Fri 5/1/2026
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| N | E | O | N | | L | O | O | F | A | | L | I | P | O |
| A | R | M | A | D | I | L | L | O | S | | Y | A | P | S |
| L | O | C | K | A | N | D | L | O | A | D | | A | L | E |
| O | B | O | E | S | | T | E | T | | O | L | S | E | N |
| G | E | M | S | | W | A | G | | C | O | A | S | T | S |
| | | | M | A | K | E | B | E | L | I | E | V | E |
| S | P | O | I | L | E | R | A | L | E | R | T | S | |
| C | O | U | P | L | E | S | O | N | L | Y | | | | |
| A | N | N | U | L | S | | O | K | S | | A | M | F | M |
| P | O | S | S | E | | M | M | A | | A | T | A | R | I |
| A | R | T | | T | H | E | M | U | N | C | H | I | E | S |
| B | O | E | R | | E | R | A | D | I | C | A | T | E | S |
| L | U | R | K | | A | C | T | I | N | | N | A | P | E |
| E | S | S | O | | T | H | E | T | A | | D | I | R | S |
Sat 5/2/2026
| M | O | O | N | S | H | O | T | S | | F | L | A | T | |
| A | U | N | A | T | U | R | E | L | | R | A | R | E | R |
| S | T | A | G | E | N | A | M | E | | A | L | A | N | A |
| H | I | N | G | E | S | | P | E | R | M | A | B | A | N |
| U | N | D | E | R | | N | O | P | E | E | K | I | N | G |
| P | L | O | D | | C | A | R | | S | W | E | A | T | |
| S | A | N | | G | E | N | A | | H | O | R | N | S | |
| | | C | O | L | O | R | W | A | R | S | | | |
| S | H | A | L | E | | Y | O | R | K | | B | O | A |
| W | O | R | D | S | | T | O | E | | B | A | N | D |
| L | A | T | E | S | T | F | A | D | | D | O | M | E | D |
| I | L | L | S | T | A | R | T | | R | A | W | B | A | R |
| E | L | I | S | A | | A | T | M | I | N | S | I | D | E |
| D | O | N | E | R | | G | O | B | A | N | A | N | A | S |
| W | E | D | S | | S | O | A | N | Y | W | A | Y | S |
Sun 5/3/2026 What Are the Odds?
| I | C | H | | C | P | R | | O | K | E | D | | S | A | T | A | T | O | P | |
| M | U | D | H | O | L | E | | P | I | T | A | | T | E | A | C | H | M | E | |
| A | T | T | U | N | E | D | | P | L | A | S | T | I | C | S | H | E | E | T | S |
| G | I | V | E | S | A | D | A | R | N | | H | O | R | | S | T | R | A | T | A |
| I | N | S | | | | I | L | E | | | | O | S | E | | | A | R | E | S |
| N | O | E | A | S | Y | T | A | S | K | | S | T | I | C | K | Y | P | A | D | S |
| E | N | T | R | A | P | | S | S | E | | W | I | N | O | N | A | | | | |
| | | I | N | R | E | | | E | R | I | N | | N | O | D | R | A | M | A |
| B | R | I | D | G | E | T | J | O | N | E | S | | L | O | W | D | I | G | I | T |
| E | I | N | | | S | N | O | G | | T | H | R | U | | S | A | F | E | S | T |
| L | E | F | T | | | A | W | R | Y | | Y | O | R | E | | | E | T | T | E |
| I | S | A | Y | S | O | | L | E | A | S | | F | I | L | M | | | W | E | S |
| K | E | N | K | E | S | E | Y | | C | H | I | L | D | S | U | P | P | O | R | T |
| E | N | T | E | N | T | E | | P | H | Y | S | | | E | Z | R | A | | | |
| | | | T | E | N | H | U | T | | A | C | C | | A | O | R | T | A | L |
| B | A | R | B | A | R | I | A | N | S | | T | H | I | N | K | P | I | E | C | E |
| E | L | I | A | | | E | D | T | | | | O | R | E | | | | A | C | A |
| A | M | O | N | R | A | | H | E | W | | A | C | C | O | U | N | T | R | E | P |
| N | O | T | Q | U | I | T | E | R | I | G | H | T | | B | R | O | C | O | D | E |
| N | E | U | T | R | A | L | | M | A | M | A | | O | B | T | U | S | E | R |
| D | R | E | S | S | U | P | | P | H | E | W | | P | S | A | | E | D | S |
Mark Diehl is a dentist with the V.A. hospital in Palo Alto, Calif. He reviews and authorizes treatment plans for veterans receiving private dental care when they live too far to visit a V.A.
This is Mark's 77th crossword for The Times since 1984. He is a longtime member of the National Puzzlers' League, where he has won multiple awards for his grid-building skills.
– puzzle by Mark Diehl
Mon 5/4/2026
| C | O | A | S | T | | A | B | B | A | | G | A | P | S |
| O | A | T | E | S | | F | O | B | S | | A | M | A | T |
| C | H | I | C | K | F | L | I | C | K | | L | E | N | A |
| O | U | T | | | L | A | N | | | I | O | N | I | C |
| | | B | R | I | C | K | B | Y | B | R | I | C | K |
| I | T | S | L | I | T | | | L | U | M | E | T | | |
| N | I | K | O | N | | S | C | A | R | | | Y | R | S |
| C | L | I | C | K | I | T | O | R | T | I | C | K | E | T |
| A | L | P | | | H | U | G | E | | M | A | I | N | E |
| | S | A | T | O | N | | | M | O | P | T | O | P |
| P | I | C | K | U | P | S | T | I | C | K | S | | | |
| A | D | L | I | B | | | E | T | A | | | W | A | S |
| D | E | A | N | | G | E | T | S | T | H | E | I | C | K |
| M | A | S | T | | P | R | O | M | | B | E | L | A | Y |
| A | L | S | O | | S | A | N | E | | O | L | D | I | E |
Tue 5/5/2026
| G | O | T | O | | P | I | T | C | H | | H | O | P | O | N |
| A | R | A | L | | H | O | O | H | A | | I | D | A | H | O |
| L | A | D | Y | F | I | N | G | E | R | | T | E | C | H | S |
| L | L | A | M | A | | S | A | R | A | H | | S | K | E | E |
| | | P | D | F | | S | I | M | O | N | S | A | Y | S |
| A | R | T | I | S | A | N | | | | M | E | A | N | | |
| S | H | E | A | | K | E | T | T | L | E | S | | I | D | O |
| H | E | A | D | L | E | S | S | H | O | R | S | E | M | A | N |
| Y | A | M | | I | N | T | O | Y | O | U | | N | A | R | C |
| | M | A | C | E | | | | S | N | A | R | L | E | D |
| T | R | A | D | E | W | I | N | D | | S | C | I | | | |
| R | A | S | H | | S | M | E | A | R | | M | C | R | I | B |
| E | M | C | E | E | | N | A | T | U | R | E | H | I | K | E |
| A | B | O | R | T | | E | T | U | D | E | | E | P | E | E |
| T | O | T | E | S | | W | O | M | E | N | | D | E | A | F |
Wed 5/6/2026
| L | I | E | | H | A | M | M | | B | R | A | C | E | D |
| I | N | T | R | I | G | U | E | | R | E | S | A | L | E |
| B | L | U | E | B | E | L | L | | B | A | T | M | A | N |
| R | A | D | I | I | | C | B | D | | P | E | O | N | Y |
| A | W | E | | S | M | H | | E | V | E | R | | | |
| | | I | C | E | | H | A | I | R | | P | B | J |
| O | D | D | N | U | M | B | E | R | S | | P | E | R | U |
| C | R | O | S | S | P | O | L | L | I | N | A | T | E | D |
| H | A | L | T | | H | O | L | Y | T | O | L | E | D | O |
| O | W | L | | V | I | S | A | | O | T | S | | | |
| | | M | I | S | T | | A | R | F | | A | D | E |
| M | E | T | O | O | | S | A | G | | O | C | C | A | M |
| E | N | R | O | L | L | | S | O | C | R | A | T | I | C |
| A | Z | A | L | E | A | | P | R | I | M | R | O | S | E |
| T | O | M | A | T | O | | S | A | G | E | | R | Y | E |
Thu 5/7/2026
| J | A | M | I | E | | M | U | G | | | P | O | E | T |
| A | G | A | V | E | | U | S | E | S | | A | R | L | O |
| C | A | R | E | L | E | S | S | M | I | S | T | A | K | E |
| K | I | R | | | V | C | R | | N | A | I | L | S | |
| S | N | O | R | K | E | L | | | I | N | N | | | |
| | W | I | N | L | E | S | S | S | E | A | S | O | N |
| R | A | B | B | I | | C | A | T | E | | | O | V | A |
| I | L | O | S | T | | A | H | A | | S | P | R | I | G |
| T | I | N | | | T | R | I | G | | K | U | R | D | S |
| A | G | E | L | E | S | S | B | E | A | U | T | Y | | |
| | | A | R | K | | | A | M | A | S | S | E | S |
| S | A | Y | I | T | | E | C | O | | | I | L | L |
| E | N | D | L | E | S | S | S | T | R | U | G | G | L | E |
| T | A | Z | O | | K | E | T | O | | A | P | H | I | D |
| S | P | E | W | | | W | A | R | | E | S | T | E | S |
Fri 5/8/2026
| H | A | T | E | S | O | N | | | A | T | E | A | S | E |
| T | H | E | R | E | N | O | W | | S | W | A | N | K | Y |
| T | A | X | E | X | I | L | E | | S | O | R | T | I | E |
| P | S | T | | M | O | O | R | S | | S | L | I | P | S |
| | | P | A | N | S | E | A | R | | A | C | S | |
| A | W | M | A | N | | S | O | R | E | S | P | O | T | |
| C | H | E | R | U | B | | N | A | S | T | | M | O | P |
| T | E | D | T | A | L | K | | N | E | A | T | E | N | S |
| I | N | S | | L | O | O | P | | T | R | A | D | E | S |
| I | C | E | S | T | O | R | M | | T | R | Y | S | T |
| N | H | L | | S | K | I | A | R | E | A | | | |
| K | R | O | F | T | | S | E | N | O | R | | K | P | H |
| Y | O | O | H | O | O | | S | I | N | K | H | O | L | E |
| I | M | L | A | T | E | | T | O | D | I | E | F | O | R |
| V | E | S | T | E | D | | | C | A | T | S | I | T | S |
Sat 5/9/2026
| A | L | C | H | E | M | I | S | T | S | | B | I | R | D |
| M | E | R | E | M | O | R | T | A | L | | A | L | O | O |
| Y | O | U | R | E | E | A | R | L | Y | | B | L | O | G |
| S | I | X | E | R | | T | A | K | E | | A | R | F | S |
| | | | G | R | E | W | | S | T | R | A | T | I |
| P | A | W | N | E | E | | B | Y | T | E | | C | O | T |
| O | R | E | O | | F | R | E | E | | A | D | E | P | T |
| K | I | N | D | A | S | O | R | T | A | M | A | Y | B | E |
| E | S | T | E | R | | A | R | I | L | | B | O | A | R |
| R | H | O | | S | P | R | Y | | S | C | O | U | R | S |
| P | A | N | E | E | R | | S | K | O | R | | | | |
| A | P | T | S | | I | M | H | O | | A | T | O | L | L |
| R | I | O | T | | S | C | A | R | Y | M | O | V | I | E |
| T | R | U | E | | M | A | K | E | U | P | G | A | M | E |
| Y | O | R | E | | S | T | E | A | K | S | A | L | A | D |
Sun 5/10/2026 Come Full Circle
| A | D | S | | S | W | A | B | | F | C | C | | C | I | G | | I | P | A | D |
| S | U | N | S | H | A | D | E | | W | H | O | | O | H | O | | S | I | L | O |
| S | P | A | C | E | I | N | V | A | D | E | R | | M | E | G | A | M | A | L | L |
| A | L | F | A | | T | O | E | S | | A | N | T | I | A | R | T | | N | I | L |
| Y | O | U | T | H | F | U | L | I | N | D | I | S | C | R | E | T | I | O | N | S |
| | | T | O | O | N | | D | A | L | E | K | | D | E | R | N | | | |
| | L | E | A | R | | R | E | V | E | R | E | S | | N | A | C | L | | |
| W | H | I | R | R | | R | E | S | | | | D | I | F | | C | H | A | S | M |
| R | E | F | | D | I | A | S | | B | O | W | | D | I | E | T | | T | E | E |
| A | R | E | A | | N | Y | T | | I | C | E | B | E | R | S | | B | E | E | T |
| P | O | S | T | | A | B | S | | S | U | N | B | S | E | T | | A | N | T | E |
| S | I | T | E | | N | A | T | | O | L | D | B | A | D | E | | H | I | H | O |
| U | N | O | | L | E | N | O | | N | O | S | | L | O | R | D | | G | R | R |
| P | E | R | S | E | | S | P | F | | | | M | A | G | | E | R | H | U | S |
| | Y | U | T | Z | | S | O | I | L | I | E | D | | S | C | A | T | | |
| | | C | P | A | S | | D | L | I | S | T | | C | L | A | W | | | |
| R | O | C | K | A | N | D | R | O | L | L | H | A | L | L | O | F | F | A | M | E |
| E | H | H | | S | I | C | A | R | I | O | | L | E | O | S | | I | W | A | S |
| A | W | A | Y | T | E | A | M | | C | L | O | S | E | T | H | E | L | O | O | P |
| D | O | S | E | | S | R | O | | I | M | P | | C | H | E | W | E | L | R | Y |
| E | W | E | S | | T | D | S | | T | E | T | | H | E | S | S | | S | I | S |
Rachel Fabi, of Syracuse, N.Y., is a bioethics professor at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Adam Wagner, of Oakland, Calif., is a creative lead at Patreon, a monetization platform for content creators.
The two were sitting together at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament last year when Wyna Liu walked by and said a phrase that sounded a lot like 113-Across. Adam said to Rachel, "Wait, that sounds like a revealer." Rachel instantly responded, "What if it's …" and then suggested basically the exact theme of this puzzle. They knew immediately they'd struck gold.
– puzzle by Rachel Fabi and Adam Wagner
Mon 5/11/2026
| D | E | R | | L | L | A | M | A | | A | I | M | E | D |
| A | X | E | | G | A | B | O | N | | S | W | E | A | R |
| B | I | L | L | B | O | A | R | D | C | H | A | R | T | S |
| B | L | O | A | T | S | | S | E | V | E | N | | | |
| L | E | A | D | | | F | E | S | S | | T | H | A | W |
| E | D | D | Y | | T | I | L | | | P | O | A | C | H |
| | | | H | O | R | S | D | O | E | U | V | R | E |
| A | C | Q | U | I | T | S | | U | M | P | T | E | E | N |
| S | O | U | N | D | S | T | A | G | E | S | | | | |
| A | M | A | Z | E | | | N | U | N | | C | H | O | P |
| P | E | D | I | | S | T | O | P | | | H | A | H | A |
| | | P | L | A | I | T | | T | H | I | R | D | S |
| D | R | O | P | I | N | T | H | E | B | U | C | K | E | T |
| J | A | D | E | D | | L | E | A | S | T | | E | A | R |
| S | H | E | D | S | | E | R | U | P | T | | D | R | Y |
Tue 5/12/2026
| S | T | A | R | T | | F | E | E | L | | E | W | E | S |
| O | I | L | E | R | | O | G | L | E | | V | E | S | T |
| F | L | A | V | O | U | R | O | F | T | H | E | D | A | Y |
| A | L | S | | M | R | S | | | | E | N | S | U | E |
| | | A | B | D | U | C | T | O | R | S | | | |
| C | O | L | O | U | R | I | N | G | B | O | O | K | S |
| J | A | M | I | N | | E | S | T | E | | | P | E | A |
| O | R | A | T | E | D | | | | E | L | I | T | E | S |
| I | N | N | | | E | R | S | T | | O | P | E | N | S |
| N | E | I | G | H | B | O | U | R | H | O | O | D | S | |
| | | O | U | T | B | R | E | A | K | S | | | |
| D | W | E | L | L | | | | M | I | L | | F | A | T |
| O | H | Y | O | U | A | R | E | B | R | I | T | I | S | H |
| D | E | R | N | | B | I | L | L | | K | A | F | K | A |
| O | N | E | G | | C | O | K | E | | E | X | I | S | T |
Wed 5/13/2026
| T | A | X | I | | S | R | S | | E | R | D | O | C | S |
| A | X | O | N | | P | E | A | | P | A | R | R | O | T |
| P | L | U | S | S | I | G | N | | A | T | E | A | S | E |
| S | E | T | | T | E | A | S | E | | | A | L | M | A |
| | | D | O | L | L | A | R | S | Y | M | B | O | L |
| S | T | E | E | P | S | | | M | E | E | T | | | |
| L | A | V | A | | | C | H | I | N | A | | I | N | U |
| O | P | E | N | P | A | R | E | N | T | H | E | S | I | S |
| G | A | S | | A | B | A | S | E | | | W | O | K | E |
| | | T | C | B | Y | | | S | P | O | K | E | S |
| Q | U | E | S | T | I | O | N | M | A | R | K | | | |
| U | L | T | A | | | N | E | A | T | O | | I | L | L |
| A | N | U | B | I | S | | S | H | I | F | T | K | E | Y |
| R | A | D | I | U | M | | T | A | N | | V | E | E | R |
| T | R | E | N | D | S | | S | L | Y | | S | A | K | E |
Thu 5/14/2026
| S | C | A | R | P | | | S | L | I | D | | P | S | I |
| A | L | L | M | E | | U | M | A | M | I | | O | H | M |
| C | O | L | O | R | P | H | O | T | O | S | | T | A | O |
| S | T | A | N | D | I | N | G | H | | H | M | A | R | K |
| | | T | I | T | O | | | R | O | U | T | E | |
| O | N | T | H | E | H | | H | C | A | N | N | O | N | S |
| D | E | I | S | M | | F | I | A | T | | I | S | T | O |
| D | E | M | | S | M | I | T | T | E | N | | K | I | N |
| E | D | E | N | | A | R | C | O | | E | K | I | N | G |
| R | E | T | A | I | N | S | H | | H | W | I | N | G | S |
| D | R | A | C | O | | | D | U | S | T | | | |
| R | A | I | N | H | | H | P | I | T | C | H | E | R | S |
| A | S | A | | I | H | E | A | R | T | R | A | D | I | O |
| G | A | L | | N | O | R | S | E | | E | R | I | C | A |
| U | P | S | | G | E | O | S | | | W | A | T | E | R |
Fri 5/15/2026
| H | I | L | T | | | L | I | V | E | W | I | R | E | S |
| O | M | E | N | | B | A | N | A | N | A | S | E | A | T |
| M | A | T | T | | A | P | E | C | O | S | T | U | M | E |
| E | L | M | | E | L | I | Z | A | | H | O | S | E | A |
| C | L | E | A | V | E | S | | N | I | T | | E | S | L |
| H | E | A | D | E | D | | S | T | R | U | M | | | |
| E | A | T | I | N | | B | E | L | A | B | O | R | S | |
| F | R | E | D | | T | A | G | O | N | | D | O | E | S |
| S | M | A | S | H | C | U | T | | B | E | G | A | T |
| | | S | H | A | K | E | | T | E | L | U | G | U |
| G | M | C | | E | W | W | | C | I | S | T | E | R | N |
| R | E | A | D | E | | O | G | R | E | S | | W | A | N |
| I | T | S | U | P | T | O | Y | O | U | | C | A | P | E |
| N | E | E | D | L | E | D | R | O | P | | O | V | E | R |
| D | R | Y | S | E | A | S | O | N | | | M | E | S | S |
Sat 5/16/2026
| U | R | L | S | | S | C | R | I | M | | W | R | E | N |
| C | O | A | T | | P | H | O | N | E | S | H | O | M | E |
| L | U | N | A | | L | I | T | T | L | E | O | L | M | E |
| A | N | D | Y | K | I | M | | W | A | T | T | L | E | D |
| D | E | B | A | T | E | C | O | N | T | E | S | T | S |
| M | E | D | A | Y | S | | H | A | G | E | L | | | |
| A | M | O | C | O | | D | I | C | E | R | | L | I | D |
| N | U | U | K | | F | E | A | T | S | | M | A | N | I |
| E | P | T | | S | E | E | P | S | | Z | A | R | F | S |
| | | C | O | U | P | E | | V | I | R | G | O | S |
| S | E | C | O | N | D | S | T | R | I | N | G | E | R | |
| T | R | A | V | A | I | L | | E | X | C | I | S | E | D |
| R | I | V | E | R | S | E | I | N | E | | N | O | V | A |
| E | V | E | N | S | T | E | V | E | N | | A | D | E | N |
| P | O | D | S | | S | P | E | W | S | | L | A | R | K |
Sun 5/17/2026 Double Meanings
| G | L | I | T | C | H | | | A | S | T | I | | G | A | L | T | | L | G | A |
| A | U | R | O | R | A | | T | H | E | U | N | | A | C | A | I | B | O | W | L |
| D | R | A | W | I | N | G | B | O | A | R | D | | P | E | N | N | A | M | E | S |
| S | E | N | S | E | | R | O | L | L | T | I | D | E | | D | E | L | A | N | O |
| | | | R | A | I | N | D | E | L | A | Y | | I | T | A | L | | | |
| W | A | D | E | | N | N | E | | R | E | N | I | | C | A | R | P | A | L | S |
| O | V | E | R | T | O | A | S | T | | | A | N | N | E | X | | I | S | A | W |
| W | A | R | R | A | N | T | | I | P | S | | G | A | S | | S | T | A | R | E |
| I | N | M | A | Y | | | O | G | R | E | | | W | H | U | P | | H | A | D |
| E | T | O | N | | | S | A | G | U | A | R | O | | O | N | E | T | I | M | E |
| | | C | H | I | C | K | E | N | S | A | N | D | W | I | C | H | | | |
| B | A | B | Y | I | S | H | | R | E | A | D | I | E | S | | | R | I | S | K |
| A | I | R | | G | A | L | E | | | L | I | O | N | | | A | I | N | T | I |
| T | O | U | C | H | | U | N | D | | T | O | N | | H | O | T | F | O | O | T |
| I | L | I | A | | A | M | O | U | R | | | S | T | O | N | E | T | I | L | E |
| K | I | N | S | H | I | P | | L | E | A | F | | W | B | C | | S | L | E | D |
| | | S | A | L | S | | C | A | N | O | P | E | N | E | R | | | | |
| O | N | E | A | R | M | | P | E | C | O | R | I | N | O | | A | S | P | C | A |
| M | A | T | T | R | E | S | S | | T | R | U | S | T | B | U | S | T | E | R | S |
| I | T | S | T | I | N | K | S | | T | A | M | M | Y | | S | P | I | T | A | T |
| T | O | Y | | S | T | A | T | | O | K | S | O | | | C | Y | R | A | N | O |
Derrick Niederman is a writer, game designer and retired math professor in Charleston, S.C. He's been making crosswords for The Times since 1983.
He remembers the paper's puzzle editor at the time, Eugene T. Maleska, marveling that crossword constructors were still capable of coming up with new ideas. Derrick remarks, "All these years later, I find myself thinking the same thing."
– puzzle by Derrick Niederman
Mon 5/18/2026
| T | I | E | D | | P | R | A | D | A | | A | G | A | R |
| U | C | L | A | | R | A | M | E | N | | V | I | D | I |
| B | A | B | Y | L | O | N | I | A | N | | A | V | I | S |
| A | R | O | S | E | | | G | L | U | E | | E | E | K |
| S | E | W | | T | O | Y | O | T | A | P | R | I | U | S |
| | | M | O | U | E | | | L | S | A | T | | |
| I | S | S | A | | S | A | C | K | | O | M | A | H | A |
| M | I | N | I | S | T | R | Y | O | F | M | A | G | I | C |
| S | T | A | L | K | | N | A | D | A | | D | O | P | E |
| | K | E | E | P | | | A | R | E | A | | | |
| W | E | E | D | W | H | A | C | K | E | R | | K | A | T |
| A | X | E | | S | A | S | H | | | A | I | O | L | I |
| S | T | Y | E | | S | T | A | R | T | S | M | A | L | L |
| T | R | E | S | | E | R | R | O | R | | A | L | O | E |
| E | A | S | T | | S | O | D | O | I | | C | A | T | S |
Tue 5/19/2026
| D | I | E | T | | S | M | O | R | E | | C | A | S | S |
| A | C | N | E | | I | O | W | A | N | | C | L | O | P |
| P | E | N | T | A | T | O | N | I | C | S | C | A | L | E |
| S | E | R | E | | | | S | O | U | P | S | O | N |
| C | H | A | I | R | U | M | P | I | R | E | | K | I | D |
| P | O | D | S | | C | A | I | N | E | | B | A | S | S |
| A | W | S | | F | L | A | G | | | A | U | N | T | |
| | | T | E | A | M | S | P | O | R | T | | | |
| T | C | B | Y | | | K | I | W | I | | M | T | N |
| L | O | O | S | | A | G | I | L | E | | B | O | H | O |
| E | W | W | | T | W | I | N | E | N | G | I | N | E | S |
| C | A | P | E | A | N | N | | | | E | G | A | D | |
| T | W | O | D | R | I | N | K | M | I | N | I | M | U | M |
| E | A | S | Y | | N | I | G | E | R | | F | I | D | O |
| R | Y | E | S | | G | E | S | T | E | | S | E | E | P |
Wed 5/20/2026
| T | I | K | I | B | A | R | | E | M | B | O | S | S |
| H | A | T | E | R | A | D | E | | V | I | E | N | N | A |
| O | F | F | Y | E | A | R | E | L | E | C | T | I | O | N |
| O | T | I | S | | | O | D | I | N | | R | O | O | D |
| | G | U | C | C | I | | R | E | C | A | N | T | S |
| S | O | U | P | O | F | T | H | E | D | A | Y | | | |
| E | R | R | | N | O | L | O | | | T | A | T | E | R |
| A | C | E | R | B | | Y | O | M | | C | L | A | R | A |
| L | A | S | E | R | | | H | O | D | A | | K | I | N |
| | | V | I | S | U | A | L | E | F | F | E | C | T |
| S | A | G | E | O | I | L | | A | L | E | A | P | | |
| P | I | E | R | | G | T | O | S | | | L | O | B | S |
| I | S | N | T | T | H | A | T | S | P | E | C | I | A | L |
| C | L | E | E | S | E | | R | E | C | K | O | N | S | O |
| Y | E | S | D | A | D | | A | S | S | E | N | T | S | |
Thu 5/21/2026
| I | T | E | M | | N | I | L | E | | L | L | A | M | A |
| T | A | X | I | | O | V | A | L | | A | O | D | A | I |
| S | T | A | N | | M | O | N | K | | N | O | D | E | S |
| B | A | C | K | W | A | R | D | S | C | A | P | | | |
| A | M | T | | R | A | Y | | | L | I | S | B | O | A |
| D | I | A | D | E | M | | P | S | I | | | A | R | M |
| | M | A | A | | C | U | T | O | F | F | T | E | E |
| S | K | U | L | K | | O | R | E | | E | L | T | O | N |
| M | I | N | I | S | K | I | R | T | | M | A | L | | |
| O | L | D | | | E | L | S | | T | U | X | E | D | O |
| G | O | O | I | E | R | | | F | I | R | | S | I | B |
| | | S | T | R | I | P | E | D | S | O | C | K | S |
| S | W | I | S | H | | F | U | R | Y | | B | A | D | E |
| P | I | Q | U | E | | F | R | A | U | | I | R | I | S |
| A | N | S | E | L | | Y | E | L | P | | T | S | K | S |
Fri 5/22/2026
| B | I | C | E | P | S | | M | E | S | O | | B | R | I | E |
| E | T | A | L | I | I | | O | A | K | F | O | R | E | S | T |
| A | S | K | I | N | G | F | O | R | A | F | R | I | E | N | D |
| K | N | E | E | | M | O | N | T | | | D | O | L | T | S |
| S | O | S | | C | A | L | L | H | O | M | E | | | | |
| T | I | S | H | | K | I | L | M | E | R | | O | L | A |
| O | H | C | O | O | L | | G | I | N | A | | K | P | O | P |
| K | I | L | L | W | I | T | H | K | I | N | D | N | E | S | S |
| O | N | E | D | | N | O | T | E | | S | E | E | N | T | O |
| K | G | S | | P | E | T | S | P | A | | A | W | O | L | |
| | | | U | N | S | O | L | V | E | D | | F | U | L |
| O | C | C | A | M | | | N | A | I | R | | I | F | S | O |
| A | L | L | B | A | R | K | A | N | D | N | O | B | I | T | E |
| F | O | O | L | S | M | A | T | E | | S | P | I | C | E | S |
| S | T | Y | E | | S | L | A | T | | T | A | S | E | R | S |
Sat 5/23/2026
| B | A | R | B | E | T | S | | | | A | R | M | O | R |
| A | V | I | A | R | I | E | S | | | N | E | U | R | O |
| D | O | G | B | R | E | A | T | H | | Y | A | D | D | A |
| E | N | V | I | E | S | | R | E | O | | C | L | E | M |
| G | R | E | E | D | | S | O | A | P | S | T | A | R | S |
| G | E | D | S | | P | A | N | D | A | C | A | R | S | |
| S | P | A | | G | A | N | G | P | L | A | N | K | | |
| | | L | O | U | D | S | H | I | R | T | | | |
| | M | A | R | L | S | T | O | N | E | | F | A | B |
| M | A | T | E | I | N | O | N | E | | C | O | P | E |
| D | I | R | T | Y | N | A | M | E | | M | O | N | T | E |
| A | M | I | E | | A | K | A | | B | A | N | T | E | R |
| R | O | N | A | N | | E | C | T | O | P | L | A | S | M |
| T | S | A | R | S | | | H | O | T | L | A | N | T | A |
| H | A | S | T | A | | | | T | H | E | W | E | S | T |
Sun 5/24/2026 Next, Please!
| R | E | D | O | | S | L | A | B | | A | D | E | P | T | | | W | I | L | T |
| I | R | A | N | | H | O | U | R | | C | U | R | I | O | | P | A | T | I | O |
| C | O | N | T | R | O | L | L | E | D | C | H | A | P | S | | I | N | S | P | O |
| E | S | C | H | E | W | | D | A | R | E | | | | S | A | N | D | A | R | T |
| | E | E | L | S | | | T | E | N | T | | G | I | G | A | | L | E | S |
| A | R | R | A | Y | | | T | H | A | T | S | S | O | N | O | T | O | L | A | Y |
| D | E | P | P | | M | I | R | E | D | | A | P | T | | | A | R | O | D | |
| A | T | O | P | | C | H | I | | | G | R | O | D | Y | | | E | V | E | N |
| M | I | S | S | E | D | A | B | E | A | U | | T | O | O | L | | G | E | R | E |
| S | E | E | | L | A | T | | W | H | A | M | | N | G | O | | O | R | S | O |
| | | G | I | V | E | M | E | O | N | E | S | E | A | S | O | N | | | |
| D | E | C | O | | I | D | O | | Y | A | M | S | | B | T | U | | R | N | A |
| O | M | A | N | | D | I | L | L | | C | O | N | T | A | C | T | L | E | O | S |
| C | O | M | E | | | T | E | A | M | O | | | A | L | A | | I | S | I | S |
| J | E | R | I | | | M | O | I | | S | P | I | L | T | | F | O | R | E |
| F | I | R | S | T | C | L | A | S | S | N | A | I | L | | | B | E | R | E | T |
| S | P | A | | R | A | I | N | | T | O | R | N | | | C | A | S | T | | |
| H | E | R | O | I | N | E | | | | M | A | P | S | | O | T | T | A | W | A |
| A | D | O | R | E | | D | I | S | S | O | N | A | N | T | C | H | O | R | E | S |
| R | I | L | E | D | | T | A | K | E | R | | D | I | S | K | | R | E | E | K |
| P | A | L | S | | | O | N | I | C | E | | S | P | A | Y | | Y | A | K | S |
David Steinberg, 29, of Palo Alto, Calif., is the editorial manager of puzzles for the Andrews McMeel media company. This is his 113th puzzle for The Times.
On his first chat with his now-girlfriend, she lamented that her favorite Times puzzle, the Mini, was now behind a paywall. David said, "No problem." The only puzzle of ours he did was the main crossword, and if they ended up dating, she could share his subscription.
– puzzle by David Steinberg
Mon 5/25/2026
| K | I | D | S | | M | I | L | D | | M | O | T | E | L |
| E | D | I | T | | A | C | E | R | | I | M | A | G | E |
| L | O | V | E | S | C | E | N | E | | L | E | M | O | N |
| P | L | E | A | T | | | D | A | R | K | N | E | S | S |
| | | L | A | W | N | | M | A | T | | | | |
| S | P | A | | G | H | O | S | T | P | E | P | P | E | R |
| A | L | P | S | | A | S | H | | S | A | L | I | V | A |
| L | A | N | E | | T | E | A | C | H | | O | P | E | N |
| A | T | E | A | S | E | | W | O | E | | T | E | N | D |
| D | E | A | T | H | V | A | L | L | E | Y | | S | T | Y |
| | | | T | E | N | | A | T | O | P | | | |
| B | E | S | M | I | R | C | H | | | Y | A | W | N | S |
| A | Z | T | E | C | | H | O | T | H | O | T | H | O | T |
| T | R | U | N | K | | O | B | O | E | | H | I | V | E |
| H | A | N | D | S | | S | O | N | Y | | S | P | A | M |
Tue 5/26/2026
| Z | E | R | O | | H | O | R | N | | | U | T | A | H |
| E | C | O | N | | O | R | E | O | S | | M | A | Y | O |
| S | H | A | R | P | T | E | E | T | H | | P | R | E | P |
| T | O | D | A | T | E | | F | O | O | D | | G | A | P |
| | | M | A | L | T | | K | E | E | N | E | Y | E |
| J | U | M | P | | S | A | W | | | N | O | T | E | D |
| A | N | A | | G | A | L | A | | D | A | N | E | | |
| B | O | D | Y | O | F | K | N | O | W | L | E | D | G | E |
| | R | A | T | E | | T | H | A | I | | A | I | R |
| A | D | E | L | E | | | S | I | R | | P | D | F | S |
| W | I | S | E | A | S | S | | O | F | F | S | | | |
| A | P | P | | M | A | I | L | | S | A | Y | S | S | O |
| I | D | E | D | | S | M | A | R | T | M | O | U | T | H |
| T | Y | C | O | | H | O | N | D | A | | P | R | O | M |
| S | E | T | H | | | N | E | A | R | | S | E | W | S |
Wed 5/27/2026
| W | A | L | D | O | | E | L | M | | D | A | R | T | S |
| A | L | I | E | N | | M | I | O | | A | G | A | M | E |
| I | D | E | A | L | | B | A | D | C | R | E | D | I | T |
| F | O | U | R | S | C | O | R | E | A | N | D | | | |
| | | I | D | O | S | | R | P | I | | C | C | S |
| M | A | G | E | | A | S | K | N | O | T | W | H | A | T |
| O | N | O | | G | L | E | N | | S | A | H | A | R | A |
| R | O | N | D | O | | D | A | L | | L | O | N | E | R |
| P | R | A | Y | T | O | | V | E | A | L | | G | E | T |
| H | A | V | E | A | D | R | E | A | M | | T | E | N | S |
| S | K | Y | | M | O | I | | D | I | S | H | | | |
| | | P | A | R | T | O | F | S | P | E | E | C | H |
| R | O | B | O | T | S | U | M | O | | I | G | L | O | O |
| A | B | O | R | C | | A | N | O | | T | A | L | I | A |
| N | I | N | T | H | | L | I | T | | S | P | A | N | X |
Thu 5/28/2026
| G | A | N | D | H | I | | O | W | L | S | | O | P | T |
| O | H | I | O | A | N | | V | I | O | L | | H | O | E |
| T | E | N | O | R | T | W | E | N | T | Y | | N | I | X |
| O | M | A | R | | A | A | R | G | H | | S | O | S | A |
| | | M | E | C | C | A | | A | S | T | R | O | S |
| | P | A | S | T | O | R | P | R | E | S | E | N | T |
| M | I | T | T | | | M | A | I | N | | A | P | E |
| S | E | N | S | A | T | E | | R | O | S | S | S | E | A |
| A | N | A | | D | E | L | T | | | E | L | O | N | |
| F | A | C | T | O | R | F | I | C | T | I | O | N | | |
| E | G | O | I | S | T | | P | A | R | S | E | | | |
| W | E | L | L | | I | N | T | R | O | | E | A | R | P |
| O | R | A | | M | A | Y | O | R | M | A | Y | N | O | T |
| R | I | D | | A | R | S | E | | P | L | E | A | T | S |
| D | E | A | | D | Y | E | S | | S | I | D | L | E | D |
Fri 5/29/2026
| C | E | S | A | R | | A | C | H | E | | S | A | R | A |
| A | L | L | T | O | O | S | O | O | N | | A | L | U | M |
| S | M | A | L | L | W | O | R | L | D | | P | A | P | A |
| H | O | P | | L | I | N | D | Y | | W | I | R | E | S |
| | | L | I | N | E | | M | A | H | O | M | E | S |
| R | A | Z | I | N | G | | T | O | N | E | S | | | |
| I | C | I | N | G | | E | A | S | Y | R | E | A | D | S |
| T | R | O | T | S | | A | X | E | | E | X | T | R | A |
| Z | E | N | S | T | A | T | E | S | | D | U | M | A | S |
| | | C | O | R | K | S | | R | O | A | S | T | S |
| S | C | O | R | P | I | O | | R | O | I | L | | | |
| T | O | K | E | S | | S | T | E | W | S | | R | U | E |
| A | C | M | E | | W | H | A | T | D | I | M | I | S | S |
| N | O | O | N | | T | E | R | R | Y | G | R | O | S | S |
| D | A | M | S | | F | R | A | Y | | N | I | T | R | O |
Sat 5/30/2026
| T | R | E | | A | W | O | L | | A | T | B | A | T | S |
| W | A | R | S | T | O | R | Y | | N | E | O | P | E | T |
| I | N | A | W | O | R | L | D | | N | E | W | C | A | R |
| S | E | S | A | M | E | O | I | L | | S | E | L | M | A |
| T | E | E | M | | | N | A | A | N | | N | A | S | T |
| | | P | R | O | | | B | O | B | | S | T | U |
| | B | R | E | A | D | A | N | D | R | O | S | E | S |
| P | L | A | Y | T | I | M | E | S | O | V | E | R | |
| P | R | O | T | E | I | N | S | H | A | K | E | S | | |
| R | O | O | | Z | E | N | | | T | E | N | | | |
| U | S | D | A | | R | E | G | S | | | B | O | O | M |
| D | E | M | U | R | | R | E | N | T | P | A | R | T | Y |
| I | C | O | N | I | C | | T | A | I | L | G | A | T | E |
| S | C | O | T | C | H | | M | I | N | I | S | T | E | R |
| H | O | N | S | H | U | | E | L | S | E | | E | R | S |
Sun 5/31/2026 Target Practice
| I | N | C | A | S | | | A | H | A | B | | J | O | C | K | | | S | O | S |
| T | E | M | P | E | H | | C | E | N | A | | E | U | R | O | | S | Y | N | C |
| S | W | I | T | Z | E | R | L | A | N | D | | T | R | E | A | S | U | R | E | R |
| S | A | N | S | | P | A | S | T | U | R | E | S | | A | L | I | B | A | B | A |
| A | G | O | | T | A | J | | | M | A | R | K | S | M | A | N | S | H | I | P |
| D | E | R | B | Y | | A | T | F | | P | R | I | U | S | | G | I | S | T | S |
| | | A | R | C | H | E | R | Y | | S | S | N | | P | E | D | | | |
| M | U | R | A | L | | S | U | E | | | | R | O | A | R | E | D | | |
| U | N | C | | U | P | L | I | T | | S | T | A | R | R | | S | E | A | S |
| D | E | A | D | B | E | A | T | | V | I | A | | A | C | H | | C | N | N |
| S | P | A | R | R | O | W | | F | R | I | S | K | | T | H | E | B | I | G | A |
| A | I | R | | E | W | E | | U | A | E | | E | Y | E | E | X | A | M | S | |
| W | E | T | S | | N | E | L | L | Y | | P | A | E | S | E | | G | U | T | |
| | H | E | R | E | S | Y | | | | A | B | E | | S | I | S | S | Y | |
| | | N | O | R | | I | A | M | | R | O | S | S | I | N | I | | | |
| S | C | A | T | S | | E | N | D | E | D | | W | H | O | | H | T | T | P | S |
| S | H | O | O | T | I | N | G | S | T | A | R | | | L | S | D | | R | A | W |
| H | A | R | V | E | S | T | | P | A | R | A | S | I | T | E | | C | U | R | E |
| A | F | T | E | R | L | I | F | E | | W | I | L | L | I | A | M | T | E | L | L |
| P | E | A | R | | A | R | E | A | | I | M | O | K | | M | O | R | T | A | L |
| E | D | S | | | M | E | E | K | | N | I | T | S | | | P | L | O | Y | S |
Jeffrey Martinovic and Evan Park are fellow students at Western University in London, Ontario. They became friends over cards (bridge, the Korean game Mighty) and intramural sports (ultimate Frisbee, water polo, softball, and others).
This puzzle started when Evan observed that the two shaded words in the grid could intersect. Together, they brainstormed theme answers related to that crossing, then filled the grid and composed clues over a month of video calls.
– puzzle by Jeffrey Martinovic and Evan Park