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Sat 10/1/2011
| P | A | G | E | R | A | N | K | | C | A | B | A | N | A |
| E | M | O | T | I | C | O | N | | T | N | O | T | E | S |
| R | E | D | S | T | A | T | E | | S | K | O | R | T | S |
| M | X | S | | A | L | B | E | E | | A | B | A | T | E |
| I | C | A | N | | L | A | P | A | Z | | J | I | L | T |
| T | A | R | E | S | | D | A | V | Y | J | O | N | E | S |
| M | R | M | O | T | O | | D | E | N | E | B | | | |
| E | D | Y | | Y | U | M | | S | G | T | | T | I | S |
| | | A | R | S | O | N | | A | L | C | O | V | E |
| J | U | M | B | O | T | R | O | N | | I | N | D | E | X |
| U | N | E | S | | S | A | R | A | N | | N | O | G | S |
| S | C | R | O | D | | L | U | G | A | R | | L | O | C |
| T | O | L | L | E | D | | L | A | T | E | N | I | T | E |
| G | L | O | V | E | R | | E | N | T | E | R | S | I | N |
| O | A | T | E | R | S | | S | O | Y | L | A | T | T | E |
Sun 10/2/2011 MASQUERADE
| I | S | L | A | | E | L | M | S | T | | A | F | O | U | L | | E | A | S | Y |
| S | T | A | R | | T | E | A | M | O | | N | E | R | V | E | | A | L | T | O |
| R | A | N | C | H | A | X | L | E | S | | G | R | E | E | N | O | R | G | A | N |
| R | O | T | O | T | I | L | L | | V | E | R | S | A | T | I | L | E | | |
| M | C | L | I | I | | C | A | L | L | A | | E | T | S | | L | I | B | R | A |
| C | H | I | C | | F | O | R | | I | C | A | R | E | | U | S | E | R | I | D |
| S | Y | N | | B | O | N | D | P | L | A | N | | I | N | N | E | R | A | C | E |
| | | S | U | N | | S | O | T | T | O | | A | U | B | E | | | | |
| A | P | P | L | E | T | S | | L | I | E | N | S | | T | E | D | D | I | E | S |
| S | A | R | A | N | | E | V | E | N | S | | A | T | T | N | | I | N | L | A |
| S | L | I | M | A | W | N | I | N | G | | A | L | E | R | T | R | E | B | E | L |
| A | M | M | O | | R | A | P | T | | O | V | U | L | E | | U | S | O | N | E |
| M | E | A | N | T | I | T | | A | S | S | E | T | | E | Y | E | E | X | A | M |
| | | | O | N | O | R | | O | M | N | E | S | | U | R | L | | | |
| J | O | L | T | O | G | R | E | | L | O | U | D | O | W | L | S | | H | O | G |
| A | L | A | R | M | S | | M | A | S | S | E | | M | A | E | | P | O | P | E |
| M | A | C | A | U | | G | I | N | | E | S | S | E | N | | M | R | M | O | M |
| | U | N | C | O | U | N | T | E | D | | P | O | T | A | T | O | E | S | |
| C | O | N | C | H | L | A | D | L | E | | F | I | N | A | L | G | U | I | S | E |
| I | R | A | E | | A | R | E | E | L | | F | R | E | D | O | | S | C | U | M |
| A | B | E | S | | F | E | R | R | Y | | F | O | S | S | E | | T | E | M | P |
The ten celebrities are RAY CHARLES, GREG NORMAN, BOB DYLAN, ANNE RICE, ELI MANNING, ALEX TREBEK, JOE TORRE, LOU RAWLS, DON CHEADLE, and TINA LOUISE. Quite a party!
– puzzle by Eric Berlin
Mon 10/3/2011
| N | I | N | J | A | | A | P | L | U | S | | T | A | B |
| A | R | I | E | S | | B | O | O | S | T | | E | T | A |
| G | E | T | S | O | N | E | S | W | A | Y | | M | D | S |
| | | U | F | O | | S | E | T | | C | P | A | S |
| L | E | N | S | | T | H | E | R | O | Y | A | L | W | E |
| E | P | A | | N | E | O | | | D | E | C | E | N | T |
| V | I | D | E | O | | P | O | P | A | R | T | | | |
| I | C | A | N | T | T | E | L | L | Y | O | U | W | H | Y |
| | | A | I | R | S | E | A | | U | S | A | G | E |
| S | C | A | M | P | I | | | T | N | T | | I | T | A |
| T | A | L | E | S | O | F | W | O | E | | A | T | V | S |
| O | V | A | L | | X | I | I | | H | E | R | | | |
| L | E | S | | P | I | T | C | H | I | N | G | W | O | O |
| I | R | K | | E | D | U | C | E | | D | U | B | Y | A |
| D | N | A | | R | E | P | A | Y | | S | E | A | L | S |
Tue 10/4/2011
| A | C | D | C | | S | P | O | C | K | | N | D | A | K |
| T | H | O | R | | T | I | A | R | A | | O | I | S | E |
| T | A | M | E | | U | N | T | I | L | | I | S | P | Y |
| N | I | P | S | I | N | T | H | E | B | U | D | | | |
| | E | S | L | | A | S | S | | S | E | E | R | S |
| S | H | R | I | L | L | | | | L | E | A | N | I | N |
| P | A | I | D | | I | R | O | N | E | D | | T | A | I |
| R | I | G | A | | R | E | I | N | A | | K | E | L | P |
| E | R | N | | M | A | P | L | E | S | | E | R | T | E |
| A | D | O | R | E | S | | | | E | M | P | T | O | R |
| D | O | N | E | N | | A | C | T | | I | T | A | | |
| | | J | U | G | G | L | I | N | G | P | I | N | S |
| M | A | Z | E | | A | R | O | M | A | | A | N | E | W |
| A | L | E | C | | S | E | W | E | R | | C | E | R | A |
| P | I | N | T | | H | E | N | R | Y | | E | D | D | Y |
Mr. Feyer is the reigning American Crossword Puzzle Tournament champion.
– puzzle by Dan Feyer
Wed 10/5/2011
| A | S | H | | V | I | S | T | A | S | | E | L | A | N |
| C | E | O | | A | T | T | I | L | A | | N | A | L | A |
| C | A | N | | R | E | P | E | A | L | | T | R | A | P |
| R | I | D | D | E | R | | A | N | A | L | I | C | I | A |
| A | R | O | U | S | A | L | | I | M | E | T | | | |
| | | S | E | T | U | P | S | | O | L | D | I | E |
| O | B | I | T | | I | L | A | | S | N | E | E | Z | Y |
| S | A | B | | D | O | U | B | L | E | A | | S | A | R |
| H | E | I | D | E | N | | L | E | G | | P | I | K | E |
| A | D | D | E | R | | H | O | A | R | S | E | | | |
| | | N | E | M | O | | N | E | O | N | A | T | E |
| A | F | R | I | K | A | N | S | | G | U | N | N | E | R |
| Q | U | I | Z | | L | I | A | N | A | S | | N | A | N |
| U | R | G | E | | O | N | L | A | T | E | | I | C | I |
| A | L | A | N | | X | G | A | M | E | S | | E | T | E |
Thu 10/6/2011
| Y | A | W | | I | N | N | A | T | E | | B | A | S | K |
| A | L | I | | P | E | O | R | I | A | | A | N | T | I |
| D | I | D | Y | O | U | H | E | A | R | A | B | O | U | T |
| A | S | T | I | | M | O | A | | P | R | Y | N | N | E |
| T | H | E | L | A | W | S | U | I | T | S | | | |
| | | L | A | N | | | R | E | S | I | D | U | E |
| M | A | N | D | M | | A | T | I | C | | T | E | S | T |
| A | G | O | | B | E | T | W | E | E | N | | M | E | T |
| R | U | T | H | | V | I | A | L | | E | R | O | D | E |
| S | E | V | E | N | A | M | | | I | R | A | | | |
| | | H | A | N | E | S | A | N | D | B | V | D | |
| M | A | S | H | I | E | | T | O | D | | B | A | R | E |
| B | R | I | E | F | S | W | E | R | E | F | I | L | E | D |
| A | M | A | H | | C | A | N | T | B | E | | E | G | G |
| S | Y | M | S | | E | R | S | A | T | Z | | T | S | E |
Fri 10/7/2011
| I | P | O | D | | A | D | I | A | | U | S | E | M | E |
| N | A | R | R | A | T | O | R | S | | P | I | X | A | R |
| M | A | C | I | N | T | O | S | H | | S | T | P | A | T |
| E | R | A | | T | A | D | | E | P | I | T | O | M | E |
| | | V | O | C | A | B | | U | D | E | | | |
| T | H | I | N | K | D | I | F | F | E | R | E | N | T |
| T | O | A | D | Y | | | G | I | F | S | | L | I | V |
| A | W | L | S | | S | N | I | T | S | | N | I | N | A |
| L | A | V | | S | H | O | D | | | O | O | H | E | D |
| C | R | E | A | T | I | V | E | G | E | N | I | U | S | |
| | | N | E | V | | A | O | L | E | R | | | |
| T | R | U | D | E | A | U | | W | E | S | | Z | I | P |
| R | E | M | A | P | | S | T | E | V | E | J | O | B | S |
| A | P | P | L | E | | N | O | S | E | C | O | N | E | S |
| P | O | S | E | D | | A | T | T | N | | N | E | X | T |
In this Quora answer, Kevin Der explains how today's tribute puzzle was put together within hours of the announcement of the death of Steve Jobs.
– puzzle by Kevin G. Der
Sat 10/8/2011
| B | R | A | S | S | N | A | M | E | P | L | A | T | E | S |
| A | U | T | O | M | O | B | I | L | E | T | R | U | N | K |
| T | S | A | R | A | L | E | X | A | N | D | E | R | I | I |
| I | S | L | E | | | V | E | N | T | | S | N | A | P |
| K | O | L | N | | H | I | D | D | E | N | | P | C | S |
| | | | | I | G | A | | L | E | O | I | | |
| O | N | C | E | | F | O | N | D | | I | N | K | E | D |
| K | O | O | L | A | I | D | D | R | I | N | K | E | R | S |
| S | T | A | I | N | | A | M | Y | L | | P | S | A | T |
| | T | A | I | L | | A | E | R | | | | | |
| S | S | R | | L | U | S | T | R | E | | S | A | N | K |
| A | L | A | S | | M | C | C | L | | | O | D | A | Y |
| L | O | C | K | S | B | E | H | I | N | D | B | A | R | S |
| M | A | K | E | S | A | N | E | N | T | R | A | N | C | E |
| A | N | S | W | E | R | E | D | T | H | E | D | O | O | R |
Sun 10/9/2011 GRIN AND PARROT
| T | R | I | P | | W | A | L | E | S | A | | C | I | G | A | R | | J | A | Y |
| Y | E | T | I | | A | N | O | D | E | S | | C | L | A | R | O | | A | X | E |
| R | A | Z | Z | | D | E | F | E | N | S | I | V | E | P | A | X | | C | I | A |
| A | M | A | Z | E | D | A | T | | T | I | P | | | S | P | A | R | K | S | |
| | | A | V | E | R | Y | | T | S | A | R | S | | A | N | A | P | | |
| S | P | I | R | E | D | | | P | O | I | S | O | N | T | H | E | H | O | O | D |
| A | L | T | E | R | | G | M | A | | | S | P | I | R | O | | A | W | R | Y |
| B | A | H | T | S | | P | A | P | E | R | | E | T | O | | P | L | E | N | A |
| E | Z | E | R | | N | A | T | U | R | A | L | | S | O | L | I | | R | O | D |
| A | L | E | X | I | | Z | A | N | T | A | C | | P | U | L | P | | | |
| | P | A | S | T | E | O | N | A | T | R | U | E | S | T | O | R | Y | | |
| | | T | O | R | N | | S | N | I | V | E | L | | S | T | A | V | E | |
| K | O | S | | U | O | F | A | | I | N | A | W | I | N | K | | W | E | R | E |
| E | R | U | P | T | | O | V | A | | G | E | O | D | E | | I | N | T | R | A |
| M | A | G | I | | F | L | O | C | K | | | R | E | D | | O | S | T | E | R |
| P | L | A | Q | U | E | D | I | A | M | O | N | D | | | O | N | M | E | D | S |
| | R | U | N | E | | D | I | A | N | A | | A | E | R | I | E | | | |
| S | P | E | E | D | S | | | R | E | N | | S | A | L | A | D | B | A | R |
| R | H | O | | S | E | C | R | E | T | P | A | L | A | T | E | | A | R | L | O |
| A | O | L | | C | R | A | B | S | | I | N | C | H | E | S | | L | U | L | U |
| G | E | L | | O | S | R | I | C | | N | A | D | I | R | S | | S | T | Y | X |
Mon 10/10/2011
| M | A | R | | S | O | B | S | | | C | O | L | T | S |
| O | B | I | | E | R | R | O | R | | A | C | E | I | T |
| C | I | G | A | R | C | A | S | E | | T | H | E | T | A |
| S | T | O | V | E | | C | A | P | E | C | O | R | A | L |
| | L | E | N | A | | D | O | R | A | | S | N | L |
| C | U | E | C | A | R | D | | | I | L | K | | | |
| H | S | T | | | C | O | A | T | C | L | O | S | E | T |
| I | S | T | O | | | U | M | A | | | S | P | C | A |
| C | R | O | P | C | I | R | C | L | E | | | A | R | F |
| | | T | A | D | | | C | R | E | W | C | U | T |
| S | H | O | | R | O | D | S | | A | L | I | E | | |
| C | A | M | E | C | L | E | A | N | | E | N | S | U | E |
| O | S | A | K | A | | C | L | A | Y | C | O | U | R | T |
| O | T | H | E | R | | K | A | P | U | T | | I | G | O |
| T | E | A | S | E | | | D | A | M | S | | T | E | N |
The 20 C's in this grid is a record.
– puzzle by Ian C. Livengood
Tue 10/11/2011
| L | A | P | T | O | P | | N | E | W | S | | R | I | M |
| O | B | E | Y | E | R | | A | C | H | Y | | A | L | E |
| L | O | C | K | D | E | V | I | C | E | S | | B | I | N |
| L | U | K | E | | F | E | V | E | R | | M | B | A | S |
| | | S | P | A | R | E | | E | R | O | I | C | A |
| A | V | A | | R | B | S | | | T | I | L | T | | |
| C | I | R | C | U | S | A | C | R | O | B | A | T | S | |
| T | E | C | H | S | | C | O | E | | C | R | E | P | E |
| W | H | I | S | K | E | Y | G | L | A | S | S | E | S |
| | I | L | I | E | | | A | I | G | | T | D | S |
| O | U | T | L | A | Y | | U | L | C | E | R | | | |
| P | R | E | Y | | C | U | R | I | E | | A | L | A | S |
| T | I | C | | J | A | C | K | A | N | D | J | I | L | L |
| E | A | T | | I | S | L | E | | S | C | A | M | P | I |
| D | H | S | | M | E | A | L | | E | C | H | O | E | D |
Wed 10/12/2011
| M | A | M | A | | S | T | A | B | | R | A | F | T | S |
| O | P | A | L | | T | O | R | A | | A | L | L | A | H |
| S | P | L | I | T | A | G | U | T | | G | L | A | R | Y |
| H | A | W | | A | R | A | B | I | C | | O | R | T | S |
| I | R | A | | B | R | E | A | K | A | S | W | E | A | T |
| N | E | R | D | | | | | | I | N | S | U | R | E |
| G | L | E | E | M | | P | L | A | N | A | | P | E | R |
| | | C | U | T | A | C | H | E | C | K | | | |
| I | C | E | | Z | E | L | D | A | | K | E | A | T | S |
| P | O | L | E | A | X | | | | | | G | L | E | E |
| C | R | A | C | K | A | S | M | I | L | E | | A | L | P |
| R | O | T | H | | S | O | O | N | E | R | | M | A | T |
| E | L | I | O | T | | B | U | S | T | A | M | O | V | E |
| S | L | O | E | S | | A | S | T | I | | E | D | I | T |
| S | A | N | D | P | | D | E | R | N | | R | E | V | S |
Thu 10/13/2011
| R | A | C | E | D | | F | A | T | H | O | M | | G | D | P |
| A | P | A | C | E | | O | N | A | U | T | O | | L | E | A |
| D | O | T | H | E | B | R | I | G | H | T | T | H | I | N | G |
| I | S | A | O | | I | B | M | | | | I | O | N | I | A |
| O | T | C | | | B | E | A | S | T | O | F | E | D | E | N |
| A | L | O | F | T | | S | L | U | R | P | | D | A | D | S |
| D | E | M | O | N | S | | | L | E | E | K | | | | |
| | B | O | U | T | O | F | A | F | R | I | C | A | | |
| | | | T | O | I | L | | | A | D | L | I | B | S |
| C | I | T | Y | | O | L | A | F | I | | D | E | R | M | A |
| H | O | W | A | R | D | S | B | E | N | D | | | P | O | T |
| A | D | A | N | O | | | | S | C | I | | D | L | V | I |
| S | I | N | G | I | N | I | N | T | H | E | B | R | A | I | N |
| E | N | G | | D | E | C | R | E | E | | R | A | N | E | E |
| R | E | Y | | S | W | E | A | R | S | | A | T | E | S | T |
Fri 10/14/2011
| I | T | A | L | I | A | | A | B | E | T | | N | I | B |
| C | E | S | A | R | R | O | M | E | R | O | | O | F | A |
| K | R | I | S | T | E | N | W | I | I | G | | S | Y | R |
| E | R | A | S | | S | T | A | G | E | A | C | T | O | R |
| S | A | N | E | R | | A | Y | E | | | A | A | U | |
| | | S | A | A | R | | S | H | A | L | L | W | E |
| C | P | A | | B | L | I | P | | I | D | I | G | I | T |
| F | A | C | E | B | O | O | K | P | R | O | F | I | L | E |
| C | R | O | N | I | N | | G | E | E | R | | A | L | S |
| S | T | U | N | T | E | D | | T | E | E | S | | | |
| I | S | U | | | E | M | U | | D | E | B | R | A |
| M | A | T | I | N | G | C | A | L | L | | A | R | A | M |
| E | L | I | | A | E | O | L | I | A | N | H | A | R | P |
| E | T | C | | V | A | C | L | A | V | H | A | V | E | L |
| K | O | S | | E | R | T | E | | A | L | G | O | R | E |
Sat 10/15/2011
| K | N | I | C | K | K | N | A | C | K | | S | M | U | G |
| V | A | M | P | I | R | E | B | A | T | | T | I | N | O |
| E | S | C | A | L | A | T | O | R | S | | O | N | C | E |
| T | H | O | | O | U | T | R | E | | F | A | I | L | S |
| C | U | L | L | | T | E | T | E | | E | S | S | E | N |
| H | A | D | O | N | | D | E | N | S | E | | T | S | U |
| | | P | O | L | | D | E | A | D | M | E | A | T |
| C | H | E | E | T | O | S | | D | I | S | A | R | M | S |
| Z | A | N | Z | I | B | A | R | | L | O | G | | | |
| O | R | S | | C | E | L | E | B | | N | I | P | A | T |
| L | A | N | C | E | | E | L | I | N | | C | A | L | S |
| G | N | A | R | S | | S | L | O | O | P | | S | T | K |
| O | G | R | E | | A | M | E | N | T | O | T | H | A | T |
| S | U | E | S | | S | E | N | I | O | R | I | T | I | S |
| Z | E | S | T | | K | N | O | C | K | K | N | O | C | K |
Sun 10/16/2011 GETTING IN SHAPE
| T | R | A | C | E | | P | I | C | K | O | F | F | | | P | A | C | M | A | N |
| H | U | R | L | S | | T | R | U | E | F | A | C | T | | A | C | H | E | B | E |
| U | N | C | U | T | | A | R | T | I | F | I | C | I | A | L | H | E | A | R | T |
| S | E | T | T | E | R | S | | | T | E | L | | A | M | I | E | | L | I | S |
| | I | C | E | E | | O | W | E | R | | L | R | O | N | | E | T | D | |
| A | R | C | H | | C | I | V | I | L | | A | A | A | S | | N | E | I | G | H |
| R | E | C | | T | O | M | A | S | | I | L | K | | | P | A | L | M | E | R |
| M | D | I | | A | R | U | L | E | | G | U | E | S | S | E | R | | E | D | S |
| A | F | R | A | I | D | S | O | | C | O | M | E | Q | U | I | C | K | | | |
| D | O | C | I | L | E | | F | A | I | R | | R | U | E | | | A | L | B | |
| A | R | L | O | | R | I | F | F | S | | M | I | A | T | A | | P | O | O | L |
| D | E | L | | | M | I | R | | V | E | E | R | | L | O | U | V | R | E |
| | | I | T | S | A | C | I | N | C | H | | E | I | G | H | T | E | E | N |
| N | F | L | | R | A | C | E | C | A | R | | B | I | D | E | N | | T | D | S |
| P | R | O | P | E | L | | | A | S | S | | E | N | E | R | O | | R | O | E |
| R | E | I | N | K | | A | I | N | T | | P | E | C | A | N | | A | I | M | S |
| E | S | C | | O | R | C | A | | T | O | S | H | | O | C | T | A | | |
| A | W | L | | E | R | E | I | | A | O | L | | | K | N | O | W | N | A | S |
| D | I | A | M | O | N | D | N | E | C | K | L | A | C | E | | D | O | G | G | Y |
| E | L | N | I | N | O | | G | A | M | E | O | V | E | R | | A | R | L | E | S |
| N | L | E | A | S | T | | | T | E | N | S | I | O | N | | S | K | E | E | T |
The shapes form OVAL OFFICE, SQUARE INCH, DIAMOND NECKLACE, ARTIFICIAL HEART, LOVE TRIANGLE, and ARCTIC CIRCLE.
– puzzle by Joel Fagliano
Mon 10/17/2011
| I | D | E | S | | R | A | V | E | | | R | A | T | S |
| T | I | L | E | | A | T | S | E | A | | E | R | A | T |
| A | V | O | N | | N | A | I | L | S | | D | O | P | Y |
| L | A | N | D | M | A | R | X | | S | A | D | S | A | X |
| | | S | E | M | I | | M | E | L | E | E | S | |
| A | D | I | E | U | | P | I | T | A | S | | | |
| B | L | A | N | K | C | H | E | X | | S | T | I | N | T |
| F | D | R | | | K | A | P | U | T | | | D | U | E |
| F | A | T | W | A | | H | Y | P | E | R | L | Y | N | X |
| | | H | U | L | A | S | | N | E | I | L | S | |
| F | L | A | R | E | S | | D | E | A | L | | | |
| T | I | E | T | A | X | | T | U | M | M | Y | T | U | X |
| E | R | O | S | | U | S | A | G | E | | P | O | N | E |
| N | E | N | A | | S | A | T | I | N | | A | G | I | N |
| D | D | A | Y | | | W | E | N | T | | D | A | T | A |
This is the 146th puzzle Mr. Berry has created for the NYT, and his first ever Monday. Tomorrow he will hit for the cycle with his first ever Tuesday puzzle.
– puzzle by Patrick Berry
Tue 10/18/2011
| J | A | B | B | A | | G | A | R | B | | L | A | I | C |
| U | N | A | R | M | | A | G | U | E | | A | N | N | A |
| S | T | A | R | S | K | Y | A | N | D | H | U | T | C | H |
| T | I | S | | C | H | E | R | | T | A | R | Z | A | N |
| | | B | R | A | | | L | I | R | E | | | |
| P | U | R | E | A | N | D | S | I | M | P | L | E | | |
| E | L | E | G | Y | | A | C | M | E | | S | A | F | E |
| R | N | A | | | D | R | O | P | S | | | R | A | Y |
| M | A | C | S | | I | N | R | E | | K | A | N | Y | E |
| | H | U | G | S | A | N | D | K | I | S | S | E | S |
| | | B | A | B | Y | | | A | R | K | | | |
| I | M | P | A | L | A | | A | W | L | S | | G | P | A |
| B | E | E | R | A | N | D | S | K | I | T | T | L | E | S |
| E | S | A | U | | D | E | E | R | | I | N | E | R | T |
| T | A | R | S | | S | W | A | P | | E | N | N | U | I |
Wed 10/19/2011
| U | R | I | | A | B | L | E | | A | T | H | E | N | A |
| S | E | C | | S | A | I | L | | M | A | U | L | E | D |
| U | P | I | N | A | R | M | S | | E | L | B | O | W | S |
| R | E | C | A | P | | B | I | B | L | E | | | | |
| P | A | L | S | | | S | E | E | I | N | G | R | E | D |
| S | T | E | A | M | S | | | R | E | T | A | I | N | S |
| | | | C | A | B | A | L | | | P | A | U | L |
| B | E | S | I | D | E | H | I | M | S | E | L | F | |
| P | E | T | E | | | R | A | N | U | P | | | | |
| H | I | T | L | I | S | T | | | G | A | S | B | A | G |
| I | N | A | L | A | T | H | E | R | | | P | I | L | L |
| | | | M | E | A | D | E | | V | I | S | T | A |
| D | R | O | W | S | E | | I | N | C | E | N | S | E | D |
| U | N | R | E | A | D | | F | E | A | T | | A | R | E |
| H | A | R | E | M | S | | Y | E | W | S | | U | S | S |
Thu 10/20/2011
| S | P | A | S | | | B | B | C | | | B | N | E | R |
| L | A | M | P | B | | A | R | A | B | | B | E | D | E |
| A | L | O | R | S | | B | A | N | A | N | A | O | I | L |
| B | E | S | E | A | T | E | D | | C | A | R | N | E | Y |
| | | A | L | A | S | | S | K | I | T | | | |
| B | A | D | D | E | R | | V | E | I | L | | A | L | L |
| W | I | R | E | S | | T | E | E | N | S | | L | E | I |
| A | M | O | R | | B | A | N | D | B | | F | O | A | L |
| S | E | W | | S | M | I | T | S | | V | I | N | N | Y |
| H | E | N | | P | A | L | S | | K | A | R | E | N | B |
| | | J | U | T | S | | D | I | N | E | | | |
| A | S | L | A | N | T | | B | E | A | N | T | R | E | E |
| C | L | O | C | K | E | D | I | N | | A | R | O | M | A |
| H | U | N | K | | R | A | T | S | | B | A | N | T | S |
| E | G | G | B | | | B | E | E | | | P | A | S | T |
Rebus squares are BLACK in one direction and WHITE in the other. The top entry corresponds to the Across answer.
– puzzle by Patrick Berry
Fri 10/21/2011
| L | L | E | D | | | E | L | A | T | E | | S | H | E |
| T | E | R | R | I | F | L | E | W | I | N | C | H | E | S |
| I | N | S | I | D | E | | | A | S | T | R | O | | |
| C | E | | P | I | R | A | C | Y | | R | A | T | R | A |
| S | | | | | N | B | A | | G | Y | M | | A | S |
| M | A | I | D | | A | M | F | M | | | G | P | S |
| N | E | R | T | I | A | | B | E | A | K | E | R | | I |
| E | L | D | E | S | T | R | O | Y | I | N | G | A | N | G |
| S | | E | M | C | E | E | D | | L | E | A | D | I | N |
| S | I | N | | | A | X | I | S | | E | D | E | N | |
| I | R | | P | S | T | | A | N | N | | | | | F |
| E | A | R | U | P | | I | N | L | A | I | D | | C | L |
| | O | R | A | L | S | | | T | R | I | F | L | E |
| C | H | A | R | T | E | R | I | S | L | E | S | L | I | E |
| E | E | D | | E | V | A | D | E | | | S | U | C | C |
Today's puzzle is available from The NYT only as a PDF but you can try this electronic version here. Several answers "cross over", wrapping around from right to left, or bottom to top.
– puzzle by Patrick Berry
Sat 10/22/2011
| U | S | S | R | | | A | R | A | B | | P | A | P | A |
| N | A | T | E | | A | M | A | N | A | | A | B | E | D |
| A | R | O | D | | F | A | I | N | T | | I | O | T | A |
| P | A | N | E | L | I | S | T | | T | A | N | D | E | M |
| T | H | E | F | I | R | S | T | L | E | T | T | E | R | S |
| | W | I | F | E | | | A | R | M | S | | | |
| S | L | A | N | T | | P | I | N | E | S | | D | J | S |
| P | A | L | E | | S | H | O | E | D | | B | E | A | K |
| A | W | L | | S | P | A | N | S | | W | E | L | B | Y |
| | | G | U | Y | S | | | A | A | A | A | | |
| F | I | L | L | E | V | E | R | Y | C | I | R | C | L | E |
| A | L | E | U | T | S | | A | I | R | F | A | R | E | S |
| R | I | O | T | | S | P | R | E | E | | B | O | A | T |
| S | A | N | E | | P | E | E | L | S | | L | I | V | E |
| I | D | E | S | | Y | A | R | D | | | E | X | E | S |
I have filled in the circles on all six puzzles. Note the "pips" on each side of the die are correctly located. Wordplay interviewed Will Shortz and Patrick Berry. I named this set my puzzle of the year for 2011.
The first letters of each clue in order spell out, "The corners of this week's grids read in order: Spell a famous Leader and his crossing words."
– puzzle by Patrick Berry
Sun 10/23/2011 TAKE IT FROM THE TOP
| T | A | S | S | | B | A | G | | | D | A | M | U | P | | R | E | A | P | S |
| A | R | T | E | | A | G | O | | H | E | L | E | N | A | | U | L | T | R | A |
| X | M | A | S | T | R | E | E | | O | P | E | N | I | N | G | N | O | T | E | S |
| S | E | N | T | M | E | S | S | A | G | E | | | | D | O | S | | I | M | S |
| A | N | D | E | S | | | W | R | E | N | | E | D | G | R | I | M | L | E | Y |
| L | I | S | T | | Q | U | I | T | | D | A | Y | O | | K | N | E | A | D | |
| E | A | T | | R | U | S | T | Y | | S | I | D | E | | I | T | T | | | |
| | O | N | E | I | S | H | | N | O | R | I | S | K | | H | O | S | E | D |
| A | D | R | E | M | | R | O | M | A | N | | E | N | S | U | E | | E | L | Y |
| S | E | E | S | A | W | | U | N | I | T | S | | T | U | R | F | | R | A | N |
| I | N | A | T | I | E | | T | O | A | H | A | L | T | | S | A | L | V | I | A |
| A | S | S | | N | E | W | S | | D | E | L | I | A | | A | M | I | E | N | S |
| G | E | O | | S | P | E | A | R | | S | A | N | K | A | | I | N | S | E | T |
| O | R | N | O | T | | E | Y | E | L | I | D | | E | M | P | L | O | Y | | |
| | | P | O | P | | I | C | E | T | | R | A | S | P | Y | | O | A | S |
| S | H | E | B | A | | N | O | N | U | | A | G | O | G | | L | U | N | A |
| P | E | A | C | E | S | I | G | N | | A | D | Z | E | | | C | A | R | O | M |
| L | T | S | | S | T | D | | | | T | U | R | N | O | N | A | D | I | M | E |
| A | S | S | W | E | E | T | A | S | P | I | E | | I | D | E | A | L | G | A | S |
| Y | A | L | I | E | | A | V | I | S | O | S | | U | A | E | | E | H | L | E |
| S | T | E | I | N | | G | E | T | I | N | | | S | Y | D | | S | T | Y | X |
Mon 10/24/2011
| I | S | L | E | | B | A | L | M | Y | | T | B | S | P |
| D | I | E | T | | I | L | I | A | D | | R | A | T | A |
| I | N | T | H | E | D | U | M | P | S | | I | R | A | S |
| T | I | E | R | | M | O | O | | D | A | R | N | S |
| P | A | T | R | O | L | | | U | T | I | L | I | Z | E |
| A | X | L | | D | O | W | N | T | H | E | R | O | A | D |
| P | E | I | | E | P | E | E | | E | D | U | | | |
| A | S | E | A | | | B | I | T | | | N | Y | P | D |
| | | I | A | N | | G | R | A | B | | O | L | E |
| O | V | E | R | T | H | E | H | I | L | L | | G | E | L |
| T | E | A | B | A | L | L | | | F | A | C | I | A | L |
| O | C | T | A | D | | O | H | S | | N | A | B | S | |
| O | T | I | S | | U | P | T | H | E | C | R | E | E | K |
| L | O | N | E | | M | E | T | O | O | | L | A | D | Y |
| E | R | G | S | | A | S | P | E | N | | A | R | O | D |
Tue 10/25/2011
| S | I | P | S | | H | U | S | H | | I | N | F | E | R |
| C | O | A | L | | O | H | I | O | | N | E | I | G | H |
| A | N | N | A | | N | O | L | O | | F | A | R | G | O |
| M | I | D | N | I | G | H | T | H | O | U | R | | | |
| S | C | A | T | S | | | | A | T | T | | S | H | A |
| | | | M | A | T | T | H | O | U | S | T | O | N |
| M | A | M | A | | R | O | O | | | R | O | A | S | T |
| A | P | A | R | T | M | E | N | T | H | O | U | S | E | S |
| M | I | N | C | E | | | T | A | E | | S | H | A | Y |
| B | A | S | S | E | T | H | O | U | N | D | | | | |
| O | N | E | | S | H | E | | | | O | U | T | D | O |
| | | W | H | E | R | E | A | R | T | T | H | O | U |
| C | A | P | R | I | | B | L | U | E | | U | R | N | S |
| S | W | E | A | R | | A | S | K | S | | R | O | U | T |
| I | N | A | P | T | | L | E | S | T | | N | E | T | S |
Wed 10/26/2011
| A | G | A | P | E | | A | D | Z | E | | A | G | A | S |
| S | O | L | O | S | | D | R | E | S | S | R | A | C | K |
| S | T | O | P | P | E | D | O | N | A | P | E | N | N | Y |
| O | T | O | | | X | I | S | | | A | W | G | E | E |
| C | A | P | T | A | I | N | S | D | I | M | E | S | | |
| | | A | F | T | | | A | M | S | | I | C | I |
| H | O | O | H | A | | V | E | R | A | | E | G | A | D |
| I | N | C | O | R | R | E | C | T | C | H | A | N | G | E |
| L | U | C | E | | E | R | O | S | | A | T | S | E | A |
| L | S | U | | O | A | S | | | S | H | E | | | |
| | P | U | M | P | E | R | Q | U | A | R | T | E | R |
| A | M | A | N | A | | | O | A | F | | | I | L | E |
| P | I | N | C | H | I | N | G | N | I | C | K | E | L | S |
| A | C | C | L | A | I | M | E | D | | E | E | R | I | E |
| R | A | Y | E | | N | I | T | A | | O | N | S | E | T |
Thu 10/27/2011
| P | A | L | E | A | S | A | G | | I | N | B | I | G |
| E | A | T | I | N | G | O | U | T | | W | H | E | N | I |
| A | D | A | P | T | E | D | T | O | | O | L | A | F | V |
| U | S | D | A | | | | | W | A | N | | N | A | E |
| | | R | U | R | | T | N | T | | S | I | T | U |
| G | W | R | I | T | E | R | S | | F | R | E | E | U | P |
| O | O | O | | A | D | E | U | X | | A | T | B | A | T |
| F | O | G | | H | A | U | N | T | E | D | | A | T | H |
| A | D | E | L | A | | P | A | R | E | D | | B | E | E |
| C | Y | R | A | N | O | | M | A | R | L | E | Y | S | G |
| H | A | E | C | | A | H | I | | Y | E | T | | | |
| A | L | B | | U | F | O | | | | | R | A | U | L |
| N | L | E | R | S | | L | H | A | S | A | A | P | S | O |
| C | E | R | T | S | | Y | E | S | I | N | D | E | E | D |
| E | N | T | E | R | | G | B | U | S | T | E | R | S | |
Fri 10/28/2011
| S | O | C | I | A | L | D | A | R | W | I | N | I | S | M |
| A | R | U | N | F | O | R | T | H | E | M | O | N | E | Y |
| F | O | R | G | I | V | E | M | E | F | A | T | H | E | R |
| E | Z | R | | T | E | A | S | E | T | S | | E | N | O |
| R | C | A | S | | | | | | | | B | E | A | N |
| O | N | E | S | T | A | R | H | O | T | E | L | S | |
| | T | A | L | E | B | E | A | R | E | R | S | | |
| | | G | O | R | A | N | G | E | R | S | | | |
| | B | R | A | I | N | T | E | A | S | E | R | | |
| T | R | A | N | S | G | E | N | D | E | R | E | D | |
| B | R | A | M | | | | | | | | K | T | E | L |
| A | A | H | | A | N | T | I | G | U | N | | A | C | A |
| A | C | M | E | C | O | R | P | O | R | A | T | I | O | N |
| L | E | A | S | T | R | E | S | I | S | T | A | N | C | E |
| S | Y | S | T | E | M | S | A | N | A | L | Y | S | T | S |
Sat 10/29/2011
| W | I | F | I | H | O | T | S | P | O | T | | P | B | S |
| A | C | T | S | O | N | E | S | A | G | E | | I | R | A |
| R | O | M | A | N | C | A | N | D | L | E | | G | A | L |
| N | N | E | | G | U | M | | | E | N | D | S | I | T |
| I | C | A | N | | E | U | R | O | | A | I | O | L | I |
| N | U | D | E | S | | P | A | G | O | | R | U | L | E |
| G | R | E | W | U | P | | M | R | K | O | T | T | E | R |
| | | B | E | E | F | J | E | R | K | Y | | | |
| S | H | O | E | T | R | E | E | | A | I | R | I | E | R |
| T | Y | R | A | | E | M | T | S | | E | A | R | L | Y |
| E | D | I | T | S | | A | S | C | H | | T | O | N | E |
| P | R | E | S | T | O | | | R | O | D | | N | O | B |
| H | O | N | | I | L | T | R | O | V | A | T | O | R | E |
| E | X | T | | P | A | R | A | D | E | R | O | U | T | E |
| N | Y | S | | E | N | E | W | S | L | E | T | T | E | R |
Sun 10/30/2011 HOLLYWOOD FROM RIGHT TO LEFT
| S | A | M | E | H | E | R | E | | O | P | A | Q | U | E | | P | A | I | L | S |
| T | R | A | V | E | L | E | D | | M | E | D | U | S | A | | E | L | L | I | E |
| A | N | G | E | L | M | A | N | A | G | E | M | E | N | T | | N | I | T | T | I |
| G | O | I | N | | S | P | A | R | | R | I | B | | S | E | N | O | R | A | S |
| | | T | E | T | E | | M | A | S | T | E | R | | G | A | T | O | | |
| S | H | A | U | N | | D | O | R | M | | S | C | A | L | Y | M | O | V | I | E |
| S | A | L | A | D | A | | N | E | A | P | | | P | I | P | E | | A | M | A |
| T | H | E | L | I | G | H | T | S | T | U | F | F | | M | T | S | | T | E | S |
| S | A | X | | C | A | W | | T | I | N | L | I | K | E | | | J | O | L | T |
| | | D | O | T | Y | | | | C | O | S | I | | H | A | I | R | D | O |
| P | I | L | A | T | E | S | O | F | T | H | E | C | A | R | I | B | B | E | A | N |
| A | G | E | N | T | S | | V | I | A | L | | | | E | N | D | S | | | |
| Y | U | N | G | | | P | I | E | D | I | S | H | | C | G | I | | M | S | G |
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| U | N | O | | V | O | L | E | | | E | Y | R | E | | S | A | L | O | M | E |
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