Sun 12/1/2019 ACTUALLY ...
E | M | U | | G | O | R | K | I | | B | A | B | E | | S | N | A | P | T | O |
D | I | P | | U | C | O | N | N | | A | S | O | N | | R | E | P | E | A | L |
I | N | S | P | I | T | E | O | F | | R | H | O | D | E | I | S | L | A | N | D |
T | I | E | O | N | | | R | E | P | O | | L | U | V | | T | E | N | T | H |
| S | T | P | E | T | E | R | S | S | Q | U | A | R | E | | L | A | U | R | A |
| | | C | A | R | A | | T | A | U | T | | E | N | D | E | | T | A | T |
U | P | T | O | P | A | R | | S | T | E | E | L | | | E | S | S | | | |
T | E | A | R | I | N | T | O | | | | R | I | V | A | L | | E | V | E | R |
A | P | I | N | G | | H | O | L | Y | R | O | M | A | N | E | M | P | I | R | E |
H | A | L | | | L | A | H | O | R | E | | E | X | I | T | S | I | G | N | S |
| | S | O | L | E | | | A | S | L | A | P | | | E | G | A | N | | |
A | T | P | R | E | S | E | N | T | | I | R | I | S | E | S | | | E | B | B |
C | H | I | N | E | S | E | C | H | E | C | K | E | R | S | | R | A | T | I | O |
K | E | N | O | | F | L | O | E | S | | | | A | T | T | E | S | T | T | O |
| | | T | B | A | | | S | T | A | I | D | | E | A | S | I | E | S | T |
L | O | C | | O | T | T | O | | A | R | T | Y | | E | M | T | S | | | |
I | P | A | D | S | | A | R | A | B | I | C | N | U | M | E | R | A | L | S | |
K | I | T | E | S | | C | P | R | | A | H | A | S | | | O | I | L | E | D |
E | N | G | L | I | S | H | H | O | R | N | | M | E | T | R | O | D | O | M | E |
N | E | U | T | E | R | | A | M | E | N | | I | B | E | A | M | | Y | I | N |
S | S | T | A | R | S | | N | A | P | A | | C | Y | A | N | S | | D | S | T |
XWord Info counts this as Mr. Merrell's 90th puzzle because we don't include PDF-only puzzles like this Special Delivery from 2011. (Link requires NYT Puzzle Subscription.)
Here's an old music joke: "The French Horn isn't French, it's English. The English Horn not only isn't English (it's French), it's not even a horn (it's a woodwind.)"
NYT fact-checkers — darn them — weaken the punch line by pointing out that the English Horn originates from Central Europe. Oh well. :)
– puzzle by Patrick Merrell
POW Mon 12/2/2019
L | A | B | O | R | | A | L | P | S | | H | E | M | S |
E | V | A | D | E | | B | I | T | E | | U | R | G | E |
G | O | R | E | D | | B | O | A | R | D | G | A | M | E |
O | W | E | | B | U | R | N | | M | O | E | | | |
S | A | M | B | A | S | | E | G | O | S | | L | A | P |
| L | I | A | R | S | | L | O | N | E | S | O | M | E |
| | N | G | O | | M | B | A | S | | E | W | E | S |
F | E | I | G | N | | Y | A | P | | C | R | E | S | T |
A | C | M | E | | O | G | R | E | | A | I | R | | |
S | T | U | D | Y | F | O | R | | A | B | E | T | S | |
T | O | M | | A | N | D | Y | | D | A | S | H | E | S |
| | | H | M | O | | M | O | O | R | | E | L | I |
R | E | A | D | S | U | P | O | N | | E | B | B | E | D |
N | E | A | T | | S | O | R | E | | T | R | A | C | E |
S | L | A | V | | E | X | E | S | | S | O | R | T | S |
Tue 12/3/2019
S | T | A | R | R | | S | A | D | | P | E | R | O | N |
H | O | S | E | A | | L | I | E | | S | T | A | R | E |
A | N | T | E | D | | A | N | N | O | Y | A | N | C | E |
H | E | R | D | I | N | S | T | I | N | C | T | | | |
S | R | O | | O | O | H | | M | E | H | | A | L | B |
| | | E | A | T | M | E | | L | E | S | T | E | R |
B | U | T | T | D | I | A | L | S | | D | I | A | N | A |
A | S | O | U | | T | R | A | P | S | | B | R | I | G |
R | H | O | D | E | | K | N | O | T | T | Y | I | N | G |
G | E | N | E | V | A | | D | R | O | O | L | | | |
E | R | S | | A | B | S | | T | A | T | | A | R | F |
| | | S | C | E | N | E | S | T | E | A | L | E | R |
A | D | N | A | U | S | E | A | M | | B | R | I | D | E |
V | O | I | C | E | | A | V | E | | A | C | T | O | R |
A | W | A | K | E | | K | E | N | | G | O | O | S | E |
Wed 12/4/2019
J | I | M | | L | A | M | A | S | | D | E | B | R | A |
E | N | O | | O | R | O | N | O | | A | L | L | E | N |
S | T | R | A | W | M | A | N | F | A | L | L | A | C | Y |
T | R | E | X | E | S | | | T | I | L | E | S | | |
S | O | L | E | | | O | P | E | R | A | | T | O | P |
| | S | L | I | P | P | E | R | Y | S | L | O | P | E |
| | | | S | E | E | P | | | | A | F | A | R |
P | O | T | O | M | A | C | | B | I | R | D | F | L | U |
A | S | H | E | | | | P | U | L | P | | | | |
C | H | E | R | R | Y | P | I | C | K | I | N | G | | |
T | A | R | | W | A | R | E | S | | | A | R | O | N |
| | A | M | A | N | A | | | P | O | T | A | T | O |
M | O | V | I | N | G | G | O | A | L | P | O | S | T | S |
O | N | E | N | D | | U | D | D | E | R | | S | E | E |
W | O | N | K | A | | E | S | S | A | Y | | Y | R | S |
Thu 12/5/2019
M | A | S | H | | A | C | T | S | | B | O | W | I | E |
O | R | E | O | | I | D | E | A | | E | R | I | C | A |
M | E | A | T | | S | C | A | M | | A | B | N | E | R |
S | A | N | D | S | H | A | K | E | R | S | | B | E | N |
| | | A | L | A | S | | | E | T | S | Y | | |
B | L | A | M | E | | E | I | G | N | S | T | A | T | E |
R | U | N | N | E | R | | L | O | O | | U | N | I | X |
U | R | N | | T | A | B | L | O | I | D | | O | B | I |
C | I | A | O | | N | U | B | | R | O | U | S | E | S |
E | D | B | R | I | D | G | E | S | | I | N | E | R | T |
| | E | G | G | O | | | H | O | N | K | | | |
A | O | L | | N | M | E | N | T | A | G | E | N | C | Y |
B | A | L | T | O | | D | O | I | T | | M | E | R | E |
C | H | E | E | R | | N | I | C | E | | P | R | O | W |
S | U | E | D | E | | A | R | K | S | | T | O | P | S |
Fri 12/6/2019
A | D | W | A | R | S | | | | G | Y | M | R | A | T |
P | R | O | F | I | T | | | L | I | E | I | D | L | E |
P | A | R | E | V | E | | L | E | S | S | S | A | L | T |
A | N | S | W | E | R | M | E | T | H | I | S | | | |
L | O | T | | R | E | A | C | T | | T | A | M | E | S |
| | | S | P | O | R | T | U | T | I | L | I | T | Y |
H | I | P | P | O | | T | U | C | K | S | | N | U | N |
O | N | L | Y | | V | I | R | E | O | | R | E | D | O |
I | T | A | | S | I | N | E | W | | P | A | R | E | D |
S | W | I | M | U | P | S | T | R | E | A | M | | | |
T | O | T | E | M | | H | O | A | R | Y | | T | B | A |
| | | M | A | K | E | U | P | A | R | T | I | S | T |
N | O | B | O | T | H | E | R | | S | A | U | D | I | S |
O | V | E | R | R | A | N | | | E | T | R | A | D | E |
B | A | N | Y | A | N | | | | D | E | F | L | E | A |
Sat 12/7/2019
T | E | N | | J | A | M | A | I | C | A | N | R | U | M |
R | Y | E | | I | M | E | T | S | O | M | E | O | N | E |
E | E | K | | G | O | T | T | A | B | O | U | N | C | E |
S | T | O | W | S | | H | E | I | R | S | | N | A | T |
C | E | C | E | | P | A | N | D | A | | C | I | G | S |
H | E | A | D | B | A | N | D | S | | C | R | E | E | |
I | T | S | G | O | N | E | | O | G | L | E | | | |
C | H | E | E | S | E | | | | L | O | W | F | A | T |
| | | D | O | S | T | | C | O | M | M | I | S | H |
| G | S | I | X | | W | R | A | P | P | A | R | T | Y |
C | R | A | N | | L | I | A | R | S | | T | E | A | R |
H | E | N | | P | A | N | I | C | | S | E | A | T | O |
I | T | C | H | E | C | K | S | O | U | T | | W | I | I |
B | E | T | A | R | E | L | E | A | S | E | | A | N | D |
A | L | A | R | M | S | Y | S | T | E | M | | Y | E | S |
Sun 12/8/2019 "LOOKIN' GOOD!"
J | A | R | | | A | S | C | A | P | | A | B | B | O | T | | U | T | E | S |
A | F | E | W | | K | E | L | S | O | | T | R | U | L | Y | | F | E | T | A |
B | R | E | E | Z | I | N | E | S | S | | R | E | C | A | P | | F | A | H | D |
B | A | L | I | I | N | D | O | N | E | S | I | A | | | E | D | I | T | E | D |
E | M | E | R | G | E | S | | | | H | A | D | T | O | | E | Z | I | N | E |
R | E | D | D | | T | I | R | A | D | E | | B | O | Y | Z | I | I | M | E | N |
| | | | N | I | N | E | T | O | | D | I | N | E | A | T | | E | S | S |
I | N | A | S | E | C | | S | H | O | R | I | N | G | | M | Y | B | | | |
N | A | D | I | A | | G | E | E | Z | E | R | | U | S | B | | E | C | K | O |
K | R | I | S | T | E | N | W | I | I | G | | N | E | H | I | | L | O | L | Z |
E | N | D | | O | D | O | | S | E | E | T | O | | I | A | M | | N | E | Z |
R | I | A | L | | I | M | A | M | | N | I | N | T | E | N | D | O | W | I | I |
S | A | S | E | | F | E | M | | S | T | R | E | W | S | | P | L | A | N | E |
| | | X | V | I | | A | B | U | S | I | V | E | | W | H | Y | Y | E | S |
O | P | S | | W | E | E | Z | E | R | | N | E | R | V | E | D | | | | |
J | A | C | O | B | R | I | I | S | | A | G | R | E | E | R | | S | P | C | A |
I | L | U | V | U | | S | N | I | P | S | | | | N | E | S | T | E | R | S |
B | E | L | U | G | A | | | E | A | S | Y | O | N | T | H | E | E | Y | E | S |
W | A | L | L | | L | U | N | G | S | | O | V | E | R | E | X | P | O | S | E |
A | L | E | E | | A | M | I | E | S | | D | I | N | A | R | | A | T | T | N |
S | E | R | S | | S | P | A | D | E | | A | D | E | L | E | | | E | S | T |
Mon 12/9/2019
M | A | S | T | S | | N | I | L | S | | E | P | I | C |
A | L | O | H | A | | O | P | E | C | | L | A | V | A |
V | A | L | E | N | C | I | A | O | R | A | N | G | E | S |
S | N | O | W | | A | D | D | | I | C | I | E | S | T |
| | | A | B | L | E | | E | B | A | N | | | |
C | L | E | V | E | L | A | N | D | B | R | O | W | N | S |
L | A | C | E | D | | | A | I | L | | S | H | O | P |
E | T | O | | S | M | I | T | T | E | N | | I | S | U |
A | C | N | E | | A | A | A | | | A | C | T | E | D |
R | H | O | D | E | I | S | L | A | N | D | R | E | D | S |
| | | H | O | N | K | | B | E | A | U | | | |
A | S | P | E | N | S | | P | B | S | | E | L | S | A |
H | I | L | L | S | T | R | E | E | T | B | L | U | E | S |
E | D | A | M | | A | I | R | Y | | A | L | L | A | H |
M | E | N | S | | Y | A | K | S | | R | A | L | L | Y |
Tue 12/10/2019
G | A | G | A | | | A | D | D | S | | A | P | S | E |
E | M | I | T | | C | R | O | O | K | | N | O | O | K |
C | A | M | E | O | U | T | S | W | I | N | G | I | N | G |
K | I | M | | O | L | S | E | N | | E | L | S | | |
O | N | E | M | P | T | Y | | G | I | V | E | O | F | F |
| | | U | S | S | | A | R | S | E | | N | E | E |
U | M | A | M | I | | N | C | A | A | | C | I | T | E |
B | O | B | B | E | D | A | N | D | W | E | A | V | E | D |
E | U | R | O | | I | C | E | E | | A | B | Y | S | S |
R | T | E | | A | D | H | D | | P | G | A | | | |
S | H | A | M | P | O | O | | B | A | L | L | A | S | T |
| | S | A | O | | C | R | U | D | E | | S | P | A |
P | U | T | U | P | T | H | E | I | R | D | U | K | E | S |
A | R | O | D | | B | I | B | L | E | | P | E | L | T |
W | I | F | E | | S | P | A | T | | | I | D | L | Y |
Wed 12/11/2019
A | V | O | W | | S | C | H | W | A | | P | O | E | M |
L | E | D | A | | O | R | I | O | N | | A | N | N | A |
D | I | D | G | E | R | I | D | O | O | | M | Y | T | H |
O | N | S | E | T | | M | E | L | D | S | | O | I | L |
| | | W | A | T | E | R | F | E | A | T | U | R | E |
R | U | N | A | T | A | B | | | S | T | A | R | E | R |
U | S | E | R | | P | O | O | F | | C | O | M | | |
M | A | W | | W | A | S | P | I | S | H | | A | H | A |
| | S | S | R | | S | A | R | I | | C | R | U | D |
S | H | A | L | O | M | | | S | T | R | O | K | E | D |
W | E | G | O | T | O | G | E | T | H | E | R | | | |
A | G | E | | E | N | C | L | S | | I | N | I | C | E |
M | O | N | T | | T | H | E | N | A | N | D | N | O | W |
P | A | C | E | | H | A | V | O | C | | O | G | R | E |
S | T | Y | X | | S | T | E | W | S | | G | A | D | S |
Thu 12/12/2019
| G | E | L | L | E | R | | G | A | R | N | E | T | |
M | A | R | I | A | N | A | | O | I | L | E | D | U | P |
A | L | A | | B | O | N | F | I | R | E | | U | R | L |
C | A | | | E | S | S | E | N | E | S | | | T | I |
E | T | A | I | L | | M | I | G | | S | T | A | L | E |
S | E | R | F | | L | A | G | O | S | | H | I | E | D |
| A | T | O | M | I | C | N | U | M | B | E | R | S | |
| | D | R | U | N | K | | T | A | U | N | T | | |
| B | E | G | G | E | D | F | O | R | M | O | R | E | |
A | R | C | O | | D | A | U | N | T | | S | A | L | S |
S | O | O | T | Y | | B | R | A | | H | E | N | I | E |
S | N | | | I | W | I | L | L | S | O | | | X | E |
E | S | C | | P | A | N | S | I | E | S | | L | I | T |
S | O | O | N | E | S | T | | M | A | E | S | T | R | O |
| N | O | D | S | T | O | | B | L | A | M | E | S | |
If you're curious about what Alex Eaton-Salners means when he talks about supersymmetry, you can see examples here. (Scroll down.)
– puzzle by Alex Eaton-Salners
POW Fri 12/13/2019
R | A | S | H | G | U | A | R | D | | B | A | N | F | F |
E | N | C | O | U | N | T | E | R | | O | P | E | R | A |
F | I | R | S | T | S | T | E | P | | S | T | E | E | D |
E | M | I | T | | N | I | C | E | | C | E | D | E | |
R | A | M | | | A | L | E | P | H | | S | A | R | A |
| | | I | N | G | A | | P | A | D | T | H | A | I |
S | M | O | R | E | | | V | E | R | Y | | A | N | D |
P | O | L | A | R | B | E | A | R | P | L | U | N | G | E |
E | N | D | | V | E | A | L | | | A | N | D | E | S |
L | E | G | W | E | A | R | | M | A | N | O | | | |
L | Y | R | E | | V | W | B | U | S | | | S | P | A |
| B | O | C | A | | O | R | E | S | | R | A | I | L |
D | E | W | A | R | | R | O | S | E | P | E | T | A | L |
U | L | T | R | A | | M | O | L | T | O | B | E | N | E |
E | T | H | E | L | | S | K | I | S | E | A | S | O | N |
Sat 12/14/2019
F | B | I | C | H | I | E | F | | | D | E | J | A | V | U |
R | E | G | I | O | N | A | L | | A | U | T | O | P | E | N |
E | L | E | V | E | N | T | Y | | P | L | A | Y | E | R | S |
R | A | T | E | D | | S | I | G | I | L | S | | H | B | O |
E | M | I | T | | M | A | N | R | A | Y | | N | O | O | B |
S | I | T | | B | I | L | G | E | | | R | O | U | T | E |
| | | P | O | L | I | C | E | C | R | U | I | S | E | R |
| D | E | A | R | E | V | A | N | H | A | N | S | E | N | |
T | A | X | P | A | Y | E | R | M | O | N | E | Y | | | |
H | I | T | A | T | | | P | O | C | K | S | | A | L | A |
E | R | R | S | | B | U | E | N | O | S | | G | R | A | M |
M | Y | A | | M | O | T | T | S | T | | S | A | N | D | P |
E | C | O | T | A | G | E | | T | A | K | E | T | I | M | E |
T | O | N | E | S | U | P | | E | C | O | N | O | C | A | R |
S | W | E | A | T | S | | | R | O | I | D | R | A | G | E |
If you're not familiar with DEAR EVAN HANSEN, then you're probably neither a teenager nor someone who lives with a teenager. My band sometimes programs Waving Through a Window, and as soon as it's announced from the stage, half the audience goes nuts.
– puzzle by Ryan McCarty
Sun 12/15/2019 DOING A DOUBLE TAKE
P | O | B | O | Y | | | S | N | I | P | E | R | S | | | M | A | D | A | M |
O | H | A | R | A | S | | H | O | N | O | R | E | E | | L | A | M | E | S | A |
P | I | T | C | H | Y | | U | P | G | R | A | D | E | | P | I | T | C | H | Y |
T | O | S | S | | S | A | S | E | | | | D | I | P | S | | S | I | T | H |
O | A | F | | | | T | H | E | G | E | M | I | N | I | | | | D | R | E |
P | R | O | T | E | A | M | | K | A | R | A | T | | P | R | O | T | E | A | M |
| T | R | E | A | T | | P | I | N | E | L | O | G | | E | N | T | R | Y | |
| | | R | R | A | T | I | N | G | | T | R | O | T | S | K | Y | | | |
S | T | R | I | P | L | I | N | G | | | | S | T | R | I | P | L | I | N | G |
H | U | E | | | L | E | T | | H | S | T | | T | O | N | | | R | O | O |
E | N | E | W | S | | R | O | S | E | P | E | T | A | L | | E | L | A | T | E |
L | E | V | I | T | E | S | | T | H | E | C | W | | L | E | V | I | T | E | S |
F | R | E | R | E | S | | G | E | E | W | H | I | Z | | N | I | C | E | S | T |
| | | I | M | C | O | O | L | | | | N | O | O | D | L | E | | | |
H | I | D | E | | | N | A | M | E | S | A | K | E | S | | | N | U | M | B |
M | O | U | S | S | E | S | | O | M | A | N | I | | M | O | U | S | S | E | S |
M | U | D | T | I | R | E | | S | O | C | A | L | | A | L | G | E | B | R | A |
| | | | E | A | T | O | F | | | | L | A | N | D | S | | | | |
B | O | X | E | R | S | | P | I | R | A | T | I | C | | B | O | X | E | R | S |
M | A | I | T | R | E | | T | R | I | T | O | N | E | | A | M | E | L | I | A |
I | T | S | S | A | D | | S | E | A | L | E | G | S | | Y | E | S | M | O | M |
Mon 12/16/2019
Y | O | U | T | H | | G | O | O | F | | R | E | B | A |
A | R | N | I | E | | O | M | A | R | | E | V | I | L |
M | A | D | E | A | | L | I | T | E | | M | A | N | E |
| L | O | R | D | O | F | T | H | E | R | I | N | G | S |
| | | | D | R | S | | | W | A | X | | | |
B | A | D | G | E | R | | J | O | I | N | | D | D | T |
A | R | I | E | S | | P | O | O | F | | A | U | R | A |
R | I | C | E | K | R | I | S | P | I | E | S | B | O | X |
B | A | E | Z | | O | T | I | S | | N | E | A | L | E |
S | L | Y | | A | C | H | E | | A | V | A | I | L | S |
| | | O | A | K | | | T | R | I | | | | |
S | A | N | T | A | S | W | O | R | K | S | H | O | P | |
P | L | O | T | | T | O | B | E | | A | I | L | E | Y |
R | O | V | E | | A | V | O | N | | G | L | A | R | E |
Y | E | A | R | | R | E | E | D | | E | L | V | E | S |
Tue 12/17/2019
G | R | A | P | H | | P | L | A | Y | A | | B | A | G |
M | A | D | E | A | | O | A | R | E | D | | J | L | O |
O | D | O | R | L | E | S | S | G | A | S | | O | F | F |
| | | | V | E | S | T | | | | E | R | I | E |
| T | I | R | E | L | E | S | S | W | O | R | K | E | R |
B | A | D | A | S | S | | | L | A | H | R | | | |
O | M | E | N | | | A | M | I | S | H | | S | L | O |
H | E | A | D | L | E | S | S | C | H | I | C | K | E | N |
O | D | S | | O | P | I | N | E | | | H | Y | P | E |
| | | A | L | E | C | | | G | R | A | P | E | S |
F | E | A | R | L | E | S | S | L | E | A | D | E | R | |
S | M | U | T | | | | H | U | N | S | | | | |
T | O | T | | H | A | I | R | L | E | S | S | D | O | G |
O | J | O | | E | X | P | E | L | | L | A | U | R | A |
P | I | S | | R | E | A | D | S | | E | M | E | R | Y |
Wed 12/18/2019
C | R | A | B | | A | L | T | O | | R | O | W | E | R |
H | E | M | I | | C | O | E | D | | O | F | A | G | E |
E | D | I | T | I | N | G | A | D | R | A | F | T | O | F |
E | U | G | E | N | E | | | M | O | R | S | E | | |
S | C | A | R | F | | M | A | A | M | | | R | N | S |
Y | E | S | | L | E | A | N | N | | P | A | S | E | O |
| | | M | A | N | I | A | | F | O | L | K | S | Y |
| W | R | I | T | I | N | G | W | E | L | L | I | S | |
C | A | U | S | E | D | | R | I | N | K | Y | | | |
O | W | N | E | D | | P | A | N | D | A | | G | I | F |
B | A | N | | | D | A | M | E | | D | R | A | C | O |
| | E | M | A | I | L | | | B | O | I | L | E | R |
S | U | R | E | L | Y | A | N | A | R | T | F | O | R | M |
U | S | U | R | P | | T | A | C | O | | T | R | U | E |
M | O | P | E | S | | E | Y | E | S | | S | E | N | D |
POW Thu 12/19/2019
| C | V | E | R | | R | E | H | A | B | | E | M | I |
S | W | A | T | H | | I | C | E | P | L | A | N | E | T |
A | G | R | E | E | | C | O | M | P | A | N | C | A | R |
D | I | G | R | A | P | H | | | T | H | O | R | N | Y |
I | R | A | N | | A | L | I | A | S | | N | O | M | |
E | L | S | A | | S | Y | N | C | | B | E | A | U | T |
| | | L | E | T | | T | I | L | E | | C | G | I |
S | P | A | | B | E | C | H | D | E | L | | H | S | N |
V | A | L | | A | L | O | E | | S | A | T | | | |
U | T | L | E | Y | | S | W | T | S | | R | A | M | S |
| O | S | X | | K | A | Y | O | S | | A | R | G | O |
N | O | T | I | M | E | | | P | O | P | C | O | R | N |
S | T | A | T | E | L | I | N | E | | O | H | M | A | N |
F | I | R | S | T | L | O | O | K | | P | E | A | T | Y |
W | E | S | | Z | Y | N | G | A | | E | A | S | E | |
Note that in each case, the diagonal STATE LINE divides two states that are contiguous. As you'd expect.
– puzzle by Andy Kravis and Erik Agard
Fri 12/20/2019
| S | I | T | I | N | | R | O | D | E | | K | A | M | A |
M | O | N | A | C | O | | E | N | E | R | G | Y | B | A | R |
A | N | N | O | Y | S | | D | E | M | I | M | O | O | R | E |
R | Y | E | | S | H | A | H | | S | T | A | T | U | E | |
C | A | R | S | T | E | R | E | O | | R | I | O | T | S | |
| | | L | A | S | E | R | P | E | E | L | | T | N | T |
N | U | C | O | R | | A | R | E | N | A | | R | H | E | A |
O | S | A | G | E | | M | I | N | D | | C | O | A | S | T |
R | U | N | S | | N | A | N | T | Z | | O | U | T | T | A |
M | A | Y | | L | O | N | G | H | O | R | N | S | | | |
| L | O | G | A | N | | S | E | N | A | T | E | B | I | D |
| F | U | R | M | A | N | | D | E | V | O | | E | V | E |
M | A | N | O | A | M | A | N | O | | A | U | S | T | I | N |
P | R | O | G | R | E | S | S | O | | G | R | A | T | E | S |
G | E | T | S | | S | T | A | R | | E | S | P | Y | S | |
Sat 12/21/2019
| | J | O | E | C | A | M | E | L | | E | T | C | H |
| S | U | L | T | A | N | A | T | E | | M | I | R | E |
S | A | N | D | A | L | W | O | O | D | | I | M | A | X |
P | O | K | E | | V | A | R | | | C | L | O | V | E |
O | P | E | N | | E | R | I | C | T | H | E | R | E | D |
N | A | M | | | | | | A | R | I | Z | | | |
G | U | A | M | | H | O | T | S | Y | T | O | T | S | Y |
E | L | I | A | | A | U | R | A | S | | L | O | K | I |
S | O | L | O | A | R | T | I | S | T | | A | R | I | D |
| | | J | U | D | D | | | | | | P | A | D |
S | Q | U | A | D | G | O | A | L | S | | T | E | R | I |
T | U | C | C | I | | | L | I | P | | O | D | E | S |
R | O | O | K | | T | R | E | V | O | R | N | O | A | H |
A | R | N | E | | A | A | V | E | R | A | G | E | S | |
W | A | N | T | | I | N | E | R | T | G | A | S | | |
Sun 12/22/2019 DOWN FOR THE COUNT
L | C | D | | | | A | L | E | | | | L | O | P | | | | N | A | W |
O | R | E | S | | S | C | A | L | P | | M | I | N | S | K | | R | O | B | E |
M | U | L | T | I | P | L | I | C | A | T | I | V | E | I | N | V | E | R | S | E |
B | L | O | U | S | E | | R | A | G | W | E | E | D | | E | C | H | E | C | K |
A | L | U | N | S | E | R | | P | E | O | N | S | | M | E | R | M | A | I | D |
R | E | S | | | | U | R | I | | | | A | V | A | | | | S | S | A |
D | R | E | W | | T | E | E | T | O | T | A | L | E | R | S | | P | O | S | Y |
I | S | D | O | N | E | | M | A | C | H | S | I | X | | A | R | E | N | A | S |
| | | U | S | C | G | | N | U | R | S | E | | G | I | R | L | | | |
P | O | R | K | C | H | O | P | | L | E | E | | P | A | S | S | E | D | G | O |
A | M | O | | | | B | A | B | I | E | S | R | U | S | | | | E | E | K |
S | A | G | A | | B | R | I | O | | | | A | L | M | S | | I | L | S | A |
T | H | E | T | H | E | O | R | Y | O | F | R | E | L | A | T | I | V | I | T | Y |
E | A | R | M | A | R | K | S | | N | O | E | | A | I | R | W | A | V | E | S |
| | F | A | I | R | E | | M | A | U | L | S | | N | O | O | N | E | | |
O | H | E | N | R | Y | | F | O | R | R | E | A | L | | S | N | A | R | F | S |
N | O | D | | | | P | A | R | R | | A | M | E | S | | | | Y | O | N |
A | M | E | N | | T | U | T | T | I | F | R | U | T | T | I | | E | R | N | E |
J | A | R | O | M | I | R | | O | V | I | N | E | | A | L | A | M | O | D | E |
A | G | E | N | D | E | R | | N | A | V | E | L | | G | L | A | M | O | U | R |
G | E | R | A | L | D | S | | S | L | E | D | S | | S | E | S | A | M | E | S |
RegEx can indeed be helpful. Here are some words with exactly three, four, or five Ts.
Click Help on our Finder page for some helpful RegEx web links.
– puzzle by Laura Taylor Kinnel
POW Mon 12/23/2019
M | A | Y | A | N | S | | | D | O | T | C | O | M |
E | X | O | T | I | C | | | E | U | R | O | P | A |
M | I | D | D | L | E | R | E | L | I | E | V | E | R |
E | S | A | U | | N | O | A | H | | X | E | N | A |
| | | S | L | E | D | R | I | D | E | | | |
A | W | A | K | E | | | | | I | S | L | A | M |
R | I | G | | S | T | A | M | O | S | | E | W | E |
C | F | O | S | | O | P | A | L | | A | V | O | W |
H | I | G | H | S | P | E | E | D | D | R | I | L | L |
| | | E | A | T | | | S | O | L | | | |
| R | E | D | D | E | L | I | C | I | O | U | S | |
T | U | X | | | N | I | N | O | | | P | T | A |
S | P | I | N | T | H | E | D | R | E | I | D | E | L |
P | E | T | E | R | I | | | E | L | R | O | N | D |
S | E | S | T | E | T | | | S | I | E | S | T | A |
Tue 12/24/2019
| D | E | F | R | A | Y | | | H | E | E | H | A | W |
M | O | L | I | E | R | E | | S | I | X | P | A | C | K |
C | O | L | D | C | U | T | | A | R | E | O | L | A | R |
G | R | A | D | | B | I | N | D | E | R | C | L | I | P |
| | | L | E | A | S | E | | | T | H | E | | |
S | T | I | E | G | | | A | L | S | | A | B | C | S |
W | I | N | D | O | W | T | R | I | M | | L | E | A | N |
I | B | M | | N | E | A | | M | E | T | | R | N | A |
M | I | E | N | | B | U | M | P | E | R | C | R | O | P |
S | A | M | E | | B | T | W | | | U | H | Y | E | S |
| | O | W | S | | | A | T | S | E | A | | | |
B | A | R | B | E | R | S | H | O | P | | I | S | L | A |
O | R | I | O | L | E | S | | Q | U | A | R | T | E | T |
S | T | A | R | M | A | N | | U | N | W | E | A | V | E |
H | Y | M | N | A | L | | | E | K | E | D | B | Y | |
Wed 12/25/2019
P | S | S | T | | B | A | S | K | | | P | I | N | A |
A | C | A | I | | I | S | L | A | M | | O | N | E | S |
L | A | N | D | H | O | H | O | H | O | | O | T | I | S |
O | L | D | I | E | | | T | L | C | | L | O | L | A |
| P | L | E | A | S | E | H | O | H | O | H | O | L | D |
| | | S | L | A | P | | | A | T | A | D | | |
D | E | I | | | S | C | A | R | | O | L | E | I | C |
I | T | S | H | O | H | O | H | O | P | E | L | E | S | S |
S | C | O | O | T | | T | H | O | R | | | P | H | I |
| | T | T | O | P | | | M | I | S | O | | | |
H | O | H | O | H | O | L | Y | S | M | O | K | E | S | |
A | V | E | R | | P | E | A | | | S | T | R | E | P |
T | U | R | N | | I | M | H | O | H | O | H | O | M | E |
E | L | M | O | | N | O | O | S | E | | E | D | I | T |
R | E | S | T | | | N | O | U | N | | N | E | S | S |
Ho HO!
Here are all the NYT crosswords published on Christmas Day.
– puzzle by Bruce Haight
Thu 12/26/2019
J | A | M | | E | R | G | | S | H | Y | | | D | O | W |
A | M | R | A | D | I | O | | C | O | U | P | | E | V | A |
B | A | T | C | A | V | E | | R | O | L | E | P | L | A | Y |
| | | S | M | E | T | H | E | D | E | T | A | I | L | S |
| C | O | D | | R | H | E | A | | | S | E | C | | |
| O | R | C | A | S | | A | M | I | S | | L | O | I | S |
E | S | T | | F | E | A | T | | S | P | E | L | U | N | K |
X | T | H | E | R | I | G | H | T | B | A | L | A | N | C | E |
E | C | O | T | O | N | E | | I | N | C | A | | T | U | G |
C | O | D | A | | E | R | S | E | | E | L | L | E | R | |
| | O | L | E | | | T | R | A | P | | O | R | S | |
X | X | X | I | N | T | H | E | S | T | R | A | W | | | |
R | E | J | I | G | G | E | R | | B | O | W | L | I | N | G |
A | R | E | | R | I | L | E | | A | B | E | Y | A | N | T |
Y | O | W | | | F | L | O | | Y | E | S | | N | E | O |
Fri 12/27/2019
S | A | F | E | S | | R | O | D | E | | P | D | F | S |
P | L | E | B | E | | A | L | A | N | M | O | O | R | E |
A | L | L | O | T | | R | E | D | C | A | R | P | E | T |
N | O | T | N | I | C | E | | B | O | T | N | E | T | S |
I | S | A | Y | | O | F | S | O | R | T | S | | | |
S | A | T | | B | L | O | N | D | E | | T | A | B | S |
H | U | H | | E | I | R | E | | | S | A | D | A | T |
F | R | O | Z | E | N | M | A | R | G | A | R | I | T | A |
L | U | M | E | N | | | K | O | O | K | | O | E | R |
U | S | E | R | | C | H | E | A | T | S | | S | S | T |
| | | O | H | L | O | R | D | Y | | I | A | M | S |
I | C | E | D | O | U | T | | T | E | E | N | M | O | M |
C | O | L | O | R | C | O | D | E | | A | N | I | T | A |
B | L | O | W | A | K | I | S | S | | S | E | G | E | L |
M | A | N | N | | S | L | O | T | | T | R | O | L | L |
Sat 12/28/2019
H | I | P | S | | T | S | P | S | | I | L | I | A | D |
O | C | H | O | | S | P | A | S | | C | O | M | M | A |
L | A | O | S | | H | I | T | T | H | E | S | P | O | T |
O | N | N | O | T | I | C | E | | O | D | E | S | S | A |
G | R | E | | W | R | Y | | J | O | T | S | | | |
R | E | D | H | O | T | | M | A | K | E | S | D | O | |
A | L | I | A | S | | C | A | M | E | A | L | O | N | G |
M | A | T | S | | C | O | R | E | D | | E | T | T | U |
S | T | I | N | G | R | A | Y | S | | L | E | T | H | E |
| E | N | T | A | I | L | S | | R | U | P | E | E | S |
| | | A | L | M | S | | B | U | S | | D | R | S |
O | R | A | C | L | E | | C | A | S | H | F | L | O | W |
T | O | P | L | O | A | D | E | R | S | | R | I | C | H |
O | N | E | U | P | | N | O | N | E | | A | N | K | A |
H | A | D | E | S | | A | S | S | T | | T | E | S | T |
Sun 12/29/2019 NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
S | P | O | I | L | | L | A | L | A | W | | S | H | U | T | | W | A | R | T |
P | U | N | N | Y | | A | R | I | S | E | | L | A | S | H | | I | G | O | R |
C | L | E | A | N | O | U | T | T | H | E | H | O | U | S | E | | N | A | M | E |
A | L | P | S | | U | R | L | | | D | A | M | E | | D | E | E | P | A | K |
| S | E | E | F | R | I | E | N | D | S | M | O | R | E | O | F | T | E | N | |
M | A | R | C | I | | E | S | A | I | | | | | A | T | T | A | | | |
O | H | C | O | O | L | | S | N | O | G | | S | S | R | | | S | R | O | |
S | E | E | N | S | A | Y | | G | R | O | W | M | Y | N | E | S | T | E | G | G |
H | A | N | D | | K | O | N | | | W | E | I | R | | C | L | E | A | R | Y |
E | D | T | | M | E | R | E | | S | A | L | T | I | | H | A | R | L | E | M |
| | | G | I | V | E | U | P | O | L | D | H | A | B | I | T | S | | | |
S | H | E | R | R | I | | T | E | A | K | S | | N | O | D | E | | M | B | A |
A | E | R | A | T | E | | R | A | M | I | | | S | O | N | | T | E | E | N |
W | A | T | C | H | W | H | A | T | I | E | A | T | | B | A | G | H | D | A | D |
| L | E | I | | | A | L | Y | | S | C | A | R | | S | I | R | I | U | S |
| | | E | A | R | S | | | | | D | R | E | D | | L | O | T | T | O |
| P | L | A | N | A | P | E | R | F | E | C | T | G | E | T | A | W | A | Y | |
S | H | A | L | O | M | | D | E | A | D | | | I | N | K | | A | T | I | T |
W | A | I | L | | O | R | G | A | N | I | Z | E | M | Y | O | F | F | I | C | E |
I | S | L | E | | N | E | E | D | | T | A | K | E | I | | T | I | V | O | S |
M | E | A | N | | A | N | D | Y | | S | P | E | N | T | | S | T | E | N | T |
Mon 12/30/2019
A | S | H | | A | T | W | A | R | | C | I | G | A | R |
I | C | E | | L | A | I | N | E | | A | N | O | S | E |
M | A | R | G | A | R | I | N | E | | R | O | O | T | S |
S | T | E | A | M | | | | D | O | O | R | D | I | E |
| | | H | O | N | O | R | S | T | U | D | E | N | T |
O | R | C | A | | A | P | E | | T | S | E | | | |
D | E | A | N | | A | R | C | S | | E | R | A | S | E |
D | A | M | | O | N | A | R | O | L | L | | R | I | A |
S | P | E | A | R | | H | O | N | E | | R | A | P | S |
| | | R | B | I | | O | O | N | | E | L | S | E |
A | L | U | M | I | N | U | M | F | O | I | L | | | |
D | E | N | O | T | E | S | | | | D | I | A | L | S |
Z | A | I | R | E | | M | O | N | E | Y | C | L | I | P |
E | S | T | E | R | | A | R | I | A | L | | B | O | A |
S | H | E | D | S | | P | E | A | R | L | | A | N | T |
Tue 12/31/2019
S | C | U | B | A | | A | S | I | A | | A | T | M | S |
H | O | N | U | S | | B | O | N | D | | N | E | A | L |
I | R | I | S | H | P | O | U | N | D | | N | A | R | Y |
R | N | C | | E | R | R | S | | S | L | A | M | O | N |
K | E | E | P | | A | T | A | S | T | E | | C | O | O |
S | A | F | A | R | I | | | K | O | I | P | O | N | D |
| | | R | E | S | C | U | E | | | A | C | E | S |
| T | W | O | P | E | A | S | I | N | A | P | O | D | |
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