Tue 2/1/2022
P | A | P | A | | S | A | N | G | | P | R | I | M |
A | L | U | M | | A | R | E | A | | R | O | M | A |
S | P | R | I | N | G | F | E | S | T | I | V | A | L |
T | O | R | S | O | | | | | A | G | E | N | T |
| | | | S | C | R | I | P | T | | | | |
| R | O | S | H | H | A | S | H | A | N | A | H | |
R | E | N | O | | A | F | A | R | | O | B | E | Y |
E | T | A | L | | M | A | Y | A | | W | O | R | E |
G | A | L | L | | P | E | N | S | | R | U | B | S |
I | K | E | A | | S | L | O | E | | U | T | E | S |
M | E | R | L | E | | | | | A | Z | U | R | E |
E | S | T | | C | E | A | S | E | D | | S | T | S |
| | | S | O | N | G | K | R | A | N | | | |
B | E | A | K | | T | I | E | R | | E | V | E | N |
T | A | X | I | | E | L | I | E | | R | I | L | E |
S | T | E | P | | R | E | N | D | | D | E | F | T |
Wed 2/2/2022
F | A | C | T | | C | U | L | L | S | | T | A | L | C |
L | U | A | U | | U | B | O | A | T | | A | D | O | S |
U | R | L | S | | B | E | N | D | S | | H | O | S | T |
B | A | C | K | W | A | R | D | S | | B | O | L | T | |
| | | S | A | N | E | R | | B | R | E | E | C | H |
G | I | T | | Y | O | D | E | L | E | R | | S | A | O |
O | N | E | O | N | | | S | E | T | | A | C | U | T |
T | H | E | B | E | L | T | | T | H | E | R | E | S | T |
H | I | T | S | | O | O | H | | | R | E | N | E | E |
O | B | O | | M | I | N | I | B | A | R | | T | S | A |
T | I | T | I | A | N | | G | L | U | O | N | | | |
| T | A | L | L | | T | H | E | B | R | I | D | G | E |
S | I | L | O | | W | A | T | E | R | | F | I | N | D |
E | V | E | S | | E | R | O | D | E | | T | R | A | Y |
W | E | R | E | | T | O | P | S | Y | | Y | E | W | S |
POW Thu 2/3/2022
A | D | Z | | S | M | U | G | | E | S | P | A | N | A |
T | A | O | | A | O | N | E | | T | E | A | C | U | P |
F | L | O | | D | O | W | N | J | A | C | K | E | T | S |
I | A | M | B | | D | E | R | U | L | O | | L | T | E |
R | I | S | E | S | | D | E | S | I | | R | A | Y | S |
S | L | I | D | I | N | | | T | A | Z | O | | | |
T | A | N | | N | A | O | M | I | | E | K | E | S | |
| M | O | M | E | N | T | O | F | T | R | U | T | H | |
| A | N | E | W | | H | A | Y | A | O | | H | E | D |
| | | N | Y | S | E | | | S | T | R | I | P | E |
I | L | S | A | | A | L | F | A | | H | O | O | H | A |
N | O | T | | I | T | L | L | D | O | | O | P | E | D |
C | R | O | S | S | Y | O | U | R | T | S | | I | R | S |
A | N | G | L | E | R | | B | E | T | A | | A | D | E |
S | A | Y | Y | E | S | | S | P | O | T | | N | S | A |
Fri 2/4/2022
A | K | A | | L | I | E | S | T | O | | S | W | U | M |
V | E | R | M | O | N | S | T | E | R | | U | H | N | O |
L | I | F | E | O | N | M | A | R | S | | M | A | D | D |
A | R | E | A | S | | E | N | R | O | N | | T | E | E |
B | A | D | R | E | P | | D | O | N | O | H | A | R | M |
| | | A | Y | E | S | I | R | | T | A | D | S | |
O | M | B | | G | O | O | N | | S | T | R | E | E | T |
R | E | A | S | O | N | S | | T | O | O | T | A | L | L |
L | A | C | H | O | Y | | M | I | R | O | | L | L | C |
| S | K | I | S | | R | I | P | E | S | T | | | |
T | U | R | N | E | V | I | L | | R | H | O | M | B | I |
O | R | O | | Y | I | P | E | S | | A | T | E | A | T |
T | I | N | T | | S | P | A | C | E | B | A | L | L | S |
E | N | Y | A | | A | L | G | A | L | B | L | O | O | M |
M | G | M | T | | S | E | E | M | L | Y | | N | O | E |
Sat 2/5/2022
C | O | N | R | A | D | | | | A | R | E | P | A | S |
A | R | E | A | R | U | G | | | N | E | R | U | D | A |
B | I | B | I | M | B | A | P | | D | E | A | D | L | Y |
L | O | U | S | Y | | T | A | S | E | D | | D | I | Y |
E | L | L | E | | P | E | R | P | S | | B | Y | T | E |
S | E | A | | L | O | W | E | R | | B | E | T | E | S |
| | | B | A | N | A | N | A | C | R | E | A | M | |
| | P | E | T | T | Y | T | Y | R | A | N | T | | |
| P | A | C | K | E | D | H | O | U | S | E | | | |
P | R | I | C | E | | R | E | N | D | S | | D | I | N |
L | E | N | A | | B | U | S | T | S | | F | A | S | T |
A | C | T | | L | O | G | I | A | | C | A | N | O | E |
N | O | G | G | I | N | | S | N | O | O | K | U | M | S |
E | D | U | A | R | D | | | S | U | R | E | B | E | T |
T | E | N | S | E | S | | | | R | Y | D | E | R | S |
Sun 2/6/2022 Sci-Fi Showdown
P | H | D | | P | A | L | A | C | E | | A | C | C | O | S | T | | H | S | N | |
R | I | O | | A | V | A | T | A | R | | Y | A | H | W | E | H | | I | P | O | S |
E | G | O | | R | E | B | E | L | A | L | L | I | A | N | C | E | | T | A | R | A |
T | H | R | E | E | R | S | | | S | O | A | N | D | S | O | | L | O | C | U | S |
A | N | D | E | R | S | | R | O | E | G | | | S | U | N | N | I | N | E | S | S |
P | O | O | L | | | H | A | N | S | O | L | O | | P | D | A | S | | T | H | Y |
E | O | N | | S | T | E | E | L | | | A | P | P | | G | R | A | P | H | | |
S | N | O | W | M | A | N | | Y | A | R | D | S | A | L | E | S | | R | E | I | N |
| | T | H | E | I | S | M | | R | O | Y | | Y | E | A | | | A | F | R | O |
| S | T | E | A | K | | A | S | I | A | | W | E | A | R | | C | L | I | O | S |
S | A | H | A | R | A | | S | T | A | R | T | R | E | K | | S | H | I | N | N | Y |
A | B | E | T | S | | W | H | O | S | | R | I | S | E | | N | A | N | A | S | |
S | I | R | I | | | H | E | R | | P | A | S | | D | I | E | S | E | L | | |
K | N | E | E | | W | A | R | M | S | U | P | T | O | | M | E | T | S | F | A | N |
| | I | S | L | E | T | | S | I | R | | | B | I | O | R | E | | R | E | A |
I | M | S | | G | R | I | M | | M | R | S | P | O | C | K | | | C | O | R | K |
D | O | N | T | B | E | S | A | D | | | H | U | E | Y | | D | O | N | N | I | E |
B | L | O | A | T | | T | S | E | L | I | O | T | | | P | R | I | N | T | A | D |
E | T | T | U | | T | H | E | F | E | D | E | R | A | T | I | O | N | | I | L | L |
T | E | R | N | | M | A | R | I | N | E | | I | S | I | T | O | K | | E | L | I |
| N | Y | T | | I | T | S | B | A | D | | D | E | C | A | L | S | | R | Y | E |
Stephen McCarthy, originally from Vancouver Island, B.C., is a Ph.D. student studying transportation modeling in Stockholm, Sweden. This is his third Sunday Times crossword and his fourth Times puzzle overall.
There is a little trick to this one, as you'll discover, and your solution may not match everyone else's. The middle part of the grid was the most challenging to construct.
– puzzle by Stephen McCarthy
Mon 2/7/2022
P | E | D | R | O | | A | H | E | M | | M | A | V | S |
A | D | I | E | U | | S | E | R | A | | A | B | I | T |
L | I | N | T | R | O | L | L | E | R | | D | A | T | A |
S | T | I | R | | K | E | G | | | P | E | C | A | N |
| | N | O | G | R | E | A | T | S | H | A | K | E | S |
O | M | G | | N | A | P | | H | O | O | F | | | |
R | A | S | T | A | | | W | E | S | | I | S | L | A |
C | R | E | A | T | E | D | A | M | O | N | S | T | E | R |
A | S | T | I | | L | O | X | | | A | T | E | A | M |
| | | L | S | A | T | | S | T | P | | P | R | Y |
D | R | A | G | O | N | E | S | H | E | E | L | S | | |
R | E | L | A | Y | | | E | A | T | | L | O | S | T |
O | M | I | T | | P | R | I | D | E | M | O | N | T | H |
N | I | K | E | | B | O | Z | O | | A | S | I | D | E |
E | X | E | S | | S | T | E | W | | P | A | T | S | Y |
Tue 2/8/2022
L | O | G | S | | F | I | F | A | | A | B | I | D | E |
O | V | A | L | | I | D | O | S | | L | U | C | A | S |
L | E | M | O | N | B | A | R | S | | A | G | E | N | T |
C | R | E | P | E | S | | R | I | G | S | | D | U | H |
A | T | S | E | A | | B | E | S | O | | G | I | B | E |
T | I | T | | T | O | M | A | T | O | M | E | T | E | R |
S | M | O | G | | O | W | L | | D | O | T | | | |
| E | P | O | C | H | S | | P | A | N | I | C | S | |
| | | F | A | B | | C | H | I | | T | I | N | T |
B | A | N | A | N | A | G | R | A | M | S | | L | A | O |
A | M | O | R | | B | R | A | T | | I | N | A | P | T |
D | O | D | | R | Y | A | N | | A | R | E | N | T | I |
R | E | E | S | E | | F | I | G | N | E | W | T | O | N |
A | B | A | C | I | | T | A | P | E | | T | R | I | O |
P | A | L | I | N | | S | L | A | W | | S | O | T | S |
Wed 2/9/2022
J | E | L | L | Y | | F | I | S | H | | C | M | O | N |
E | I | E | I | O | | E | C | T | O | | H | I | V | E |
F | R | O | N | D | | B | E | E | T | S | A | L | A | D |
F | E | S | T | E | R | | D | E | T | A | I | L | | |
| | | E | L | E | C | T | R | I | C | | E | E | L |
A | R | A | L | | S | H | E | E | P | | A | R | G | O |
R | O | B | | S | T | E | A | D | | C | I | T | G | O |
M | A | N | T | I | S | | | | S | H | R | I | M | P |
O | D | E | U | M | | P | A | S | H | A | | M | A | E |
R | I | G | G | | P | I | Q | U | E | | P | E | N | D |
S | E | A | | C | U | C | U | M | B | E | R | | | |
| | T | O | P | E | K | A | | A | L | E | A | S | T |
D | R | I | L | L | B | I | T | S | | B | A | T | H | E |
J | O | V | E | | L | E | I | S | | O | C | T | E | T |
S | E | E | S | | O | R | C | A | | W | H | A | L | E |
Thu 2/10/2022
D | O | G | L | E | G | | | J | A | R | | A | P | P |
O | O | L | A | L | A | | G | U | S | H | O | V | E | R |
O | Z | A | R | K | S | | S | I | S | E | N | O | R | A |
M | E | M | E | | E | A | C | H | | S | U | C | K | Y |
| | | I | T | S | W | A | R | | U | S | A | | |
| | Y | E | R | | A | L | O | E | S | | I | M | O |
| X | O | X | O | | Y | E | W | S | | T | O | A | D |
L | O | U | A | N | N | | | | C | R | O | A | K | S |
O | U | I | S | | O | P | A | L | | O | R | S | O | |
N | T | H | | G | N | O | M | E | | O | P | T | | |
| | E | M | U | | L | E | G | U | M | E | | | |
L | O | M | A | N | | K | N | O | B | | I | H | O | P |
T | H | A | T | S | S | A | D | | E | Q | U | A | T | E |
D | O | T | T | H | E | I | S | | R | U | B | S | O | N |
S | H | H | | Y | E | S | | | S | E | E | P | E | D |
POW Fri 2/11/2022
Y | E | O | F | L | I | T | T | L | E | F | A | I | T | H |
A | G | R | E | E | T | O | D | I | S | A | G | R | E | E |
L | O | C | H | N | E | S | S | M | O | N | S | T | E | R |
E | S | S | | T | M | C | | A | B | A | | | | |
| | | G | A | I | A | | B | E | R | M | U | D | A |
| | B | E | N | Z | | G | E | S | T | U | R | E | S |
| G | A | R | D | E | | L | A | O | | T | A | L | E |
L | I | T | H | O | | W | I | N | | S | A | N | T | A |
A | R | E | A | | B | E | N | | D | E | N | I | S | |
M | T | A | R | A | R | A | T | | E | T | T | A | | |
S | H | U | D | D | E | R | | A | L | A | S | | | |
| | | | E | A | T | | A | U | G | | D | I | E |
R | E | A | D | S | T | H | E | R | I | O | T | A | C | T |
I | S | N | O | T | H | I | N | G | S | A | C | R | E | D |
B | E | T | W | E | E | N | T | H | E | L | I | N | E | S |
Sat 2/12/2022
C | O | M | B | O | | C | L | A | P | T | R | A | P | |
A | P | E | R | Y | | H | E | S | A | R | E | B | E | L |
M | E | T | A | L | | E | T | H | N | I | C | I | T | Y |
E | R | R | S | | L | E | I | | S | P | A | D | E | R |
L | A | O | | L | A | T | T | E | | | P | E | R | E |
S | T | A | C | E | Y | A | B | R | A | M | S | | | |
P | I | R | O | G | I | | E | A | S | E | | B | A | S |
I | C | E | B | A | T | H | | S | C | R | O | O | G | E |
N | S | A | | T | O | A | D | | E | L | M | O | R | E |
| | | C | O | N | T | E | X | T | I | S | K | E | Y |
A | B | B | A | | | E | L | G | I | N | | D | E | A |
P | R | A | N | C | E | | T | A | C | | P | E | A | S |
P | E | N | T | A | G | R | A | M | | P | E | A | B | O |
S | A | T | E | S | A | U | C | E | | H | E | L | L | O |
| D | U | R | A | N | G | O | S | | O | L | S | E | N |
Sun 2/13/2022 CHANGE OF HEART
C | D | S | | W | I | N | D | S | | C | R | A | P | | A | S | S | U | C | H |
P | I | A | N | O | D | U | E | T | | L | I | M | E | | M | U | R | P | H | Y |
U | N | L | I | K | A | B | L | E | | U | N | I | N | H | I | B | I | T | E | D |
| | I | C | E | | S | I | E | G | E | S | | L | O | S | | L | O | R | E |
T | W | E | E | N | S | | | P | L | I | E | | I | N | S | T | A | | | |
M | A | N | N | | A | B | S | | I | N | D | I | G | O | | E | N | Z | O | |
I | N | T | E | R | F | A | C | I | N | G | | S | H | R | I | N | K | I | N | G |
| | | | Y | E | S | A | N | D | | T | O | T | | S | T | A | P | L | E |
| C | A | R | E | S | | L | L | A | M | A | | | B | A | H | | D | O | N |
W | A | V | E | S | | L | E | O | | A | U | D | R | E | Y | | P | R | O | D |
A | R | O | D | | | I | N | V | E | C | T | I | V | E | | | H | I | K | E |
S | A | G | S | | G | R | E | E | C | E | | S | T | P | | S | E | V | E | R |
A | L | A | | R | O | E | | | O | S | C | A | R | | F | E | W | E | R | |
B | A | D | D | A | Y | | V | A | N | | O | R | I | O | L | E | | | | |
I | R | R | I | G | A | T | E | D | | C | O | M | P | L | E | M | E | N | T | S |
| M | O | V | E | | E | N | A | M | E | L | | S | E | C | | O | A | H | U |
| | | I | D | L | E | D | | A | M | I | D | | | K | I | C | K | E | R |
S | E | E | D | | I | N | E | | P | E | T | E | R | I | | N | E | E | | |
A | L | T | E | R | C | A | T | I | O | N | | C | O | M | M | A | N | D | E | D |
A | M | T | R | A | K | | T | O | U | T | | A | C | A | P | P | E | L | L | A |
B | O | A | S | T | S | | A | N | T | S | | Y | A | C | H | T | | Y | I | N |
David Steinberg, of Pacific Grove, Calif., is the puzzles and games editor for the Andrews McMeel Universal media company. The Universal Crossword, which he edits, appears in many newspapers, including The Daily News, The Boston Globe and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
David's first crossword for The Times appeared in 2011 when he was 14. This is his 101st for the paper.
– puzzle by David Steinberg
Mon 2/14/2022
K | P | O | P | | | A | C | A | I | | S | P | I | T |
H | A | Z | E | | A | C | O | R | N | | T | I | M | E |
A | L | A | R | M | C | L | O | C | K | | I | V | A | N |
K | E | R | M | I | T | | P | E | P | | L | O | G | O |
I | R | K | E | D | | P | E | D | O | M | E | T | E | R |
| | | D | I | N | A | R | | T | A | T | | | |
F | O | E | | | A | L | S | O | | U | T | I | C | A |
C | O | M | P | A | S | S | | R | O | L | O | D | E | X |
C | H | O | I | R | | Y | O | D | A | | | S | E | E |
| | | E | L | F | | P | E | R | K | Y | | | |
C | A | M | C | O | R | D | E | R | | C | O | S | M | O |
U | T | A | H | | E | R | R | | Q | U | O | T | E | D |
B | O | N | A | | S | M | A | R | T | P | H | O | N | E |
E | N | G | R | | N | O | T | E | S | | O | R | S | O |
S | E | A | T | | O | M | E | N | | | O | M | A | N |
POW Tue 2/15/2022
S | T | E | P | U | P | | O | D | I | N | | C | O | T |
I | O | D | I | N | E | | N | O | R | A | | A | R | E |
C | O | U | L | D | A | | A | R | I | D | | R | I | T |
| | C | O | U | R | T | D | I | S | A | S | T | E | R |
E | L | A | T | E | | O | A | T | H | | T | O | N | I |
L | E | T | | | A | F | R | O | | L | O | O | T | S |
F | I | E | L | D | Q | U | E | S | T | I | O | N | S | |
| | | I | O | U | | | | O | M | G | | | |
| R | I | N | G | A | L | A | R | M | B | E | L | L | S |
R | I | M | E | S | | E | G | O | S | | | E | E | K |
O | C | T | A | | M | A | R | K | | A | M | I | G | A |
P | O | O | L | R | E | S | O | U | R | C | E | S | | |
E | T | A | | O | A | H | U | | A | U | T | U | M | N |
I | T | S | | W | R | E | N | | S | T | A | R | E | S |
N | A | T | | S | A | D | D | | H | E | L | E | N | A |
Wed 2/16/2022
B | L | O | O | P | | S | M | A | S | H | | S | A | S | S |
M | A | H | A | L | | P | I | X | I | E | | E | C | C | E |
W | H | I | T | E | C | O | L | L | A | R | | C | T | R | L |
S | R | O | | D | A | R | N | | | | A | R | I | E | L |
| | | | G | R | E | E | N | S | L | E | E | V | E | S |
J | O | Y | L | E | S | S | | E | C | A | R | T | E | | |
A | T | E | A | T | | | T | O | R | I | | P | R | E | P |
C | O | A | T | O | F | M | A | N | Y | C | O | L | O | R | S |
K | E | R | R | | O | A | R | S | | | H | A | L | O | S |
| | S | A | V | E | U | S | | V | A | I | N | E | S | T |
S | I | L | V | E | R | L | I | N | I | N | G | | | | |
T | R | A | I | T | | | | I | S | E | E | | A | P | U |
I | O | T | A | | Y | E | L | L | O | W | T | A | I | L | S |
C | N | E | T | | D | R | I | E | R | | I | N | D | I | E |
K | Y | R | A | | S | E | U | S | S | | T | A | S | E | R |
Thu 2/17/2022
G | A | S | P | | | W | A | F | T | | A | L | F | A |
A | C | E | L | A | | I | C | L | A | U | D | I | U | S |
L | A | N | A | I | | S | T | A | R | T | O | U | R | S |
L | I | T | T | L | E | D | I | P | P | E | R | | | |
| | | I | S | T | O | | | | | E | L | M | |
C | L | A | N | | S | M | A | L | L | F | R | I | E | S |
H | A | M | U | P | | | H | A | I | L | | B | A | E |
A | T | O | M | I | C | S | U | B | M | A | R | I | N | E |
R | E | N | | T | U | R | F | | | W | A | D | E | D |
M | E | R | E | T | R | I | F | L | E | | T | O | R | Y |
| N | A | N | | | | | A | R | C | H | | | |
| | | M | I | C | R | O | S | E | C | O | N | D | S |
A | F | R | I | K | A | A | N | S | | E | L | I | O | T |
W | I | N | T | E | R | I | Z | E | | D | E | L | V | E |
E | B | A | Y | | A | D | E | S | | | S | E | E | P |
Fri 2/18/2022
D | A | P | S | | R | A | S | P | | H | U | F | F | Y |
E | R | I | E | | A | L | T | O | | A | D | O | R | E |
B | R | A | I | N | F | A | R | T | | L | O | R | E | N |
T | O | N | K | A | T | S | U | | C | O | N | E | S | |
S | W | O | O | N | | | T | S | O | | | N | C | R |
| | | | O | S | H | | H | I | R | E | S | O | N |
| | B | I | T | T | E | R | E | N | E | M | I | E | S |
| W | A | T | E | R | A | E | R | O | B | I | C | S | |
B | O | D | I | C | E | R | I | P | P | E | R | S | | |
T | R | A | S | H | E | S | | A | S | L | | | | |
S | E | P | | | T | E | A | | | L | E | A | S | H |
| D | P | L | U | S | | N | A | K | E | D | L | I | E |
H | O | L | E | S | | B | O | X | E | D | W | I | N | E |
O | W | E | N | S | | I | D | L | E | | I | C | E | D |
E | N | S | O | R | | B | E | E | N | | N | E | W | S |
Sat 2/19/2022
A | W | R | A | T | S | | | | S | C | O | R | E | S |
B | E | A | R | H | U | G | | | C | H | R | O | M | E |
R | E | V | E | A | L | E | D | | R | I | B | B | E | D |
U | Z | I | | I | K | N | E | W | I | T | | B | R | A |
P | E | N | D | | S | I | G | E | P | | C | L | A | N |
T | R | E | E | D | | U | R | N | | T | O | I | L | S |
| | | B | A | S | S | E | T | H | O | U | N | D | |
| | P | A | R | O | L | E | B | O | A | R | D | | |
| M | A | K | E | D | E | M | A | N | D | S | | | |
H | I | R | E | S | | V | I | N | | S | E | R | V | E |
O | L | A | Y | | R | E | L | A | Y | | S | O | I | L |
H | E | S | | W | E | L | L | N | O | W | | U | S | E |
O | R | I | G | I | N | | S | A | D | I | S | T | I | C |
H | U | T | O | N | E | | | S | E | R | P | E | N | T |
O | N | E | D | G | E | | | | L | E | A | S | E | S |
Sun 2/20/2022 PARDON MY FRENCH
C | H | A | W | | | W | I | E | L | D | | F | E | D | S | | B | E | R | T |
L | O | L | A | | G | E | N | X | E | R | | A | V | O | W | | O | R | E | O |
O | U | I | S | H | A | L | L | O | V | E | R | C | O | M | E | | U | N | I | T |
U | S | B | | O | S | C | A | R | | S | A | I | L | | A | T | N | I | N | E |
D | E | I | S | M | | H | I | C | | D | I | E | U | P | R | O | C | E | S | S |
| | | P | B | S | | D | I | N | E | D | | T | R | I | P | E | | | |
I | M | P | E | R | I | L | | S | E | N | S | | I | O | N | | S | L | A | P |
B | E | L | L | E | T | O | W | E | R | | | R | O | W | | T | B | I | L | L |
I | T | A | L | | I | N | E | | D | I | D | I | N | | L | E | A | P | T | O |
S | A | Y | | | N | D | A | | I | R | I | S | | A | I | R | C | R | E | W |
| | E | A | U | F | O | R | H | E | A | V | E | N | S | S | A | K | E | | |
T | U | R | N | S | O | N | | E | S | T | O | | A | C | T | | | A | V | E |
I | R | O | N | E | R | | C | A | T | E | R | | P | O | I | | V | D | A | Y |
P | A | N | E | S | | D | A | D | | | C | E | S | T | C | H | E | E | S | E |
S | L | E | W | | E | R | R | | O | K | E | D | | S | L | U | R | R | E | D |
| | | I | M | G | A | Y | | U | N | D | U | E | | E | G | G | | | |
L | A | I | T | T | O | W | A | S | T | E | | C | A | B | | G | E | I | C | O |
I | N | T | H | A | T | | T | A | R | E | | A | T | R | E | E | | H | A | N |
V | I | S | A | | R | E | I | N | E | C | A | T | S | A | N | D | D | O | G | S |
E | T | O | N | | I | N | D | Y | | A | L | E | A | S | T | | E | P | E | E |
R | A | K | E | | P | E | S | O | | P | E | S | T | S | | | W | E | S | T |
Victor Barocas is a professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Minnesota. He's a longtime member of the National Puzzlers' League, and contributes puzzles to its monthly publication, The Enigma.
Victor loves all things related to language and wordplay. Contrary to the title of this puzzle, though, he does not speak French.
– puzzle by Victor Barocas
Mon 2/21/2022
M | A | D | E | A | | | J | O | D | I | E | | Z | A | C |
A | L | I | S | T | | A | A | B | O | N | D | | U | G | H |
J | U | S | T | F | O | R | K | I | C | K | S | | M | A | E |
A | M | C | | I | N | F | O | | | | | R | B | I | S |
| | L | E | V | I | S | B | L | U | E | J | E | A | N | S |
D | O | A | S | E | T | | | I | N | B | O | X | | | |
A | L | I | A | | | I | M | A | F | A | N | | R | C | A |
F | A | M | I | L | Y | D | I | N | I | N | G | R | O | O | M |
T | V | S | | Y | E | L | L | A | T | | | H | A | S | P |
| | | A | N | G | E | L | | | A | T | E | S | T | S |
H | A | V | I | N | G | S | A | I | D | T | H | A | T | | |
I | K | I | D | | | | | T | O | T | E | | H | I | T |
H | E | X | | G | O | I | N | G | W | A | Y | B | A | C | K |
O | L | E | | E | A | R | B | U | D | | R | O | M | E | O |
N | A | N | | T | R | A | C | Y | | | E | A | S | E | S |
Tue 2/22/2022
| M | A | G | S | | W | I | F | E | | | W | I | E |
T | O | R | R | E | | A | T | R | L | D | S | E | N | D |
G | L | E | A | N | | P | R | O | M | O | T | I | N | G |
I | T | S | N | O | T | O | K | | | N | O | R | S | E |
F | O | O | T | R | N | | S | E | N | T | R | D | | |
| | | O | A | T | | | L | O | R | E | N | Z | O |
Q | U | I | D | | | S | H | I | R | R | | E | I | N |
I | B | N | | T | U | E | S | D | A | Y | | S | T | Y |
N | E | T | | I | N | A | N | E | | | F | S | I | X |
G | R | E | N | D | E | L | | | A | G | O | | | |
| | R | E | E | S | E | S | | B | A | R | G | E | S |
J | U | S | T | W | | | L | E | A | S | T | R | S | T |
O | P | E | R | A | G | O | E | R | | C | R | E | T | E |
D | O | C | K | Y | A | R | D | S | | A | T | E | A | M |
I | N | T | | | B | E | S | T | | P | H | D | S | |
POW Wed 2/23/2022
B | I | B | L | E | | D | A | M | E | | U | C | L | A |
I | D | I | O | T | | E | C | I | G | | R | H | O | S |
G | U | T | F | E | E | L | I | N | G | | B | E | N | T |
K | N | I | T | | K | I | D | D | | F | A | R | G | O |
I | N | N | | H | E | N | | S | A | Y | N | O | | |
D | O | G | M | A | | T | H | E | K | I | C | K | E | R |
| | | A | L | L | | A | Y | E | | A | E | R | O |
S | I | G | N | F | O | R | D | E | L | I | V | E | R | Y |
O | N | U | S | | R | O | I | | A | P | E | | | |
B | U | M | P | Y | R | I | D | E | | O | R | A | T | E |
| | L | L | O | Y | D | | M | O | D | | M | A | V |
A | S | I | A | N | | R | I | C | A | | F | O | M | O |
M | I | N | I | | W | A | T | E | R | B | R | E | A | K |
E | D | E | N | | O | G | R | E | | S | A | B | R | E |
N | E | S | S | | K | E | Y | S | | S | T | A | I | D |
Thu 2/24/2022
B | A | R | B | Q | S | | A | S | I | F | | P | R | O |
F | R | E | E | U | P | | W | H | O | A | | R | O | W |
L | O | N | G | I | I | S | L | A | N | D | | E | O | N |
A | S | E | A | | C | A | S | K | | | B | F | F | S |
T | E | E | T | H | E | D | | Y | O | D | E | L | | |
| | | H | A | R | D | C | C | A | N | D | I | E | S |
B | A | T | O | N | | | R | A | F | A | | G | R | E |
I | C | O | N | | I | T | E | M | S | | S | H | I | A |
N | A | P | | A | S | I | A | | | A | T | T | E | N |
S | I | L | E | N | T | M | M | O | V | I | E | | | |
| | O | N | T | O | E | | M | E | G | A | H | I | T |
C | H | A | D | | | S | A | I | L | | M | A | C | E |
H | I | D | | C | A | P | I | T | A | L | S | S | I | N |
E | Y | E | | E | X | A | M | | R | O | U | T | E | D |
W | A | R | | L | E | N | S | | S | U | P | E | R | S |
Fri 2/25/2022
I | Q | S | | S | M | E | L | L | | A | N | D | E | S |
S | U | E | | C | I | L | I | A | | M | E | A | D | E |
M | E | D | | A | C | I | N | G | | O | W | N | E | D |
| B | U | T | T | H | A | T | S | J | U | S | T | M | E |
B | E | C | A | M | E | | | | E | N | D | E | A | R |
A | C | T | U | A | L | S | | A | N | T | E | | | |
M | O | I | | N | A | T | I | V | E | | S | W | A | P |
B | I | O | S | | N | O | D | E | S | | K | I | L | L |
I | S | N | T | | G | O | O | D | A | T | | K | O | I |
| | | A | P | E | D | | A | I | R | L | I | N | E |
S | P | I | R | A | L | | | | S | O | A | P | E | D |
W | I | L | L | Y | O | U | B | E | Q | U | I | E | T | |
A | L | L | I | E | | P | O | T | U | S | | D | I | D |
T | A | B | L | E | | C | A | N | O | E | | I | M | O |
H | U | E | Y | S | | S | T | A | I | R | | A | E | C |
Sat 2/26/2022
E | G | R | E | T | | U | B | E | R | | B | C | C | S |
C | L | A | R | A | | S | L | A | Y | | L | E | A | H |
O | U | T | E | R | S | P | A | C | E | | E | L | L | A |
L | E | T | | P | O | A | C | H | | S | A | L | T | Y |
A | T | A | D | | T | S | K | | B | A | T | M | E | N |
B | O | N | O | B | O | S | | S | U | B | | A | C | E |
| | | G | O | S | P | E | L | T | R | U | T | H | |
| | S | E | X | P | O | S | I | T | I | V | E | | |
| D | E | S | S | E | R | T | M | E | N | U | | | |
K | I | A | | T | A | T | | T | R | A | L | A | L | A |
A | D | W | E | E | K | | D | O | C | | A | L | A | N |
S | T | A | M | P | | R | U | N | U | P | | L | U | G |
B | I | T | E | | E | Y | E | O | P | E | N | E | R | S |
A | M | E | N | | V | A | I | N | | S | A | G | E | T |
H | E | R | D | | A | N | N | E | | T | E | E | N | Y |
Sun 2/27/2022 Cinemagrams
A | T | M | C | A | R | D | S | | | B | U | R | E | A | U | | A | T | I | T |
P | O | O | H | P | O | O | H | | E | A | S | E | S | I | N | | L | I | M | E |
P | I | R | A | T | E | S | O | F | T | H | E | C | A | R | I | B | B | E | A | N |
S | L | R | | | | T | O | O | H | A | R | D | | S | C | O | U | R | G | E |
| | I | P | A | S | | E | R | E | | | | C | H | E | S | S | S | E | T |
I | T | S | A | W | O | N | D | E | R | F | U | L | L | I | F | E | | | | |
L | O | O | S | E | L | Y | | | | O | N | E | U | P | | | P | E | G | S |
L | E | N | S | | V | E | G | | P | U | T | O | N | | G | A | R | R | E | T |
| | | T | H | E | T | O | W | E | R | I | N | G | I | N | F | E | R | N | O |
Y | A | H | O | O | | | N | O | R | S | E | | | C | A | R | P | A | R | K |
E | S | E | | O | L | S | E | N | | | | A | K | I | T | A | | T | E | E |
S | T | R | I | K | E | R | | | S | P | A | D | E | | | I | P | A | S | S |
T | H | E | D | E | V | I | L | W | E | A | R | S | P | R | A | D | A | | | |
E | M | B | O | D | Y | | E | A | R | L | S | | T | A | B | | Y | V | E | S |
R | A | Y | S | | | P | A | S | T | E | | | | K | E | N | D | A | L | L |
| | | | W | H | E | N | H | A | R | R | Y | M | E | T | S | A | L | L | Y |
G | L | A | C | I | E | R | S | | | | H | A | I | | S | A | Y | S | | |
R | E | C | I | T | A | L | | G | O | R | I | L | L | A | | | | P | C | S |
A | N | I | G | H | T | M | A | R | E | O | N | E | L | M | S | T | R | E | E | T |
P | I | N | A | | H | A | Y | R | I | D | E | | E | M | P | A | N | A | D | A |
E | N | G | R | | S | N | A | R | L | S | | | T | O | Y | M | A | K | E | R |
Sheldon Polonsky, of Cincinnati, is a pediatrician and medical software analyst at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. He loves movies and wordplay and sees films in theaters whenever possible.
The theme clues for this puzzle took varied amounts of time to compose. 75-Across came in five minutes. 110-Across took half an hour. 22-Across, on and off, required three days. This is Sheldon's second Times puzzle and first Sunday.
– puzzle by Sheldon Polonsky
Mon 2/28/2022
P | A | C | K | | T | I | E | D | U | P | | W | A | S |
A | L | A | I | | A | R | L | E | N | E | | I | C | E |
S | I | P | S | | O | K | E | F | E | N | O | K | E | E |
T | E | R | S | E | | | N | E | A | | O | I | L | Y |
A | N | I | M | A | N | I | A | C | S | | M | P | A | A |
| | | E | T | A | L | | T | E | M | P | E | | |
P | C | S | | | V | E | T | | | R | A | D | I | I |
T | H | I | R | T | Y | S | O | M | E | T | H | I | N | G |
S | I | T | A | R | | | M | E | N | | | A | K | A |
| | U | N | I | T | S | | A | D | A | M | | | |
P | E | A | K | | W | O | R | D | S | W | O | R | T | H |
A | C | T | I | | O | L | E | | | S | P | O | R | E |
C | H | I | N | C | H | I | L | L | A | | I | D | E | A |
T | O | O | | D | I | D | I | O | N | | N | E | E | D |
S | S | N | | C | T | S | C | A | N | | G | O | D | S |