Fri 1/1/2021
H | I | J | A | C | K | S | | A | S | S | N | | Q | U | E |
I | F | O | R | O | N | E | | S | P | A | Y | | U | N | D |
P | S | Y | C | H | O | A | C | T | I | V | E | | E | P | I |
| | | H | O | T | S | A | U | C | E | | F | E | E | T |
M | B | A | | | | O | T | T | E | R | | E | R | R | S |
P | O | L | E | D | A | N | C | E | D | | A | R | E | S | O |
G | O | L | D | R | U | S | H | | U | P | T | O | Y | O | U |
| | | G | E | D | | 2 | 0 | P | E | R | C | E | N | T |
F | O | R | E | V | E | R | 2 | 1 | | R | E | I | | | |
E | V | E | L | I | N | E | | A | P | P | S | T | O | R | E |
R | E | V | E | L | | S | O | L | A | S | T | Y | E | A | R |
G | R | O | S | | D | E | B | U | G | | | | R | N | A |
U | R | L | S | | O | A | T | M | E | A | L | S | | | |
S | I | T | | A | P | L | U | S | A | V | E | R | A | G | E |
O | D | E | | S | E | E | S | | N | O | T | I | C | E | S |
N | E | D | | H | Y | D | E | | T | W | O | S | T | E | P |
Sat 1/2/2021
B | L | A | C | K | C | O | D | | | | S | A | S | H | |
R | O | L | L | E | R | B | A | G | | T | H | R | E | A | D |
A | S | T | E | R | I | S | K | S | | H | U | S | T | L | E |
K | E | A | | I | M | E | A | N | T | I | T | | O | F | F |
E | R | R | | | I | S | R | | O | R | I | O | N | S | |
| | | T | U | N | S | | M | O | S | T | O | F | I | T |
P | H | A | R | M | A | | A | I | N | T | | L | I | Z | A |
E | E | Q | U | A | L | S | M | C | S | Q | U | A | R | E | D |
G | L | U | E | | R | A | I | D | | U | N | L | E | S | S |
G | L | A | S | S | E | Y | E | | L | E | I | A | | | |
| A | Z | T | E | C | S | | T | A | N | | | S | T | R |
E | C | U | | M | O | O | J | U | I | C | E | | W | E | E |
R | O | M | P | E | R | | O | L | D | H | A | V | A | N | A |
G | O | B | A | L | D | | B | I | T | E | S | I | Z | E | D |
| L | A | T | E | | | | P | O | R | T | C | I | T | Y |
POW Sun 1/3/2021 BUSTING MOVES
E | B | B | | T | S | K | | | R | A | D | A | R | S | | S | N | O | G | S |
G | O | R | D | I | T | A | | P | O | P | I | D | O | L | | H | I | D | E | Y |
E | T | A | I | L | E | R | | S | U | P | R | E | M | E | L | E | A | D | E | R |
S | H | I | R | T | W | A | I | S | T | | E | P | E | E | S | | | S | K | I |
T | E | N | T | | | T | O | T | E | S | | T | O | P | U | P | | A | D | A |
S | R | S | | S | L | E | D | | S | O | I | L | | | | A | A | R | O | N |
| | | K | H | A | K | I | | | B | O | Y | P | R | O | B | L | E | M | S |
M | O | U | N | T | A | I | N | G | O | A | T | | L | O | L | A | T | | | |
U | N | S | E | E | | D | E | E | D | | A | M | U | S | E | | S | E | I | S |
F | A | U | L | T | | | | R | O | B | | E | C | I | G | S | | A | P | E |
A | T | A | L | L | | C | R | U | M | B | C | A | K | E | | D | O | T | E | S |
S | I | L | | S | A | L | O | N | | C | A | N | | | | C | A | S | C | A |
A | P | S | O | | B | E | A | D | S | | R | I | M | S | | A | S | I | A | M |
| | | G | O | B | A | D | | P | O | R | T | A | U | P | R | I | N | C | E |
S | H | O | R | T | A | N | S | W | E | R | | | I | P | A | D | S | | | |
L | A | V | E | R | | | | I | D | E | A | | T | E | N | S | | B | I | B |
E | V | E | | O | P | T | I | N | | O | S | C | A | R | | | G | I | G | I |
E | E | R | | | R | A | N | G | E | | S | A | I | L | S | A | L | O | N | G |
V | O | L | L | E | Y | B | A | L | L | N | E | T | | I | N | C | O | L | O | R |
E | N | I | A | C | | O | N | E | M | O | R | E | | K | O | N | M | A | R | I |
S | E | E | T | O | | R | E | T | O | R | T | | | E | W | E | | B | E | G |
Paolo Pasco, of San Diego, is a junior at Harvard studying computer science. He sold his first crossword to The Times five years ago when he was 15. With this being his 20th puzzle for the paper, the number of his Times puzzles has already reached his age.
Paolo's crosswords appear in many places, including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the crossword-specific Fireball, and his own blog, Grids These Days.
– puzzle by Paolo Pasco
Mon 1/4/2021
L | A | S | T | S | | T | E | X | A | S | | S | P | A |
A | L | E | U | T | | A | L | E | R | T | | A | U | K |
D | I | A | N | A | P | R | I | N | C | E | | F | B | I |
D | E | L | A | Y | E | D | | A | S | P | H | A | L | T |
E | N | E | | | E | Y | E | | | | A | R | I | A |
R | E | V | A | M | P | | D | C | C | O | M | I | C | S |
S | E | E | M | E | | T | U | P | A | C | | | | |
| | L | Y | N | D | A | C | A | R | T | E | R | | |
| | | | S | A | R | A | S | | A | V | O | I | D |
G | A | L | G | A | D | O | T | | C | L | A | U | S | E |
A | Q | U | A | | | | E | B | B | | | T | O | T |
L | U | M | B | A | G | O | | L | E | T | M | E | B | E |
L | I | P | | W | O | N | D | E | R | W | O | M | A | N |
O | L | E | | L | U | L | U | S | | O | V | E | R | T |
P | A | D | | S | T | Y | E | S | | S | E | N | S | E |
Tue 1/5/2021
P | O | M | | N | U | B | S | | | G | A | S | P | S |
A | M | A | | O | N | T | O | | C | O | L | L | I | E |
P | A | T | S | D | O | W | N | | R | E | S | A | L | E |
A | N | C | H | O | | | S | U | E | S | O | V | E | R |
| | H | I | G | H | C | | P | A | D | R | E | S | |
D | A | W | N | S | O | N | | I | K | E | A | | | |
A | S | I | S | | R | B | I | | | E | N | D | A | T |
F | I | T | | J | A | C | K | S | U | P | | I | C | E |
T | A | S | T | E | | | E | A | R | | B | E | A | R |
| | | E | T | T | A | | W | A | D | E | S | I | N |
| C | H | A | S | E | R | | S | L | A | T | E | | |
C | H | U | C | K | S | I | T | | | D | A | L | A | I |
B | I | G | H | I | T | | W | A | R | D | S | O | F | F |
G | N | O | M | E | S | | O | L | A | Y | | I | R | S |
B | A | S | E | D | | | S | E | G | O | | L | O | O |
Wed 1/6/2021
S | T | O | P | | P | R | I | M | | S | T | A | R | S |
T | H | R | U | | R | O | N | A | | T | O | R | A | H |
A | U | C | T | I | O | N | E | D | | R | O | G | U | E |
R | D | A | | S | P | I | R | E | | I | F | O | L | D |
E | S | S | E | N | E | | T | A | M | P | A | | | |
| | | Y | O | R | K | | T | I | E | R | T | W | O |
S | W | E | E | T | | N | E | O | N | S | | R | O | I |
O | A | T | S | | | O | L | A | | | B | O | R | N |
U | S | A | | S | O | C | K | S | | D | R | I | N | K |
R | A | T | P | A | C | K | | T | A | R | E | | | |
| | | I | N | D | I | A | | S | I | D | N | E | Y |
T | R | I | E | D | | T | R | U | T | V | | O | V | A |
R | I | A | T | A | | O | D | O | R | E | A | T | E | R |
U | N | T | I | L | | F | O | M | O | | B | E | R | N |
E | D | E | N | S | | F | R | O | S | | E | D | Y | S |
POW Thu 1/7/2021
U | R | N | | T | A | B | O | R | | | | P | J | S |
V | E | E | | H | U | M | V | E | E | | T | R | I | M |
W | I | X | X | X | X | W | I | S | T | | A | O | N | E |
A | N | T | E | | | | D | O | N | X | X | X | X | E |
V | I | T | R | I | O | L | | D | A | I | S | Y | | |
E | N | O | | B | N | E | G | | | S | A | W | E | D |
| | | E | E | Y | O | R | E | | | L | A | V | A |
D | E | A | X | X | X | X | A | F | U | N | E | R | A | L |
O | R | Z | O | | | I | B | I | S | E | S | | | |
W | A | I | T | S | | | S | L | E | W | | I | O | N |
| | L | O | O | S | E | | E | S | S | E | N | C | E |
F | E | L | X | X | X | X | S | | | | A | C | T | S |
A | L | I | I | | S | T | R | I | K | E | T | H | A | T |
C | M | O | N | | W | R | I | T | E | R | | E | V | E |
T | O | N | | | | A | S | S | A | Y | | S | E | A |
Fri 1/8/2021
D | O | T | H | E | D | E | W | | | A | L | M | A | Y |
U | N | H | E | A | R | D | O | F | | T | E | A | S | E |
B | I | E | N | V | E | N | U | E | | M | A | N | I | A |
L | O | I | R | E | | A | L | T | A | | F | I | S | H |
I | N | S | I | S | T | | D | E | L | L | | P | E | A |
N | Y | T | | | A | N | N | | S | A | T | E | E | N |
| | | D | E | N | O | T | E | | H | A | D | I | D |
| T | H | I | S | G | U | Y | G | E | T | S | I | T | |
C | H | A | R | S | | N | O | O | G | I | E | | | |
R | E | P | E | A | L | | U | S | A | | | C | A | V |
A | S | P | | Y | O | D | A | | N | I | C | O | L | E |
W | H | Y | S | | B | O | G | S | | N | O | O | K | S |
D | I | N | A | R | | W | R | I | S | T | S | L | A | P |
A | R | O | M | A | | D | E | T | E | R | M | I | N | E |
D | E | W | E | Y | | | E | S | C | O | O | T | E | R |
Sat 1/9/2021
J | A | Z | Z | W | A | L | T | Z | | A | M | O | N | G |
O | N | E | O | R | M | O | R | E | | R | A | D | I | O |
J | U | N | O | E | S | Q | U | E | | G | R | E | C | O |
O | B | I | | S | C | U | D | | D | O | T | T | E | D |
B | I | T | | T | R | A | G | I | C | | S | O | S | O |
A | S | H | E | | A | T | E | O | U | T | | J | A | M |
| | | R | A | Y | S | | U | P | A | B | O | V | E |
J | A | M | A | L | | | | | | D | O | Y | E | N |
O | F | A | S | O | R | T | | C | Z | A | R | | | |
E | T | S | | T | E | E | P | E | E | | E | M | I | T |
S | E | T | H | | L | E | A | R | N | S | | O | N | O |
C | R | O | A | K | Y | | M | A | M | A | | R | B | I |
H | Y | D | R | A | | L | E | M | O | N | P | E | E | L |
M | O | O | D | Y | | B | L | I | N | D | D | A | T | E |
O | U | N | C | E | | J | A | C | K | S | Q | U | A | T |
Sun 1/10/2021 OH, FOURPEAT'S SAKE!
P | R | E | S | S | U | R | E | | | O | R | A | L | B | | S | P | I | F | F |
A | I | R | L | A | N | E | S | | A | M | E | L | I | A | | A | R | N | I | E |
N | O | M | A | N | I | S | A | N | I | S | L | A | N | D | | L | A | C | E | D |
S | T | A | M | P | | H | U | E | D | | O | R | E | O | | A | D | O | R | E |
| | | D | E | M | O | | B | A | H | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | I | X |
H | A | S | A | D | A | T | E | | | I | D | S | | E | L | I | S | E | | |
A | M | O | N | R | A | | C | R | E | D | | | A | N | T | | | T | E | N |
W | E | L | C | O | M | E | H | O | M | E | H | O | N | | M | C | H | A | L | E |
K | N | E | E | | | V | O | W | S | | A | R | I | | E | L | I | X | I | R |
| | | S | O | H | O | | | | P | R | I | M | E | T | I | M | E | T | V |
S | S | R | | T | O | K | E | | G | O | D | | E | V | A | N | | S | E | E |
W | H | E | R | E | W | E | R | E | W | E | | | | A | L | G | A | | | |
A | R | T | U | R | O | | I | L | E | | I | C | E | D | | | R | A | S | H |
T | E | R | R | I | F | | K | I | N | G | K | A | M | E | H | A | M | E | H | A |
S | K | I | | | T | S | A | | | R | E | F | I | | O | N | E | R | U | N |
| | B | I | D | E | T | | T | K | O | | | T | H | U | D | D | I | N | G |
A | L | U | M | I | N | U | M | I | N | G | O | T | | O | R | E | G | | | |
D | O | T | E | S | | A | O | N | E | | D | I | B | S | | R | U | R | A | L |
A | R | I | A | S | | R | O | M | A | T | O | M | A | T | O | S | A | U | C | E |
P | R | O | N | E | | T | R | A | D | E | R | | R | E | V | E | R | S | E | S |
T | E | N | T | S | | S | E | N | S | E | | | B | L | A | N | D | E | S | T |
Alex Bajcz, of Morris Plains, N.J., is an assistant professor of Biology and Environmental Science at Drew University. He studies how and why plants produce fruits — he says he's one of the few biologists who gets to eat his research. The name "Bajcz" is Hungarian. Since that's difficult for American tongues, his family pronounces it "badges."
This is Alex's sixth Times crossword and second Sunday.
– puzzle by Alex Bajcz
Mon 1/11/2021
M | C | R | I | B | | D | R | I | P | | S | C | A | M |
E | L | I | S | A | | I | A | G | O | | C | A | S | A |
S | A | F | E | R | | W | R | A | P | P | A | R | T | Y |
A | N | T | E | N | N | A | E | | T | U | N | D | R | A |
| | | | O | Y | L | | M | A | T | | I | O | N |
C | U | B | A | N | C | I | G | A | R | S | | | | |
U | N | T | I | E | | | E | M | T | | D | O | G | S |
S | T | E | M | | I | O | T | A | S | | A | M | A | L |
S | O | N | S | | S | E | A | | | A | M | N | I | O |
| | | | C | L | U | B | H | O | P | P | I | N | G |
M | I | A | | O | A | F | | A | R | E | | | | |
I | N | T | E | R | N | | F | L | A | X | S | E | E | D |
S | U | B | R | E | D | D | I | T | | A | C | U | T | E |
T | S | A | R | | E | Y | R | E | | M | O | R | A | L |
S | E | T | S | | R | E | E | D | | S | T | O | L | I |
Tue 1/12/2021
M | I | L | D | E | W | Y | | M | D | S | | E | C | C | E |
I | S | S | A | R | A | E | | O | O | P | | P | A | R | D |
K | I | D | N | E | Y | S | T | O | N | E | | A | R | I | D |
E | A | T | | | | | A | N | T | C | O | L | O | N | Y |
S | H | A | M | S | | A | R | F | | | W | A | L | K | |
| | B | I | P | A | R | T | I | S | A | N | B | I | L | L |
| | | C | A | L | M | | S | T | D | | | N | E | E |
T | H | I | S | T | O | O | S | H | A | L | L | P | A | S | S |
O | A | T | | | H | U | E | | R | I | M | E | | | |
P | R | O | Q | U | A | R | T | E | R | B | A | C | K | | |
| P | L | U | S | | | T | R | Y | | O | K | N | O | W |
P | E | D | E | S | T | A | L | S | | | | | E | R | A |
E | D | Y | S | | B | R | I | E | F | M | O | M | E | N | T |
S | O | O | T | | A | Y | N | | I | T | S | A | L | O | T |
O | N | U | S | | R | A | G | | T | V | H | O | S | T | S |
Wed 1/13/2021
J | U | S | T | | T | O | D | D | | C | A | C | T | I |
E | T | T | A | | E | M | I | R | | U | S | H | E | R |
S | A | Y | C | H | E | E | S | E | | T | H | I | C | K |
T | H | E | K | I | N | G | S | S | P | E | E | C | H | |
| | | | T | I | A | | S | E | A | S | | | |
A | E | R | A | T | E | | D | E | N | S | | P | A | C |
S | T | E | P | H | | M | E | D | I | A | | R | D | A |
T | H | E | P | E | L | I | C | A | N | B | R | I | E | F |
R | E | F | | W | I | N | K | S | | U | N | C | L | E |
O | R | S | | E | G | O | S | | S | T | A | K | E | S |
| | | T | I | E | R | | A | C | T | | | | |
| T | H | E | G | R | E | E | N | H | O | R | N | E | T |
Y | E | E | S | H | | D | R | A | I | N | P | I | P | E |
E | X | A | L | T | | I | B | I | S | | G | L | E | E |
A | T | L | A | S | | N | E | S | T | | S | E | E | M |
Thu 1/14/2021
A | W | O | L | | P | O | L | E | S | | C | H | U | B |
L | A | N | E | | A | B | U | S | E | | A | O | N | E |
A | S | I | A | | G | A | T | O | R | | M | O | W | S |
| S | O | S | U | E | M | E | | F | A | E | R | I | E |
W | A | N | T | S | | A | S | A | | B | L | A | S | T |
H | I | D | | A | B | S | | T | S | O | | Y | E | S |
O | L | I | V | I | A | | P | O | T | U | S | | | |
| S | P | I | N | T | H | E | B | O | T | T | L | E | |
| | | A | B | H | O | R | | I | N | L | O | V | E |
A | O | C | | O | S | O | | A | C | E | | S | A | T |
D | R | O | O | L | | T | L | C | | S | E | E | P | S |
H | I | H | A | T | S | | I | T | S | S | A | F | E | |
E | G | O | S | | C | U | B | I | T | | T | A | R | E |
R | I | S | E | | A | K | R | O | N | | E | C | O | N |
E | N | T | S | | T | E | E | N | S | | R | E | N | D |
POW Fri 1/15/2021
B | A | T | B | O | Y | | S | C | H | M | A | L | T | Z |
I | P | H | O | N | E | | Q | U | E | E | R | E | Y | E |
G | R | E | W | U | P | | U | S | E | D | C | A | R | S |
W | I | R | E | S | | D | A | H | L | S | | D | O | T |
I | C | O | N | | P | I | T | Y | | | H | E | N | S |
G | O | B | | F | A | S | T | | S | M | O | R | E | |
S | T | O | L | E | T | H | E | S | H | O | W | | | |
| S | T | A | R | T | E | R | P | I | S | T | O | L | |
| | | M | A | I | D | S | O | F | H | O | N | O | R |
| F | A | B | L | E | | R | O | T | E | | C | O | E |
P | O | L | O | | | F | I | N | S | | O | A | K | S |
O | R | C | | S | N | A | G | S | | J | U | M | B | O |
E | G | O | D | E | A | T | H | | M | E | T | E | O | R |
M | O | V | I | E | S | E | T | | C | A | R | R | O | T |
S | T | E | P | D | A | D | S | | S | N | E | A | K | S |
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 | | | |
Sun 1/17/2021 DOUBLE-CROSSED
C | L | O | S | E | | B | B | C | | B | A | T | O | R | | | A | B | U | T |
R | E | M | I | T | | A | L | A | | A | R | E | N | A | S | | C | A | M | O |
O | V | E | R | H | E | A | D | R | | S | O | N | O | M | A | | I | S | P | Y |
W | I | G | | E | V | E | R | T | | I | M | O | | E | G | A | D | S | | |
E | T | A | | R | A | D | I | I | | C | A | R | T | O | E | T | W | O | R | K |
D | Y | S | O | N | | | V | E | E | S | | S | I | D | | T | A | B | O | O |
| | | F | E | S | T | E | R | S | | T | A | L | L | S | | S | O | A | P |
| L | E | F | T | T | O | | | P | L | E | X | | E | T | C | H | E | R | S |
A | I | M | E | | E | U | G | E | N | I | E | | A | S | E | A | | | | |
G | L | O | R | I | A | R | E | D | | K | U | R | D | | A | R | C | A | N | A |
R | A | T | E | D | R | | T | I | D | E | P | O | D | | M | I | O | T | I | C |
A | C | E | D | I | T | | E | T | O | N | | S | T | R | O | B | E | E | C | T |
| | | | N | O | A | M | | P | E | A | S | O | U | P | | M | A | H | I |
G | A | S | M | A | I | N | | M | E | W | L | | | D | E | B | A | T | E | |
R | I | C | O | | S | T | A | I | D | | P | I | N | E | N | U | T | | | |
A | D | H | O | C | | I | R | S | | A | O | N | E | | | M | E | S | O | N |
B | A | L | N | A | R | T | I | S | T | S | | V | O | L | G | A | | W | O | E |
| | O | P | R | A | H | | O | A | S | | A | D | A | I | R | | I | C | E |
A | C | A | I | | R | E | F | U | T | E | | D | A | Y | T | I | M | E | Y | S |
L | U | N | E | | E | F | I | L | E | S | | E | D | U | | D | I | T | T | O |
L | E | S | S | | | T | E | A | R | S | | S | A | P | | E | B | S | E | N |
Tracy Gray lives in Sparks, Md., near Baltimore, where she and her husband own and operate a lawn-and-landscaping business. Tom Pepper lives in Eden Prairie, Minn., next door to Edina, of crossword fame. In April he plans to retire from his position of finance director for the city of Eagan after 29 years.
Tracy and Tom met at a crossword tournament several years ago and have been exchanging theme ideas ever since.
– puzzle by Tracy Gray and Tom Pepper
Mon 1/18/2021
P | I | N | U | P | | I | T | C | H | | A | L | V | A |
A | R | E | N | A | | M | A | T | A | | N | Y | E | T |
P | A | R | I | S | T | E | X | A | S | | G | I | N | S |
A | N | D | | C | I | A | | | B | R | O | N | T | E |
| | A | T | H | E | N | S | G | E | O | R | G | I | A |
S | E | L | M | A | | T | E | R | E | S | A | | | |
I | D | E | A | L | | | V | I | N | E | | I | K | E |
D | A | R | N | | P | R | E | P | S | | G | N | A | T |
E | M | T | | W | H | I | R | | | P | E | A | L | S |
| | | A | R | A | F | A | T | | A | L | L | E | Y |
N | A | P | L | E | S | F | L | O | R | I | D | A | | |
E | L | A | I | N | E | | | T | A | R | | T | D | S |
V | I | C | E | | T | O | L | E | D | O | O | H | I | O |
E | V | E | N | | W | H | A | M | | F | R | E | O | N |
R | E | D | S | | O | O | P | S | | F | E | R | R | Y |
Tue 1/19/2021
P | S | A | L | M | S | | S | I | G | H | | S | H | I | A |
A | E | R | I | A | L | | O | S | L | O | | P | O | G | S |
L | E | M | O | N | Y | E | L | L | O | W | | E | T | U | I |
| K | E | N | T | | V | I | E | W | S | | N | C | A | A |
| | D | E | L | T | A | | | S | O | L | D | O | N | |
| | | S | E | W | | V | A | T | | A | S | F | O | R |
S | A | W | S | | E | G | O | T | I | S | M | | F | D | A |
I | C | H | | F | R | U | I | T | C | U | P | | E | O | N |
A | R | I | | A | P | E | L | I | K | E | | W | E | N | T |
M | O | T | O | R | | S | A | C | | M | A | I | | | |
| B | E | R | E | F | T | | | H | E | R | D | S | | |
S | A | R | A | | A | R | A | B | S | | E | E | O | C | |
A | T | I | T | | C | O | C | O | N | U | T | C | R | A | B |
R | I | C | O | | T | O | L | L | | R | O | U | R | K | E |
I | C | E | R | | S | M | U | T | | N | O | T | Y | E | T |
Wed 1/20/2021
| | P | O | E | T | | S | P | A | M | | C | G | I |
| C | O | L | L | I | S | I | O | N | S | | A | R | T |
M | I | N | D | M | E | L | D | I | N | G | | S | O | S |
U | T | Z | | O | D | O | R | | | | A | T | O | M |
M | E | I | R | | | M | A | T | C | H | G | A | M | E |
| | | O | T | T | O | | O | R | I | O | N | S | |
W | O | R | K | E | R | | L | A | I | N | | E | M | T |
T | H | E | U | N | I | T | E | D | S | T | A | T | E | S |
A | B | C | | A | C | A | I | | C | E | S | S | N | A |
| R | E | I | N | E | R | | S | O | D | A | | | |
J | O | I | N | T | P | A | I | N | | | P | O | P | E |
A | T | V | S | | | | N | I | C | K | | P | U | G |
C | H | I | | W | I | N | E | P | A | I | R | I | N | G |
K | E | N | | O | N | E | P | E | R | C | E | N | T | |
O | R | G | | K | N | O | T | | S | K | Y | E | | |
Thu 1/21/2021
H | A | B | I | B | | S | N | A | P | | E | D | S | |
A | M | A | R | O | | C | A | N | I | | V | E | T | S |
M | O | D | E | R | N | I | S | T | S | | I | C | E | E |
M | E | T | | A | C | E | | I | M | A | L | O | N | E |
| B | A | R | T | O | N | | | O | D | E | D | O | N |
C | O | K | I | E | | T | S | P | | D | Y | E | S | |
D | I | E | D | | S | I | T | U | A | T | E | | | |
C | D | S | | Y | E | S | O | R | N | O | | M | F | R |
| | | C | A | S | T | L | E | S | | A | R | E | A |
| A | C | H | Y | | S | I | C | | B | I | P | E | D |
P | R | O | A | M | S | | | H | A | I | L | E | D | |
D | E | G | R | E | E | S | | A | U | G | | A | B | E |
A | N | N | A | | T | U | R | N | S | I | G | N | A | L |
S | T | A | D | | I | M | A | C | | F | A | U | C | I |
| I | C | E | | N | O | P | E | | S | I | T | K | A |
POW Fri 1/22/2021
L | O | L | C | A | T | S | | H | A | S | H | T | A | G |
I | P | A | D | P | R | O | | E | R | N | U | R | S | E |
P | E | R | S | E | U | S | | A | G | O | N | I | S | T |
R | N | A | | S | L | U | M | D | O | G | | V | A | L |
I | B | M | S | | Y | E | A | S | T | | R | E | N | O |
N | A | I | A | D | | M | S | U | | M | O | T | T | S |
G | R | E | N | A | D | E | | P | L | A | Y | S | E | T |
| | | D | Y | E | | | | E | R | A | | | |
P | E | P | B | A | N | D | | B | A | L | L | H | O | G |
H | A | S | O | N | | I | R | E | | A | W | O | K | E |
O | R | Y | X | | N | S | Y | N | C | | E | T | S | Y |
T | L | C | | H | O | M | E | G | Y | M | | D | H | S |
O | O | H | L | A | L | A | | A | L | O | H | A | O | E |
O | B | E | S | I | T | Y | | L | O | C | A | T | O | R |
P | E | D | D | L | E | S | | I | N | K | J | E | T | S |
Sat 1/23/2021
M | O | O | D | R | I | N | G | S | | S | L | I | T | S |
I | N | D | U | E | T | I | M | E | | M | A | B | E | L |
S | T | A | N | D | S | P | A | T | | A | D | E | L | E |
T | O | Y | | R | E | A | C | T | | R | O | L | L | E |
| | | W | A | L | T | | H | I | T | L | I | S | T |
T | O | P | O | F | F | | B | E | N | I | C | E | | |
A | P | O | R | T | | B | R | O | K | E | E | V | E | N |
R | E | T | D | | H | A | I | R | Y | | V | E | T | O |
O | L | D | S | M | O | K | E | Y | | B | I | S | O | N |
| | E | F | I | L | E | R | | P | U | T | O | N | S |
A | R | C | A | D | E | S | | K | O | L | A | | | |
L | U | R | I | D | | A | R | R | O | W | | D | A | B |
O | D | E | L | L | | L | A | U | R | A | N | Y | R | O |
F | E | M | M | E | | E | S | P | E | R | A | N | T | O |
T | R | E | E | S | | S | H | A | R | K | W | E | E | K |
Sun 1/24/2021 SUGAR, SUGAR
T | O | S | H | I | B | A | | R | A | C | Y | | | B | M | W | | O | R | G |
A | R | C | A | N | U | M | | I | S | H | E | | C | R | A | M | | B | A | M |
N | E | R | D | S | R | I | N | G | P | O | P | | F | A | D | D | I | E | T | S |
K | L | E | E | | | | U | B | E | R | | S | O | I | L | | N | Y | T | |
U | S | E | S | | B | A | B | Y | R | U | T | H | S | N | I | C | K | E | R | S |
P | E | N | | T | O | N | I | | | S | U | E | | | B | U | M | R | A | P |
| | W | H | I | S | K | A | S | | | R | E | S | T | | R | A | S | P | Y |
| C | R | U | N | C | H | N | O | W | A | N | D | L | A | T | E | R | | | |
E | R | I | N | | | | S | P | I | N | | Y | E | T | I | | K | F | C | |
L | A | T | K | E | S | | | U | S | G | A | | E | E | L | Y | | A | O | K |
A | Y | E | | W | H | O | P | P | E | R | S | S | P | R | E | E | | N | Y | U |
N | O | R | | E | A | S | E | | D | I | S | C | | | R | A | F | T | E | R |
| N | S | A | | L | A | P | S | | L | E | A | F | | | | O | A | S | T |
| | | M | I | L | K | Y | W | A | Y | S | T | A | R | B | U | R | S | T | |
S | A | L | A | D | | A | S | E | C | | | S | C | A | R | E | D | Y | | |
A | L | O | T | O | F | | | A | T | S | | | A | R | A | Y | | S | A | C |
L | I | F | E | S | A | V | E | R | S | P | A | Y | D | A | Y | | W | E | L | L |
| B | T | U | | J | A | Y | S | | E | P | E | E | | | | A | R | L | O |
H | A | I | R | L | I | N | E | | M | A | R | S | S | M | A | R | T | I | E | S |
A | B | E | | U | T | E | S | | A | K | I | N | | P | R | O | T | E | G | E |
M | A | R | | G | A | S | | | O | S | L | O | | G | E | T | S | S | E | T |
Lucy Howard, of Austin, Tex., teaches therapeutic yoga and does internet marketing. She made her first puzzle as an icebreaker for her wedding last year. Ross Trudeau, of Cambridge, Mass., works for a K-12 education nonprofit. They met online last summer. Ross says, "We quickly bonded over our mutual love of crosswords and rock climbing." They spent many hours together on Zoom making this puzzle.
This is Ross's 37th puzzle for The Times. It's Lucy's debut.
– puzzle by Lucy Howard and Ross Trudeau
Mon 1/25/2021
I | R | A | N | | D | E | S | I | | A | D | A | P | T |
N | E | M | O | | I | R | O | N | | R | O | M | E | O |
C | H | I | C | | G | A | R | B | A | G | E | C | A | N |
H | A | G | U | E | | | T | O | R | O | S | | | |
| B | A | T | T | L | E | A | X | E | | L | I | M | B |
| | | S | C | A | N | | | S | T | A | L | E | R |
S | O | S | | | S | T | A | B | | S | P | I | R | O |
Q | U | A | R | T | E | R | B | A | C | K | S | A | C | K |
U | N | D | E | R | | Y | O | G | A | | | D | Y | E |
A | C | I | D | I | C | | | E | G | A | D | | | |
B | E | E | B | | A | N | K | L | E | B | O | O | T | |
| | | I | G | L | O | O | | | A | G | N | E | W |
Y | O | U | R | E | F | I | R | E | D | | S | I | T | E |
A | A | N | D | M | | S | E | E | R | | A | C | R | E |
P | R | E | S | S | | Y | A | L | E | | T | E | A | K |
Tue 1/26/2021
L | E | G | | A | C | T | S | | | E | R | U | P | T | S |
A | M | A | | S | O | A | P | | S | U | P | P | O | R | T |
P | I | Z | Z | A | Z | Z | Y | | P | R | I | N | T | E | R |
S | L | E | E | P | Y | | O | K | I | E | | | T | A | O |
E | I | R | E | | | K | N | I | C | K | K | N | A | C | K |
D | O | S | S | I | E | R | | S | E | A | E | A | G | L | E |
| | | | C | L | I | O | S | | | E | P | E | E | S |
| S | T | R | E | S | S | L | E | S | S | N | E | S | S | |
S | T | A | I | D | | | D | R | A | P | E | | | | |
C | E | N | T | A | V | O | S | | N | A | R | W | H | A | L |
R | A | Z | Z | M | A | T | A | Z | Z | | | O | O | Z | E |
I | G | A | | | L | O | W | E | | G | Y | M | B | A | G |
M | A | N | A | T | E | E | | S | C | R | A | B | B | L | E |
P | L | I | G | H | T | S | | T | I | E | R | | E | E | N |
S | L | A | T | E | S | | | Y | A | W | N | | S | A | D |
Wed 1/27/2021
B | A | J | A | | C | A | C | T | I | | S | T | A | B |
A | G | A | R | | S | C | O | R | N | | H | U | M | E |
B | E | N | E | A | T | H | C | O | N | T | E | M | P | T |
E | D | E | N | S | | T | O | Y | | I | A | M | S | O |
| | F | O | P | S | | | | S | P | R | Y | | |
R | I | O | T | | L | U | N | C | H | | S | A | S | H |
E | O | N | | M | O | N | S | O | O | N | | C | H | E |
U | N | D | E | R | T | H | E | W | E | A | T | H | E | R |
P | S | A | L | M | | I | C | E | | R | E | E | D | S |
| | | P | E | R | P | | R | I | C | E | | | |
S | T | R | A | T | A | | | | N | O | O | G | I | E |
O | W | E | S | | F | A | C | E | T | | F | U | N | K |
B | E | L | O | W | T | H | E | S | U | R | F | A | C | E |
E | R | A | | S | E | A | L | A | N | E | | R | U | B |
R | E | X | | W | D | S | | U | E | Y | | D | R | Y |
Thu 1/28/2021
L | A | N | A | | A | T | A | T | | S | A | T | E | S |
A | L | O | T | | N | A | V | Y | | A | L | O | N | E |
T | O | S | H | | D | R | O | P | | I | G | I | V | E |
T | H | E | L | A | S | T | W | O | R | D | I | L | Y | |
E | A | S | E | O | U | T | | | A | Y | E | | | |
| | | T | L | C | | A | A | V | E | R | A | G | E |
B | A | K | E | | H | O | T | M | E | S | S | I | L | Y |
A | G | E | | | | P | E | A | | | | D | O | E |
H | A | Y | L | O | F | T | I | L | Y | | N | E | W | S |
A | R | S | O | N | I | S | T | | O | R | E | | | |
| | | L | E | S | | | E | G | O | T | R | I | P |
| A | L | L | T | H | A | T | J | A | Z | Z | I | L | Y |
E | I | E | I | O | | T | E | E | M | | E | V | E | R |
T | W | A | N | G | | O | R | C | A | | R | E | N | E |
C | A | R | G | O | | M | A | T | T | | O | N | E | S |
POW Fri 1/29/2021
F | E | Z | | | | E | S | P | | S | T | A | M | P |
E | X | E | S | | S | L | E | E | P | E | R | C | A | R |
A | T | R | A | | T | E | R | R | A | C | O | T | T | A |
T | R | O | M | B | O | N | E | | T | R | U | S | T | Y |
S | A | C | | E | V | A | | D | E | E | T | | | |
| S | H | A | R | E | | S | E | N | T | | O | P | T |
| P | A | N | T | | P | U | B | T | R | I | V | I | A |
P | I | N | T | A | | E | M | U | | E | R | E | C | T |
A | C | C | E | N | T | R | U | G | | C | O | R | K | |
L | Y | E | | D | E | P | P | | M | I | N | T | Y | |
| | | L | E | N | S | | M | O | P | | H | E | F |
S | A | T | I | R | E | | D | O | N | E | D | E | A | L |
P | A | R | E | N | T | H | O | O | D | | A | T | T | Y |
C | R | I | S | I | S | M | O | D | E | | L | O | E | B |
A | P | P | L | E | | M | R | S | | | | P | R | Y |
Sat 1/30/2021
| | | H | O | A | G | I | E | | D | R | O | I | D |
| | R | O | C | K | E | T | S | C | I | E | N | C | E |
| Y | O | U | H | A | T | E | T | O | S | E | E | I | T |
S | A | Y | N | O | | G | R | A | D | | D | O | N | E |
C | L | A | D | | C | O | A | T | E | S | | F | E | N |
A | T | L | | S | U | I | T | E | | C | R | U | S | T |
B | A | S | E | L | I | N | E | | M | O | U | S | S | E |
| | | P | A | N | G | | D | A | U | B | | | |
C | A | S | I | N | G | | K | I | T | T | Y | C | A | T |
E | X | A | C | T | | D | U | S | T | S | | A | D | O |
R | O | O | | S | C | O | N | C | E | | K | N | I | T |
A | L | I | G | | R | O | D | E | | C | E | D | E | S |
M | O | R | E | P | O | W | E | R | T | O | Y | O | U | |
I | T | S | N | O | W | O | R | N | E | V | E | R | | |
C | L | E | A | T | | P | A | S | T | E | D | | | |
Sun 1/31/2021 PRODUCT MISPLACEMENT
C | I | V | I | L | | P | E | S | O | | A | J | A | R | | M | A | T | E | S |
O | P | I | N | E | | A | U | T | O | | K | I | W | I | | G | R | U | N | T |
M | O | N | S | T | E | R | R | A | M | R | A | L | L | Y | | M | E | R | C | I |
| S | E | I | S | M | S | | R | P | I | | T | S | A | R | | A | T | O | N |
| | | S | O | I | L | | | A | D | O | | | D | O | T | | L | U | G |
| N | A | T | U | R | E | A | B | H | O | R | S | A | H | O | O | V | E | R | |
C | A | R | E | T | | Y | E | A | | F | O | I | E | | S | P | A | D | A | Y |
U | S | E | D | | | | R | I | G | | | G | O | P | | | L | O | G | E |
S | A | N | | M | Y | S | O | L | O | R | U | N | N | E | T | H | O | V | E | R |
P | L | A | T | O | O | N | | O | L | I | N | | S | O | R | A | R | E | | |
| | | A | N | K | A | | R | I | G | I | D | | P | U | R | E | | | |
| | I | N | T | E | R | N | | M | E | T | A | | L | E | M | M | I | N | G |
W | O | R | K | E | D | F | O | R | P | L | A | N | T | E | R | S | | W | A | R |
E | R | I | C | | | S | T | U | | | S | I | R | | | | K | O | N | A |
B | A | S | A | L | T | | I | N | C | A | | S | E | Q | | N | I | N | N | Y |
| T | H | R | O | W | I | N | G | I | N | T | H | E | B | O | U | N | T | Y | |
P | O | L | | L | I | V | | | A | G | O | | | S | N | A | G | | | |
A | R | I | D | | G | O | R | P | | L | O | S | | N | U | N | C | I | O | |
M | I | N | I | S | | T | A | L | E | O | F | T | H | E | S | C | O | T | C | H |
P | O | E | M | S | | E | G | O | T | | A | R | I | A | | E | L | A | T | E |
A | S | N | E | R | | D | A | D | A | | R | O | C | K | | D | E | L | A | Y |
Jim Hilger, of Amarillo, Tex., is a retired computer analyst and educator. Besides making crosswords, he enjoys collecting old 45-r.p.m. records (he has more than 10,000 of them), cartooning and watercolor painting. "Most of my paintings end up looking like cartoons, however."
The starting point of this puzzle was 38-Across. Jim apologizes in advance to the maker of every product he has "misplaced" herein.
– puzzle by Jim Hilger