Wed 12/1/2021
C | Z | A | R | | C | A | C | T | I | | F | E | T | E |
L | O | C | O | | A | T | H | O | S | | A | R | I | D |
E | R | R | O | N | T | H | E | G | S | T | R | I | N | G |
F | R | I | D | A | | E | W | E | | E | M | C | E | E |
S | O | D | | P | W | N | | T | O | R | E | | | |
| | | C | L | E | A | N | H | E | I | R | A | C | T |
S | O | L | O | E | D | | E | E | R | | S | H | O | O |
I | R | O | N | S | | M | I | R | | S | T | A | I | N |
F | E | L | T | | M | U | G | | U | N | A | B | L | E |
T | O | A | I | R | I | S | H | U | M | A | N | | | |
| | | N | E | C | K | | N | A | T | | T | W | A |
D | E | I | G | N | | E | O | S | | C | O | R | A | L |
E | Y | R | E | T | O | T | H | E | T | H | R | O | N | E |
M | E | A | N | | A | R | I | A | S | | A | P | E | X |
I | S | N | T | | K | Y | O | T | O | | L | E | D | A |
Thu 12/2/2021
S | W | A | T | | P | A | S | T | A | | A | V | I | S |
R | I | C | H | | E | L | F | I | N | | M | A | R | E |
I | N | T | E | R | N | L | O | C | K | | A | T | O | N |
| | | C | I | O | | | | L | A | T | I | N | A |
J | A | M | A | A | L | | A | M | E | R | I | C | I | T |
A | M | O | S | | O | C | T | E | T | S | | I | C | E |
M | I | N | T | | N | O | E | S | | O | R | B | | |
B | E | T | R | A | Y | S | | M | I | N | E | R | A | L |
| | R | O | W | | I | B | E | T | | L | A | C | E |
A | B | E | | A | N | G | E | R | S | | A | R | M | S |
D | R | A | G | K | I | N | G | | S | A | Y | Y | E | S |
V | O | L | O | E | S | | | | O | A | R | | | |
E | G | A | N | | S | A | L | T | S | H | A | K | E | R |
R | U | D | E | | A | G | O | R | A | | C | I | T | E |
B | E | A | R | | N | O | T | E | D | | E | X | A | M |
Fri 12/3/2021
B | O | T | H | | O | S | I | R | I | S | | H | B | O |
R | H | E | A | | U | P | T | O | N | O | G | O | O | D |
A | I | M | S | | S | E | C | O | N | D | W | I | N | D |
T | O | P | N | O | T | C | H | | | D | E | S | K | S |
| | T | O | N | E | S | | G | L | I | N | T | S | |
I | F | F | I | E | R | | L | O | A | N | | | | |
R | E | A | D | S | | B | A | B | Y | G | A | T | E | S |
K | A | T | E | | T | A | P | A | S | | S | U | R | E |
S | T | E | A | D | Y | G | I | G | | D | I | X | I | E |
| | | | E | K | E | S | | D | E | F | E | N | D |
| R | A | F | A | E | L | | V | A | L | I | D | | |
W | O | R | L | D | | | G | A | Y | I | C | O | N | S |
A | D | I | O | S | A | M | I | G | O | | A | C | A | I |
R | E | S | P | E | C | T | F | U | L | | R | A | I | D |
M | O | E | | T | E | A | S | E | D | | E | T | R | E |
POW Sat 12/4/2021
C | H | E | F | S | K | I | S | S | | C | L | I | F | F |
Y | O | G | A | P | A | N | T | S | | H | E | N | R | I |
B | O | R | N | A | G | A | I | N | | I | N | D | E | X |
E | K | E | | Y | A | R | N | | A | N | D | I | E | |
R | A | G | A | | N | O | T | E | T | O | S | E | L | F |
C | H | I | C | K | | W | E | L | L | S | | B | A | A |
A | B | O | D | E | S | | D | I | A | | S | A | N | K |
F | A | U | C | E | T | S | | A | S | K | A | N | C | E |
E | R | S | | P | A | R | E | S | | A | N | D | E | S |
| | | S | I | T | I | N | | E | T | S | | | |
B | I | D | E | T | S | | G | O | T | A | S | E | C | |
A | C | R | I | D | | H | A | B | A | N | E | R | O | S |
S | A | Y | N | O | M | O | R | E | | A | R | O | M | A |
E | L | L | E | W | O | O | D | S | | S | I | D | E | D |
S | L | Y | | N | O | F | E | E | | | F | E | T | E |
Sun 12/5/2021 COME AGAIN?
C | B | S | | | A | S | L | E | E | P | | U | P | S | E | T | | G | M | C |
L | A | I | D | | N | E | U | R | A | L | | N | O | O | N | E | | O | A | R |
A | L | L | A | | N | E | V | E | R | E | N | D | I | N | G | S | T | O | R | Y |
U | S | E | D | C | A | R | | | | U | A | E | | | | L | O | N | E | |
S | A | N | S | A | | | B | E | A | R | S | R | E | P | E | A | T | I | N | G |
E | M | T | | M | A | R | I | M | B | A | | D | R | A | G | | S | E | G | A |
| | P | E | R | P | E | T | U | A | L | M | O | T | I | O | N | | S | O | Y |
| K | A | N | Y | E | W | E | S | T | | A | G | E | N | T | S | | | | |
F | A | R | M | S | | | | | E | O | S | | | | | A | S | P | C | A |
E | T | T | A | | N | A | N | A | | P | O | P | A | R | T | | I | S | A | Y |
T | A | N | S | | A | D | I | N | F | I | N | I | T | U | M | | K | E | R | R |
I | N | E | S | | G | O | L | D | E | N | | G | E | E | Z | | H | U | M | E |
D | A | R | E | I | | | | | W | E | D | | | | | T | I | D | E | S |
| | | | S | H | A | R | P | E | | I | M | P | O | S | E | S | O | N | |
N | B | C | | R | E | C | U | R | R | I | N | G | D | R | E | A | M | S | | |
O | R | A | L | | R | A | F | E | | N | A | M | A | S | T | E | | C | I | T |
N | O | N | S | T | O | P | F | L | I | G | H | T | S | | | G | U | I | D | O |
| C | I | A | O | | | | A | C | R | | | | A | L | G | R | E | E | N |
C | O | N | T | I | N | U | I | T | Y | O | F | C | A | R | E | | S | N | A | G |
O | D | E | | L | E | T | M | E | | U | R | C | H | I | N | | A | C | L | U |
Y | E | S | | S | T | E | P | S | | P | O | S | I | E | S | | | E | S | E |
Mon 12/6/2021
S | H | A | G | S | | O | R | A | L | | T | A | M | P |
T | A | B | O | O | | D | E | M | I | | A | R | E | A |
A | R | E | A | R | | O | L | I | G | A | R | C | H | Y |
B | I | L | L | O | F | R | I | G | H | T | S | | | |
| | | I | R | A | | C | O | T | E | | D | O | E |
I | N | T | E | A | R | S | | | E | U | R | E | K | A |
C | A | R | | L | E | T | T | E | R | P | R | E | S | S |
E | T | A | T | | | Y | A | Y | | | S | M | U | T |
P | A | C | K | A | G | E | D | E | A | L | | E | R | E |
O | N | T | O | U | R | | | S | M | O | L | D | E | R |
P | T | S | | T | O | E | D | | M | S | U | | | |
| | | Y | O | U | V | E | G | O | T | M | A | I | L |
S | A | F | E | S | P | A | C | E | | A | B | O | D | E |
A | W | O | L | | E | D | A | M | | R | E | N | E | W |
P | E | E | L | | R | E | F | S | | T | R | E | A | D |
Film snobs will go on and on about how You've Got Mail is a poor remake of Ernst Lubitsch's masterpiece The Shop Around the Corner, and that Tom Hanks is no Jimmy Stewart and blah, blah, blah. So annoying.
But, yes, they're right.
– puzzle by Emily Rourke
Tue 12/7/2021
T | O | N | | L | O | G | I | N | | | S | A | N | D |
A | V | E | | O | U | N | C | E | S | | T | R | I | O |
D | E | C | | P | I | C | K | L | E | J | U | I | C | E |
A | N | K | L | E | | | | S | P | E | N | D | E | R |
| | P | I | Z | Z | A | J | O | I | N | T | | | |
S | K | I | P | | I | L | A | N | A | | M | M | A | |
O | Y | L | | S | T | E | M | | | H | E | A | R | S |
P | O | L | I | T | I | C | A | L | J | U | N | K | I | E |
S | T | O | N | Y | | | I | S | E | E | | E | E | L |
| O | W | S | | D | E | C | A | F | | W | I | L | L |
| | | P | R | I | V | A | T | E | J | E | T | | |
A | C | R | E | A | G | E | | | | E | D | W | I | N |
M | A | T | C | H | I | N | G | P | J | S | | O | D | E |
F | R | E | T | | T | I | P | O | U | T | | R | E | X |
M | E | S | S | | | F | A | C | T | S | | K | A | T |
Wed 12/8/2021
S | W | A | B | | T | W | A | N | G | | E | D | I | T |
H | O | S | E | | A | I | R | E | R | | A | I | D | A |
O | M | I | T | | I | N | T | R | O | | S | A | A | B |
A | B | A | T | T | L | E | O | F | W | I | T | S | | |
L | A | G | E | R | | | O | S | L | O | | P | A | C |
S | T | O | R | I | E | D | | | S | N | O | O | T | Y |
| | | | B | O | A | R | D | | | E | R | O | S |
S | A | R | G | E | N | T | P | O | R | T | R | A | I | T |
A | R | E | A | | | A | M | O | C | O | | | | |
G | O | B | L | E | T | | | M | A | R | I | M | B | A |
E | D | U | | R | U | S | T | | | S | N | E | A | K |
| | T | S | A | R | N | I | C | H | O | L | A | S | I |
A | N | T | E | | B | A | T | H | E | | A | N | E | T |
W | R | A | P | | O | I | L | E | R | | I | T | S | A |
S | A | L | T | | S | L | E | W | S | | D | O | T | S |
Thu 12/9/2021
A | S | A | | D | A | M | P | | P | E | Y | O | T | E |
M | T | N | | E | V | E | R | | L | O | A | N | E | D |
O | A | K | | L | A | L | A | L | A | N | D | I | N | G |
N | I | L | L | A | | | D | O | C | | I | T | T | Y |
G | R | E | E | N | B | O | O | K | I | N | G | | | |
| | S | T | O | R | M | | I | D | E | | F | B | I |
A | C | T | S | | A | N | A | | | A | A | R | O | N |
J | U | R | A | S | S | I | C | P | A | R | K | I | N | G |
A | B | A | T | E | | | C | U | E | | I | S | E | E |
R | A | P | | A | L | E | | G | R | O | N | K | | |
| | | K | N | I | V | E | S | O | U | T | I | N | G |
O | B | O | E | | P | I | E | | | T | O | N | E | R |
K | I | L | L | B | I | L | L | I | N | G | | E | C | O |
A | D | D | L | E | D | | E | S | A | U | | S | K | A |
Y | E | S | Y | E | S | | D | O | W | N | | S | S | N |
Fri 12/10/2021
B | E | D | I | N | A | B | A | G | | M | A | L | A | R |
E | N | R | O | U | T | E | T | O | | A | L | O | N | E |
L | E | A | N | R | I | G | H | T | | G | O | T | T | A |
| | G | I | S | T | | E | O | L | I | T | H | I | C |
P | R | I | Z | E | | R | I | T | A | | | A | F | T |
R | E | N | E | | P | U | S | H | U | P | B | R | A | S |
E | A | T | | M | O | N | T | E | R | E | Y | | | |
P | R | O | N | O | U | N | | R | E | D | U | C | E | D |
| | | G | E | N | E | R | A | L | S | | H | A | Y |
S | H | O | O | T | C | R | A | P | S | | T | I | R | E |
A | O | L | | | E | S | P | Y | | P | O | O | L | S |
C | H | I | R | A | S | H | I | | T | E | R | M | | |
R | O | V | E | D | | I | N | D | I | A | P | E | R | S |
A | H | E | A | D | | G | O | N | E | R | O | G | U | E |
L | O | R | D | S | | H | E | A | R | T | R | A | T | E |
POW Sat 12/11/2021
A | I | R | | G | P | A | | | S | T | E | P | T | O |
P | R | E | Q | U | E | L | S | | H | A | T | E | R | S |
T | A | Q | U | E | R | I | A | | A | L | A | N | I | S |
| Q | U | E | S | T | | W | I | K | I | | C | O | O |
| | I | S | S | U | E | | S | U | S | H | I | | |
A | G | R | A | | R | U | M | O | R | M | I | L | L | |
B | L | E | D | | B | R | A | T | | A | T | S | E | A |
L | E | D | I | N | | O | R | O | | N | O | H | O | W |
E | A | R | L | E | | Z | I | N | E | | P | A | N | E |
| M | E | L | A | T | O | N | I | N | | F | R | E | D |
| | A | A | R | O | N | | C | H | E | A | P | | |
D | O | D | | S | E | E | M | | A | R | D | E | N | |
O | R | I | S | I | T | | L | E | N | I | E | N | C | Y |
D | E | N | A | D | A | | B | A | C | K | S | E | A | T |
D | O | G | L | E | G | | | T | E | A | | R | A | D |
Sun 12/12/2021 JOB SHARING
A | T | O | M | | T | A | L | E | | M | A | S | H | U | P | | T | A | R | T |
C | O | R | A | | A | L | O | T | | A | R | C | A | N | A | | O | D | O | R |
L | O | C | K | S | M | I | T | H | | M | O | U | S | E | R | | O | L | A | Y |
U | N | S | E | A | T | | R | E | N | A | U | L | T | | T | V | D | A | D | S |
| | | M | W | A | H | | L | A | B | S | P | E | C | I | A | L | I | S | T |
C | O | P | E | | M | O | B | | D | I | E | T | | P | E | L | E | | | |
O | R | O | | | | N | O | S | I | R | | | F | I | R | E | O | P | A | L |
B | A | G | G | A | G | E | H | A | N | D | L | E | R | | | T | O | O | L | E |
S | L | O | U | G | H | | O | D | E | | A | X | I | L | S | | | L | I | P |
| | S | L | U | E | D | | | | A | L | P | A | C | A | | B | Y | T | E |
O | U | T | P | A | T | I | E | N | T | C | O | O | R | D | I | N | A | T | O | R |
U | R | I | S | | T | O | M | C | A | T | | | | S | L | A | S | H | | |
N | B | C | | | O | N | E | A | M | | S | T | S | | O | V | I | E | D | O |
C | A | K | E | D | | | N | A | I | L | T | E | C | H | N | I | C | I | A | N |
E | N | S | N | A | R | E | D | | | O | R | A | T | E | | | | S | T | Y |
| | | T | R | E | E | | W | I | S | E | | V | A | N | | S | T | A | X |
C | I | V | I | L | E | N | G | I | N | E | E | R | | P | O | R | E | | | |
A | N | O | R | A | K | | R | E | A | L | T | O | R | | P | O | E | T | I | C |
T | A | T | E | | I | C | A | N | S | O | | B | A | S | E | C | O | A | C | H |
C | N | E | T | | N | A | V | I | E | S | | E | G | O | T | | F | L | E | E |
H | E | D | Y | | G | R | E | E | C | E | | S | E | W | S | | F | L | E | X |
POW Mon 12/13/2021
E | B | B | S | | C | R | A | B | | D | E | T | E | R |
A | E | R | O | | F | O | I | E | | I | M | A | G | E |
R | A | I | L | R | O | A | D | S | T | A | T | I | O | N |
S | T | E | V | E | | M | E | T | A | L | | L | S | D |
| | L | E | A | P | | | I | C | E | T | | | |
A | N | A | | M | A | R | K | E | T | C | R | A | S | H |
F | A | R | | S | W | A | N | | | T | O | N | Y | A |
L | O | S | S | | S | P | O | R | T | | T | O | R | T |
A | M | O | U | R | | | W | I | R | E | | T | I | E |
C | I | N | N | A | M | O | N | B | U | N | | H | A | D |
| | | S | P | A | N | | | E | D | G | E | | |
P | A | Z | | I | W | I | S | H | | E | U | R | O | S |
S | T | O | P | D | R | O | P | A | N | D | R | O | L | L |
S | T | O | O | L | | N | I | L | E | | U | N | D | O |
T | A | S | T | Y | | S | N | O | W | | S | E | E | P |
Tue 12/14/2021
W | O | N | K | | C | H | A | N | G | S | | A | S | K |
E | R | S | E | | R | O | B | E | R | T | | M | I | A |
S | C | A | N | D | I | N | A | V | I | A | | I | N | N |
| | | K | O | B | E | | E | G | G | I | E | S | T |
E | S | S | E | X | | | | | R | I | G | | | |
L | O | W | N | E | S | S | | F | I | N | L | A | N | D |
O | D | E | | D | E | T | E | R | | G | O | L | O | W |
P | O | D | S | | C | O | M | E | T | | O | G | R | E |
E | P | E | E | S | | C | U | R | I | E | | O | W | L |
D | E | N | M | A | R | K | | E | N | T | H | R | A | L |
| | | I | V | E | | | | | H | U | E | Y | S |
P | E | R | S | I | S | T | | P | A | I | R | | | |
A | X | E | | N | O | R | D | I | C | C | R | O | S | S |
L | I | L | | G | R | E | E | N | E | | A | R | I | A |
S | T | Y | | S | T | E | W | E | D | | H | A | M | M |
Coincidental discovery is common in science, and coincidental theme ideas happen in crosswords too. Ross Trudeau published Six Flags Europe on his personal site a couple of weeks ago.
– puzzle by Tao Platt
Wed 12/15/2021
A | L | L | S | | | H | A | S | | A | T | E | U | P |
R | O | O | T | | H | E | L | P | | L | E | D | G | E |
A | C | R | E | | A | R | E | A | | B | E | I | G | E |
B | A | D | I | N | V | E | S | T | M | E | N | T | S | |
| L | I | N | E | A | | | | A | R | C | | | |
A | P | T | | O | N | E | W | A | Y | T | R | I | P | S |
C | R | O | W | | A | L | I | T | | A | U | D | E | N |
T | I | V | O | | S | I | L | T | S | | S | I | R | I |
A | D | E | L | A | | S | L | I | T | | H | O | S | T |
S | E | R | V | I | C | E | A | C | E | S | | T | I | S |
| | | E | R | A | | | | V | E | S | P | A | |
| S | O | R | R | Y | N | O | R | E | T | U | R | N | S |
J | U | L | I | A | | U | D | O | N | | L | O | C | I |
O | M | A | N | I | | L | E | A | S | | F | O | A | M |
T | O | Y | E | D | | L | S | D | | | A | F | T | S |
Thu 12/16/2021
A | G | R | E | E | S | | | A | L | O | T | | I | R | E |
B | R | E | A | T | H | | | B | E | W | I | L | D | E | R |
B | E | M | U | S | E | | S | O | N | N | E | T | E | E | R |
Y | E | A | | | | G | N | U | | S | I | D | E | D | |
| T | R | E | E | B | O | A | | G | U | N | S | | | |
| | R | E | L | I | E | F | M | A | P | S | | R | O | B |
M | A | I | N | I | S | S | U | E | S | | | B | A | R | B |
O | B | E | Y | | | D | E | W | B | E | R | R | I | E | S |
B | E | D | | H | A | R | D | L | I | N | E | R | S | | |
| | | P | O | S | Y | | I | L | L | Y | R | I | A | |
| S | H | E | D | S | | S | N | L | | | | N | F | C |
O | P | E | R | A | T | I | N | G | | B | O | G | G | L | E |
B | E | F | U | D | D | L | E | | | C | A | S | U | A | L |
E | X | T | | S | A | K | E | | | E | R | U | P | T | S |
Fri 12/17/2021
B | I | B | I | M | B | A | P | | V | I | S | A | G | E |
O | R | A | T | O | R | I | O | | I | M | P | R | O | V |
B | E | S | T | R | O | D | E | | S | O | L | U | T | E |
A | S | S | Y | R | I | A | | M | I | N | I | B | A | R |
| | | B | I | L | | J | O | G | | T | A | T | S |
S | E | M | I | S | | G | E | N | O | A | | | | |
I | C | E | T | | H | O | T | S | T | R | E | A | K | S |
T | H | A | T | H | I | T | S | T | H | E | S | P | O | T |
H | O | L | Y | S | M | O | K | E | S | | T | O | F | U |
| | | | T | A | P | I | R | | S | A | P | I | D |
A | P | R | S | | L | E | S | | L | E | T | | | |
F | R | E | E | G | A | N | | L | I | N | E | M | A | N |
L | O | V | E | L | Y | | S | A | B | O | T | A | G | E |
A | N | E | M | I | A | | A | V | E | R | A | G | E | S |
C | E | L | E | B | S | | G | A | L | A | X | I | E | S |
Sat 12/18/2021
A | C | T | S | | R | A | N | T | S | | A | D | D | S |
R | A | V | E | | A | L | O | H | A | | T | O | O | T |
I | N | S | T | A | N | T | W | I | N | | A | T | T | A |
| W | E | L | L | D | A | M | N | | B | L | I | N | I |
P | E | R | I | O | D | | O | K | B | O | O | M | E | R |
A | N | I | S | E | | T | R | A | I | N | S | E | T | S |
P | O | E | T | | B | E | E | G | E | E | S | | | |
I | T | S | | N | O | S | T | A | R | S | | C | P | A |
| | | D | I | G | T | H | I | S | | B | R | A | Y |
F | R | Y | I | N | G | P | A | N | | S | U | I | T | E |
L | E | A | V | E | S | I | N | | B | E | G | E | T | S |
E | T | H | E | R | | L | E | M | O | N | A | D | E | |
T | I | E | R | | C | O | V | E | R | S | T | O | R | Y |
C | R | A | G | | S | T | E | R | E | | T | U | N | A |
H | E | R | E | | I | S | R | E | D | | I | T | S | Y |
Sun 12/19/2021 SEASON TO TASTE
A | C | T | S | | A | R | I | | P | J | S | | | H | A | I | T | I | A | N |
T | H | R | U | | B | U | S | R | O | U | T | E | | U | N | N | E | R | V | E |
P | E | A | N | U | T | B | B | U | T | T | E | R | | D | E | G | R | E | E | S |
| F | I | N | N | | A | N | I | | | A | R | P | | N | O | R | A | | |
| S | L | I | T | S | | S | N | I | C | K | E | R | H | D | O | O | D | L | E |
| | I | N | I | T | S | | | M | O | S | D | E | F | | D | R | Y | A | D |
G | I | N | G | E | R | T | S | N | A | P | | | L | E | T | S | | O | R | G |
E | N | G | | | A | T | A | N | Y | | T | O | L | L | A | H | O | U | S | E |
A | N | A | T | | D | A | N | E | | R | E | M | | T | O | A | D | | | |
R | A | W | R | | A | R | C | | K | E | R | N | S | | | P | E | T | S | |
S | T | A | U | B | | T | H | I | N | S | M | I | N | T | | E | T | H | E | R |
| E | Y | E | R | | | O | T | O | E | S | | O | R | B | | T | E | L | E |
| | | S | A | G | S | | T | W | A | | F | R | A | U | | A | B | E | S |
F | I | G | E | N | E | W | T | O | N | | O | L | E | I | C | | | E | N | O |
I | L | E | | C | L | E | O | | | S | H | O | R | T | C | B | R | E | A | D |
D | I | N | A | H | | L | O | G | J | A | M | | | S | E | L | E | S | | |
O | A | T | M | E | A | L | M | R | A | I | S | I | N | | R | A | C | K | S | |
| | R | A | D | S | | Y | E | S | | | M | E | A | | S | I | N | E | |
C | O | I | N | O | P | S | | C | O | O | K | I | E | C | U | T | T | E | R | S |
D | R | F | A | U | C | I | | O | N | I | O | N | D | I | P | | A | E | R | O |
C | R | Y | S | T | A | L | | | S | L | O | | Y | D | S | | L | S | A | T |
We don't exactly duplicate the grid here. If you have an NYT Games Subscription, you can view the PDF which uses images of the cookie-cutter shapes — an elegant idea.
I don't get to pick the POWs around here, but this is my favorite crossword of the week. The gimmick is seasonal and pretty and apparently obvious, until the deeper levels reveal themselves. It's unique and clever, yet easy to understand. That seems perfect for a group solve around the kitchen table after overindulging in a family holiday meal.
– puzzle by Laura Taylor Kinnel
Mon 12/20/2021
W | E | L | C | H | | D | A | M | P | | A | N | A | L |
O | M | A | H | A | | A | M | I | E | | C | U | R | E |
R | O | Y | A | L | | R | E | S | P | E | C | T | E | D |
S | T | I | T | C | H | I | N | T | I | M | E | | | |
T | E | N | | Y | E | A | | | T | U | S | H | I | E |
| | | H | O | E | | S | E | A | | S | E | N | T |
H | E | M | A | N | D | H | A | W | | | | L | A | H |
A | L | A | S | | S | O | L | E | S | | U | G | L | Y |
R | I | D | | | | D | A | R | N | I | T | A | L | L |
S | T | A | R | | W | A | D | | O | D | E | | | |
H | E | T | E | R | O | | | A | R | T | | P | H | I |
| | | C | O | M | M | O | N | T | H | R | E | A | D |
T | H | R | O | B | B | I | N | G | | E | E | R | I | E |
H | O | U | R | | A | L | E | S | | F | L | O | R | A |
O | P | E | D | | T | E | S | T | | T | O | N | Y | S |
Tue 12/21/2021
T | S | A | R | | K | I | S | S | | N | A | S | A | L |
O | T | T | O | | I | N | C | H | | Y | E | T | T | O |
G | R | A | B | | A | J | A | R | | C | R | O | O | N |
A | E | R | I | E | | U | R | A | L | | A | P | P | |
| W | I | N | T | E | R | S | P | O | R | T | S | | |
| | | S | A | T | E | | N | O | T | E | D | L | Y |
S | P | O | O | L | S | | B | E | T | S | | E | Y | E |
E | A | R | N | | | M | E | L | | | B | A | R | N |
E | A | R | | W | E | E | D | | S | P | A | D | E | S |
K | R | I | S | H | N | A | | D | O | O | R | | | |
| | S | P | O | O | N | B | E | N | D | I | N | G | |
| U | R | L | | S | T | A | B | | S | T | O | R | E |
S | P | O | I | L | | I | R | O | N | | O | V | E | R |
T | O | O | N | S | | M | E | N | U | | N | E | E | R |
A | N | T | E | D | | E | D | E | N | | E | L | K | S |
POW Wed 12/22/2021
R | A | T | S | | O | C | T | A | L | | S | Y | F | Y |
E | C | H | O | | N | A | O | M | I | | K | O | B | E |
C | H | R | I | S | T | M | A | S | S | P | I | R | I | T |
| | A | L | K | A | | | | Z | O | N | K | | |
L | O | S | T | O | P | P | O | R | T | U | N | I | T | Y |
O | T | H | E | R | | A | D | O | | T | Y | P | E | A |
A | R | E | S | | B | I | O | T | A | | D | O | R | K |
M | A | R | T | I | A | N | M | I | S | S | I | O | N | S |
| | | S | N | L | | | | D | A | P | | | |
U | H | F | | T | E | A | R | O | O | M | | N | O | M |
M | O | R | B | I | D | C | U | R | I | O | S | I | T | Y |
B | R | E | A | M | | T | I | E | | A | N | G | I | E |
Y | A | N | K | E | E | I | N | G | E | N | U | I | T | Y |
E | C | C | E | | L | I | E | O | N | | B | R | I | E |
| E | H | S | | D | I | D | N | T | | S | I | S | |
Thu 12/23/2021
B | L | A | H | | E | T | R | A | D | E | | Z | A | P |
E | A | S | E | | N | A | I | L | I | T | | E | G | O |
A | C | H | R | I | S | T | M | A | S | C | O | R | A | L |
N | E | E | D | N | O | T | | | C | H | R | O | M | E |
| | | S | H | R | I | M | P | | E | D | G | E | S |
E | R | I | C | A | | E | U | R | O | S | | | | |
V | I | T | A | L | A | R | G | O | N | | S | I | N | E |
E | A | S | T | E | R | | | | C | O | T | T | O | N |
R | A | Y | S | | C | A | F | F | E | M | A | C | H | O |
| | | | L | O | Y | A | L | | E | T | H | O | S |
A | M | O | R | E | | S | T | A | P | L | E | | | |
S | O | N | A | T | A | | | T | H | E | H | E | A | T |
T | A | K | E | S | T | W | O | T | O | T | O | N | G | A |
O | N | E | | B | O | W | M | E | N | | O | D | O | R |
N | A | Y | | E | M | I | G | R | E | | D | O | G | S |
RegEx is the wrong tool for what Mr. McCarthy was trying to do but a quick Python script would do the trick.
We have some templates here to help you get started.
– puzzle by Stephen McCarthy
Fri 12/24/2021
D | R | E | W | B | A | C | K | | | | O | M | I | T |
N | E | U | R | A | L | N | E | T | | | M | E | M | E |
A | F | R | I | K | A | N | E | R | S | | A | T | O | N |
L | I | E | G | E | S | | P | A | T | | N | A | V | Y |
A | N | K | H | S | | L | A | C | E | S | | D | E | E |
B | E | A | T | | B | O | C | K | | T | I | A | R | A |
| | | | C | O | W | L | S | | A | S | T | I | R |
| Y | E | A | H | A | B | O | U | T | T | H | A | T | |
P | O | S | S | E | | A | S | I | D | E | | | | |
H | U | C | K | S | | L | E | T | S | | G | A | S | P |
S | A | O | | S | O | L | E | S | | T | O | S | C | A |
T | W | O | S | | R | E | Y | | T | A | S | S | E | L |
R | A | T | E | | G | R | E | W | A | S | P | I | N | E |
I | K | E | A | | | S | O | I | L | T | E | S | T | S |
P | E | R | M | | | | N | I | C | E | L | I | S | T |
Sat 12/25/2021
| | | P | H | O | T | O | A | P | P | S | | | |
| | T | H | E | N | E | W | B | L | A | C | K | | |
| S | H | O | R | T | S | W | E | A | T | H | E | R | |
P | L | I | N | T | H | S | | T | S | E | L | I | O | T |
I | O | N | I | Z | E | | | | T | S | E | T | S | E |
T | A | L | C | | R | A | I | M | I | | P | E | E | N |
A | N | Y | | J | A | M | P | A | C | K | | L | S | D |
| | | G | O | D | F | O | R | B | I | D | | | |
| | O | O | H | I | M | S | C | A | R | E | D | | |
| R | H | I | N | O | | | | G | I | V | E | S | |
T | E | E | N | S | | M | A | P | | N | I | C | A | D |
A | T | M | S | | M | O | M | O | A | | A | L | L | Y |
M | E | G | A | C | O | R | P | O | R | A | T | I | O | N |
E | L | E | N | A | D | E | L | L | E | D | O | N | N | E |
S | L | E | E | V | E | L | E | S | S | D | R | E | S | S |
Sun 12/26/2021 PEST CONTROL
O | R | D | A | I | N | | | A | P | A | C | H | E | | I | M | I | G | H | T |
C | O | U | L | D | A | | U | S | O | T | O | U | R | | M | O | T | H | E | R |
H | O | R | S | E | B | A | C | K | R | I | D | E | R | | O | P | P | O | S | E |
O | M | A | H | A | | P | L | S | | T | I | V | O | S | | | R | U | S | E |
| | | A | T | S | E | A | | | | N | O | R | T | H | P | O | L | E | |
R | E | G | R | E | T | | | T | W | I | G | | | Y | E | A | S | | | |
P | R | E | P | | A | T | R | A | I | N | | | G | E | R | M | | G | E | O |
M | I | T | T | | P | U | B | L | I | C | H | O | U | S | E | | S | O | A | P |
S | C | H | O | O | L | T | I | E | S | | E | W | E | | | B | O | O | Z | E |
| | I | N | S | E | T | | | | B | R | I | S | K | | O | B | G | Y | N |
A | R | T | | T | R | U | E | F | A | L | S | E | T | E | S | T | | L | E | S |
B | O | C | C | E | | T | R | A | C | T | | | | N | I | C | H | E | | |
A | B | H | O | R | | | I | V | E | | M | A | I | N | T | H | E | M | E | S |
C | O | E | D | | S | P | E | A | R | H | E | A | D | E | D | | D | A | T | A |
I | T | D | | T | E | E | S | | | E | N | H | A | L | O | | G | P | A | S |
| | | A | N | N | A | | | S | P | A | S | | | W | R | E | S | T | S |
| S | O | F | T | D | R | I | N | K | | | | N | A | N | A | S | | | |
P | A | I | R | | | L | O | O | I | E | | T | O | P | | C | A | N | A | L |
I | C | L | O | U | D | | W | O | R | K | O | U | T | T | H | E | B | U | G | S |
C | H | E | E | S | E | | A | N | T | E | N | N | A | | A | M | E | N | R | A |
S | A | D | D | E | N | | N | E | S | S | I | E | | | G | E | T | S | A | T |
The clue for 16-Down seems to be an error. The Thriller lyric is "I can thrill you more than any GHOST could ever dare try." The word "ghouls" does occur later in the song, but in a different context. And no, the A TRAIN (43-Across) doesn't quite make it all the way to Kennedy Airport.
– puzzle by Christina Iverson
Mon 12/27/2021
I | L | L | S | A | Y | | S | T | I | R | | C | O | Y |
P | E | O | P | L | E | | A | R | S | E | | A | V | A |
A | A | B | A | T | T | E | R | I | E | S | | P | E | N |
S | P | E | C | | | A | A | M | E | E | T | I | N | G |
| | | E | M | I | T | | | | N | I | T | | |
A | L | E | K | E | G | | A | A | R | D | V | A | R | K |
T | A | X | | T | U | S | S | L | E | | O | L | I | N |
R | U | G | | A | A | M | I | L | N | E | | O | V | O |
I | R | O | N | | N | O | D | S | T | O | | N | A | B |
A | A | V | E | R | A | G | E | | A | N | G | E | L | S |
| | E | R | A | | | | E | L | S | A | | | |
A | A | R | O | N | P | A | U | L | | | S | H | E | A |
S | U | N | | D | O | U | B | L | E | A | T | E | A | M |
I | D | O | | O | G | R | E | | P | H | R | A | S | E |
A | I | R | | S | O | A | R | | S | H | O | R | T | S |
POW Tue 12/28/2021
Z | E | S | T | | C | H | A | P | | C | H | E | S | T |
A | R | T | Y | | H | A | R | E | | L | O | N | E | R |
G | R | I | P | | I | B | A | R | | U | L | T | R | A |
| | L | O | G | C | A | B | I | N | S | Y | R | U | P |
A | L | E | | P | A | N | | S | O | T | | E | M | S |
C | O | T | T | A | G | E | C | H | E | E | S | E | | |
T | O | T | E | | O | R | U | | S | R | O | | | |
S | T | O | R | M | | A | B | C | | S | A | T | U | P |
| | | R | I | N | | E | E | R | | K | A | L | E |
| | R | A | N | C | H | D | R | E | S | S | I | N | G |
C | H | E | | D | A | Y | | A | P | P | | L | A | S |
H | O | M | E | M | A | D | E | M | E | A | L | S | | |
A | N | O | D | E | | R | A | I | N | | A | P | E | S |
N | O | V | E | L | | A | S | S | T | | R | I | G | A |
T | R | E | N | D | | S | E | T | S | | K | N | O | X |
Wed 12/29/2021
O | R | A | L | | B | O | A | T | | C | H | E | S | T |
P | I | T | A | | A | R | C | H | | H | I | L | L | S |
E | M | M | Y | E | M | C | E | E | | I | T | S | O | K |
C | E | S | A | R | | | Y | O | G | A | M | A | T | S |
| | | N | A | R | C | | | A | P | E | | | |
S | H | O | E | | C | A | G | E | Y | E | N | E | M | Y |
W | I | N | G | | A | L | L | S | E | T | | L | E | E |
O | M | E | G | A | | L | O | P | | S | A | L | E | S |
L | O | U | | M | E | M | O | I | R | | R | I | T | E |
E | M | P | T | Y | T | E | P | E | E | | M | E | S | S |
| | | O | A | T | | | S | P | A | R | | | |
S | L | A | M | D | U | N | K | | | B | E | A | R | D |
C | I | R | C | A | | E | A | S | Y | E | S | S | A | Y |
A | T | E | A | M | | A | L | O | E | | T | A | K | E |
B | E | A | T | S | | T | E | X | T | | S | P | E | D |
Thu 12/30/2021
R | O | T | I | | G | R | A | D | E | A | | T | H | A |
A | H | A | B | | R | E | P | E | A | L | | H | A | D |
B | Y | T | E | | A | D | U | L | T | T | E | E | T | H |
B | E | A | T | S | M | E | | | | O | A | R | E | D |
I | A | M | | I | M | A | C | | O | S | C | A | R | |
T | H | I | R | T | Y | R | O | C | K | | H | V | A | C |
| | | Y | E | S | | E | O | S | | | E | D | U |
A | P | S | E | S | | X | X | X | | S | A | N | E | R |
S | E | T | | | W | I | I | | D | I | P | | | |
H | E | A | D | | K | I | S | S | E | S | B | U | T | T |
| P | Y | R | O | S | | T | I | C | S | | N | R | A |
O | H | W | O | W | | | | G | A | Y | I | C | O | N |
B | O | O | Z | E | H | O | U | N | D | | N | O | U | N |
I | L | K | | T | I | P | T | O | E | | N | O | P | E |
T | E | E | | O | T | T | E | R | S | | S | L | E | D |
Fri 12/31/2021
F | R | U | I | T | T | A | R | T | | G | A | S | P | S |
O | O | M | P | A | H | P | A | H | | A | D | O | R | E |
T | U | N | A | M | E | L | T | S | | R | U | B | O | N |
O | X | O | | A | P | A | T | | O | R | L | E | S | S |
| | | X | R | A | Y | L | A | B | | T | R | E | E |
A | P | P | E | A | L | | E | L | S | A | S | | | |
B | E | E | R | | E | A | S | I | E | R | | V | I | M |
L | E | T | S | T | H | I | N | G | S | S | L | I | D | E |
E | R | A | | W | O | M | A | N | S | | A | N | N | A |
| | | B | A | R | A | K | | E | L | W | O | O | D |
J | O | E | L | | S | T | E | P | D | A | D | | | |
I | N | R | O | M | E | | B | L | O | T | | F | E | W |
L | E | I | C | A | | V | I | A | V | E | N | E | T | O |
T | A | C | K | Y | | A | T | T | E | N | U | A | T | E |
S | L | A | Y | S | | R | E | A | R | T | I | R | E | S |