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Tue 6/1/2010
| T | A | B | O | O | | O | L | S | E | N | | I | D | S |
| U | S | U | R | P | | N | A | N | C | Y | | N | I | T |
| M | I | S | C | H | I | E | V | O | U | S | | D | O | E |
| S | A | Y | | E | S | A | I | | | | A | I | D | E |
| | | P | L | A | C | E | T | O | S | L | E | E | P |
| A | P | P | O | I | N | T | | I | D | E | A | | | |
| G | R | E | T | A | | | C | L | E | A | N | S | E | R |
| H | O | E | R | | O | F | F | E | R | | L | I | L | O |
| A | B | N | O | R | M | A | L | | | B | A | N | K | S |
| | | A | H | A | T | | P | L | E | D | G | E | S |
| P | E | R | S | O | N | S | B | U | I | L | D | | | |
| O | M | I | T | | | | L | E | N | A | | T | V | A |
| P | O | S | | F | U | T | U | R | E | B | L | O | O | M |
| U | T | E | | O | V | E | R | T | | O | V | A | T | E |
| P | E | N | | X | A | C | T | O | | R | I | D | E | S |
Wed 6/2/2010
| K | O | B | E | | I | S | L | E | T | | H | A | J | I |
| O | R | E | S | | S | T | A | L | E | | E | R | I | C |
| O | B | I | T | | B | R | I | E | R | | A | C | M | E |
| L | I | G | H | T | N | I | N | G | R | O | D | | | |
| S | T | E | E | R | | K | E | Y | | M | A | S | A | I |
| | | R | A | B | E | | | P | E | C | T | I | N |
| H | O | G | | C | A | P | T | A | I | N | H | O | O | K |
| O | S | O | S | | L | A | I | L | A | | E | R | L | E |
| W | H | A | T | S | M | Y | L | I | N | E | | K | I | D |
| D | E | L | R | A | Y | | | M | O | T | E | | | |
| Y | A | S | I | R | | A | G | O | | N | A | R | C | S |
| | | V | I | R | G | I | N | I | A | R | E | E | L |
| Z | U | N | I | | D | I | G | I | T | | T | H | A | I |
| I | R | O | N | | A | L | L | E | E | | H | A | S | P |
| P | I | N | G | | S | E | I | S | M | | A | B | E | S |
Thu 6/3/2010
| A | L | A | S | | H | A | J | I | | M | A | S | H | A |
| G | O | B | A | N | A | N | A | S | | I | L | L | A | T |
| R | O | L | L | I | N | G | B | L | A | C | K | O | U | T |
| O | N | E | T | E | N | | | S | C | R | A | W | L | Y |
| | | | C | A | V | E | | T | O | N | | | |
| O | N | T | H | E | H | A | L | F | S | H | E | L | L | |
| B | O | O | B | S | | C | A | R | O | M | | E | O | S |
| I | T | N | O | | S | A | T | A | N | | Y | O | G | A |
| T | I | A | | L | E | N | I | N | | L | U | X | O | R |
| F | L | O | O | R | T | O | C | E | I | L | I | N | G |
| | | R | A | G | | N | E | L | L | | | | |
| P | E | T | I | T | E | S | | | P | A | S | T | A | S |
| L | A | U | G | H | I | N | G | J | A | C | K | A | S | S |
| E | R | N | I | E | | I | M | I | S | S | E | D | I | T |
| A | N | E | N | D | | P | A | G | O | | E | A | T | S |
Fri 6/4/2010
| M | A | T | S | | S | W | A | Y | Z | E | | M | I | A |
| A | L | I | T | T | L | E | L | E | A | R | N | I | N | G |
| C | O | M | P | A | R | E | D | A | G | A | I | N | S | T |
| T | E | A | M | | D | O | H | | S | P | I | T | S |
| M | O | O | T | E | D | | | | C | E | S | A | R | |
| I | N | F | | R | U | F | F | L | E | S | | T | U | N |
| M | O | D | S | | M | O | R | A | N | | S | U | M | O |
| O | N | E | G | | P | L | A | N | T | | O | R | E | L |
| S | E | P | T | | S | I | N | G | A | | X | E | N | O |
| A | S | A | | B | O | O | Z | E | U | P | | C | T | S |
| P | R | E | E | N | | | | R | E | M | A | P | S |
| A | L | T | A | R | | C | B | S | | K | A | M | A | |
| P | A | U | S | E | F | O | R | A | M | O | M | E | N | T |
| S | T | R | E | T | C | H | E | R | B | E | A | R | E | R |
| E | E | E | | S | C | O | T | I | A | | S | A | L | E |
Sat 6/5/2010
| J | A | C | K | P | O | T | | B | A | B | Y | S | I | T |
| U | L | A | N | O | V | A | | O | N | L | E | A | S | H |
| N | E | M | E | S | I | S | | H | O | T | S | P | U | R |
| E | P | E | E | | S | T | E | E | D | S | | P | R | U |
| A | H | A | | | | I | N | M | E | | S | H | E | W |
| U | S | T | A | | O | N | Z | E | | S | P | I | C | A |
| | | B | I | N | G | O | | H | U | R | R | A | Y |
| S | T | A | B | L | E | S | | S | A | P | I | E | N | S |
| E | U | R | E | K | A | | S | W | E | E | T | | | |
| T | R | E | Y | S | | E | P | I | C | | S | C | A | D |
| A | N | A | S | | A | N | U | N | | | | O | L | E |
| D | E | M | | F | R | I | N | G | E | | O | R | L | E |
| A | D | A | G | I | O | S | | S | L | A | N | T | E | D |
| T | O | P | I | C | A | L | | B | E | S | I | E | G | E |
| E | N | S | N | A | R | E | | Y | A | H | T | Z | E | E |
Sun 6/6/2010 TYPECASTING
| A | C | R | O | S | S | | I | C | I | E | R | | A | S | Y | E | | B | S | A |
| C | H | A | R | G | E | | M | A | N | G | A | | A | N | A | X | | O | W | S |
| C | A | P | I | T | A | L | P | U | N | I | S | H | M | E | N | T | | L | I | P |
| U | P | S | | S | L | U | R | S | | S | P | A | C | E | K | | C | D | V | I |
| R | A | T | E | | | N | O | T | H | | | S | O | R | E | L | O | S | E | R |
| S | L | A | N | T | E | D | V | I | E | W | S | | | S | E | A | T | T | L | E |
| E | A | R | T | H | A | | | C | H | E | E | T | A | | S | I | T | A | | |
| | | R | I | C | C | I | | | B | R | U | C | E | | N | O | T | S | O |
| D | O | G | | S | H | A | D | O | W | B | O | X | I | N | G | | N | E | E | T |
| A | R | O | M | A | | L | I | R | A | S | | | D | R | Y | | G | M | A | T |
| Y | E | T | I | | U | T | T | E | R | | C | D | R | O | M | | I | E | R | E |
| U | G | H | S | | M | E | A | | | P | A | L | A | U | | I | N | N | E | R |
| S | O | I | T | | S | C | R | I | P | T | W | R | I | T | E | R | | T | D | S |
| E | N | C | L | S | | H | O | M | I | E | | | N | E | R | V | Y | | | |
| | F | E | L | T | | D | E | E | R | E | S | | | M | I | A | S | M | A |
| D | E | I | T | I | E | S | | | R | O | M | A | N | C | A | N | D | L | E | S |
| R | E | C | O | M | M | E | N | D | | | S | I | T | H | | | A | I | L | S |
| A | R | T | E | | P | E | A | N | U | T | | N | E | E | D | S | | M | A | I |
| W | I | I | | S | T | R | U | C | K | O | U | T | S | W | I | N | G | I | N | G |
| E | L | O | | V | E | E | R | | E | G | R | E | T | | P | I | L | E | I | N |
| R | Y | N | | U | R | D | U | | S | A | N | D | S | | S | T | O | R | E | S |
Some clues in the print version are written using non-standard font styles. Across Lite and other electronic versions replace those clues with descriptive text which makes the puzzle solvable but not as fun. This PDF shows how the puzzle appears in the magazine.
I have made the clues here conform to the print style whenever it was possible to do so in HTML. For example, some of the clues are in bold, italics, or strike-through text. The drop-shadow and gothic font clues can't reliably be reproduced in a way that works across browsers.
One of the goals of XPF is to provide a standardized way to specify font variations in crossword clues, although even the current version of XPF could not handle all the gimmicks in this puzzle.
– puzzle by Daniel A. Finan
Mon 6/7/2010
| R | I | L | E | S | | W | O | O | D | S | | J | U | T |
| A | R | I | E | L | | A | T | B | A | T | | U | N | E |
| C | O | O | K | I | N | G | T | I | M | E | | S | T | A |
| I | N | N | | P | I | E | | | | I | O | T | A | S |
| E | M | I | R | | B | R | O | K | E | N | H | O | M | E |
| R | A | Z | O | R | S | | P | I | T | | S | U | E | T |
| N | E | M | O | | D | E | N | N | Y | | T | D | S |
| | | P | O | K | E | R | G | A | M | E | | | |
| L | A | P | | T | U | N | A | S | | C | U | R | E | |
| O | A | R | S | | R | I | T | | S | A | R | O | N | G |
| S | M | O | K | E | D | M | E | A | T | | O | U | Z | O |
| T | I | M | I | D | | | | S | O | L | | G | Y | N |
| A | L | I | | I | T | S | O | K | W | I | T | H | M | E |
| R | N | S | | C | R | U | D | E | | R | U | L | E | R |
| T | E | E | | T | Y | P | E | D | | A | B | Y | S | S |
Tue 6/8/2010
| O | M | A | N | | P | L | U | S | | B | R | E | W | S |
| D | O | L | E | | A | D | Z | E | | R | A | C | E | R |
| I | N | G | A | | J | O | I | E | | O | S | H | E | A |
| S | T | A | R | M | A | P | | M | E | T | H | O | D | S |
| T | H | E | M | A | M | A | S | | S | H | E | | | |
| | | I | R | A | | O | U | T | E | R | E | A | R |
| S | E | W | S | | S | T | O | N | E | R | | E | L | I |
| T | W | I | S | T | | A | N | D | | S | H | O | U | T |
| O | E | R | | H | I | R | E | O | N | | A | C | M | E |
| P | R | E | V | E | N | T | S | | O | A | S | | | |
| | | A | I | R | | T | H | E | P | A | P | A | S |
| F | A | I | R | S | E | X | | O | N | E | B | E | L | L |
| A | B | O | I | L | | B | A | S | T | | A | L | I | A |
| R | E | N | E | E | | O | P | E | R | | L | E | N | T |
| M | E | S | S | Y | | X | R | A | Y | | L | E | E | S |
Wed 6/9/2010
| E | P | E | E | S | | M | A | C | S | | T | O | F | U |
| M | I | C | R | O | | O | S | L | O | | I | R | I | S |
| B | L | O | O | D | M | O | N | E | Y | | N | O | N | O |
| L | E | N | S | | A | R | E | A | | M | O | T | E | S |
| E | D | O | | C | H | E | R | R | Y | C | R | U | S | H |
| M | U | M | B | A | I | | | | E | V | E | N | S | O |
| S | P | Y | O | N | | I | P | S | A | | | D | E | W |
| | | R | E | D | S | T | A | R | T | S | | | |
| H | I | C | | | I | M | A | X | | H | A | Z | E | L |
| U | N | A | B | L | E | | | | S | E | L | E | N | A |
| R | U | B | Y | T | U | E | S | D | A | Y | | P | T | S |
| S | T | A | N | D | | G | L | E | N | | T | H | R | O |
| T | E | R | A | | B | R | I | C | K | L | A | Y | E | R |
| O | R | E | M | | M | E | T | A | | A | C | R | E | D |
| N | O | T | E | | I | T | S | Y | | B | O | S | S | A |
Thu 6/10/2010
| A | F | E | W | | K | I | W | I | | B | L | A | N | K |
| B | L | A | H | | I | D | O | S | | B | A | S | I | E |
| L | A | S | E | | S | L | O | P | | A | G | I | N | G |
| E | X | T | R | E | M | E | L | Y | C | L | O | S | E | |
| | B | E | N | E | S | | | E | L | O | | | |
| R | E | A | C | T | | C | A | L | | N | S | E | C |
| P | A | R | M | A | | S | H | I | E | D | | U | V | A |
| U | N | L | I | M | I | T | E | D | B | U | D | G | E | T |
| L | E | I | | P | L | A | C | E | | M | E | A | N | S |
| P | E | N | H | | I | R | K | | O | P | A | R | T | |
| | | A | S | K | | | O | D | O | R | S | | |
| I | N | S | P | E | C | T | I | O | N | S | P | O | T |
| C | N | O | T | E | | Z | U | L | U | | I | O | W | A |
| O | F | T | E | N | | A | B | E | L | | R | O | I | L |
| P | O | I | N | T | | R | E | D | S | | S | N | E | E |
Fri 6/11/2010
| U | N | D | E | R | A | R | M | | S | H | I | E | S | T |
| P | O | O | L | A | R | E | A | | H | U | R | R | A | H |
| H | O | L | D | D | E | A | R | | O | M | E | A | R | A |
| I | S | L | E | S | | D | I | M | E | S | | S | A | N |
| L | E | E | R | | G | O | N | G | S | | C | A | S | K |
| L | S | D | | S | L | U | E | S | | O | H | B | O | Y |
| | | A | C | U | T | E | | S | A | I | L | T | O |
| J | A | C | Q | U | E | S | C | O | U | S | T | E | A | U |
| U | N | R | U | L | Y | | O | N | E | I | S | | | |
| S | T | E | A | L | | N | L | E | R | S | | R | M | S |
| T | I | A | S | | F | O | O | T | S | | G | A | U | L |
| A | G | T | | L | O | D | G | E | | M | E | T | R | E |
| T | O | I | L | E | R | | I | N | N | O | T | I | M | E |
| A | N | O | I | N | T | | S | T | I | R | I | T | U | P |
| D | E | N | U | D | E | | T | H | E | A | T | E | R | S |
Sat 6/12/2010
| B | E | E | F | E | A | T | E | R | S | | F | I | R | E |
| E | X | X | O | N | M | O | B | I | L | | A | S | H | Y |
| T | H | E | A | C | A | D | E | M | Y | | L | I | F | E |
| S | A | M | M | A | L | O | N | E | | A | L | T | A | R |
| E | L | P | | S | I | L | | | S | N | I | T | C | H |
| Y | E | T | | H | E | I | R | | P | O | L | I | T | Y |
| | | | | | S | E | R | I | A | L | M | O | M |
| M | M | E | | A | R | T | M | O | N | K | | E | R | E |
| R | O | X | Y | M | U | S | I | C | | | | | | |
| I | N | T | O | I | T | | T | K | O | S | | P | G | A |
| S | T | R | U | T | S | | | C | P | A | | I | R | S |
| C | R | A | K | E | | S | A | L | E | M | S | L | O | T |
| A | E | O | N | | R | A | N | I | N | P | L | A | C | E |
| N | A | N | O | | A | S | K | M | E | L | A | T | E | R |
| S | L | E | W | | T | H | E | B | R | E | W | E | R | S |
Sun 6/13/2010 FLAG DAY
| M | E | T | A | L | S | | E | R | E | N | O | W | | | | L | A | L | A | W |
| R | B | I | M | A | N | | R | O | M | A | N | I | A | | M | O | B | I | L | E |
| | | S | B | E | A | N | C | O | B | A | I | N | | A | G | A | M | A | S |
| | | | S | E | L | E | S | | | | G | Y | M | S | | C | E | N | T |
| M | E | S | T | I | Z | O | S | | H | E | P | | | A | C | Q | U | | | |
| I | N | C | I | T | E | S | | C | A | L | A | M | I | T | O | U | S | | | |
| S | T | A | L | E | S | T | | A | T | A | R | U | N | | T | I | E | S | T | O |
| S | A | R | | | | | I | R | E | L | A | N | D | | | P | S | H | A | W |
| M | I | N | I | | | | S | T | S | | S | C | O | W | L | | | E | L | I |
| E | L | E | C | T | R | U | M | | | D | O | H | | H | E | W | A | B | L | E |
| | | E | E | O | C | | I | T | A | L | Y | | I | S | A | T | | | |
| M | A | L | T | A | S | E | | N | H | L | | | A | R | S | L | O | N | G | A |
| A | V | E | | | E | R | A | S | E | | S | A | N | | | | B | O | U | T |
| L | O | E | B | S | | | R | E | B | U | I | L | T | | | | | K | I | T |
| I | N | K | I | N | D | | F | R | A | N | C | E | | S | I | S | T | I | N | E |
| | | G | O | O | N | S | T | R | I | K | E | | E | N | C | O | D | E | S |
| P | Y | | | | C | S | | | D | S | O | | S | N | A | R | L | S | A | T |
| E | A | S | T | | K | A | P | P | | | | D | E | N | T | I | | | | |
| O | H | M | A | G | E | | D | I | G | | | | E | A | R | B | O | O | K | S |
| N | O | E | X | I | T | | F | E | R | E | N | G | I | | A | E | R | I | A | L |
| S | O | N | I | A | | | | D | O | R | S | E | T | | P | R | E | S | T | O |
In this ingenious puzzle, we need to read the names of the colors for the Down answers as in a normal rebus, but the Across answers work differently. Consecutive color bars combine to form flags of six different countries. Substitute the associated country names for the blocks of colors, and it all makes sense. See Wordplay for the full story including an interview with the constructor.
In my year-end wrap up Notable Puzzles of 2010 on Wordplay, I named this crossword my Puzzle of the Year.
– puzzle by Francis Heaney
Mon 6/14/2010
| B | A | M | A | | A | L | P | S | | A | T | L | A | S |
| A | L | E | X | | H | A | I | L | | P | E | A | C | E |
| H | I | G | H | W | A | Y | T | O | H | E | A | V | E | N |
| A | T | S | E | A | | S | A | T | E | | M | A | S | T |
| | | A | I | M | | | | E | L | S | | | |
| R | O | A | D | T | O | P | E | R | D | I | T | I | O | N |
| H | A | M | | | M | I | R | A | | M | E | N | S | A |
| O | T | A | R | U | | N | A | B | | B | R | A | I | N |
| M | E | T | E | R | | O | T | I | S | | | N | E | C |
| B | R | I | D | G | E | T | O | N | O | W | H | E | R | E |
| | | D | E | M | | | | T | W | O | | | |
| G | A | T | E | | I | D | E | S | | I | N | U | S | E |
| R | O | U | N | D | T | R | I | P | T | I | C | K | E | T |
| I | N | N | E | R | | O | N | U | S | | H | E | W | N |
| N | E | E | D | Y | | P | E | R | K | | O | S | S | A |
Tue 6/15/2010
| F | A | D | | S | H | O | W | E | R | | P | A | G | E |
| O | N | E | | P | A | R | O | L | E | | E | A | R | N |
| O | N | A | G | A | I | N | O | F | F | A | G | A | I | N |
| L | E | N | O | | R | E | D | | | E | L | A | T | E |
| | | L | E | D | | | S | L | O | E | | | |
| I | S | O | F | F | O | N | A | T | A | N | G | E | N | T |
| C | A | N | S | O | | A | L | E | S | | S | L | O | W |
| I | R | S | | R | E | V | E | R | S | E | | E | V | E |
| N | E | E | R | | F | A | V | E | | F | I | N | E | R |
| G | E | T | O | N | T | H | E | O | F | F | R | A | M | P |
| | | P | A | S | O | | | A | S | A | | | |
| A | S | T | E | R | | | F | I | R | | Q | T | I | P |
| S | W | I | T | C | H | P | O | S | I | T | I | O | N | S |
| K | I | L | O | | A | R | L | E | N | E | | M | C | S |
| S | T | E | W | | N | O | D | E | A | L | | E | A | T |
Wed 6/16/2010
| M | A | R | C | | A | C | A | R | | D | O | V | E | S |
| C | L | E | O | | S | H | O | E | | U | P | O | N | E |
| D | I | D | N | O | H | A | R | M | | M | T | I | D | A |
| V | E | I | G | H | T | T | B | I | R | D | | C | O | T |
| I | N | G | E | A | R | | | N | O | U | S | E | | |
| | | R | R | A | T | E | D | B | M | O | V | I | E |
| M | I | L | | E | Y | E | D | | | S | W | O | O | N |
| A | C | A | D | | S | N | I | F | F | | S | T | U | D |
| R | O | M | E | O | | | T | R | E | S | | E | S | S |
| V | N | E | C | K | T | S | H | I | R | T | S | | | |
| | B | A | S | I | C | | | R | E | A | D | M | E |
| N | O | R | | I | P | H | O | N | E | E | M | A | I | L |
| C | H | A | N | G | | E | X | I | T | P | O | L | L | S |
| O | N | I | O | N | | M | E | N | E | | A | L | L | I |
| S | O | N | G | S | | A | N | O | D | | N | Y | S | E |
Thu 6/17/2010
| B | E | L | L | S | | R | A | F | T | S | | P | O | O |
| I | S | A | A | K | | I | L | O | V | E | | A | N | D |
| B | A | W | D | Y | | B | O | R | A | T | | S | H | E |
| B | U | N | D | L | E | O | F | J | | U | B | O | A | T |
| | | | A | S | S | T | | A | P | I | A | N | O |
| E | N | J | A | B | L | E | | A | L | M | O | N | D | J |
| M | A | C | S | | | | H | Y | P | E | | | | |
| B | E | E | T | H | O | V | E | N | S | N | I | N | T | H |
| | | | E | N | E | S | | | | S | O | H | O |
| J | R | I | D | I | N | G | | O | V | E | R | J | E | D |
| S | O | N | O | M | A | | S | P | A | S | | | | |
| T | O | N | A | L | | J | L | U | C | K | C | L | U | B |
| I | N | E | | I | G | N | I | S | | I | R | O | N | Y |
| C | E | E | | C | R | E | M | E | | M | A | N | E | T |
| K | Y | D | | H | E | R | E | S | | O | B | E | S | E |
Cleveland.com has a story about Corey Rubin and this puzzle.
– puzzle by Corey Rubin
Fri 6/18/2010
| Z | E | P | P | E | L | I | N | | B | A | O | B | A | B |
| A | Q | U | A | F | I | N | A | | O | N | S | A | L | E |
| F | U | E | L | T | A | N | K | | R | O | S | C | O | E |
| T | I | N | | S | N | E | E | Z | E | S | | H | E | F |
| I | N | T | S | | A | R | D | O | R | | R | E | V | S |
| G | E | E | N | A | | E | A | T | | F | I | L | E | T |
| | | O | N | E | A | S | | H | O | N | O | R | E |
| Q | U | I | C | K | D | R | A | W | M | C | G | R | A | W |
| U | N | C | O | L | A | | J | A | M | A | L | | | |
| I | R | E | N | E | | C | A | L | | L | E | G | E | R |
| N | O | S | E | | R | O | Y | K | O | | T | O | R | A |
| E | L | K | | H | E | X | B | O | L | T | | A | M | I |
| L | L | A | M | A | S | | I | V | E | G | O | T | I | T |
| L | E | T | O | U | T | | R | E | T | I | C | E | N | T |
| A | D | E | P | T | S | | D | R | A | F | T | E | E | S |
Sat 6/19/2010
| C | R | A | P | S | T | A | B | L | E | | W | O | V | E |
| H | O | L | Y | P | E | R | S | O | N | | A | N | I | N |
| E | V | I | L | I | N | T | E | N | T | | I | S | A | T |
| R | E | C | O | N | S | I | D | E | R | | S | A | V | E |
| I | R | E | N | E | E | | | R | U | S | T | L | E | R |
| | | | T | R | E | K | | S | E | L | E | N | E |
| P | O | P | E | S | | S | U | S | T | A | I | N | E | D |
| O | D | O | N | | J | E | L | L | S | | N | O | T | I |
| P | O | R | T | F | O | L | I | O | | R | E | W | O | N |
| U | R | C | H | I | N | | K | T | W | O | | | | |
| P | E | E | R | S | A | T | | | E | U | R | O | P | E |
| M | A | L | A | | T | H | E | N | A | T | U | R | A | L |
| E | T | A | L | | H | O | L | E | S | I | N | O | N | E |
| N | E | I | L | | A | S | S | E | E | N | O | N | T | V |
| U | R | N | S | | N | E | E | D | L | E | N | O | S | E |
Sun 6/20/2010 PUBLISHING TRADE
| P | A | S | S | E | | M | P | A | A | | L | E | O | N | | B | A | T | H | E |
| A | S | C | A | R | | C | A | N | A | D | A | D | R | Y | | I | C | H | A | T |
| J | O | H | N | N | Y | G | O | T | H | I | S | G | N | U | | K | E | E | N | E |
| A | N | I | S | | V | O | L | S | | A | S | E | A | | M | I | N | D | | |
| M | I | S | E | | O | V | O | | C | L | O | D | M | O | U | N | T | A | I | N |
| A | A | M | I | L | N | E | | B | O | S | S | | E | X | G | I | | V | S | O |
| | | | U | N | R | E | A | L | | | A | N | Y | | T | B | I | L | L |
| H | A | L | F | P | E | N | N | Y | | F | A | S | T | | C | O | R | N | E | A |
| A | M | O | R | E | | | D | E | L | A | N | O | | T | O | P | I | C | | |
| G | A | R | E | | T | H | E | R | A | T | O | F | W | A | R | | B | I | E | R |
| E | N | D | S | | R | Y | A | | B | L | T | | I | R | K | | A | C | R | E |
| N | A | O | H | | A | P | R | E | F | E | C | T | S | P | Y | | B | O | I | L |
| | F | A | B | L | E | | R | E | S | H | O | D | | | O | L | E | T | A |
| A | T | T | I | L | A | | P | R | E | S | | S | O | B | E | R | E | D | U | P |
| N | E | H | R | U | | D | I | S | | | T | A | M | A | L | E | | | | |
| T | E | E | | E | L | A | N | | R | E | M | Y | | S | I | L | E | N | T | C |
| I | N | F | I | N | I | T | E | J | E | T | S | | B | S | C | | M | A | I | L |
| | I | D | O | L | | S | E | A | T | | V | I | C | I | | E | N | N | A |
| I | D | L | E | S | | A | F | A | R | E | W | E | L | L | T | O | R | A | M | S |
| R | E | E | S | E | | H | O | N | E | S | T | A | B | E | | L | I | N | E | S |
| V | E | S | T | S | | I | R | E | D | | O | L | O | F | | A | L | A | N | A |
Mon 6/21/2010
| S | C | R | A | P | | A | L | B | E | E | | C | A | T |
| A | L | A | M | O | | B | O | O | M | S | | H | U | E |
| S | I | M | P | L | E | A | S | A | B | C | | I | R | E |
| H | O | P | | L | A | C | E | | R | A | G | L | A | N |
| | | D | U | C | K | | R | A | P | I | D | L | Y |
| Z | E | N | I | T | H | | R | E | C | E | S | S | | |
| A | L | O | N | E | | V | E | X | E | D | | P | E | A |
| N | I | P | S | | S | E | L | E | S | | F | L | A | X |
| E | A | R | | A | C | R | E | S | | S | L | A | V | E |
| | O | P | P | O | S | E | | S | T | A | Y | E | D |
| R | O | B | E | R | T | A | | S | O | U | P | | | |
| E | L | L | I | O | T | | S | E | L | F | | R | O | W |
| A | D | E | | P | I | E | C | E | O | F | C | A | K | E |
| D | E | M | | O | S | C | A | R | | E | A | G | L | E |
| S | R | O | | S | H | O | T | S | | D | R | E | A | D |
Tue 6/22/2010
| L | I | P | | L | A | S | S | I | E | | Z | E | D | S |
| A | K | A | | E | L | A | I | N | E | | O | T | O | E |
| M | E | W | | T | O | W | N | C | O | U | N | C | I | L |
| B | A | N | D | I | T | O | S | | | M | E | H | T | A |
| | T | E | N | O | F | | S | F | P | D | | | |
| S | H | I | P | O | F | F | O | O | L | S | | P | C | S |
| M | A | C | O | N | | | R | B | I | | P | H | A | T |
| A | R | K | S | | G | H | O | S | T | | A | I | R | E |
| S | K | E | E | | L | O | U | | | O | I | L | E | R |
| H | S | T | | B | U | S | T | E | R | B | R | O | W | N |
| | | J | U | T | E | | M | O | V | E | S | | |
| A | S | H | E | S | | | S | I | D | E | D | O | O | R |
| S | T | O | R | Y | T | E | L | L | E | R | | P | D | A |
| K | E | R | R | | S | T | A | I | N | S | | H | I | P |
| S | W | A | Y | | P | E | Y | O | T | E | | Y | E | T |
Wed 6/23/2010
| R | A | R | E | | A | S | H | E | S | | S | I | L | O |
| E | X | E | S | | S | T | E | N | O | | I | N | O | N |
| L | I | T | T | L | E | O | N | E | S | | E | D | G | E |
| O | L | E | | C | A | I | N | | | A | R | I | | |
| A | L | L | A | H | | C | A | L | I | B | R | A | T | E |
| D | A | L | L | A | S | | | O | C | E | A | N | I | C |
| | | V | I | N | T | A | G | E | | | A | N | O |
| E | V | A | M | A | R | I | E | S | A | I | N | T | |
| A | L | I | | | P | U | L | S | A | R | S | | | |
| D | O | R | I | T | O | S | | | W | O | B | B | L | E |
| S | I | G | N | O | N | T | H | E | | U | N | I | O | N |
| | I | V | Y | | | D | A | R | N | | M | A | D |
| J | A | N | E | | D | O | T | T | E | D | L | I | N | E |
| A | X | I | S | | I | R | V | I | N | | O | N | E | A |
| M | E | A | T | | Y | E | S | N | O | | L | I | R | R |
Here's another example of a crossword with an unusual visual element that Across Lite can't reproduce. Hence, the convoluted notepad. The print version had no notes.
As referenced in 50- and 60-Across, there are three Zodiac SIGNs above the dotted lines.
– puzzle by Alex Boisvert
Thu 6/24/2010
| D | I | A | G | N | | N | C | O | | F | A | M | E | D |
| E | T | H | I | O | P | I | A | N | | T | H | A | N | E |
| M | A | I | L | S | A | C | K | S | | D | A | N | T | E |
| M | L | K | | E | T | H | E | P | R | O | B | L | E | M |
| E | Y | E | S | | T | O | S | E | E | D | | Y | R | S |
| | | C | O | I | L | | C | I | G | S | | | |
| I | T | M | A | K | E | S | N | | M | E | T | H | O | D |
| C | H | O | R | D | | O | O | F | S | | P | Y | R | O |
| B | O | D | E | | A | N | S | A | | R | E | P | E | L |
| M | R | S | U | L | U | | E | N | S | E | T | O | M | E |
| | | P | A | N | G | | N | E | V | E | | | |
| S | H | A | | S | T | E | V | I | E | | R | A | N | T |
| T | A | K | E | A | S | T | E | E | P | N | | M | B | A |
| A | G | I | N | G | | S | E | M | I | O | T | I | C | S |
| M | A | T | I | N | | T | R | A | N | S | A | C | T | S |
| P | R | A | D | A | | O | S | E | | E | D | I | V | E |
Three 18-letter theme answers snake across the grid, each taking a nose dive on the word NOSE.
– puzzle by John Farmer
Fri 6/25/2010
| P | A | L | P | S | | A | R | A | B | | A | M | P | M |
| A | L | I | A | S | | L | O | D | E | S | T | A | R | S |
| R | E | B | U | T | | D | I | D | G | E | R | I | O | S |
| T | V | I | L | | P | A | S | S | E | D | O | F | F | |
| V | E | S | S | E | L | | | | T | O | P | H | A | T |
| | | O | K | A | P | I | S | | N | O | O | N | E |
| W | I | N | E | C | A | S | K | | A | S | N | E | R |
| S | O | P | | | I | I | I | I | I | | | O | R | R |
| T | R | U | S | S | | F | R | O | T | H | E | R | S | |
| A | T | R | I | A | | F | A | S | T | E | R | | | |
| C | H | I | L | I | G | | | | E | N | R | A | P | T |
| A | T | E | K | O | S | H | E | R | | A | S | E | A |
| P | L | A | N | T | F | O | O | D | | S | T | A | R | R |
| P | O | N | T | O | O | N | E | D | | H | U | M | I | R |
| S | T | I | R | | R | O | S | Y | | A | M | I | T | Y |
Read the first letter of each Across clue to reveal a hidden message. Here's the wedding announcement in the NYT.
"Byron and Robin today will be saying 'I do.'"
– puzzle by Robin Schulman and Byron Walden
Sat 6/26/2010
| N | O | T | T | O | D | A | Y | | F | I | A | N | C | E |
| O | V | E | R | C | A | M | E | | I | N | D | O | O | R |
| S | O | M | E | T | H | I | N | G | S | F | I | S | H | Y |
| | P | E | A | L | | T | A | K | E | T | E | N | |
| A | S | A | | | | W | A | D | E | S | | | | |
| R | E | G | U | L | A | R | | | | T | A | T | A | |
| I | C | E | P | A | L | A | C | E | S | | R | E | N | |
| D | O | N | T | D | O | T | H | A | T | A | G | A | I | N |
| N | C | O | | W | H | I | T | E | H | O | R | S | E |
| D | Y | N | E | | | | I | N | A | N | G | E | R |
| | | | C | H | E | S | T | | | | A | S | I |
| A | S | P | H | A | L | T | | E | R | A | S | | |
| A | R | E | Y | O | U | K | I | D | D | I | N | G | M | E |
| B | A | R | R | E | L | | L | I | G | A | T | U | R | E |
| A | B | B | E | S | S | | L | A | Y | S | I | N | T | O |
Sun 6/27/2010 TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE
| S | W | A | L | E | | S | L | U | R | | D | A | R | T | S | | S | A | N | D |
| P | I | S | A | N | | T | U | N | E | | D | R | U | R | Y | | A | G | E | E |
| F | I | L | M | C | R | I | T | I | C | | A | T | M | A | N | | L | O | V | E |
| | | B | I | E | R | S | | O | L | Y | M | P | I | C | L | U | G | E | R |
| D | E | P | E | N | D | | K | A | R | L | | A | L | L | S | E | T | | | |
| A | M | O | R | O | S | O | | S | K | O | P | J | E | | | P | E | C | A | N |
| R | A | N | T | | E | R | A | T | | Y | A | O | | A | G | E | S | A | G | O |
| L | I | Z | | T | A | B | L | O | I | D | W | R | I | T | E | R | | S | E | R |
| A | L | I | B | I | | S | I | R | S | | | S | E | R | T | | M | I | N | E |
| | S | I | T | U | | T | I | T | H | E | | D | I | S | B | A | N | D | S |
| L | I | C | K | I | N | G | | A | L | E | V | E | | P | E | A | C | O | A | T |
| A | C | H | E | S | F | O | R | | E | R | I | N | S | | T | R | O | W | | |
| N | E | E | D | | E | R | O | S | | | A | C | T | I | | E | N | O | C | H |
| C | A | M | | E | L | E | C | T | I | O | N | L | O | S | E | R | | R | H | O |
| E | X | E | M | P | T | S | | R | E | L | | O | P | E | N | | S | K | A | L |
| T | E | R | I | S | | | A | I | S | L | E | S | | E | D | M | E | E | S | E |
| | | N | O | R | I | S | K | | I | G | E | T | | S | O | A | R | E | D |
| T | E | L | E | M | A | R | K | E | T | E | R | | H | O | U | R | S | | | |
| O | L | I | O | | Y | E | S | O | R | | E | B | A | Y | P | A | T | R | O | N |
| G | A | E | L | | O | N | I | N | E | | T | I | N | E | | L | A | U | R | A |
| A | N | N | A | | N | E | N | E | S | | S | T | E | R | | S | R | T | A | S |
Mon 6/28/2010
| J | A | G | S | | R | U | L | E | S | | V | E | S | T |
| I | R | A | Q | | A | P | A | R | T | | A | X | I | S |
| L | I | E | U | | R | E | P | R | O | | V | E | R | A |
| L | A | L | A | L | A | N | D | | P | H | A | S | E | R |
| | | R | O | A | D | | L | I | E | V | | | |
| L | I | V | E | T | V | | L | E | T | L | O | O | S | E |
| A | C | E | | S | I | X | A | M | | M | O | B | I | L |
| S | E | E | M | | S | E | T | U | P | | M | A | C | E |
| S | A | R | A | H | | R | E | R | A | N | | M | E | N |
| O | X | Y | M | O | R | O | N | | P | A | J | A | M | A |
| | | A | P | E | X | | J | A | D | E | | | |
| F | I | T | S | I | N | | B | A | B | A | W | A | W | A |
| A | R | E | A | | A | D | O | B | E | | F | L | A | T |
| M | A | X | I | | M | A | M | B | A | | R | E | N | T |
| E | S | T | D | | E | M | B | A | R | | O | X | E | N |
Tue 6/29/2010
| L | O | B | B | Y | | S | A | N | S | | M | E | T | Z |
| A | W | I | R | E | | E | T | A | T | | A | R | I | E |
| P | E | N | A | L | | N | O | V | A | | I | A | M | B |
| S | N | O | W | L | E | O | P | A | R | D | | T | O | R |
| | C | L | E | A | R | | L | E | O | N | O | R | A |
| E | C | U | | D | R | I | P | | A | N | A | | | |
| B | A | L | E | | S | T | A | | T | O | C | S | I | N |
| B | L | A | C | K | | A | N | D | | W | H | I | T | E |
| S | C | R | O | L | L | | D | A | B | | O | M | E | N |
| | | L | I | E | | A | M | A | S | | U | M | A |
| S | P | R | I | N | T | S | | P | R | O | W | L | | |
| K | O | I | | K | I | L | L | E | R | W | H | A | L | E |
| U | S | S | R | | T | O | O | N | | H | O | T | E | L |
| N | E | E | D | | B | E | T | E | | A | L | O | S | S |
| K | Y | R | A | | E | S | T | D | | T | E | R | S | E |
Wed 6/30/2010
| I | H | A | D | | | T | I | E | D | | S | H | A | M |
| T | O | M | E | I | | H | O | Y | A | | N | A | P | E |
| C | R | O | W | N | J | E | W | E | L | | U | R | S | A |
| H | A | S | A | G | O | | A | D | L | I | B | B | E | D |
| | | R | O | Y | S | | | A | N | N | O | | |
| P | I | T | S | T | O | P | S | | S | C | O | R | N | S |
| C | R | I | | S | U | I | T | S | | A | S | S | O | C |
| L | I | C | E | | S | T | E | E | L | | E | E | R | O |
| A | N | K | L | E | | S | I | T | A | R | | A | M | T |
| B | A | L | E | R | S | | N | O | V | E | L | L | A | S |
| | E | M | I | T | | | F | I | L | A | | | |
| T | Y | P | E | C | A | S | T | | S | O | W | E | T | O |
| A | S | I | N | | C | L | A | W | H | A | M | M | E | R |
| D | E | N | T | | K | I | T | E | | D | A | M | N | S |
| A | R | K | S | | S | P | E | D | | | N | A | T | O |