Mon 12/1/2025
| M | E | M | O | | L | E | A | P | | M | E | N | D | S |
| A | C | A | I | | A | L | S | O | | A | V | A | I | L |
| C | H | I | L | L | P | I | L | L | | G | A | U | G | E |
| H | O | N | D | A | | T | A | K | E | I | | R | I | P |
| | F | R | O | Z | E | N | A | C | C | O | U | N | T |
| P | E | R | U | S | E | | | | O | A | R | | | |
| A | D | A | M | | R | H | E | A | | C | A | G | E | S |
| D | I | M | | C | O | O | L | C | A | T | | R | A | P |
| S | T | E | P | H | | P | I | E | R | | M | A | S | A |
| | | E | A | T | | | | T | R | A | C | E | S |
| P | O | L | A | R | O | P | P | O | S | I | T | E | | |
| A | H | A | | A | T | A | R | I | | F | U | N | G | I |
| R | A | T | E | D | | C | O | L | D | F | R | O | N | T |
| I | R | E | N | E | | K | N | E | E | | E | T | A | S |
| S | E | X | T | S | | S | E | R | F | | D | E | W | Y |
Tue 12/2/2025
| M | A | S | T | S | | E | R | I | C | | | M | M | A |
| I | M | M | A | D | | R | A | T | A | | B | E | A | M |
| N | O | O | K | S | | D | I | E | M | | E | G | G | O |
| A | C | R | E | | S | O | S | | E | C | L | A | I | R |
| J | O | E | P | E | S | C | I | | L | A | V | | | |
| | | O | N | E | | N | B | A | T | E | A | M | S |
| C | B | S | T | V | | A | G | E | S | | D | R | A | G |
| L | I | P | S | Y | N | C | | A | T | H | E | A | R | T |
| O | T | O | H | | O | N | C | D | | A | R | B | Y | S |
| D | E | T | O | X | T | E | A | | A | L | E | | | |
| | | T | I | S | | P | G | M | O | V | I | E | S |
| O | C | A | S | I | O | | I | M | P | | O | S | L | O |
| C | O | L | A | | B | E | T | A | | A | D | L | I | B |
| H | O | O | T | | A | C | A | I | | S | K | A | T | E |
| O | P | T | | | D | O | L | L | | L | A | M | E | R |
Wed 12/3/2025
| L | A | D | S | | B | A | L | E | D | | A | M | I | D |
| O | L | E | O | | A | L | E | X | A | | N | I | K | E |
| F | O | R | M | I | L | E | S | I | C | A | N | S | E | E |
| T | H | E | E | N | D | | | T | A | T | | G | A | P |
| Y | A | K | | P | E | D | S | | | O | S | U | | |
| | | S | U | R | V | I | V | E | I | W | I | L | L |
| B | R | I | T | | O | B | I | E | | I | D | E | S |
| F | L | A | X | | P | R | E | L | L | | P | E | N | D |
| L | O | D | E | | H | A | R | E | | B | E | D | S | |
| A | G | I | R | L | I | K | I | S | S | E | D | | | |
| | O | S | O | | | A | T | E | N | | A | S | A |
| A | S | H | | C | S | I | | | E | J | E | C | T | S |
| T | H | E | S | H | E | R | I | F | F | I | S | H | O | T |
| R | I | A | L | | M | A | O | R | I | | P | O | O | R |
| A | N | D | Y | | I | Q | U | I | T | | Y | O | D | A |
Jean-Paul Sartre's "LES Chemins de la Liberté" is a series of novels. The title refers to the Trails to Liberty — paths through the Pyrenees for people escaping the Nazis from France into Spain. You can take guided hikes through them now.
– puzzle by Victor Barocas
Thu 12/4/2025
| C | E | D | A | R | | S | A | A | B | | C | C | C | P |
| I | L | O | S | E | | A | G | R | A | | O | R | A | L |
| T | O | O | K | N | O | T | I | C | E | | M | A | R | A |
| R | I | M | S | | P | A | L | | | H | E | N | R | Y |
| U | S | E | | N | I | N | E | T | I | E | S | K | I | D |
| S | E | R | T | A | | | | I | N | N | | S | A | O |
| | | A | N | I | M | A | L | S | | H | I | G | H |
| C | A | R | A | M | E | L | D | E | L | I | T | E | |
| M | O | S | S | | P | L | E | A | T | E | D | | | |
| A | R | T | | G | E | O | | | | N | E | R | D | S |
| C | R | E | E | P | I | N | G | O | U | T | | O | O | H |
| H | O | R | A | S | | | I | R | S | | O | N | C | E |
| O | D | O | R | | C | A | R | B | O | N | D | A | T | E |
| N | E | I | L | | U | G | L | I | | T | A | L | O | N |
| E | D | D | Y | | B | E | S | T | | H | Y | D | R | A |
Jeff Chen hits a significant milestone with this puzzle. It's his 117th NYT collaboration crossword, moving past the previous record holder Nancy Salomon.
Ms. Salomon was famous for mentoring a huge number of new constructors, including recently retired Wordplay writer and NYT Crossword "It Girl," Deb Amlen. Mr. Chen has mentored even more, collaborating now with 68 different constructors, including yours truly.
– puzzle by Stephan Prock and Jeff Chen
Fri 12/5/2025
| | G | H | A | N | A | | S | A | U | D | I | | |
| S | E | A | S | O | N | T | I | C | K | E | T | S | |
| D | O | N | T | P | O | K | E | T | H | E | B | E | A | R |
| E | V | E | | E | N | L | A | C | E | S | | R | I | A |
| R | I | S | E | N | | E | R | O | S | | C | A | L | I |
| M | E | E | R | | S | T | E | M | | B | A | T | O | N |
| A | T | T | A | C | K | A | D | | L | O | N | E | R | S |
| | | S | L | I | T | | M | I | N | I | | | |
| S | C | R | E | A | M | | T | A | K | E | T | H | A | T |
| A | L | A | R | M | | R | A | T | E | | B | O | T | H |
| L | A | Y | S | | P | I | L | E | | P | E | S | T | O |
| A | R | K | | A | L | B | E | R | T | A | | T | E | N |
| H | E | R | E | G | O | E | S | N | O | T | H | I | N | G |
| T | O | D | A | Y | Y | E | A | R | S | O | L | D | |
| | C | U | R | S | E | | L | E | Y | T | E | | |
Sat 12/6/2025
| T | I | R | E | | S | P | I | C | E | D | A | L | E | S |
| H | A | U | L | | T | E | C | H | N | O | B | E | A | T |
| A | M | M | O | | P | L | E | A | S | E | R | I | S | E |
| T | S | O | | R | A | T | E | R | | | A | F | E | W |
| S | O | R | B | E | T | S | | L | O | O | M | | | |
| A | T | H | E | N | S | | T | I | L | E | S | A | W | S |
| W | H | A | L | E | | W | A | X | E | D | | C | H | U |
| R | E | S | T | | N | A | R | C | O | | Q | T | I | P |
| A | R | I | | D | E | T | O | X | | Q | U | I | T | E |
| P | E | T | N | A | M | E | S | | Q | U | I | V | E | R |
| | | O | D | O | R | | Q | U | A | K | E | R | S |
| C | N | E | T | | | V | I | B | E | Y | | W | H | O |
| H | O | L | Y | S | M | O | K | E | S | | B | E | I | N |
| U | P | S | E | T | A | L | E | R | T | | C | A | N | I |
| M | E | A | T | S | W | E | A | T | S | | C | R | O | C |
Sun 12/7/2025 Original Thinkers
| C | O | I | F | S | | I | P | A | S | S | | A | H | A | B | | A | L | P | O |
| U | B | O | L | T | | W | A | S | A | T | | P | A | C | E | | P | O | O | H |
| P | O | W | E | R | C | O | U | P | L | E | | B | I | R | D | B | R | A | I | N |
| S | E | A | A | I | R | | L | I | A | R | S | | R | E | E | L | | N | N | E |
| | | | V | A | R | | C | A | N | O | E | | | L | I | O | T | T | A |
| C | A | B | L | E | G | U | Y | | M | O | U | N | T | A | I | N | G | O | A | T |
| H | U | R | O | N | | N | I | B | | | P | R | E | V | A | I | L | | | |
| O | T | I | C | | A | S | P | E | N | S | | O | R | E | | S | A | S | S | Y |
| M | O | T | I | O | N | D | E | T | E | C | T | O | R | | | | L | O | W | S |
| P | T | A | | M | O | E | S | | G | A | I | T | E | R | | G | A | V | E | L |
| U | N | M | A | D | E | | P | A | R | E | S | | O | N | E | S | I | E | |
| A | N | N | A | N | | P | A | R | T | E | D | | O | M | E | N | | E | T | C |
| N | E | I | N | | | | S | E | E | D | Y | C | H | A | R | A | C | T | E | R |
| T | R | A | C | E | | O | K | S | | Y | E | S | A | N | D | | L | E | N | A |
| | | A | M | O | R | O | S | O | | | A | R | T | | C | U | R | E | S |
| D | R | I | V | I | N | G | F | O | R | C | E | | A | I | R | H | E | A | D | S |
| R | E | M | E | N | D | | | N | E | E | D | S | | C | O | E | | | | |
| U | G | H | | E | A | R | L | | O | R | I | N | G | | T | W | I | S | T | S |
| D | R | E | A | M | T | E | A | M | | S | T | A | R | W | I | T | N | E | S | S |
| G | E | R | M | | E | A | V | E | | E | E | R | I | E | | O | R | G | A | N |
| E | T | E | S | | S | L | A | T | | I | D | E | S | T | | Y | E | A | R | S |
Mon 12/8/2025
| M | A | D | A | M | | T | A | C | O | | | L | A | D |
| O | P | E | R | A | | A | S | T | I | N | | A | L | A |
| J | A | C | K | S | O | N | H | O | L | E | | S | O | W |
| O | R | O | | C | A | K | E | | P | I | S | T | O | N |
| S | T | R | E | A | K | | S | E | A | L | E | D | | |
| | | U | R | S | A | | M | I | L | L | I | E | |
| L | Y | C | R | A | | S | C | A | N | | | T | S | A |
| S | O | H | O | | D | I | G | I | T | | S | C | A | T |
| D | Y | E | | | R | A | I | L | | H | O | H | U | M |
| O | R | I | G | I | N | | S | L | A | M | | | |
| | R | A | R | E | S | T | | I | M | E | A | N | T |
| S | L | Y | N | O | D | | A | C | E | S | | R | O | I |
| C | U | P | | W | O | R | K | O | U | T | W | E | L | L |
| A | L | I | | L | U | T | E | S | | E | E | N | I | E |
| B | L | T | | | T | E | N | T | | R | I | T | E | S |
Tue 12/9/2025
| A | D | D | S | | P | A | D | R | E | | P | E | P | S |
| D | I | E | T | | T | U | L | I | P | | E | M | I | T |
| A | S | F | A | R | A | S | I | C | A | N | T | E | L | L |
| P | U | R | E | | S | S | E | | O | A | R | S | |
| J | U | S | T | S | P | I | T | B | A | L | L | I | N | G |
| A | T | E | | U | A | E | | E | R | A | | T | E | A |
| B | E | D | A | M | N | | Z | E | E | | M | A | R | Y |
| | | H | E | D | G | E | R | O | W | S | | | |
| G | A | G | A | | O | L | D | | L | A | N | D | E | D |
| I | S | O | | T | R | I | | A | A | H | | U | N | O |
| F | O | R | W | H | A | T | I | T | S | W | O | R | T | H |
| F | I | R | E | | C | R | T | | A | F | A | R | |
| O | N | L | Y | A | T | H | O | U | G | H | T | B | U | T |
| P | O | L | L | | H | E | N | N | A | | E | L | S | A |
| S | W | A | Y | | A | S | S | E | S | | N | E | T | S |
Clever theme.
– puzzle by Kate Hawkins