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Sun 5/1/2011 LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE!
| S | T | R | A | P | | | B | A | R | G | A | I | N | | | S | L | O | P |
| C | O | U | S | I | N | | A | G | E | L | I | M | I | T | | E | I | R | E |
| W | O | R | S | T | N | I | G | H | T | M | A | R | E | C | O | M | E | T | R | U |
| A | N | T | E | A | T | E | R | | | I | M | P | | K | N | O | T | T | | |
| T | E | E | S | | | C | A | L | F | | | I | N | E | E | D | H | E | L | P |
| | | | T | H | E | S | O | U | T | H | P | O | L | | E | R | R | O | R |
| S | A | M | O | A | | | S | E | A | B | E | D | | A | L | U | M | N | I |
| E | N | T | R | Y | L | E | V | E | L | J | O | | A | F | T | S | | A | D | Z |
| L | O | O | T | S | | A | E | R | | | | S | T | A | T | | A | T | O | E |
| M | G | M | | H | A | S | T | | D | I | S | C | | W | I | T | S | E | N | D |
| | | B | O | T | T | O | M | O | F | T | H | E | C | L | A | S | | | |
| S | T | E | E | P | L | E | | I | T | S | Y | | L | E | A | N | | S | O | N |
| P | I | X | Y | | A | R | K | S | | | | V | E | T | | D | E | L | A | Y |
| A | N | O | | E | S | S | A | | A | B | J | E | C | T | P | O | V | E | R | T |
| R | E | T | I | N | T | | A | C | T | I | O | N | | | R | O | A | D | S | |
| T | A | I | N | T | | A | B | S | O | L | U | T | E | Z | E | R | | | | |
| A | R | C | H | R | I | V | A | L | | | R | I | T | Z | | | D | U | M | A |
| | P | E | E | L | E | | E | O | N | | | A | T | T | H | E | T | O | P |
| T | H | E | R | E | S | N | O | W | H | E | R | E | T | O | G | O | B | U | T | U |
| A | R | T | I | | A | G | L | I | M | M | E | R | | P | I | E | R | R | E | |
| P | E | S | T | | | E | A | S | Y | O | N | E | | | F | R | A | N | S | |
There's nowhere to go but UP in this grid where each bottom-dwelling theme answer curls up at the end to get the final letter.
– puzzle by Xan Vongsathorn
Mon 5/2/2011
| M | E | G | A | N | | | P | E | E | P | | H | S | T |
| O | R | A | T | E | D | | A | R | L | O | | I | N | E |
| T | A | Y | L | O | R | S | W | I | F | T | | F | O | R |
| I | T | E | | | A | A | A | S | | P | R | A | W | N |
| F | O | R | K | L | I | F | T | | W | I | E | L | D | |
| | | A | O | N | E | | T | H | E | C | U | R | E |
| A | D | O | R | N | | | J | O | E | | | T | I | X |
| M | O | N | T | G | O | M | E | R | Y | C | L | I | F | T |
| O | W | S | | | M | E | W | | | A | U | N | T | S |
| I | N | A | S | T | I | R | | F | E | R | N | | | |
| S | L | E | E | T | | G | O | D | S | G | I | F | T |
| S | H | E | E | N | | D | E | L | I | | | D | I | I |
| N | I | N | | S | P | E | N | D | T | H | R | I | F | T |
| U | F | O | | E | L | L | E | | S | M | O | O | T | H |
| B | T | W | | D | O | T | S | | | O | N | T | H | E |
Tue 5/3/2011
| B | B | L | | O | F | N | O | | A | N | T | O | N | S |
| A | R | E | | M | O | O | T | | P | E | O | R | I | A |
| L | U | C | | S | U | P | E | R | B | O | W | L | X | X |
| L | S | T | S | | R | A | R | A | | N | N | E | | |
| A | Q | U | A | M | A | R | I | N | E | | I | A | M | B |
| D | U | R | H | A | M | | | | S | C | E | N | E | V |
| S | E | E | I | N | | S | A | N | A | A | | S | T | D |
| | | B | A | T | A | R | O | U | N | D | | | |
| O | B | I | | N | O | S | I | R | | T | A | B | O | R |
| S | A | S | H | A | Y | | | | M | O | N | A | C | O |
| S | H | O | E | | S | P | I | D | E | R | C | R | A | B |
| | T | I | A | | O | N | E | D | | E | R | N | E |
| I | R | O | N | C | U | R | T | A | I | N | | O | A | S |
| R | A | P | I | D | S | | E | R | A | S | | O | D | O |
| S | P | E | E | C | H | | L | E | N | A | | M | A | N |
Wed 5/4/2011
| A | D | D | S | | A | P | A | R | T | | L | O | R | E |
| D | E | A | N | | C | A | B | E | R | | O | D | O | R |
| Z | I | T | I | | T | I | L | D | A | | V | E | T | S |
| F | | P | H | O | N | E | L | I | N | E | | A | |
| | | P | O | R | T | W | I | N | E | S | | | |
| A | M | I | E | S | | B | A | N | | H | O | R | A | S |
| M | A | R | T | S | | A | S | I | | I | N | O | I | L |
| I | D | A | S | | B | L | I | N | D | | G | O | B | I |
| S | A | N | | A | L | L | E | G | R | O | | S | O | D |
| S | M | I | D | G | E | | R | | W | R | I | T | H | E |
| I | | R | E | S | | | | A | N | T | | P | |
| | | Y | E | S | M | A | S | T | E | R | | | |
| B | L | O | W | | Y | A | T | E | S | | I | O | W | A |
| B | I | B | I | | O | S | T | E | O | | E | X | I | T |
| Q | U | I | T | | U | T | U | R | N | | D | O | Z | E |
The 45 blocks here are among the most ever. The grid has rare mirror symmetry. And, of course, it has unchecked letters. Compare to this NO U-TURN puzzle published a couple of months later.
– puzzle by Jeff Chen
Thu 5/5/2011
| S | D | A | K | | H | A | R | D | | E | M | P | T | Y |
| H | O | M | E | G | A | M | E | S | | L | I | R | A | S |
| I | M | O | N | A | R | O | L | L | | S | M | O | K | E |
| M | E | R | G | E | R | S | | | R | E | E | F | E | R |
| | | R | A | Y | | O | D | O | | | | | |
| K | I | W | I | | C | A | R | O | B | | S | A | T | |
| A | S | I | F | | O | X | I | D | E | | A | B | A | R |
| H | A | L | F | | N | I | G | E | R | | M | O | M | A |
| N | A | M | E | | N | O | A | C | T | | M | V | P | S |
| C | A | Y | | I | M | M | A | D | | Y | E | A | H |
| | | | | C | S | I | | O | L | D | | | |
| B | A | R | A | C | K | | | S | W | E | A | T | E | R |
| U | S | O | F | A | | S | W | I | N | G | V | O | T | E |
| D | I | V | E | R | | P | I | L | E | S | I | N | T | O |
| S | T | E | W | S | | A | L | L | Y | | S | E | E | S |
The black squares across the middle spell "Jr" in this puzzle about Juniors.
– puzzle by Joel Fagliano
Fri 5/6/2011
| B | L | I | N | G | B | L | I | N | G | | Y | A | K | S |
| S | E | N | I | O | R | I | T | I | S | | O | A | T | H |
| I | T | A | L | I | A | N | I | C | E | | U | V | E | A |
| D | O | N | E | N | | | S | E | V | E | R | E | L | Y |
| E | N | E | | F | I | F | I | | E | D | E | R | | |
| | | K | O | B | E | | A | N | T | F | A | R | M |
| S | K | I | R | M | I | S | H | | V | I | G | O | R |
| D | O | W | N | | S | N | O | O | P | | R | E | S | T |
| A | B | I | D | E | | T | I | R | E | L | E | S | S | |
| D | A | K | O | T | A | S | | S | E | E | D | | | |
| | E | F | T | S | | H | E | R | A | | R | C | A |
| T | I | M | B | U | K | T | U | | | D | R | I | E | D |
| O | V | A | L | | S | O | M | E | P | E | O | P | L | E |
| P | E | R | U | | I | D | A | T | A | R | B | E | L | L |
| E | S | T | E | | N | O | N | O | N | S | E | N | S | E |
Sat 5/7/2011
| J | I | M | F | I | X | X | | | L | E | V | E | L | A |
| O | N | E | A | C | R | E | | S | I | S | E | N | O | R |
| T | E | S | T | B | A | N | | T | E | L | E | C | O | M |
| T | V | S | | M | Y | O | P | E | S | | R | O | K | S |
| E | E | R | O | | | | I | T | L | L | | M | A | D |
| D | R | S | C | H | O | L | L | S | | A | M | I | T | E |
| | | T | O | N | A | L | | T | R | A | U | M | A |
| S | T | R | A | P | O | N | | T | R | A | M | M | E | L |
| Q | U | I | V | E | R | | H | B | O | M | B | | | |
| U | R | G | E | S | | B | E | A | N | S | A | L | A | D |
| A | N | G | | O | R | A | L | | | | S | U | V | A |
| R | I | E | N | | U | S | M | I | N | T | | T | E | N |
| I | N | D | O | U | B | T | | R | O | U | T | I | N | G |
| S | T | U | D | F | E | E | | A | N | N | A | S | U | I |
| H | O | P | S | O | N | | | Q | U | A | R | T | E | T |
Sun 5/8/2011 WORKING IN OPPOSITION
| N | A | G | S | | | P | A | P | A | | S | K | I | R | T | | J | A | P | A | N |
| E | T | U | I | | S | O | R | E | S | | R | E | S | E | W | | I | R | A | B | U |
| L | O | N | G | S | H | O | R | T | S | | I | R | A | Q | I | | F | A | R | E | R |
| S | N | L | | C | A | L | O | R | I | C | | R | O | U | N | D | F | L | A | T | S |
| O | C | A | L | A | | | W | A | S | A | B | I | | E | K | E | S | | G | T | E |
| N | E | W | O | L | D | S | | | I | F | I | | I | S | L | S | | G | O | E | R |
| | | S | P | O | O | F | S | | F | A | U | L | T | Y | S | O | U | N | D | S |
| A | R | S | | E | N | U | R | E | | E | S | T | E | S | | E | R | I | | | |
| L | I | T | T | L | E | L | O | T | S | | T | A | X | | D | R | Y | D | E | N | |
| T | B | A | R | S | | | N | O | U | R | I | | | T | U | T | | E | L | U | L |
| A | L | L | I | | B | A | D | F | A | I | R | G | O | O | D | S | | D | I | D | O |
| R | E | E | F | | I | R | S | | | S | E | E | N | O | | | J | O | S | I | E |
| T | R | E | B | E | K | | A | L | I | | L | E | F | T | R | I | G | H | T | S |
| | | C | A | N | | S | L | O | B | S | | A | A | R | O | N | | A | Y | S |
| L | A | S | T | I | N | I | T | I | A | L | S | | T | R | I | A | G | E | | | |
| O | L | L | A | | I | N | R | I | | E | G | G | | | P | R | O | C | O | N | S |
| O | B | I | | D | A | V | I | | A | S | T | L | E | Y | | | I | G | L | O | O |
| T | A | P | E | D | L | I | V | E | S | | S | I | M | I | A | N | S | | E | R | A |
| E | N | O | L | A | | T | I | T | H | E | | T | O | P | B | O | T | T | O | M | S |
| R | I | N | K | Y | | E | N | T | E | R | | C | T | E | A | M | | S | L | A | T |
| S | A | S | E | S | | E | G | A | D | S | | H | E | S | S | | | K | E | N | O |
Mon 5/9/2011
| A | L | O | F | T | | A | T | O | P | | P | A | L | E |
| D | A | R | T | H | | T | A | C | O | S | A | L | A | D |
| M | I | C | K | E | Y | M | O | U | S | E | C | L | U | B |
| | | N | R | A | | | L | E | C | T | U | R | E |
| P | E | G | O | M | Y | H | E | A | R | T | | D | E | R |
| C | R | U | X | | | A | G | R | | | D | E | N | G |
| S | I | R | | B | E | R | G | | P | H | I | | | |
| Q | U | I | T | E | T | H | E | J | O | K | E | R | |
| | | N | U | N | | E | A | S | T | | Z | I | T |
| C | A | S | K | | | D | A | S | | | A | R | N | O |
| A | S | A | | G | A | R | D | E | N | S | P | A | D | E |
| B | I | L | L | O | W | Y | | | O | W | E | | | |
| B | A | S | E | B | A | L | L | D | I | A | M | O | N | D |
| I | N | A | N | Y | C | A | S | E | | N | A | D | E | R |
| E | S | S | O | | S | W | U | M | | K | N | E | E | S |
Tue 5/10/2011
| A | B | S | | L | O | P | E | D | | S | T | A | T | S |
| B | R | A | | A | R | E | N | A | | L | E | T | A | T |
| B | A | L | L | P | O | I | N | T | | R | A | S | T | A |
| A | S | S | E | S | | | U | I | E | | M | E | A | N |
| S | H | A | H | | P | O | I | N | T | G | U | A | R | D |
| | B | A | A | E | D | | G | E | O | S | | | |
| G | U | A | R | D | D | O | G | | | T | A | B | O | O |
| A | N | N | | H | E | R | E | T | I | C | | L | T | D |
| L | I | D | E | E | | | D | O | G | H | O | U | S | E |
| | | A | R | C | H | | W | E | A | R | E | | |
| H | O | U | S | E | P | A | I | N | T | | A | J | A | R |
| E | N | N | E | | U | R | N | | | A | L | E | R | O |
| E | L | I | S | E | | P | A | I | N | T | B | A | L | L |
| L | O | T | U | S | | O | W | L | E | T | | N | E | E |
| S | W | E | P | T | | N | E | E | D | Y | | S | S | S |
Wed 5/11/2011
| S | T | E | M | | D | E | A | R | | R | E | A | M | S |
| P | I | S | A | | A | W | R | Y | | E | A | T | I | N |
| A | R | T | I | C | H | O | K | E | | P | R | O | L | E |
| T | E | D | T | A | L | K | S | | | A | N | N | I | E |
| | | A | L | I | S | | L | D | R | | A | E | R |
| O | P | T | I | M | A | | N | A | U | T | I | L | U | S |
| A | H | A | | | | E | I | T | H | E | R | | | |
| F | I | B | O | N | A | C | C | I | S | E | R | I | E | S |
| | | P | O | L | L | E | N | | | | R | E | C |
| I | N | N | E | R | E | A | R | | I | O | L | A | N | I |
| S | O | A | | E | X | T | | A | T | R | A | | | |
| L | O | G | I | A | | | D | I | S | A | R | M | E | D |
| E | G | G | O | S | | S | U | N | F | L | O | W | E | R |
| T | I | E | T | O | | R | A | G | U | | S | A | R | A |
| S | E | D | A | N | | A | D | E | N | | A | H | O | Y |
It's unusual to have a science or math theme in an NYT puzzle, particularly one of this depth and complexity. The FIBONACCI SERIES F(n) starts 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144,… Each number is the sum of the two preceding ones. The ratio of successive numbers in the series approaches the GOLDEN RATIO (an irrational number approx 1.618) as n approaches infinity. Like pi or e, it is a constant that pops up surprisingly often.
Artists have traditionally considered this relationship to be the most aesthetically pleasing. It is said to be observed in nature in, for example, the growth of nautilus chambers, and the patterns of artichoke leaves or sunflower seeds.
– puzzle by Jonah Kagan
Thu 5/12/2011
| S | A | T | B | Y | | R | A | P | S | | S | H | I | P |
| A | N | D | R | E | | A | I | D | A | | T | E | R | A |
| C | A | S | U | A | L | F | R | A | Y | | E | R | I | N |
| | | C | H | E | F | | | O | P | P | O | S | E |
| T | P | K | E | | G | L | O | C | K | S | P | I | E | L |
| V | A | U | L | T | | E | N | O | | Y | E | N | S | |
| S | P | R | E | E | S | | A | S | E | C | | | | |
| I | D | E | N | T | I | T | Y | T | H | E | F | T | |
| | | | D | U | P | E | | S | O | V | I | E | T |
| S | A | A | B | | O | A | R | | S | I | N | E | W |
| S | I | C | K | A | N | D | R | E | D | | L | E | N | O |
| A | T | T | I | R | E | | | C | H | A | D | | | |
| L | I | O | N | | P | E | N | A | L | B | O | X | E | S |
| T | N | U | T | | A | V | O | N | | R | E | F | R | Y |
| I | S | T | O | | L | E | N | T | | A | R | L | E | S |
Fri 5/13/2011 NY Times, Fri, May __, 2011
| S | U | P | E | R | S | T | I | T | I | O | N | | |
| B | U | S | I | N | E | S | S | D | I | N | N | E | R | |
| I | N | S | T | A | N | T | P | O | T | A | T | O | E | S |
| B | Y | R | O | T | E | | | N | O | C | A | N | D | O |
| | | N | E | G | A | T | E | | O | R | S | O | N |
| M | A | U | S | | I | N | E | | F | R | I | | | |
| M | R | S | | I | N | D | E | F | I | N | A | B | L | E |
| D | E | F | A | N | G | S | | E | X | E | N | E | M | Y |
| C | A | L | L | T | O | O | R | D | E | R | | A | N | E |
| | | P | E | N | | H | O | D | | P | R | O | D |
| A | L | I | A | R | | H | O | N | S | H | U | | | |
| P | A | N | C | A | K | E | | | T | I | N | G | E | S |
| O | P | T | I | C | A | L | S | C | A | N | N | E | R | S |
| D | E | N | T | A | L | S | U | R | G | E | O | N | S |
| | L | O | S | T | O | N | E | S | E | D | G | E | |
The print version of this puzzle is slightly different. Appropriately, there is no square numbered 13. Note the puzzle title is Fri, May ___, 2011.
– puzzle by Joe Krozel
Sat 5/14/2011
| P | E | D | A | L | S | | | S | I | T | S | P | A | T |
| L | A | R | V | A | E | | W | E | R | E | L | I | V | E |
| A | S | P | I | R | E | | I | C | E | S | O | V | E | R |
| S | T | E | A | K | | G | R | U | N | T | W | O | R | K |
| M | A | P | S | | F | R | E | R | E | | | T | S | E |
| A | S | P | | B | L | A | R | E | | M | O | S | E | L |
| T | I | E | C | L | I | P | S | | W | A | N | | | |
| V | A | R | I | E | T | Y | | G | O | N | E | B | A | D |
| | | T | E | E | | G | O | O | D | G | A | M | E |
| L | A | D | E | D | | C | R | A | Z | Y | | S | Y | L |
| O | W | E | | | P | I | E | T | Y | | H | E | A | T |
| W | H | A | T | G | I | V | E | S | | K | I | N | D | A |
| F | I | R | E | E | X | I | T | | T | I | P | J | A | R |
| A | L | M | A | N | A | C | S | | A | L | T | I | M | A |
| T | E | E | T | E | R | S | | | G | L | O | S | S | Y |
Sun 5/15/2011 INCLUDED HEREWIT
| B | U | B | B | E | | | A | L | O | P | | N | B | C | | | S | L | O | B |
| A | L | L | E | N | S | | S | A | R | I | | A | R | O | O | | P | O | U | R |
| N | E | A | R | T | O | | S | W | E | E | T | B | I | R | D | O | F | U | T | E |
| D | E | B | T | I | N | V | E | N | I | C | E | | G | O | I | N | S | I | D | E |
| | | C | R | E | E | S | | D | E | N | | A | N | N | E | | S | O | D |
| T | A | H | O | E | | A | S | M | A | D | | A | D | A | G | I | O | | | |
| A | R | O | N | | G | L | E | E | | | R | Y | E | S | | N | A | D | I | A |
| B | U | S | T | L | E | | S | H | A | M | A | N | | | A | C | H | I | N | G |
| O | B | E | R | O | N | | | | B | A | T | R | O | O | M | H | U | M | O | R |
| R | A | D | O | N | | T | O | M | E | I | | A | L | A | I | | | S | N | O |
| | | L | I | K | E | P | U | L | L | I | N | G | T | E | A | T | | | |
| A | B | S | | | A | R | I | E | | C | O | D | A | S | | R | A | V | E | N |
| C | R | O | S | S | O | N | E | S | P | A | T | | | | L | A | B | I | L | E |
| T | A | U | N | T | S | | | L | A | R | A | M | S | | A | L | L | N | E | W |
| S | Y | R | I | A | | A | R | I | D | | | I | C | K | Y | | E | N | N | E |
| | | P | R | O | L | I | X | | A | T | A | R | I | | R | O | Y | A | L |
| A | A | A | | D | R | I | P | | E | R | R | | A | N | G | E | R | | | |
| S | C | R | O | O | G | E | S | | Y | O | U | A | N | D | M | E | B | O | A | T |
| W | E | L | T | M | A | N | A | G | E | M | E | N | T | | E | V | O | N | N | E |
| A | L | E | R | | N | E | W | T | | A | S | T | O | | N | E | O | C | O | N |
| N | A | S | A | | | E | S | O | | S | T | A | N | | | S | T | E | N | T |
Mon 5/16/2011
| S | C | R | U | M | | L | E | O | | O | R | A | L | S |
| T | R | I | T | E | | A | R | M | | M | A | R | A | T |
| A | E | G | E | A | N | S | E | A | | N | I | T | R | O |
| R | W | A | N | D | A | | C | H | A | I | N | S | A | W |
| | | S | O | P | | T | A | Z | | G | Y | M | |
| A | N | T | I | W | A | R | | | T | A | O | | | |
| C | O | O | L | | | A | F | T | E | R | D | A | R | K |
| A | I | G | | R | A | T | R | A | C | E | | L | U | I |
| B | R | A | I | N | D | E | A | D | | | C | A | N | T |
| | | C | A | D | | | A | C | E | H | I | G | H |
| S | E | E | | E | N | E | | O | U | I | | | |
| P | U | M | P | I | R | O | N | | G | R | A | F | T | S |
| U | S | A | I | R | | H | O | R | S | E | P | L | A | Y |
| T | H | I | C | K | | O | L | E | | K | E | A | T | S |
| S | I | L | K | S | | W | A | X | | A | T | B | A | T |
This puzzle has a remarkably high number of theme entries — nine, including the explanation at 63 Across.
– puzzle by Ian Livengood
Tue 5/17/2011
| M | I | N | E | T | A | | A | H | E | M | | I | Q | S |
| A | L | A | M | O | S | | R | O | V | E | | D | U | E |
| J | I | M | M | Y | K | I | M | M | E | L | | C | I | N |
| K | E | Y | S | | F | A | A | | S | C | A | N | S |
| M | E | D | S | | O | I | N | G | O | | A | R | C | O |
| A | Y | R | | E | D | D | I | E | V | E | D | D | E | R |
| G | O | O | | A | D | O | | S | A | S | E | | | |
| S | U | P | E | R | B | | | | T | S | T | R | A | P |
| | | F | L | A | K | | S | I | E | | I | V | E |
| A | N | N | I | E | L | E | N | N | O | X | | P | I | N |
| V | A | I | L | | L | I | E | O | N | | J | O | A | D |
| A | P | N | E | A | | S | A | W | | Z | E | S | T | |
| T | A | J | | B | E | T | T | Y | H | U | T | T | O | N |
| A | L | A | | B | R | E | E | | E | L | L | E | R | Y |
| R | M | S | | Y | A | R | N | | F | U | I | S | S | E |
Wed 5/18/2011
| P | O | D | | S | E | R | P | I | C | O | | A | G | E |
| A | B | O | | O | V | E | R | M | A | N | | L | O | T |
| G | E | T | | W | I | L | I | E | S | T | | P | B | A |
| O | R | I | E | N | T | | N | A | H | | F | A | I | L |
| D | O | N | A | | A | R | C | S | | B | I | C | | |
| A | N | G | R | Y | | U | E | Y | | A | X | I | A | L |
| | | | E | R | N | O | | B | R | O | N | Z | E |
| D | O | G | D | A | Y | A | F | T | E | R | N | O | O | N |
| E | N | R | A | G | E | | T | R | E | E | | | | |
| S | E | I | N | E | | P | H | I | | L | U | M | E | T |
| | F | A | R | | R | E | B | A | | N | O | L | O |
| S | A | F | E | | S | E | C | | S | I | D | N | E | Y |
| O | B | I | | J | U | L | I | E | T | S | | A | M | C |
| S | E | T | | O | P | A | T | R | I | A | | M | I | A |
| A | S | H | | N | E | W | Y | O | R | K | | I | S | R |
Thu 5/19/2011
| L | B | O | | O | B | I | T | | P | A | N | A | M | A |
| O | R | R | | H | O | B | O | | O | M | A | H | A | N |
| B | I | G | M | O | N | E | Y | | L | E | M | O | N | D |
| S | O | A | P | | A | T | O | M | I | N | E | R | G | Y |
| | N | E | H | I | | U | P | C | | T | A | O | S |
| S | P | I | G | I | R | L | | H | A | H | A | | | |
| A | L | G | | N | E | E | D | | R | A | P | P | E | R |
| B | A | G | I | T | | S | I | M | | N | E | U | R | O |
| U | N | S | N | A | P | | Y | A | W | N | | B | I | B |
| | | S | T | E | P | | B | E | A | G | L | E | S |
| M | E | D | E | | E | R | L | | T | H | R | I | | |
| E | L | E | C | T | R | I | Y | E | S | | O | N | A | N |
| L | I | B | R | I | S | | C | R | U | S | H | E | D | I |
| D | O | R | E | M | I | | R | O | I | L | | M | I | T |
| S | T | A | T | E | N | | A | S | T | O | | Y | A | Y |
Fri 5/20/2011
| G | I | G | I | | S | C | H | W | A | | U | M | B | O |
| A | M | I | N | | O | R | E | A | D | | S | A | L | A |
| R | O | A | D | | C | O | N | G | A | | S | D | A | K |
| T | U | N | E | | C | A | R | O | N | | C | A | K | E |
| H | T | T | P | | E | K | I | N | G | | O | M | E | N |
| | S | E | A | R | | | | E | T | N | A | | |
| O | P | E | N | P | A | N | D | O | R | A | S | B | O | X |
| R | E | A | D | O | N | E | S | F | O | R | T | U | N | E |
| I | N | T | E | R | N | A | L | A | U | D | I | T | O | R |
| | U | N | T | O | | | | S | E | T | T | | |
| M | E | R | C | | U | N | C | A | P | | U | E | Y | S |
| A | R | T | E | | N | O | O | I | L | | T | R | O | T |
| M | I | L | D | | C | O | M | M | A | | I | F | W | E |
| I | K | E | A | | E | N | I | A | C | | O | L | I | N |
| E | A | S | Y | | R | E | N | T | E | | N | Y | E | T |
Sat 5/21/2011
| M | A | N | E | | D | E | P | | A | L | B | I | N | O |
| X | B | O | X | L | I | V | E | | M | I | L | D | E | W |
| C | O | Q | A | U | V | I | N | | I | N | A | L | I | E |
| V | U | L | C | A | N | M | I | N | D | M | E | L | D |
| M | E | E | T | | | C | A | P | O | T | E | | | |
| A | W | S | | S | E | E | N | O | | | | P | S | T |
| R | A | T | I | O | N | S | | D | I | G | R | A | P | H |
| I | T | I | S | S | O | | | | B | O | O | T | I | E |
| L | E | O | P | O | L | D | | M | I | N | I | S | K | I |
| U | R | N | | | | E | V | A | D | E | | Y | E | S |
| | | D | U | P | L | E | X | | | A | C | H | T |
| S | Q | U | I | R | R | E | L | B | A | F | F | L | E | |
| A | U | S | T | I | N | | C | A | N | A | R | I | E | S |
| M | I | S | T | E | D | | R | E | A | D | O | N | L | Y |
| S | T | R | O | L | L | | O | R | T | | S | E | S | S |
Sun 5/22/2011 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY!
| A | C | T | U | P | | D | E | R | B | Y | | B | O | S | O | M | | I | C | B | M |
| S | A | U | N | A | | S | N | A | R | E | | O | N | C | U | E | | T | R | O | U |
| S | U | B | T | I | T | L | E | D | A | P | A | R | I | O | T | I | C | S | O | N | G |
| S | E | I | N | E | | R | I | G | | B | O | O | P | | R | A | M | S | E | S |
| F | E | T | E | | A | R | G | O | | C | A | G | N | E | Y | | M | E | S | S | Y |
| O | R | O | | D | R | A | Y | | O | H | S | O | | | E | B | B | | | | |
| R | I | P | L | E | Y | S | B | E | L | I | E | V | E | I | T | O | R | N | O | T | |
| A | E | S | O | P | | H | A | Y | D | N | | E | A | R | | S | I | E | R | R | A |
| | | G | E | N | | R | E | B | A | | S | T | A | Y | C | A | T | I | O | N |
| H | O | S | A | N | N | A | | | A | S | K | | M | T | A | | | | B | U | D |
| A | H | A | N | D | W | R | I | T | T | E | N | B | E | E | R | R | E | C | I | P | E |
| I | D | I | | | | C | P | R | | A | I | L | | | E | N | C | A | S | E | S |
| L | E | N | T | I | L | S | O | U | P | | C | U | B | E | | S | O | D | | | |
| S | A | T | I | N | Y | | D | E | R | | K | E | L | L | Y | | L | I | D | O | S |
| R | E | A | D | E | R | S | D | I | G | E | S | T | M | A | G | A | Z | I | N | E |
| | | | I | S | O | | | M | A | R | Y | | S | L | A | W | | V | A | T |
| F | A | T | H | A | | B | I | C | E | P | S | | S | T | E | W | | J | O | S | H |
| A | P | R | O | N | S | | N | O | T | E | | N | O | R | | K | N | U | R | L | |
| T | H | E | P | A | W | O | F | H | I | S | D | E | C | E | A | S | E | D | C | A | T |
| W | I | N | E | | A | D | R | E | M | | J | A | K | E | S | | A | G | E | N | T |
| A | D | D | S | | K | E | A | N | E | | S | L | O | T | H | | T | E | S | T | Y |
Mon 5/23/2011
| L | A | T | T | E | | G | C | L | E | F | | P | A | M |
| E | L | I | O | T | | I | R | A | N | I | | O | T | O |
| N | U | M | B | E | R | S | E | V | E | N | | I | S | L |
| S | M | E | E | | I | M | S | | | A | P | N | E | A |
| | | S | H | O | O | T | I | N | G | S | T | A | R |
| G | A | M | U | T | S | | | R | E | L | I | C | | |
| O | M | A | R | S | | B | E | A | M | E | | O | I | L |
| O | I | S | E | | H | O | W | T | O | | T | U | T | U |
| D | D | S | | M | A | G | E | E | | M | A | N | I | C |
| | M | A | I | Z | E | | | T | S | K | T | S | K |
| B | L | A | R | N | E | Y | S | T | O | N | E | | | |
| L | A | R | G | E | | | A | R | R | | S | O | L | E |
| I | N | K | | R | A | B | B | I | T | S | F | O | O | T |
| T | A | E | | A | G | I | L | E | | I | O | N | I | C |
| Z | I | T | | L | O | B | E | S | | T | R | A | S | H |
Tue 5/24/2011
| P | A | W | A | T | | Y | O | U | R | S | | H | O | P |
| O | X | I | D | E | | A | L | G | A | E | | A | P | O |
| K | I | S | S | A | N | D | S | H | O | W | | T | A | B |
| E | S | P | | | A | D | O | | | N | E | C | R | O |
| | | D | R | Y | A | N | D | M | I | G | H | T | Y |
| I | C | A | M | E | | | | A | I | N | G | E | | |
| M | O | R | A | N | | H | E | R | R | | | T | R | A |
| P | R | E | J | U | D | I | C | E | A | N | D | J | O | Y |
| S | A | Y | | | O | T | O | S | | E | R | O | D | E |
| | O | R | T | H | O | | | | R | O | B | E | S |
| T | O | U | C | H | A | N | D | S | T | O | P | | | |
| U | L | N | A | E | | | E | T | A | | | A | L | S |
| F | L | U | | R | I | S | E | A | N | D | S | P | I | T |
| T | I | T | | M | O | U | R | N | | E | N | E | M | Y |
| S | E | S | | O | N | R | E | D | | X | O | X | O | X |
Wed 5/25/2011
| O | I | L | U | P | | A | F | L | A | C | | M | O | D |
| S | T | A | R | E | | L | O | O | N | Y | | A | H | I |
| C | A | B | B | A | G | E | P | A | T | C | H | K | I | D |
| A | L | A | | | A | S | S | N | | L | I | E | O | N |
| R | I | M | I | N | I | | | | L | E | T | S | A | T |
| S | A | B | B | A | T | H | B | L | E | S | S | I | N | G |
| N | A | A | N | | I | R | O | N | | | T | S | O |
| | | R | U | D | D | I | G | O | R | E | | | |
| R | I | A | | | C | A | N | I | | O | R | C | A | |
| E | N | B | A | N | C | D | E | C | I | S | I | O | N | S |
| P | A | S | S | E | L | | | | S | E | E | M | T | O |
| O | D | E | T | O | | M | O | D | E | | | P | I | N |
| M | A | N | I | C | D | E | P | R | E | S | S | I | O | N |
| A | Z | T | | O | U | T | I | E | | O | U | N | C | E |
| N | E | S | | N | O | S | E | D | | N | I | G | H | T |
Mr. Dubner won the C division at the 2011 ACPT (photo).
– puzzle by Jeff Dubner
Thu 5/26/2011
| S | O | C | | S | U | C | H | | L | A | T | I | N | A |
| A | N | A | C | O | N | D | A | | A | M | I | D | O | L |
| X | Y | P | A | N | I | C | H | E | R | I | T | A | G | E |
| E | X | T | R | A | | | | L | U | N | A | | | |
| | | T | R | U | S | T | M | E | O | N | T | X | Y |
| W | I | S | E | | H | A | S | | | | I | A | T | E |
| A | C | H | | A | R | G | U | E | | A | C | R | E | S |
| C | E | E | | X | Y | A | N | D | X | X | | I | R | S |
| O | B | E | S | E | | N | A | G | E | L | | F | R | I |
| T | O | S | H | | | | M | E | R | | A | F | A | R |
| X | X | H | E | Y | S | K | I | S | S | E | S | | | |
| | | R | O | P | E | | | | A | N | S | A | E |
| T | H | E | W | R | I | G | H | T | B | R | O | T | X | X |
| D | O | L | I | K | E | | T | A | L | L | T | A | L | E |
| S | P | I | N | E | S | | S | G | T | S | | R | E | D |
In this chromosomal puzzle, XY is read as HIS, and XX as HERS.
– puzzle by Ashish Vengsarkar
Fri 5/27/2011
| A | B | O | I | L | | P | I | T | T | | R | S | V | P |
| P | O | N | T | I | | O | D | E | A | | E | P | E | E |
| S | N | E | A | K | A | P | E | E | K | | D | O | L | E |
| E | N | D | L | E | S | S | | T | E | A | R | O | U | T |
| | | I | N | I | T | | I | T | S | O | N | M | E |
| A | L | Q | A | E | D | A | | M | E | E | S | E | | |
| G | O | U | N | D | E | R | | E | N | T | E | R | E | D |
| I | C | I | | | | | | | | | | I | T | O |
| N | O | C | A | N | D | O | | S | E | E | M | S | T | O |
| | K | L | E | I | N | | M | A | X | I | M | U | M |
| G | E | S | T | A | L | T | | A | S | I | N | | | |
| U | P | T | O | P | A | R | | R | E | G | U | L | A | R |
| E | C | U | S | | T | A | T | T | L | E | T | A | L | E |
| S | O | D | A | | E | C | O | L | | N | I | M | O | Y |
| S | T | Y | X | | D | K | N | Y | | T | A | P | E | S |
Sat 5/28/2011
| I | T | S | A | S | E | C | R | E | T | | L | U | N | A |
| G | U | I | T | A | R | H | E | R | O | | I | C | O | N |
| O | N | T | H | E | R | A | D | I | O | | K | O | N | G |
| T | A | B | | S | E | R | B | S | | F | E | N | C | E |
| A | S | E | C | | D | R | U | | E | I | S | N | E | R |
| N | A | S | A | L | | O | L | D | P | R | O | | | |
| A | L | I | N | E | S | | L | I | C | E | | P | T | A |
| M | A | D | E | H | A | Y | | P | O | P | T | A | R | T |
| E | D | E | | A | L | E | E | | T | I | S | S | U | E |
| | | O | V | E | R | D | O | | T | A | S | E | D |
| S | Q | U | I | R | M | | M | R | E | | R | E | F | I |
| T | U | L | L | E | | T | E | A | M | O | | D | A | N |
| R | O | T | C | | A | B | E | L | I | N | C | O | L | N |
| A | T | R | A | | L | A | S | E | R | M | O | U | S | E |
| W | E | A | N | | P | R | E | S | S | E | N | T | E | R |
Sun 5/29/2011 YOU'LL GET THROUGH THIS
| Q | U | A | K | E | R | S | | R | I | N | G | | B | E | L | L | S | | S | F | P | D |
| E | N | V | E | L | O | P | | I | R | A | E | | I | N | O | I | L | | T | R | U | E |
| D | E | A | D | A | S | A | | N | A | I | L | | P | O | W | E | R | | L | O | C | K |
| | | S | L | A | Y | | D | I | V | A | | | | | | | | E | N | C | E |
| S | C | H | | | | | | | S | E | T | | | C | A | L | C | | O | T | I | S |
| A | R | E | | E | A | R | N | | E | R | O | | R | U | R | A | L | | | | | |
| B | O | A | | P | R | E | Y | | | | | | E | R | A | T | O | | U | S | N | A |
| E | S | T | | A | C | D | C | | O | U | T | | G | A | M | E | S | | S | T | E | M |
| R | T | E | S | | L | S | T | | C | R | O | | S | T | I | N | E | | S | E | X | Y |
| S | I | D | E | | A | T | A | L | O | S | S | | | E | S | T | D | | R | P | T | S |
| A | N | I | L | | M | A | X | I | M | A | S | | | | | | | | | | | |
| W | I | N | A | | P | R | I | Z | E | | | | P | R | I | S | M | | W | A | N | E |
| | | | | | | | | | | H | O | L | D | T | H | E | | O | P | E | N |
| B | O | P | S | | N | A | D | A | | | A | T | I | S | S | U | E | | E | P | I | C |
| A | L | O | T | | A | V | E | R | T | | J | O | E | | T | N | T | | S | E | G | A |
| C | L | O | Y | | V | A | N | C | E | | J | E | D | | I | T | I | S | | A | H | S |
| K | A | L | E | | A | L | O | H | A | | | | | | M | E | N | U | | R | B | I |
| | | | | H | O | T | E | L | | M | A | N | | E | D | G | E | | T | O | N |
| D | O | R | M | | O | N | E | D | | | A | M | O | | | | | | | O | R | G |
| R | H | E | A | | | | | | | | R | O | B | S | | A | S | E | A | | | |
| A | B | C | D | | O | Z | A | W | A | | T | R | A | P | | S | P | I | D | E | R | S |
| F | O | U | R | | S | E | D | A | N | | H | A | I | R | | H | A | R | D | H | I | T |
| T | Y | R | E | | S | E | E | Y | A | | A | L | L | Y | | E | M | E | R | S | O | N |
Following the doors from room to room, the circles spell out the EMERSON quote, "EVERY WALL IS A DOOR." Patrick Merrell created this nice graphic.
– puzzle by Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach
Mon 5/30/2011
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