Fri 3/1/2024
C | I | R | C | U | I | T | S | | O | B | I | T | | |
U | N | I | O | N | R | E | P | | N | A | C | H | O | |
I | N | C | R | E | A | S | E | | C | L | E | R | I | C |
N | E | C | K | | S | T | E | R | E | O | | E | L | O |
G | R | I | S | T | | S | C | I | | O | P | E | R | A |
| | | C | H | I | | H | O | G | | E | P | I | C |
| | T | R | Y | N | O | T | T | O | L | A | U | G | H |
| T | H | E | M | S | T | H | E | F | A | C | T | S | |
A | R | E | W | E | T | H | E | R | E | Y | E | T | | |
L | I | M | E | | A | E | R | | R | U | M | | | |
O | P | E | D | S | | R | A | G | | P | A | L | E | S |
H | O | P | | A | D | S | P | O | T | | K | I | L | O |
A | L | A | S | K | A | | I | S | U | R | E | C | A | N |
| I | R | K | E | D | | S | E | N | O | R | I | T | A |
| | K | I | S | S | | T | E | A | M | S | T | E | R |
Sat 3/2/2024
| | | K | A | B | U | K | I | | E | L | L | I | S |
| | B | U | L | L | P | E | N | | L | E | O | N | E |
| B | A | L | L | O | O | N | S | | M | I | L | L | E |
M | E | N | T | I | O | N | | T | W | O | | C | O | Y |
A | R | G | U | E | D | | N | A | E | | H | A | V | A |
S | L | U | R | | S | O | U | N | D | B | I | T | E | |
H | E | P | | S | T | U | N | T | D | O | G | S | | |
| | | F | O | R | T | H | W | I | T | H | | | |
| | R | A | R | E | C | O | I | N | S | | T | S | K |
| M | O | V | E | A | L | O | N | G | | T | A | T | A |
M | A | C | E | | M | A | D | | B | R | E | X | I | T |
A | R | K | | A | S | S | | P | A | U | N | C | H | Y |
Z | O | O | M | S | | S | E | A | N | P | A | U | L | |
D | O | U | G | H | | E | V | I | D | E | N | T | | |
A | N | T | S | Y | | D | O | R | S | E | T | | | |
Sun 3/3/2024 Countdown
T | T | D | R | E | S | S | | P | J | S | | | C | L | E | | C | G | I | |
E | R | I | T | R | E | A | | S | U | L | U | | O | I | L | B | O | O | M | S |
N | U | M | E | R | A | L | | A | L | U | M | N | W | S | L | E | T | T | E | R |
| | | | O | W | L | E | T | | S | N | I | P | P | E | T | | Y | A | T |
F | R | E | T | R | A | I | N | | P | H | O | N | O | | | A | L | A | N | A |
L | E | I | A | | R | E | D | C | A | P | | E | X | A | C | T | O | | | |
A | R | G | U | E | | M | A | O | R | I | S | | | P | R | E | S | S | T | |
R | A | H | | M | E | A | T | B | A | L | L | S | | P | O | S | T | E | R | S |
E | N | T | H | U | S | E | | | M | E | R | E | | O | C | T | A | V | I | O |
| | | E | S | T | | S | T | U | S | | D | O | S | | S | T | E | E | L |
A | B | C | S | | A | V | I | A | S | | T | A | K | E | F | | U | N | D | O |
P | L | O | W | S | | A | X | L | | W | I | N | S | | I | S | R | | | |
P | E | T | I | T | F | S | | E | L | A | N | | | A | V | E | N | G | E | R |
T | A | T | T | O | O | S | | S | A | N | D | R | A | L | E | E | | R | A | E |
| K | A | H | L | U | A | | | O | N | E | I | L | L | | P | I | E | T | A |
| | | M | E | R | L | I | N | | A | R | A | B | I | C | | N | E | E | D |
A | S | P | E | N | | | D | E | N | T | S | | E | A | R | T | N | T | R | Y |
C | H | I | | A | S | P | I | R | E | R | | N | E | N | E | H | | | | |
D | O | N | T | R | K | T | O | O | H | A | R | D | | C | O | R | L | E | O | S |
C | R | E | W | T | E | A | M | | I | D | E | A | | E | L | E | G | A | N | T |
| T | S | O | | E | S | S | | | E | P | S | | S | E | E | S | R | E | D |
Mon 3/4/2024
E | I | G | H | T | | S | H | U | T | S | | A | B | A |
S | C | U | B | A | | N | A | N | A | S | | Y | E | R |
L | Y | S | O | L | | A | I | S | L | E | S | E | A | T |
| | | M | O | N | G | R | E | L | | C | A | K | E |
C | A | B | A | N | A | | N | A | Y | S | A | Y | E | R |
C | H | E | X | | G | A | E | L | | E | M | E | R | Y |
S | A | T | | H | A | L | T | | A | L | P | | | |
| B | A | N | A | N | A | | S | P | L | I | T | S | |
| | | E | G | O | | H | I | P | S | | O | I | L |
A | Q | A | B | A | | C | A | P | E | | C | O | L | A |
S | U | B | U | R | B | A | N | | A | N | A | L | O | G |
S | O | U | L | | E | N | D | U | R | E | S | | | |
I | T | S | A | M | A | T | C | H | | P | I | N | T | A |
S | E | E | | C | U | B | A | N | | A | N | A | I | S |
T | D | S | | U | T | E | R | O | | L | O | P | E | S |
Tue 3/5/2024
B | O | B | A | | S | H | R | E | D | | C | C | S |
O | D | I | N | | L | O | I | R | E | | H | A | T |
L | O | G | I | C | A | L | F | A | L | L | A | C | Y |
A | R | M | | O | N | M | E | | | A | R | A | L |
| | O | S | A | G | E | | T | I | P | T | O | E |
| E | M | P | T | Y | S | P | A | C | E | | | |
A | S | E | A | | | | C | U | R | L | B | A | R |
M | S | N | | P | I | G | S | T | Y | | A | M | I |
Y | O | T | E | A | M | O | | | | F | R | O | G |
| | | F | R | U | I | T | D | R | I | N | K | |
G | O | L | I | M | P | | A | W | A | R | D | | |
E | T | A | L | | | R | Y | E | S | | A | N | T |
T | H | R | E | E | H | O | L | E | P | U | N | C | H |
E | E | K | | K | A | B | O | B | | S | C | A | R |
M | R | S | | E | M | O | R | Y | | B | E | A | U |
Wed 3/6/2024
P | I | L | L | | | B | O | G | S | | P | B | J | S |
E | P | E | E | | T | R | A | L | A | | A | R | E | A |
Z | O | O | M | | H | I | K | E | R | | P | U | R | L |
| | | O | N | E | E | Y | E | D | J | A | C | K | S |
A | D | O | N | I | S | | | | I | O | W | E | Y | A |
D | O | U | B | L | E | A | G | E | N | T | S | | | |
I | O | T | A | S | | D | O | N | E | | | C | B | S |
E | M | I | R | | F | O | R | D | S | | B | R | I | T |
U | S | E | | | A | R | G | O | | T | R | I | T | E |
| | | T | H | R | E | E | W | I | S | E | M | E | N |
I | N | S | E | A | M | | | | R | A | W | E | S | T |
F | O | U | R | H | L | E | A | D | E | R | S | | | |
O | L | E | S | | A | D | D | O | N | | K | I | S | S |
L | I | M | E | | N | I | E | C | E | | I | D | E | A |
D | E | E | R | | D | E | S | K | | | S | O | A | P |
Thu 3/7/2024
L | A | B | S | | M | A | C | R | O | | B | L | A | B |
E | C | O | N | | O | C | E | A | N | | L | E | I | A |
I | K | N | O | W | W | H | O | S | E | W | O | O | D | S |
| | | R | I | S | E | S | | D | I | S | S | E | S |
| C | C | T | V | | | | S | A | T | S | | | |
T | H | E | S | E | A | R | E | M | Y | H | O | R | S | E |
E | O | N | | S | H | A | L | E | | | M | A | M | A |
M | I | T | E | | A | S | I | A | N | | S | N | O | T |
P | R | E | Y | | | S | T | R | A | P | | T | O | M |
I | S | R | E | S | T | L | E | S | S | I | H | A | V | E |
| | | P | O | R | E | | | | L | A | T | E | |
C | A | N | A | R | Y | | S | E | W | E | R | | | |
A | L | O | T | T | O | D | O | G | I | D | D | Y | U | P |
S | P | E | C | | N | A | S | A | L | | L | O | R | E |
T | O | S | H | | E | B | O | N | Y | | Y | U | N | G |
Fri 3/8/2024
| | C | L | A | M | O | R | S | | A | R | I | S | E |
| W | A | I | T | A | B | I | T | | L | U | C | I | E |
T | H | R | E | E | S | O | M | E | | T | R | O | L | L |
D | O | E | S | | T | E | E | M | | M | A | U | V | E |
P | O | T | | L | E | S | S | | B | A | L | L | E | R |
A | P | O | L | A | R | | | V | A | N | | D | R | S |
S | E | E | I | N | | J | E | E | R | | D | E | B | |
S | E | L | F | D | R | I | V | I | N | G | C | A | R | S |
| C | A | T | | O | N | E | L | | T | O | T | A | L |
B | U | B | | T | A | X | | | M | O | N | A | C | O |
I | S | O | P | O | D | | S | H | E | S | | H | E | P |
S | H | R | E | W | | N | A | A | N | | D | O | L | E |
T | I | A | R | A | | O | L | D | S | C | O | R | E | S |
R | O | T | O | R | | T | E | A | C | H | E | S | T | |
O | N | E | N | D | | I | M | T | H | E | R | E | | |
Sat 3/9/2024
D | I | O | R | A | M | A | S | | | | I | S | L | E |
I | N | F | O | D | E | M | I | C | | S | T | E | I | N |
N | E | W | N | O | R | M | A | L | | L | A | R | G | O |
G | R | A | N | | C | O | M | E | D | Y | | V | H | S |
S | T | R | I | P | Y | | | F | I | D | G | E | T | |
| | | E | B | B | E | D | | G | O | A | T | E | E |
F | I | T | | J | U | R | Y | R | I | G | G | I | N | G |
A | G | E | S | | C | O | S | E | T | | S | M | U | G |
N | O | L | U | C | K | S | O | F | A | R | | E | P | S |
S | T | E | E | L | E | | N | I | L | E | S | | | |
| T | O | D | A | T | E | | | D | I | O | D | E | S |
C | A | L | | U | S | A | B | L | E | | M | O | N | T |
I | R | O | N | S | | R | O | O | T | C | A | U | S | E |
A | U | G | I | E | | S | O | L | O | A | L | B | U | M |
O | N | Y | X | | | | T | A | X | B | I | T | E | S |
Sun 3/10/2024 Rack 'Em Up
C | R | A | T | E | | A | S | P | C | A | | B | T | S | | | A | L | P | S |
L | E | T | E | M | | M | O | L | A | R | | U | S | E | | S | P | O | R | T |
I | N | A | P | U | R | C | H | A | S | E | | T | H | E | H | O | R | R | O | R |
P | A | R | I | S | H | | O | N | E | | A | N | I | M | A | L | | E | V | E |
S | L | I | D | | I | M | T | O | L | D | F | O | R | T | H | I | S | N | O | W |
| | | | D | N | A | | | O | A | T | | T | O | A | S | T | | | |
S | M | S | | M | O | P | | S | A | V | E | A | S | | | T | E | S | S | A |
H | A | W | A | I | S | L | A | N | D | E | R | S | | B | R | E | W | P | U | B |
E | L | E | C | T | | E | R | A | | | | H | E | R | O | N | | A | M | I |
S | T | E | E | R | | G | L | I | D | E | R | | N | U | T | | | C | O | T |
| | T | R | I | P | L | E | L | E | T | T | E | R | S | C | O | R | E | | |
A | B | C | | | R | A | N | | G | A | E | L | I | C | | N | O | S | E | S |
B | R | O | | D | O | Z | E | N | | | | I | C | H | | E | L | U | D | E |
B | A | R | C | O | D | E | | C | N | E | W | S | H | E | A | D | L | I | N | E |
A | N | N | A | N | | | G | O | A | T | E | E | | T | U | G | | T | A | P |
| | | M | E | L | E | E | | B | A | E | | | T | S | E | | | | |
K | R | I | S | T | I | N | S | C | O | T | H | O | M | A | S | | T | H | I | N |
N | A | M | | H | O | T | T | U | B | | O | N | T | | I | P | H | O | N | E |
O | D | D | M | A | N | O | U | T | | B | U | S | I | N | E | S | E | N | S | E |
C | O | U | R | T | | M | R | I | | C | R | E | D | O | | A | S | K | E | D |
K | N | E | E | | | B | E | E | | E | S | T | A | R | | T | E | S | T | Y |
Enrique Henestroza Anguiano, of Oakland, Calif., is a data scientist. Matthew Stock, of Gainesville, Fla., is a master's student in school counseling.
They met through the online indie crossword community as fans of each other's puzzle blogs. This puzzle was constructed entirely over email, but as Matthew writes, "We're long overdue for a video call!"
– puzzle by Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock
Mon 3/11/2024
G | R | A | M | | L | A | K | E | | R | A | I | L |
L | A | M | A | | B | R | I | M | | A | L | D | A |
A | P | P | L | E | S | T | O | A | P | P | L | E | S |
D | I | E | T | S | | | S | I | R | | T | A | T |
E | N | D | | P | I | C | K | L | E | B | A | L | L |
S | O | U | P | | N | O | S | | | E | L | L | Y |
| E | P | I | P | E | N | | D | O | R | K | Y | |
| | | C | O | R | N | H | O | L | E | | | |
| S | T | A | R | T | | U | N | E | A | S | E | |
S | T | I | R | | | B | L | T | | L | I | A | M |
C | A | N | D | Y | C | R | U | S | H | | T | R | I |
A | S | K | | O | O | O | | | O | W | E | N | S |
T | H | E | H | U | N | G | E | R | G | A | M | E | S |
H | E | R | B | | C | U | R | E | | C | A | S | E |
E | S | S | O | | H | E | A | D | | O | P | T | S |
Tue 3/12/2024
D | R | O | P | | L | A | V | A | | S | A | T | A | Y |
R | O | V | E | | I | W | I | N | | P | R | E | G | O |
A | P | A | R | T | M | E | N | T | | I | T | C | H | Y |
M | E | L | | H | I | D | E | S | | N | I | H | A | O |
A | S | S | O | R | T | | | | S | A | S | S | | |
| | | P | I | S | A | | A | L | L | T | A | L | K |
A | V | R | I | L | | T | A | L | E | | E | V | E | R |
F | I | E | | L | I | E | D | O | W | N | | V | I | I |
A | C | A | I | | S | A | S | H | | A | B | Y | S | S |
R | E | D | C | E | N | T | | A | B | R | A | | | |
| | M | E | L | T | | | | A | N | D | H | O | W |
A | C | U | R | A | | B | L | I | N | I | | A | Y | E |
P | O | S | I | T | | L | O | O | K | A | L | I | V | E |
O | P | I | N | E | | O | A | T | S | | O | K | E | D |
P | E | C | K | S | | B | D | A | Y | | G | U | Y | S |
Wed 3/13/2024
A | U | L | D | | | W | A | S | | S | E | M | I | S |
S | N | O | R | T | | A | L | A | | A | T | O | N | E |
S | A | R | A | H | | S | E | M | A | P | H | O | R | E |
A | G | A | P | E | | T | R | O | M | P | | N | E | D |
M | I | X | E | D | M | E | T | A | P | H | O | R | | |
| | | D | U | O | | | | S | O | S | O | O | N |
A | C | H | | D | O | N | O | R | | | L | O | B | O |
C | H | I | W | E | T | E | L | E | J | I | O | F | O | R |
T | A | T | E | | | T | E | X | A | N | | S | E | A |
S | I | S | T | E | R | | | | M | S | G | | | |
| | A | S | N | E | V | E | R | B | E | F | O | R | E |
A | D | S | | S | E | R | T | A | | C | O | N | E | S |
F | I | N | A | L | F | O | U | R | | T | R | E | A | T |
E | V | A | D | E | | O | D | E | | S | C | A | R | E |
W | A | G | E | R | | M | E | D | | | E | L | S | E |
Joel Fagliano is credited as the editor starting here
Thu 3/14/2024
M | A | S | T | S | | N | T | H | | R | I | A | T | A |
E | A | T | U | P | | O | H | O | | U | P | L | I | T |
T | H | E | T | O | W | E | R | O | F | B | A | B | E | L |
| | P | U | R | P | L | E | P | R | O | S | E | | |
M | P | H | | E | A | S | E | S | I | N | | R | C | A |
A | L | E | S | | | | | | | | E | T | A | L |
H | A | N | O | I | | G | P | S | | B | U | E | N | O |
E | T | H | A | N | | R | I | P | | A | L | I | E | N |
R | O | A | M | S | | A | D | A | | D | E | N | S | E |
| | W | I | I | | Y | A | M | | D | R | S | | |
P | A | K | | S | W | A | Y | B | A | R | | T | U | T |
A | L | I | S | T | E | R | | O | P | E | N | E | R | A |
L | I | N | E | O | N | E | | T | S | A | R | I | S | M |
M | A | G | E | N | T | A | | S | E | M | A | N | A | S |
Fri 3/15/2024
B | A | S | H | | O | K | R | A | | P | E | C | O | S |
O | S | H | A | | P | O | E | T | | E | X | A | L | T |
P | H | I | L | L | I | S | W | H | E | A | T | L | E | Y |
S | E | L | F | I | E | | R | O | S | T | R | A | | |
| N | O | T | V | | W | I | M | P | | A | B | L | E |
| | H | I | T | R | A | T | E | | M | E | R | E | R |
| | | M | Y | E | Y | E | | T | A | X | I | E | S |
C | A | R | E | L | E | S | S | M | I | S | T | A | K | E |
U | B | E | R | E | D | | H | O | N | O | R | | | |
S | E | D | E | R | | V | I | E | T | N | A | M | | |
S | L | A | P | | W | E | S | T | | J | E | E | Z | |
| | P | O | P | A | R | T | | T | A | X | T | I | P |
E | S | P | R | E | S | S | O | M | A | R | T | I | N | I |
W | I | L | T | S | | O | R | A | L | | R | E | E | K |
W | R | E | S | T | | S | Y | N | C | | A | R | S | E |
Sat 3/16/2024
A | L | S | O | | P | O | M | | | A | M | B | L | E |
D | E | E | P | F | A | K | E | | A | M | O | R | A | L |
D | I | S | P | O | S | A | L | | R | A | C | I | S | M |
| S | H | O | O | T | Y | O | U | R | S | H | O | T | |
| | | S | T | E | E | D | S | | S | A | C | S | |
A | N | G | E | R | | D | I | M | E | | S | H | E | L |
S | O | L | D | E | R | | C | A | G | E | | E | C | O |
K | O | A | | S | E | W | | P | A | Y | | B | O | O |
E | N | D | | T | A | O | S | | D | E | B | U | N | K |
W | E | T | S | | L | O | T | R | | T | E | N | D | S |
| C | O | P | A | | E | R | A | S | E | D | | | |
| A | D | O | P | T | D | O | N | T | S | H | O | P | |
P | R | O | N | T | O | | P | L | A | T | E | L | E | T |
G | E | I | G | E | R | | H | O | T | S | A | U | C | E |
A | S | T | E | R | | | E | W | E | | D | O | S | E |
Sun 3/17/2024 All Over the Map
| B | O | S | C | | | A | C | D | C | | O | T | O | H | | | D | I | A | L |
B | A | L | E | R | | S | L | I | E | R | | L | A | N | E | | O | U | T | D | O |
M | A | D | E | A | | H | O | T | M | A | G | E | N | T | A | | F | R | O | D | O |
W | T | F | | T | R | I | T | E | | N | I | A | G | A | R | A | F | A | L | L | S |
S | H | A | K | E | O | N | | S | T | I | R | R | E | R | | V | E | N | D | E | E |
| | I | N | R | U | S | H | | L | A | D | Y | L | I | B | E | R | T | Y | | |
| S | T | O | L | E | | E | N | C | L | | S | O | A | R | | T | E | A | R | Y |
S | C | H | W | A | | M | Y | B | | | | | | N | E | M | O | | S | K | A |
O | A | F | | K | A | Y | | A | S | H | T | O | N | | W | A | R | R | O | O | M |
S | T | U | D | E | N | T | S | | T | O | E | C | A | P | | N | Y | E | | | |
O | S | L | O | | T | H | E | S | O | U | T | H | W | E | S | T | | P | E | D | I |
| | | T | E | M | | C | E | N | S | O | R | | T | O | R | E | O | P | E | N |
J | O | S | H | G | A | D | | T | E | E | N | E | R | | L | A | V | | C | A | D |
A | X | E | | O | N | I | T | | | | | | B | A | D | | E | B | O | N | Y |
B | O | L | T | S | | S | O | C | A | | P | H | I | L | | B | R | A | T | S | |
| | F | O | U | R | C | O | R | N | E | R | S | | T | R | A | G | I | C | | |
B | I | S | T | R | O | | K | A | T | R | I | N | A | | O | I | L | L | E | A | K |
A | R | E | A | F | I | F | T | Y | O | N | E | | S | I | S | T | A | | N | E | E |
C | A | R | L | E | | L | I | O | N | S | S | H | A | R | E | | D | O | T | T | Y |
H | I | V | E | D | | O | M | N | I | | T | U | N | A | S | | E | D | E | N | S |
S | L | E | D | | | P | E | S | O | | S | H | A | Q | | | S | E | R | A | |
Simeon Seigel is an architect at The Turret Collaborative in New York City. He uses his daily subway commute to "trainstorm" theme ideas — including this one, which has been in the works since 2018.
He writes "The best themes, to me, are the ones that hinge on breaking ‘rules' which I hadn't thought of as rules until they were broken."
– puzzle by Simeon Seigel
Mon 3/18/2024
A | B | B | I | E | | T | O | Y | S | | J | I | L | T |
D | R | U | N | K | | A | B | E | T | | U | B | E | R |
S | I | S | T | E | R | C | I | T | Y | | M | E | G | A |
| E | Y | E | | A | T | E | | M | O | P | T | O | P |
| | B | L | O | G | | | F | I | T | S | | | |
E | C | O | | P | U | R | P | L | E | S | T | A | T | E |
P | A | D | M | E | | A | L | A | S | | A | L | E | X |
O | R | I | O | N | | T | A | U | | K | R | O | N | A |
C | L | E | O | | D | O | I | N | | E | T | H | E | L |
H | O | S | T | C | O | U | N | T | R | Y | | A | T | T |
| | | P | A | N | T | | | A | S | A | P | | |
E | S | C | O | R | T | | F | Y | I | | B | A | A | |
D | A | L | I | | A | L | I | E | N | W | O | R | L | D |
I | R | A | N | | S | I | L | L | | A | R | T | O | O |
T | I | N | T | | K | E | E | P | | S | T | Y | E | S |
Tue 3/19/2024
I | S | P | Y | | W | E | B | | | S | E | D | A | N | S |
M | E | R | E | | O | R | E | | E | P | A | U | L | E | T |
M | A | I | N | D | R | A | G | | C | O | U | N | T | E | R |
E | L | M | | I | D | S | | P | H | O | | C | O | D | E |
N | I | E | C | E | S | | D | O | O | R | N | A | I | L | S |
S | O | R | E | | M | A | I | L | | | A | N | D | E | S |
E | N | I | D | | I | R | S | | A | F | T | | | | |
| | B | E | A | T | T | H | E | C | L | O | C | K | | |
| | | | W | H | Y | | G | E | O | | A | L | D | A |
A | N | N | I | E | | | T | A | R | O | | P | O | R | N |
G | O | O | N | S | Q | U | A | D | | R | E | N | N | E | T |
L | I | S | T | | U | S | B | | C | P | L | | D | A | L |
A | D | H | E | R | E | S | | H | A | L | F | T | I | M | E |
R | E | E | N | T | E | R | | I | R | A | | S | K | O | R |
E | A | S | T | E | R | | | D | E | N | | P | E | N | S |
Wed 3/20/2024
S | P | A | S | M | | A | C | D | C | | F | I | S | H |
H | A | R | P | O | | W | H | O | A | | I | D | E | A |
I | N | T | R | O | C | L | A | S | S | | B | O | N | D |
P | E | S | A | C | H | | P | E | A | K | | N | O | T |
| | | W | H | I | M | | | B | I | S | T | R | O |
B | A | W | L | | C | A | N | N | A | B | I | S | | |
O | L | E | | K | A | R | E | L | | O | R | E | O | S |
B | A | N | J | O | | B | M | W | | S | I | E | G | E |
A | S | T | O | R | | L | E | E | C | H | | I | R | E |
| | T | H | E | B | E | A | S | T | | S | T | E | M |
A | T | O | N | A | L | | | T | R | A | P | | | |
B | O | O | | N | U | M | B | | L | L | A | M | A | S |
I | N | F | O | | F | U | L | L | C | I | R | C | L | E |
D | E | A | R | | F | L | U | E | | A | S | A | D | A |
E | R | R | S | | S | L | E | D | | S | E | T | O | N |
Thu 3/21/2024
R | A | R | E | S | T | | Z | A | P | | S | C | A | B |
A | M | I | N | O | R | | O | D | E | | T | A | L | E |
M | I | D | D | L | E | H | O | O | L | | A | R | T | E |
O | N | E | | A | H | A | | S | I | M | P | S | O | N |
N | O | S | T | R | I | L | | | C | U | L | T | | |
| | | H | I | C | | C | H | A | S | E | E | N | E |
| O | A | R | S | | S | A | U | N | T | E | R | E | D |
E | R | I | E | | E | A | V | E | S | | N | E | A | T |
W | E | R | E | R | E | W | E | D | | T | T | O | P | |
S | O | J | O | U | R | N | S | | C | H | E | | | |
| | O | M | N | I | | | P | R | E | R | I | B | E |
S | E | R | P | E | N | T | | T | Y | R | | M | O | M |
A | I | D | A | | E | S | C | A | P | E | R | O | O | M |
G | R | A | N | | S | K | A | | T | A | B | U | L | A |
E | E | N | Y | | S | S | N | | S | M | I | T | E | S |
Fri 3/22/2024
G | O | O | D | S | | | C | H | A | R | | T | S | O |
E | X | T | R | A | C | H | E | E | S | E | | R | A | N |
M | E | T | A | L | U | M | L | A | U | T | | A | M | E |
S | N | O | W | | B | O | L | D | | T | E | N | E | T |
| | | L | A | B | S | | L | E | A | D | S | T | O |
| | M | O | B | Y | | V | I | V | | S | P | O | T |
| V | O | T | E | | W | A | N | E | S | | R | Y | E |
F | I | R | S | T | G | E | N | E | R | A | T | I | O | N |
U | S | A | | S | O | B | E | R | | N | A | D | U | |
N | U | L | L | | L | O | S | | D | A | L | E | | |
F | A | C | E | O | F | F | | B | E | A | K | | | |
A | L | O | O | F | | L | A | R | A | | T | I | N | T |
C | A | D | | A | N | I | M | A | L | L | O | V | E | R |
T | I | E | | G | U | E | S | S | T | I | M | A | T | E |
S | D | S | | E | S | S | O | | | T | E | N | S | E |
Sat 3/23/2024
B | I | B | S | | S | T | R | I | P | S | T | E | A | K |
U | H | O | H | | W | H | Y | S | H | O | U | L | D | I |
S | E | X | Y | | A | U | D | I | O | B | O | O | K | S |
S | A | F | E | T | Y | N | E | T | | | | C | I | S |
I | R | I | S | H | | B | R | O | S | | P | U | N | Y |
N | Y | S | T | A | T | E | | K | A | R | A | T | S | |
G | A | H | | L | O | R | D | | Y | U | L | E | | |
| | | L | A | R | G | E | B | I | L | L | | | |
| | L | I | M | P | | M | E | D | I | | P | A | W |
| P | E | R | I | O | D | | G | O | N | D | O | L | A |
A | L | T | A | | R | O | B | E | | G | A | L | L | S |
B | A | I | | | | G | E | N | O | S | M | I | T | H |
B | I | T | C | O | I | N | A | T | M | | A | S | H | E |
A | N | G | E | L | F | A | L | L | S | | S | C | A | R |
S | T | O | L | E | A | P | E | E | K | | K | I | T | S |
Sun 3/24/2024 Feeling Possessive
P | R | O | B | | B | U | S | E | S | | A | G | A | S | P | | P | E | D | I |
D | O | V | E | | A | M | U | S | T | | J | E | L | L | O | | O | N | E | S |
F | U | E | L | S | S | P | E | C | U | L | A | T | I | O | N | | O | P | A | L |
S | T | R | I | P | E | S | | A | P | E | X | | | P | I | L | L | A | G | E |
| | | E | A | T | | S | P | O | T | | W | I | S | E | A | S | S | E | S |
H | O | L | D | S | W | A | T | E | R | | G | I | L | | S | I | R | S | | |
E | L | O | | M | O | N | O | | | H | O | L | L | A | | L | E | A | D | S |
W | I | S | P | S | | G | O | E | S | A | L | L | I | N | | A | S | N | E | R |
E | V | E | L | | F | U | D | G | E | S | F | A | C | T | S | | O | T | T | O |
D | E | T | A | I | L | S | | G | A | P | S | | I | S | U | Z | U | | | |
| R | O | N | C | O | | Y | O | N | | H | U | T | | P | E | R | M | S | |
| | | T | E | A | M | O | | A | M | I | S | | P | E | N | C | A | P | S |
M | E | N | S | | T | A | K | E | S | O | R | D | E | R | S | | E | S | A | U |
G | R | E | E | D | | D | O | N | T | S | T | A | R | E | | T | S | A | R | S |
M | A | U | V | E | | D | O | R | I | S | | | A | P | B | S | | L | E | I |
| | R | I | C | H | | N | O | N | | S | E | T | S | A | T | E | A | S | E |
H | E | A | D | C | A | N | O | N | | R | I | C | O | | S | O | N | | | |
O | N | L | E | A | V | E | | | F | O | N | Z | | I | Q | R | A | N | G | E |
V | O | N | N | | E | X | C | H | A | N | G | E | S | N | U | M | B | E | R | S |
E | L | E | C | | T | U | P | A | C | | I | M | A | G | E | | L | E | A | P |
R | A | T | E | | O | S | A | G | E | | T | A | X | E | S | | E | D | D | Y |
John Kugelman, of Gainesville, Va., is a software engineer and musician. This is his third crossword for The Times — all Sundays.
Crossword construction and music "tickle all the same brain cells," he says, as each is "half-creative and half-technical". He adds: "Sundays are like the progressive rock of crosswords. I love 20-minute songs, and I love 21x21 grids."
– puzzle by John Kugelman
Mon 3/25/2024
B | A | B | A | | | A | H | E | M | | C | A | P | E |
A | M | A | S | S | | R | O | P | E | | A | H | O | Y |
N | O | K | I | A | | I | T | I | S | | R | I | P | E |
D | R | E | A | M | C | A | T | C | H | E | R | | | |
B | E | D | | | D | N | A | | | M | O | I | S | T |
| | P | A | N | C | A | K | E | B | A | T | T | E | R |
E | C | O | L | I | | | E | S | A | I | | S | R | I |
V | O | T | E | R | I | D | | O | N | L | E | A | V | E |
E | R | A | | V | O | I | D | | | E | N | D | E | D |
N | A | T | H | A | N | F | I | E | L | D | E | R | | |
S | L | O | A | N | | | A | X | E | | | Y | A | P |
| | | W | A | T | E | R | P | I | T | C | H | E | R |
W | H | O | A | | A | R | I | A | | D | U | E | T | O |
H | O | P | I | | G | I | S | T | | S | P | A | N | X |
Y | E | T | I | | S | E | T | S | | | S | T | A | Y |
Tue 3/26/2024
S | C | O | O | T | | P | R | O | D | | H | T | T | P |
C | R | U | D | E | | L | O | F | I | | O | H | I | O |
H | O | T | E | L | S | U | I | T | E | S | W | E | E | T |
L | A | R | S | | I | R | S | | T | U | T | S | I | |
E | T | A | | B | R | A | | S | P | R | O | U | T | S |
P | I | G | T | A | I | L | T | A | L | E | | N | U | T |
| A | E | O | N | | | O | R | A | | E | S | P | Y |
| | | A | D | H | O | M | I | N | E | M | | | |
N | E | R | D | | A | G | E | | | M | I | S | S | |
A | Y | E | | M | R | R | I | G | H | T | R | I | T | E |
B | E | D | S | I | D | E | | I | O | S | | L | A | V |
| T | U | T | E | E | | B | A | H | | M | E | T | E |
S | E | C | O | N | D | T | O | N | O | N | E | N | U | N |
U | S | E | R | | G | I | L | T | | E | N | T | R | E |
I | T | S | Y | | E | A | T | S | | T | U | B | E | D |
Wed 3/27/2024
| I | R | O | C | | P | E | C | K | | S | K | I | N |
T | O | O | T | H | | I | M | H | O | | P | I | C | O |
O | N | T | O | E | | N | A | U | S | E | A | T | E | D |
R | I | G | H | T | Y | T | I | G | H | T | Y | | | |
T | A | U | | | A | O | L | | E | R | S | A | T | Z |
E | N | T | R | A | P | | | I | R | E | | W | I | I |
| | | E | L | A | T | E | D | | | H | A | N | G |
| | L | E | F | T | Y | L | O | O | S | E | Y | | |
L | E | A | F | | | K | I | L | L | E | D | | | |
S | R | I | | A | B | E | | | D | A | Y | S | P | A |
D | A | N | U | B | E | | T | I | E | | | C | U | E |
| | | S | C | R | E | W | D | R | I | V | E | R | S |
D | A | R | E | D | E | V | I | L | | L | O | N | G | O |
E | M | I | R | | T | I | N | E | | S | L | E | E | P |
L | I | P | S | | S | L | E | D | | A | T | V | S | |
Thu 3/28/2024
P | A | D | | | A | B | U | T | S | | | E | P | I |
O | D | E | | | S | U | Z | I | E | | | M | O | M |
T | A | C | | C | A | M | I | L | L | A | | D | I | D |
A | G | E | G | A | P | | | | A | R | C | A | N | E |
T | E | N | O | N | | P | C | P | | H | O | S | T | A |
O | S | T | E | O | | H | O | O | | A | A | H | E | D |
| | | S | E | D | I | M | E | N | T | S | | | |
Z | I | O | N | | E | L | A | T | E | | T | S | A | I |
I | N | F | O | | M | I | T | R | E | | A | I | L | S |
N | S | F | W | | O | V | O | I | D | | L | G | B | T |
| | C | H | I | N | E | S | E | Y | U | A | N | | |
| K | E | E | N | | Y | E | S | | D | R | A | B | |
G | E | N | R | E | S | | | | A | D | E | L | E | H |
I | N | T | E | R | C | H | A | N | G | E | A | B | L | E |
B | Y | E | | T | A | R | D | I | E | R | | O | L | A |
B | A | R | | | R | H | O | N | E | | | X | E | D |
Fri 3/29/2024
| | | P | A | S | S | E | R | | A | S | S | A | M |
| | F | O | R | T | U | N | E | C | O | O | K | I | E |
| M | E | C | H | A | N | I | C | A | L | B | U | L | L |
T | A | L | K | A | T | | G | O | N | | S | L | E | D |
O | C | T | E | T | | A | M | I | N | O | | L | D | S |
S | H | U | T | | D | I | A | L | I | N | G | | | |
S | O | P | | K | E | N | S | | B | L | O | W | I | T |
U | N | T | W | I | S | T | | P | A | S | T | I | M | E |
P | E | O | P | L | E | | W | E | L | D | | D | I | N |
| | | M | O | R | T | A | L | S | | M | E | S | S |
A | C | K | | S | T | E | V | E | | M | O | O | S | E |
S | H | I | A | | E | N | E | | W | A | R | P | E | D |
C | A | T | C | H | R | E | D | H | A | N | D | E | D | |
I | S | T | H | I | S | T | H | I | N | G | O | N | | |
I | M | S | E | T | | S | I | S | T | E | R | | | |
Sat 3/30/2024
G | I | L | L | N | E | T | | C | R | A | P | P | E | R |
O | N | E | E | A | C | H | | H | O | M | E | I | C | E |
L | A | B | S | I | T | E | | R | E | A | R | S | U | P |
F | H | A | | F | O | R | E | I | G | N | | C | A | R |
B | O | N | D | S | | E | N | S | | A | B | I | D | E |
A | L | O | E | | L | A | T | T | E | | A | N | O | S |
G | E | N | T | L | E | R | E | M | I | N | D | E | R | S |
| | | A | A | V | E | R | A | G | E | S | | | |
A | C | C | I | D | E | N | T | S | H | A | P | P | E | N |
G | O | O | N | | R | O | A | S | T | | O | R | S | O |
E | R | N | S | T | | W | I | E | | S | T | O | P | S |
I | N | G | | I | R | O | N | A | G | E | | P | Y | E |
S | P | A | T | T | E | R | | S | A | L | T | A | I | R |
T | I | M | R | E | I | D | | O | L | E | A | N | N | A |
S | T | E | A | R | N | S | | N | E | S | T | E | G | G |
Sun 3/31/2024 Turns of Phrase
I | S | A | I | D | | | T | E | M | P | I | | H | E | A | R | | C | G | I |
B | A | L | S | A | | C | H | R | I | S | T | | I | S | L | E | | A | R | M |
A | L | A | R | M | T | H | E | R | A | Y | S | | H | O | T | D | A | T | E | S |
R | E | M | | A | R | I | A | S | | | A | L | A | | | A | L | B | E | E |
| S | O | W | S | E | A | R | | D | A | Z | E | T | H | E | C | O | U | N | T |
| | | I | C | K | | C | L | O | R | O | X | | A | S | T | E | R | S | |
| M | E | N | U | | T | H | A | T | S | O | | A | N | T | E | | G | P | A |
C | I | T | E | S | T | H | E | S | E | E | | L | U | G | E | D | | L | A | S |
O | R | A | L | | I | N | R | E | | | Y | A | L | I | E | | B | A | C | K |
N | O | S | I | R | E | E | | | S | E | E | S | I | N | | S | O | R | E | S |
| | | S | C | R | E | W | S | T | H | E | T | I | T | A | N | S | | | |
B | E | T | T | A | | D | R | I | E | S | T | | | H | B | O | S | H | O | W |
R | A | H | S | | O | V | E | R | T | | | K | N | E | E | | L | I | M | O |
I | T | E | | S | P | I | N | E | | H | O | N | O | R | T | H | E | D | E | W |
E | T | D | | U | R | L | S | | T | O | N | E | M | E | | E | V | E | N | |
| H | E | R | B | A | L | | D | E | L | U | X | E | | O | L | E | | | |
H | E | A | T | T | H | E | B | E | E | T | S | | G | O | A | L | L | I | N | |
O | R | D | E | R | | | J | A | N | | | P | U | T | T | Y | | N | E | S |
P | I | S | S | A | R | R | O | | P | R | E | S | S | T | H | E | M | E | A | T |
I | C | E | | C | H | A | R | | O | P | T | S | T | O | | A | O | R | T | A |
S | H | A | | T | O | O | K | | P | I | E | T | A | | | H | I | T | O | N |
Spencer Leach is a third-year mechanical engineering student at Virginia Tech. Their engineering background influences how they generate themes — for this puzzle, they used a custom bit of Python code to compare a list of homonyms against common phrases.
Spencer is currently in the midst of a summer internship search and hopes any would-be employers enjoy this puzzle!
– puzzle by Spencer Leach