Tue 12/1/2020
M | A | L | I | | C | A | P | S | | G | I | A | N | T |
I | M | I | N | | H | I | R | E | | E | M | B | A | R |
S | O | F | T | W | A | R | E | C | O | M | P | A | N | Y |
O | S | T | E | E | N | | S | T | P | | R | C | A | S |
| | | L | A | G | O | S | | A | G | E | I | S | T |
O | B | S | | R | E | P | U | B | L | I | C | | | |
S | O | U | R | | T | E | R | I | | N | I | F | T | Y |
H | O | M | E | F | O | R | E | C | L | O | S | U | R | E |
A | M | O | C | O | | A | C | A | I | | E | L | A | N |
| | | C | O | N | S | O | R | T | S | | L | P | S |
P | A | M | E | L | A | | O | B | I | T | S | | | |
A | D | I | N | | T | P | K | | G | A | L | A | G | A |
W | H | A | T | M | O | R | E | C | A | N | I | S | A | Y |
N | O | T | E | D | | E | R | I | N | | N | I | N | E |
S | C | A | R | S | | P | S | S | T | | G | A | G | S |
Wed 12/2/2020
O | M | E | N | S | | T | O | A | D | | L | G | B | T |
H | A | Y | A | O | | H | A | V | E | | I | R | A | N |
S | K | E | T | C | H | E | S | O | F | S | P | A | I | N |
N | E | W | | K | E | W | | W | O | N | O | U | T | |
A | M | E | X | | R | A | F | A | E | L | | M | I | D |
P | E | A | G | R | A | V | E | L | | | M | A | N | O |
| | R | A | I | L | E | D | | W | R | O | N | G | S |
| | | M | E | D | S | | I | R | I | S | | | |
E | X | C | E | L | S | | G | R | I | N | D | R | | |
C | F | O | S | | | Z | E | I | T | G | E | I | S | T |
O | I | L | | S | H | E | E | S | H | | F | O | C | I |
| N | O | S | O | A | P | | H | E | R | | T | E | E |
R | I | G | H | T | T | H | I | S | S | E | C | O | N | D |
E | T | N | A | | H | Y | D | E | | F | R | U | I | T |
D | Y | E | D | | A | R | I | A | | S | Y | S | C | O |
POW Thu 12/3/2020
S | A | P | S | | E | P | I | C | | | R | O | O | T |
C | C | U | P | | M | I | D | I | | P | I | A | N | O |
I | O | N | A | | M | E | A | N | | O | C | T | E | T |
F | R | I | D | A | Y | T | H | E | B | T | H | | | |
I | N | N | E | R | | | O | M | I | T | | F | L | A |
| | T | R | I | C | K | | A | P | O | L | L | O | B |
A | P | E | | D | O | O | M | | O | P | I | A | T | E |
R | I | N | G | | U | S | U | A | L | | P | S | S | T |
M | E | D | I | A | N | | D | I | A | L | | H | A | S |
O | C | E | A | N | S | B | | G | R | I | E | F | | |
R | E | D | | D | E | L | I | | | M | A | R | T | S |
| | | U | N | L | U | C | K | Y | B | R | E | A | K |
D | I | D | S | O | | N | A | N | A | | N | E | M | O |
J | C | R | E | W | | T | R | I | P | | E | Z | E | R |
S | E | E | D | | | S | E | T | S | | R | E | S | T |
Fri 12/4/2020
C | A | T | T | L | E | T | H | I | E | F | | I | S | M |
A | G | O | R | A | P | H | O | B | I | A | | G | O | O |
M | I | N | I | S | T | E | R | I | N | G | | O | R | E |
P | L | O | P | S | | C | A | S | S | E | T | T | E | S |
Y | E | W | S | | M | O | T | E | | N | E | A | L | |
| | | | V | A | N | I | S | H | | A | N | O | N |
F | A | N | D | A | N | G | O | | E | L | P | A | S | O |
E | Q | U | A | L | T | O | | G | R | O | O | M | E | D |
S | U | M | M | E | R | | P | L | O | T | T | E | R | S |
T | A | B | S | | A | L | I | E | N | S | | | | |
| V | E | E | S | | A | N | N | S | | M | U | S | S |
A | I | R | L | I | F | T | E | D | | S | A | N | T | A |
A | T | T | | G | R | E | T | A | G | E | R | W | I | G |
R | A | E | | N | A | T | A | L | I | E | C | O | L | E |
P | E | N | | S | T | O | R | E | F | R | O | N | T | S |
Sat 12/5/2020
S | L | I | M | J | I | M | | | L | I | M | B | E | R |
L | I | N | E | E | M | U | P | | I | D | E | A | T | E |
U | P | S | S | T | O | R | E | | T | E | T | R | A | D |
G | O | Y | A | S | | D | E | G | | D | E | B | I | T |
G | U | N | S | | J | E | W | E | L | | D | E | L | I |
O | T | C | | T | I | R | E | O | U | T | | Q | E | D |
| | | M | O | T | H | E | R | N | A | T | U | R | E |
| D | E | A | R | T | O | | G | E | N | I | E | S | |
Q | U | A | R | T | E | R | R | E | S | T | S | | | |
R | L | S | | E | R | N | E | S | T | O | | G | O | D |
C | L | E | M | | S | E | L | M | A | | S | O | B | E |
O | P | I | U | M | | T | A | I | | S | W | O | O | P |
D | A | N | C | E | R | | I | L | I | K | E | D | I | T |
E | I | T | H | E | R | | D | E | V | I | L | I | S | H |
S | N | O | O | T | S | | | Y | E | S | L | E | T | S |
Sun 12/6/2020 GET OUT OF HERE!
J | A | M | S | E | S | H | | A | B | A | C | I | | | A | B | L | E | S | T |
A | L | I | T | T | L | E | | W | E | I | R | D | O | | C | L | A | M | O | R |
B | O | N | E | C | O | N | T | E | N | T | I | O | N | | L | A | T | O | Y | A |
S | T | D | | H | A | R | E | S | | | E | T | E | S | | D | I | J | O | N |
| | B | L | I | N | I | S | | S | T | R | O | K | E | G | E | N | I | U | S |
A | L | L | E | N | | | | S | A | Y | S | O | | W | A | S | | | | |
B | O | O | K | G | E | N | E | S | I | S | | | P | E | Z | | B | L | A | M |
B | O | W | S | | V | O | W | E | L | | P | R | I | D | E | P | L | A | C | E |
A | N | N | | P | I | N | E | | | I | R | O | N | | S | L | I | M | E | S |
| | | I | O | T | A | | D | E | S | I | S | T | S | | U | M | B | R | A |
| S | T | R | E | A | M | C | O | N | S | C | I | O | U | S | N | E | S | S | |
A | W | A | I | T | | E | A | R | T | H | E | N | | I | C | K | Y | | | |
G | O | S | S | I | P | | P | A | R | E | | | B | T | U | S | | D | U | I |
F | R | E | E | C | H | A | R | G | E | | M | R | C | U | B | | P | E | G | S |
A | D | D | S | | O | U | I | | | R | I | T | E | P | A | S | S | A | G | E |
| | | | A | N | G | | A | M | U | S | E | | | | P | A | R | S | E |
C | O | M | E | D | Y | E | R | R | O | R | S | | A | F | L | A | T | S | | |
H | A | U | E | R | | R | E | A | R | | | I | C | I | E | R | | A | I | D |
I | S | T | R | I | A | | F | R | A | M | E | R | E | F | E | R | E | N | C | E |
C | I | T | I | F | Y | | S | A | L | I | V | A | | T | R | E | E | T | O | P |
A | S | S | E | T | S | | | T | E | X | A | N | | H | Y | D | R | A | N | T |
Tony Orbach, of Montclair, N.J., is a construction project manager, saxophonist, and crossword constructor. Today (Dec. 6) happens to be his 59th birthday.
Tony's love of puzzles runs in the family. "My father was a big crossword solver, and as a teen, I would look over his shoulder and help." Once Tony made a Puns and Anagrams crossword for his dad. "He loved it and made me one in return." By "my father," incidentally, Tony means the actor Jerry Orbach of Broadway and Hollywood fame.
– puzzle by Tony Orbach
Mon 12/7/2020
M | E | M | O | | I | N | C | A | | P | E | S | T | S |
O | P | E | C | | D | E | A | L | | E | X | P | A | T |
W | E | N | T | D | O | W | N | T | H | E | T | U | B | E |
S | E | N | O | R | | S | T | O | O | L | | R | O | E |
| | O | P | U | S | | | | P | O | S | T | O | P |
C | A | N | I | G | E | T | A | L | I | F | T | | | |
O | B | I | | S | L | I | C | E | | F | A | T | E | D |
M | E | T | Z | | F | L | E | A | S | | N | A | P | A |
B | L | E | A | K | | L | I | S | T | S | | X | I | S |
| | | P | A | S | S | T | H | E | T | O | R | C | H |
C | O | P | S | T | O | | | | M | O | U | E | | |
O | H | O | | R | O | B | O | T | | I | G | L | O | O |
C | A | S | H | I | N | O | N | E | S | C | H | I | P | S |
O | R | I | O | N | | A | C | R | E | | T | E | E | S |
A | E | T | N | A | | T | E | M | P | | A | F | R | O |
Tue 12/8/2020
W | O | R | K | | A | B | O | V | E | | H | A | R | D |
E | X | E | C | | D | E | V | I | L | | A | S | H | E |
T | O | F | U | | D | E | E | D | S | | S | T | O | P |
| | | P | I | E | R | R | E | | S | A | U | N | A |
O | H | M | | T | R | Y | T | O | | O | T | T | E | R |
L | E | A | S | E | S | | | T | A | T | | E | S | T |
D | A | K | A | R | | M | E | A | D | O | W | | | |
| P | O | L | A | R | O | P | P | O | S | I | T | E | |
| | | S | T | E | L | A | E | | P | L | A | I | N |
A | N | I | | I | C | E | | | E | E | Y | O | R | E |
R | A | N | D | O | | S | A | M | S | A | | S | E | W |
R | U | N | I | N | | K | N | I | C | K | S | | | |
I | S | I | T | | F | I | N | C | H | | W | A | R | D |
V | E | E | S | | I | N | U | R | E | | A | C | E | R |
E | A | S | Y | | B | E | L | O | W | | P | L | A | Y |
Wed 12/9/2020
C | R | I | C | K | | | R | B | I | S | | B | B | C |
N | I | T | R | O | | M | O | O | L | A | | O | E | R |
N | O | S | I | R | | A | T | O | L | L | | I | M | O |
| | | S | E | T | T | H | E | B | A | R | L | O | W |
B | I | T | P | A | R | T | | R | E | D | H | E | A | D |
O | B | O | E | | A | H | A | S | | F | E | R | N | S |
B | E | N | D | O | V | E | R | | S | O | A | P | | |
A | T | E | | N | E | W | U | S | E | R | | L | E | E |
| | D | E | A | L | | B | A | C | K | W | A | R | D |
G | R | I | D | S | | R | A | G | U | | A | T | O | I |
L | E | T | I | T | B | E | | G | R | A | V | E | S | T |
U | N | D | E | R | A | C | H | I | E | V | E | | | |
T | O | O | | E | S | T | E | E | | A | D | M | A | N |
E | W | W | | A | R | O | A | R | | I | H | O | P | E |
I | N | N | | K | A | R | T | | | L | I | M | B | O |
POW Thu 12/10/2020
G | A | P | S | | | S | A | Y | A | H | | P | T | A |
O | K | O | K | | S | O | M | A | L | I | | I | O | N |
S | I | L | I | C | O | N | C | H | I | P | | N | O | T |
E | T | A | | O | N | T | | | | | L | E | T | S |
E | A | R | C | A | N | A | L | | U | R | I | A | H | |
| | | O | X | Y | G | E | N | S | U | P | P | L | Y |
C | Y | S | T | | | | A | U | D | I | | P | E | A |
P | O | M | | I | R | O | N | M | A | N | | L | S | D |
A | G | E | | M | A | R | C | | | | M | E | S | A |
S | I | L | V | E | R | B | U | L | L | E | T | | | |
| B | L | A | D | E | | T | A | L | K | S | H | O | P |
J | E | T | T | | | | | B | A | E | | A | M | I |
A | R | E | | C | A | R | B | O | N | D | A | T | E | D |
M | R | S | | C | H | U | R | R | O | | M | E | G | A |
B | A | T | | S | A | G | A | S | | | P | R | A | Y |
Fri 12/11/2020
D | A | M | P | | S | N | U | B | S | | A | T | R | A |
O | B | O | E | | T | E | N | E | T | | B | R | A | N |
W | O | O | T | | E | X | T | R | A | P | O | I | N | T |
D | O | N | T | G | E | T | A | N | Y | I | D | E | A | S |
| | Q | U | O | R | U | M | | | Z | E | S | T | Y |
S | P | U | R | T | | P | E | R | E | Z | | | | |
H | E | A | T | H | | | D | E | R | A | I | L | E | D |
O | A | K | L | A | N | D | | I | N | O | N | E | G | O |
P | R | E | E | M | I | E | S | | | V | A | M | O | S |
| | | | C | L | O | T | H | | E | M | O | T | E |
A | S | A | M | I | | | J | O | I | N | I | N | | |
S | C | R | A | T | C | H | A | N | D | S | N | I | F | F |
P | O | T | T | Y | H | U | M | O | R | | U | C | L | A |
E | R | I | E | | U | T | E | R | I | | T | E | A | K |
N | E | E | D | | M | U | S | E | S | | E | S | T | E |
Sat 12/12/2020
I | B | M | | S | H | U | S | H | | | P | E | C | S |
M | E | A | T | P | A | C | K | E | R | | O | T | O | H |
S | Q | U | A | L | L | L | I | N | E | | M | A | L | I |
| U | N | B | A | L | A | N | C | E | | | L | O | N |
S | E | A | L | Y | | | | E | F | I | L | I | N | G |
T | A | K | E | S | A | I | M | | | L | I | B | E | L |
A | T | E | | | D | N | A | P | R | O | F | I | L | E |
T | H | A | T | W | A | S | C | L | O | S | E | | | |
| | | H | O | M | E | R | U | N | T | R | O | T | S |
U | N | D | E | R | S | T | O | O | D | | | L | A | P |
N | E | E | D | S | | | S | T | O | P | T | I | M | E |
S | U | B | J | E | C | T | | | | E | A | V | E | D |
E | T | A | | | R | U | S | T | E | A | T | E | N | |
A | R | C | S | | O | P | E | R | A | C | A | P | E | S |
T | A | L | E | | P | L | E | A | S | E | R | I | S | E |
S | L | E | W | | | E | M | M | Y | S | | T | S | A |
Sun 12/13/2020 CINÉMA VÉRITÉ
D | A | N | | | F | L | A | T | | | | C | A | R | | C | A | B | I | N |
I | M | A | M | | L | O | N | G | O | | P | O | E | T | | E | P | O | C | H |
S | I | T | E | | I | O | N | I | A | | L | U | R | E | | S | P | O | I | L |
R | A | I | D | E | R | S | O | F | T | H | E | L | O | S | T | A | R | K | | |
O | B | V | I | A | T | E | | | H | I | N | D | S | | I | R | O | B | O | T |
B | L | E | A | T | | S | U | N | S | E | T | B | O | U | L | E | V | A | R | D |
E | E | S | | O | U | T | R | E | | | Y | E | L | P | | | E | G | G | S |
| | | C | U | T | | L | A | B | S | | | | A | A | H | | | | |
R | I | C | O | T | T | A | | P | A | T | R | I | O | T | G | A | M | E | S | |
O | S | A | Y | | E | R | G | | S | P | U | R | N | | E | L | I | C | I | T |
A | L | T | O | | R | I | O | T | S | | S | E | O | U | L | | D | A | R | E |
N | E | C | T | A | R | | O | V | E | R | T | | R | P | I | | D | R | E | A |
| T | H | E | G | O | D | F | A | T | H | E | R | | S | M | O | L | D | E | R |
| | | | A | T | A | | | | O | D | I | N | | I | N | E | | | |
D | A | I | S | | | M | E | T | A | | | C | A | S | T | E | | A | P | P |
O | N | T | H | E | W | A | T | E | R | F | R | O | N | T | | S | A | V | E | R |
M | Y | S | O | R | E | | O | N | C | U | E | | | E | P | I | S | O | D | E |
| | H | O | N | E | Y | I | S | H | R | U | N | K | T | H | E | K | I | D | S |
C | R | E | T | E | | A | L | E | E | | P | A | N | S | Y | | I | D | L | E |
H | A | R | E | S | | D | E | U | S | | S | P | O | O | L | | N | E | E | T |
I | N | E | R | T | | A | S | P | | | | E | T | N | A | | | D | R | S |
Dan Margolis, of Westfield, N.J., is a semiretired software applications trainer. In his spare time, he referees high school basketball games and plays keyboard in a "dad rock band," Landing Party — so named because all the members are "Star Trek" fans.
Dan has been solving puzzles since he was a teenager. The first ones he constructed were on graph paper back in the day. This is his fourth crossword for The Times, and his first Sunday.
– puzzle by Dan Margolis
Mon 12/14/2020
A | B | B | A | | A | B | L | Y | | | | G | A | P |
C | A | R | L | | F | R | I | E | D | | N | A | B | S |
C | L | U | E | | L | A | M | A | R | | O | T | A | Y |
E | L | L | E | M | A | C | P | H | E | R | S | O | N | |
S | E | E | | A | C | E | | | W | E | I | R | D | S |
S | T | E | E | D | | | S | A | N | D | R | A | O | H |
| | | R | A | T | | I | C | E | | | D | N | A |
| | S | A | M | A | N | T | H | A | B | E | E | | |
R | E | P | | | N | E | O | | R | O | O | | | |
K | A | Y | H | A | G | A | N | | | A | S | S | A | M |
O | R | N | A | T | E | | | A | B | S | | H | U | E |
| W | O | M | E | N | O | F | L | E | T | T | E | R | S |
D | I | V | A | | T | R | O | V | E | | O | H | O | H |
A | G | E | S | | S | E | R | I | F | | M | E | R | E |
Y | S | L | | | | S | A | N | S | | B | R | A | D |
Tue 12/15/2020
A | T | O | Z | | S | P | O | R | T | | T | O | T | E |
P | E | R | E | | T | O | T | I | E | | A | I | R | Y |
C | R | I | B | | U | S | O | F | A | | C | L | U | E |
A | R | O | U | N | D | T | H | E | G | L | O | B | E | |
L | O | L | | A | S | I | | W | A | S | | A | D | D |
C | R | E | A | K | | T | H | I | R | D | | R | A | J |
| | | N | E | A | | I | T | D | | P | O | T | S |
| | U | N | D | E | R | T | H | E | S | U | N | | |
M | I | N | E | | G | E | O | | N | H | L | | | |
A | C | C | | P | E | O | N | S | | O | P | R | A | H |
C | E | L | | O | A | R | | C | R | O | | E | V | O |
| B | E | H | I | N | D | T | H | E | T | I | M | E | S |
N | O | S | E | | S | E | E | I | N | | P | A | N | T |
S | W | A | N | | E | R | A | S | E | | A | D | U | E |
A | L | M | S | | A | S | K | M | E | | D | E | E | D |
Wed 12/16/2020
T | O | P | S | | S | K | O | S | H | | P | O | S | H |
R | H | E | A | | T | E | P | E | E | | A | B | L | E |
A | I | R | C | R | A | F | T | C | A | R | R | I | E | R |
C | O | S | | A | M | I | | | P | E | E | W | E | E |
H | A | I | R | S | P | R | A | Y | | S | N | A | P | S |
E | R | S | E | | | S | C | A | L | E | | N | Y | Y |
A | T | T | A | C | H | | T | W | I | R | L | | | |
| | S | C | R | E | E | N | S | A | V | E | R | | |
| | | H | A | I | T | I | | R | E | V | O | L | T |
A | K | C | | C | R | O | C | S | | | A | S | E | A |
M | E | R | C | K | | N | E | A | T | F | R | E | A | K |
I | N | A | R | E | A | | | I | I | I | | A | D | E |
G | O | V | E | R | N | M | E | N | T | B | O | N | D | S |
A | B | E | T | | T | O | O | T | H | | I | N | O | T |
S | I | N | E | | S | E | N | S | E | | L | E | G | O |
Thu 12/17/2020
A | C | H | Y | | S | C | O | T | S | | A | M | M | O |
S | M | E | E | | A | L | B | U | M | | W | I | S | H |
G | I | S | T | | B | O | O | M | E | R | A | N | G | S |
A | N | T | I | D | O | T | E | | L | O | K | I | | |
R | O | I | | I | R | S | | A | L | L | E | G | E | D |
D | R | A | F | T | | | P | L | I | E | | O | X | O |
| | | A | C | H | | R | A | E | | A | L | I | T |
B | E | E | T | H | O | V | E | N | S | F | I | F | T | H |
U | R | G | E | | N | E | G | | T | E | D | | | |
F | I | G | | G | O | G | O | | | T | A | M | I | L |
F | E | R | R | E | R | A | | M | O | A | | A | C | U |
| | O | O | N | A | | D | E | F | L | A | T | E | D |
W | I | L | D | E | B | E | E | S | T | | F | L | A | W |
I | D | L | E | | L | E | A | S | E | | R | I | G | I |
S | O | S | O | | E | L | F | I | N | | O | N | E | G |
Fri 12/18/2020
V | I | B | E | | S | A | B | A | N | | A | B | E | T |
O | P | E | N | S | E | S | A | M | E | | S | E | G | O |
C | A | T | C | H | A | S | C | A | T | C | H | C | A | N |
E | D | T | | A | L | E | K | | S | A | L | A | D | S |
| | E | N | D | | T | S | P | | T | A | U | | |
C | O | R | E | R | | S | E | A | H | O | R | S | E | S |
O | S | G | O | O | D | | A | T | E | | | E | X | E |
S | C | E | N | E | O | F | T | H | E | C | R | I | M | E |
T | A | T | | | H | A | D | | L | O | O | T | E | D |
A | R | M | C | H | A | I | R | S | | N | A | S | T | Y |
| | O | R | A | | L | I | T | | D | D | T | | |
L | O | V | A | T | O | | V | A | S | E | | H | E | Y |
S | H | I | V | E | R | M | E | T | I | M | B | E | R | S |
A | N | N | E | | S | C | R | U | B | N | U | R | S | E |
T | O | G | S | | O | A | S | E | S | | B | E | E | R |
POW Sat 12/19/2020
O | T | I | S | | A | H | E | M | | M | O | T | H | S |
N | O | L | A | | B | E | L | I | K | E | T | H | A | T |
T | O | L | D | | C | R | I | M | E | S | C | E | N | E |
O | R | B | I | T | S | | Z | I | P | S | | R | D | A |
A | D | I | E | U | | T | A | C | T | | R | O | L | L |
S | E | T | | S | N | U | B | | | R | I | S | E | S |
T | R | E | A | S | U | R | E | T | R | O | V | E | S | |
| | | M | A | I | N | T | H | E | M | E | | | |
| A | B | O | U | T | T | H | E | A | U | T | H | O | R |
C | L | O | U | D | | | W | I | L | L | | O | R | E |
O | D | O | R | | B | E | A | R | | U | T | T | E | R |
H | E | M | | P | U | R | R | | T | S | E | T | S | E |
O | N | E | M | A | N | A | R | M | Y | | T | A | T | A |
S | T | R | I | P | S | T | E | A | K | | O | K | E | D |
T | E | S | L | A | | O | N | C | E | | N | E | S | S |
Sun 12/20/2020 TOY STORY
B | A | H | T | | | B | U | S | S | | | O | R | E | M | | S | A | N | S |
I | D | E | A | L | | A | N | T | I | | E | P | O | X | Y | | E | R | I | C |
B | A | R | B | I | E | D | O | L | L | | T | A | M | A | G | O | T | C | H | I |
I | M | S | O | M | A | D | | | I | N | T | H | E | M | O | O | D | | | |
| | | R | O | S | A | S | | C | A | A | | | | S | P | A | T | E | S |
H | A | M | S | | E | T | C | H | A | S | K | E | T | C | H | | T | I | M | E |
A | P | R | | C | L | A | R | O | | A | E | I | O | U | | C | E | C | I | L |
S | E | P | I | A | S | | A | T | L | | T | R | U | E | T | O | | K | L | M |
A | D | O | R | N | | | T | W | I | S | T | E | R | | A | Z | A | L | E | A |
T | O | T | E | D | | O | C | A | L | A | | | | D | O | Y | L | E | | |
| M | A | N | Y | | C | H | R | I | S | T | M | A | S | | C | O | M | A | |
| | T | I | L | E | D | | | | S | A | Y | S | O | | O | N | E | I | L |
B | R | O | C | A | S | | P | L | A | Y | D | O | H | | | U | S | E | M | E |
A | A | H | | N | L | E | A | S | T | | S | P | A | | A | P | O | L | L | O |
S | N | E | A | D | | T | R | A | S | H | | I | N | O | N | E | | M | O | N |
S | T | A | T | | C | H | A | T | T | Y | C | A | T | H | Y | | R | O | W | E |
I | O | D | A | T | E | | | | O | P | A | | I | M | D | U | E | | | |
| | | R | O | S | S | P | E | R | O | T | | | S | A | M | B | A | E | D |
R | U | B | I | K | S | C | U | B | E | | S | I | L | L | Y | P | U | T | T | Y |
E | R | R | S | | N | A | N | A | S | | A | S | E | A | | S | T | O | N | E |
F | L | A | K | | A | R | T | Y | | | T | H | A | W | | | S | P | A | R |
Randolph Ross is a retired high school principal and math teacher who lives in Manhattan. He's been making crosswords for The Times since 1991.
The theme of this one arose out of some factoids about 111-Across and 33-Down that he gave a grandson. "It occurred to me that for this Christmas and Hanukkah, with so many grandparents and family not able to see the children from their lives in person, a crossword about toys might bring a smile."
– puzzle by Randolph Ross
Mon 12/21/2020
B | L | A | T | H | E | R | | | | P | L | A | Z | A |
A | R | C | H | I | V | A | L | | S | A | I | L | O | R |
H | O | M | E | P | A | G | E | | C | L | E | A | R | S |
A | N | E | W | | M | U | M | B | O | J | U | M | B | O |
| | | E | T | A | | | O | O | O | | B | A | N |
J | I | B | B | E | R | J | A | B | B | E | R | | | |
I | R | E | | L | I | E | N | | | Y | E | A | R | N |
B | A | A | S | | E | D | G | E | R | | F | L | O | E |
E | Q | U | A | L | | | E | V | E | N | | T | L | C |
| | | G | O | B | B | L | E | D | Y | G | O | O | K |
A | H | A | | V | I | A | | | C | U | B | | | |
B | A | L | D | E | R | D | A | S | H | | S | E | A | M |
U | S | E | R | I | D | | E | P | I | P | H | A | N | Y |
T | O | X | I | N | S | | R | A | N | S | A | C | K | S |
S | N | A | P | S | | | | S | A | Y | W | H | A | T |
Tue 12/22/2020
H | O | S | S | | A | N | T | I | C | | W | A | D | E |
A | R | C | H | | P | A | O | L | O | | A | X | E | L |
L | A | R | A | | S | H | E | E | R | B | L | I | S | S |
F | L | A | N | G | E | | | | F | A | L | S | I | E |
| | P | G | A | | C | L | O | U | D | | | | |
T | H | E | R | M | | O | I | L | | S | W | I | N | E |
R | O | S | I | E | | W | E | D | | C | O | N | E | Y |
A | D | U | L | T | S | | | | | I | N | A | N | E |
P | A | P | A | H | A | Y | D | N | | E | D | G | E | S |
| | | | E | M | O | J | I | | N | E | O | | |
A | S | T | R | O | | U | S | B | | C | R | O | S | S |
C | H | E | E | R | S | | | | H | E | L | D | T | O |
H | A | P | P | Y | P | L | A | C | E | | A | W | O | L |
O | R | E | O | | R | E | N | E | W | | N | A | N | A |
O | D | E | S | | Y | O | Y | O | S | | D | Y | E | R |
Wed 12/23/2020
J | U | L | E | P | | K | A | F | K | A | | R | E | M |
I | N | A | L | L | | I | N | A | I | R | | E | G | O |
V | I | S | T | A | | L | A | U | N | C | H | W | O | W |
E | X | T | R | N | I | N | G | S | | H | O | S | T | S |
| | | S | E | N | | | T | R | I | M | | | |
D | Q | S | | T | A | M | P | | E | V | E | R | S | O |
R | U | E | S | | S | A | O | | C | A | R | E | E | R |
W | E | A | T | H | E | R | B | A | L | L | O | O | N | S |
H | E | R | E | O | N | | O | B | I | | W | I | N | O |
O | N | S | E | T | S | | X | E | N | A | | L | A | N |
| | | P | E | E | S | | | E | M | T | | | |
A | C | C | E | L | | T | E | A | R | A | S | D | E | R |
S | L | I | D | B | R | E | A | D | | Z | A | I | R | E |
H | E | R | | A | N | I | S | E | | E | M | A | I | L |
Y | O | O | | R | A | N | T | S | | S | I | L | K | Y |
Thu 12/24/2020
B | A | S | H | | A | M | B | E | R | | S | P | I | N |
A | R | I | A | | L | U | I | G | I | | U | R | D | U |
L | E | T | T | H | E | G | O | O | D | S | R | O | L | L |
M | A | S | T | E | R | S | | | D | I | E | S | E | L |
| | | R | A | T | | | B | A | L | D | | | |
| W | A | I | T | S | F | O | R | N | O | O | N | E | |
C | A | T | C | H | | E | P | I | C | S | | O | R | E |
R | I | S | K | | S | L | I | D | E | | P | L | U | S |
U | S | E | | S | T | O | N | E | | T | R | I | P | S |
| T | A | K | E | O | N | E | S | S | W | E | E | T | |
| | | I | R | I | S | | | A | I | D | | | |
S | T | A | T | I | C | | | E | S | C | A | P | E | S |
C | A | N | T | F | I | N | D | T | H | E | T | I | M | E |
A | C | N | E | | S | E | I | N | E | | O | N | M | E |
M | O | A | N | | M | A | M | A | S | | R | E | A | D |
Fri 12/25/2020
R | A | B | B | I | | C | L | A | P | S | | J | O | G |
I | M | O | L | D | | Z | O | R | R | O | | U | R | L |
P | E | N | A | L | | A | B | B | E | Y | | I | D | A |
O | N | E | B | E | D | R | O | O | M | | A | C | E | S |
F | R | I | S | C | O | | | R | E | N | D | E | R | S |
F | A | N | | H | U | L | A | | D | O | O | B | I | E |
| | | G | A | L | O | S | H | | T | R | A | N | S |
| G | R | E | T | A | T | H | U | N | B | E | R | G | |
F | A | I | N | T | | R | E | L | O | A | D | | | |
I | M | F | R | E | E | | S | K | I | D | | P | G | A |
R | E | F | E | R | E | E | | | S | A | L | O | O | N |
E | T | E | S | | L | E | A | S | E | T | O | O | W | N |
L | I | D | | O | P | R | A | H | | A | U | D | I | O |
I | M | O | | N | O | I | R | E | | L | I | L | L | Y |
T | E | N | | S | T | E | P | S | | L | E | E | D | S |
POW Sat 12/26/2020
Y | E | S | | I | N | C | A | | D | I | S | P | E | L |
U | S | H | E | R | O | U | T | | A | R | E | O | L | A |
C | H | A | L | K | A | R | T | | M | A | L | L | E | T |
C | A | R | D | S | H | A | R | K | S | | F | A | V | E |
A | R | I | E | | | D | A | N | E | | D | R | A | B |
S | P | A | R | K | S | | C | E | L | | R | I | T | E |
| | | S | I | E | S | T | A | | P | I | C | O | T |
T | O | R | T | L | A | W | | D | O | O | V | E | R | S |
A | P | I | A | N | | A | S | S | I | S | I | | | |
K | E | N | T | | A | N | N | | D | Y | N | A | M | O |
E | D | G | E | | L | E | I | S | | | G | I | A | N |
A | P | T | S | | L | E | F | T | T | A | C | K | L | E |
H | A | R | M | E | D | | F | A | U | X | A | M | I | S |
I | G | U | A | N | A | | L | I | B | E | R | A | C | E |
T | E | E | N | S | Y | | E | R | A | S | | N | E | C |
Sun 12/27/2020 PARTNERSHIPS
M | A | M | B | A | | F | A | C | T | I | S | | I | S | A | Y | | M | O | A |
A | B | O | I | L | | I | D | U | N | N | O | | N | O | T | E | | A | R | T |
J | U | D | G | E | A | N | D | J | U | R | Y | | B | U | T | T | D | I | A | L |
S | T | E | P | | R | E | M | O | T | E | | G | E | R | E | | E | T | N | A |
| | | O | B | E | S | E | | | P | A | R | T | O | N | | L | A | G | S |
H | A | R | P | I | S | T | | P | E | A | C | E | A | N | D | Q | U | I | E | T |
A | G | A | P | E | | | V | I | V | I | E | N | | | E | T | D | | | |
P | E | N | A | N | D | P | A | P | E | R | | A | L | T | E | R | E | G | O | S |
S | E | A | | N | O | O | N | E | | | | C | E | O | S | | | O | N | O |
| | C | H | I | R | P | | | S | U | C | H | A | S | | | R | O | E | S |
| B | R | E | A | K | I | N | G | A | N | D | E | N | T | E | R | I | N | G | |
Z | O | O | M | | | D | E | L | T | A | S | | | A | D | I | O | S | | |
I | D | S | | | L | O | R | I | | | | C | E | D | E | D | | Q | I | N |
T | E | S | T | P | I | L | O | T | | B | O | O | M | A | N | D | B | U | S | T |
| | | A | D | O | | | Z | E | A | L | O | T | | | L | E | A | S | H |
H | U | G | S | A | N | D | K | I | S | S | E | S | | S | P | E | E | D | O | S |
U | N | I | T | | T | E | N | E | T | S | | | S | H | I | R | R | | | |
M | E | M | E | | A | F | A | R | | S | P | E | C | I | E | | P | L | E | A |
B | A | L | S | A | M | I | C | | R | O | O | M | A | N | D | B | O | A | R | D |
U | S | E | | W | E | E | K | | A | L | L | U | R | E | | I | N | D | I | E |
G | E | T | | E | R | R | S | | G | O | O | S | E | D | | O | G | E | E | S |
Daniel Grinberg, of Philadelphia, is a researcher and designer in the field of user experience. In 2018 he earned a Ph.D. in Film and Media Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
When the pandemic started, Danny had the idea of constructing 30 crosswords in 30 days as a way of coping with lockdown anxiety. He didn't quite make it — more like 28 puzzles in 60 days. That's still quite productive. He thought of this puzzle's theme while brushing his teeth one night (which is not a hint). It's his second appearance in The Times and his first Sunday.
– puzzle by Daniel Grinberg
Mon 12/28/2020
S | P | A | S | | P | E | A | C | H | | S | T | U | D |
E | A | C | H | | E | M | C | E | E | | A | O | N | E |
N | A | M | E | | A | T | A | R | I | | S | P | I | N |
T | R | E | B | E | K | | B | I | G | S | H | O | T | S |
| | C | A | R | P | S | | S | H | E | A | F | | |
C | H | O | | G | E | E | | E | T | A | | T | B | A |
H | E | R | R | | R | A | D | | O | R | W | H | A | T |
R | I | P | E | | F | L | U | F | F | | A | E | R | O |
I | D | O | I | D | O | | G | I | F | | X | M | E | N |
S | I | R | | O | R | C | | D | A | N | | O | D | E |
| | A | R | O | M | A | | O | S | C | A | R | | |
I | N | T | E | R | A | C | T | | H | O | R | N | E | D |
R | A | I | N | | N | A | O | M | I | | T | I | V | O |
K | N | O | T | | C | O | M | B | O | | O | N | E | G |
S | O | N | S | | E | S | S | E | N | | O | G | R | E |
Tue 12/29/2020
L | E | W | D | | T | A | U | T | | P | I | S | A | N |
A | L | O | E | | R | I | M | E | | U | N | T | I | E |
W | A | R | R | I | O | R | P | R | I | N | C | E | S | S |
S | N | L | | C | U | S | S | E | D | | H | A | L | T |
| | D | I | E | | | | S | I | M | I | L | E | S |
K | O | M | O | D | O | D | R | A | G | O | N | | | |
O | M | A | N | | W | O | O | | | O | G | L | E | S |
L | I | P | | C | N | T | O | W | E | R | | O | A | T |
A | T | S | E | A | | | M | E | L | | O | N | C | E |
| | | G | L | A | D | Y | S | K | N | I | G | H | T |
I | N | V | O | I | C | E | | | | A | L | E | | |
N | Y | E | T | | C | R | A | N | I | A | | V | I | A |
F | A | I | R | Y | T | A | L | E | E | N | D | I | N | G |
E | L | L | I | E | | I | P | A | D | | O | T | O | E |
R | A | S | P | S | | L | O | P | S | | S | Y | N | E |
Wed 12/30/2020
F | I | N | D | | A | P | P | S | | A | F | T | R | A |
O | C | E | A | N | V | I | E | W | | C | O | R | E | R |
R | A | W | S | I | E | N | N | A | | E | R | E | C | T |
A | R | E | | C | R | Y | S | T | A | L | B | A | L | L |
G | U | S | | E | S | O | | | M | A | I | S | I | E |
E | S | T | E | | | N | O | N | O | | D | U | N | S |
| | | R | A | H | | S | O | R | E | | R | E | S |
| G | R | A | H | A | M | C | R | A | C | K | E | R | |
F | R | O | | A | R | E | A | | L | O | G | | | |
L | E | A | H | | B | A | R | B | | | B | I | R | D |
I | N | D | I | G | O | | | A | P | R | | F | E | W |
P | O | R | T | E | R | H | O | U | S | E | | O | S | E |
O | B | A | M | A | | U | N | B | A | L | A | N | C | E |
U | L | C | E | R | | B | I | L | L | Y | C | L | U | B |
T | E | E | N | S | | S | T | E | M | | E | Y | E | S |
Thu 12/31/2020
P | P | G | | T | R | E | S | | | E | V | E | N | T |
A | L | I | | R | E | A | M | | E | M | I | L | I | A |
R | E | N | | A | L | G | A | | L | O | S | E | T | O |
M | A | R | G | I | A | L | L | | S | T | A | V | E | S |
| D | U | R | A | C | E | L | L | | I | V | E | S | |
D | E | M | U | R | E | | B | I | T | C | I | N | | |
I | A | M | B | | | F | U | T | O | N | S | | | |
P | L | Y | | W | O | R | S | E | N | S | | W | A | R |
| | | S | A | V | O | I | R | | | S | I | R | I |
| | M | E | L | O | W | N | | S | H | I | N | T | O |
| B | A | R | I | | N | E | S | T | E | G | G | S | |
P | A | R | I | S | H | | S | P | E | L | H | E | C | K |
A | R | M | A | N | I | | S | U | V | A | | D | E | E |
P | O | O | L | E | D | | E | M | I | T | | I | N | E |
A | N | T | S | Y | | | S | E | E | S | | T | E | N |