Thu 8/1/2019
S | H | O | E | | B | O | L | T | | S | M | A | S | H |
P | O | R | T | F | O | L | I | O | | W | I | L | C | O |
A | B | S | C | O | N | D | E | D | | A | G | L | O | W |
M | O | O | | G | A | S | | A | F | G | H | A | N | I |
| | | S | U | M | | D | Y | E | | T | H | E | E |
J | U | N | K | P | I | L | E | | D | R | Y | | | |
O | K | A | Y | | | A | N | I | T | A | | M | V | P |
H | E | I | S | M | A | N | T | R | O | P | H | I | E | S |
N | S | F | | I | N | D | I | A | | | A | C | T | S |
| | | A | L | I | | S | Q | U | A | R | E | S | T |
S | P | E | D | | M | S | T | | S | I | P | | | |
P | U | R | V | I | E | W | | H | A | D | | C | E | N |
A | P | R | I | L | | O | X | Y | G | E | N | I | Z | E |
S | P | O | C | K | | R | I | D | E | S | H | A | R | E |
M | Y | L | E | S | | D | I | E | S | | L | O | A | D |
POW Fri 8/2/2019
A | M | B | U | S | H | | | | P | I | S | T | I | L |
T | O | U | P | E | E | S | | | A | S | T | H | M | A |
A | I | R | D | R | I | E | D | | P | A | Y | E | E | S |
| | | A | I | S | L | E | W | A | Y | | M | A | T |
| E | S | T | A | T | E | L | A | W | | G | U | N | S |
I | N | T | E | L | | N | U | T | | W | A | S | | |
O | D | E | S | | T | A | X | E | V | A | S | I | O | N |
T | U | G | | W | A | G | E | R | E | D | | C | P | U |
A | P | O | S | T | R | O | P | H | E | | A | M | I | D |
| | S | I | S | | M | I | A | | I | N | A | N | E |
T | R | A | P | | M | E | Z | Z | A | N | I | N | E | |
I | O | U | | B | U | Z | Z | A | R | D | S | | | |
B | U | R | G | E | R | | A | R | B | I | T | E | R | S |
I | T | U | N | E | S | | | D | O | R | O | T | H | Y |
A | S | S | U | R | E | | | | R | A | N | C | O | R |
Sat 8/3/2019
C | O | W | T | O | W | N | | | S | A | L | A | D | A |
O | P | E | R | A | H | A | T | | C | R | I | M | E | A |
M | I | L | E | H | I | G | H | | O | C | T | A | V | O |
B | U | L | K | U | P | | E | M | T | S | | Z | I | N |
A | M | O | S | | S | I | T | A | T | | R | O | L | L |
T | S | K | | C | A | N | E | S | | C | O | N | D | I |
| | | P | O | W | E | R | S | T | A | T | I | O | N |
S | A | M | E | S | E | X | M | A | R | R | I | A | G | E |
S | M | O | K | E | D | C | I | G | A | R | S | | | |
M | E | D | O | C | | E | N | E | M | Y | | E | C | O |
I | S | E | E | | T | S | A | R | S | | S | N | O | W |
N | I | L | | V | A | S | T | | T | O | U | S | L | E |
N | O | I | R | O | N | | O | P | O | S | S | U | M | S |
O | W | N | I | N | G | | R | A | P | S | H | E | E | T |
W | A | G | O | N | S | | | I | S | A | I | D | S | O |
Sun 8/4/2019 CONSTANT CONSONANTS
| H | A | N | G | S | | C | L | E | A | N | | S | T | E | E | P | E | S | T |
C | A | G | I | E | R | | H | O | U | S | E | | O | R | D | N | A | N | C | E |
B | R | O | N | T | O | S | A | U | R | U | S | | B | U | D | D | Y | C | O | P |
G | L | U | T | S | | T | R | I | O | | | A | R | E | A | | | O | N | E |
B | E | T | H | | L | O | I | S | | A | C | R | I | D | | S | P | R | E | E |
| M | I | S | Q | U | O | T | E | S | M | O | S | Q | U | I | T | O | E | S | |
| | | | U | G | L | Y | | A | P | T | | U | P | T | O | P | | | |
| A | R | I | O | S | I | | | L | E | A | V | E | | P | R | E | A | M | P |
F | R | O | N | T | I | E | R | F | U | R | N | I | T | U | R | E | | S | A | L |
I | M | A | F | A | N | | E | L | D | E | S | T | | F | O | R | S | A | L | E |
L | O | R | E | | | A | P | U | | | | A | D | O | | | C | U | B | A |
M | I | S | R | E | A | D | | F | R | O | L | L | O | | A | L | I | N | E | S |
E | R | A | | S | C | A | R | F | A | C | E | S | A | C | R | I | F | I | C | E |
D | E | T | A | C | H | | A | S | K | T | O | | | H | A | B | I | T | S | |
| | | P | O | E | S | Y | | I | A | N | | A | I | M | E | | | | |
| O | V | E | R | S | E | L | L | S | V | E | R | S | A | I | L | L | E | S | |
T | W | I | X | T | | T | I | T | H | E | | A | S | P | S | | E | X | P | O |
R | E | D | | | P | L | O | D | | | F | R | E | E | | T | A | P | I | R |
A | S | I | S | E | E | I | T | | B | R | A | I | N | T | E | A | S | E | R | S |
S | T | O | U | T | E | S | T | | M | O | U | N | T | | S | T | E | R | E | O |
H | O | T | L | A | N | T | A | | W | I | N | G | S | | C | A | S | T | S | |
Will Nediger, of London, Ontario, is a professional crossword constructor and writer of trivia questions. Since early May he has edited a free weekly online crossword for Spyscape, a spy museum in New York City.
Besides an unusual theme and a more wide-open construction than usual, this puzzle has some particularly fresh, imaginative cluing, including 40-Across, 100-Across (which made us smile) and 50-Down.
– puzzle by Will Nediger
Mon 8/5/2019
C | A | S | T | | L | A | T | H | | C | L | A | S | P |
A | S | H | E | | A | C | H | Y | | H | U | M | O | R |
S | T | A | N | | T | E | E | M | | E | M | P | T | Y |
H | U | D | D | L | E | | G | N | O | M | E | | | |
I | T | O | | A | R | G | O | | W | I | N | D | U | P |
N | E | W | T | S | | R | O | S | E | S | | O | N | E |
| | B | A | E | | O | D | I | S | T | | W | I | G |
S | C | O | U | R | | U | S | E | | R | U | N | T | S |
P | O | X | | P | A | T | H | S | | Y | A | W | | |
A | R | E | | O | N | S | E | T | | L | E | A | F | S |
S | P | R | A | I | N | | P | A | P | A | | R | E | A |
| | | G | N | A | S | H | | A | B | I | D | E | S |
C | A | R | A | T | | H | E | W | N | | O | D | D | S |
P | R | I | M | E | | O | R | E | S | | T | O | M | E |
A | M | B | E | R | | E | D | D | Y | | A | G | E | D |
Tue 8/6/2019
C | C | T | V | | C | A | S | C | A | | J | O | S | H |
O | H | O | H | | U | S | U | A | L | | A | L | L | A |
M | E | W | S | | B | A | B | Y | P | O | W | D | E | R |
P | E | N | | V | I | S | | | H | O | S | T | E | D |
A | R | C | T | I | C | O | C | E | A | N | | I | V | E |
Q | U | A | I | D | | N | H | L | | A | D | M | E | N |
S | P | R | E | E | S | | E | A | R | | R | E | D | S |
| | | R | O | Y | A | L | N | A | V | Y | | | |
L | A | D | E | | D | R | S | | J | E | R | K | E | D |
E | V | A | D | E | | A | E | C | | R | O | L | L | E |
G | O | T | | C | O | B | A | L | T | S | T | E | E | L |
I | N | S | I | T | U | | | A | W | E | | E | V | E |
B | L | U | E | O | N | B | L | U | E | | A | N | A | T |
L | E | N | S | | C | A | U | S | E | | J | E | T | E |
E | A | S | T | | E | D | G | E | D | | A | X | E | D |
Wed 8/7/2019
N | B | C | | A | R | A | B | | C | H | I | T | I | N |
I | R | A | | H | E | R | A | | B | A | H | A | M | A |
E | A | R | T | H | D | A | Y | | S | L | E | E | P | Y |
C | I | A | O | | P | L | O | | | O | A | K | | |
E | N | T | R | E | E | | U | N | D | E | R | W | A | Y |
| | | I | N | N | S | | E | A | S | Y | O | N | E |
S | P | I | C | Y | | C | O | A | T | | A | N | N | A |
P | A | N | | A | S | H | T | R | A | Y | | D | A | S |
O | D | O | N | | P | E | S | T | | U | B | O | L | T |
S | U | R | F | B | U | M | | O | R | Z | O | | | |
E | A | G | L | E | R | A | Y | | O | U | T | L | A | Y |
| | A | G | E | | | A | R | T | | H | O | N | K |
P | A | N | A | M | A | | P | I | G | L | A | T | I | N |
C | H | I | M | E | D | | A | G | U | A | | U | S | O |
P | A | C | E | R | S | | T | A | T | S | | S | E | W |
Thu 8/8/2019
P | E | P | E | | P | A | C | E | | O | P | A | R | T |
A | V | O | N | | S | C | A | T | | P | O | L | E | R |
W | I | L | D | P | I | T | C | H | | T | W | I | C | E |
| D | E | S | I | | | T | I | P | | E | B | A | Y |
F | E | B | | C | O | M | I | C | S | T | R | I | P | S |
O | N | E | M | O | R | E | | S | A | U | L | | | |
N | C | A | A | | A | S | K | | | B | I | O | | |
D | E | N | T | A | L | H | Y | G | I | E | N | I | S | T |
| | S | T | L | | | L | E | D | | E | L | L | A |
| | | B | E | G | S | | T | O | P | S | P | O | T |
L | O | G | I | C | P | U | Z | Z | L | E | | R | V | S |
A | C | R | O | | A | N | A | | | A | S | I | A | |
T | H | I | N | K | | H | I | G | H | K | I | C | K | S |
C | O | N | D | I | | A | R | E | A | | L | E | I | A |
H | A | D | I | N | | T | E | E | M | | L | S | A | T |
Fri 8/9/2019
S | C | O | N | C | E | | | H | O | W | R | U | D | E |
C | A | V | O | R | T | | B | A | R | E | A | R | M | S |
A | N | E | M | I | A | | E | V | E | R | Y | B | I | T |
N | O | N | E | S | | E | R | A | S | E | | A | N | A |
D | O | M | | P | A | Y | E | R | | | S | N | O | T |
I | D | I | D | | D | E | A | T | H | S | T | A | R | E |
U | L | T | R | A | H | D | | I | O | W | A | | | |
M | E | T | I | M | E | | | | T | A | R | M | A | C |
| | | F | A | R | O | | E | M | B | R | O | I | L |
T | W | I | T | T | E | R | A | T | I | | Y | O | R | E |
R | O | T | S | | | B | R | A | C | E | | N | B | A |
O | R | S | | H | E | I | G | L | | M | O | R | O | N |
L | E | A | K | E | D | T | O | | A | B | H | O | R | S |
L | O | G | I | C | I | A | N | | R | A | M | O | N | E |
S | N | O | R | K | E | L | | | P | R | E | F | E | R |
POW Sat 8/10/2019
S | T | E | A | D | I | C | A | M | | | M | A | I | A |
P | O | W | E | R | M | O | V | E | | T | U | R | N | T |
L | I | E | S | A | H | E | A | D | | A | T | E | I | T |
A | L | L | O | W | E | D | | I | M | I | T | A | T | E |
Y | E | L | P | E | R | | E | C | O | | | C | A | N |
| | | | R | E | D | S | | U | P | S | O | L | D |
O | P | P | S | | T | I | P | | S | A | U | D | I | S |
W | H | A | T | D | O | Y | O | U | E | X | P | E | C | T |
N | O | R | U | S | H | | R | A | P | | E | S | S | O |
E | N | A | B | L | E | | T | W | O | S | | | | |
R | E | S | | | L | A | S | | I | T | S | L | I | T |
S | L | I | P | U | P | S | | U | N | R | E | A | D | Y |
H | I | T | O | N | | H | A | L | T | E | R | T | O | P |
I | N | I | G | O | | E | R | N | E | S | T | I | N | E |
P | E | C | S | | | D | E | A | R | S | A | N | T | A |
Sun 8/11/2019 BIRD PLAY
P | O | S | T | | | | C | H | A | R | S | | T | S | A | | A | K | A | |
E | U | L | E | R | | T | A | I | W | A | N | | H | I | L | A | R | Y | S | K |
S | C | E | N | E | | O | R | G | A | N | A | | A | M | E | S | I | O | W | A |
T | H | E | P | L | O | T | T | H | I | C | K | E | N | S | | E | A | T | A | T |
| | P | I | A | N | O | | | T | H | E | Y | | | S | A | L | O | N | |
O | P | E | N | T | O | | S | P | E | D | | E | S | S | O | | | | | |
F | A | R | S | I | | V | E | R | D | I | | S | C | O | F | F | | B | I | O |
T | A | C | | N | E | A | L | E | | P | O | P | U | L | A | R | K | I | D | S |
E | V | A | N | G | E | L | I | Z | E | | R | O | B | | S | I | E | G | E | L |
N | O | R | A | | L | E | G | | M | A | O | T | A | I | | A | N | D | S | O |
| | | P | S | S | T | | G | E | R | M | S | | P | O | R | N | | | |
V | E | S | P | A | | S | H | O | R | T | E | | O | H | M | | E | T | D | S |
E | X | C | I | T | E | | E | L | I | | O | F | F | O | N | A | L | A | R | K |
S | P | R | E | A | D | E | A | G | L | E | | R | U | N | I | T | | K | O | I |
T | O | Y | | N | E | W | T | O | | S | P | O | S | E | | E | M | E | N | D |
| | | | | N | E | S | T | | C | A | G | E | | D | A | I | S | E | S |
| P | L | E | B | S | | | H | E | A | L | | | S | A | L | S | A | | |
P | R | O | B | E | | H | E | A | D | L | E | S | S | C | H | I | C | K | E | N |
C | O | C | O | A | M | I | X | | G | A | T | E | A | U | | V | A | N | D | Y |
S | W | A | N | D | I | V | E | | A | T | T | E | N | D | | E | L | E | N | A |
| S | L | Y | | R | E | C | | R | E | E | D | S | | | | L | E | A | D |
Alex Eaton-Salners is an in-house attorney for Western Digital, a technology company headquartered in San Jose, Calif. When he's not creating crosswords, he enjoys escape rooms, reading and spending time in nature. He says the starting point for this puzzle was 84-Across, with the title coming shortly thereafter.
This is Alex's 21st crossword for The Times (not counting two diagramless puzzles) and his first Sunday.
– puzzle by Alex Eaton-Salners
Mon 8/12/2019
F | L | A | T | | L | O | C | A | | S | A | G | A | S |
L | U | S | H | | O | V | I | D | | A | L | I | B | I |
O | B | I | E | A | W | A | R | D | | P | I | T | O | N |
P | E | N | P | A | L | | C | O | S | | E | M | M | A |
| | | O | B | I | W | A | N | K | E | N | O | B | I |
A | C | T | U | A | T | E | | | I | L | S | | | |
T | U | R | N | | | E | S | T | E | E | | T | L | C |
O | B | E | D | I | E | N | C | E | S | C | H | O | O | L |
M | A | X | | C | R | Y | I | N | | | O | R | S | O |
| | | B | O | O | | | E | M | I | T | T | E | D |
O | B | G | Y | N | D | O | C | T | O | R | S | | | |
S | L | A | G | | E | C | O | | P | A | T | E | N | T |
C | A | P | O | N | | O | H | B | E | Q | U | I | E | T |
A | R | E | N | A | | M | E | A | D | | F | R | A | Y |
R | E | S | E | T | | E | N | D | S | | F | E | L | L |
Tue 8/13/2019
R | O | S | S | | T | O | N | T | O | | | M | E | T |
O | S | L | O | | S | P | O | O | N | | L | O | D | E |
C | H | I | L | D | P | R | O | O | F | | E | R | I | E |
K | A | T | I | E | | A | N | T | I | | A | N | T | S |
| | | D | A | S | H | | | R | A | V | I | | |
S | I | L | E | N | T | | P | R | E | V | E | N | T | S |
A | C | E | R | | A | L | O | E | | I | N | G | O | T |
B | E | A | | C | R | O | S | S | E | D | | D | N | A |
L | A | S | S | O | | G | E | T | S | | M | E | A | T |
E | X | T | E | R | I | O | R | | T | R | A | W | L | S |
| | O | X | E | N | | | G | A | I | N | | | |
W | I | F | I | | K | E | E | L | | S | A | L | S | A |
I | R | A | S | | S | T | R | I | K | E | G | O | L | D |
F | I | L | M | | I | N | A | N | E | | E | N | I | D |
E | S | L | | | N | A | S | T | Y | | D | E | M | S |
Wed 8/14/2019
A | B | I | T | | R | E | D | O | | C | L | O | V | E |
R | O | L | E | | A | R | A | B | | H | O | V | E | R |
B | A | K | E | D | Z | I | T | I | | O | N | A | I | R |
| | | T | H | E | C | A | T | S | K | I | L | L | S |
A | M | A | H | L | | | | S | H | E | | | | |
T | I | D | E | | B | I | O | | A | H | O | R | S | E |
T | R | A | | S | A | N | T | A | M | O | N | I | C | A |
R | A | P | | I | N | I | T | S | | L | E | V | A | R |
A | C | T | I | N | | G | A | P | E | D | | A | L | L |
C | L | O | C | K | T | O | W | E | R | S | | L | E | I |
T | E | R | E | S | A | | A | N | A | | G | E | N | E |
| | | | A | R | E | | | | R | U | D | E | R |
J | O | B | A | P | P | L | I | C | A | N | T | | | |
A | D | I | E | U | | W | O | O | D | S | T | O | C | K |
B | I | G | O | T | | A | T | O | Z | | E | L | H | I |
S | C | A | N | T | | Y | A | L | E | | R | E | I | N |
Thu 8/15/2019
T | A | T | | B | A | N | G | S | | G | N | O | M | E |
O | O | H | | A | P | O | L | O | | R | I | C | E | S |
T | R | U | E | O | R | F | A | L | S | E | T | E | S | T |
E | T | S | Y | | | U | N | T | A | G | | A | D | A |
M | A | L | E | B | O | N | D | I | N | G | | N | A | T |
| S | Y | S | O | P | | | | | | T | A | M | E |
| | | | R | E | N | D | S | | G | L | U | E | S |
| N | O | S | I | D | E | E | F | F | E | C | T | S | |
B | O | U | T | S | | D | R | O | O | L | | | | |
E | T | T | E | | | | | | W | E | E | P | S | |
E | A | R | | L | U | C | I | L | L | E | B | A | L | L |
F | B | I | | U | S | U | R | Y | | | O | R | E | O |
R | E | V | E | R | S | E | E | N | G | I | N | E | E | R |
I | N | A | N | E | | I | N | N | E | R | | N | P | R |
B | E | L | T | S | | N | E | E | D | S | | T | Y | E |
Fri 8/16/2019
G | R | A | B | A | C | A | B | | L | A | D | M | A | G |
T | A | L | L | T | A | L | E | | A | B | U | E | L | A |
O | N | T | I | P | T | O | E | | R | E | D | D | I | T |
S | T | A | N | L | E | E | | M | A | L | E | E | G | O |
| | | D | A | S | | P | A | C | | S | A | N | S |
S | A | N | D | Y | | P | A | I | R | S | | | | |
N | C | A | A | | P | A | R | L | O | R | G | A | M | E |
I | N | S | T | A | G | R | A | M | F | I | L | T | E | R |
P | E | T | E | R | R | O | G | E | T | | U | M | N | O |
| | | | T | A | L | O | N | | J | E | S | U | S |
A | M | M | O | | T | E | N | | D | O | S | | | |
D | O | O | R | D | I | E | | W | A | Y | T | O | G | O |
M | A | N | B | U | N | | C | A | N | N | I | B | A | L |
I | N | K | I | N | G | | O | N | S | E | C | O | N | D |
T | A | S | T | E | S | | B | E | E | R | K | E | G | S |
Sat 8/17/2019
W | A | T | E | R | B | I | R | T | H | | S | H | A | M |
A | R | E | Y | O | U | S | U | R | E | | C | O | M | B |
S | C | R | E | E | N | A | G | E | R | | A | N | Y | A |
T | O | M | B | | T | A | S | K | S | | R | E | P | S |
| | | A | L | E | C | | | T | O | R | S | O | |
E | A | S | T | E | R | | A | C | O | L | Y | T | E | S |
L | I | T | H | E | | B | E | A | R | D | | W | H | O |
I | R | I | S | | P | E | R | R | Y | | C | A | L | F |
A | L | L | | E | L | L | I | S | | R | O | G | E | T |
S | I | L | I | C | A | T | E | | C | E | L | E | R | Y |
| N | I | M | O | Y | | | N | O | G | O | | | |
M | E | R | L | | O | R | C | A | S | | R | O | B | S |
O | H | I | O | | F | O | O | D | S | T | A | P | L | E |
M | U | S | S | | F | O | L | I | E | A | D | E | U | X |
A | B | E | T | | S | M | A | R | T | M | O | N | E | Y |
POW Sun 8/18/2019 REVOLUTIONARY
R | E | G | I | F | T | S | | | I | C | H | E | C | K | | Q | U | R | A | N |
I | C | E | S | H | E | E | T | | T | H | E | S | U | N | | U | S | E | B | Y |
P | O | T | L | A | T | C | H | | G | O | E | S | F | O | R | A | S | P | I | N |
E | L | S | E | | O | T | E | R | I | | D | E | F | C | O | N | | S | T | Y |
N | I | T | | U | N | S | H | O | R | N | | | | K | O | T | B | | | |
| | H | O | P | S | | O | O | L | A | L | A | | | K | I | R | S | C | H |
U | B | E | R | S | | A | T | M | | T | E | N | A | M | | C | A | M | E | O |
R | A | B | A | T | | E | L | B | A | | T | I | L | L | | O | V | A | L | S |
N | I | L | L | A | | S | L | A | P | | S | T | A | B | S | | A | B | L | E |
S | L | R | | R | I | O | T | | P | O | L | A | R | | I | N | D | U | S | |
| | O | C | T | O | P | I | | A | B | O | | K | A | Z | O | O | S | | |
| B | L | A | S | T | | M | A | R | I | O | | A | B | E | T | | I | R | E |
V | O | L | T | | A | R | O | M | A | | S | O | N | Y | | S | O | N | I | A |
E | X | I | T | S | | B | R | A | T | | E | N | D | S | | O | M | E | N | S |
G | E | N | O | A | | G | E | N | E | S | | E | N | S | | R | I | S | K | Y |
A | R | G | Y | L | E | | | A | D | A | G | I | O | | A | R | T | S | | |
| | | S | E | T | H | | | | C | A | D | B | U | R | Y | | O | P | S |
S | A | W | | S | T | A | K | E | D | | R | A | I | M | I | | S | W | A | T |
T | U | R | N | T | U | R | N | T | U | R | N | | T | A | S | M | A | N | I | A |
U | T | I | C | A | | S | E | N | A | T | E | | E | M | E | R | G | E | N | T |
B | O | T | O | X | | H | E | A | L | E | R | | | I | N | S | E | R | T | S |
David Steinberg sold his first crossword to The Times in 2011, when he was 14 and just finishing the eighth grade. A prolific contributor since then, he has had 94 crosswords in the paper altogether.
A 2019 graduate of Stanford University, studying psychology and computer science, David recently moved to Kansas City, Mo., to edit crosswords for Andrews McMeel Universal syndicate.
– puzzle by David Steinberg
Mon 8/19/2019
| P | L | A | T | O | | S | L | U | R | | P | T | A | S |
D | I | A | L | O | G | | P | I | S | A | | O | R | N | E |
R | E | C | T | O | R | | I | B | E | T | | S | A | T | E |
A | T | E | | T | E | E | T | E | R | T | O | T | T | E | R |
B | A | D | P | R | | G | E | L | | E | D | I | T | | |
| | | E | U | R | O | | | T | R | O | T | O | U | T |
B | O | R | N | E | O | | S | T | A | R | R | | R | P | I |
O | M | E | N | | T | A | H | I | N | I | | T | I | O | N |
A | N | I | | D | O | V | E | S | | E | T | H | A | N | E |
R | I | T | A | O | R | A | | | B | R | R | R | | | |
| | E | R | N | O | | B | I | O | | E | U | L | E | R |
T | O | R | A | T | O | R | A | T | O | R | A | | E | V | E |
A | D | A | M | | T | O | G | A | | A | T | W | O | O | D |
C | I | T | I | | E | V | E | L | | R | E | I | N | K | S |
O | N | E | S | | R | E | L | Y | | A | R | T | I | E | |
POW Tue 8/20/2019
P | T | A | | A | W | E | | | O | H | S | T | O | P |
A | R | T | | C | E | L | S | | N | A | P | O | L | I |
T | E | E | S | H | I | R | T | | T | I | R | A | D | E |
H | A | U | L | | R | O | U | G | H | R | I | D | E | R |
S | T | P | A | D | D | Y | | R | E | S | T | | | |
| | | C | U | E | | R | I | D | | Z | I | T | S |
B | U | N | K | E | R | H | I | L | L | | | D | Y | E |
F | R | O | S | T | | E | S | L | | A | C | O | R | N |
F | D | R | | | G | R | E | E | N | S | A | L | A | D |
S | U | M | S | | L | E | S | | A | I | R | | | |
| | | N | E | A | T | | M | T | A | D | A | M | S |
C | U | P | O | F | C | O | C | O | A | | I | S | E | E |
A | V | I | C | I | I | | G | O | L | F | B | A | L | L |
R | E | G | A | L | E | | I | N | I | T | | D | O | M |
E | A | S | T | E | R | | | S | E | C | | A | N | A |
Wed 8/21/2019
C | H | A | L | K | | E | O | S | | O | R | C | A | S |
R | A | N | I | N | | S | C | H | | P | A | U | L | A |
E | R | A | T | O | | T | H | E | S | E | C | R | E | T |
D | E | L | E | T | E | D | S | C | E | N | E | | | |
| | | F | T | C | | | A | T | F | | B | A | G |
T | E | R | M | S | H | E | E | T | | I | N | U | S | E |
E | V | E | | | O | O | X | | F | R | E | S | N | O |
R | E | F | E | R | E | N | C | E | L | E | T | T | E | R |
E | N | U | R | E | S | | O | D | E | | | L | A | G |
S | I | E | N | A | | E | N | T | E | R | H | E | R | E |
A | F | L | | R | A | M | | | C | O | O | | | |
| | | M | E | R | C | E | D | E | S | B | E | N | Z |
S | E | V | E | N | T | E | E | N | | I | N | N | I | E |
A | W | A | R | D | | E | R | A | | T | O | R | T | E |
G | E | N | E | S | | D | O | S | | A | B | Y | S | S |
Thu 8/22/2019
S | N | A | I | L | S | | G | A | S | P | | G | E | M |
F | I | R | M | U | P | | L | I | T | E | R | A | T | I |
P | L | A | S | M | A | | O | M | E | G | A | M | A | N |
D | E | B | | B | C | U | P | | E | L | I | E | L | I |
| | I | C | E | E | S | | A | P | E | S | | | |
F | L | A | I | R | | A | N | T | | G | E | A | R | S |
L | I | N | G | E | R | | I | O | S | | S | N | O | W |
I | V | S | | D | I | V | E | B | A | R | | T | U | E |
R | E | E | K | | P | E | C | | L | O | U | I | S | A |
T | R | A | N | S | | N | E | E | | U | N | T | E | R |
| | | I | P | A | D | | D | E | N | C | H | | |
O | M | I | G | O | D | | A | U | L | D | | E | S | C |
M | U | S | H | R | O | O | M | | L | O | O | S | E | R |
I | S | I | T | T | R | U | E | | I | N | D | I | G | O |
T | E | S | | S | E | T | S | | S | E | E | S | A | W |
Fri 8/23/2019
B | A | R | B | | E | D | G | A | R | | S | W | A | B |
A | R | E | A | | A | A | A | B | A | T | T | E | R | Y |
B | E | T | T | E | R | Y | O | U | T | H | A | N | M | E |
A | N | I | M | A | L | S | | S | T | O | I | C | | |
S | A | P | O | R | | | F | E | Y | | N | E | C | K |
| | | B | A | S | S | O | | | | | S | A | P |
| | V | I | C | T | O | R | I | A | F | A | L | L | S |
| W | I | L | H | E | L | M | S | C | R | E | A | M | |
T | H | R | E | E | P | O | I | N | T | E | R | S | | |
B | I | T | | | | | N | O | V | E | L | | | |
S | M | U | G | | C | O | G | | | M | I | T | E | S |
| | O | L | S | O | N | | T | H | E | N | I | L | E |
D | I | S | A | P | P | E | A | R | I | N | G | A | C | T |
I | V | O | R | Y | T | O | W | E | R | | U | N | I | T |
N | Y | S | E | | O | N | S | E | T | | S | A | D | E |
Sat 8/24/2019
P | R | O | T | I | P | | S | L | I | G | H | T | B | I | T |
S | E | N | H | O | R | | L | I | T | E | B | R | I | T | E |
A | V | E | E | N | O | | O | F | F | C | O | U | R | S | E |
L | E | G | O | | G | O | W | E | A | K | | M | Y | O | B |
M | A | R | C | H | | A | M | O | C | O | | P | A | P | A |
| L | A | R | A | C | R | O | F | T | | | | N | E | G |
| | M | A | I | M | | | P | O | I | | W | I | N | S |
| | | C | R | O | P | C | I | R | C | L | E | | | |
B | W | A | Y | | N | R | A | | | B | O | T | S | | |
Y | O | M | | | | O | P | S | O | M | A | N | I | A | |
R | O | O | M | | H | A | I | T | I | | F | O | X | T | V |
I | K | E | A | | A | C | T | O | D | C | | O | T | R | O |
G | I | B | R | A | L | T | A | R | | A | M | D | I | A | L |
H | E | I | S | T | F | I | L | M | | S | E | L | E | C | T |
T | E | C | H | S | A | V | V | Y | | T | H | E | S | E | S |
Sun 8/25/2019 "HOW'S TRICKS?"
A | M | I | R | | | M | E | S | A | S | | S | W | A | M | | A | F | A | R |
R | O | D | E | O | | O | A | K | I | E | | O | H | H | I | | D | R | N | O |
A | N | Y | C | O | L | D | T | I | M | E | | D | E | A | D | C | H | E | A | T |
B | A | L | A | N | C | E | S | | E | S | S | A | Y | | S | H | E | E | S | H |
| | | L | A | H | R | | D | E | A | L | | | S | T | A | R | R | | |
H | U | R | L | | A | N | T | I | | W | E | L | S | H | | R | E | A | D | S |
A | T | A | | T | I | D | A | L | | S | W | E | A | R | A | T | | D | O | E |
W | I | N | C | E | M | A | K | E | R | | S | A | L | U | T | | T | I | N | E |
K | L | E | I | N | | N | E | M | E | A | | P | A | G | E | C | R | A | N | K |
S | E | E | P | A | G | E | | M | A | T | H | | A | S | A | R | U | L | E | |
| | | H | B | O | | B | A | P | T | I | S | M | | S | I | D | | | |
| S | M | E | L | T | E | R | | S | I | G | N | | N | E | M | E | S | I | S |
S | P | A | R | E | C | R | I | B | | C | H | A | R | O | | S | A | U | D | I |
W | I | G | S | | H | O | D | A | D | | C | R | O | W | H | O | U | S | E | S |
A | R | I | | M | A | D | E | I | R | A | | L | A | Y | O | N | | H | A | S |
T | E | M | P | E | | E | S | T | E | R | | U | D | O | N | | O | I | L | Y |
| | O | A | R | E | D | | | A | S | A | P | | U | S | S | R | | | |
I | A | M | B | I | C | | H | O | M | E | R | | E | D | H | A | R | R | I | S |
C | R | E | S | T | A | R | E | A | | N | O | W | Y | O | U | S | E | E | M | E |
A | I | N | T | | S | U | L | K | | A | S | H | E | N | | E | R | N | I | E |
N | A | T | S | | H | E | M | S | | L | E | A | S | T | | | Y | O | N | D |
Matt Ginsberg is a computer scientist and co-founder of Connected Signals, a technology company in Eugene, Ore. He received his doctorate in mathematics at Oxford in 1980 at age 24.
In the puzzle world, Matt is noted for creating Dr. Fill, a computer program that solves crosswords using artificial intelligence. Unofficially, Dr. Fill finished 14th out of 742 contestants at this year's American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
This is Matt's 49th puzzle for The Times.
– puzzle by Matt Ginsberg
POW Mon 8/26/2019
C | A | S | T | S | | B | I | B | S | | L | A | U | D | E |
O | N | E | U | P | | A | L | O | E | | E | S | S | E | X |
B | A | A | B | A | A | B | L | A | C | K | S | H | E | E | P |
R | I | M | | R | U | E | | | T | A | B | | M | M | A |
A | S | S | E | R | T | | | | | N | I | C | E | S | T |
| | | B | O | O | B | O | O | B | E | A | R | | | |
I | K | N | O | W | | L | I | L | O | | N | I | C | K | I |
O | R | E | O | | S | E | N | D | O | N | | B | O | N | A |
T | I | C | K | | T | A | K | E | T | O | | S | M | O | G |
A | S | K | | S | U | R | | | L | I | E | | O | X | O |
| | B | Y | E | B | Y | E | B | I | R | D | I | E | | |
D | R | O | O | L | | E | R | I | C | | I | N | S | T | A |
R | A | N | G | E | | Y | O | L | K | | T | A | T | U | M |
A | T | E | I | N | | E | D | G | E | | E | N | A | C | T |
T | E | S | S | A | | D | E | E | R | | D | E | S | K | S |
Tue 8/27/2019
D | O | R | A | G | | T | H | E | O | C | | E | V | A |
A | R | O | M | A | | O | R | T | H | O | | V | I | S |
M | E | L | I | S | S | A | S | A | I | M | L | E | S | S |
P | O | E | | B | U | D | | | O | P | E | N | T | O |
| | | F | I | R | S | T | S | | A | T | B | A | R |
T | O | W | E | L | | | R | I | B | S | | E | S | T |
S | T | E | L | L | A | S | A | L | L | S | E | T | | |
P | O | L | L | | U | T | I | L | E | | U | T | N | E |
| | L | A | U | R | E | N | S | U | N | R | E | A | L |
T | A | S | | N | A | M | E | | | F | O | R | T | Y |
O | F | F | E | R | | S | E | P | A | L | S | | | |
P | L | A | N | E | S | | | O | R | G | | A | H | I |
D | A | R | L | E | N | E | S | L | E | A | R | N | E | D |
O | M | G | | L | A | P | E | L | | M | E | N | L | O |
G | E | O | | S | P | A | C | Y | | E | X | A | M | S |
Wed 8/28/2019
S | A | C | S | | C | P | A | | T | H | E | N | E | T |
P | L | A | N | | A | R | C | | R | A | V | I | N | E |
A | L | J | O | L | S | O | N | | A | Z | A | L | E | A |
Y | O | U | G | O | T | S | E | R | V | E | D | | | |
S | Y | N | | W | R | Y | | H | E | R | E | I | A | M |
| | | Y | E | A | | S | E | L | | D | O | T | E |
A | C | O | U | S | T | I | C | S | | | | W | A | N |
F | A | U | L | T | I | N | O | U | R | S | T | A | R | S |
R | I | T | | | | L | U | S | I | T | A | N | I | A |
O | R | E | S | | N | I | T | | S | A | X | | | |
S | O | D | A | C | A | N | | S | O | T | | F | E | B |
| | | L | O | V | E | A | C | T | U | A | L | L | Y |
S | A | T | O | R | I | | H | A | T | E | M | A | I | L |
S | T | O | O | G | E | | O | R | O | | P | I | T | A |
T | E | N | N | I | S | | Y | E | S | | S | L | E | W |
Thu 8/29/2019
R | A | J | A | | C | A | S | T | S | | P | I | S | H |
A | R | A | B | | A | L | L | A | H | | O | B | O | E |
G | I | V | E | O | R | T | A | K | E | | D | E | J | A |
M | A | I | T | R | E | | V | E | E | P | | F | O | R |
O | N | E | | B | F | F | | I | N | O | R | O | U | T |
P | A | R | M | | R | I | O | | S | P | E | R | R | Y |
| | | U | B | E | N | D | S | | O | P | E | N | |
| | F | R | I | E | N | D | O | R | F | O | E | | |
| P | O | M | P | | S | E | R | I | F | S | | | |
A | R | G | U | E | D | | R | E | N | | E | A | T | S |
D | O | O | R | D | I | E | | S | G | T | | D | E | A |
A | R | F | | S | S | N | S | | T | A | R | Z | A | N |
G | A | W | P | | B | O | O | M | O | R | B | U | S | T |
E | T | A | S | | A | C | T | I | N | | I | K | E | A |
S | A | R | I | | R | H | O | N | E | | S | I | T | S |
Fri 8/30/2019
O | F | F | I | C | E | W | I | F | E | | C | B | E | R |
M | E | L | L | O | Y | E | L | L | O | | L | I | V | E |
E | V | I | L | G | E | N | I | U | S | | A | G | E | S |
G | E | N | | | S | T | A | T | | S | M | A | R | T |
A | R | C | E | D | | F | L | E | S | H | | P | D | A |
| S | H | A | V | E | R | | S | C | A | M | P | E | R |
| | | T | R | U | E | S | | A | M | U | L | E | T |
| S | U | E | | R | E | A | C | T | | L | E | N | |
J | U | S | T | S | O | | M | O | H | E | L | | | |
E | I | G | H | T | P | M | | C | E | L | E | B | S | |
S | T | R | | A | E | A | E | A | | S | T | E | E | P |
T | E | A | R | Y | | C | E | C | E | | | S | N | O |
E | D | D | A | | A | R | R | O | W | H | E | A | D | S |
R | U | E | D | | D | O | I | L | O | O | K | F | A | T |
S | P | A | S | | S | N | E | A | K | P | E | E | K | S |
Sat 8/31/2019
P | O | S | H | | B | O | S | C | | | L | I | S | P |
O | C | H | O | | I | O | W | A | | T | O | N | T | O |
S | T | A | M | P | O | F | A | P | P | R | O | V | A | L |
T | A | K | E | I | T | | B | I | T | E | M | A | R | K |
O | V | E | R | E | A | T | | T | A | X | | S | K | A |
P | E | R | E | C | | E | P | A | | | O | I | L | S |
| | | M | I | S | S | I | L | E | E | N | V | Y | |
| | R | E | N | E | L | A | C | O | S | T | E | | |
| B | U | D | G | E | A | N | I | N | C | H | | | |
E | E | N | Y | | | M | O | T | | A | E | T | N | A |
N | E | T | | M | A | O | | Y | O | P | L | A | I | T |
T | R | I | F | E | C | T | A | | K | E | E | N | E | R |
I | N | E | E | D | S | O | M | E | A | D | V | I | C | E |
R | U | S | T | S | | R | O | P | Y | | E | K | E | S |
E | T | T | A | | | S | K | I | S | | L | A | S | T |