Wed 12/1/2010
W | O | O | D | Y | | B | E | A | | M | A | T | C | H |
A | S | I | R | E | C | A | L | L | | S | T | O | L | A |
R | A | D | I | O | D | A | Y | S | | R | O | M | A | S |
| | | | M | I | S | S | T | E | P | | C | S | T |
A | L | I | C | E | | | I | O | N | | B | A | S | E |
R | A | M | O | N | | M | A | N | H | A | T | T | A | N |
A | M | A | H | | K | A | N | | A | W | W | | | |
B | A | N | A | N | A | S | | S | L | E | E | P | E | R |
| | | B | A | T | | A | N | O | | L | A | L | A |
A | N | N | I | E | H | A | L | L | | A | V | I | O | N |
A | O | U | T | | I | D | I | | | Z | E | L | I | G |
A | N | C | | P | E | R | G | O | L | A | | | | |
M | O | L | T | O | | I | N | T | E | R | I | O | R | S |
A | N | E | A | R | | F | E | B | R | I | L | I | T | Y |
P | O | I | N | T | | T | D | S | | A | L | L | E | N |
Thu 12/2/2010
F | A | R | E | A | S | T | | S | I | T | U | A | T | E |
A | V | I | A | T | O | R | | O | N | E | S | P | O | T |
D | E | G | R | A | D | E | | B | E | N | E | A | T | H |
E | R | A | | L | O | S | E | S | | | U | T | E | S |
| | | A | L | I | S | T | | S | T | P | | | |
S | E | W | S | | | | D | O | P | E | | A | B | C |
P | R | O | N | O | U | N | | N | U | M | E | R | A | L |
E | N | T | E | N | T | E | | E | M | P | A | T | H | Y |
W | E | A | R | O | U | T | | R | E | T | R | E | A | D |
S | S | N | | U | R | S | A | | | | P | L | I | E |
| | | E | R | N | | S | N | A | G | S | | | |
S | L | A | W | | | S | A | Y | S | O | | B | A | H |
L | I | B | E | R | A | L | | A | T | L | A | R | G | E |
A | V | E | R | A | G | E | | S | I | G | N | I | F | Y |
G | E | T | S | M | A | D | | A | R | I | S | T | A | S |
Nine pairs of side-by-side seven-letter answers share common clues.
– puzzle by Joe Krozel
Fri 12/3/2010
A | T | W | O | | | S | H | E | A | | T | B | A | R |
L | E | A | D | | C | H | I | L | L | | H | O | M | O |
T | E | L | E | P | H | O | N | I | C | | E | L | M | S |
A | P | E | | L | O | A | D | | H | A | R | L | E | Y |
R | E | S | T | A | R | T | | H | E | R | M | I | T | |
S | E | A | I | C | E | | L | U | M | M | O | X | E | S |
| | | M | E | S | S | I | L | Y | | P | U | R | L |
F | R | E | E | D | | T | E | C | | G | Y | P | S | Y |
L | A | V | A | | P | I | N | E | S | O | L | | | |
U | T | E | N | S | I | L | S | | Q | U | A | H | O | G |
| I | N | D | E | N | T | | C | U | R | E | A | L | L |
B | O | O | T | E | D | | G | O | A | D | | N | E | A |
A | N | D | I | | O | P | E | N | S | E | A | S | O | N |
L | A | D | D | | W | E | N | C | H | | G | O | L | D |
E | L | S | E | | N | A | S | H | | | A | M | E | S |
Sat 12/4/2010
L | J | U | B | L | J | A | N | A | | P | A | B | L | O |
A | U | N | A | T | U | R | E | L | | T | R | O | O | P |
B | R | I | M | S | T | O | N | E | | A | L | I | C | E |
S | E | T | S | | E | M | E | R | Y | | E | L | A | N |
| | | | A | S | A | | T | A | S | S | E | L | S |
S | W | I | R | L | | S | T | I | N | T | | D | I | E |
P | A | M | E | L | A | | I | N | K | S | P | O | T | S |
A | L | M | A | | B | U | D | G | E | | A | V | I | A |
C | L | A | R | I | S | S | A | | E | S | T | E | E | M |
E | A | T | | S | C | A | L | D | | T | E | R | S | E |
S | W | E | A | R | A | T | | A | O | L | | | | |
H | A | R | M | | M | O | A | N | S | | O | M | A | N |
I | L | I | A | D | | D | R | Z | H | I | V | A | G | O |
P | L | A | Z | A | | A | L | I | E | N | A | T | E | D |
S | A | L | E | M | | Y | O | G | A | C | L | A | S | S |
Sun 12/5/2010 ON A ROLL
Q | U | A | F | F | S | | | O | M | A | H | A | | S | A | P | P | I | E | R |
A | N | G | O | L | A | | A | S | E | V | E | R | | I | N | A | H | O | L | E |
T | E | R | R | O | R | | C | U | T | O | N | B | O | L | D | L | I | N | E | S |
A | V | E | | P | A | R | T | | E | N | S | | R | V | S | | L | I | M | E |
R | E | E | K | | J | E | S | T | S | | | O | N | E | O | F | | Z | E | N |
I | N | D | O | | E | B | O | N | | S | A | P | O | R | | I | D | E | N | T |
| | | I | N | V | E | N | T | | H | U | R | T | | E | X | I | S | T | S |
N | A | M | | A | O | L | | | B | O | N | A | | I | D | E | S | | | |
O | P | E | N | S | | S | H | A | D | E | T | H | E | C | I | R | C | L | E | S |
D | O | N | O | T | | | O | M | A | R | | | V | E | T | | O | L | L | A |
O | L | D | S | | S | E | P | O | Y | | B | O | O | T | S | | L | A | P | D |
F | L | E | E | | O | R | O | | | C | A | S | K | | | N | O | M | A | D |
F | O | L | D | A | L | O | N | G | D | A | S | H | E | S | | E | R | A | S | E |
| | | I | V | E | S | | L | I | N | K | | | A | G | O | | S | O | N |
P | E | E | V | E | S | | C | O | R | D | | O | O | L | O | N | G | | | |
R | U | L | E | R | | P | H | O | T | O | | O | N | T | O | | A | S | P | S |
E | R | E | | S | C | R | A | M | | | S | H | R | E | D | | G | E | L | T |
S | A | V | E | | A | I | R | | J | A | I | | U | R | N | S | | W | A | R |
U | S | E | T | A | P | E | O | N | E | D | G | E | S | | E | N | L | A | C | E |
M | I | N | U | T | E | S | | O | H | O | H | O | H | | S | I | E | G | E | S |
E | A | S | I | E | S | T | | B | U | S | T | S | | | S | P | E | E | D | S |
Here's the PDF. There is an especially elegant aspect of this puzzle that shouldn't be missed. When every O inside the die shape is colored in, the spots on each side are properly oriented, but notice that the sides themselves are correctly aligned as well. So, for example, each pair of opposite sides adds up to seven, as they should.
– puzzle by Ben Pall
Mon 12/6/2010
C | A | J | U | N | | L | I | P | | P | A | S | T | |
O | R | A | T | E | | A | M | A | | A | C | M | E | S |
L | I | K | E | D | | S | H | I | P | S | H | A | P | E |
E | D | E | N | | P | E | E | R | A | T | | R | E | A |
| | | S | H | A | R | P | S | H | O | O | T | E | R |
A | R | T | I | E | S | | | | | R | A | M | | |
S | H | E | L | L | S | H | O | C | K | | F | O | B | S |
C | E | L | | P | A | R | T | I | I | I | | N | E | A |
H | A | L | T | | S | H | O | R | T | S | H | E | E | T |
| | M | O | O | | | | | E | L | A | Y | N | E |
S | H | E | E | P | S | H | E | A | R | E | R | | | |
Y | A | M | | T | H | O | R | N | S | | D | A | Z | E |
S | H | O | E | S | H | I | N | E | | S | H | R | E | W |
T | A | R | S | I | | S | I | R | | S | A | C | R | E |
| S | E | E | N | | T | E | A | | E | T | H | O | S |
Tue 12/7/2010
I | R | A | Q | | M | A | P | L | E | | R | I | N | K |
N | A | N | U | | I | W | I | L | L | | O | M | A | N |
C | H | I | E | F | T | E | X | A | N | | A | P | S | E |
| | M | E | E | T | | | M | I | S | D | E | A | L |
S | T | A | G | E | | G | I | A | N | T | B | I | L | L |
E | A | T | | L | A | U | D | | O | I | L | | | |
R | B | I | S | | B | I | O | S | | L | O | C | O | S |
F | O | O | T | B | A | L | L | M | A | T | C | H | U | P |
S | O | N | A | R | | T | I | E | R | | K | A | T | E |
| | | G | Y | M | | Z | A | C | H | | M | I | A |
J | E | T | P | A | C | K | E | R | | U | P | P | E | R |
A | R | R | A | N | G | E | | | P | L | E | A | | |
R | O | A | R | | R | A | M | C | H | A | R | G | E | R |
E | D | I | T | | A | C | R | I | D | | I | N | F | O |
D | E | N | Y | | W | H | I | G | S | | L | E | G | O |
Wed 12/8/2010
J | A | D | E | | O | S | H | A | | W | A | S | N | T |
A | P | O | P | | R | A | T | S | | A | L | T | A | R |
Y | P | S | I | L | A | N | T | I | | R | E | A | T | A |
| | | C | A | L | Y | P | S | O | M | U | S | I | C |
A | C | T | | I | L | O | | | V | O | T | I | V | E |
G | O | A | W | R | Y | | S | L | A | V | | S | E | R |
A | M | M | O | | | C | O | O | L | I | O | | | |
| A | P | O | C | A | L | Y | P | S | E | N | O | W | |
| | | F | A | M | O | U | S | | | E | N | I | D |
A | T | V | | L | U | T | Z | | K | P | D | U | T | Y |
S | H | A | W | L | S | | | L | A | I | | S | H | E |
S | E | C | R | E | T | A | G | E | N | T | S | | | |
U | S | A | I | R | | G | Y | P | S | Y | M | O | T | H |
C | E | N | T | I | | A | R | E | A | | O | W | I | E |
H | A | T | E | D | | R | O | W | S | | G | E | N | X |
Thu 12/9/2010
P | L | O | D | | S | C | A | M | S | | P | S | A | T |
E | L | H | I | | H | O | V | E | L | | O | C | T | O |
R | A | Y | E | | E | M | I | L | E | | T | R | O | Y |
C | N | O | T | E | | B | L | O | W | O | P | E | N | |
H | O | U | S | E | B | O | A | T | | L | I | E | | |
| | | O | L | A | V | | T | A | L | E | N | T | S |
B | A | W | D | | N | E | W | | N | A | S | D | A | Q |
O | S | H | A | | D | R | A | M | A | S | | O | S | U |
M | C | I | | M | A | S | C | O | T | | S | O | S | A |
B | I | T | T | E | N | | O | R | O | | P | R | O | D |
S | I | E | R | R | A | S | | A | L | I | I | | | |
| | T | I | L | | H | O | L | Y | C | R | O | S | S |
| F | R | E | E | B | I | R | D | | H | I | M | O | M |
Y | E | A | S | | A | N | G | U | S | | T | A | R | O |
A | M | S | O | | S | T | A | T | E | | O | N | E | K |
Z | A | H | N | | S | O | N | Y | A | | F | I | R | E |
Fri 12/10/2010
N | A | R | C | S | | S | A | L | E | S | T | A | G | S |
A | M | O | L | E | | P | O | O | L | T | A | B | L | E |
P | E | C | A | N | | A | L | L | S | E | W | N | U | P |
I | N | K | S | T | E | R | | | | | S | E | T | A |
E | R | O | S | I | V | E | | I | N | S | | G | A | R |
R | A | N | A | M | O | K | | N | E | T | | A | M | A |
| | | | E | N | E | | M | O | R | I | T | A | T |
| J | O | H | N | N | Y | | O | N | E | N | O | T | E |
B | O | R | A | T | E | S | | T | A | S | E | R | E | D |
L | E | E | R | | | | | H | T | S | | | | |
I | T | S | A | | | | | B | E | M | I | R | E | D |
P | O | T | S | | | | | A | S | A | R | U | L | E |
P | R | E | S | C | H | O | O | L | | R | E | N | E | S |
E | R | I | E | C | A | N | A | L | | K | N | I | C | K |
D | E | A | D | S | P | O | T | S | | S | E | C | T | S |
Sat 12/11/2010
C | T | S | | B | E | B | E | | N | O | T | H | I | N |
D | E | L | I | R | I | U | M | | O | C | E | A | N | O |
C | L | E | M | E | N | Z | A | | T | H | A | N | K | S |
| L | U | C | R | E | Z | I | A | B | O | R | G | I | A |
E | S | T | O | S | | E | L | L | E | | G | E | N | L |
S | A | H | L | | F | R | E | E | | G | A | R | D | E |
P | L | E | D | | A | B | R | A | X | A | S | | | |
O | L | D | | L | I | E | | J | O | B | | I | B | O |
| | | M | I | R | A | M | A | X | | T | M | A | X |
T | A | M | E | D | | T | A | C | O | | H | E | R | E |
O | M | A | N | | Z | E | I | T | | D | R | A | I | N |
S | O | U | T | H | E | R | N | A | C | C | E | N | T | |
S | U | N | H | A | T | | M | E | R | C | A | T | O | R |
E | N | D | O | R | A | | A | S | T | A | T | I | N | E |
S | T | Y | L | E | S | | N | T | S | B | | T | E | X |
Sun 12/12/2010 THE WISH
A | L | T | A | | S | T | U | B | | M | A | S | H | E | R | | M | C | C | L |
S | H | A | M | | T | U | T | U | | A | S | P | E | R | A | | A | L | A | E |
H | A | R | P | S | P | E | E | D | | T | H | I | N | S | I | S | T | E | R | S |
E | S | P | A | N | A | | | D | O | Z | E | N | S | | S | I | T | A | R | S |
N | A | S | S | A | U | | O | H | I | O | | | | L | I | N | E | N | | |
| | | | G | L | O | B | A | L | H | A | R | M | I | N | G | | S | T | S |
A | S | P | | S | I | V | A | | E | S | C | O | R | T | | A | D | H | O | C |
S | P | A | M | | S | U | M | E | R | | A | C | H | E | S | | E | E | R | O |
S | A | R | I | | | L | A | X | | D | D | A | Y | | A | B | L | E | S | T |
T | R | A | C | H | E | A | | A | M | O | I | | D | E | C | R | E | P | I | T |
| | | H | A | S | T | E | M | A | N | A | G | E | M | E | N | T | | | |
D | E | S | E | R | T | E | D | | L | A | N | A | | B | R | O | I | L | E | R |
E | M | I | L | I | E | | G | I | L | T | | R | C | A | | | N | O | T | E |
B | A | L | L | | R | E | I | N | A | | S | P | O | R | E | | G | O | A | L |
R | I | V | E | S | | I | N | G | R | A | M | | A | G | A | L | | P | L | Y |
A | L | E | | H | I | N | G | E | D | V | I | C | T | O | R | Y | | | | |
| | R | H | I | N | E | | | | E | L | O | I | | T | R | I | A | G | E |
E | T | H | A | N | S | | T | H | E | R | E | S | | | H | I | T | M | E | N |
R | E | A | D | Y | T | O | H | E | A | R | | M | A | G | I | C | H | A | N | D |
G | E | R | E | | E | L | O | I | S | E | | O | B | O | E | | A | L | O | E |
O | N | E | S | | P | A | R | R | E | D | | S | C | A | R | | D | E | A | D |
Mon 12/13/2010
J | E | T | S | | | R | I | S | E | N | | M | A | P |
A | T | O | P | | R | E | T | I | N | A | | I | L | L |
N | E | T | E | A | R | N | I | N | G | S | | N | B | A |
| | | E | S | S | E | N | | | S | L | E | E | T |
S | C | U | D | S | | W | A | S | T | E | A | R | E | A |
C | A | S | S | I | O | | | H | O | R | N | | | |
A | D | O | | G | R | A | D | E | R | | A | S | A | P |
D | E | F | I | N | I | T | E | A | R | T | I | C | L | E |
S | T | A | N | | O | S | I | R | I | S | | U | L | T |
| | | I | S | L | E | | | D | E | B | B | I | E |
W | Y | A | T | T | E | A | R | P | | T | R | A | N | S |
H | E | S | S | E | | | E | R | A | S | E | | | |
E | L | K | | P | L | A | N | E | T | E | A | R | T | H |
A | L | E | | P | O | M | E | L | O | | S | U | R | E |
T | O | W | | E | X | P | E | L | | | T | E | A | R |
Tue 12/14/2010
M | O | R | A | L | | P | E | W | | C | H | E | S | S |
E | L | O | P | E | | O | D | E | | L | E | G | A | L |
S | E | L | E | S | | W | I | L | L | I | N | G | L | Y |
H | O | L | D | T | H | E | F | L | O | O | R | | | |
| | | | A | U | R | I | S | T | | Y | E | A | |
| H | I | T | T | H | E | C | E | I | L | I | N | G | |
M | I | N | E | | | D | E | T | O | X | | R | E | T |
O | T | H | E | R | S | | | | N | I | K | O | N | S |
P | E | A | | P | O | S | S | E | | | A | L | T | O |
| C | L | I | M | B | T | H | E | W | A | L | L | S | |
| H | E | C | | B | E | A | R | E | R | | | | |
| | | E | X | E | R | C | I | S | E | R | O | O | M |
S | U | N | S | T | R | O | K | E | | N | O | R | M | A |
O | N | A | I | R | | I | L | S | | A | T | E | A | T |
D | O | N | N | A | | D | E | T | | S | H | O | N | E |
Wed 12/15/2010
K | I | T | H | | F | L | E | X | | A | T | B | A | Y |
A | B | R | A | | L | A | V | E | | S | H | U | T | E |
N | O | I | R | | O | D | I | N | | S | E | R | T | A |
J | O | C | K | F | U | L | L | O | N | U | T | S | | |
I | K | E | | O | N | E | S | | A | M | A | T | O | L |
| | | T | L | C | | | W | I | E | | O | R | A |
J | E | E | R | L | E | A | D | E | R | | S | P | I | T |
A | L | L | E | Y | | Q | U | E | | S | C | E | N | T |
M | I | T | E | | J | U | M | P | C | H | A | N | G | E |
U | S | O | | M | I | A | | | H | A | M | | | |
P | E | N | P | A | L | | G | L | A | D | | S | T | P |
| | J | E | S | T | P | R | O | T | E | C | T | O | R |
B | R | O | N | C | | O | O | R | T | | A | L | P | O |
E | T | H | N | O | | P | U | C | E | | P | E | A | L |
T | E | N | E | T | | S | T | A | R | | O | O | Z | E |
Thu 12/16/2010
A | R | I | A | | O | R | V | A | L | | I | N | K | Y |
M | A | W | R | | N | A | I | V | E | | N | O | N | E |
T | H | A | T | R | E | M | A | I | N | S | S | E | E | N |
| | N | Y | E | T | | | E | T | O | I | L | E | S |
O | P | T | | B | O | R | N | W | I | L | D | | | |
N | R | A | | A | T | E | E | | L | U | E | L | L | A |
B | E | L | | | W | A | S | T | | T | R | U | E | S |
A | M | O | | N | O | T | T | O | B | E | | C | S | I |
S | I | N | G | E | | A | L | K | Y | | | K | I | A |
E | X | E | R | T | S | | E | A | R | S | | Y | O | N |
| | | I | T | H | A | D | Y | O | U | | A | N | S |
P | A | M | E | L | A | S | | | N | E | I | L | | |
Y | O | U | V | E | G | O | T | K | I | D | D | I | N | G |
R | U | N | E | | G | R | I | T | S | | O | V | E | R |
O | T | I | S | | Y | E | A | S | T | | L | E | E | R |
Fri 12/17/2010
L | A | G | | C | A | P | P | | C | L | O | S | E | R |
A | L | E | H | O | U | S | E | | R | I | P | P | L | E |
T | I | N | A | C | T | I | N | | E | A | S | E | L | S |
T | A | T | T | O | O | | C | B | E | R | | C | S | I |
E | S | S | E | N | | B | I | R | D | | S | I | B | S |
| | | | U | V | U | L | A | | M | A | M | E | T |
| | M | O | T | O | R | S | C | O | O | T | E | R | S |
| P | A | R | O | L | E | H | E | A | R | I | N | G | |
W | A | L | K | I | E | T | A | L | K | I | E | S | | |
E | T | A | I | L | | T | R | E | S | S | | | | |
B | R | Y | N | | K | E | P | T | | S | I | M | B | A |
C | I | A | | R | I | S | E | | R | E | C | A | L | L |
A | L | L | O | U | T | | N | E | A | T | E | N | U | P |
M | E | A | N | I | E | | E | G | G | T | E | E | T | H |
S | Y | M | O | N | S | | R | O | S | E | | D | O | A |
Sat 12/18/2010
E | C | H | O | S | O | U | N | D | E | R | | P | B | J |
S | H | A | R | O | N | S | T | O | N | E | | O | R | U |
M | A | N | B | I | T | E | S | D | O | G | | L | I | N |
E | K | G | | L | I | M | B | | L | I | B | I | D | O |
| A | S | S | U | M | E | | M | A | N | A | T | E | E |
| | | I | R | E | | M | E | G | A | H | I | T | S |
M | A | D | G | E | | R | A | H | A | L | | C | O | Q |
E | L | A | N | | N | A | T | T | Y | | S | A | B | U |
A | P | T | | T | I | B | I | A | | G | E | L | E | E |
T | H | E | T | E | X | A | N | | D | O | C | | | |
C | A | M | E | L | O | T | | B | E | T | T | O | R | |
A | M | Y | T | A | N | | Y | E | A | H | | L | E | M |
S | A | M | | V | E | N | U | S | D | E | M | I | L | O |
E | L | O | | I | R | A | R | O | L | L | O | V | E | R |
S | E | M | | V | A | N | I | T | Y | P | L | A | T | E |
Sun 12/19/2010 HOPE FOR CLEAR SKIES
O | N | T | A | P | E | | D | A | H | L | | A | D | Z | E | | T | H | I | N | L | Y |
B | O | U | T | O | N | | A | V | I | A | | S | I | A | M | | A | E | N | E | I | D |
S | T | R | I | P | E | | M | A | N | Y | M | S | A | G | O | | C | R | O | W | N | S |
| A | F | T | E | R | D | | | D | E | I | O | N | | | D | H | O | R | S | E | |
H | O | W | | Y | O | M | | T | U | R | N | R | E | D | | A | S | I | | D | A | W |
O | N | A | D | E | | A | P | O | | S | G | T | | M | U | G | | C | D | A | G | E |
V | E | R | A | | O | N | E | R | S | | | | V | I | C | E | S | | L | Y | E | S |
| | | G | A | P | | P | E | A | B | R | A | I | N | S | | C | E | Y | | | |
B | E | N | | C | E | L | E | S | T | I | A | L | B | O | D | I | E | S | | A | L | B |
I | N | U | T | E | R | O | | T | O | O | R | D | E | R | | O | N | A | S | S | I | S |
D | A | R | E | S | A | Y | | | | M | E | A | | | | W | A | I | K | I | K | I |
E | R | S | T | | | A | T | T | H | E | E | S | C | O | R | E | | | I | C | E | D |
A | M | E | R | E | | L | I | R | A | | | | P | L | O | Y | | J | E | S | S | E |
| | | A | M | A | T | E | U | R | A | S | T | R | O | N | O | M | E | R | | | |
T | A | J | | B | R | Y | A | N | | M | O | E | | G | S | U | I | T | | S | A | G |
A | L | O | M | A | R | | | K | E | N | N | E | D | Y | | | S | W | A | N | N | S |
L | I | T | E | R | A | T | I | | T | I | A | M | O | | M | A | H | A | R | A | N | I |
L | A | S | A | G | N | E | S | | T | O | T | E | M | | X | R | A | Y | S | P | E | X |
| | | T | O | T | A | L | L | U | N | A | R | E | C | L | I | P | S | E | | | |
A | G | A | S | | | R | E | O | | | | | | A | V | G | | | N | A | M | E |
C | A | S | T | I | N | G | | G | O | E | S | D | E | R | | A | S | H | A | D | O | W |
O | P | H | E | L | I | A | | I | N | B | U | I | L | T | | T | E | E | L | I | N | E |
P | E | E | W | E | E | S | | C | O | W | P | O | K | E | | O | N | E | S | T | A | R |
The graphic here is courtesy of Patrick Merrell who created it for his Wordplay post. Click it for a slightly larger view.
– puzzle by Kevin G. Der
Mon 12/20/2010
L | E | A | P | | M | C | C | O | O | | R | E | S | T |
O | S | L | O | | A | R | A | I | L | | O | T | T | O |
C | A | T | S | C | R | A | D | L | E | | T | H | A | I |
H | U | S | T | L | I | N | G | | | Q | U | I | L | L |
| | | M | O | N | K | E | Y | S | U | N | C | L | E |
M | R | H | A | N | E | Y | | A | T | A | D | | | |
B | E | E | N | E | | | A | D | A | | A | F | A | R |
A | M | A | | D | O | G | S | A | G | E | | A | C | E |
S | O | L | O | | Z | A | P | | | Z | A | I | R | E |
| | | S | E | M | I | | U | M | P | I | R | E | D |
E | L | E | P | H | A | N | T | S | E | A | R | | | |
P | E | A | R | S | | | R | E | A | S | S | I | G | N |
S | O | R | E | | L | I | O | N | S | S | H | A | R | E |
O | N | L | Y | | A | R | I | E | L | | O | G | O | D |
M | E | S | S | | P | A | S | T | Y | | W | O | W | S |
Tue 12/21/2010
R | E | A | C | T | | O | P | T | E | D | | T | I | N |
A | L | L | A | H | | L | L | A | N | O | | H | B | O |
P | L | A | N | E | B | O | A | R | D | S | | I | S | M |
T | E | N | | K | E | R | N | | | A | S | S | E | S |
| | | M | I | N | D | B | L | O | G | G | I | N | G |
S | E | C | A | N | T | | | O | D | E | T | S | | |
P | L | A | N | K | | E | R | E | I | | | T | B | A |
C | H | R | I | S | T | M | A | S | C | L | A | R | O | S |
A | I | R | | | Y | E | N | S | | A | M | U | S | E |
| | Y | E | A | R | N | | | I | C | I | E | S | T |
B | L | O | T | T | E | D | W | A | T | E | R | | | |
L | A | N | C | E | | | I | T | A | R | | I | L | E |
O | R | B | | A | D | A | M | S | L | A | N | D | E | R |
O | V | A | | S | N | A | P | E | | T | I | L | E | S |
M | A | G | | E | A | S | Y | A | | E | X | E | R | T |
An L in five common phrases gets shifted three places to the left.
– puzzle by Alan Arbesfeld
Wed 12/22/2010
F | A | V | O | R | | P | A | L | M | | O | T | I | S |
R | E | A | D | E | | A | S | I | A | | O | H | N | O |
O | I | L | E | D | | C | H | E | R | | L | E | F | T |
G | O | O | D | T | I | M | E | | S | N | A | F | U | |
S | U | R | | A | N | A | | A | B | E | L | A | R | D |
| | | F | I | N | N | | L | A | R | A | M | I | E |
S | M | A | L | L | S | | C | E | R | F | | I | A | T |
C | A | D | Y | | | O | N | E | | | A | L | T | E |
A | C | A | | B | T | E | N | | S | P | R | Y | E | R |
L | A | Y | D | O | W | N | | S | U | R | F | | | |
A | R | S | E | N | I | O | | P | L | O | | F | R | O |
| T | W | E | E | N | | Y | O | U | R | H | E | A | D |
S | H | O | R | | K | H | A | N | | A | E | R | I | E |
P | U | R | E | | L | U | N | G | | T | E | A | M | O |
A | R | K | S | | E | D | G | Y | | A | L | L | I | N |
Thu 12/23/2010
I | T | S | | H | O | M | E | R | | Z | E | B | R | A |
S | E | T | | O | F | A | G | E | | O | B | O | E | S |
T | H | E | G | H | F | R | O | M | E | N | O | U | G | H |
H | E | L | L | O | | | S | I | L | E | N | T | | |
M | E | L | I | S | S | A | | T | O | R | Y | I | S | M |
I | D | A | S | | E | G | G | S | | | | Q | E | D |
| | | T | O | R | A | H | | | K | A | U | A | I |
| T | H | E | O | F | R | O | M | W | O | M | E | N | |
S | E | E | N | O | | | T | R | I | S | H | | | |
A | R | R | | | | F | I | E | F | | E | N | D | S |
P | R | E | L | U | D | E | | D | E | T | R | O | I | T |
| | W | A | T | E | R | Y | | | O | S | T | E | O |
T | H | E | T | I | F | R | O | M | N | A | T | I | O | N |
B | A | G | E | L | | E | D | G | E | S | | C | U | E |
S | N | O | R | E | | T | A | R | O | T | | E | T | D |
Fri 12/24/2010
H | M | M | | A | R | C | H | | G | A | S | C | A | P |
E | A | U | | R | A | R | A | | E | S | P | A | N | A |
N | U | S | | C | H | U | R | C | H | H | Y | M | N | S |
| R | I | O | T | | | D | I | R | | | P | A | T |
M | I | C | H | A | E | L | C | A | I | N | E | | | |
M | T | S | I | N | A | I | | | G | E | T | A | T | |
E | A | T | | | C | E | L | T | | O | U | C | H | |
| N | A | U | G | H | T | Y | O | R | N | I | C | E | |
| I | N | S | O | | O | S | L | O | | | I | R | E |
| A | D | A | G | E | | | E | A | S | E | D | I | N |
| | | C | H | R | I | S | T | M | A | S | E | V | E |
A | V | A | | | O | A | K | | | L | O | N | I | |
S | I | L | E | N | T | N | I | G | H | T | | T | E | N |
S | C | E | N | E | I | | T | R | E | E | | A | R | E |
T | I | C | T | A | C | | S | E | E | D | | L | A | W |
The Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune ran an article about these constructors and this puzzle.
– puzzle by Jay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor
Sat 12/25/2010
C | B | S | N | E | W | S | | D | E | C | I | M | A | L |
R | A | T | A | T | A | T | | E | M | A | N | A | T | E |
O | N | A | D | A | R | E | | L | I | L | L | I | A | N |
C | A | T | A | L | I | N | A | I | S | L | A | N | D | |
| | | | | N | O | N | | S | O | Y | | | |
D | A | Z | I | N | G | | D | O | I | N | | J | A | M |
I | V | O | R | Y | | A | R | N | O | | P | U | R | E |
M | O | N | I | C | A | M | O | U | N | T | A | I | N | S |
L | I | E | S | | D | E | M | S | | I | N | C | A | S |
Y | D | S | | R | U | S | E | | S | N | E | E | Z | Y |
| | | A | O | L | | D | O | T | | | | | |
| A | N | I | T | A | R | A | C | E | T | R | A | C | K |
A | N | I | M | A | T | E | | T | R | E | A | C | L | E |
D | O | N | A | T | E | S | | E | N | D | P | L | A | Y |
D | N | A | T | E | S | T | | T | O | S | S | U | P | S |
Sun 12/26/2010 HEY, MISTER!
E | X | C | E | L | | A | M | P | S | | S | H | O | P | | A | T | S | E | A |
V | E | R | V | E | | S | O | O | T | | W | A | K | E | | G | E | A | R | S |
I | N | E | E | D | M | Y | S | P | A | C | E | M | A | N | | L | A | N | A | I |
T | O | E | N | A | I | L | | | B | A | D | L | Y | | C | A | S | T | S | |
E | N | D | | | T | U | B | A | | T | E | E | | B | U | R | E | A | U | S |
| | | B | A | T | M | A | N | S | I | N | T | H | E | B | E | L | F | R | Y |
C | U | M | I | N | | | R | I | C | O | | | A | L | I | | S | E | E | D |
O | P | E | N | D | O | O | R | M | A | N | P | O | L | I | C | Y | | | | |
M | S | N | | | F | L | E | E | T | | E | P | E | E | | E | P | A | C | T |
I | T | S | S | A | F | E | | | | D | A | I | S | | M | A | R | I | A | H |
C | A | R | T | M | A | N | B | E | F | O | R | E | T | H | E | H | O | R | S | E |
A | T | E | O | U | T | | O | C | A | T | | | | U | S | S | W | A | S | P |
L | E | A | P | S | | S | L | U | R | | P | A | U | L | O | | | C | O | O |
| | | | T | A | K | E | A | R | A | I | N | M | A | N | C | H | E | C | K |
P | R | O | S | | C | U | R | | | B | L | O | B | | | H | U | S | K | Y |
J | A | C | K | M | A | N | O | F | A | L | L | T | R | A | D | E | S | | | |
S | G | T | Y | O | R | K | | E | D | O | | E | A | S | Y | | | C | U | T |
| D | O | B | I | E | | I | D | I | O | M | | | K | A | R | A | O | K | E |
N | O | B | L | E | | G | O | O | D | M | A | N | A | S | N | E | W | M | A | N |
A | L | E | U | T | | A | T | R | A | | Y | O | G | I | | B | L | A | S | T |
E | L | R | E | Y | | B | A | A | S | | O | M | E | N | | A | S | S | E | S |
Mon 12/27/2010
B | A | T | M | A | N | | | R | P | M | | S | E | E |
A | R | O | U | S | E | | A | E | R | O | | T | A | X |
B | E | N | C | H | W | A | R | M | E | R | | A | T | A |
S | A | S | H | | | S | C | A | L | A | | L | I | L |
| | | | C | A | S | H | P | A | Y | M | E | N | T |
S | T | O | P | U | P | | | | T | S | E | | | |
M | I | L | L | E | R | L | I | T | E | | R | A | R | E |
U | N | D | I | D | | E | R | E | | U | M | I | A | K |
T | E | E | N | | R | I | V | E | R | S | E | D | G | E |
| | | T | O | E | | | | T | E | N | S | E | S |
N | A | S | H | R | A | M | B | L | E | R | | | | |
I | Z | E | | C | R | E | E | P | | | W | O | K | E |
P | U | T | | H | E | R | E | S | J | O | H | N | N | Y |
P | R | O | | I | N | I | T | | E | D | I | T | O | R |
Y | E | N | | D | D | T | | | D | E | M | O | T | E |
Tue 12/28/2010
S | H | E | L | F | | S | G | T | | S | N | A | R | E |
L | E | V | E | L | | P | O | E | | T | O | N | E | S |
A | R | E | N | A | | O | W | E | | A | S | I | D | E |
M | A | R | A | T | H | O | N | M | I | N | I | | | |
| | | | T | A | N | S | | S | C | R | A | M | S |
S | C | A | R | E | D | | | E | T | E | | V | I | E |
M | A | R | I | N | E | S | U | B | | S | M | I | L | E |
E | N | C | L | | S | A | R | A | N | | C | A | E | N |
A | A | H | E | D | | F | I | N | E | E | X | T | R | A |
R | P | I | | I | S | E | | | H | A | L | E | S | T |
S | E | E | S | A | W | | F | O | R | T | | | | |
| | | P | R | E | C | I | O | U | S | S | E | M | I |
A | T | A | R | I | | A | R | M | | O | I | L | E | D |
M | O | V | I | E | | I | S | P | | U | T | I | L | E |
S | T | A | G | S | | N | T | H | | T | E | S | T | S |
Wed 12/29/2010
P | O | D | | R | E | N | A | M | E | | B | L | A | M |
A | C | E | | E | M | I | N | O | R | | L | A | V | E |
B | E | N | | P | I | N | A | C | O | L | A | D | A | S |
L | A | S | V | E | G | A | S | | D | A | H | L | I | A |
O | N | E | E | A | R | | S | T | E | P | | E | L | S |
| | | S | L | A | P | | A | S | T | A | | | |
A | P | A | T | | T | I | K | I | | O | M | B | R | E |
J | A | L | A | P | E | N | O | P | E | P | P | E | R | S |
A | N | G | L | O | | A | S | E | A | | H | A | S | P |
| | | S | T | A | T | | I | S | T | O | | | |
B | A | P | | I | S | A | O | | T | H | R | E | A | T |
A | M | I | G | O | S | | M | A | R | I | A | C | H | I |
M | A | N | A | N | A | S | E | N | O | R | | O | Y | L |
B | I | O | L | | D | O | G | O | O | D | | N | E | D |
A | N | N | A | | S | P | A | S | M | S | | O | S | E |
American crosswords traditionally ignore diacritical marks, even with foreign words, but this puzzle carefully handles both N and Ñ so the words are correct both Across and Down. In 2012, David J. Kahn did something similar with És.
– puzzle by Patrick Merrell
Thu 12/30/2010
A | S | H | | | S | L | O | | | P | I | A | N | O |
C | H | A | R | | T | E | R | M | | E | M | B | E | R |
O | U | S | E | | A | T | C | O | | C | A | L | E | B |
P | L | A | N | | T | M | A | N | | A | G | E | R | |
| S | T | E | V | I | E | | O | R | N | O | | | |
| | | W | I | N | | E | T | A | S | | T | E | R |
J | A | P | E | S | | A | V | O | W | | A | R | N | O |
O | P | E | R | A | | T | I | N | | G | R | O | O | M |
K | I | A | S | | O | T | A | Y | | A | M | P | L | E |
E | A | R | | T | H | A | N | | G | E | L | | | |
| | | F | I | S | C | | O | O | L | O | N | G | |
| F | O | R | T | | H | E | R | E | | C | O | R | D |
N | O | N | E | T | | E | M | M | A | | K | W | A | I |
N | O | T | R | E | | S | P | A | S | | S | I | N | G |
E | L | V | E | R | | | T | N | T | | | N | T | S |
This PDF file shows how the puzzle appeared in print where the theme is more elegantly displayed. Clue numbering in the print and electronic versions differ.
Seven long Across answers are made up of shorter words. 12 Across, "One in on the founding of a company", is CHAR+TERM+EMBER. Similarly, PLAN+TMAN+AGER, WIN+ETAS+TER, OPERA+TIN+GROOM, EAR+THAN+GEL, FORT+HERE+CORD, and NOTRE+SPAS+SING.
– puzzle by Joe Krozel
Fri 12/31/2010
J | A | L | O | P | Y | | | T | H | E | W | I | R | E |
J | E | A | N | I | E | | T | E | E | N | I | D | O | L |
A | R | I | S | E | N | | I | M | S | O | G | L | A | D |
B | O | L | | S | T | O | M | P | | | S | I | D | E |
R | N | A | | | A | B | E | T | S | | | N | I | S |
A | A | A | | I | S | L | A | | W | I | D | G | E | T |
M | U | L | A | N | | A | F | L | A | M | E | | | |
S | T | I | C | K | I | T | T | O | T | H | E | M | A | N |
| | | T | E | P | E | E | S | | I | T | A | L | O |
S | S | T | A | R | S | | R | E | A | P | | P | O | W |
T | A | U | | | A | S | T | I | R | | | Q | U | A |
O | R | R | S | | | A | I | T | C | H | | U | E | Y |
P | T | B | A | R | N | U | M | | H | A | V | E | T | O |
B | R | O | M | A | N | C | E | | E | R | E | S | T | U |
Y | E | S | I | S | E | E | | | S | E | X | T | E | T |