Fri 6/1/2012
E | S | T | E | S | | | | | | M | S | D | O | S |
M | E | A | G | E | R | | | | P | O | M | E | L | O |
B | R | O | O | D | E | R | | C | A | L | I | B | E | R |
A | G | I | T | A | T | O | | O | V | E | R | E | A | T |
Y | E | S | I | T | I | S | | M | A | S | K | E | R | S |
| I | T | S | E | L | E | M | E | N | T | A | R | Y | |
| | S | T | R | E | S | S | T | E | S | T | S | | |
| | | | | | A | T | O | | | | | | |
| | L | I | T | E | R | A | T | U | R | E | S | | |
| F | U | T | U | R | E | R | E | S | U | L | T | S | |
T | I | N | S | T | A | R | | R | U | N | L | A | P | S |
R | E | C | H | O | S | E | | M | A | N | A | T | E | E |
U | S | H | E | R | E | D | | S | L | I | M | I | N | G |
S | T | E | R | E | S | | | | S | E | A | N | C | E |
T | A | S | E | D | | | | | | R | E | G | E | R |
This puzzle tied the NYT record for the lowest word count. Mr. Krozel then broke that record in 2013.
– puzzle by Joe Krozel
Sat 6/2/2012
S | T | R | A | I | N | E | D | P | E | A | C | H | E | S |
R | O | U | N | D | A | B | O | U | T | R | O | U | T | E |
I | T | S | N | O | C | O | M | P | A | R | I | S | O | N |
S | O | S | | I | H | N | | | I | S | L | | | |
| | | U | N | O | | S | A | L | | S | U | N | G |
A | B | E | N | D | | A | W | N | | | | N | O | E |
C | O | N | C | E | A | L | E | D | W | E | A | P | O | N |
T | O | A | L | E | S | S | E | R | E | X | T | E | N | T |
I | M | M | E | D | I | A | T | E | D | A | N | G | E | R |
N | E | O | | | | C | O | W | | M | O | S | S | Y |
G | R | R | R | | P | E | N | | M | T | S | | | |
| | | E | P | I | | | V | I | A | | H | E | W |
D | I | A | M | O | N | D | J | I | M | B | R | A | D | Y |
I | T | T | A | K | E | S | A | V | I | L | L | A | G | E |
D | E | E | P | E | S | T | R | E | C | E | S | S | E | S |
Sun 6/3/2012 MYTH-LABELED
L | E | A | F | S | | R | E | A | R | S | | A | D | S | | M | A | U | V | E |
A | L | C | O | A | | E | N | N | I | O | | L | E | O | | A | G | N | E | S |
S | W | O | R | D | O | F | D | A | M | O | C | L | E | S | | S | E | A | R | S |
H | E | R | B | | B | E | S | S | | T | R | O | J | A | N | H | O | R | S | E |
| S | N | I | P | E | R | | T | O | Y | O | T | A | | O | I | L | M | E | N |
| | | D | A | Y | | L | A | V | | P | S | Y | C | H | E | D | | | |
C | H | A | D | S | | J | O | S | I | E | | | | L | O | S | | P | U | P |
R | O | L | E | | C | U | P | I | D | S | A | R | R | O | W | | A | R | N | O |
O | M | A | N | | I | K | E | A | | S | L | O | O | P | | O | P | E | N | S |
C | O | N | F | U | T | E | S | | H | E | I | S | T | | L | A | P | C | A | T |
| P | A | R | R | E | D | | F | E | N | C | E | | M | E | R | L | O | T | |
S | H | R | U | G | S | | S | U | I | T | E | | L | E | A | S | E | O | U | T |
C | O | K | I | E | | H | I | N | D | I | | S | Y | M | S | | O | K | R | A |
U | N | I | T | | G | O | R | D | I | A | N | K | N | O | T | | F | E | A | T |
D | E | N | | R | A | W | | | | L | E | E | D | S | | A | D | D | L | E |
| | | M | E | T | L | I | F | E | | O | W | E | | C | H | I | | | |
S | P | E | E | D | O | | N | I | C | E | N | E | | C | H | A | S | S | E | |
P | A | N | D | O | R | A | S | B | O | X | | R | I | L | E | | C | O | A | T |
A | S | T | I | N | | F | O | U | N | T | A | I | N | O | F | Y | O | U | T | H |
S | T | E | A | D | | A | L | L | | R | I | N | G | S | | E | R | N | I | E |
M | A | R | L | O | | R | E | A | | A | L | G | A | E | | A | D | D | T | O |
Mon 6/4/2012
C | R | A | W | | P | R | A | G | U | E | | P | C | B |
X | E | N | A | | H | U | M | A | N | E | | A | A | A |
V | E | N | U | S | D | E | M | I | L | O | | G | P | S |
I | D | E | S | T | | | O | T | O | | S | A | R | I |
| | | A | I | R | | | | C | L | I | N | I | C |
S | A | T | U | R | N | R | O | C | K | E | T | | | |
I | C | Y | | | S | E | T | H | | N | A | D | I | R |
N | E | P | A | L | | L | A | O | | T | R | I | N | I |
G | R | E | C | O | | I | R | I | S | | | E | G | O |
| | | M | E | R | C | U | R | Y | C | O | M | E | T |
A | M | O | E | B | A | | | | L | A | X | | | |
B | A | S | S | | V | I | A | | | E | I | G | H | T |
A | R | C | | M | A | R | S | C | A | N | D | I | E | S |
T | I | A | | A | G | A | T | E | S | | E | Z | R | A |
E | A | R | | D | E | N | I | E | S | | S | A | A | R |
Tue 6/5/2012
S | P | I | C | E | | T | I | M | O | R | | B | A | D |
E | R | N | E | S | | I | R | A | N | I | | U | L | E |
D | U | L | L | P | I | C | K | L | E | S | | M | B | A |
A | N | A | L | Y | S | T | | | D | I | S | B | A | R |
N | E | W | | | N | A | T | O | | N | O | L | T | E |
| | | D | U | T | C | H | D | I | G | G | E | R | S |
| A | G | A | L | | | R | I | C | | | B | O | T |
| B | U | T | T | E | R | E | N | E | M | I | E | S | |
E | O | E | | | R | A | W | | | A | D | E | S | |
M | U | S | T | E | R | R | O | G | E | R | S | | | |
A | T | T | E | N | | A | N | A | T | | | S | T | U |
I | T | S | A | G | O | | | S | T | U | C | K | U | P |
L | I | P | | R | U | N | G | M | A | S | T | E | R | S |
E | M | O | | A | Z | E | R | A | | T | R | I | B | E |
D | E | T | | M | O | U | R | N | | A | S | N | O | T |
Wed 6/6/2012
F | L | I | P | | K | E | I | R | A | | V | E | N | I |
I | O | N | O | | E | X | C | E | L | | A | V | O | N |
E | N | C | H | A | N | T | E | D | I | S | L | A | N | D |
F | I | L | L | M | O | R | E | | | O | U | N | C | E |
| | | | I | B | A | | M | A | L | E | S | E | X |
L | Y | M | E | D | I | S | E | A | S | E | | | | |
S | O | R | T | S | | | N | U | I | | A | M | P | S |
T | H | E | A | T | R | E | D | I | S | T | R | I | C | T |
S | O | D | S | | A | N | I | | | O | O | M | P | A |
| | | | P | I | C | T | U | R | E | D | I | S | C |
R | O | S | W | E | L | L | | S | E | T | | | | |
A | B | O | R | T | | | D | E | L | A | W | A | R | E |
J | E | D | I | S | T | A | R | F | I | G | H | T | E | R |
A | L | A | S | | B | R | A | U | N | | O | R | E | L |
H | I | S | T | | S | A | B | L | E | | S | I | D | E |
Thu 6/7/2012
| A | D | O | L | P | H | | | H | E | A | P | O | N |
I | B | E | F | O | R | E | | E | E | X | C | E | P | T |
G | O | L | F | T | O | U | R | N | A | M | E | N | T | S |
N | Y | E | T | | A | R | I | S | T | A | | S | O | B |
| | | H | O | M | E | S | | E | T | A | | | |
O | L | S | E | N | S | | I | N | D | E | N | T | | |
N | I | E | C | E | | A | N | A | L | | C | H | I | P |
C | E | I | L | I | N | G | | H | Y | G | I | E | N | E |
E | N | Z | O | | H | U | T | S | | W | E | I | R | D |
| | E | C | O | L | A | W | | G | E | N | R | E | S |
| | | K | N | T | | I | D | O | N | T | | | |
O | W | E | | L | E | T | S | U | P | | R | A | M | S |
R | A | D | I | O | A | S | T | R | O | N | O | M | E | R |
B | I | G | N | A | M | E | | R | O | O | M | E | R | S |
S | T | E | E | N | S | | | A | F | T | E | R | C | |
Fri 6/8/2012
R | E | B | A | | A | N | I | T | A | | P | R | E | S |
E | R | I | C | T | H | E | R | E | D | | H | A | L | L |
D | I | N | A | H | S | H | O | R | E | | I | I | I | I |
A | N | O | D | E | | I | N | N | S | | L | S | A | T |
| | C | E | O | S | | | | | L | I | E | N | S |
A | L | U | M | | A | C | H | | T | A | P | S | | |
T | O | L | I | T | T | L | E | P | U | R | P | O | S | E |
T | R | A | C | T | I | O | N | E | N | G | I | N | E | S |
A | I | R | C | O | N | D | I | T | I | O | N | E | R | S |
| | V | I | P | S | | E | E | N | | E | S | T | O |
E | M | I | R | S | | | | | G | R | E | G | | |
D | I | S | C | | I | C | E | D | | H | A | L | A | L |
N | A | I | L | | S | L | U | I | C | E | G | A | T | E |
A | T | O | E | | L | O | R | D | N | E | L | S | O | N |
S | A | N | S | | A | T | E | I | N | | E | S | M | E |
Sat 6/9/2012
D | O | H | A | Q | A | T | A | R | | P | H | O | T | O |
O | B | A | M | A | C | A | R | E | | A | T | R | A | P |
G | O | B | A | N | A | N | A | S | | S | E | E | M | E |
R | E | A | | D | I | L | L | | C | T | S | C | A | N |
A | P | N | E | A | | I | S | T | H | A | T | A | L | L |
C | A | E | N | | | N | E | N | E | | | R | E | Y |
E | R | R | O | R | | E | A | T | S | U | P | | | |
S | T | O | L | A | V | | | | T | H | E | S | O | N |
| | | A | G | E | N | T | K | | S | T | O | N | E |
P | J | S | | | S | E | A | L | | | C | R | E | W |
T | A | U | B | E | T | A | P | I | | P | O | T | T | S |
B | R | I | A | R | S | | I | N | R | I | | D | I | D |
O | U | T | T | A | | L | O | G | I | N | N | A | M | E |
A | L | O | E | S | | I | C | E | S | K | A | T | E | S |
T | E | R | S | E | | M | A | R | K | Y | M | A | R | K |
Sun 6/10/2012 GETTING AROUND
A | N | S | E | L | M | | Z | E | A | L | | R | S | V | P | | O | V | A | L |
N | O | O | N | E | R | | A | X | T | O | | B | E | A | R | | P | O | L | O |
G | I | F | T | W | R | A | P | P | E | D | | I | N | N | E | R | T | U | B | E |
E | R | I | E | | O | P | P | O | S | E | S | | D | E | K | E | | C | A | W |
R | E | A | R | | B | E | A | S | T | | U | F | O | S | | A | S | H | | |
| | | | V | O | X | | | | B | E | E | F | S | | L | A | S | S | O |
P | T | B | O | A | T | | I | N | S | I | D | E | F | A | S | T | B | A | L | L |
S | E | L | F | C | O | N | T | A | I | N | E | D | | | E | Y | E | F | U | L |
A | N | I | T | A | | A | S | I | F | | | | M | A | C | | R | E | M | Y |
| O | N | E | T | O | N | | A | T | O | M | | G | A | E | A | | | | |
| N | I | N | E | B | A | N | D | E | D | A | R | M | A | D | I | L | L | O | |
| | | | D | E | N | Y | | D | E | L | I | | M | E | R | L | I | N | |
O | C | H | S | | R | A | E | | | | A | P | I | A | | W | A | V | E | S |
W | O | O | H | O | O | | | R | I | N | G | E | D | P | L | A | N | E | T | S |
I | N | T | E | R | N | A | L | O | R | G | A | N | S | | I | R | O | N | O | N |
E | N | D | E | D | | C | A | S | I | O | | | | O | K | S | | | | |
| | O | P | E | | T | W | A | S | | A | G | A | P | E | | M | A | M | A |
A | L | G | | A | B | E | S | | H | A | I | R | G | E | L | | A | D | E | S |
B | U | B | B | L | E | D | U | P | | G | O | I | N | C | I | R | C | L | E | S |
C | L | U | E | | L | O | I | S | | E | L | S | E | | K | A | R | A | T | E |
S | U | N | G | | A | N | T | I | | S | I | T | S | | E | G | O | I | S | T |
This tricky theme confused many solvers. Look closely at the circles in the grid. TUBE and FASTBALL are inside circles. GIFT is wrapped by them. SELF is contained by them. PLANETS are ringed by them. ORGANS are internal to them. UP is bubbled inside. The especially nice coincidence is that the Nine-banded ARMADILLO gets nine bands because Armadillo has nine letters.
– puzzle by Xan Vongsathorn
Mon 6/11/2012
G | A | B | S | | O | G | R | E | S | S | | F | A | D |
R | E | A | M | | A | P | A | C | H | E | | I | R | E |
U | R | G | E | | F | A | L | L | E | N | I | D | O | L |
F | I | E | L | D | | | P | A | R | | M | G | M | T |
F | E | L | L | O | W | S | H | I | P | | P | E | A | S |
| | | Y | E | O | W | | R | A | B | A | T | | |
A | D | O | | | R | A | W | | | E | L | I | S | E |
F | I | L | L | I | N | T | H | E | B | L | A | N | K | S |
L | E | D | I | N | | | O | V | O | | | G | A | P |
| | Y | O | K | E | D | | I | N | E | Z | | | |
A | M | E | N | | F | O | L | L | O | W | S | U | I | T |
B | A | L | E | | F | L | A | | | E | A | T | M | E |
F | U | L | L | N | E | L | S | O | N | | Z | A | H | N |
A | R | E | | O | C | A | S | E | Y | | S | H | O | D |
B | A | R | | S | T | R | O | D | E | | A | N | T | S |
Tue 6/12/2012
B | R | R | | D | A | V | E | | S | W | E | A | R | |
R | O | E | | A | G | E | E | | H | I | T | T | E | R |
A | N | D | | D | O | N | C | O | R | L | E | O | N | E |
D | A | R | K | A | G | E | | M | U | D | | D | E | L |
| | I | N | S | | T | H | E | B | R | I | D | G | E |
L | A | V | A | | N | O | E | L | | I | N | S | E | T |
T | H | E | R | M | O | | R | E | A | V | E | | | |
D | A | R | | O | V | E | R | T | H | E | | R | E | S |
| | | N | O | O | N | E | | A | R | T | I | S | T |
T | W | E | E | N | | D | R | A | B | | R | O | P | E |
R | I | V | E | R | K | W | A | I | | S | O | B | | |
E | N | E | | I | N | A | | R | A | T | T | R | A | P |
A | N | N | I | V | E | R | S | A | R | Y | | A | L | I |
T | E | S | T | E | E | | I | C | O | N | | V | A | T |
| R | O | A | R | S | | B | E | N | E | | O | N | T |
The first letters of the Across clues spell out "The Robert Redford film A River Runs Through It."
– puzzle by Peter A. Collins
Wed 6/13/2012
N | A | P | A | | J | A | W | | A | S | I | D | E | S |
O | M | E | R | | E | X | O | | T | H | R | O | W | N |
M | A | N | P | O | W | E | R | | H | O | T | T | E | A |
A | Z | T | E | C | S | | S | P | E | W | | M | L | I |
D | E | A | L | T | | S | T | O | N | E | W | A | L | L |
| | | S | O | Y | A | | M | A | R | A | T | | |
A | I | M | | P | I | N | T | | | | I | R | A | Q |
P | L | A | Y | I | N | G | W | I | T | H | F | I | R | E |
B | A | J | A | | | | O | S | S | A | | X | E | D |
| | O | R | T | H | O | | L | A | N | G | | | |
B | I | R | D | H | O | U | S | E | | K | E | L | S | O |
U | N | E | | R | O | I | L | | S | I | L | E | N | T |
L | O | T | S | O | F | | A | N | T | E | A | T | E | R |
B | U | T | A | N | E | | V | I | A | | T | H | R | O |
S | T | E | W | E | D | | E | B | B | | O | E | D | S |
Thu 6/14/2012
S | A | D | | M | E | D | I | C | | K | N | O | B | S |
N | O | E | | A | X | I | A | L | | A | S | C | O | T |
A | N | A | S | T | A | S | I | A | | T | A | T | A | R |
R | E | D | R | U | M | | M | I | R | Y | | A | T | E |
| | W | A | R | P | S | | R | E | D | A | N | E | S |
F | A | O | | E | L | O | I | | B | I | P | E | D | S |
I | G | O | T | | E | N | N | E | A | D | S | | | |
R | E | D | U | P | | I | S | P | | S | E | R | I | F |
| | | T | R | A | C | H | E | A | | S | I | R | E |
F | O | S | T | E | R | | R | E | D | S | | G | A | D |
I | L | L | O | G | I | C | | S | A | I | T | H | | |
L | E | I | | N | A | H | S | | P | R | O | T | O | N |
M | O | C | H | A | | E | A | R | T | H | T | O | N | E |
C | L | E | A | N | | E | V | I | T | A | | N | C | R |
R | E | D | I | T | | R | E | D | O | N | | R | E | D |
Turn right on RED to read the seven theme answers.
– puzzle by Tracy Gray
Fri 6/15/2012
S | C | A | R | E | C | R | O | W | S | | C | O | S | T |
T | O | L | E | D | O | O | H | I | O | | A | N | N | A |
I | W | A | N | T | M | Y | M | T | V | | L | E | O | N |
F | E | T | E | | B | A | S | H | | C | L | O | W | N |
F | R | E | E | R | O | L | L | | | R | I | C | C | I |
| | | | I | M | E | A | N | | A | N | T | O | N |
| T | H | I | N | E | | W | O | L | F | G | A | N | G |
| H | A | N | G | A | R | | M | O | T | I | V | E | |
W | R | I | S | T | L | E | T | | V | I | N | E | S | |
A | E | R | E | O | | M | A | G | E | E | | | | |
R | E | S | T | S | | | C | H | A | R | T | R | E | S |
W | H | A | M | S | | B | O | O | P | | W | E | L | T |
I | O | L | A | | P | O | P | U | P | V | I | D | E | O |
C | L | O | P | | C | H | I | L | L | A | X | I | N | G |
K | E | N | S | | P | R | E | S | E | N | T | D | A | Y |
Sat 6/16/2012
O | R | G | A | N | S | | S | O | C | I | A | L | I | Q |
N | A | U | S | E | A | | E | D | I | T | M | E | N | U |
R | U | N | S | O | N | | T | E | R | I | Y | A | K | I |
A | C | C | E | N | T | | R | O | C | S | | D | M | Z |
M | O | A | T | | A | M | A | N | A | | M | O | A | N |
P | U | S | S | Y | C | A | T | S | | Z | O | R | R | O |
S | S | E | | E | R | I | E | | K | O | P | E | K | S |
| | | E | L | U | L | | C | A | N | E | | | |
S | C | H | U | L | Z | | M | O | N | K | | L | S | D |
C | H | A | R | S | | B | A | B | Y | S | P | I | C | E |
H | A | L | O | | L | E | T | B | E | | O | T | I | C |
I | T | T | | J | E | D | I | | W | A | S | H | E | R |
S | E | E | P | E | D | I | N | | E | L | A | I | N | E |
M | A | R | I | T | I | M | E | | S | E | D | U | C | E |
S | U | S | P | E | N | S | E | | T | E | A | M | E | D |
Sun 6/17/2012 PLAYABLE
N | A | T | O | | A | P | B | | | | Y | E | A | S | T | | S | W | A | B |
A | M | A | H | | B | O | R | O | | P | O | L | L | O | I | | T | A | R | A |
B | U | M | B | L | E | R | A | P | | R | U | M | B | L | E | P | U | N | C | H |
O | S | I | R | I | S | | G | E | T | I | T | | | | L | O | N | D | O | N |
B | E | L | O | T | | I | G | N | E | O | U | S | | G | I | N | | | | |
| | | T | H | A | N | | W | A | R | B | L | E | O | N | D | R | U | G | S |
S | H | A | H | | R | E | G | I | S | | E | R | A | S | E | | O | P | E | D |
E | A | V | E | | T | R | A | D | E | R | | | G | E | S | T | A | T | E | S |
T | H | E | R | E | S | T | H | E | R | U | B | B | L | E | | A | M | O | K | |
H | A | S | | C | H | I | | | | N | O | S | E | | A | M | E | N | | |
| | | G | L | O | A | T | E | D | | K | A | S | H | M | I | R | | | |
| | C | R | A | W | | A | S | I | A | | | | O | O | N | | A | O | K |
| F | E | E | S | | D | R | O | P | P | I | N | G | T | R | O | U | B | L | E |
M | A | L | T | S | H | O | P | | | O | C | E | A | N | O | | P | E | E | N |
I | S | E | E | | A | L | O | O | P | | Y | P | R | E | S | | P | L | O | T |
N | O | B | L | E | N | O | N | S | E | N | S | E | | S | O | M | E | | | |
| | | | C | D | R | | O | R | I | E | N | T | S | | A | R | N | A | Z |
D | E | P | L | O | Y | | | | P | L | A | T | O | | O | L | D | A | G | E |
Q | U | E | E | N | M | U | M | B | L | E | | H | U | B | B | L | E | C | A | P |
E | R | O | S | | A | D | O | R | E | S | | E | C | T | O | | C | R | I | P |
D | O | N | S | | N | O | T | A | X | | | | H | U | E | | K | E | N | O |
Mon 6/18/2012
Z | E | S | T | | G | U | T | | K | I | S | S | U | P | S |
I | N | C | H | | U | N | H | | O | C | E | A | N | I | A |
O | T | O | E | | E | S | O | | L | E | T | I | T | B | E |
N | O | W | H | E | R | E | M | A | N | | | N | O | B | S |
| | | U | N | R | E | A | L | | E | A | T | | | |
| G | O | L | D | E | N | S | L | U | M | B | E | R | S | |
F | O | L | K | | | | | W | A | I | L | | I | L | L |
A | N | I | | M | I | C | H | E | L | L | E | | C | A | Y |
N | O | V | | I | T | O | O | | | | | G | E | N | E |
| W | E | C | A | N | W | O | R | K | I | T | O | U | T | |
| | | O | S | O | | K | A | N | S | A | S | | | |
C | O | H | N | | | R | E | V | O | L | U | T | I | O | N |
H | E | Y | J | U | D | E | | I | T | E | | A | N | D | Y |
U | N | P | O | S | E | D | | N | U | T | | L | C | D | S |
B | O | O | B | O | O | S | | G | P | S | | E | A | S | E |
The publication date is Paul McCartney's 70th birthday.
– puzzle by Peter A. Collins
Tue 6/19/2012
O | H | N | O | | | B | R | O | | | T | W | O | D |
M | O | O | R | | S | L | O | B | | B | O | O | R | S |
O | T | R | O | | C | O | L | O | | R | O | N | D | O |
O | L | D | S | C | H | O | O | L | | O | T | T | O | S |
| | | C | O | M | P | S | | H | O | T | | | |
H | O | H | O | H | O | | | K | O | M | O | D | O | |
O | R | O | | O | S | M | O | N | D | | O | R | R | S |
S | L | O | P | S | | O | S | O | | S | T | O | O | L |
P | O | C | O | | M | O | T | T | S | T | | O | N | O |
| P | H | O | B | O | S | | | P | R | O | L | O | G |
| | | L | O | W | | S | T | O | O | D | | | |
S | C | O | R | N | | S | N | O | O | P | D | O | G | G |
N | O | T | O | K | | H | O | O | K | | L | O | O | T |
O | C | H | O | S | | O | W | L | S | | O | P | T | O |
B | O | O | M | | | O | S | S | | | T | S | O | S |
The only vowel in this grid is O. There are 69 of them, more than twice the previous record set in 1993.
– puzzle by Steve Riley
Wed 6/20/2012
B | A | N | J | O | | S | M | A | S | H | | C | F | O |
O | S | C | A | R | | P | A | D | R | E | | L | A | N |
W | H | A | C | K | J | O | R | D | A | N | | A | C | E |
L | E | A | K | | E | R | R | | | R | O | M | E | O |
| | | P | O | T | T | Y | S | K | I | P | P | I | N |
S | C | O | O | B | | | M | O | I | | E | S | T | E |
C | U | S | T | E | R | B | E | A | T | E | N | | | |
I | D | S | | S | U | R | | V | E | X | | E | L | F |
| | | M | E | N | A | C | E | D | I | L | L | E | R |
A | H | O | Y | | I | W | O | | | L | U | S | T | Y |
M | O | R | M | O | N | N | A | I | L | E | R | | | |
O | B | G | Y | N | | | L | L | B | | K | A | N | T |
R | B | I | | T | A | M | E | S | J | A | I | L | E | R |
A | L | E | | A | G | O | R | A | | K | N | A | V | E |
L | E | S | | P | R | E | S | S | | A | G | R | E | E |
Thu 6/21/2012
A | L | O | H | A | | E | P | A | | P | S | A | L | M |
M | A | J | O | R | | T | I | X | | O | H | G | E | E |
O | Z | A | R | K | | H | O | L | E | R | O | U | N | D |
K | E | Y | S | | J | E | N | | I | T | W | A | S | I |
| | | E | L | U | L | | O | G | R | E | | | |
H | E | Y | M | O | M | | M | A | H | A | R | A | J | A |
T | R | U | E | U | P | | A | T | T | Y | | B | O | L |
E | A | R | N | | S | I | S | S | Y | | Y | O | Y | O |
S | S | T | | L | T | R | S | | F | I | E | R | C | E |
T | E | S | S | E | R | A | E | | O | R | A | T | E | S |
| | | A | G | E | S | | P | U | R | R | | | |
A | R | G | Y | L | E | | G | A | R | | S | A | S | E |
V | A | R | I | E | T | I | E | S | | P | O | L | K | A |
I | R | O | N | S | | V | E | T | | E | L | V | I | S |
D | A | W | G | S | | S | K | Y | | A | D | A | P | T |
Include the clue number itself in the highlighted symmetric answers.
– puzzle by Caleb Emmons
Fri 6/22/2012
B | U | Z | Z | K | I | L | L | | | P | A | P | A | W |
U | N | I | O | N | D | U | E | S | | F | L | E | S | H |
S | T | R | E | E | T | M | A | P | | C | A | R | T | A |
T | I | C | | W | A | M | P | U | M | | R | I | O | T |
E | D | O | M | | G | O | T | T | I | | M | O | N | A |
D | Y | N | E | S | | X | A | N | D | Y | | D | I | G |
| | | D | U | H | | T | I | R | A | M | I | S | U |
C | R | E | A | M | E | R | | K | I | T | S | C | H | Y |
R | E | D | L | A | B | E | L | | B | E | D | | | |
A | S | H | | C | R | E | E | D | | S | O | F | T | G |
S | C | A | B | | E | N | G | E | L | | S | A | U | L |
H | U | R | L | | W | A | R | S | A | W | | T | V | A |
P | E | R | I | L | | C | O | O | K | I | E | J | A | R |
A | M | I | N | E | | T | O | T | E | M | P | O | L | E |
D | E | S | K | S | | | M | O | R | P | H | E | U | S |
Sat 6/23/2012
Q | U | I | E | T | D | O | W | N | | E | R | E | C | T |
S | N | A | K | E | E | Y | E | S | | R | E | S | O | W |
C | A | M | E | T | O | S | E | E | | I | N | T | R | O |
O | W | N | | E | X | T | | W | O | N | T | O | N | S |
R | E | O | S | | Y | E | P | | U | S | E | N | E | T |
E | D | T | V | | G | R | E | A | T | | R | I | L | E |
| | | E | Y | E | B | A | L | L | S | | A | L | P |
S | H | A | N | A | N | A | | T | E | T | A | N | U | S |
P | A | N | | M | A | R | K | E | T | E | R | | | |
A | V | E | R | | T | S | A | R | S | | G | A | T | E |
R | E | C | E | D | E | | T | N | T | | O | R | E | G |
R | A | D | I | O | D | J | | A | O | L | | G | R | E |
I | C | O | N | S | | I | N | T | R | I | G | U | E | S |
N | O | T | I | E | | B | R | E | E | Z | I | E | S | T |
G | W | E | N | S | | S | A | S | S | A | F | R | A | S |
Sun 6/24/2012 ELEMENT OF SURPRISE
S | P | A | R | E | D | | | S | P | E | D | | B | A | N | G | | S | I | P |
P | E | T | E | R | I | I | | E | C | C | E | | I | G | E | R | | P | D | A |
A | T | O | M | I | C | S | Y | M | B | O | L | | C | E | L | E | R | I | E | S |
T | I | N | A | C | T | I | N | | S | N | A | P | | | L | E | E | R | A | T |
S | T | A | R | K | | T | E | D | | O | N | U | S | | I | N | N | A | T | E |
| E | L | K | | G | A | Z | E | D | | O | Z | O | N | E | H | O | L | E | S |
| | | | C | O | R | | P | A | T | | O | W | E | | O | I | S | | |
| S | T | B | A | R | T | S | | T | H | X | | S | C | O | U | R | | | |
S | P | H | E | R | E | | C | L | A | R | E | T | | T | A | S | S | E | L | S |
P | L | A | N | B | | T | R | A | | O | N | A | D | A | T | E | | R | A | H |
R | A | N | T | O | | S | A | V | E | W | A | T | E | R | | G | R | A | D | E |
A | S | K | | N | I | A | G | A | R | A | | A | L | S | | A | I | S | L | E |
T | H | U | S | F | A | R | | L | O | W | E | S | T | | A | S | L | E | E | P |
| | | P | O | S | I | T | | S | A | N | | S | C | R | E | E | D | S | |
| | G | A | O | | S | O | T | | Y | T | D | | O | K | S | | | | |
P | L | A | N | T | A | T | R | E | E | | S | I | G | N | S | | S | T | K | |
T | U | L | I | P | S | | O | R | C | A | | S | A | C | | E | U | R | O | S |
B | A | L | E | R | S | | | M | O | M | A | | Y | E | L | L | F | I | R | E |
O | N | E | L | I | T | E | R | | C | O | N | S | E | R | V | E | F | U | E | L |
A | D | O | | N | D | A | K | | A | C | D | C | | N | O | M | I | N | A | L |
T | A | N | | T | A | R | O | | R | O | S | H | | | V | I | X | E | N | S |
Connect the atomic symbols for Carbon to see the shape of a footprint.
– puzzle by Elizabeth C. Gorski
Mon 6/25/2012
M | U | I | R | | S | C | U | B | A | | A | M | F | M |
A | N | N | O | | M | I | T | E | R | | R | I | D | E |
L | A | V | A | | E | V | E | R | T | | L | S | A | T |
T | W | I | N | K | L | I | N | G | E | Y | E | S | | |
E | A | T | | I | L | L | S | | | A | S | Y | E | T |
D | R | E | A | M | Y | | I | M | A | C | | O | S | U |
S | E | E | S | | | F | L | A | S | H | B | U | L | B |
| | | I | M | S | O | | Z | E | T | A | | | |
J | I | F | F | Y | L | U | B | E | | | G | E | A | R |
A | D | A | | T | O | R | I | | S | E | S | A | M | E |
B | O | T | C | H | | | G | E | E | S | | R | N | S |
| | I | N | S | T | A | N | T | C | O | F | F | E | E |
L | O | G | O | | O | M | A | H | A | | I | L | S | A |
B | R | U | T | | R | O | M | A | N | | N | A | T | L |
S | K | E | E | | T | R | E | N | T | | S | P | Y | S |
Tue 6/26/2012
A | D | U | L | T | | L | A | M | P | | A | L | M | S |
J | O | N | A | H | | E | R | I | E | | S | H | A | H |
A | C | E | V | E | N | T | U | R | A | | K | A | Y | O |
| | | S | H | I | M | S | | G | O | E | S | O | N |
D | O | H | | A | C | E | H | A | R | D | W | A | R | E |
E | M | E | R | G | E | | | L | E | D | | | | |
P | A | L | A | U | | A | B | L | E | | S | A | K | E |
T | H | E | D | E | A | D | M | A | N | S | H | A | N | D |
S | A | N | S | | D | O | I | N | | T | O | R | I | I |
| | | | G | A | B | | | M | A | D | O | F | F |
E | I | G | H | T | M | E | N | O | U | T | | N | E | Y |
T | H | E | D | O | W | | A | C | T | U | P | | | |
H | A | L | T | | E | I | G | H | T | T | R | A | C | K |
A | V | I | V | | S | P | A | R | | E | E | R | I | E |
N | E | D | S | | T | O | T | E | | S | P | R | A | Y |
Wed 6/27/2012
| | | | | M | A | R | S | H | Y | | | | |
S | T | O | R | M | I | N | A | T | E | A | C | U | P | |
L | A | C | K | I | N | G | S | Y | M | M | E | T | R | Y |
A | L | C | O | A | | O | H | M | | | L | O | A | M |
Y | O | U | | | | R | A | I | D | | | P | I | C |
S | N | L | | L | O | A | D | E | R | S | | I | R | A |
| S | T | A | S | H | | | | S | I | N | A | I | |
| | | C | A | R | E | T | | | Z | A | N | E | |
| P | E | N | T | O | M | I | N | O | E | S | | | |
T | I | L | E | | B | I | G | O | X | | A | I | R | S |
O | N | S | | | | T | E | R | I | | | M | O | O |
O | T | I | S | | E | T | R | E | | | S | P | U | N |
N | O | N | I | N | T | E | R | L | O | C | K | I | N | G |
| | O | N | E | T | R | A | C | K | M | I | N | D | |
| A | R | E | N | A | | G | O | L | O | N | G | | |
| | E | W | E | | | | | A | N | T | E | | |
A set of five squares can be connected along their edges to form 12 unique shapes. You can see each of them here. This gimmick necessarily breaks some of the standard construction rules — symmetry is not possible and, because of the so-called U pentomino in the bottom left, there's an unchecked square. The 12 pentominoes can be interlocked to form rectangles of various sizes.
– puzzle by Mike Buckley
Thu 6/28/2012
H | A | R | D | | S | N | A | C | K | | H | A | L | F |
A | L | O | U | | T | O | S | E | A | | I | R | A | E |
R | O | L | E | | P | A | P | E | R | P | L | A | T | E |
V | O | L | T | | A | H | S | | E | L | O | P | E | D |
E | F | T | | D | T | S | | U | N | O | | A | R | I |
S | L | O | P | E | S | | S | N | I | T | C | H | O | N |
T | Y | P | O | S | | L | O | A | N | | H | O | N | G |
| | | T | I | M | E | F | R | A | M | E | | | |
A | T | A | T | | A | D | A | M | | B | A | R | B | Q |
R | I | N | S | I | N | G | S | | G | A | T | E | A | U |
R | S | T | | D | D | E | | Y | O | S | | T | R | A |
I | D | O | T | O | O | | D | E | W | | R | I | E | L |
V | A | N | I | L | L | A | I | C | E | | A | N | T | I |
A | L | I | E | | I | M | A | C | S | | M | O | T | T |
L | E | A | D | | N | I | G | H | T | | P | L | A | Y |
Types of TIME FRAME the entire grid.
– puzzle by Elizabeth C. Gorski
Fri 6/29/2012
B | A | D | T | A | S | T | E | | | H | I | P | P | O |
A | M | E | R | I | C | A | N | S | | O | N | I | O | N |
R | O | S | E | R | O | Y | C | E | | A | B | A | T | E |
D | R | E | A | M | T | E | A | M | | G | A | Z | E | S |
S | E | X | T | E | T | | S | I | B | I | L | A | N | T |
| | | | D | O | S | E | | L | E | A | D | T | O |
| C | O | C | A | | O | S | H | A | | N | O | I | R |
H | A | R | O | L | D | S | | A | M | S | C | R | A | Y |
O | L | A | N | | O | A | H | U | | N | E | A | L | |
M | E | N | T | A | L | | A | L | P | O | | | | |
E | D | G | I | N | E | S | S | | A | B | L | A | Z | E |
H | O | U | N | D | | C | A | L | L | B | O | X | E | S |
E | N | T | E | R | | U | T | I | L | I | T | I | E | S |
L | I | A | N | E | | M | I | L | E | S | T | O | N | E |
P | A | N | T | S | | | T | O | T | H | E | M | A | X |
Sat 6/30/2012
O | N | E | F | I | N | G | E | R | S | A | L | U | T | E |
C | A | L | I | F | O | R | N | I | A | G | I | R | L | S |
A | F | I | G | H | T | I | N | G | C | H | A | N | C | E |
L | T | S | | E | A | S | E | | R | A | N | | | |
A | A | A | S | | | T | A | C | O | S | A | L | A | D |
| | | U | P | S | | D | O | I | | S | O | T | O |
M | I | N | E | R | A | L | S | A | L | T | | T | E | L |
R | C | A | D | O | M | E | | T | I | E | A | T | I | E |
M | I | I | | P | E | R | S | I | A | N | C | A | T | S |
O | L | A | V | | L | O | A | | C | S | A | | | |
M | Y | D | A | R | L | I | N | G | | | I | S | O | N |
| | | S | E | I | | T | E | C | S | | O | N | O |
E | M | O | T | I | O | N | A | L | O | U | T | L | E | T |
M | O | M | E | N | T | O | F | I | N | E | R | T | I | A |
S | P | A | R | E | T | H | E | D | E | T | A | I | L | S |