Thu 5/1/2025
| A | R | T | L | A | B | | B | B | C | | P | A | C | T |
| B | E | R | A | T | E | | A | L | I | | A | R | E | S |
| S | T | E | V | I | A | | B | A | S | E | L | I | N | E |
| O | R | S | | L | U | M | E | N | | L | E | A | S | T |
| R | I | C | O | T | T | A | | K | I | M | O | N | O | S |
| B | A | H | A | | S | E | P | I | A | | | A | R | E |
| L | I | S | P | | | L | E | M | M | E | | | |
| | C | I | R | C | L | E | S | B | A | C | K | | |
| | | S | Y | R | I | A | | | C | L | E | F | |
| H | A | D | | | E | P | S | O | M | | A | E | R | O |
| A | V | E | N | G | E | R | | D | U | S | T | P | A | N |
| G | E | N | O | A | | I | L | E | F | T | | S | I | M |
| R | E | V | I | L | I | N | G | | F | E | M | A | L | E |
| I | N | E | S | | K | G | B | | L | E | A | K | E | D |
| D | O | R | Y | | E | S | T | | E | L | D | E | R | S |
Fri 5/2/2025
| S | A | L | E | M | | T | H | E | N | | C | R | A | B |
| T | R | A | G | I | C | H | E | R | O | | L | E | V | I |
| O | N | I | O | N | R | I | N | G | S | | O | P | E | N |
| P | O | D | | I | O | N | S | | H | O | N | O | R | S |
| | | A | M | O | K | | C | E | L | E | R | Y | |
| H | O | W | C | A | N | I | R | E | S | I | S | T | | |
| A | R | I | E | L | | T | I | M | O | N | | C | H | I |
| L | E | N | D | | W | O | V | E | N | | S | A | I | L |
| F | O | B | | R | A | V | E | N | | L | U | R | K | S |
| | Y | O | U | G | E | T | T | H | E | I | D | E | A |
| L | A | Z | I | E | R | | M | I | S | T | | | |
| P | E | N | A | N | G | | S | I | P | S | | A | H | I |
| I | G | O | R | | A | S | E | X | P | E | C | T | E | D |
| T | A | S | K | | P | I | G | E | O | N | H | O | L | E |
| A | L | E | S | | S | T | A | R | | S | E | N | D | S |
Sat 5/3/2025
| A | N | I | M | A | L | F | A | R | M | | P | S | A | T |
| D | O | N | E | T | O | A | T | E | E | | U | H | U | H |
| L | E | T | S | F | A | C | E | I | T | | N | A | D | A |
| A | L | E | S | | | T | A | K | I | | S | K | I | T |
| I | S | R | | Z | O | O | M | I | E | S | | S | O | S |
| | | B | I | E | R | | | R | I | G | H | T | O |
| S | A | L | E | P | R | I | C | E | | G | L | U | O | N |
| P | R | O | A | M | | A | S | L | | H | O | K | U | M |
| I | T | S | M | E | | L | I | K | E | I | C | A | R | E |
| T | I | E | S | U | P | | | H | O | N | K | | | |
| S | S | R | | P | R | O | L | O | N | G | | S | P | A |
| G | A | P | S | | E | S | A | U | | | S | P | U | D |
| A | N | A | L | | H | A | D | N | O | C | H | I | L | L |
| M | A | Y | O | | A | G | E | D | C | H | E | E | S | E |
| E | L | S | E | | B | E | N | S | T | I | L | L | E | R |
Sun 5/4/2025 Force Play
| A | D | S | | M | U | C | H | | | | M | A | S | K | | I | B | S | E | N |
| F | O | O | | A | R | R | I | D | | P | O | S | T | S | | S | E | E | T | O |
| G | I | N | S | K | N | I | F | E | | R | I | P | A | T | | H | E | M | A | N |
| H | E | N | R | I | | T | I | L | D | E | S | | T | E | D | | R | I | T | E |
| A | V | E | E | N | O | | | L | E | T | T | C | E | W | R | A | P | S | | |
| N | E | T | | G | D | P | | A | P | E | R | O | L | | S | C | O | O | T | S |
| I | R | S | A | D | I | T | S | | A | N | E | M | I | A | | I | N | N | I | E |
| | | G | O | E | S | H | A | R | D | | B | E | G | R | D | G | I | N | G |
| S | D | S | U | | | D | I | R | T | | | | R | N | S | | | C | Y | A |
| I | N | K | S | A | C | | S | T | U | A | R | T | | E | T | A | S | | | |
| M | A | Y | T | H | E | F | O | U | R | T | H | B | E | W | I | T | H | Y | O | U |
| | | A | I | D | S | | R | E | V | O | I | R | | C | L | O | A | K | S |
| A | C | L | | | E | T | E | | | | D | R | I | P | | | C | O | C | O |
| B | L | O | W | P | D | O | L | L | | B | E | D | C | H | E | C | K | | | |
| B | A | R | R | E | | P | I | A | N | O | S | | A | D | N | A | S | E | A | M |
| A | D | D | L | E | D | | C | R | A | N | I | A | | S | I | S | | F | B | I |
| | V | I | T | R | V | I | A | N | M | A | N | | | D | E | N | I | E | S |
| S | P | A | T | | G | O | T | | N | O | N | G | M | O | | W | I | L | T | S |
| K | U | D | Z | U | | D | I | G | I | T | | S | E | N | S | A | L | I | T | Y |
| I | C | E | E | S | | K | N | E | E | S | | T | A | M | M | Y | | N | E | O |
| T | E | R | R | A | | A | G | E | S | | | | L | E | O | S | | G | R | U |
Brandon Koppy, of Dripping Springs, Texas, is a performance director for an ad agency. This is his 21st crossword for The Times.
He thought of its time-sensitive theme idea in late January, constructed the puzzle on a Sunday, wrote the clues on Monday and Tuesday and quickly submitted the result — just in time for us to say yes and schedule it for today.
– puzzle by Brandon Koppy
Mon 5/5/2025
| A | N | N | O | Y | | M | O | T | T | O | | P | A | D |
| L | A | I | L | A | | U | S | H | E | R | | R | B | I |
| T | I | M | E | M | A | C | H | I | N | E | | O | R | S |
| S | L | R | | | O | H | A | R | E | | I | M | A | C |
| S | O | R | E | R | | | S | T | A | N | D | S | |
| | D | E | N | T | I | S | T | S | C | H | A | I | R |
| | | M | O | A | N | A | | | S | A | T | O | N |
| A | C | A | I | | S | T | U | M | P | | L | E | N | S |
| B | A | R | N | S | | | D | E | E | R | E | | | |
| C | R | E | D | I | T | H | I | S | T | O | R | Y | | |
| T | A | M | A | R | A | | | S | O | S | A | D | |
| R | I | C | E | | U | N | C | A | P | | | M | E | T |
| I | T | O | | W | E | G | O | W | A | Y | B | A | C | K |
| O | L | D | | A | S | A | D | A | | A | C | H | O | O |
| T | E | E | | S | T | R | A | Y | | H | E | A | R | S |
Tue 5/6/2025
| C | R | E | E | | B | O | O | B | O | O | | S | H | A | G |
| R | E | A | P | | L | A | U | R | E | N | | T | I | D | E |
| A | P | R | I | C | O | T | T | A | R | T | | O | T | O | E |
| F | A | L | L | A | C | Y | | | | I | H | O | P | | |
| T | Y | S | O | N | | | A | D | S | L | O | G | A | N | S |
| | | G | I | L | S | C | O | T | T | H | E | R | O | N |
| R | A | P | S | | S | P | A | C | Y | | O | S | A | K | A |
| I | D | O | | S | U | I | | | M | A | S | | D | I | P |
| C | H | U | M | P | | D | A | V | I | D | | P | E | A | S |
| C | O | T | T | A | G | E | C | H | E | E | S | E | | | |
| I | C | Y | S | T | A | R | E | S | | | P | E | A | R | S |
| | L | I | E | S | | | | B | E | E | R | M | A | T |
| M | A | I | N | | C | O | T | T | O | N | C | A | N | D | Y |
| A | P | P | A | | A | L | B | E | I | T | | G | O | A | L |
| D | E | S | I | | P | E | D | A | L | S | | E | T | R | E |
Wed 5/7/2025
| M | A | C | H | O | | G | A | L | A | | | E | T | C |
| U | T | H | E | R | | E | P | I | C | | K | N | O | B |
| P | E | A | C | E | M | A | R | C | H | | A | M | P | S |
| P | A | R | K | O | U | R | | K | E | E | P | I | N | |
| E | S | T | | | G | U | T | | | M | O | T | O | R |
| T | E | S | L | A | | P | U | T | U | P | W | I | T | H |
| | | E | T | A | | R | U | N | E | | E | C | O |
| F | I | G | H | T | I | N | G | I | R | I | S | H | |
| C | O | N | | L | O | P | S | | T | O | R | | | |
| D | O | T | H | E | M | A | T | H | | R | E | A | L | M |
| S | T | R | U | T | | | O | E | D | | | M | O | E |
| R | E | R | E | A | D | | C | R | A | Y | O | N | S |
| W | E | P | T | | P | I | T | T | S | B | U | R | G | H |
| A | S | I | S | | P | E | S | O | | C | R | A | T | E |
| Y | T | D | | | S | T | A | R | | S | I | L | O | S |
Thu 5/8/2025
| N | O | P | E | | P | A | B | L | O | | | A | L | I |
| A | I | L | S | | E | Q | U | I | P | | B | R | A | S |
| S | L | A | P | | N | U | E | V | E | | E | L | I | M |
| A | S | I | N | | D | A | N | E | | P | R | O | D | S |
| | N | U | B | | N | O | T | S | E | E | | | |
| N | I | T | | U | T | A | | H | A | L | F | T | O | N |
| A | N | O | | B | A | U | M | | T | O | T | O | R | O |
| C | P | A | | B | U | T | T | O | U | T | | O | D | O |
| R | E | S | U | L | T | | A | C | R | O | | K | E | N |
| E | N | T | R | I | E | S | | C | N | N | | A | R | E |
| | | A | N | N | U | A | L | | S | A | D | | |
| I | C | I | N | G | | P | L | U | M | | L | I | D | S |
| T | H | O | U | | S | P | A | D | E | | O | G | E | E |
| E | A | T | S | | A | L | I | E | N | | F | A | C | E |
| M | I | A | | | T | E | N | D | S | | T | T | O | P |
Fri 5/9/2025
| P | A | D | S | | O | F | F | T | H | E | G | R | I | D |
| I | T | O | O | | C | R | I | M | E | D | R | A | M | A |
| L | A | N | D | | C | A | N | I | S | M | A | J | O | R |
| A | L | T | | L | U | I | S | | | | C | A | K | E |
| F | L | Y | B | A | L | L | | B | R | I | E | | | |
| H | O | I | S | T | | S | E | A | S | H | O | R | E |
| T | O | U | T | S | | P | L | A | Y | M | O | N | E | Y |
| O | U | S | T | | C | H | I | L | E | | P | E | A | R |
| F | R | E | E | T | R | A | D | E | | S | P | A | D | E |
| U | S | E | R | B | A | S | E | | T | E | E | N | Y | |
| | | S | A | M | E | | H | A | I | R | D | O | S |
| S | L | E | W | | | | B | O | S | S | | D | R | U |
| H | A | V | E | A | H | E | A | R | T | | T | O | N | I |
| I | N | E | E | D | A | R | I | D | E | | I | N | O | T |
| P | A | S | T | A | W | A | T | E | R | | P | E | T | S |
Sat 5/10/2025
| | | C | H | E | A | P | | | | G | L | O | P |
| C | H | A | R | I | S | M | A | | | | R | E | A | L |
| H | O | L | I | S | T | I | C | | | | O | T | T | O |
| I | M | I | S | S | E | D | | D | E | B | U | S | S | Y |
| P | E | E | P | E | R | | S | O | L | O | N | G | | |
| B | O | N | E | S | | N | O | D | D | E | D | O | F | F |
| O | W | E | D | | H | U | N | G | E | R | S | F | O | R |
| A | N | N | | D | A | R | N | E | R | S | | L | I | E |
| R | E | C | R | U | I | T | E | R | S | | N | Y | S | E |
| D | R | O | V | E | N | U | T | S | | M | O | A | T | S |
| | U | T | T | E | R | S | | M | A | R | K | E | T |
| S | U | N | R | O | S | E | | S | A | I | D | I | D | O |
| A | S | T | I | | | | T | U | R | N | I | T | O | N |
| K | E | E | P | | | | A | R | T | S | C | E | N | E |
| E | R | R | S | | | | B | E | S | T | S | | | |
Sun 5/11/2025 Power Grid
| A | T | A | R | I | G | A | M | E | | I | R | I | S | H | | S | W | E | E | T |
| M | O | T | O | R | P | L | E | X | | M | O | T | H | E | R | E | A | R | T | H |
| P | R | O | M | I | S | E | M | E | | M | U | S | I | C | A | L | N | O | T | E |
| S | I | D | E | S | | | O | R | B | I | T | | N | A | K | E | D | S | U | N |
| U | N | D | O | | C | O | R | T | E | X | | E | N | T | I | C | E | | | |
| P | O | S | | S | O | V | I | E | T | | K | L | E | E | | T | R | I | M | S |
| | | S | O | L | O | E | D | | H | E | E | D | | P | O | S | T | I | T |
| S | T | P | A | U | L | I | S | | T | A | N | G | | F | A | R | | I | D | O |
| W | H | I | P | P | E | D | | M | A | N | T | A | R | A | Y | | S | N | I | P |
| I | R | A | I | S | E | | H | A | N | K | S | N | O | W | | A | M | E | N | S |
| S | O | M | E | O | N | E | I | S | G | E | T | T | I | N | G | F | I | R | E | D |
| S | W | A | N | N | | A | F | T | E | R | A | L | L | | O | F | L | A | T | E |
| R | A | T | S | | P | R | I | O | R | I | T | Y | | P | O | L | E | N | T | A |
| O | W | E | | E | O | N | | D | I | N | E | | M | E | D | I | A | T | E | D |
| L | A | R | Y | N | X | | W | O | N | G | | R | E | D | A | C | T | | | |
| L | Y | S | O | L | | W | I | N | E | | W | E | A | R | I | T | | G | U | S |
| | | L | A | P | E | L | S | | S | H | A | L | O | M | | M | A | S | H |
| T | A | R | A | R | O | A | D | | S | M | O | L | T | | | G | A | M | M | A |
| O | R | A | N | G | E | V | O | D | K | A | | M | I | S | T | E | R | B | I | G |
| M | I | S | D | E | M | E | A | N | O | R | | A | M | O | U | N | T | I | N | G |
| B | E | H | A | R | | S | T | A | R | T | | N | E | D | B | E | A | T | T | Y |
Brendan Emmett Quigley is a full-time crossword constructor in Brookline, Mass. He creates a Sunday puzzle every other week for The Boston Globe and, since 2008, a couple puzzles a week for his blog, BrendanEmmettQuigley.com.
"A few weeks after I got married, I told my wife that I was going to be giving away puzzles on the site for free. That she didn't divorce me then and there was something of a miracle."
– puzzle by Brendan Emmett Quigley