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Puzzles for June, 2023
with Editor comments

Thu 6/1/2023
REAPGRADBRAS
HALOSHADELEGO
OUTO4HANDSUTES
H8ENSERRANO
IPACLANLIBIDO
FORMALOPECNAN
SPOOFSTACOS
OUSTI2NTHURT
PETITS4SSEAS
ORALBATHOME
AVAIKEASOIREE
NOLOSEDRIPGRR
GOTTHATAT1D
EDITCREDI2RTHY
ROMEAURASOBOE
SOARBEARPAWS
Fri 6/2/2023
PLODSREPSIFS
TIMETRAVELSNIP
SPACEOPERAETNA
DONKEYRIMCHAR
PANELSTALK
ACHILLESPISTON
GUIDEATLASCFO
UPTOATBAYDAFT
ABSBLOATGOSEE
FEISTYSTARTERS
RANTSDEERE
ERGOSACDERIVE
SELLPIANOTUNER
CREEARMOREDCAR
ASSNYPDDEALS
Sat 6/3/2023
LANDSCAPESAJAK
EXCALIBURABUSE
DEOXIDIZEGASSY
METZCACTUS
NADERLOAKIM
AEROLIMPSNEW
SOMETHINGTOHIDE
ANYTHINGYOUWANT
NOTHINGPERSONAL
AIRSTARSRIMY
RAGEMOSADIE
EFILEDBLED
LINEABLOWAFUSE
BLEATTELEPORTS
AMENSSMARTENUP
POW Sun 6/4/2023 Flying Colors
DUNBARSLOGANS
ARMOIRECOLONIES
ONANDOFFREDSTATES
WHOYOUITISSOSALE
OARLOSABSUSATLAS
ORANGEJUICESTEROIDS
TAKEIOCTOOCHERNEO
ANDCESSNATOE
DARKROOMYELLOWLAB
SOSGARRPRIDEFLAG
FITOWNMAILGNCERE
ONESOCALAFOOLURL
GREENTAPECASSETTE
ANOSLOTHSERA
ALFSMITEIOTAINDIA
PEACOATSBLUEJACKETS
IDCARDSPRENASPAT
ATTNATEASEIAMALI
VIOLETRAYBRADBURY
SETPIECEATHEIST
DESEXEDYESSES

Rafael Musa, of San Francisco, is a software engineer at Airbnb. This is his third crossword for The Times.

The idea for it came from a giant 57/58-Across at the intersection of Castro and Market in San Francisco. "I was stuck at a light looking at it and thought — could this be a crossword puzzle? Turns out, yes, it can!" He adds, "This one is very special to me as it's running 10 years, almost to the day, after I came out for the first time."

Mon 6/5/2023
DUSTSLAMAMID
ONTOALOHALODE
GRAPEFRUITSPOON
MOPLASTOON
ALLFORWRENRPM
LEAPDIETORO
JESUITSCHOOL
ADMIREROKEEFFE
QUITSTALLING
ULNANODSASS
ALTAUTOPUPPET
LAMPPARICE
KEEPITBETWEENUS
ALASORGANPART
LIFENAGSALES
Tue 6/6/2023
DAPTATASLSD
OGREAMAROAPE
REEDSPACERPOL
ASTIPILSTNUTS
SOARDEEPS
SNOOPSSMART
LORNESTATSNAP
AVERACECAREVA
PANSTATSENROL
TRAMSSPOONS
SPEEDRAOS
STUNTSLIPITSA
LOPRECAPSDEER
EPAORAMAERGO
DSLSATATPAD
Wed 6/7/2023
PAPAITEMPLEA
AMENKALELANDS
CIAOBELLAASCOT
BREAKINGSTORY
CARATSTEMREX
LEAKEDFOOTAGE
URIRANATE
BONOBOSETVOILA
PINIPAROB
STREAMINGLIVE
ADEDORMEASEL
CURRENTEVENTS
DEBUGPRACTICAL
CLINGOSLONANA
SAGSPEENONYX
Thu 6/8/2023
UNIGARBOATALL
SONITOOKPALEO
ETSSOLOSSILTS
SACREDLYDECIDE
UPHOLDASIHEIR
PROCESSPRAISES
OOHCELTS
BLETCHLEYPARK
MOUSEVEE
DISTILLNOMINEE
OWIEOZSHELENA
GASMANMASSAGES
SNAPSTITUSAYE
INLETSTOREDEL
TASHAAHMEDEDS
POW Fri 6/9/2023
AISLESCARHDTV
GREENPEACEAREA
RACEHORSESRYAN
ANTALITTUBERS
ANKATENORS
MUSICALCHAIRS
ERODECOASTHAM
GLUEPOUTYZENO
ASPPUMPSDEETS
TELLMEABOUTIT
LOYOLAFOGS
TENETSBIOSAHI
RAULOVERSTATED
ANTEFIESTABOWL
PSSTFASTRUNNY
Sat 6/10/2023
SLEIGHALARMS
HOTSEATBUREAU
ACHILLESCRAMIN
MAIAOLESEMITS
ETCHGETTONAE
DESHESTARTEDIT
CINCINNATUS
CARBONDATES
MAKEUPGAMES
POWERLIFTERTBH
AMCBURENLIRA
SCALEMEATIRON
SAWYERESIGNING
EVERLYENTENTE
REDEYEGINGER
Sun 6/11/2023 Words, Words, Words: A Themeless
TOBACCOHASPLANS
COAUTHORBACKRONYM
SHORTHAULSASHAOBAMA
BARTSTARRREDHOTPOKER
OVOWENTTOETOTOEITT
CONCORDCICADASPANSY
AROOMCALLLOGCAM
GETSOMEAIRTAROTS
SKINNIERDIMSOLDASIS
COMOKANTMICHELMULL
OOHSILEACTURNAAREA
OPECBILBAODUALSINK
BARESALLUNMBIOWASTE
SENTRYALGALBLOOM
TISDIDOKAYNATTY
TAMERSORRIERFATTIRE
ACUDAIKONRADISHDEG
JUSTKIDDINGJUNKETING
INTROCLASSSEMISWEET
KIDACTORSCABSTAND
STOPHATEINSHORT

Sam Ezersky is the digital puzzles editor for The Times. Besides helping with the crossword, he oversees other daily Times games like Spelling Bee and Letter Boxed.

This themeless grid (Sam's favorite kind to make) is his 40th construction for the paper. It has only 118 answers — the lowest word count in Sunday Times history. Nearly a quarter of the answers have never appeared in a Times puzzle before. Sam likes challenges. When you see his byline, he wants you to think, "Oh boy, time to buckle up!"

Mon 6/12/2023
AMPUPCOCOPCS
CRONESEPIAOOH
HITSTHEROOFTOE
RESOLESSCALE
SHOEGLASSOTIS
PIANOBLUETOOTH
AHSNAYMEOW
MOTHERTONGUE
AIMEAOLORA
BUBBLEGUMSOFAS
ETALDONNAFILE
HORASTOILING
APTWORDOFMOUTH
VIEADIOSATRIA
EARPEPSMEETS
Tue 6/13/2023
MISTCSPANBETS
ANEWAPOLOADAM
TAXIDRIVERSULU
CHINESEKICKS
HOEVOLCANICASH
ELSTONITEMTUE
SETATTIMREPS
READYTOGO
SOSORUBEXAMS
ATMSITUMAYNOT
WHISKEYSOURTVA
PETTYOCTOBER
ALTOKEEPHONEST
SLEWBASSOMAIL
TONESTAYSERTE
Wed 6/14/2023
LEERSPLITFREE
IDLEHOOCHLACK
CELLONTHEFENCE
KNEELEDALLEGED
NILTMI
MUSTSEESATODDS
INAASSETSPREE
SMUTSTAIDSEMI
HATERALLINAOK
ANEMICYESANDNO
PASONE
TANGENTPROBONO
BLEARYEYEDUPON
ADAMOVATELURK
RARENEWERASAP
POW Thu 6/15/2023
IOUSIPADSCALF
ONCEFACETALIA
NILEESTERSPEC
STANZASPUSHOUT
TARLETEM
PSYOPHANWEEDS
ATMSICDERMAL
BACKTOSQUAREONE
LLANOSUSBTED
OLSENDEECHESS
EELERTAO
MACPROSCONTENT
ISLAVICARALOE
STUDERUPTIMON
SOBSDEBTSROBS
Fri 6/16/2023
ADSPACESABAN
TACOBARSANODE
STONEWALLODORS
EELYTIASSKIT
ADDPLOTZESFEE
FRIAMAANG
DOOMSCROLLING
CANCELCULTURE
WHITERUSSIANS
HELSISNIA
ANYSCHMEARSUP
TIMSKIEVPILE
FLAIREGOBOOSTS
OLIVESKIDMARK
RELAXENDPLAY
Sat 6/17/2023
BARBELLDAMNS
ARALSEAHOYEON
KERATINROBERTA
USEMEACURACOP
SERFONSTRIKE
AUTOCOMPLETE
STANRAYOFLIGHT
TAMTADPOLEOOO
OHPUHLEASEOGRE
BULLSESSIONS
ABIENTOTHELD
DUDDIVERLHASA
LEAVEMEISEENOW
INHEREMANACLE
BOOTSSTATEID
Sun 6/18/2023 My Two Cents
WEPTMRMETMANTAISLE
EGADCATCHAVAILCHAD
DOUBLETAKEGAMETHEORY
BLAINEOPPOSESABRAS
MOANERLIOTTAJOT
BONKONARUNANDACTI
ASKSERVINGSUGGESTION
STASHAGOGANSELMRTS
CEOTESLALIUCOT
AFRAIDSOTERSEAUTO
BLANKETRECOMMENDATION
IONSMERCITOETOTOE
TAIABAWICCAEEL
OTTCORBINOVUMILLGO
DISSENTINGOPINIONARP
DECODIKDIDIONCNET
OWNNEOCONSPACES
AMUSEDTWANGSSTOLEN
COREBELIEFSAGEADVICE
ILSALORNEAGINGETAL
DEERLOESSWASTEDORK

Joe DiPietro owns the bar "one-star" in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Its website self-deprecatingly calls it "a dingy hole on a deadish street" (but it gets 4.5 stars on Yelp).

This is Joe's 137th crossword for The Times since 1995. He began it after seeing 46-Across on a food package and thinking, hmm. Joe says, "I will never not love coming up with theme ideas and filling grids."

Mon 6/19/2023
PEALOSSWAB
OVERICEPORE
PIRANHAOVEN
SLICEOFBREAD
AYNART
TILSARIFED
AMIEBEEHIVE
RASPBERRYJAM
EXTORTDINO
NASCAR
OHHIABASED
PEANUTBUTTER
TYLENOLERGO
SSESPECISP
SENAUK
SLICEOFBREAD
HAZETRILOGY
AVONCENSURE
MADEHESTAD
Tue 6/20/2023
ODEPAWNSABBY
FOMOACHOOSLOE
THUMBNAILSTOGA
NUDISTKIWIS
HARIBOTERIYET
ORABRELESTO
MISPLACEISSUED
MAPLEOSOMARCO
ELBOWSTATERTOT
ETREOKOKOLE
PARAARPYAPPED
SCRAPATESTS
HEYSCLOTHESPIN
ALPOBLUTOTIDE
WAIFSYRUPGOT
POW Wed 6/21/2023
TRAPSHIPOSLO
UHURAPINEREAD
RENALAPPLEGATE
SEAGODPETNAMES
AUTOMATONONO
NADASLINGS
PDFSALECASKET
HEATACHOOMENU
ECLAIRSNUBYEN
WALLSTTTOP
SKALIVEDATES
ICHEATEDDEJAVU
FOODCHAINGAMED
SORTACNEAMENS
OTTOWHATSASS
Thu 6/22/2023
IMHONBCSCAT
GREENBAITARCH
ROSASHANAHLAMA
INAREACORNISEN
NYTTSKSUAVE
USDAMALI
SAKSINTIMEMDS
THEBABYISASLEEP
SATUSESONETSY
BOHRUCSD
GUAVATIMHIM
FRESERBSNATURE
RENUBRITISUMOR
OBISOARSINANE
MACHMIATENS
Fri 6/23/2023
PRIORAGHAST
MONOPOLYMONEY
PALATECLEANSER
SEGOANKANEWME
TOIOSMONDDELS
EPCOTINERTRYE
PLASTICREAD
SELLERKOIPONDS
PRORATEDESERT
ALESNEEREDWIE
SEAMIMPELASET
MALESPITVCRS
ASIDESTIMELOOP
RESINSUNCTUOUS
ARMADAPASSMTA
Sat 6/24/2023
WOZBBQPORKBUN
ALESYOUAREHERE
VINEPRIDEFLAGS
YOGAPANTSLORE
ABUSEDBEE
DROSSAJAXFLU
JUDASCYANWRIT
EVERYBODYGOHOME
TENDERRSBASES
ETSSAKEBATTY
CHUAPEMAN
TALEIMONADIET
BOREINMINDAXLE
BREAKDANCEYOBA
COATHANGERNAM
Sun 6/25/2023 Opposites Attracting
SPEEDOHOSTFORREAL
HOWDEDOISLEISAIDNO
INOUTINGSHORTLONGING
NYKAUTOSAPRILTHEE
DIMOUTSOAKIEST
STEALPROCONNINGSNIP
THALIADORFFOAMING
RESENDSLEANHOTPACKS
ICYGOOFELOPERIRE
NAHLABANIMALANTMAN
GPASPRINGFALLINGEAU
SERAPHSIRENSONGAMC
DNASPLATSSILONIL
BRIANMAYBILETENMILE
PUNTSONMARADEANNA
SEGOODDEVENINGTIGER
MINGERADECAPOD
TTYLLEONASHILOPSA
WHOLEPARTINGONOFFING
SEMANASISTOSWEETIE
JABBERSCHIPSWEATS

John Westwig is a software engineer in Seattle. He got into crosswords when he was very young, solving Games magazine on car trips with his family. Constructing came soon after. He sold his first puzzle to The Times in 2015, when he was 17.

This is his eighth (and first Sunday). "Lots of friends do the Times puzzle," John writes, "but most complain that mine are too hard."

Mon 6/26/2023
NAPEBLINDSHOP
OLAYROSIECEDE
VEGETABLEFARMER
ARESOSECDEIST
TROPEYESMEN
NITSKINGLY
TEAMCAPTAINWOE
ACNEIAMMAMA
NOGBANJOPLAYER
GNOMESSEEK
RACKETAGENT
SHARKLAOUNION
PICKYPICKYPICKY
OVALUSERSCHEN
TETEPETALEENY
Tue 6/27/2023
IMAFANJABBOIL
DOCILEILLANNA
SALOMEGLAMROCK
TUNAISUZUCHE
ANALREFOCUS
IRAALICEFLAP
MISSCLEOUSOS
SOPHIDLERRIGS
ROANBABADOOK
POOLMYMANNBA
MOMTOBEENDS
OPIHOSTSTUMS
MUSTACHESHIITE
OLESCELPENCIL
AIDAESLANGERS
Wed 6/28/2023
ALPINISMAFTRA
PEARTREETHROAT
AIRSHOWSAIOLIS
TATBOASTGENE
RAYONUARTSA
SPITATSIMON
MADLYINSIDEMAN
OLGAGRASSWINY
GOESBROKEPANTS
TRANECERISE
SHEOBIGAWKS
WICKSCIONKOR
AMOEBACOALMINE
BONNETEUROAREA
SMOTESTYLETIP
Thu 6/29/2023
STABSBLTBTU
HORNETRAISERS
REFUGEEANGELES
BAITSLRCOALER
GRAVELATENCY
LLANOSABOT
FASCIAWOOBAKE
EXCHANGINGRINGS
MEREDOTRANDOS
ADAMSSHEEN
PITCHINGHOST
COPCARTAGACLU
AVIATESBEARHUG
BILLETSLAPPER
ODEDENERROR
Fri 6/30/2023
AUTOSAVEDITCH
CHICKLITBITEME
TORTILLARECTOR
SHEHELLTOTHENO
MAYABUSY
ATBATIDAHONAP
PARTANOADSALE
THATISSUCHAMOOD
LOWESTBAAOMNI
YENLASTSCRIES
WAITHIRE
IMEANREALLYLAM
DIVIDELOOPHOLE
LEAVESPASTABAR
INNERONEONONE
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