Thu 6/1/2023
R | E | A | P | | | G | R | A | D | | B | R | A | S |
H | A | L | O | | S | H | A | D | E | | L | E | G | O |
O | U | T | O | 4 | H | A | N | D | S | | U | T | E | S |
| | | H | 8 | E | N | | S | E | R | R | A | N | O |
I | P | A | | C | L | A | N | | L | I | B | I | D | O |
F | O | R | M | A | L | | O | P | E | C | | N | A | N |
S | P | O | O | F | S | | T | A | C | O | S | | | |
O | U | S | T | | | I | 2 | N | T | H | U | R | T | |
| P | E | T | I | T | S | 4 | S | | | S | E | A | S |
| | | O | R | A | L | B | | A | T | H | O | M | E |
A | V | A | | I | K | E | A | | S | O | I | R | E | E |
N | O | L | O | S | E | | D | R | I | P | | G | R | R |
G | O | T | T | H | A | T | | A | T | 1 | D | | | |
E | D | I | T | | C | R | E | D | I | 2 | R | T | H | Y |
R | O | M | E | | A | U | R | A | S | | O | B | O | E |
S | O | A | R | | B | E | A | R | | | P | A | W | S |
Fri 6/2/2023
P | L | O | D | S | | R | E | P | S | | | I | F | S |
T | I | M | E | T | R | A | V | E | L | | S | N | I | P |
S | P | A | C | E | O | P | E | R | A | | E | T | N | A |
D | O | N | K | E | Y | | R | I | M | | C | H | A | R |
| | | | P | A | N | E | L | | S | T | A | L | K |
A | C | H | I | L | L | E | S | | P | I | S | T | O | N |
G | U | I | D | E | | A | T | L | A | S | | C | F | O |
U | P | T | O | | A | T | B | A | Y | | D | A | F | T |
A | B | S | | B | L | O | A | T | | G | O | S | E | E |
F | E | I | S | T | Y | | S | T | A | R | T | E | R | S |
R | A | N | T | S | | D | E | E | R | E | | | | |
E | R | G | O | | S | A | C | | D | E | R | I | V | E |
S | E | L | L | | P | I | A | N | O | T | U | N | E | R |
C | R | E | E | | A | R | M | O | R | E | D | C | A | R |
A | S | S | | | N | Y | P | D | | D | E | A | L | S |
Sat 6/3/2023
L | A | N | D | S | C | A | P | E | | S | A | J | A | K |
E | X | C | A | L | I | B | U | R | | A | B | U | S | E |
D | E | O | X | I | D | I | Z | E | | G | A | S | S | Y |
| | | | M | E | T | Z | | C | A | C | T | U | S |
| N | A | D | E | R | | L | O | A | | K | I | M | |
A | E | R | O | | | L | I | M | P | S | | N | E | W |
S | O | M | E | T | H | I | N | G | T | O | H | I | D | E |
A | N | Y | T | H | I | N | G | Y | O | U | W | A | N | T |
N | O | T | H | I | N | G | P | E | R | S | O | N | A | L |
A | I | R | | S | T | A | R | S | | | R | I | M | Y |
| R | A | G | | E | M | O | | S | A | D | I | E | |
E | F | I | L | E | D | | B | L | E | D | | | | |
L | I | N | E | A | | B | L | O | W | A | F | U | S | E |
B | L | E | A | T | | T | E | L | E | P | O | R | T | S |
A | M | E | N | S | | S | M | A | R | T | E | N | U | P |
POW Sun 6/4/2023 Flying Colors
| | | D | U | N | B | A | R | | S | L | O | G | A | N | S | | | |
| | A | R | M | O | I | R | E | | C | O | L | O | N | I | E | S | | |
| O | N | A | N | D | O | F | F | | R | E | D | S | T | A | T | E | S | |
W | H | O | Y | O | U | | | I | T | I | S | S | O | | | S | A | L | E |
O | A | R | | | L | O | S | | A | B | S | | U | S | A | T | L | A | S |
O | R | A | N | G | E | J | U | I | C | E | | S | T | E | R | O | I | D | S |
T | A | K | E | I | | O | C | T | O | | O | C | H | E | R | | N | E | O |
| | | A | N | D | | C | E | S | S | N | A | | T | O | E | | | |
| D | A | R | K | R | O | O | M | | Y | E | L | L | O | W | L | A | B | |
S | O | S | | G | A | R | R | | P | R | I | D | E | | | F | L | A | G |
F | I | T | | O | W | N | | M | A | I | L | | G | N | C | | E | R | E |
O | N | E | S | | | O | C | A | L | A | | F | O | O | L | | U | R | L |
| G | R | E | E | N | T | A | P | E | | C | A | S | S | E | T | T | E | |
| | | A | N | O | | S | L | O | T | H | S | | E | R | A | | | |
A | L | F | | S | M | I | T | E | | I | O | T | A | | I | N | D | I | A |
P | E | A | C | O | A | T | S | | B | L | U | E | J | A | C | K | E | T | S |
I | D | C | A | R | D | S | | P | R | E | | N | A | S | | | P | A | T |
A | T | T | N | | | A | T | E | A | S | E | | | I | A | M | A | L | I |
| V | I | O | L | E | T | R | A | Y | | B | R | A | D | B | U | R | Y | |
| | S | E | T | P | I | E | C | E | | A | T | H | E | I | S | T | | |
| | | D | E | S | E | X | E | D | | Y | E | S | S | E | S | | | |
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."
– puzzle by Rafael Musa
Mon 6/5/2023
D | U | S | T | | | S | L | A | M | | A | M | I | D |
O | N | T | O | | A | L | O | H | A | | L | O | D | E |
G | R | A | P | E | F | R | U | I | T | S | P | O | O | N |
M | O | P | | L | A | S | | | T | O | O | N | | |
A | L | L | F | O | R | | W | R | E | N | | R | P | M |
| L | E | A | P | | D | I | E | | | T | O | R | O |
| | | J | E | S | U | I | T | S | C | H | O | O | L |
A | D | M | I | R | E | R | | O | K | E | E | F | F | E |
Q | U | I | T | S | T | A | L | L | I | N | G | | | |
U | L | N | A | | | N | O | D | | S | A | S | S | |
A | L | T | | A | U | T | O | | P | U | P | P | E | T |
| | L | A | M | P | | | P | A | R | | I | C | E |
K | E | E | P | I | T | B | E | T | W | E | E | N | U | S |
A | L | A | S | | O | R | G | A | N | | P | A | R | T |
L | I | F | E | | N | A | G | S | | | A | L | E | S |
Tue 6/6/2023
D | A | P | | | | T | A | T | A | S | | L | S | D |
O | G | R | E | | | A | M | A | R | O | | A | P | E |
R | E | E | D | | S | P | A | C | E | R | | P | O | L |
A | S | T | I | | P | I | L | S | | T | N | U | T | S |
| | | S | O | A | R | | | D | E | E | P | S | |
S | N | O | O | P | S | | S | M | A | R | T | | | |
L | O | R | N | E | | S | T | A | T | | S | N | A | P |
A | V | E | | R | A | C | E | C | A | R | | E | V | A |
P | A | N | S | | T | A | T | S | | E | N | R | O | L |
| | | T | R | A | M | S | | S | P | O | O | N | S |
| S | P | E | E | D | | | R | A | O | S | | | |
S | T | U | N | T | | S | L | I | P | | I | T | S | A |
L | O | P | | R | E | C | A | P | S | | D | E | E | R |
E | P | A | | O | R | A | M | A | | | E | R | G | O |
D | S | L | | S | A | T | A | T | | | | P | A | D |
Wed 6/7/2023
P | A | P | A | | I | T | E | M | | P | L | E | A | |
A | M | E | N | | K | A | L | E | | L | A | N | D | S |
C | I | A | O | B | E | L | L | A | | A | S | C | O | T |
| | B | R | E | A | K | I | N | G | S | T | O | R | Y |
C | A | R | A | T | | | S | T | E | M | | R | E | X |
L | E | A | K | E | D | F | O | O | T | A | G | E | | |
U | R | I | | | R | A | N | | A | T | E | | | |
B | O | N | O | B | O | S | | E | T | V | O | I | L | A |
| | | P | I | N | | I | P | A | | | R | O | B |
| | S | T | R | E | A | M | I | N | G | L | I | V | E |
A | D | E | | D | O | R | M | | | E | A | S | E | L |
C | U | R | R | E | N | T | E | V | E | N | T | S | | |
D | E | B | U | G | | P | R | A | C | T | I | C | A | L |
C | L | I | N | G | | O | S | L | O | | N | A | N | A |
| S | A | G | S | | P | E | E | N | | O | N | Y | X |
Thu 6/8/2023
U | N | I | | G | A | R | B | O | | A | T | A | L | L |
S | O | N | | I | T | O | O | K | | P | A | L | E | O |
E | T | S | | S | O | L | O | S | | S | I | L | T | S |
S | A | C | R | E | D | L | Y | | D | E | C | I | D | E |
U | P | H | O | L | D | | A | S | I | | H | E | I | R |
P | R | O | C | E | S | S | | P | R | A | I | S | E | S |
| O | O | H | | | C | E | L | T | S | | | | |
| B | L | E | T | C | H | L | E | Y | P | A | R | K | |
| | | | M | O | U | S | E | | | V | E | E | |
D | I | S | T | I | L | L | | N | O | M | I | N | E | E |
O | W | I | E | | O | Z | S | | H | E | L | E | N | A |
G | A | S | M | A | N | | M | A | S | S | A | G | E | S |
S | N | A | P | S | | T | I | T | U | S | | A | Y | E |
I | N | L | E | T | | S | T | O | R | E | | D | E | L |
T | A | S | H | A | | A | H | M | E | D | | E | D | S |
POW Fri 6/9/2023
A | I | S | L | E | | S | C | A | R | | H | D | T | V |
G | R | E | E | N | P | E | A | C | E | | A | R | E | A |
R | A | C | E | H | O | R | S | E | S | | R | Y | A | N |
A | N | T | | A | L | I | T | | T | U | B | E | R | S |
| | | A | N | K | A | | T | E | N | O | R | S | |
M | U | S | I | C | A | L | C | H | A | I | R | S | | |
E | R | O | D | E | | C | O | A | S | T | | H | A | M |
G | L | U | E | | P | O | U | T | Y | | Z | E | N | O |
A | S | P | | P | U | M | P | S | | D | E | E | T | S |
| | T | E | L | L | M | E | A | B | O | U | T | I | T |
| L | O | Y | O | L | A | | F | O | G | S | | | |
T | E | N | E | T | S | | B | I | O | S | | A | H | I |
R | A | U | L | | O | V | E | R | S | T | A | T | E | D |
A | N | T | E | | F | I | E | S | T | A | B | O | W | L |
P | S | S | T | | F | A | S | T | | R | U | N | N | Y |
Sat 6/10/2023
S | L | E | I | G | H | | | | A | L | A | R | M | S |
H | O | T | S | E | A | T | | | B | U | R | E | A | U |
A | C | H | I | L | L | E | S | | C | R | A | M | I | N |
M | A | I | A | | O | L | E | S | | E | M | I | T | S |
E | T | C | H | | G | E | T | T | O | | | N | A | E |
D | E | S | | H | E | S | T | A | R | T | E | D | I | T |
| | | C | I | N | C | I | N | N | A | T | U | S | |
| | C | A | R | B | O | N | D | A | T | E | S | | |
| M | A | K | E | U | P | G | A | M | E | S | | | |
P | O | W | E | R | L | I | F | T | E | R | | T | B | H |
A | M | C | | | B | U | R | E | N | | L | I | R | A |
S | C | A | L | E | | M | E | A | T | | I | R | O | N |
S | A | W | Y | E | R | | E | S | I | G | N | I | N | G |
E | V | E | R | L | Y | | | E | N | T | E | N | T | E |
R | E | D | E | Y | E | | | | G | I | N | G | E | R |
Sun 6/11/2023 Words, Words, Words: A Themeless
| | | T | O | B | A | C | C | O | | | | H | A | S | P | L | A | N | S |
| | C | O | A | U | T | H | O | R | | | B | A | C | K | R | O | N | Y | M |
| S | H | O | R | T | H | A | U | L | | S | A | S | H | A | O | B | A | M | A |
B | A | R | T | S | T | A | R | R | | R | E | D | H | O | T | P | O | K | E | R |
O | V | O | | W | E | N | T | T | O | E | T | O | T | O | E | | | I | T | T |
C | O | N | C | O | R | D | | C | I | C | A | D | A | S | | P | A | N | S | Y |
A | R | O | O | M | | | C | A | L | L | L | O | G | | C | A | M | | | |
| | | G | E | T | S | O | M | E | A | I | R | | T | A | R | O | T | S | |
S | K | I | N | N | I | E | R | | D | I | M | | S | O | L | D | A | S | I | S |
C | O | M | O | | K | A | N | T | | M | I | C | H | E | L | | M | U | L | L |
O | O | H | S | | I | L | E | A | C | | T | U | R | N | A | | A | R | E | A |
O | P | E | C | | B | I | L | B | A | O | | D | U | A | L | | S | I | N | K |
B | A | R | E | S | A | L | L | | U | N | M | | B | I | O | W | A | S | T | E |
| S | E | N | T | R | Y | | A | L | G | A | L | B | L | O | O | M | | | |
| | | T | I | S | | D | I | D | O | K | A | Y | | | N | A | T | T | Y |
T | A | M | E | R | | S | O | R | R | I | E | R | | F | A | T | T | I | R | E |
A | C | U | | | D | A | I | K | O | N | R | A | D | I | S | H | | D | E | G |
J | U | S | T | K | I | D | D | I | N | G | | J | U | N | K | E | T | I | N | G |
I | N | T | R | O | C | L | A | S | S | | S | E | M | I | S | W | E | E | T | |
K | I | D | A | C | T | O | R | S | | | C | A | B | S | T | A | N | D | | |
S | T | O | P | H | A | T | E | | | | I | N | S | H | O | R | T | | | |
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!"
– puzzle by Sam Ezersky
Mon 6/12/2023
A | M | P | U | P | | | C | O | C | O | | P | C | S |
C | R | O | N | E | | S | E | P | I | A | | O | O | H |
H | I | T | S | T | H | E | R | O | O | F | | T | O | E |
| | R | E | S | O | L | E | S | | S | C | A | L | E |
S | H | O | E | | G | L | A | S | S | | O | T | I | S |
P | I | A | N | O | | B | L | U | E | T | O | O | T | H |
A | H | S | | N | A | Y | | M | E | O | W | | | |
M | O | T | H | E | R | | | | T | O | N | G | U | E |
| | | A | I | M | E | | A | O | L | | O | R | A |
B | U | B | B | L | E | G | U | M | | S | O | F | A | S |
E | T | A | L | | D | O | N | N | A | | F | I | L | E |
H | O | R | A | S | | T | O | I | L | I | N | G | | |
A | P | T | | W | O | R | D | O | F | M | O | U | T | H |
V | I | E | | A | D | I | O | S | | A | T | R | I | A |
E | A | R | | P | E | P | S | | | M | E | E | T | S |
Tue 6/13/2023
M | I | S | T | | C | S | P | A | N | | B | E | T | S |
A | N | E | W | | A | P | O | L | O | | A | D | A | M |
T | A | X | I | D | R | I | V | E | R | | S | U | L | U |
C | H | I | N | E | S | E | | | | K | I | C | K | S |
H | O | E | | V | O | L | C | A | N | I | C | A | S | H |
E | L | S | T | O | N | | I | T | E | M | | T | U | E |
S | E | T | A | T | | | T | I | M | | R | E | P | S |
| | | R | E | A | D | Y | T | O | G | O | | | |
S | O | S | O | | R | U | B | | | E | X | A | M | S |
A | T | M | | S | I | T | U | | M | A | Y | N | O | T |
W | H | I | S | K | E | Y | S | O | U | R | | T | V | A |
P | E | T | T | Y | | | | O | C | T | O | B | E | R |
A | L | T | O | | K | E | E | P | H | O | N | E | S | T |
S | L | E | W | | B | A | S | S | O | | M | A | I | L |
T | O | N | E | | S | T | A | Y | S | | E | R | T | E |
Wed 6/14/2023
L | E | E | R | | S | P | L | I | T | | F | R | E | E |
I | D | L | E | | H | O | O | C | H | | L | A | C | K |
C | E | L | L | | O | N | T | H | E | F | E | N | C | E |
K | N | E | E | L | E | D | | A | L | L | E | G | E | D |
| | | N | I | L | | | T | M | I | | | | |
M | U | S | T | S | E | E | S | | A | T | O | D | D | S |
I | N | A | | A | S | S | E | T | | S | P | R | E | E |
S | M | U | T | | S | T | A | I | D | | S | E | M | I |
H | A | T | E | R | | A | L | L | I | N | | A | O | K |
A | N | E | M | I | C | | Y | E | S | A | N | D | N | O |
| | | | P | A | S | | | O | N | E | | | |
T | A | N | G | E | N | T | | P | R | O | B | O | N | O |
B | L | E | A | R | Y | E | Y | E | D | | U | P | O | N |
A | D | A | M | | O | V | A | T | E | | L | U | R | K |
R | A | R | E | | N | E | W | E | R | | A | S | A | P |
POW Thu 6/15/2023
I | O | U | S | | I | P | A | D | S | | C | A | L | F |
O | N | C | E | | F | A | C | E | T | | A | L | I | A |
N | I | L | E | | E | S | T | E | R | | S | P | E | C |
S | T | A | N | Z | A | S | | P | U | S | H | O | U | T |
| | | T | A | R | | L | E | T | E | M | | | |
P | S | Y | O | P | | H | A | N | | W | E | E | D | S |
A | T | M | | | S | I | C | | D | E | R | M | A | L |
B | A | C | K | T | O | S | Q | U | A | R | E | O | N | E |
L | L | A | N | O | S | | U | S | B | | | T | E | D |
O | L | S | E | N | | D | E | E | | C | H | E | S | S |
| | | E | E | L | E | R | | T | A | O | | | |
M | A | C | P | R | O | S | | C | O | N | T | E | N | T |
I | S | L | A | | V | I | C | A | R | | A | L | O | E |
S | T | U | D | | E | R | U | P | T | | I | M | O | N |
S | O | B | S | | D | E | B | T | S | | R | O | B | S |
Fri 6/16/2023
A | D | S | P | A | C | E | | | | S | A | B | A | N |
T | A | C | O | B | A | R | S | | | A | N | O | D | E |
S | T | O | N | E | W | A | L | L | | O | D | O | R | S |
E | E | L | Y | | | T | I | A | S | | S | K | I | T |
A | D | D | | P | L | O | T | Z | E | S | | F | E | E |
| | | F | R | I | | | A | M | A | | A | N | G |
| | D | O | O | M | S | C | R | O | L | L | I | N | G |
| C | A | N | C | E | L | C | U | L | T | U | R | E | |
W | H | I | T | E | R | U | S | S | I | A | N | S | | |
H | E | L | | S | I | S | | | N | I | A | | | |
A | N | Y | | S | C | H | M | E | A | R | | S | U | P |
T | I | M | S | | K | I | E | V | | | P | I | L | E |
F | L | A | I | R | | E | G | O | B | O | O | S | T | S |
O | L | I | V | E | | | S | K | I | D | M | A | R | K |
R | E | L | A | X | | | | E | N | D | P | L | A | Y |
Sat 6/17/2023
B | A | R | B | E | L | L | | | | D | A | M | N | S |
A | R | A | L | S | E | A | | | H | O | Y | E | O | N |
K | E | R | A | T | I | N | | R | O | B | E | R | T | A |
U | S | E | M | E | | A | C | U | R | A | | C | O | P |
| | S | E | R | F | | O | N | S | T | R | I | K | E |
A | U | T | O | C | O | M | P | L | E | T | E | | | |
S | T | A | N | | R | A | Y | O | F | L | I | G | H | T |
T | A | M | | T | A | D | P | O | L | E | | O | O | O |
O | H | P | U | H | L | E | A | S | E | | O | G | R | E |
| | | B | U | L | L | S | E | S | S | I | O | N | S |
A | B | I | E | N | T | O | T | | H | E | L | D | | |
D | U | D | | D | I | V | E | R | | L | H | A | S | A |
L | E | A | V | E | M | E | | I | S | E | E | N | O | W |
I | N | H | E | R | E | | | M | A | N | A | C | L | E |
B | O | O | T | S | | | | S | T | A | T | E | I | D |
Sun 6/18/2023 My Two Cents
W | E | P | T | | M | R | M | E | T | | M | A | N | T | A | | I | S | L | E |
E | G | A | D | | C | A | T | C | H | | A | V | A | I | L | | C | H | A | D |
D | O | U | B | L | E | T | A | K | E | | G | A | M | E | T | H | E | O | R | Y |
| B | L | A | I | N | E | | O | P | P | O | S | E | | S | A | B | R | A | S |
M | O | A | N | E | R | | | | L | I | O | T | T | A | | J | O | T | | |
B | O | N | K | | O | N | A | R | U | N | | | A | N | D | | A | C | T | I |
A | S | K | | S | E | R | V | I | N | G | S | U | G | G | E | S | T | I | O | N |
S | T | A | S | H | | A | G | O | G | | A | N | S | E | L | M | | R | T | S |
| | | C | E | O | | | T | E | S | L | A | | L | I | U | | C | O | T |
A | F | R | A | I | D | S | O | | | T | E | R | S | E | | | A | U | T | O |
B | L | A | N | K | E | T | R | E | C | O | M | M | E | N | D | A | T | I | O | N |
I | O | N | S | | | M | E | R | C | I | | | T | O | E | T | O | T | O | E |
T | A | I | | A | B | A | | W | I | C | C | A | | | E | E | L | | | |
O | T | T | | C | O | R | B | I | N | | O | V | U | M | | I | L | L | G | O |
D | I | S | S | E | N | T | I | N | G | O | P | I | N | I | O | N | | A | R | P |
D | E | C | O | | D | I | K | | | D | I | D | I | O | N | | C | N | E | T |
| | O | W | N | | N | E | O | C | O | N | | | | S | P | A | C | E | S |
A | M | U | S | E | D | | T | W | A | N | G | S | | S | T | O | L | E | N | |
C | O | R | E | B | E | L | I | E | F | | S | A | G | E | A | D | V | I | C | E |
I | L | S | A | | L | O | R | N | E | | A | G | I | N | G | | E | T | A | L |
D | E | E | R | | L | O | E | S | S | | W | A | S | T | E | | D | O | R | K |
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."
– puzzle by Joe DiPietro
Mon 6/19/2023
P | E | A | | L | O | S | | S | W | A | B |
O | V | E | R | I | C | E | | P | O | R | E |
P | I | R | A | N | H | A | | O | V | E | N |
S | L | I | C | E | O | F | B | R | E | A | D |
| | A | Y | N | | A | R | T | | | |
T | I | L | | S | A | R | I | | F | E | D |
A | M | I | E | | B | E | E | H | I | V | E |
R | A | S | P | B | E | R | R | Y | J | A | M |
E | X | T | O | R | T | | | D | I | N | O |
| | | N | A | S | C | A | R | | | |
O | H | H | I | | | A | B | A | S | E | D |
P | E | A | N | U | T | B | U | T | T | E | R |
T | Y | L | E | N | O | L | | E | R | G | O |
S | S | E | | S | P | E | C | | I | S | P |
| | | S | E | N | | A | U | K | | |
S | L | I | C | E | O | F | B | R | E | A | D |
H | A | Z | E | | T | R | I | L | O | G | Y |
A | V | O | N | | C | E | N | S | U | R | E |
M | A | D | E | | H | E | S | | T | A | D |
Tue 6/20/2023
O | D | E | | | P | A | W | N | S | | A | B | B | Y |
F | O | M | O | | A | C | H | O | O | | S | L | O | E |
T | H | U | M | B | N | A | I | L | S | | T | O | G | A |
| | | N | U | D | I | S | T | | K | I | W | I | S |
H | A | R | I | B | O | | T | E | R | I | | Y | E | T |
O | R | A | | B | R | E | L | | E | S | T | O | | |
M | I | S | P | L | A | C | E | | I | S | S | U | E | D |
M | A | P | L | E | | O | S | O | | M | A | R | C | O |
E | L | B | O | W | S | | T | A | T | E | R | T | O | T |
| | E | T | R | E | | O | K | O | K | | O | L | E |
P | A | R | | A | A | R | P | | Y | A | P | P | E | D |
S | C | R | A | P | | A | T | E | S | T | S | | | |
H | E | Y | S | | C | L | O | T | H | E | S | P | I | N |
A | L | P | O | | B | L | U | T | O | | T | I | D | E |
W | A | I | F | | S | Y | R | U | P | | | G | O | T |
POW Wed 6/21/2023
| T | R | A | P | | S | H | I | P | | O | S | L | O |
U | H | U | R | A | | P | I | N | E | | R | E | A | D |
R | E | N | A | L | | A | P | P | L | E | G | A | T | E |
S | E | A | G | O | D | | P | E | T | N | A | M | E | S |
A | U | T | O | M | A | T | O | N | | O | N | O | | |
| | | N | A | D | A | | | S | L | I | N | G | S |
P | D | F | | S | A | L | E | | C | A | S | K | E | T |
H | E | A | T | | A | C | H | O | O | | M | E | N | U |
E | C | L | A | I | R | | S | N | U | B | | Y | E | N |
W | A | L | L | S | T | | | T | T | O | P | | | |
| | S | K | A | | L | I | V | E | D | A | T | E | S |
I | C | H | E | A | T | E | D | | D | E | J | A | V | U |
F | O | O | D | C | H | A | I | N | | G | A | M | E | D |
S | O | R | T | | A | C | N | E | | A | M | E | N | S |
O | T | T | O | | W | H | A | T | | S | A | S | S | |
Thu 6/22/2023
| I | M | H | O | | N | B | C | | | S | C | A | T |
G | R | E | E | N | | B | A | I | T | | A | R | C | H |
R | O | S | A | S | H | A | N | A | H | | L | A | M | A |
I | N | A | R | E | A | | C | O | R | N | I | S | E | N |
N | Y | T | | T | S | K | | S | U | A | V | E | | |
| | | U | S | D | A | | | | M | A | L | I | |
S | A | K | S | | I | N | T | I | M | E | | M | D | S |
T | H | E | B | A | B | Y | I | S | A | S | L | E | E | P |
S | A | T | | U | S | E | S | O | N | | E | T | S | Y |
| B | O | H | R | | | | U | C | S | D | | | |
| | G | U | A | V | A | | T | I | M | | H | I | M |
F | R | E | S | E | R | B | S | | N | A | T | U | R | E |
R | E | N | U | | B | R | I | T | I | S | U | M | O | R |
O | B | I | S | | O | A | R | S | | I | N | A | N | E |
M | A | C | H | | | M | I | A | | T | E | N | S | |
Fri 6/23/2023
| | | P | R | I | O | R | | A | G | H | A | S | T |
| | M | O | N | O | P | O | L | Y | M | O | N | E | Y |
| P | A | L | A | T | E | C | L | E | A | N | S | E | R |
S | E | G | O | | A | N | K | A | | N | E | W | M | E |
T | O | I | | O | S | M | O | N | D | | D | E | L | S |
E | P | C | O | T | | I | N | E | R | T | | R | Y | E |
P | L | A | S | T | I | C | | R | E | A | D | | | |
S | E | L | L | E | R | | K | O | I | P | O | N | D | S |
| P | R | O | R | A | T | E | | D | E | S | E | R | T |
A | L | E | | S | N | E | E | R | E | D | | W | I | E |
S | E | A | M | | I | M | P | E | L | | A | S | E | T |
M | A | L | E | S | | P | I | T | | V | C | R | S | |
A | S | I | D | E | S | | T | I | M | E | L | O | O | P |
R | E | S | I | N | S | | U | N | C | T | U | O | U | S |
A | R | M | A | D | A | | P | A | S | S | | M | T | A |
Sat 6/24/2023
W | O | Z | | | B | B | Q | P | O | R | K | B | U | N |
A | L | E | S | | Y | O | U | A | R | E | H | E | R | E |
V | I | N | E | | P | R | I | D | E | F | L | A | G | S |
Y | O | G | A | P | A | N | T | S | | L | O | R | E | |
| | A | B | U | S | E | D | | B | E | E | | | |
| D | R | O | S | S | | A | J | A | X | | F | L | U |
J | U | D | A | S | | C | Y | A | N | | W | R | I | T |
E | V | E | R | Y | B | O | D | Y | G | O | H | O | M | E |
T | E | N | D | | E | R | R | S | | B | A | S | E | S |
E | T | S | | S | A | K | E | | B | A | T | T | Y | |
| | | C | H | U | | A | P | E | M | A | N | | |
| T | A | L | E | | I | M | O | N | A | D | I | E | T |
B | O | R | E | I | N | M | I | N | D | | A | X | L | E |
B | R | E | A | K | D | A | N | C | E | | Y | O | B | A |
C | O | A | T | H | A | N | G | E | R | | | N | A | M |
Sun 6/25/2023 Opposites Attracting
S | P | E | E | D | O | | | | H | O | S | T | | F | O | R | R | E | A | L |
H | O | W | D | E | D | O | | | I | S | L | E | | I | S | A | I | D | N | O |
I | N | O | U | T | I | N | G | | S | H | O | R | T | L | O | N | G | I | N | G |
N | Y | K | | A | U | T | O | S | | A | P | R | I | L | | T | H | E | E | |
| | | D | I | M | O | U | T | S | | O | A | K | I | E | S | T | | | |
S | T | E | A | L | | P | R | O | C | O | N | N | I | N | G | | S | N | I | P |
T | H | A | L | I | A | | D | O | R | F | | | | F | O | A | M | I | N | G |
R | E | S | E | N | D | S | | L | E | A | N | | H | O | T | P | A | C | K | S |
I | C | Y | | G | O | O | F | | E | L | O | P | E | R | | I | R | E | | |
N | A | H | | | L | A | B | A | N | I | M | A | L | | A | N | T | M | A | N |
G | P | A | | S | P | R | I | N | G | F | A | L | L | I | N | G | | E | A | U |
S | E | R | A | P | H | | S | I | R | E | N | S | O | N | G | | | A | M | C |
| | D | N | A | | S | P | L | A | T | S | | S | I | L | O | | N | I | L |
B | R | I | A | N | M | A | Y | | B | I | L | E | | T | E | N | M | I | L | E |
P | U | N | T | S | O | N | | | | M | A | R | A | | D | E | A | N | N | A |
S | E | G | O | | O | D | D | E | V | E | N | I | N | G | | T | I | G | E | R |
| | | M | I | N | G | E | R | A | | D | E | C | A | P | O | D | | | |
| T | T | Y | L | | L | E | O | N | A | | S | H | I | L | O | | P | S | A |
W | H | O | L | E | P | A | R | T | I | N | G | | O | N | O | F | F | I | N | G |
S | E | M | A | N | A | S | | I | S | T | O | | | S | W | E | E | T | I | E |
J | A | B | B | E | R | S | | C | H | I | P | | | | S | W | E | A | T | S |
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."
– puzzle by John Westwig
Mon 6/26/2023
N | A | P | E | | B | L | I | N | D | | S | H | O | P |
O | L | A | Y | | R | O | S | I | E | | C | E | D | E |
V | E | G | E | T | A | B | L | E | F | A | R | M | E | R |
A | R | E | S | O | | S | E | C | | D | E | I | S | T |
| T | R | O | P | E | | Y | E | S | M | E | N | | |
| | | N | I | T | S | | | K | I | N | G | L | Y |
T | E | A | M | C | A | P | T | A | I | N | | W | O | E |
A | C | N | E | | | I | A | M | | | M | A | M | A |
N | O | G | | B | A | N | J | O | P | L | A | Y | E | R |
G | N | O | M | E | S | | | S | E | E | K | | | |
| | R | A | C | K | E | T | | A | G | E | N | T | |
S | H | A | R | K | | L | A | O | | U | N | I | O | N |
P | I | C | K | Y | P | I | C | K | Y | P | I | C | K | Y |
O | V | A | L | | U | S | E | R | S | | C | H | E | N |
T | E | T | E | | P | E | T | A | L | | E | E | N | Y |
Tue 6/27/2023
I | M | A | F | A | N | | J | A | B | | B | O | I | L |
D | O | C | I | L | E | | I | L | L | | A | N | N | A |
S | A | L | O | M | E | | G | L | A | M | R | O | C | K |
| T | U | N | A | | I | S | U | Z | U | | C | H | E |
| | | A | N | A | L | | R | E | F | O | C | U | S |
I | R | A | | A | L | I | C | E | | F | L | A | P | |
M | I | S | S | C | L | E | O | | U | S | O | S | | |
S | O | P | H | | I | D | L | E | R | | R | I | G | S |
| | R | O | A | N | | B | A | B | A | D | O | O | K |
| P | O | O | L | | M | Y | M | A | N | | N | B | A |
M | O | M | T | O | B | E | | E | N | D | S | | | |
O | P | I | | H | O | S | T | S | | T | U | M | S | |
M | U | S | T | A | C | H | E | | S | H | I | I | T | E |
O | L | E | S | | C | E | L | | P | E | N | C | I | L |
A | I | D | A | | E | S | L | | A | N | G | E | R | S |
Wed 6/28/2023
A | L | P | I | N | I | S | M | | | A | F | T | R | A |
P | E | A | R | T | R | E | E | | T | H | R | O | A | T |
A | I | R | S | H | O | W | S | | A | I | O | L | I | S |
T | A | T | | | B | O | A | S | T | | G | E | N | E |
| | R | A | Y | O | N | | U | A | R | | T | S | A |
S | P | I | T | A | T | | S | I | M | O | N | | | |
M | A | D | L | Y | | I | N | S | I | D | E | M | A | N |
O | L | G | A | | G | R | A | S | S | | W | I | N | Y |
G | O | E | S | B | R | O | K | E | | P | A | N | T | S |
| | | T | R | A | N | E | | C | E | R | I | S | E |
S | H | E | | O | B | I | | G | A | W | K | S | | |
W | I | C | K | | S | C | I | O | N | | | K | O | R |
A | M | O | E | B | A | | C | O | A | L | M | I | N | E |
B | O | N | N | E | T | | E | U | R | O | A | R | E | A |
S | M | O | T | E | | | S | T | Y | L | E | T | I | P |
Thu 6/29/2023
| | S | T | A | B | S | | B | L | T | | B | T | U |
| H | O | R | N | E | T | | R | A | I | S | E | R | S |
R | E | F | U | G | E | E | | A | N | G | E | L | E | S |
B | A | I | T | | S | L | R | | C | O | A | L | E | R |
G | R | A | V | E | | L | A | T | E | N | C | Y | | |
| | | | L | L | A | N | O | | S | A | B | O | T |
F | A | S | C | I | A | | W | O | O | | B | A | K | E |
E | X | C | H | A | N | G | I | N | G | R | I | N | G | S |
M | E | R | E | | D | O | T | | R | A | N | D | O | S |
A | D | A | M | S | | S | H | E | E | N | | | | |
| | P | I | T | C | H | I | N | | G | H | O | S | T |
C | O | P | C | A | R | | T | A | G | | A | C | L | U |
A | V | I | A | T | E | S | | B | E | A | R | H | U | G |
B | I | L | L | E | T | S | | L | A | P | P | E | R | |
O | D | E | | D | E | N | | E | R | R | O | R | | |
Fri 6/30/2023
A | U | T | O | S | A | V | E | | | D | I | T | C | H |
C | H | I | C | K | L | I | T | | B | I | T | E | M | E |
T | O | R | T | I | L | L | A | | R | E | C | T | O | R |
S | H | E | | H | E | L | L | T | O | T | H | E | N | O |
| | | M | A | Y | A | | B | U | S | Y | | | |
A | T | B | A | T | | I | D | A | H | O | | N | A | P |
P | A | R | T | | A | N | O | | A | D | S | A | L | E |
T | H | A | T | I | S | S | U | C | H | A | M | O | O | D |
L | O | W | E | S | T | | B | A | A | | O | M | N | I |
Y | E | N | | L | A | S | T | S | | C | R | I | E | S |
| | | W | A | I | T | | H | I | R | E | | | |
I | M | E | A | N | R | E | A | L | L | Y | | L | A | M |
D | I | V | I | D | E | | L | O | O | P | H | O | L | E |
L | E | A | V | E | S | | P | A | S | T | A | B | A | R |
I | N | N | E | R | | | O | N | E | O | N | O | N | E |