POW Tue 10/1/2019
R | O | A | M | | A | H | A | B | | D | E | B | I | T |
A | N | T | I | | F | O | I | E | | S | C | E | N | E |
W | E | L | L | D | R | I | L | L | | T | R | Y | S | T |
F | I | A | S | C | O | | S | I | P | | U | H | U | H |
I | O | S | | C | P | A | | Z | O | O | | I | R | E |
S | T | E | W | | U | N | D | E | R | C | O | V | E | R |
H | A | S | H | | F | D | R | | | T | I | E | R | S |
| | | O | F | F | S | E | A | S | O | N | | | |
A | Z | U | R | E | | | A | U | K | | K | I | T | T |
W | E | T | L | A | U | N | D | R | Y | | S | T | A | Y |
A | N | T | | T | S | O | | A | H | A | | S | U | P |
I | D | E | S | | D | J | S | | O | B | L | A | T | E |
T | A | R | P | S | | O | P | P | O | S | I | T | E | S |
E | Y | E | U | P | | K | O | O | K | | M | I | N | E |
D | A | D | D | Y | | E | T | D | S | | B | E | S | T |
Wed 10/2/2019
C | A | C | H | E | S | | | P | A | R | | W | A | D |
U | N | L | I | N | E | D | | H | B | O | | E | D | U |
R | O | U | G | D | E | A | | O | U | T | S | I | D | E |
E | D | E | N | S | | N | O | T | T | I | N | G | L | L |
D | E | S | C | | M | E | M | O | | | O | N | E | S |
| | | O | D | E | | E | L | B | O | W | | | |
W | A | R | M | E | R | | N | A | R | C | | S | R | I |
O | T | H | E | L | L | O | | B | A | T | C | H | E | S |
E | M | O | | H | I | L | T | | H | E | L | E | N | A |
| | | B | I | N | D | S | | M | T | A | | | |
A | C | A | I | | | M | A | T | A | | R | A | T | S |
L | O | N | G | S | T | O | R | Y | | M | I | M | E | O |
E | D | I | T | I | O | N | | P | R | E | T | E | N | D |
R | E | M | | T | I | E | | E | A | T | I | N | T | O |
T | R | E | | S | L | Y | | | G | A | N | D | H | I |
Thu 10/3/2019
P | I | E | C | E | | P | A | V | E | | E | B | B | S |
E | N | D | E | D | | O | B | I | T | | T | I | R | E |
D | A | I | L | Y | Y | L | I | A | D | | A | R | I | A |
A | N | T | | S | A | L | E | | S | O | L | D | E | R |
L | E | S | T | | W | O | R | E | | T | I | S | | |
| | | V | A | N | I | T | Y | Y | T | I | N | A | V |
U | M | A | M | I | | | O | R | E | O | | E | L | I |
N | O | C | A | R | B | S | | E | N | M | A | S | S | E |
D | O | T | | D | O | O | R | | | A | L | T | O | S |
O | N | E | W | A | Y | Y | A | W | E | N | O | | | |
| | D | I | T | | A | N | E | W | | T | I | D | E |
N | A | U | S | E | A | | S | L | O | T | | R | U | M |
Y | I | P | E | | B | L | A | C | K | K | C | A | L | B |
P | R | O | S | | B | A | C | H | | O | U | N | C | E |
D | E | N | T | | A | S | K | S | | S | P | I | E | D |
Fri 10/4/2019
S | Q | U | A | D | G | O | A | L | S | | S | T | O | W |
O | U | T | S | I | D | E | C | A | T | | H | A | S | H |
D | I | N | N | E | R | D | A | T | E | | A | X | L | E |
A | T | E | E | | | | | H | E | L | L | I | O | N |
| | | E | S | C | A | P | E | R | O | O | M | | |
| | I | D | E | A | L | S | | | S | M | E | L | L |
| G | R | E | E | N | L | I | G | H | T | | T | E | A |
E | R | U | D | I | T | E | | R | A | I | M | E | N | T |
L | I | E | | N | O | N | F | A | C | T | O | R | S | |
I | D | T | A | G | | | L | I | K | E | N | S | | |
| | H | E | T | E | R | O | N | Y | M | S | | | |
P | I | E | R | O | G | I | | | | | O | G | R | E |
U | S | D | A | | A | V | O | C | A | D | O | O | I | L |
F | L | A | T | | D | E | S | A | L | I | N | A | T | E |
F | A | Y | E | | S | T | A | R | S | Y | S | T | E | M |
Sat 10/5/2019
S | A | R | A | | M | I | L | A | | A | C | H | E | D |
W | R | I | T | T | E | N | I | N | | C | L | O | V | E |
A | I | S | L | E | S | E | A | T | | R | I | S | E | N |
T | A | K | E | N | O | P | R | I | S | O | N | E | R | S |
| | | I | S | N | T | | Q | A | N | T | A | S | |
C | L | O | S | E | S | | J | U | R | Y | | | | |
H | O | R | U | S | | Q | U | A | G | M | I | R | E | S |
I | G | E | R | | Q | U | I | R | E | | T | O | R | I |
C | O | M | E | Q | U | I | C | K | | S | H | O | A | L |
| | | | B | I | D | E | | T | H | A | T | S | O |
| S | A | S | S | E | D | | R | E | A | P | | | |
B | Y | Z | A | N | T | I | N | E | E | M | P | I | R | E |
I | R | U | L | E | | T | O | P | S | E | E | D | E | D |
B | U | R | M | A | | C | L | O | U | D | N | I | N | E |
S | P | E | A | K | | H | A | S | P | | S | O | O | N |
Sun 10/6/2019 INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS
W | H | I | R | | O | D | E | | B | E | L | A | S | | V | A | S | S | A | R |
D | O | M | E | | R | E | X | | R | E | A | C | T | I | O | N | T | I | M | E |
S | N | A | P | | A | B | T | | A | L | I | C | E | B | T | O | K | L | A | S |
| O | G | O | D | | T | O | R | N | | N | U | R | S | E | | S | E | N | T |
A | L | O | T | O | F | | R | U | D | E | | R | E | E | D | S | | N | A | S |
H | U | N | T | E | R | S | T | H | O | M | P | S | O | N | | H | S | T | | |
A | L | E | E | | A | P | E | R | | P | I | T | | | T | O | A | S | T | |
B | U | R | D | E | N | E | D | | G | A | T | | | B | E | A | R | P | A | W |
| | | | A | C | C | | A | R | T | H | U | R | C | C | L | A | R | K | E |
| F | A | S | T | | | A | P | P | H | Y | S | I | C | S | | L | I | E | D |
G | U | R | U | S | | I | M | O | | | | U | P | S | | C | E | N | T | S |
A | T | O | M | | O | V | E | R | T | H | E | R | E | | | L | E | G | O | |
S | U | S | A | N | B | A | N | T | H | O | N | Y | | S | B | A | | | | |
P | R | E | T | E | E | N | | | A | H | S | | S | L | O | W | R | I | D | E |
| A | I | R | E | S | | | B | R | O | | O | W | E | S | | A | G | E | S |
| | S | A | D | | S | T | E | P | H | E | N | A | D | O | U | G | L | A | S |
B | S | A | | S | P | U | R | T | | O | V | U | M | | M | A | D | E | D | O |
E | I | R | E | | R | E | A | R | S | | E | S | P | Y | | L | O | S | S | |
G | E | O | R | G | E | M | C | O | H | A | N | | G | M | C | | L | I | P | S |
I | T | S | G | R | E | E | K | T | O | M | E | | A | C | E | | L | A | I | R |
N | E | E | S | O | N | | S | H | E | A | R | | S | A | L | | S | S | N | S |
Howard Barkin is a software quality-assurance specialist — and an ace crossword solver — from Hillsborough, N.J. He won the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in 2016 and is a perennial top-10 finisher.
Victor Barocas, who also competes, is a professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Minnesota. The men became acquainted through the tournament when their last names appeared alphabetically adjacent in the results. The idea for this puzzle was Howard's. They worked back and forth by email to make it.
– puzzle by Howard Barkin and Victor Barocas
Mon 10/7/2019
| | | O | P | T | | | T | V | S | | S | G | T |
P | R | A | N | C | E | | O | W | I | E | | H | U | H |
F | O | R | E | S | T | F | L | O | O | R | | A | R | R |
F | T | S | | | R | O | D | | L | E | A | G | U | E |
T | H | O | R | E | A | U | | F | I | N | E | S | S | E |
| | N | O | W | | R | E | I | N | E | R | | | |
C | H | I | M | E | S | | A | V | I | | O | D | E | S |
P | I | S | A | | O | O | Z | E | S | | S | I | R | I |
A | T | T | N | | L | A | Y | | T | H | O | R | A | X |
| | | T | R | I | K | E | S | | A | L | E | | |
S | E | R | I | A | L | S | | L | E | N | S | C | A | P |
E | X | A | C | T | O | | O | U | R | | | T | U | E |
V | I | N | | S | Q | U | A | R | E | R | O | O | T | S |
E | S | C | | O | U | S | T | | C | A | R | R | O | T |
N | T | H | | N | Y | C | | | T | E | E | | | |
Tue 10/8/2019
U | M | P | S | | E | P | A | | | E | L | V | E | S |
P | A | R | E | | R | A | W | | O | M | E | A | R | A |
S | T | E | N | C | I | L | S | | P | E | E | R | E | D |
E | T | A | | H | E | M | | H | E | N | R | I | | |
T | E | M | P | O | | A | W | A | R | D | | A | L | D |
S | A | P | O | R | | S | I | Z | E | | H | B | A | R |
| | | I | A | M | | N | E | T | | A | L | O | E |
| C | U | R | L | I | N | G | S | T | O | N | E | S | |
O | H | N | O | | S | O | L | | A | N | N | | | |
R | A | P | T | | L | E | E | S | | S | A | Y | S | T |
D | I | A | | T | E | N | T | H | | I | H | O | P | E |
| | I | M | B | A | D | | A | F | T | | Y | O | U |
P | E | R | I | O | D | | C | R | E | E | P | O | U | T |
G | L | E | N | N | S | | A | I | M | | A | M | S | O |
A | I | D | E | D | | | B | A | A | | C | A | E | N |
Wed 10/9/2019
H | A | J | J | | B | R | I | T | A | | S | L | A | M |
I | S | L | E | | T | U | D | O | R | | E | L | B | E |
S | H | O | T | A | W | N | I | N | G | | A | B | B | R |
| | | S | L | O | T | | G | O | A | T | E | E | S |
S | T | O | K | E | | | R | A | N | K | B | A | S | E |
S | O | N | I | C | S | W | I | N | | E | E | N | S | Y |
A | G | E | | | P | O | D | | A | L | L | | | |
| A | L | T | E | R | E | D | S | T | A | T | E | S | |
| | | A | M | Y | | L | E | O | | | D | I | P |
A | D | L | I | B | | T | E | E | N | S | E | N | S | E |
R | E | A | L | A | W | E | D | | | A | G | A | I | N |
A | S | T | E | R | I | X | | T | R | I | O | | | |
M | I | E | N | | R | A | C | I | A | L | I | N | F | O |
I | C | E | D | | E | C | O | L | I | | S | E | A | L |
S | A | N | S | | D | O | W | E | L | | M | O | D | E |
Thu 10/10/2019
P | D | F | S | | K | O | I | | B | A | D | R | A | P |
H | E | A | L | | I | N | N | | A | R | O | U | S | E |
O | M | N | I | | N | O | C | H | S | T | E | R | O | L |
N | O | N | P | C | | | A | O | K | I | | A | N | T |
I | C | I | | H | A | S | S | L | E | S | | L | E | S |
C | R | E | D | E | C | K | | E | T | A | T | | | |
S | E | M | I | | E | Y | E | | | N | E | B | S | |
| W | A | T | C | H | Y | O | U | R | S | T | E | P | |
| S | E | C | S | | | S | L | O | | R | E | O | S |
| | | H | I | T | E | | T | O | G | A | R | T | Y |
S | A | P | | M | O | M | B | A | S | A | | B | O | O |
A | L | E | | I | O | T | A | | | P | R | O | F | S |
H | O | S | P | A | L | S | T | A | Y | | E | N | T | S |
I | N | T | I | M | E | | I | K | E | | A | G | E | E |
B | E | S | T | I | R | | N | A | P | | L | S | A | T |
Fri 10/11/2019
M | C | S | | | E | N | C | I | N | O | | G | E | L |
R | O | M | A | | M | O | O | C | O | W | | U | M | A |
P | O | O | L | | I | M | G | A | M | E | | I | M | P |
I | T | G | I | R | L | S | | H | A | N | D | D | Y | E |
B | I | G | G | U | Y | | E | N | D | S | W | E | L | L |
B | E | Y | | S | P | C | A | | | | A | D | O | S |
| | | W | H | O | A | S | K | E | D | Y | O | U | |
| | W | H | I | S | K | E | Y | R | I | N | G | | |
| T | A | I | N | T | E | D | L | O | V | E | | | |
B | O | L | T | | | | B | E | T | A | | A | R | C |
R | O | L | E | P | L | A | Y | | I | N | E | V | E | R |
A | S | U | S | U | A | L | | E | C | S | T | A | S | Y |
H | O | N | | M | U | L | E | T | A | | C | L | A | P |
M | O | I | | P | R | E | W | A | R | | H | O | L | T |
A | N | T | | S | A | N | E | S | T | | | N | E | S |
POW Sat 10/12/2019
F | E | T | A | | W | I | D | T | H | S | | C | S | I |
A | M | O | R | | A | L | E | V | E | L | | R | U | N |
N | E | R | F | | P | E | T | P | R | O | J | E | C | T |
F | R | I | | S | O | N | | R | E | P | L | A | C | E |
I | S | A | A | C | | E | M | O | | | A | M | E | N |
C | O | M | M | A | S | | A | D | A | M | W | E | S | T |
| N | O | P | R | E | S | S | U | R | E | | R | S | S |
| | S | E | C | R | E | T | C | O | D | E | | | |
| | | D | E | G | R | E | E | M | I | L | L | | |
A | D | D | | S | I | E | R | R | A | C | L | U | B | |
D | I | A | L | T | O | N | E | | S | A | I | G | O | N |
V | O | T | E | | | A | D | A | | T | E | E | N | A |
I | C | E | S | A | W | S | | R | A | E | | T | A | T |
L | E | N | S | F | I | L | T | E | R | | B | E | N | T |
P | S | U | | A | R | A | R | A | T | | R | A | Z | E |
M | E | T | | R | E | M | I | S | S | | O | M | A | R |
Sun 10/13/2019 LINES OF WORK
| B | R | A | D | S | | M | E | N | O | R | A | H | | | L | O | W | P | H |
| R | A | R | E | R | | I | M | A | N | A | G | E | | S | A | L | A | R | Y |
S | O | F | T | B | A | L | L | P | L | A | Y | E | R | | U | R | A | N | I | A |
U | N | F | I | T | | I | O | T | A | | | | O | O | P | S | | G | M | C |
N | C | I | S | | M | A | R | Y | | E | R | M | I | N | E | | S | A | R | I |
G | O | A | T | H | E | R | D | | S | N | O | O | Z | E | | P | E | R | O | N |
| | | | U | M | S | | | I | T | S | P | E | C | I | A | L | I | S | T |
O | N | A | U | T | O | | A | C | C | R | A | | D | U | S | T | | M | E | H |
P | A | L | P | S | | P | U | L | S | A | R | S | | P | A | R | K | A | | |
T | A | P | S | | T | A | D | A | | N | I | C | K | | W | O | M | A | N | |
S | C | H | E | D | U | L | I | N | G | C | O | O | R | D | I | N | A | T | O | R |
| P | A | L | E | R | | O | G | R | E | | T | O | U | T | | R | H | E | A |
| | B | L | A | N | C | | S | A | M | S | U | N | G | | S | T | A | N | K |
H | I | E | | D | E | L | I | | N | U | R | S | E | | R | E | S | I | D | E |
O | R | T | H | O | D | O | N | T | I | S | T | | | C | A | M | | | | |
U | R | B | A | N | | S | C | O | T | I | A | | M | A | G | I | C | I | A | N |
S | I | L | T | | S | E | A | T | A | C | | R | A | C | E | | O | N | M | E |
E | G | O | | P | U | R | R | | | | D | O | R | A | | T | U | T | U | S |
C | A | C | H | E | D | | E | P | I | D | E | M | I | O | L | O | G | I | S | T |
A | T | K | I | N | S | | O | T | T | O | M | A | N | | A | G | A | M | E | |
T | E | S | T | S | | | F | A | S | T | O | N | E | | B | O | R | E | D | |
Erik Agard, 26, is a professional crossword constructor and editor, now working for Andrews McMeel Universal syndicate in Kansas City, Mo. His last Sunday puzzle was Stoner's Film Festival in June. He says the idea for this one came from rewatching "Black Panther" recently (referenced at 87-Across).
This is Erik's 17th crossword for The Times this year, and altogether his sixth one with a movie theme.
– puzzle by Erik Agard
Mon 10/14/2019
C | A | R | D | S | | D | E | F | Y | | M | E | S | S |
A | V | A | I | L | | O | R | E | O | | O | T | T | O |
P | E | R | S | I | A | N | R | U | G | | M | E | A | N |
I | R | E | | E | M | T | | D | I | V | E | R | T | |
T | A | B | | R | A | G | S | | | E | N | N | U | I |
A | G | I | N | | H | O | T | M | U | S | T | A | R | D |
L | E | T | O | N | | | A | I | N | T | | L | E | O |
| | | V | O | C | A | L | C | O | R | D | | | |
C | B | S | | S | A | I | L | | | Y | A | C | H | T |
F | L | I | G | H | T | D | E | C | K | | P | A | I | R |
C | A | D | R | E | | | D | U | N | E | | P | R | O |
| T | E | A | S | E | T | | T | O | T | | E | S | T |
S | H | A | M | | M | A | K | E | T | H | E | C | U | T |
P | E | R | M | | I | R | I | S | | E | M | O | T | E |
A | R | M | Y | | T | O | N | Y | | R | U | D | E | R |
Tue 10/15/2019
S | K | Y | | A | G | E | N | A | | | P | A | S | T | A |
H | O | E | | T | U | N | E | D | | H | A | R | P | E | R |
E | A | T | | M | A | N | T | O | M | A | N | T | A | L | K |
E | L | I | E | | R | U | T | | A | N | T | I | C | | |
P | A | S | S | F | A | I | L | C | L | A | S | S | E | S | |
| | | S | U | N | | E | L | O | | | T | R | O | N |
E | S | C | O | R | T | | | U | N | D | O | | A | L | E |
R | O | E | | B | E | E | P | B | E | E | P | | C | O | W |
I | N | N | | Y | E | C | H | | | A | T | B | E | S | T |
N | I | T | S | | | L | I | S | | D | I | O | | | |
| C | A | T | C | H | A | S | C | A | T | C | H | C | A | N |
| | U | M | A | M | I | | A | H | I | | R | A | K | E |
T | O | R | A | T | O | R | A | T | O | R | A | | M | E | W |
U | V | U | L | A | S | | S | H | R | E | W | | E | L | L |
B | I | S | O | N | | | H | E | A | D | S | | L | A | Y |
Wed 10/16/2019
B | E | A | C | H | | A | T | M | S | | I | D | E | S |
A | I | S | L | E | | D | U | P | E | | N | E | X | T |
W | E | H | E | A | R | D | T | H | E | | C | A | T | E |
L | I | E | | D | I | A | S | | | S | U | T | R | A |
| O | R | I | G | A | M | I | C | L | U | B | H | A | D |
| | | P | A | L | S | | L | E | V | I | S | | |
C | R | E | A | M | | | C | O | N | | | T | I | S |
F | O | L | D | E | D | B | U | T | I | N | F | A | C | T |
O | N | E | | | O | U | T | | | O | R | R | I | N |
| | C | R | A | Z | Y | | L | A | M | E | | | |
I | N | T | E | R | E | S | T | I | N | I | T | I | S | |
C | O | R | P | S | | | A | T | T | N | | L | E | A |
I | D | O | L | | I | N | C | R | E | A | S | I | N | G |
E | T | N | A | | O | B | O | E | | T | E | A | S | E |
R | O | S | Y | | S | A | S | S | | E | N | D | E | D |
Thu 10/17/2019
P | L | A | C | I | D | | B | F | A | | C | U | K | E |
A | D | D | U | C | E | | U | R | L | | O | N | T | V |
Y | O | U | B | E | T | | D | I | A | G | N | O | S | E |
S | P | L | I | C | E | D | G | E | N | E | S | | | |
| A | T | T | A | C | H | E | D | H | O | U | S | E | S |
| | | | P | T | S | | M | A | R | L | E | N | A |
A | F | U | S | S | | | G | A | L | G | A | D | O | T |
F | I | N | I | | C | R | O | N | E | | T | E | T | E |
L | E | A | D | F | O | O | T | | | P | E | R | E | S |
A | R | R | E | A | R | S | | R | C | A | | | | |
C | O | M | B | I | N | E | D | F | O | R | C | E | S | |
| | | U | N | I | T | E | D | S | T | A | T | E | S |
Q | U | A | R | T | E | T | S | | M | O | S | H | E | R |
E | S | P | N | | S | E | T | | I | N | T | O | I | T |
D | E | B | S | | T | S | E | | C | E | S | S | N | A |
Fri 10/18/2019
I | N | I | T | A | L | I | C | S | | A | M | W | A | Y |
D | A | T | E | M | O | V | I | E | | V | O | I | L | E |
E | V | E | R | Y | V | O | T | E | C | O | U | N | T | S |
M | Y | N | A | | I | R | I | S | H | C | R | E | A | M |
| | | B | O | N | Y | | | R | A | N | D | R | |
C | O | M | I | N | G | | E | R | O | D | E | | | |
H | A | U | T | E | | G | L | A | M | O | R | I | Z | E |
A | H | I | | | G | U | I | D | E | | | W | A | D |
O | U | R | O | B | O | R | O | S | | A | G | I | N | G |
| | | R | E | B | U | T | | E | M | O | N | E | Y |
| P | E | D | A | L | | | S | L | O | E | | | |
I | L | L | I | T | E | R | A | T | I | | S | U | R | F |
T | U | R | N | S | T | I | L | E | J | U | M | P | E | R |
C | T | E | A | M | | C | A | N | A | D | A | D | A | Y |
H | O | Y | L | E | | O | N | T | H | E | D | O | L | E |
Sat 10/19/2019
T | A | C | O | T | R | U | C | K | | Z | A | G | A | T |
A | D | E | N | Y | E | M | E | N | | A | T | O | N | E |
T | O | L | E | R | A | B | L | E | | X | A | N | A | X |
A | R | T | D | E | G | R | E | E | | I | D | E | S | T |
R | E | S | | | A | I | S | L | E | S | E | A | T | |
| | | N | O | N | E | T | O | O | | A | L | A | N |
L | O | V | E | R | S | L | A | N | E | | D | O | S | E |
O | R | A | M | A | | | | | | G | E | N | I | I |
C | A | N | E | | W | E | S | T | B | E | N | G | A | L |
I | N | G | A | | P | A | T | H | A | N | D | | | |
| G | U | N | B | A | R | R | E | L | | | C | U | D |
B | E | A | L | E | | W | I | L | D | P | A | R | T | Y |
D | A | R | I | A | | O | V | E | R | A | G | A | I | N |
A | D | D | O | N | | R | E | F | I | N | A | N | C | E |
Y | E | S | N | O | | M | R | T | C | E | R | E | A | L |
POW Sun 10/20/2019 BE PATIENT
| | A | M | M | A | N | | | | | | | | B | I | T | E | S | | |
| C | L | A | I | R | E | | | L | A | G | | | A | M | E | C | H | E | |
S | H | A | L | L | O | W | | D | I | P | L | O | | T | I | N | H | A | T | S |
A | I | R | B | E | D | S | | E | A | S | E | L | | A | N | T | O | N | I | O |
G | A | M | E | R | | R | E | A | R | E | N | D | E | R | | S | E | D | E | R |
E | P | I | C | | P | O | N | D | | | | T | E | A | M | | D | O | N | T |
L | E | S | | B | L | O | O | P | | | | I | K | N | O | W | | N | N | E |
Y | T | T | R | I | U | M | | O | C | C | A | M | | G | R | A | N | G | E | R |
| | | U | R | N | S | | O | R | A | T | E | | S | I | R | I | | | |
R | A | T | E | D | G | | C | L | I | P | A | R | T | | B | E | N | I | C | E |
E | R | A | | S | I | G | H | | B | O | D | | E | M | U | S | | M | E | G |
D | A | M | P | | N | O | U | N | | | | T | H | A | N | | S | H | A | G |
I | G | O | R | | G | O | T | I | T | | F | I | E | N | D | | P | O | S | E |
D | O | R | I | S | | D | E | L | I | V | E | R | E | D | | T | I | M | E | D |
| N | A | V | A | J | O | | E | L | I | T | E | | E | L | A | T | E | S | |
| | | I | V | A | N | I | | T | E | A | | P | L | U | M | S | | | |
E | V | I | L | O | M | E | N | S | | | | M | I | A | M | I | H | E | A | T |
B | I | G | E | Y | E | | C | A | V | E | M | A | N | | P | L | I | N | T | H |
E | C | I | G | | S | K | E | L | E | T | O | N | K | E | Y | | N | E | R | O |
R | A | V | E | | | O | P | E | R | A | T | I | O | N | | | E | M | I | R |
T | R | E | S | | | I | T | S | Y | | E | A | S | T | | | D | Y | A | N |
Natan Last, 28, is a student at Columbia University studying for a master's in public policy. He has been a frequent crossword contributor to The Times since 2007 when he was 16.
For this puzzle's theme, Natan says, "I wrote a computer program to help me find words that [ ] once you [ ]." You'll know what goes in the blanks once you've finished it.
– puzzle by Natan Last
Mon 10/21/2019
E | S | P | N | | A | S | A | P | | H | A | I | K | U |
L | U | R | E | | G | O | G | O | D | A | N | C | E | R |
K | N | O | W | S | O | N | E | S | O | N | I | O | N | S |
| | | D | O | G | S | | E | N | G | | N | S | A |
| N | O | A | H | | | D | U | N | S | T | | | |
L | O | N | D | O | N | M | A | R | A | T | H | O | N | |
I | C | E | S | | T | A | R | | | E | X | C | E | L |
F | A | N | | T | H | R | E | E | O | N | | T | R | Y |
E | R | I | C | A | | | N | O | R | | P | A | U | L |
| B | L | O | N | D | E | O | N | B | L | O | N | D | E |
| | | P | L | A | I | T | | | I | K | E | A | |
I | R | A | | I | N | G | | A | B | L | E | | | |
S | E | C | O | N | D | H | O | N | E | Y | M | O | O | N |
T | U | R | K | E | Y | T | R | O | T | | O | N | L | Y |
O | P | E | D | S | | Y | E | N | S | | N | O | D | E |
Tue 10/22/2019
D | I | S | K | | A | M | P | E | R | E | | F | T | C |
O | C | H | O | | H | O | O | R | A | H | | O | W | L |
G | E | O | R | G | E | B | U | R | N | S | | M | I | A |
| C | R | E | A | M | | T | O | T | | H | E | N | S |
T | O | T | A | L | | T | Y | R | A | B | A | N | K | S |
A | L | I | | A | L | A | | S | T | A | R | T | L | E |
I | D | E | D | | E | D | U | | | C | A | S | E | S |
| | | R | O | S | A | P | A | R | K | S | | | |
A | E | S | O | P | | | S | I | N | | S | A | I | D |
B | R | E | W | E | R | S | | M | A | T | | I | T | O |
S | E | A | N | C | O | M | B | S | | H | A | R | S | H |
C | A | L | S | | S | A | L | | N | A | C | H | O | |
O | D | E | | J | E | R | E | M | Y | I | R | O | N | S |
N | E | G | | A | T | T | A | I | N | | E | L | M | O |
D | R | S | | M | O | S | T | L | Y | | S | E | E | D |
Wed 10/23/2019
J | A | V | A | | P | U | P | A | L | | | S | P | A | M |
O | P | E | N | | A | P | O | L | O | | S | L | A | T | E |
Y | E | T | I | | P | O | R | E | S | | H | A | R | E | S |
| | | M | O | U | N | T | V | E | S | U | V | I | U | S |
A | R | I | A | N | A | | | E | S | P | N | | S | P | Y |
F | O | R | T | U | N | E | | | P | U | T | T | | | |
O | V | E | R | S | | R | A | B | I | D | | U | S | E | S |
R | E | N | O | | F | A | V | O | R | S | | N | E | A | L |
E | D | E | N | | I | S | I | T | I | | R | A | N | G | E |
| | | S | A | L | E | | | T | H | E | B | O | L | D |
S | E | C | | S | E | R | B | | | I | N | U | R | E | S |
P | L | I | N | Y | T | H | E | E | L | D | E | R | | | |
R | E | T | I | E | | E | A | R | E | D | | G | A | Z | A |
I | N | E | P | T | | A | D | A | G | E | | E | K | E | S |
G | A | D | S | | | D | Y | S | O | N | | R | A | N | K |
Thu 10/24/2019
S | N | U | B | | A | G | R | A | | M | E | L | B | A |
P | E | R | U | | S | A | I | L | | A | L | I | A | S |
O | M | I | T | | B | U | T | T | H | E | B | E | S | T |
T | O | S | N | E | E | Z | E | A | T | | O | G | R | E |
| | | E | L | S | E | | | T | O | W | E | A | R |
H | I | N | T | A | T | | H | I | P | P | O | | | |
A | M | I | | L | O | V | E | S | | T | U | R | N | S |
M | U | C | H | | S | A | L | A | D | | T | O | I | T |
S | P | E | A | R | | S | P | Y | O | N | | F | L | U |
| | | N | O | T | E | S | | R | O | I | L | E | D |
B | U | R | G | E | R | | | L | I | E | S | | | |
A | S | I | S | | U | P | M | Y | S | L | E | E | V | E |
L | E | F | T | B | E | H | I | N | D | | A | M | I | D |
M | I | L | E | R | | A | N | N | A | | S | M | O | G |
S | T | E | N | O | | T | H | E | Y | | Y | A | L | E |
POW Fri 10/25/2019
G | U | L | P | | T | O | M | | | S | A | L | E | M |
O | N | B | A | L | A | N | C | E | | A | L | E | X | A |
W | H | O | C | A | N | S | A | Y | | G | L | I | T | Z |
N | I | M | | P | L | A | T | E | A | U | | T | R | Y |
S | T | B | A | S | I | L | | D | H | A | R | M | A | |
| | | R | U | N | E | | | A | R | E | O | L | A |
I | T | D | E | P | E | N | D | S | | O | P | T | I | C |
T | A | R | A | | S | O | U | P | S | | L | I | F | T |
S | C | A | R | F | | W | H | A | T | G | I | V | E | S |
Y | O | G | U | R | T | | | N | I | L | E | | | |
| S | O | G | O | O | D | | G | L | A | S | S | E | D |
C | A | N | | S | T | A | B | L | E | D | | T | A | U |
A | L | E | R | T | | W | R | I | T | L | A | R | G | E |
V | A | G | U | E | | N | A | S | T | Y | F | A | L | L |
E | D | G | E | D | | | T | H | O | | B | Y | E | S |
Sat 10/26/2019
B | L | A | C | K | C | A | T | | | | D | A | T | E |
M | E | T | O | O | I | S | M | | | M | O | T | H | Y |
W | A | R | R | A | N | T | S | | B | I | G | L | I | E |
S | P | I | N | N | E | R | | M | O | R | D | A | N | T |
| S | U | E | | | A | L | E | X | | O | N | M | E |
| | M | A | T | H | L | E | T | E | | O | T | I | S |
| | | L | E | O | P | A | R | D | P | R | I | N | T |
O | J | S | | A | L | L | R | I | S | E | | S | T | S |
B | R | E | A | K | D | A | N | C | E | R | S | | | |
A | P | E | S | | O | N | E | S | T | E | P | S | | |
M | A | T | S | | V | E | R | Y | | | I | O | N | |
A | C | H | A | T | E | S | | S | A | K | E | C | U | P |
E | M | I | N | O | R | | I | T | S | A | G | I | R | L |
R | A | N | G | Y | | | B | E | A | T | E | A | S | E |
A | N | G | E | | | | I | M | P | E | L | L | E | D |
Sun 10/27/2019 HOW SWEET IT IS!
W | M | D | | B | A | R | O | N | | M | A | S | S | E | | S | W | E | A | R |
H | O | E | | O | L | I | N | E | | U | L | N | A | R | | U | H | U | R | U |
O | V | E | N | T | I | M | E | R | | M | M | I | I | I | | G | A | B | O | N |
P | I | P | E | T | T | E | | D | E | M | O | C | D | | L | A | R | I | A | T |
P | E | D | A | L | | | | S | T | I | N | K | | G | A | R | T | E | R | S |
E | S | O | T | E | R | I | C | | C | E | D | E | | R | E | D | O | | | |
R | E | W | | C | A | R | O | M | | S | O | R | T | A | | A | N | D | U | P |
S | T | N | | A | C | T | N | O | W | | I | S | O | P | O | D | | R | D | A |
| | | O | P | E | | | U | R | A | L | | R | E | N | D | | E | D | Y |
K | E | L | P | S | | L | A | N | A | I | | C | R | A | Z | Y | E | Y | E | D |
I | S | E | E | | C | A | N | D | Y | S | T | R | I | P | E | | H | E | R | A |
S | T | A | R | L | I | N | G | S | | L | A | U | D | E | | H | O | R | S | Y |
S | A | P | | I | N | T | O | | D | E | R | N | | | S | O | W | | | |
E | T | A | | F | E | E | L | M | E | | A | C | C | O | S | T | | M | I | A |
S | E | T | H | E | | R | A | I | L | S | | H | A | U | N | T | | A | C | I |
| | | I | S | O | N | | L | I | E | N | | D | I | S | A | S | T | E | R |
P | I | L | L | A | R | S | | K | N | E | E | S | | | | M | A | T | C | H |
E | N | D | I | V | E | | E | Y | E | S | U | P | | E | T | A | G | E | R | E |
E | N | O | T | E | | A | T | W | A | R | | R | U | R | A | L | A | R | E | A |
P | I | P | E | R | | O | R | A | T | E | | E | M | I | L | E | | T | A | D |
S | E | A | R | S | | K | E | Y | E | D | | E | P | E | E | S | | O | M | S |
Michael Paleos, of Oyster Bay, N.Y., is chief of staff at a major investment bank. He started solving crosswords at a young age, but only got hooked on them after discovering the archive of puzzles in the New York Times app. "After doing enough of them, I started wondering what it would take to make one, and down the rabbit hole I went."
This is Michael's second crossword for The Times, and his first Sunday.
– puzzle by Michael Paleos
Mon 10/28/2019
O | S | C | A | R | | | C | A | R | B | | O | T | S |
P | H | O | T | O | | T | O | N | Y | A | | N | I | T |
T | A | K | E | A | G | A | N | D | E | R | | I | M | O |
S | H | E | | D | A | T | A | | | B | R | O | I | L |
| | | A | R | I | A | N | A | G | R | A | N | D | E |
K | A | P | L | A | N | | | P | L | A | N | B | | |
I | S | A | A | C | | S | A | N | E | | G | A | L | L |
N | E | V | | E | S | T | R | E | E | T | | G | O | O |
G | A | L | A | | P | U | M | A | | I | N | E | R | T |
| | O | R | I | O | N | | | A | M | U | L | E | T |
C | O | V | E | N | T | G | A | R | D | E | N | | | |
I | M | S | A | D | | | D | A | H | L | | I | M | P |
T | E | D | | O | U | T | O | F | D | A | N | G | E | R |
E | G | O | | O | P | A | R | T | | G | O | O | S | E |
S | A | G | | R | I | P | E | | | S | T | R | A | Y |
Tue 10/29/2019
T | R | A | P | | A | M | O | K | | N | I | N | J | A |
R | E | M | O | | L | A | M | A | | I | M | A | C | S |
O | V | A | L | | I | N | I | T | | P | O | U | C | H |
J | O | N | L | O | V | I | T | Z | | P | U | S | H | |
A | K | A | | L | E | A | | | G | O | T | E | A | M |
N | E | S | T | S | | C | S | P | A | N | | A | S | A |
| | | E | E | K | | H | A | L | | S | T | E | W |
| J | E | N | N | I | F | E | R | L | O | P | E | Z | |
C | O | L | D | | C | E | E | | O | R | C | | | |
D | A | D | | S | K | Y | P | E | | G | A | N | G | S |
S | N | O | R | E | S | | | N | S | A | | O | R | U |
| B | R | I | M | | J | A | S | O | N | M | R | A | Z |
N | A | A | C | P | | A | M | I | N | | A | U | D | I |
C | E | D | A | R | | Y | O | G | I | | I | S | E | E |
O | Z | O | N | E | | Z | I | N | C | | S | H | A | Q |
POW Wed 10/30/2019
D | A | L | I | | R | O | B | | | C | Z | E | C | H | S |
A | N | A | P | H | O | R | A | | P | R | O | S | H | O | P |
B | E | C | H | A | M | E | L | | E | O | N | L | I | N | E |
| M | O | O | R | E | | I | S | S | U | E | | P | E | A |
P | O | S | T | D | O | C | | T | O | P | | U | S | S | R |
I | N | T | O | | | O | P | U | S | | G | R | I | T | |
T | E | E | | D | E | C | A | F | | S | I | G | N | | |
| | | C | A | M | O | U | F | L | A | G | E | | | |
| | T | O | D | O | | L | E | A | P | S | | A | D | D |
| A | I | D | S | | L | I | D | S | | | A | L | O | E |
P | L | E | A | | F | I | N | | S | E | C | T | I | O | N |
A | K | C | | C | R | E | E | L | | G | A | M | E | R | |
G | A | L | I | L | E | O | | P | A | R | D | O | N | M | E |
E | L | I | S | I | O | N | | G | O | E | S | S | T | A | G |
S | I | P | H | O | N | | | A | L | T | | T | O | T | O |
Thu 10/31/2019
A | R | M | | U | N | L | O | A | D | | | M | U | D |
L | O | A | | P | E | I | R | C | E | | M | I | N | I |
E | T | C | | S | O | C | C | E | R | B | A | L | L | S |
C | H | A | L | I | C | E | S | | I | R | O | N | I | C |
| | R | E | D | O | | | U | S | A | | E | T | S |
H | O | O | T | E | N | A | N | N | I | E | S | | | |
I | P | O | | | | T | O | D | O | | T | R | A | M |
Y | A | N | K | | D | E | V | O | N | | L | I | R | A |
A | L | S | O | | I | M | A | N | | | | D | E | R |
| | | I | M | S | P | E | E | C | H | L | E | S | S |
G | A | S | | E | C | O | | | H | O | E | S | | |
A | V | A | T | A | R | | A | M | A | L | G | A | M | S |
D | O | U | B | L | E | B | L | I | N | D | | W | O | E |
O | W | N | S | | T | R | A | N | C | E | | A | R | T |
T | S | A | | | E | A | S | T | E | R | | Y | E | S |