | C | A | K | E | S |
S | T | L | E | O | | U | N | C | A | P | | I | N | K |
S | E | E | T | H | E | | O | A | K | | S | E | T | S |
| N | T | H | | A | L | F | | E | P | T | | | |
| | | A | F | R | O | F | U | T | U | R | I | S | M |
S | P | Y | R | I | N | G | | C | H | R | I | S | T | O |
I | D | A | G | R | E | E | | S | E | E | P | I | E | R |
L | A | W | Y | E | R | | | B | L | E | S | S | M | E |
Sat 1/11/2020
R | U | B | Y | | T | I | N | | A | D | E | P | T | S |
O | N | E | O | N | O | N | E | | R | O | A | R | A | T |
A | D | S | L | O | G | A | N | | R | E | V | E | R | E |
D | E | M | O | T | A | P | E | S | | | E | S | P | N |
M | R | E | | E | S | P | | E | U | R | | T | O | O |
A | G | A | R | S | | P | V | C | P | I | P | I | N | G |
P | O | R | E | | G | U | A | R | D | D | O | G | S | |
| | | B | E | E | R | L | E | A | G | U | E | | |
| | B | O | L | T | C | U | T | T | E | R | | | |
| W | E | R | E | T | H | E | R | E | | E | G | A | D |
O | R | A | N | G | E | A | D | E | | A | D | O | B | E |
M | I | R | | Y | R | S | | C | A | L | | F | I | B |
E | T | C | H | | | E | M | I | L | E | Z | O | L | A |
G | E | L | A | T | O | | E | P | I | C | U | R | E | S |
A | M | A | J | O | R | | N | E | C | K | L | I | N | E |
S | E | W | I | N | G | | U | S | E | | U | T | E | S |
Sun 1/12/2020 STATE OF CONFUSION
M | A | Z | D | A | S | | H | E | R | O | D | | H | M | O | | S | E | A | S |
O | N | E | A | C | T | | A | D | O | B | E | | E | E | L | | U | C | L | A |
A | N | S | W | E | R | I | N | G | M | A | C | H | I | N | E | | R | O | A | R |
N | U | T | S | | E | G | G | Y | | M | A | U | N | A | | S | E | L | M | A |
A | L | S | O | R | A | N | S | | | A | F | R | I | C | A | N | L | I | O | N |
| | | N | E | M | O | | I | R | E | | L | E | E | W | A | Y | | | |
P | A | T | | A | E | R | A | T | O | R | | | | S | W | I | N | G | B | Y |
S | Q | U | I | R | R | E | L | E | D | A | W | A | Y | | | L | O | O | I | E |
A | U | L | D | | | | E | M | S | | E | V | E | S | | | T | O | T | O |
T | A | I | L | I | N | G | | | | C | R | O | A | K | E | D | | D | E | W |
| | P | E | R | S | U | A | S | I | V | E | W | R | I | T | I | N | G | | |
P | C | B | | S | A | L | I | N | A | S | | | | T | A | P | E | R | E | D |
U | H | U | H | | | F | R | O | G | | A | H | A | | | | H | I | L | O |
G | A | L | A | S | | | S | W | O | R | D | A | N | D | S | H | I | E | L | D |
S | I | B | L | I | N | G | | | | E | D | U | C | A | T | E | | F | A | O |
| | | F | L | O | R | A | L | | A | S | L | | M | R | E | D | | | |
A | V | O | C | A | D | O | R | O | L | L | | | D | I | A | L | E | C | T | S |
S | O | L | O | S | | A | T | E | I | T | | W | E | A | N | | B | O | O | P |
A | C | L | U | | K | N | O | W | S | A | T | H | I | N | G | O | R | T | W | O |
H | A | I | R | | L | E | I | | P | L | I | E | S | | E | D | I | T | E | D |
I | B | E | T | | M | R | S | | S | K | E | E | T | | R | E | S | A | L | E |
Evan Mahnken is a high school chemistry teacher in Amherst, Mass. David Steinberg is a puzzles and games editor for Andrews McMeel Universal syndicate in Kansas City, Mo.
They're each 23. They met at a crossword tournament two years ago. Evan originally sent a daily-size version of this puzzle to David, who proposed Sunday-sizing it with more theme examples. They collaborated on the grid by sending each other screenshots back and forth by email.
– puzzle by Evan Mahnken and David Steinberg
Mon 1/13/2020
M | E | A | T | Y | | P | U | M | A | | D | A | I | S |
A | L | P | H | A | | I | R | A | S | | O | N | T | O |
P | I | P | E | W | R | E | N | C | H | | C | Y | S | T |
| | E | E | L | E | R | | N | E | N | | W | A | H |
S | P | A | | | C | O | M | E | S | O | F | A | G | E |
A | L | L | O | T | | G | A | I | | T | R | Y | O | N |
D | U | T | C | H | A | I | R | L | I | N | E | | | |
E | M | O | T | E | D | | | | B | E | S | T | E | D |
| | | A | L | O | T | T | O | M | A | N | A | G | E |
P | I | A | N | O | | A | S | P | | R | O | M | A | N |
I | T | S | T | O | O | L | A | T | E | | | E | D | Y |
L | A | W | | P | O | L | | E | L | F | I | N | | |
O | L | E | O | | M | I | D | D | L | E | S | E | A | T |
T | I | L | L | | P | E | D | I | | E | L | S | I | E |
S | A | L | E | | A | D | E | N | | T | E | S | L | A |
Tue 1/14/2020
A | N | N | E | | T | R | E | E | S | | A | C | E | D |
P | E | O | N | | R | U | R | A | L | | C | A | N | E |
P | U | T | T | | A | N | G | R | Y | B | I | R | D | S |
| T | A | O | | S | N | O | T | | A | D | A | G | E |
G | R | O | U | C | H | Y | | H | A | N | | M | A | R |
M | A | N | R | A | Y | | I | D | L | E | | E | M | T |
C | L | E | A | R | | | M | A | E | | A | L | E | S |
| | | G | R | U | M | P | Y | C | A | T | | | |
C | O | D | E | | H | A | L | | | W | A | S | T | E |
A | V | E | | R | O | S | Y | | S | E | N | I | O | R |
B | U | M | | A | H | H | | L | A | D | Y | B | U | G |
A | L | I | B | I | | A | H | A | B | | R | E | C | |
R | A | G | I | N | G | B | U | L | L | | A | R | A | B |
E | T | O | N | | A | L | G | A | E | | T | I | N | A |
T | E | D | S | | M | E | O | W | S | | E | A | S | Y |
Wed 1/15/2020
S | C | O | T | | A | C | E | R | | S | P | I | E | D |
C | H | A | I | | L | O | W | E | | M | A | C | E | D |
H | I | T | B | E | L | O | W | T | H | E | B | E | L | T |
U | M | B | E | R | | | | A | A | A | S | | | |
S | P | A | R | R | I | N | G | P | A | R | T | N | E | R |
S | S | R | | | D | O | L | E | S | | | A | N | O |
| | | E | R | I | T | U | | | A | N | N | U | L |
T | H | E | G | L | O | V | E | S | A | R | E | O | F | F |
H | A | N | G | S | | | P | A | N | S | Y | | | |
A | T | T | | | K | I | O | S | K | | | T | M | C |
T | H | R | O | W | I | N | T | H | E | T | O | W | E | L |
| | | L | O | L | L | | | | E | N | O | L | A |
P | U | L | L | O | N | E | S | P | U | N | C | H | E | S |
A | V | O | I | D | | T | H | U | G | | U | I | E | S |
C | A | G | E | Y | | S | E | T | H | | E | T | S | Y |
Thu 1/16/2020
F | E | T | A | | S | P | R | I | G | S | | C | H | A | I |
A | A | R | P | | T | O | E | T | A | P | | R | O | D | S |
U | T | E | P | | A | N | G | O | R | A | | O | R | A | L |
N | I | A | L | O | N | G | | | B | R | O | W | N | I | E |
A | T | T | E | N | D | | | | | E | L | D | E | R | S |
| | | J | O | U | R | N | E | Y | M | A | N | | | |
M | E | G | A | | P | E | E | W | E | E | | O | T | I | S |
E | X | E | C | S | | S | T | O | W | | P | I | A | N | O |
L | A | N | K | A | | T | S | K | S | | A | S | K | U | P |
| M | E | S | S | Y | | | | | G | R | E | E | K | |
E | T | A | | H | O | N | E | Y | B | E | E | | A | T | L |
B | A | L | T | | D | I | R | E | L | Y | | O | K | I | E |
O | B | O | E | | U | N | I | T | A | S | | A | N | T | E |
O | L | G | A | | D | E | C | I | D | E | | F | E | U | D |
K | E | Y | S | | E | R | A | S | E | R | | S | E | T | S |
Fri 1/17/2020
A | V | C | L | U | B | | P | R | O | G | | T | M | I |
M | A | R | I | N | E | | S | U | L | U | | H | A | N |
O | L | I | V | I | A | W | I | L | D | E | | E | M | S |
R | E | B | E | C | C | A | | I | S | S | A | R | A | E |
| | | M | O | O | N | | N | A | S | C | E | N | T |
A | R | I | A | D | N | E | | G | L | E | N | S | | |
P | O | S | S | E | S | S | | S | T | R | E | A | M | S |
E | A | R | | | | | | | | | | M | O | E |
S | M | A | R | T | T | V | | P | R | E | D | A | T | E |
| | E | E | R | I | E | | R | E | D | E | Y | E | S |
U | M | L | A | U | T | S | | A | S | I | F | | | |
B | U | I | L | D | U | P | | T | O | T | E | B | A | G |
O | F | T | | E | L | E | C | T | R | O | N | I | C | A |
A | T | E | | A | A | R | P | | T | U | S | K | E | D |
T | I | S | | U | R | S | A | | S | T | E | E | R | S |
POW Sat 1/18/2020
S | L | I | P | S | H | O | D | | | | W | I | N | K |
L | A | V | A | L | A | K | E | S | | | I | R | A | N |
I | C | E | P | A | L | A | C | E | S | | N | U | D | E |
D | E | M | | P | O | P | A | W | H | E | E | L | I | E |
I | D | O | S | | G | I | L | | I | N | T | E | R | S |
N | O | V | I | C | E | S | | G | I | L | A | | | |
T | I | E | D | O | N | | A | N | T | I | S | P | A | M |
O | L | D | E | N | | B | L | U | E | S | T | O | N | E |
| Y | O | W | | T | A | J | | S | T | I | N | T | S |
| | N | A | V | I | D | A | D | | S | N | I | T | S |
| | | L | I | N | D | R | O | S | | G | E | R | E |
K | I | C | K | S | T | A | R | T | E | R | | D | A | D |
C | R | O | A | T | | T | E | A | R | I | T | U | P | |
U | M | B | R | A | | E | A | R | F | L | A | P | | |
P | A | S | T | S | | S | U | D | S | E | D | | | |
Sun 1/19/2020 BIOTECHNOLOGY
R | E | F | I | | A | D | S | | | T | H | E | R | O | S | E | | B | L | O | B |
E | R | I | N | | M | I | N | D | | V | A | N | U | A | T | U | | R | E | P | O |
H | E | D | G | | M | O | O | R | | P | L | A | N | T | A | G | | O | V | E | R |
A | L | E | | E | A | R | C | A | N | A | L | | E | G | G | | E | W | I | N | G |
B | O | L | E | Y | N | | A | F | I | R | E | | | R | E | R | A | N | | | |
S | N | I | D | E | | E | T | T | L | E | | S | P | A | D | E | R | | E | T | S |
| G | O | O | B | E | R | | S | E | N | S | O | R | S | | E | N | T | I | R | E |
| | | M | A | D | A | T | | S | T | E | L | E | S | | L | E | R | O | U | X |
C | A | F | | L | O | L | A | | | S | P | A | D | | T | I | R | A | N | E | |
R | U | R | A | L | | | U | S | A | | A | R | I | S | E | N | | J | E | T | S |
I | T | O | R | | G | E | N | E | S | P | L | I | C | I | N | G | | A | S | H | E |
B | O | N | N | | U | P | T | A | K | E | | A | T | M | | | I | N | C | A | N |
| S | T | O | L | E | S | | L | A | R | C | | | O | D | O | R | | O | T | T |
M | A | P | L | E | S | | S | A | N | K | A | S | | N | O | R | A | D | | | |
E | V | A | D | E | S | | E | N | C | Y | S | T | S | | D | E | N | I | E | D | |
R | E | G | | A | E | R | A | T | E | | H | O | M | O | G | | I | N | N | E | S |
| | | E | N | D | U | P | | | G | M | A | I | L | | E | A | S | T | L | A |
H | A | Y | D | N | | B | L | U | | L | O | T | R | I | M | I | N | | W | E | T |
A | V | O | W | | E | R | A | T | I | O | N | | K | N | E | E | | E | I | T | Y |
T | I | K | I | | W | A | N | N | A | B | E | | S | E | M | I | | O | N | E | R |
E | D | E | N | | S | W | E | E | N | E | Y | | | S | O | O | | N | E | S | S |
Victor Barocas is a professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Minnesota with more than 100 published works in the field. Given his profession, the genesis of this puzzle (spelled out at 71-Across) is probably obvious. Besides the theme, Victor included colorful fill like 8- and 29-Across and 8-, 43-, 56-, 82- and 100-Down — all of which help make for enjoyable solving.
This is Victor's 14th crossword for The Times and his fifth Sunday in the past year.
– puzzle by Victor Barocas
Mon 1/20/2020
G | O | B | I | G | | G | A | M | E | | A | C | T | S |
U | M | A | M | I | | A | M | E | N | | W | O | R | E |
S | A | T | A | N | | G | I | L | D | | O | N | Y | X |
S | N | I | C | K | E | R | D | O | O | D | L | E | | |
Y | I | N | | G | R | E | | D | R | E | | S | A | T |
| | | C | O | M | E | D | Y | S | K | E | T | C | H |
P | A | P | A | | A | L | I | | E | E | Y | O | R | E |
S | E | A | R | S | | S | A | N | | D | I | G | I | T |
A | I | R | A | C | E | | N | E | T | | N | A | D | A |
L | O | T | T | O | D | R | A | W | I | N | G | | | |
M | U | Y | | T | I | E | | S | K | A | | P | B | J |
| | G | E | T | T | H | E | P | I | C | T | U | R | E |
L | E | O | N | | W | I | R | E | | H | U | R | O | N |
B | R | E | D | | A | R | I | A | | O | N | I | O | N |
J | A | R | S | | R | E | E | K | | S | A | M | M | Y |
Tue 1/21/2020
I | S | M | S | | C | A | M | P | | U | N | C | L | E |
M | E | A | T | | A | C | A | I | | S | E | O | U | L |
G | E | N | E | | P | E | R | T | | I | A | M | S | O |
A | S | T | E | R | I | S | K | | I | N | L | E | T | |
M | A | L | L | E | T | | | O | R | G | | L | S | D |
E | W | E | | C | A | B | A | L | S | | C | A | F | E |
| | | S | A | L | I | N | E | | | E | T | O | N |
| S | I | X | P | A | C | K | O | F | B | E | E | R | |
S | E | C | S | | | A | L | L | O | Y | S | | | |
F | L | E | W | | F | R | E | E | O | F | | F | E | D |
O | F | T | | T | A | B | | | F | A | M | I | L | Y |
| C | O | R | E | D | | Q | U | A | R | R | E | L | S |
C | A | N | O | E | | B | U | R | R | | B | R | I | O |
A | R | G | O | N | | R | I | G | A | | I | C | O | N |
T | E | S | T | Y | | S | P | E | W | | G | E | T | S |
Wed 1/22/2020
S | N | O | B | | R | I | P | S | | R | A | C | E | D |
A | B | E | L | | O | R | G | Y | | E | L | A | T | E |
C | A | R | I | B | B | E | A | N | | C | O | R | A | L |
| | | N | E | O | N | | C | H | I | N | A | | |
A | D | R | I | A | T | I | C | | U | P | E | N | N | |
L | E | E | | N | I | C | O | I | S | E | | T | I | P |
B | A | L | T | I | C | | I | C | K | | W | E | A | R |
I | L | E | N | E | | G | N | U | | T | I | N | G | E |
N | E | A | T | | L | A | O | | R | E | I | N | A | S |
O | R | S | | C | A | S | P | I | A | N | | A | R | E |
| S | E | N | O | R | | S | N | I | P | E | S | A | T |
| | D | I | O | D | E | | E | M | I | T | | | |
B | L | A | C | K | | S | E | V | E | N | S | E | A | S |
L | A | T | H | E | | O | M | E | N | | E | D | N | A |
T | W | E | E | D | | S | O | R | T | | Q | U | A | Y |
POW Thu 1/23/2020
O | C | U | L | A | R | | E | T | A | | | S | A | P |
S | O | N | O | R | A | | Y | U | R | T | | I | L | E |
T | R | I | C | E | P | | E | R | G | O | | L | G | A |
R | O | C | K | S | T | H | E | B | O | W | T | I | E | |
I | N | O | U | T | | A | X | I | S | | I | C | B | M |
C | A | R | P | | B | R | A | N | | A | M | O | R | E |
H | E | N | | G | I | M | M | E | A | S | I | N | A | I |
| | | A | R | K | | | | L | T | D | | | |
T | H | E | G | O | O | D | W | I | F | I | | C | P | A |
M | A | M | A | S | | R | A | R | A | | S | H | A | M |
C | L | I | P | | E | I | R | E | | L | A | I | L | A |
| F | R | E | E | V | E | R | S | A | I | L | L | E | S |
T | W | A | | S | I | D | E | | S | T | I | L | T | S |
E | A | T | | S | T | U | N | | S | E | N | A | T | E |
A | Y | E | | | E | P | S | | T | R | E | X | E | S |
Fri 1/24/2020
B | L | A | M | E | G | A | M | E | | C | H | U | C | K |
L | O | V | E | S | I | M | O | N | | H | A | N | O | I |
I | C | A | N | T | G | O | O | N | | E | V | I | C | T |
M | A | I | D | | S | I | D | E | T | R | A | C | K | S |
E | L | L | E | N | | | Y | A | H | | R | Y | E | |
Y | E | S | D | E | A | R | | D | O | N | T | C | R | Y |
| | | | O | L | A | V | | R | O | I | L | E | D |
A | T | M | | P | L | E | A | S | E | D | | E | L | S |
D | R | A | W | E | R | | C | I | A | O | | | | |
M | I | M | E | T | I | C | | A | U | G | U | S | T | A |
| A | M | A | | S | I | S | | | S | T | O | W | S |
B | L | A | N | K | E | T | H | O | G | | A | L | E | S |
A | R | M | I | E | | R | I | D | E | S | H | A | R | E |
S | U | I | N | G | | O | V | E | N | R | A | C | K | S |
S | N | A | G | S | | N | A | S | T | I | N | E | S | S |
Sat 1/25/2020
D | O | N | T | J | U | D | G | E | M | E | | A | M | I |
E | V | E | R | A | N | D | A | N | O | N | | L | A | M |
F | I | G | U | R | E | E | I | G | H | T | | M | G | M |
A | N | G | E | R | | | N | E | E | | M | A | N | E |
T | E | A | S | E | S | | I | L | L | T | I | M | E | D |
| | | | D | O | W | N | S | | A | M | A | T | I |
S | L | A | G | | L | A | G | | S | C | O | T | I | A |
P | A | L | A | V | E | R | | L | O | O | S | E | S | T |
O | B | A | M | A | S | | A | U | S | | A | R | M | E |
R | O | B | I | N | | P | I | X | A | R | | | | |
T | R | A | N | S | F | E | R | | D | E | F | A | N | G |
S | I | M | S | | L | O | B | | | V | A | L | O | R |
B | O | A | | D | U | R | A | N | C | E | V | I | L | E |
R | U | N | | E | M | I | L | Y | B | R | O | N | T | E |
A | S | S | | B | E | A | L | E | S | T | R | E | E | T |
Sun 1/26/2020 FOOD ENGINEERING
M | R | P | I | B | B | | S | P | U | R | | C | A | R | B | | | A | T | M |
E | A | R | N | E | R | | H | I | R | E | | A | C | O | R | N | | S | I | A |
S | K | I | N | N | Y | J | E | A | N | S | | T | I | M | E | F | L | I | E | S |
S | E | M | I | | N | A | A | N | | T | E | N | D | | A | L | A | N | I | S |
| | A | N | A | | I | T | O | | | D | A | I | S | | | S | I | N | E |
B | A | R | G | R | A | P | H | S | | R | I | P | C | U | R | R | E | N | T | S |
A | M | Y | | A | B | U | | O | B | I | T | S | | C | H | O | R | E | O | |
Y | O | D | E | L | E | R | | N | A | P | E | | S | C | O | T | S | | | |
| | E | L | S | E | | | A | G | E | D | | M | I | N | E | | G | R | R |
| O | B | I | E | | I | N | T | E | R | | R | A | N | D | | A | R | I | A |
W | H | A | T | A | S | T | E | A | L | | L | I | Z | C | A | M | B | A | G | E |
A | N | T | E | | A | C | E | S | | B | O | N | E | T | | A | R | M | S | |
D | O | E | | T | V | A | D | | A | L | O | G | | | S | L | I | M | | |
| | | M | O | O | N | S | | L | E | N | T | | T | O | O | L | A | T | E |
| T | W | O | B | I | T | | F | L | A | S | H | | H | A | D | | R | U | E |
C | O | R | N | E | R | B | O | O | T | H | | E | Y | E | P | O | P | P | E | R |
H | E | A | D | | | E | U | R | O | | | A | V | E | | R | I | O | | |
A | L | P | A | C | A | | S | H | O | P | | L | O | N | E | | C | L | I | P |
C | O | P | Y | P | A | S | T | E | | U | P | A | N | D | V | A | N | I | S | H |
H | O | E | | R | A | C | E | R | | F | E | R | N | | A | L | I | C | I | A |
A | P | R | | | A | I | D | E | | F | A | M | E | | N | I | C | E | S | T |
Erik Agard, 26, became the crossword editor of USA Today in December, the youngest in the paper's history. He's also a former national crossword champion and a three-day champion on "Jeopardy!"
Last year Erik had 21 crosswords published in The Times, the most of any contributor.
– puzzle by Erik Agard
Mon 1/27/2020
A | P | P | S | | M | E | A | L | S | | A | R | T | S |
T | R | I | P | | A | G | L | O | W | | N | O | E | L |
B | O | L | A | | D | R | F | U | M | A | N | C | H | U |
A | V | E | C | | L | E | I | | | L | A | K | E | R |
Y | O | S | E | M | I | T | E | S | A | M | | Y | E | P |
| | | C | A | B | S | | O | N | A | I | R | | |
A | D | W | A | R | | | O | P | T | | D | O | E | S |
S | N | I | D | E | L | Y | W | H | I | P | L | A | S | H |
P | A | N | E | | E | E | L | | | L | E | D | T | O |
| | E | T | A | I | L | | S | T | A | T | | | |
H | A | S | | C | A | P | T | A | I | N | H | O | O | K |
I | M | A | P | C | | | A | V | E | | R | U | N | E |
M | O | U | S | T | A | C | H | E | S | | E | T | T | A |
O | R | C | S | | N | A | O | M | I | | A | T | O | N |
M | E | E | T | | T | W | E | E | N | | T | A | P | E |
POW Tue 1/28/2020
A | H | H | | S | H | A | M | U | | G | A | T | O | R |
C | O | Y | | R | A | N | O | N | | E | L | O | P | E |
C | O | M | P | O | U | N | D | W | | L | A | P | E | L |
E | D | N | A | | L | E | E | R | S | | M | O | N | A |
S | O | A | R | | | | M | A | L | C | O | L | M | X |
S | O | L | O | C | U | P | | P | R | O | | O | R | E |
| | | L | A | S | E | R | | | Y | O | G | I | S |
| | G | E | N | E | R | A | T | I | O | N | Y | | |
E | G | R | E | T | | | W | A | S | T | E | | | |
N | R | A | | O | R | C | | T | H | E | S | A | M | E |
C | O | N | T | R | O | L | Z | | | | E | R | I | N |
L | A | D | E | | B | E | A | K | S | | L | E | N | T |
O | N | E | A | L | | F | I | N | A | L | F | O | U | R |
S | E | U | S | S | | T | R | O | V | E | | L | E | E |
E | R | R | E | D | | S | E | X | E | D | | A | T | E |
Wed 1/29/2020
B | F | F | | G | A | S | C | A | P | | L | I | M | B |
E | L | I | | I | D | E | A | L | S | | A | R | I | A |
L | O | N | G | F | O | R | N | I | A | | B | A | N | K |
L | E | E | R | | R | I | D | | | T | O | Q | U | E |
| | P | I | N | E | F | O | R | C | H | R | I | S | |
| S | O | L | E | S | | | I | O | U | | | | |
P | H | I | L | S | | P | O | O | L | | G | R | A | B |
J | O | N | E | S | F | O | R | J | A | N | U | A | R | Y |
S | O | T | S | | I | K | E | A | | A | M | I | G | A |
| | | | O | D | E | | | I | A | M | S | O | |
| Y | E | N | F | O | R | D | O | N | N | I | E | | |
T | A | R | O | T | | | E | P | A | | E | A | S | T |
O | H | I | O | | H | O | P | E | F | O | R | B | O | B |
M | O | C | K | | U | L | T | R | O | N | | E | F | S |
B | O | A | S | | H | A | S | A | G | O | | T | A | P |
Thu 1/30/2020
I | C | O | U | P | L | E | | G | A | T | E | W | A | Y |
S | U | B | T | L | E | R | | O | N | E | L | O | V | E |
A | R | I | Z | O | N | A | | C | S | H | O | W | E | R |
J | A | W | | D | I | S | S | | E | E | N | | | |
O | R | A | L | | N | E | T | T | L | E | | C | O | D |
B | E | N | I | N | | D | A | Y | | S | M | O | K | E |
| | | B | E | C | | T | R | E | | A | V | I | S |
P | L | A | Y | H | I | D | E | A | N | D | S | E | E | K |
L | I | M | A | | O | A | F | | D | O | C | | | |
O | M | E | N | S | | M | A | G | | N | O | N | P | C |
W | O | N | | A | S | P | I | R | E | | T | A | R | O |
| | | W | U | P | | R | E | D | H | | G | O | V |
P | A | R | S | N | I | P | | T | I | T | R | A | T | E |
A | G | I | T | A | T | E | | E | L | E | A | N | O | R |
L | E | G | O | S | E | T | | L | E | A | N | O | N | M |
Fri 1/31/2020
S | R | I | R | A | C | H | A | | | M | A | M | M | A |
P | E | N | D | U | L | U | M | | E | C | L | A | I | R |
A | N | D | S | C | E | N | E | | A | S | K | I | N | G |
R | E | I | | T | E | T | R | I | S | | A | L | D | O |
S | W | A | M | I | S | | I | M | Y | | L | O | B | |
| | | C | O | E | | C | O | W | G | I | R | L | S |
A | S | W | A | N | | F | A | K | I | R | | D | O | A |
C | H | I | N | E | S | E | | A | N | Y | N | E | W | S |
M | E | L | | E | M | E | R | Y | | F | E | R | N | S |
E | L | D | O | R | A | D | O | | A | F | T | | | |
| L | P | N | | C | M | S | | D | I | S | S | E | S |
A | S | I | F | | K | E | E | N | O | N | | T | N | T |
G | O | T | I | M | E | | B | O | L | D | M | O | V | E |
E | U | C | L | I | D | | U | N | F | O | L | L | O | W |
E | T | H | E | L | | | D | O | O | R | K | E | Y | S |