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B | E | E | F | I | E | R | L | A | P | D | O | G | S | H | A | R | E | M | ||
E | C | L | I | P | S | E | O | H | H | E | N | R | Y | A | M | A | R | E | ||
T | H | O | R | O | U | G | H | F | A | I | R | I | E | S | H | A | D | E | S | |
H | O | N | E | R | I | O | T | S | M | O | N | P | A | N | I | C | S | |||
B | R | A | S | S | P | A | N | A | M | A | H | A | I | T | I | |||||
A | L | T | O | O | N | E | S | A | U | D | A | N | A | |||||||
D | O | R | M | I | C | E | W | I | L | D | C | A | R | D | U | T | N | E | ||
D | O | U | B | L | E | D | I | A | R | I | E | S | C | A | R | P | O | O | L | |
E | S | T | S | H | Y | F | I | D | O | A | R | O | M | A | ||||||
R | E | H | U | N | G | A | Z | U | R | E | O | N | E | T | O | T | E | N | ||
S | H | O | U | L | D | E | R | H | A | I | R | I | N | E | S | S | ||||
S | W | E | A | T | S | I | T | G | O | T | T | I | O | R | E | I | D | A | ||
T | O | R | U | S | B | O | N | E | I | T | E | E | E | R | ||||||
Y | O | U | L | O | S | E | B | O | O | K | S | O | N | T | A | I | P | E | I | |
E | L | M | S | C | L | E | A | N | U | P | S | G | E | T | S | O | R | E | ||
P | R | E | P | T | H | O | R | L | O | U | P | E | S | |||||||
P | O | L | K | A | I | D | I | O | T | S | I | T | E | M | S | |||||
E | M | I | N | E | M | G | P | A | A | D | R | E | P | P | A | P | A | |||
C | A | M | E | L | F | R | E | S | H | P | A | I | R | O | F | E | Y | E | S | |
K | N | O | L | L | D | A | R | K | I | S | H | P | R | O | C | E | S | S | ||
S | I | S | T | A | A | M | A | S | S | E | S | S | T | E | T | S | O | N |
Peter Gordon is a puzzlemaker and editor from Great Neck, N.Y. He has been a puzzle editor for Games magazine, Sterling Publishing and the bygone New York Sun. Since 2010 he has edited Fireball Crosswords, a 45-times-a-year online-only super-challenger.
One of Peter's bugaboos as a constructor is partial phrases — multiword answers that would ordinarily require fill-in-the-blank clues (like "Getting ___ years" for ON IN). He hates them. You won't find any of them here.
W | I | N | E | S | N | O | T | I | N | I | F | W | E | P | H | I | L | ||||
A | N | O | D | E | A | M | I | G | O | S | N | O | O | P | R | I | D | E | |||
S | P | O | U | T | S | I | D | L | E | P | A | R | E | I | D | O | L | I | A | ||
P | U | N | C | T | U | A | T | I | O | N | M | A | R | K | C | O | T | T | O | N | |
S | T | E | A | L | S | N | O | D | I | C | E | N | E | S | T | S | |||||
T | E | A | E | G | G | S | L | E | A | P | F | R | O | G | |||||||
V | I | C | E | S | I | R | S | S | O | B | A | A | A | T | E | A | M | S | |||
E | M | O | S | E | A | I | T | S | A | B | L | U | R | H | E | N | |||||
R | O | N | S | M | I | M | O | S | A | R | E | E | S | E | H | A | L | L | |||
B | U | G | A | B | O | O | H | A | M | R | O | T | N | O | M | ||||||
S | T | A | L | A | G | H | Y | P | H | E | N | A | T | H | O | M | E | ||||
L | E | G | M | M | E | A | R | I | E | X | H | U | M | E | S | ||||||
S | H | I | M | C | O | O | L | S | T | R | E | B | L | E | M | E | L | T | |||
P | A | N | L | O | W | L | I | F | E | S | I | V | S | N | E | E | |||||
F | L | E | A | B | A | N | E | N | E | D | M | O | I | A | F | T | E | R | |||
N | E | W | S | R | E | E | L | W | A | S | S | A | I | L | |||||||
P | H | A | G | E | C | A | L | A | I | S | C | R | E | T | A | N | |||||
E | U | G | E | N | E | R | O | T | A | T | E | C | L | O | C | K | W | I | S | E | |
S | M | I | L | E | Y | F | A | C | E | O | N | A | I | R | I | O | N | I | A | ||
T | I | L | E | E | D | G | A | R | N | E | R | F | S | S | U | G | A | R | |||
O | D | E | S | S | A | U | R | E | R | A | T | O | S | T | E | M | S |
Alex Rosen is a software engineer, formerly of New Jersey, North Carolina, and Boston, but now living in London. His job is to help computer users avoid email-related security mistakes, like clicking on a bad link or accidentally sending an email to the wrong person.
This is Alex's third puzzle for The Times. He describes it as "luck at several different levels" that he got the symmetrical black squares and asymmetrical circles to work out right.
A | C | T | A | S | G | N | A | R | L | S | T | R | I | P | A | D | E | S | |||
H | A | I | T | I | M | O | N | E | Y | A | R | E | N | A | S | E | R | A | |||
S | P | E | L | L | C | A | S | T | E | R | D | I | S | C | I | L | D | R | S | ||
A | E | R | R | I | C | A | R | D | O | U | N | L | E | A | S | H | |||||
J | O | H | N | N | Y | C | A | S | H | E | L | D | E | R | L | A | W | ||||
C | L | A | T | T | E | R | O | S | T | E | E | N | E | T | O | I | L | E | |||
R | I | V | A | L | R | I | E | S | A | N | D | R | I | S | E | F | R | O | M | ||
E | V | E | E | X | H | A | L | E | N | O | M | S | G | A | N | E | |||||
W | E | N | T | A | R | E | A | R | C | H | I | N | A | R | E | I | G | N | |||
W | E | S | S | G | S | B | U | C | G | U | E | S | S | E | D | ||||||
A | S | S | I | S | T | S | R | E | H | A | S | H | E | R | A | S | E | R | S | ||
L | A | W | S | U | I | T | U | N | E | H | O | N | G | T | I | ||||||
L | I | E | T | O | A | U | G | E | R | E | L | I | S | E | E | T | S | Y | |||
O | D | D | H | T | T | P | S | M | I | D | A | C | T | H | I | E | |||||
T | H | E | A | S | H | E | S | B | I | C | S | E | A | T | A | N | G | L | E | ||
S | I | N | G | T | O | E | L | R | O | Y | S | R | E | C | O | I | L | S | |||
E | R | U | P | T | I | O | N | T | A | L | K | S | T | R | A | S | H | ||||
H | O | G | W | A | S | H | S | C | E | N | E | R | Y | T | R | E | |||||
O | R | E | O | A | I | M | T | O | A | T | O | N | E | S | E | L | B | O | W | ||
S | C | A | R | N | A | M | E | D | G | H | A | N | A | S | C | O | N | E | |||
E | A | R | N | D | L | I | N | E | S | O | R | E | R | S | O | W | E | D |
Grant Thackray (rhymes with "daiquiri") recently moved from Oregon to Los Angeles, "hopefully to find a job in animation — either storyboarding or character design." He got started constructing crosswords after seeing the 2006 documentary "Wordplay" and thinking "I could do that." The idea for this one came while he was restocking wood for a campfire.
It's Grant's ninth Times puzzle and third Sunday.
T | A | D | O | B | A | M | A | E | P | I | C | P | E | N | ||||||
A | W | E | S | P | A | R | E | D | C | E | N | A | A | L | T | E | R | |||
F | A | N | T | A | S | Y | S | U | P | P | O | R | T | S | S | U | S | H | I | |
F | R | I | E | D | O | P | A | H | S | E | A | O | T | T | E | R | S | |||
Y | E | S | W | E | C | A | N | G | O | F | O | R | B | A | R | O | Q | U | E | |
S | N | O | B | L | E | N | I | N | A | R | I | |||||||||
I | D | S | N | A | P | A | E | T | N | A | D | E | E | T | ||||||
F | A | L | C | O | N | C | A | R | E | S | S | E | D | P | E | P | S | I | S | |
S | N | E | A | K | I | L | Y | A | L | E | E | R | I | C | K | Y | ||||
O | O | P | S | I | E | A | N | T | E | S | D | I | S | D | A | I | N | |||
T | H | E | R | O | U | X | I | N | T | H | E | T | O | W | E | L | ||||
P | I | L | E | S | O | N | N | O | R | A | D | R | A | M | A | P | O | |||
E | T | A | S | D | E | E | D | A | R | G | O | M | I | T | E | R | ||||
R | E | T | I | R | E | D | E | R | I | D | E | A | P | R | I | C | O | T | S | |
M | E | N | U | S | P | I | T | M | R | E | D | R | E | O | ||||||
B | I | N | A | P | R | E | S | R | A | I | N | |||||||||
G | R | A | V | Y | T | E | R | R | A | I | N | C | A | S | T | A | N | E | T | |
R | E | C | O | R | D | S | E | T | E | G | G | O | A | D | E | L | E | |||
A | C | U | T | E | T | H | U | N | D | E | R | C | O | L | L | A | P | S | E | |
F | A | R | E | D | E | A | R | N | L | O | O | F | A | L | A | I | N | |||
P | A | R | A | B | E | E | S | W | A | T | S | L | E | S |
Dory Mintz, of the Bronx, is a software engineer for a digital marketing company, Wunderkind. He likes to bowl (recently rolling a career-high 218) and calls himself "a passionate albeit subpar Scrabble player." He was reading an old art textbook when the phrase at 33-Across jumped into his head, and a crossword theme idea was born.
This is his second puzzle, and first Sunday, for The Times.
M | O | A | T | I | F | S | O | R | A | D | A | R | E | N | A | C | T | |||
O | N | M | E | M | A | I | D | I | R | U | L | E | X | E | N | O | N | |||
M | E | A | N | G | I | R | L | S | G | R | E | A | S | E | P | A | I | N | T | |
S | U | N | D | A | N | C | E | S | H | A | N | H | L | E | R | |||||
P | A | R | S | E | N | T | I | T | Y | B | O | I | L | C | A | T | ||||
I | K | E | T | O | R | O | S | E | O | S | S | H | I | A | ||||||
M | A | G | L | E | V | T | R | A | I | N | C | A | T | E | C | H | I | S | M | |
A | L | L | S | T | A | R | T | U | C | S | O | N | L | I | L | L | E | |||
N | E | O | S | N | U | G | S | U | L | A | O | L | I | V | I | E | R | |||
E | X | A | M | I | L | S | E | A | C | H | T | I | M | E | ||||||
D | A | T | I | N | G | S | I | T | E | W | H | I | T | E | B | R | E | A | D | |
Z | O | O | M | B | O | M | B | K | E | A | S | E | T | I | ||||||
A | M | A | Z | O | N | S | K | I | L | O | S | W | A | Y | N | W | A | |||
L | A | D | E | N | M | E | R | E | L | Y | A | S | O | C | I | A | L | |||
L | I | O | N | E | S | S | E | S | A | D | V | E | N | T | U | R | E | R | S | |
O | N | U | S | T | N | N | B | R | I | E | F | O | W | E | ||||||
W | E | T | D | I | E | U | A | Y | E | S | I | R | I | A | T | E | ||||
B | L | E | E | P | N | E | S | L | E | S | S | T | H | A | N | |||||
C | A | L | L | I | G | R | A | P | H | Y | G | I | F | T | H | O | R | S | E | |
O | N | I | O | N | A | G | A | M | E | E | N | I | D | R | E | E | L | |||
S | A | U | T | E | T | E | P | I | D | S | G | T | S | S | E | L | L |
Stephen McCarthy, a native of Vancouver Island, B.C., is a Ph.D. student studying transportation modeling in Stockholm, Sweden. He got his start in puzzles by solving cryptic crosswords with his grandfather in Toronto's Globe and Mail. Last year he began constructing American-style puzzles, incorporating some of the wordplay sensibility of cryptics in his themes and clues. This is a good example.
Stephen's last Times crossword was Maple Leaf in June.
A | D | D | L | E | L | O | L | Z | A | D | S | T | E | S | T | |||||
T | R | A | I | T | S | A | P | I | A | F | R | O | U | N | C | U | T | |||
W | I | R | E | T | A | P | P | I | N | G | L | O | U | D | M | O | U | T | H | |
O | N | E | F | A | C | E | D | E | A | R | P | R | O | M | L | E | A | |||
O | K | D | S | S | R | U | T | E | R | I | N | I | B | L | E | T | ||||
D | I | N | A | K | P | O | P | N | O | T | A | T | E | D | ||||||
N | O | T | I | F | I | E | S | W | E | B | D | A | S | A | N | I | ||||
T | W | O | L | E | T | T | E | R | W | O | R | D | S | Y | O | G | A | |||
O | N | O | R | T | I | S | O | A | K | I | N | N | ||||||||
E | V | E | R | S | O | S | P | A | T | B | L | M | I | S | I | T | ||||
S | A | N | S | D | O | U | B | L | E | C | R | O | S | S | P | E | T | E | ||
S | L | I | T | R | R | S | O | A | R | S | T | E | A | S | E | D | ||||
A | I | G | I | C | E | B | F | F | J | I | N | N | ||||||||
Y | U | M | A | T | H | R | E | E | F | E | E | T | U | N | D | E | R | |||
M | A | L | A | W | I | M | D | S | C | U | S | T | O | M | E | R | ||||
B | I | O | D | O | M | E | M | O | T | T | A | P | E | S | ||||||
L | A | M | A | R | R | N | A | C | H | O | W | H | A | E | A | P | ||||
A | L | A | I | K | E | A | K | I | T | F | O | U | R | B | A | L | L | |||
S | T | O | N | E | S | O | U | P | P | O | P | A | W | H | E | E | L | I | E | |
H | A | R | E | S | N | T | H | T | W | I | T | S | N | E | E | Z | E | |||
R | I | O | T | S | O | D | O | N | C | E | A | R | D | E | N |
Aimee Lucido, of Berkeley, Calif., is a full-time crossword constructor and author of children's books. Ella Dershowitz, of New York City, is an actor. A mutual friend introduced them, and Ella says "we bonded immediately through being artsy puzzle people." When Ella moved to San Francisco they became close. Now that she's back in New York, the two stay in touch by making puzzles together.
C | R | U | S | T | P | E | R | M | J | A | N | E | G | O | O | F | S | |||
T | U | S | H | Y | A | S | I | A | O | D | O | R | A | D | M | E | N | |||
R | E | C | A | P | R | A | P | S | S | O | T | S | M | I | S | D | O | |||
P | I | C | K | U | P | T | H | E | P | I | E | C | E | S | ||||||
A | R | L | E | N | E | L | E | A | P | T | O | T | T | A | W | A | ||||
T | E | A | G | O | O | V | E | R | T | H | E | E | D | G | E | R | E | C | ||
O | P | I | E | K | I | D | S | S | E | G | O | B | A | T | H | |||||
N | O | R | M | A | R | A | E | O | L | D | B | E | T | S | Y | |||||
P | L | A | Y | W | I | T | H | M | A | T | C | H | E | S | ||||||
P | I | G | E | O | N | S | R | A | I | T | T | E | L | A | T | I | O | N | ||
A | D | O | R | E | S | E | E | D | I | E | R | U | P | D | O | S | ||||
Y | O | L | O | H | O | T | B | E | D | I | R | A | A | L | F | A | ||||
F | R | E | E | D | O | M | O | F | A | S | S | E | M | B | L | Y | ||||
S | E | R | E | N | E | P | O | S | I | E | S | |||||||||
B | A | M | G | E | T | I | T | T | O | G | E | T | H | E | R | P | A | R | ||
A | R | I | A | S | T | E | A | R | S | I | N | T | O | G | N | O | M | E | ||
L | E | N | D | P | A | R | T | I | E | S | D | O | W | N | E | P | I | C | ||
S | W | E | R | V | E | A | L | L | P | R | O | |||||||||
A | E | R | I | E | S | P | I | C | T | U | R | E | N | O | S | E | I | N | ||
M | O | V | E | I | T | P | E | R | F | E | C | T | A | B | O | R | T | S | ||
N | A | N | N | Y | M | O | M | E | N | T | S | S | E | N | S | E |
Christina Iverson, of Ames, Iowa, is a stay-at-home mom with two young kids. Jeff Chen is a writer and professional crossword constructor in Seattle. This puzzle's theme started with the vague concept of moving pieces and morphed from dominoes to magnets and finally to jigsaws ("all interests of my son," Christina says).
This is the pair's second Sunday collaboration.
A | R | T | I | C | L | E | C | F | C | S | P | E | A | R | C | E | ||||
T | O | O | C | O | O | L | P | A | W | A | T | D | E | N | I | E | R | S | ||
O | F | F | E | N | S | I | V | E | L | I | N | E | A | R | T | R | O | O | M | |
P | L | U | M | E | S | O | S | W | I | N | D | T | U | R | B | I | N | E | ||
E | M | T | W | O | N | C | H | A | O | N | L | Y | ||||||||
I | G | N | E | O | U | S | E | M | A | I | L | A | P | B | ||||||
O | S | O | G | U | S | E | W | E | L | L | L | A | Y | S | H | I | A | |||
O | L | D | M | A | C | D | O | N | A | L | D | P | I | T | O | C | D | |||
P | A | C | E | H | A | R | D | G | A | G | R | E | E | S | M | E | D | |||
S | M | O | R | E | L | O | E | B | L | E | G | A | L | F | E | E | S | |||
M | I | L | I | T | A | R | Y | A | C | A | D | E | M | I | E | S | ||||
H | E | P | T | A | G | O | N | S | D | E | S | I | M | A | T | T | E | |||
A | L | L | L | E | N | D | E | R | L | S | A | T | S | S | E | A | L | |||
L | I | E | T | A | O | S | T | E | E | L | G | U | I | T | A | R | S | |||
F | O | X | T | A | I | L | K | V | A | S | S | I | C | K | D | O | E | |||
E | N | T | I | N | P | U | T | A | F | C | E | A | S | T | ||||||
C | O | E | D | B | O | O | E | S | L | O | A | T | ||||||||
S | O | U | N | D | S | Y | S | T | E | M | P | A | C | T | O | D | O | R | ||
O | U | T | P | O | U | R | S | P | A | N | I | S | H | A | R | M | A | D | A | |
A | P | R | O | N | E | D | U | P | T | O | N | A | S | P | I | R | I | N | ||
P | E | E | P | E | D | P | S | S | T | T | H | I | C | K | E | T |
Matthew Stock, who turns 25 this month, works for a math education nonprofit in East St. Louis, Ill. The idea for this puzzle came about in January, when he was on a cross-country road trip and passed a Honda Odyssey. He reinterpreted the name as "Honda odyssey" (small "o"), which aptly described what he was on. That bit of wordplay didn't make it into this puzzle, but similar ones with other brand names did.
This is Matthew's sixth Times crossword, and his second Sunday.
A | S | P | S | A | T | O | A | S | E | S | T | O | M | R | D | A | ||||
* | P | A | D | P | R | O | A | L | E | V | E | A | N | T | W | E | R | P | ||
L | I | B | R | A | R | Y | K | E | V | I | N | * | N | F | A | V | O | R | ||
E | L | L | I | C | E | Y | * | E | L | D | E | U | G | E | N | E | ||||
S | T | O | N | E | A | G | E | A | N | D | F | R | * | J | O | L | E | S | ||
K | * | R | I | N | N | O | E | L | A | T | I | N | ||||||||
N | O | R | I | S | A | N | D | * | E | G | A | N | O | A | T | S | ||||
B | R | O | N | T | E | T | I | R | E | D | L | Y | I | F | F | * | E | R | ||
C | A | T | G | U | T | I | C | A | N | S | E | E | D | A | H | L | * | A | ||
G | R | E | E | C | E | A | D | S | I | T | E | |||||||||
M | A | J | O | R | * | S | R | A | M | E | N | P | O | L | A | R | * | S | ||
A | L | O | U | E | T | T | E | S | I | R | N | A | T | I | V | E | T | O | ||
C | O | U | R | T | * | S | S | A | R | A | E | P | E | R | I | L | ||||
A | U | L | D | G | N | A | T | L | A | N | E | N | A | N | O | |||||
O | D | E | C | U | O | M | O | S | A | T | T | I | L | A | N | A | S | |||
B | A | S | E | I | L | A | N | A | * | M | D | B | ||||||||
O | D | I | U | M | * | N | C | O | G | N | I | T | O | J | O | Y | C | E | ||
P | R | O | S | E | C | C | O | W | E | E | O | N | E | U | P | P | E | D | ||
R | A | W | D | O | U | B | L | E | D | * | P | P | E | R | S | R | E | I | ||
A | K | A | U | P | S | E | T | S | E | S | P | R | I | T | E | L | F | |||
H | E | N | E | Y | E | L | E | T | S | U | S | A | N | S | S | O | Y |
Chandi Deitmer, of Somerville, Mass., is a social worker in the fields of psychiatry and geriatrics. She got hooked on crosswords in college via the puzzles in The Onion (which was only in print in those days). She started constructing a year or two ago, mainly for "indie" venues. This is her New York Times debut.
The puzzle has a multilayered theme, whose subject is indicated by the designs in the grid.
A | S | C | A | P | V | O | C | E | S | C | O | W | L | E | V | E | R | |||
R | H | O | D | E | I | R | A | N | T | E | R | R | A | V | I | L | E | |||
B | O | N | A | P | P | E | T | I | T | A | L | M | I | C | H | A | E | L | S | |
O | V | E | R | P | O | W | E | R | A | T | L | A | N | T | A | F | I | E | ||
R | E | S | N | I | K | A | N | Y | T | H | I | N | G | I | S | G | O | O | D | |
L | E | D | E | P | A | A | O | R | T | A | ||||||||||
R | E | A | L | L | Y | J | U | S | T | A | M | E | E | T | I | N | G | |||
A | C | N | E | S | E | A | A | I | R | P | A | R | M | E | A | R | N | |||
G | R | A | P | H | D | E | N | S | O | C | T | A | D | T | R | I | O | |||
A | U | T | E | U | R | I | R | O | N | S | O | N | E | G | G | |||||
W | H | O | S | G | O | I | N | G | T | O | K | N | O | W | ||||||
B | O | O | S | T | A | R | T | E | D | E | R | O | I | C | A | |||||
U | N | D | O | A | L | O | A | D | M | A | I | M | M | O | T | O | R | |||
B | E | E | R | T | O | U | R | P | O | R | O | U | S | L | O | C | I | |||
E | V | E | N | P | U | T | I | T | I | N | T | H | E | F | O | O | D | |||
A | S | D | O | I | W | E | T | T | A | U | ||||||||||
T | H | E | S | T | E | A | K | T | O | C | O | O | K | S | N | U | F | F | S | |
H | A | T | A | X | L | R | O | S | E | F | O | R | T | U | N | A | T | E | ||
E | M | A | I | L | A | L | E | R | T | J | U | L | I | A | C | H | I | L | D | |
N | E | C | K | M | A | M | M | A | U | S | A | F | H | I | R | E | E | |||
A | S | H | E | S | H | E | E | R | T | E | S | T | S | T | E | E | R |
Jesse Goldberg is a software engineer in San Francisco. Last year, finding himself between jobs, he tackled a big project he'd been thinking about for 30 years — creating an app to assist in designing and filling crossword grids. The result, Crosserville, is available online (free for now). Jesse isn't the first person to build a crossword construction app, but his is a highly versatile one.
This is Jesse's second puzzle for The Times.
D | R | E | S | S | A | G | E | M | Y | B | A | D | N | A | P | L | E | S | ||
R | E | S | T | A | T | E | D | C | O | U | L | D | O | M | E | A | R | A | ||
U | N | P | O | I | S | E | D | B | U | R | D | E | N | O | F | P | O | O | F | |
G | O | O | P | D | Y | N | A | M | I | C | S | E | N | M | A | S | S | E | ||
S | M | A | E | T | A | P | E | T | E | R | ||||||||||
O | D | D | J | O | B | B | R | E | N | D | A | N | R | A | M | P | E | D | ||
T | E | R | I | O | D | E | S | T | I | L | T | S | D | R | A | C | O | |||
I | A | M | M | A | L | A | L | A | H | E | A | R | T | I | M | R | A | N | ||
S | L | O | M | O | M | I | L | W | A | U | K | E | E | B | O | O | E | R | S | |
S | M | O | K | E | E | V | E | N | E | E | L | J | E | D | ||||||
R | I | C | K | A | D | D | E | R | P | O | P | O | ||||||||
S | S | R | I | T | O | L | O | A | F | T | O | R | S | O | ||||||
T | A | M | I | N | G | O | F | T | H | E | S | H | O | O | L | I | T | H | E | |
A | R | I | S | E | W | Y | A | T | T | M | I | N | U | S | S | I | G | N | ||
R | A | Z | O | R | N | O | R | T | H | S | L | O | N | I | C | E | R | |||
T | H | E | N | F | L | R | E | P | E | A | L | S | D | O | N | K | E | Y | ||
B | A | R | E | S | T | M | I | S | E | N | ||||||||||
I | M | I | T | A | T | E | B | O | O | T | S | T | R | E | N | G | T | H | ||
P | E | N | E | L | O | P | E | C | O | O | S | E | U | P | H | O | R | I | A | |
S | A | G | E | L | Y | S | O | R | T | A | E | M | A | I | L | I | N | G | ||
O | D | E | S | S | A | O | P | A | H | S | N | P | R | T | O | T | E | S |
Ashish Vengsarkar, of Scotch Plains, N.J., is the head of Optical Networking Technologies at Google. Besides puzzles, he enjoys playing raga and table tennis. (He and I have a longstanding annual rivalry in the latter.)
The seed entry of this puzzle was 10-Down, which came to Ashish while he was at the dentist's. The symmetrical pairing of 36- and 40-Down (a favorite artist of his during college) was fortuitous.
R | A | T | E | D | R | T | U | B | M | A | N | R | A | B | I | D | ||||
B | O | B | A | T | E | A | A | P | R | I | C | O | T | E | L | O | P | E | ||
G | U | A | R | D | E | D | O | P | T | I | M | I | S | M | L | O | T | S | A | |
A | S | T | O | P | I | U | O | M | E | N | C | L | A | P | T | O | N | |||
M | E | E | T | C | A | T | E | L | O | C | H | A | X | E | L | |||||
E | D | S | C | U | L | T | U | R | E | S | H | O | C | K | C | E | C | E | ||
P | A | T | O | L | A | Y | T | E | E | N | I | D | O | L | ||||||
B | B | G | U | N | T | W | O | S | G | O | O | D | S | A | U | N | A | |||
Y | U | R | T | S | H | I | G | H | A | N | X | I | E | T | Y | P | A | N | ||
E | G | O | T | Z | A | N | Y | W | A | I | L | A | N | W | A | R | ||||
S | W | E | D | E | N | T | O | W | D | O | C | E | N | T | ||||||
B | I | D | E | N | N | O | O | K | A | M | E | S | T | G | I | F | ||||
D | U | N | C | O | M | I | C | R | E | L | I | E | F | O | B | E | S | E | ||
A | N | G | L | O | I | N | T | O | O | R | G | Y | B | A | R | T | Y | |||
U | N | C | A | R | I | N | G | A | L | B | A | H | E | R | ||||||
B | Y | O | B | U | N | B | R | I | D | L | E | D | J | O | Y | V | A | T | ||
N | E | R | D | O | E | N | O | D | O | U | R | D | I | V | A | |||||
N | O | C | L | A | S | S | S | F | P | D | S | I | M | A | G | E | S | |||
O | B | E | L | I | C | R | E | A | T | U | R | E | C | O | M | F | O | R | T | |
M | I | R | E | D | I | P | A | N | E | M | A | E | N | R | O | U | T | E | ||
S | E | N | D | S | I | T | T | E | A | M | D | E | T | E | R | S |
Howard Barkin, of Hillsborough, N.J., is a software quality assurance specialist. He has been making crosswords for The Times since 2014.
The theme of this one started when he was driving one day and 15-Down "randomly came to mind" — which maybe reveals something about Howard psychologically? (Solve the puzzle to see.) But don't judge. Traffic in New Jersey can be vicious.
S | C | A | M | S | E | V | E | R | G | T | R | E | E | A | K | I | T | A | ||
H | A | N | O | I | P | A | P | E | R | H | A | T | S | W | A | G | E | D | ||
A | N | N | U | L | E | S | O | T | E | R | I | C | A | A | Z | U | R | E | ||
S | T | A | N | L | E | E | C | R | E | E | D | U | P | R | O | A | R | S | ||
T | O | L | D | Y | A | H | O | N | E | S | I | D | O | N | O | T | ||||
A | S | S | M | R | T | R | T | E | A | R | E | |||||||||
M | E | L | L | O | W | Y | O | L | B | E | Y | E | S | |||||||
A | B | B | A | C | R | I | E | D | W | O | L | F | R | A | F | A | ||||
B | L | O | O | D | O | S | I | L | E | N | T | U | I | G | I | R | L | S | ||
E | A | R | A | R | L | O | L | A | A | E | R | N | O | C | U | P | ||||
T | H | E | P | L | A | Y | C | O | N | G | O | O | D | D | J | O | B | S | ||
H | A | N | D | S | A | W | E | N | Q | U | I | R | E | |||||||
P | R | O | D | I | G | I | E | S | B | U | G | G | Y | W | H | I | P | |||
F | I | N | S | E | A | R | T | H | J | A | I | H | O | S | A | M | E | |||
F | C | C | E | L | O | O | I | L | S | A | T | |||||||||
T | H | E | R | P | L | A | N | E | T | U | L | T | R | A | V | R | A | Y | S | |
D | E | L | I | M | E | S | L | R | E | E | L | I | E | R | ||||||
G | R | A | D | A | T | E | S | T | O | N | R | A | W | O | N | I | O | N | ||
O | U | I | C | O | N | T | R | O | V | E | R | S | I | A | L | G | P | A | ||
A | T | L | I | U | D | A | N | E | Y | E | R | Y | E | H | E | S | ||||
T | H | Y | D | T | S | M | E | S | S | Y | S | S | T | T | N | T |
Lindsey Hobbs, of Brooklyn, is the head of the Preservation and Conservation department at the New York City Municipal Archives. Ross Trudeau, of Cambridge, Mass., works for a K-12 education nonprofit.
They met virtually through Facebook's Crossword Puzzle Collaboration Directory. Ross suggested the theme idea for this puzzle, which relates to an annual June celebration. It was a joint effort thereafter.
T | A | R | O | T | O | G | R | E | B | A | R | R | E | H | T | M | L | |||
A | L | A | R | M | O | R | E | L | F | L | E | A | S | A | H | O | Y | |||
C | O | N | C | O | N | F | U | S | E | S | F | U | S | E | S | V | I | C | E | |
O | H | B | A | B | Y | B | E | A | T | S | M | E | L | A | R | K | S | |||
S | A | Y | I | L | K | A | N | O | N | A | T | I | O | N | S | |||||
E | L | O | N | E | L | O | N | G | A | T | E | S | G | A | T | E | S | |||
L | E | A | V | E | N | E | D | R | E | O | E | L | A | N | T | R | A | |||
A | R | I | A | A | N | S | A | C | U | M | E | N | R | A | T | |||||
M | A | N | M | A | N | D | A | T | E | S | D | A | T | E | S | C | A | S | E | |
E | S | T | A | T | E | A | T | E | M | E | D | M | O | P | E | D | ||||
R | O | T | C | Y | C | L | O | P | S | I | O | N | ||||||||
C | U | M | I | N | A | H | S | M | M | A | D | O | G | M | A | S | ||||
O | P | I | E | A | N | A | A | N | A | G | R | A | M | S | G | R | A | M | S | |
B | T | S | A | D | S | I | T | E | I | R | A | A | N | O | N | |||||
R | O | S | S | S | E | A | B | Y | U | E | L | E | C | T | O | R | S | |||
A | P | P | A | P | P | R | A | I | S | E | S | R | A | I | S | E | S | |||
E | L | I | T | I | S | M | S | E | E | A | T | V | F | A | A | |||||
A | F | L | A | C | S | O | A | N | D | S | O | E | I | D | E | R | S | |||
L | O | L | A | P | R | O | P | R | O | C | U | R | E | S | C | U | R | E | S | |
P | O | E | M | G | O | R | E | Y | A | M | E | X | H | E | N | N | A | |||
O | D | D | S | A | E | T | N | A | R | E | S | T | E | S | S | A | Y |
Michael Lieberman is an appellate attorney in Washington, D.C., currently on parental leave after the birth of his first child.
Although this puzzle isn't Father's Day-themed, he says it's nice that his first Sunday puzzle will run on his first Father's Day as a father. About five years ago he and his wife started solving the Sunday Times crossword together, first on paper, then on a tablet. Michael now does the Times puzzle every day. His wife, though, favors the Spelling Bee.
B | A | U | M | N | A | T | C | H | T | W | A | S | ||||||||
O | R | W | O | R | S | E | E | M | I | L | E | A | R | C | H | F | O | E | ||
H | O | I | S | T | E | D | S | P | E | A | R | B | Y | T | U | R | N | S | ||
S | Y | N | C | S | I | N | T | U | R | M | O | I | L | S | T | E | E | P | ||
N | A | T | S | S | C | R | I | P | S | I | D | E | B | S | E | T | I | |||
A | L | E | A | P | I | A | N | S | O | H | O | T | H | O | E | |||||
P | E | R | L | E | N | G | E | T | E | M | O | B | O | E | N | S | ||||
I | N | D | E | E | D | L | A | C | R | C | C | O | L | A | ||||||
M | U | C | H | A | C | H | O | E | T | H | U | K | U | L | E | L | E | S | ||
O | P | E | L | H | A | H | C | O | O | N | E | T | A | T | R | A | ||||
U | S | H | E | R | T | A | U | T | O | L | O | G | Y | A | S | H | E | N | ||
S | T | O | R | E | S | P | R | I | O | R | F | A | T | C | A | T | ||||
S | A | T | M | E | H | D | E | I | N | C | A | N | A | D | A | A | D | A | ||
E | T | E | S | Q | U | I | N | C | E | A | N | E | R | A | W | R | E | N | ||
S | E | L | L | S | E | D | D | A | T | G | I | F | C | I | E | R | A | |||
A | I | G | I | S | L | E | E | L | M | U | G | |||||||||
O | L | D | P | R | O | S | E | A | R | S | H | O | T | |||||||
G | O | R | D | I | E | H | O | W | E | L | E | S | L | I | E | H | O | P | E | |
L | E | I | A | S | A | T | A | Y | I | L | H | A | N | O | L | I | N | |||
E | W | E | S | B | L | I | G | E | F | L | I | T | S | P | L | U | S | |||
S | E | S | H | Y | E | S | E | S | T | E | N | E | T | S | A | M | E |
Stephen McCarthy, originally from Vancouver Island, B.C., is a Ph.D. student studying transportation modeling in Stockholm, Sweden. He made this puzzle last September, about a month after moving. "I was homesick, and this was a way of connecting to my home." In his spare time, Stephen plays Ultimate Frisbee, sings in the Stockholm Gay Chorus, and makes and solves crosswords.
This is his first published puzzle.
A | C | T | O | R | S | A | D | R | E | P | S | C | A | M | P | E | R | S | ||
F | R | O | M | E | A | R | T | O | E | A | R | P | O | W | E | R | N | A | P | |
L | I | N | E | I | T | E | M | V | E | T | O | A | M | A | R | E | T | T | O | |
A | M | E | N | D | T | O | E | D | P | A | R | E | R | P | I | E | T | |||
T | E | S | S | B | A | S | S | F | E | R | R | I | E | D | C | A | L | |||
B | R | I | T | H | O | L | D | O | N | U | N | I | T | E | ||||||
S | P | A | T | I | A | L | M | E | L | L | O | W | C | R | A | N | E | S | ||
H | I | G | H | E | S | T | B | I | D | D | E | R | C | O | S | I | G | N | S | |
R | E | H | A | B | H | O | G | G | E | D | M | O | O | L | A | |||||
I | P | A | D | R | E | N | N | E | R | S | A | I | L | E | D | O | F | F | ||
N | A | S | P | E | R | N | O | D | B | A | R | N | E | Y | N | I | L | |||
E | N | T | E | R | T | A | I | N | W | I | N | K | E | D | H | A | L | O | ||
C | O | U | P | E | B | O | N | D | E | D | D | O | U | L | A | |||||
B | I | G | O | T | R | Y | F | O | R | G | E | T | A | B | O | U | T | I | T | |
A | L | A | N | O | N | B | R | O | K | E | R | P | A | T | R | O | N | S | ||
L | O | G | O | N | T | E | E | M | E | D | R | H | Y | S | ||||||
D | V | R | S | P | E | A | R | E | D | H | E | R | S | L | O | R | E | |||
N | E | E | T | A | L | T | E | R | P | E | P | A | M | A | N | I | A | |||
E | Y | E | R | O | L | L | S | A | S | I | W | A | S | S | A | Y | I | N | G | |
S | O | L | A | R | I | U | M | N | O | T | E | V | E | N | C | L | O | S | E | |
S | U | S | P | E | N | S | E | G | L | A | D | E | L | E | A | N | E | R |
Robyn Weintraub, of Rye Brook, N.Y., is active in local politics and the League of Women Voters. She started solving crosswords 12 years ago. After a few months, she bought some crossword software as a birthday gift for herself and has been constructing ever since.
This is her 35th puzzle for The Times. Robyn's specialty is themeless ones (like this), with colorful, conversational entries and very little obscurity or junk. Oh, and she loves twisty clues. (You've been warned.)
R | A | D | N | E | R | S | O | T | S | S | E | A | M | S | B | F | A | |||
A | S | I | A | G | O | N | C | A | A | C | L | I | O | A | W | A | R | D | ||
P | H | A | R | O | S | I | T | L | L | H | I | M | A | L | A | Y | A | S | ||
C | O | L | E | A | D | V | O | C | A | T | E | D | B | E | T | A | S | |||
D | R | I | P | S | E | E | M | D | O | M | E | S | S | C | R | I | M | |||
S | E | N | T | S | L | O | G | P | E | S | O | S | H | E | E | D | ||||
I | M | A | M | M | A | C | J | R | D | A | B | E | A | R | S | |||||
H | O | T | C | O | C | O | A | R | H | O | D | A | V | I | D | |||||
A | N | A | W | E | N | T | B | Y | E | B | Y | E | O | N | E | I | D | A | ||
R | A | M | D | O | R | I | C | A | N | T | I | D | O | T | E | S | ||||
A | R | E | T | U | T | I | N | K | E | R | I | R | S | A | B | C | ||||
S | U | R | F | I | N | U | S | A | M | I | D | A | S | L | T | E | ||||
S | N | A | I | L | S | I | N | B | A | D | S | H | A | P | E | I | O | N | ||
D | E | T | E | R | R | T | E | A | M | E | X | C | A | R | D | |||||
E | G | G | D | R | O | P | M | Y | E | R | S | O | A | T | H | |||||
L | E | A | R | W | E | I | R | D | S | O | T | U | A | L | L | Y | ||||
I | T | S | O | K | E | N | J | O | Y | J | E | S | U | L | I | E | U | |||
F | L | U | E | S | D | O | N | O | T | O | P | E | N | K | O | N | G | |||
B | R | I | N | G | I | T | I | N | S | H | U | E | C | U | A | N | D | O | ||
T | E | N | D | E | R | A | G | E | H | I | R | E | U | N | R | E | E | L | ||
W | E | E | L | E | G | O | S | I | N | N | S | T | I | T | L | E | D |
Adam Wagner, of Oakland, Calif., is a senior copywriter for an ad agency in San Francisco. He says his real No. 1 job, though, as of about two months ago, is being a first-time dad.
Adam solves the Times crossword aloud every night with his son cuddled next to him — "so I imagine he's one of the few people alive who can claim that he literally has a lifelong New York Times crossword solving streak."
D | I | S | C | S | C | A | T | S | A | S | K | S | V | A | M | P | S | |||
I | C | A | R | E | A | C | H | Y | U | N | I | T | I | N | O | I | L | |||
M | E | R | Y | L | I | R | A | N | T | I | M | E | G | A | T | O | R | |||
D | I | F | F | E | R | E | N | C | E | O | F | O | P | I | N | I | O | N | S | |
O | S | L | O | H | A | L | F | N | O | T | E | S | ||||||||
C | L | A | R | O | S | O | W | E | T | O | O | U | S | T | I | M | P | |||
H | I | G | H | W | A | Y | M | E | D | I | A | N | T | A | T | T | L | E | R | |
A | L | I | E | N | O | A | T | T | N | U | T | E | V | I | T | E | ||||
T | A | L | L | C | U | R | I | O | B | O | O | T | M | A | R | S | ||||
S | C | E | P | T | E | R | N | E | R | D | A | V | O | C | A | D | O | S | ||
S | T | O | C | K | D | I | V | I | D | E | N | D | ||||||||
H | O | T | S | A | U | C | E | S | O | D | A | R | A | T | T | R | A | P | ||
O | P | A | L | S | K | O | R | S | M | E | L | L | R | E | L | O | ||||
O | R | N | O | T | S | N | O | W | S | E | A | H | A | D | I | T | ||||
D | A | G | W | O | O | D | A | N | I | M | A | L | P | R | O | D | U | C | T | |
S | H | O | A | L | I | A | E | N | E | M | Y | A | M | E | X | E | S | |||
S | P | A | R | E | R | O | O | M | A | F | E | W | ||||||||
M | O | D | E | O | F | T | R | A | N | S | P | O | R | T | A | T | I | O | N | |
A | T | A | R | I | I | A | G | O | H | A | I | L | E | N | D | O | W | |||
G | O | T | I | N | E | T | O | N | I | K | E | A | A | D | E | L | E | |||
S | H | A | F | T | R | E | N | E | S | S | N | S | M | S | D | O | S |
Jennifer Nebergall, of Boulder, Colo., is a former finance director at the University of Colorado. She started doing crosswords several years ago as a weekly tradition over Sunday brunch with her husband. Since the birth of their baby, though, they shifted to doing them during naptime. Jennifer writes, "Having spent my career in finance and analytics, this theme appealed to my dual loves of math and wordplay."
It is Jennifer's crossword debut.
B | R | A | H | E | G | G | O | M | E | R | L | E | A | P | S | O | ||||
L | A | M | E | T | R | O | N | P | A | E | A | N | C | R | U | M | P | |||
U | N | E | D | U | C | A | T | E | D | G | U | E | S | S | T | A | P | E | R | |
R | U | N | G | S | N | O | L | O | V | E | E | S | I | E | G | E | ||||
P | S | E | U | D | O | B | E | T | T | E | R | M | O | U | R | A | P | |||
T | R | A | L | A | R | B | I | B | I | P | O | D | ||||||||
H | A | I | P | L | A | N | T | A | P | P | A | L | L | G | U | M | P | |||
A | T | O | M | S | T | H | E | T | O | N | E | B | O | P | I | T | ||||
M | I | T | E | G | O | O | D | S | O | R | T | S | E | D | E | R | S | |||
S | T | A | R | G | E | N | U | I | N | T | I | C | L | E | R | E | D | |||
S | P | A | N | S | A | O | B | U | R | N | ||||||||||
I | S | M | S | I | L | I | C | R | U | B | B | E | R | I | B | A | R | |||
M | A | I | L | I | N | C | A | F | E | N | O | I | R | N | O | N | O | |||
A | U | R | A | S | C | O | I | F | D | O | E | T | E | X | T | S | ||||
C | L | A | P | P | A | N | N | E | D | P | R | I | V | A | Y | E | S | |||
C | O | O | E | D | C | U | E | S | T | E | R | N | ||||||||
S | E | L | B | R | I | C | A | T | I | N | G | S | T | I | F | F | S | |||
A | L | E | X | A | L | O | T | Z | O | N | A | F | I | L | T | H | ||||
A | L | B | U | M | L | A | S | T | D | I | T | C | H | E | F | F | O | R | T | |
B | E | R | R | A | A | T | E | A | M | M | A | I | M | T | R | A | M | |||
N | A | Y | S | C | I | A | O | S | E | A | T | S | Y | A | W | L |
Joe DiPietro, of Brooklyn, owns a bar called "one star" in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. He previously owned a bar called "No Idea," which made a confusing answer to the question "Where do you want to go tonight?"
As a crossword constructor, he hates partial phrases (answers like TUG OF and IF I) and grids with "S" in the lower-right corner. This puzzle has neither of those.
D | O | C | S | C | A | B | A | C | H | E | S | T | E | R | M | S | ||||
O | P | A | L | O | R | I | C | H | I | L | L | A | S | I | A | N | S | |||
R | E | M | I | G | E | T | A | K | I | C | K | O | U | T | O | F | Y | O | U | |
I | R | E | M | I | T | E | R | S | T | A | P | L | E | R | S | |||||
C | A | R | R | Y | T | H | A | T | W | E | I | G | H | T | H | E | R | E | S | |
H | A | I | O | A | T | A | X | L | E | E | R | A | ||||||||
C | O | C | O | T | C | E | L | L | R | E | G | A | T | T | A | |||||
H | U | R | T | S | S | O | G | O | O | D | P | U | S | H | I | T | ||||
U | S | E | P | U | P | A | E | T | O | M | S | S | K | E | E | T | ||||
M | E | W | E | V | E | R | T | F | I | N | A | L | E | A | S | Y | ||||
I | W | A | N | N | A | B | E | S | E | D | A | T | E | D | ||||||
U | S | P | S | T | E | P | I | D | E | E | L | E | D | Z | A | P | ||||
R | E | A | L | M | O | R | S | O | A | D | O | R | E | O | D | E | ||||
S | C | R | E | A | M | I | M | C | O | M | I | N | G | O | U | T | ||||
A | T | A | T | R | O | T | D | E | N | C | H | M | A | L | E | |||||
G | N | U | A | L | T | A | A | N | A | A | N | T | ||||||||
A | M | E | B | A | B | A | B | Y | O | N | E | M | O | R | E | T | I | M | E | |
C | A | N | A | R | I | E | S | A | B | U | T | S | M | O | T | |||||
T | H | E | K | I | D | S | A | R | E | A | L | R | I | G | H | T | A | V | A | |
S | E | R | E | N | E | M | A | R | R | Y | T | A | R | O | L | I | P | |||
R | O | S | E | S | I | T | S | M | E | S | T | O | P | S | E | E |
Brad Wiegmann is a national security lawyer for the Department of Justice in Washington. He dedicates this puzzle to his mother, "a voracious reader, talented knitter, mahjong maven and all-round supermom." He says he's never personally seen any of the musical artists named in the puzzle's theme clues, but he did once attend a 23-Across concert.
Brad's last Times puzzle, Crossword Buff appeared in February.
L | E | G | U | P | A | W | A | R | D | R | A | N | S | A | C | K | ||||
O | P | I | N | E | D | B | A | B | O | O | N | E | P | I | C | U | R | E | ||
C | O | V | E | R | E | D | B | R | I | D | G | E | G | E | T | I | T | O | N | |
A | D | E | G | A | I | A | L | I | N | E | A | R | S | O | W | |||||
L | E | S | S | O | N | S | G | I | N | A | R | E | L | I | S | T | ||||
A | I | L | M | O | E | T | P | O | T | T | Y | M | O | U | T | H | ||||
G | E | R | M | A | N | A | R | M | Y | P | A | Y | N | A | R | N | I | A | ||
A | R | I | A | Y | E | S | P | E | R | F | I | D | Y | E | N | D | ||||
D | A | D | B | O | D | S | T | E | R | R | A | M | A | A | R | G | O | |||
S | T | E | E | L | E | N | O | T | E | B | R | A | O | L | S | E | N | |||
G | A | R | D | E | N | A | P | A | R | T | M | E | N | T | ||||||
S | P | R | A | Y | O | W | E | P | L | A | Y | D | E | E | P | E | R | |||
T | E | E | N | B | U | D | S | E | E | D | M | I | S | R | U | L | E | |||
A | R | M | S | U | R | E | D | I | D | P | O | O | F | T | E | E | ||||
V | I | E | F | O | R | A | R | R | D | I | R | T | Y | T | R | I | C | K | ||
E | L | M | E | R | S | G | L | U | E | O | T | O | H | R | U | N | ||||
B | E | E | T | L | E | N | T | W | T | E | D | I | T | O | R | S | ||||
B | E | D | A | R | I | S | E | N | A | R | E | S | R | O | C | |||||
C | A | R | L | S | J | R | C | O | M | P | A | S | S | N | E | E | D | L | E | |
O | R | E | O | P | I | E | U | N | P | A | C | K | S | C | R | E | E | N | ||
L | S | D | T | A | B | S | G | O | T | H | S | T | A | R | O | T |
Dan Schoenholz, of Walnut Creek, Calif., is the community development director for the city of Fremont. Like many crossword constructors, he got his start after watching the 2006 documentary "Wordplay." The idea for this puzzle occurred to him one day when he was running on a trail that crossed a creek, and he thought of the clue and answer at 23-Across. Back home he searched an online crossword database and found that his theme idea was new.
This is Dan's 26th puzzle for The Times.
P | O | E | M | P | H | I | L | T | R | I | P | I | N | F | E | C | T | |||
E | N | T | O | U | R | A | G | E | H | U | R | L | S | O | O | T | H | E | ||
P | E | C | O | R | I | N | O | C | H | E | E | S | E | S | C | O | T | I | A | |
L | A | S | S | H | U | H | A | Q | U | A | D | U | C | K | ||||||
A | L | T | O | E | L | I | T | E | S | |||||||||||
A | R | I | S | I | L | K | A | L | E | X | E | E | L | B | I | G | ||||
H | A | N | D | N | O | O | B | L | A | C | E | D | S | O | D | A | ||||
E | N | C | O | D | E | R | A | S | S | L | E | D | H | I | Y | A | L | L | ||
A | B | I | D | E | S | E | L | L | G | L | U | T | E | N | F | R | E | E | ||
S | O | F | R | E | A | K | I | N | L | Y | ||||||||||
D | Y | E | T | U | X | P | A | R | R | A | I | S | I | R | ||||||
B | E | S | T | R | A | P | P | E | R | F | O | R | M | A | N | C | E | |||
T | H | I | R | S | T | E | A | S | Y | B | R | E | E | D | ||||||
V | A | N | I | T | Y | I | M | E | A | N | I | T | S | O | Y | E | A | H | ||
A | I | D | E | C | O | E | D | S | D | O | M | E | A | R | G | O | ||||
D | R | Y | R | A | H | B | U | T | T | P | U | T | S | Y | E | T | ||||
L | A | T | E | P | A | P | E | R | S | S | C | A | M | |||||||
R | O | L | W | O | R | A | W | T | R | U | E | S | U | P | ||||||
O | R | I | E | N | T | B | E | N | I | C | I | O | D | E | L | T | O | R | O | |
D | A | M | A | G | E | O | P | U | S | M | O | A | N | K | ||||||
E | L | O | P | E | D | Y | A | N | K | S | H | O | W | A | P | S | E |
Jeremy Newton, of Austin, Tex., is a software engineer who makes mobile games. Titles he has worked on include Crosswords With Friends, Zynga Poker, Dragon Academy, and many others. He's been a puzzle enthusiast since he was a child when a grandmother got him hooked on Jumble. As a crossword constructor, Jeremy says he likes "wacky themes" (as a glance at today's grid might suggest).
This is Jeremy's 14th Sunday crossword and 21st Times puzzle overall.
L | O | C | A | L | T | H | O | U | J | A | K | E | |||||||
P | A | R | T | I | A | F | C | H | E | N | N | A | A | T | O | N | |||
S | T | A | R | E | M | O | A | E | L | T | O | N | W | A | R | D | |||
M | I | S | S | I | O | N | I | M | P | O | S | S | I | B | L | E | |||
I | T | S | A | L | O | S | T | C | A | U | S | E | E | N | O | L | A | ||
M | R | I | I | S | L | E | T | S | L | I | N | ||||||||
P | E | N | P | A | L | O | L | E | E | L | O | N | E | M | E | A | |||
H | I | S | N | O | I | S | E | R | O | C | K | A | N | T | |||||
G | M | A | I | L | G | U | T | G | A | S | H | I | D | S | |||||
R | I | D | S | P | S | S | T | O | I | L | S | U | P | N | E | T | |||
A | N | A | H | E | I | M | R | A | T | B | I | T | E | M | A | R | |||
S | I | M | S | C | I | S | S | O | R | F | E | R | R | E | R | A | |||
P | O | W | C | A | T | H | A | Y | B | A | Y | S | A | N | E | W | |||
I | R | E | S | H | A | Y | R | O | N | S | T | U | D | S | |||||
N | E | S | S | A | S | H | A | Y | I | N | G | T | I | E | |||||
G | O | T | T | O | S | H | A | Y | N | E | R | A | S | P | E | D | |||
O | U | I | H | A | Y | L | E | Y | B | R | A | ||||||||
I | C | O | N | S | N | E | E | D | L | E | S | S | T | O | S | A | Y | ||
N | E | E | D | L | E | I | N | A | H | A | Y | S | T | A | C | K | |||
S | E | L | A | A | L | G | E | R | S | E | E | L | A | I | L | A | |||
U | R | L | S | M | M | H | M | M | S | S | N | O | L | D | E | N | |||
E | T | S | Y | S | T | Y | E | N | A | S | T | Y |
Johan Vass is a restaurant worker in Stockholm, Sweden. Though he has never been to the United States, he has been solving American crosswords for many years. He says his personal best times for New York Times puzzles range from 3:21 on a Monday to 10:36 on a Sunday.
Somewhere along the way he started constructing crosswords in English — which is quite a challenge for someone coming from another language and culture. Johan says this one took him two months to make. I'm honestly in awe.
C | I | R | C | E | A | B | R | A | M | O | B | J | E | C | T | O | R | S | ||
U | B | E | R | X | H | U | E | V | O | B | E | A | V | E | R | H | A | T | ||
L | I | F | E | C | O | A | C | H | E | S | I | N | B | A | L | A | N | C | E | |
D | E | T | E | R | S | Y | R | U | P | T | O | N | E | P | O | E | M | |||
R | E | L | A | Y | D | Y | L | A | N | U | S | S | ||||||||
U | K | E | T | E | A | R | N | O | O | K | T | I | B | I | A | |||||
S | I | N | G | L | E | S | B | A | R | S | D | R | I | V | E | N | U | T | S | |
U | N | D | E | A | D | A | T | E | A | M | B | E | E | L | I | S | T | |||
A | D | U | L | T | S | C | E | P | T | E | R | S | S | T | E | L | M | O | ||
L | A | M | E | M | M | A | I | S | O | S | P | U | T | T | E | R | ||||
T | R | O | U | B | L | E | S | H | O | O | T | E | R | S | ||||||
M | I | G | R | A | N | T | O | A | F | P | A | R | M | T | S | P | ||||
A | Q | U | I | L | A | D | O | C | I | L | I | T | Y | O | P | I | N | E | ||
S | U | I | T | C | H | E | H | E | I | D | I | M | I | A | M | O | R | |||
T | I | D | E | P | O | O | L | S | S | P | A | M | F | I | L | T | E | R | S | |
S | T | O | R | E | T | I | E | D | B | A | I | L | C | E | E | |||||
A | L | E | A | R | R | O | W | B | L | A | I | R | ||||||||
B | A | R | E | S | A | L | L | S | I | Z | E | D | E | N | N | U | I | |||
A | N | I | M | A | T | I | O | N | P | O | L | O | G | R | O | U | N | D | S | |
G | E | T | I | N | H | E | R | E | U | N | L | I | T | D | I | C | E | S | ||
S | W | E | L | T | E | R | E | D | P | E | S | T | O | E | T | H | A | N |
Dick Shlakman, who's turning 82 next Sunday, is a retired lawyer and corporate executive from Plano, Tex. Will Nediger, 31, is a professional crossword constructor from London, Ont. Dick saw Will's offer of crossword mentorship on Facebook and reached out for his help. They've now made several puzzles together. "I come up with a theme idea that I think is absolutely perfect," Dick says, "and Will shows me the error of my ways — then suggests how to take that idea and make it ideal."
This is Dick's third crossword for The Times and Will's 37th.
S | N | A | R | F | J | U | S | T | S | O | M | A | N | N | E | R | E | D | ||
W | A | L | D | O | U | N | P | A | C | K | I | T | S | A | L | I | V | E | ||
I | D | E | A | L | B | R | E | A | K | E | R | N | E | W | H | A | V | E | N | |
F | I | X | K | E | Y | E | N | A | M | E | L | P | A | R | S | |||||
T | R | A | U | M | A | B | U | N | T | S | E | R | I | O | U | S | L | Y | ||
L | U | S | H | E | S | A | V | E | R | S | E | |||||||||
L | A | W | N | S | T | U | D | E | N | T | S | A | R | L | O | S | A | W | ||
S | I | N | A | I | M | E | R | L | O | T | S | Y | S | T | O | L | E | |||
A | M | B | C | O | B | S | C | R | U | B | S | H | A | S | T | E | ||||
T | E | A | S | B | E | D | S | O | F | A | I | R | S | O | G | O | O | D | ||
P | E | O | R | I | A | O | N | E | T | W | O | |||||||||
L | I | N | E | D | E | T | E | C | T | O | R | E | T | A | N | C | O | S | ||
T | H | E | C | W | S | E | A | D | O | G | I | R | E | A | L | A | ||||
D | O | R | S | A | L | S | L | E | B | R | O | N | G | O | M | A | D | |||
S | P | F | R | O | O | S | L | A | B | O | R | O | F | G | L | O | V | E | ||
A | D | U | L | T | S | A | S | L | O | P | E | |||||||||
I | N | V | I | S | I | B | L | E | S | I | N | K | G | L | O | B | A | L | ||
C | H | O | O | D | A | R | W | I | N | S | I | A | E | R | A | |||||
H | O | T | W | A | T | E | R | E | X | T | R | A | I | N | N | I | N | G | S | |
A | P | I | A | R | I | S | T | R | A | R | I | N | G | T | R | I | O | S | ||
S | E | T | L | I | S | T | S | S | M | O | O | T | H | S | A | N | T | O |
Angela Olson Halsted is a legal secretary in Washington, D.C., and the mother of two college students. Doug Peterson is a professional crossword constructor in Pasadena, Calif.
The two met at a crossword tournament in 2007 and have been friends ever since. Both are baseball fans (Nationals for Angela, Yankees for Doug), and they have attended at least one M.L.B. game together every year (not counting last year) since 2011.
R | A | I | D | I | D | T | A | G | G | R | A | D | I | E | N | T | ||||
Z | E | L | D | A | N | E | A | L | E | R | O | L | E | P | L | A | Y | |||
J | O | L | L | Y | R | A | N | C | H | E | R | O | U | T | C | A | S | T | S | |
A | R | I | E | L | C | I | A | O | T | U | G | S | O | N | ||||||
I | B | E | G | T | E | L | E | S | C | O | P | E | D | E | V | I | L | |||
L | A | S | E | R | S | T | O | N | G | E | M | I | N | I | ||||||
B | L | I | S | S | F | U | L | I | G | N | O | R | A | N | C | E | ||||
A | S | K | G | A | N | Y | M | E | D | E | U | F | O | S | ||||||
U | T | E | P | Y | E | L | L | S | W | I | L | D | B | I | F | F | ||||
G | R | E | A | S | E | T | A | M | A | L | E | T | E | T | R | A | ||||
H | A | P | P | Y | D | A | Y | S | A | R | E | H | E | R | E | A | G | A | I | N |
T | I | T | A | N | M | O | U | L | I | N | R | O | I | L | E | D | ||||
S | N | O | W | J | O | S | E | T | A | M | P | A | N | I | N | O | ||||
P | O | O | H | S | T | O | N | E | A | G | E | A | D | M | ||||||
C | H | E | E | R | Y | D | I | S | P | O | S | I | T | I | O | N | ||||
D | E | I | M | O | S | H | E | M | N | O | S | I | E | R | ||||||
C | Y | N | I | C | C | H | E | W | B | A | C | C | A | A | M | B | I | |||
T | E | A | R | E | D | T | A | L | L | A | R | S | O | N | ||||||
S | T | A | T | E | L | A | W | M | E | R | R | Y | G | O | R | O | U | N | D | |
L | O | V | E | D | O | N | E | N | A | I | A | D | H | E | N | R | Y | |||
R | O | A | D | S | T | E | R | O | R | A | T | E | M | A | G | E |
Olivia Mitra Framke, of Jersey City, N.J., is an academic adviser at the New School's College of Performing Arts in Manhattan. She started solving crosswords during college — but not at college. Her dad would hoard New York Times Magazines, and the two of them would solve together when she returned home.
This is Olivia's ninth crossword for The Times, and her fourth Sunday.
E | S | S | A | Y | S | C | O | T | B | I | B | L | E | G | R | A | B | |||
P | I | P | P | A | A | U | T | O | A | F | F | I | X | O | H | M | E | |||
S | L | E | E | P | I | N | T | H | E | B | U | F | F | E | T | D | E | U | S | |
O | V | E | R | O | K | I | E | R | B | I | R | A | S | S | L | E | ||||
M | A | D | C | O | W | T | R | A | I | L | E | R | P | A | R | Q | U | E | T | |
U | A | E | L | E | E | R | A | T | M | U | S | T | ||||||||
N | B | A | T | Y | P | E | A | B | S | A | L | S | A | |||||||
C | O | L | D | H | A | R | D | C | A | C | H | E | T | A | D | D | L | E | D | |
I | D | L | E | S | O | I | L | R | O | S | A | N | N | E | I | V | Y | |||
S | E | E | M | A | F | T | A | B | A | I | C | A | N | S | E | E | ||||
Y | O | U | V | E | H | A | D | Y | O | U | R | F | I | L | E | T | ||||
S | P | O | N | G | E | S | B | R | O | E | T | A | W | I | N | K | ||||
O | H | O | L | E | S | B | I | A | N | W | I | I | E | M | C | E | E | |||
P | I | P | P | I | N | L | E | T | S | M | A | K | E | A | D | E | L | A | Y | |
E | N | O | K | I | O | S | I | R | I | S | E | L | S | |||||||
M | O | R | E | O | N | B | A | S | E | R | E | F | ||||||||
B | A | C | K | S | T | A | G | E | P | A | S | S | E | B | L | A | R | E | D | |
L | A | T | I | S | H | C | P | R | W | A | Z | E | M | O | J | O | ||||
A | L | O | E | U | N | S | O | L | I | C | I | T | E | D | B | I | D | E | T | |
M | O | P | S | G | R | I | M | E | O | N | E | S | O | N | I | C | E | |||
E | X | I | T | S | A | T | E | S | B | E | N | T | G | E | N | T | S |
Julian Kwan, of Dumont, N.J., is a software test engineer for a telecommunications company. He started solving crosswords in college (University of Pennsylvania, class of 1997). Several years ago, after noticing that all the Times puzzles had bylines, "I figured, why couldn't one of them be me, right?"
This is Julian's fourth published crossword, but his first for The Times.
M | C | S | S | A | M | B | A | L | E | I | C | A | W | O | R | M | ||||
C | H | E | A | L | A | R | M | A | N | N | U | M | F | I | X | U | P | |||
G | R | A | F | F | I | T | I | P | R | O | O | F | B | U | I | L | D | I | N | G |
R | O | S | I | E | S | O | L | O | I | S | S | U | E | D | ||||||
A | M | O | R | C | E | L | S | O | C | E | L | O | I | R | T | |||||
W | A | N | T | S | T | H | R | E | E | B | L | A | D | E | R | A | Z | O | R | |
O | H | I | S | E | E | A | R | A | L | E | N | E | M | Y | ||||||
A | S | P | D | E | C | S | O | R | R | Y | B | I | S | T | R | O | ||||
S | P | E | L | L | C | H | E | C | K | E | R | H | E | N | C | E | ||||
C | I | N | D | E | R | R | A | I | D | L | O | R | D | E | J | I | B | |||
A | C | E | S | E | L | U | D | E | F | O | R | G | E | M | O | N | A | |||
P | E | R | T | T | O | P | S | K | L | E | E | T | O | O | B | A | D | |||
R | H | E | T | T | S | N | O | W | B | O | A | R | D | I | N | G | ||||
S | P | E | E | D | S | S | T | I | E | S | V | I | A | N | E | E | ||||
S | P | U | D | S | W | A | I | F | B | A | L | L | O | T | ||||||
A | U | T | O | M | A | T | I | C | R | E | D | I | A | L | B | R | E | W | S | |
G | N | U | U | S | E | R | S | S | U | C | H | T | R | E | O | |||||
P | E | R | O | N | I | M | E | A | L | C | I | V | I | L | ||||||
A | L | J | A | F | F | E | E | O | F | M | A | D | M | A | G | A | Z | I | N | E |
L | O | O | T | S | T | S | A | R | S | A | A | R | O | N | E | E | L | |||
E | B | B | S | S | T | R | A | T | M | S | D | O | S | W | R | Y |
Jacob Stulberg, of Otis, Mass., is a second-year law student at New York University — currently taking classes remotely. He's been making crosswords for The Times since 2013.
Jacob is a longtime fan of the publication mentioned in 101-Across. When he was 11, he wrote a letter to the editors, which they published, correcting their use of the term 'gluteus maximus."
P | O | S | T | H | O | C | B | E | A | A | R | T | H | U | R | R | O | B | ||
O | A | T | M | E | A | L | E | V | A | P | O | R | A | T | E | E | R | R | ||
S | T | R | I | P | T | E | A | S | E | A | R | T | I | S | T | S | P | D | A | |
S | E | A | H | E | F | T | S | P | E | T | E | R | I | |||||||
E | S | P | Y | S | S | R | O | W | T | O | R | U | N | O | N | S | ||||
E | A | S | E | O | F | F | T | H | E | G | A | S | P | E | D | A | L | |||
R | A | S | S | L | E | O | V | E | R | D | O | U | N | E | ||||||
U | N | W | I | S | E | I | N | V | E | S | T | M | E | N | T | E | C | C | E | |
M | T | I | D | A | C | O | E | S | N | E | A | K | P | E | E | K | ||||
P | O | L | O | C | E | R | E | A | L | S | P | I | A | |||||||
S | N | L | N | O | E | M | P | T | Y | T | H | R | E | A | T | M | E | L | ||
F | R | Y | T | E | N | U | O | U | S | S | A | L | E | |||||||
G | I | V | E | A | L | I | F | T | T | O | R | S | E | Z | M | E | ||||
A | C | I | D | Y | O | U | A | R | E | O | U | T | O | F | O | R | D | E | R | |
I | A | N | W | R | I | E | S | T | B | L | E | A | R | Y | ||||||
U | N | E | N | V | I | A | B | L | E | P | O | S | I | T | I | O | N | |||
S | T | R | A | I | N | Y | S | L | I | S | H | S | A | U | T | E | ||||
G | I | S | E | L | E | L | E | P | E | W | N | O | D | |||||||
C | O | P | W | I | T | H | O | U | T | A | N | Y | W | A | R | N | I | N | G | |
H | O | E | E | N | T | E | R | T | A | I | N | I | N | V | I | T | E | E | ||
I | N | N | D | E | A | R | S | A | N | T | A | Z | E | S | T | E | R | S |
Celeste Watts, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., is a retired elementary school teacher. After years of solving puzzles in her spare time, she decided to try making one herself. Her first 14 attempts for The Times were rejected, but she persevered.
For this one she collaborated with Jeff Chen, a writer and professional crossword constructor in Seattle, whom she calls "a gifted, patient mentor." The theme idea is Celeste's. Jeff helped her execute it. Finally, success! "One off my bucket list!"
T | R | E | B | E | K | V | A | L | I | S | E | S | D | E | B | O | N | E | ||
O | H | I | O | A | N | I | M | A | L | O | N | E | E | P | I | P | E | N | ||
L | E | N | T | T | O | B | A | R | E | L | Y | M | A | N | A | G | I | N | G | |
L | A | S | T | S | E | E | S | V | A | I | L | W | E | E | ||||||
O | B | S | E | S | S | I | V | E | S | L | E | E | T | |||||||
B | L | A | M | E | O | N | M | A | N | Y | M | O | O | N | S | A | G | O | ||
L | A | D | L | E | S | T | H | A | T | T | O | O | N | O | T | Y | E | T | ||
A | N | D | E | S | R | O | E | G | D | R | A | G | S | L | E | I | ||||
D | A | I | S | R | A | W | R | E | C | R | U | I | T | S | W | O | K | S | ||
E | I | N | S | T | E | I | N | H | A | D | A | T | F | I | R | S | ||||
P | E | N | N | O | P | I | N | E | E | T | O | N | ||||||||
R | E | I | N | B | E | R | E | T | S | M | I | R | N | O | F | F | ||||
E | A | S | T | C | O | M | I | C | S | T | R | I | P | S | I | L | E | R | ||
R | I | C | L | E | W | I | S | A | I | N | T | I | N | D | I | E | ||||
I | N | A | B | I | T | L | I | V | E | M | A | S | E | N | G | I | N | E | ||
E | X | P | O | S | U | R | E | T | I | M | E | C | L | O | S | E | T | S | ||
E | C | A | S | H | S | O | R | E | P | O | I | N | T | |||||||
A | P | E | E | S | T | A | L | U | S | T | R | E | A | L | ||||||
F | U | L | L | Y | R | E | C | O | V | E | R | E | D | I | C | E | A | X | E | |
I | T | A | L | I | A | A | R | I | S | I | N | G | S | E | A | S | O | N | ||
T | O | N | I | N | G | R | E | S | T | D | A | Y | T | O | K | E | N | S |
Brad Wiegmann is a national security lawyer for the Department of Justice in Washington. About a year and a half ago, while solving some crosswords on vacation, he wondered aloud if he could make one himself. It took several tries, but … voilà!
You'll want to put on your silly puns hat before you begin.
A | P | P | E | A | L | T | H | E | D | O | W | E | T | C | E | T | C | |||
L | I | O | T | T | A | O | E | D | I | P | A | L | C | H | A | C | H | A | ||
F | L | U | T | E | S | F | L | Y | M | E | T | O | T | H | E | M | O | O | N | |
F | R | U | I | T | C | U | P | S | R | E | W | R | O | T | E | |||||
H | E | S | T | E | A | C | A | R | L | A | I | O | W | A | ||||||
O | R | O | D | R | A | I | N | S | A | C | I | D | E | M | U | |||||
L | E | M | M | A | S | I | N | G | I | N | I | N | T | H | E | R | A | I | N | |
I | D | E | A | L | S | R | K | O | A | N | D | S | O | A | R | C | H | |||
S | W | E | A | R | B | Y | S | P | A | P | A | M | E | L | A | |||||
P | I | U | S | G | O | A | T | E | N | T | S | O | A | T | E | N | ||||
A | N | G | J | A | I | L | H | O | U | S | E | R | O | C | K | H | A | D | ||
S | C | A | L | E | L | L | O | Y | D | E | R | R | H | E | R | S | ||||
T | H | R | O | N | E | R | V | S | O | N | T | O | P | I | C | |||||
I | W | O | N | M | O | U | S | E | P | O | D | W | I | T | H | I | T | |||
M | O | N | E | Y | M | O | N | E | Y | M | O | N | E | Y | A | S | A | M | I | |
E | R | M | T | A | L | C | E | V | A | D | E | D | M | A | N | |||||
M | E | A | T | O | T | H | E | R | A | A | H | P | L | Y | ||||||
C | R | A | N | I | A | L | S | T | A | R | P | U | P | I | L | |||||
D | A | N | C | I | N | G | O | N | M | Y | O | W | N | P | E | L | O | S | I | |
I | N | A | R | U | T | N | O | S | E | D | I | N | E | V | E | N | E | D | ||
T | A | T | A | M | I | I | T | S | A | G | O | R | O | A | S | T | S |
Matthew Stock, 24, grew up in Dallas and now lives in St. Louis, where he teaches ninth-grade algebra through an Americorps-affiliated tutoring program. He started constructing puzzles several years ago after he attended a crossword tournament in Boston and "had a great time chatting with puzzlemakers throughout the afternoon."
This is his third crossword (and first Sunday) for The Times.
S | N | A | R | U | M | P | A | N | A | M | B | I | O | R | C | A | S | |||
Y | O | M | A | M | A | O | X | O | N | O | U | N | L | E | A | C | H | |||
S | T | E | F | A | N | W | I | S | P | I | E | S | T | S | I | S | Q | O | ||
T | A | R | T | O | N | E | A | L | L | T | H | E | S | E | Q | U | A | |||
E | L | I | S | C | R | L | O | U | S | T | R | A | N | Q | U | I | L | |||
M | O | C | S | T | O | P | U | S | N | I | N | C | B | E | T | S | ||||
T | A | P | E | R | C | H | A | R | T | E | R | U | S | |||||||
A | R | E | S | O | H | Y | P | E | T | O | R | P | B | R | ||||||
C | A | P | T | A | I | N | P | A | P | O | N | S | A | L | E | |||||
B | E | S | E | A | T | E | D | A | L | L | I | A | S | K | C | R | U | S | ||
A | R | S | E | S | V | I | C | E | V | E | R | S | A | C | A | I | R | O | ||
N | E | U | T | G | E | N | E | R | I | S | H | U | N | D | R | A | R | D | ||
J | A | R | E | T | O | E | C | O | A | N | A | R | C | H | Y | |||||
O | L | Y | I | F | I | I | S | T | O | S | A | N | A | A | ||||||
O | P | E | N | F | L | O | O | R | A | T | T | A | R | |||||||
N | O | S | E | T | G | I | L | L | D | V | I | S | E | N | I | T | ||||
E | X | T | R | A | C | R | T | S | I | E | G | E | S | M | A | H | I | |||
I | T | A | T | H | E | T | A | F | R | E | R | R | Y | A | T | A | N | |||
G | E | N | I | I | N | O | T | L | E | A | S | T | O | N | I | O | N | S | ||
H | A | Z | E | L | T | A | R | O | I | T | E | R | S | T | L | N | E | |||
S | M | A | R | T | S | T | A | X | R | E | X | E | A | R | E | A | L |
Lisa Bunker, of Exeter, N.H., is the author of two novels for young readers — Zenobia July, about a trans girl with a troubled past starting over with a new family and school, and tackling a cyber mystery; and Felix Yz, about a boy fused with an alien counting down to a risky procedure to separate them. Both were published by Viking. She also represents Exeter in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
This is Lisa's sixth puzzle for The Times and her first Sunday
D | O | C | K | P | O | I | S | E | P | S | S | T | A | B | I | T | ||||
O | P | R | A | H | A | S | N | E | R | L | A | S | H | T | E | N | S | |||
U | T | I | L | E | T | A | K | E | A | W | A | Y | N | E | C | H | E | C | K | |
L | I | M | E | R | I | C | K | I | N | A | F | L | O | R | A | S | ||||
A | N | E | L | E | P | H | A | N | T | I | N | T | H | E | W | O | M | B | ||
S | O | Y | E | R | A | S | E | B | O | D | E | R | E | K | ||||||
S | W | E | A | T | W | I | G | D | O | O | R | S | E | L | I | |||||
H | I | T | W | O | K | B | O | T | T | O | M | N | O | D | A | W | O | L | ||
A | N | N | E | L | O | U | S | E | W | E | A | K | A | D | E | P | T | |||
D | E | A | D | H | E | A | T | C | A | S | H | S | N | O | R | E | S | |||
G | E | T | W | I | T | C | H | Q | U | I | C | K | ||||||||
P | I | V | O | T | S | E | K | E | S | N | C | A | A | G | A | M | E | |||
I | V | A | N | V | V | I | E | S | P | A | C | E | R | A | L | O | E | |||
Z | I | N | E | H | O | G | T | H | E | W | H | E | E | L | D | E | A | L | ||
Z | E | N | S | A | C | H | A | A | R | M | U | S | E | B | Y | |||||
A | D | A | S | T | R | A | S | A | L | S | A | O | Y | L | ||||||
W | E | E | D | B | E | T | W | E | E | N | T | H | E | L | I | N | E | S | ||
S | C | H | W | A | S | L | O | L | A | I | R | A | L | E | R | T | ||||
W | H | I | S | K | E | Y | B | U | S | I | N | E | S | S | B | I | C | E | P | |
A | U | T | O | L | E | O | N | L | E | V | E | E | Y | U | C | C | A | |||
G | M | E | N | L | E | W | D | L | E | A | S | E | M | O | T | T |
Katie Hale, of London, England, and Christina Iverson, of Ames, Iowa, are both stay-at-home moms. Katie is also co-founder of a community organization that recycles children's books. The two connected online after Katie read about Christina's first Times puzzle and reached out for mentoring.
This is Christina's seventh crossword for the paper. It's Katie's debut.
L | E | O | M | I | L | H | E | Y | ||||||
I | N | N | E | E | D | O | F | H | O | N | E | |||
S | T | E | P | H | A | N | I | E | H | E | L | G | A | |
P | E | C | S | H | E | R | S | T | O | R | I | E | S | |
E | R | A | B | O | R | S | C | H | T | B | E | L | T | |
D | I | R | G | E | S | T | A | R | W | A | R | S | ||
C | A | R | P | S | S | P | O | I | L | |||||
T | E | A | C | H | E | A | R | T | H | |||||
A | T | L | A | S | T | I | E | I | N | |||||
S | A | T | I | A | T | E | D | N | A | N | O | S | ||
T | H | E | W | E | S | T | W | I | N | G | D | U | E | |
N | O | N | O | N | S | E | N | S | E | E | F | T | S | |
O | V | E | R | T | D | I | S | H | I | T | O | U | T | |
T | E | A | K | N | E | R | D | C | O | R | E | |||
E | L | S | D | U | O | T | N | T |
Every daily crossword this week, Monday to Saturday, is made by an African-American contributor. Kameron Austin Collins is a writer in Brooklyn. This is his 15th crossword for The Times.
I | T | S | O | N | S | E | E | S | F | I | T | |||
N | E | W | D | A | D | H | A | V | E | A | G | O | ||
T | R | E | E | T | O | P | E | R | E | C | T | E | D | |
E | R | A | S | C | R | O | L | L | R | I | T | A | ||
N | A | R | C | S | O | I | L | E | M | I | T | |||
D | I | J | O | N | F | L | O | W | S | T | A | T | E | |
N | A | V | E | L | B | U | I | C | K | |||||
R | E | P | A | R | A | T | I | O | N | S | ||||
R | A | Z | O | R | S | T | O | P | S | |||||
I | M | A | L | L | E | A | R | S | S | C | O | O | P | |
M | O | R | E | D | E | L | A | K | I | L | L | |||
P | O | R | T | A | T | L | A | S | T | L | O | U | ||
A | L | I | T | T | L | E | T | A | G | T | E | A | M | |
C | A | V | E | A | T | S | P | I | E | R | C | E | ||
T | H | E | R | O | O | T | F | A | S | T | S |
Every daily crossword this week, Monday to Saturday, is made by an African-American contributor. Erik Agard is a crossword editor in Kansas City, Mo. This is his 68th [daily] crossword for The Times.
W | E | L | D | M | E | A | N | F | A | V | E | |||
E | L | O | I | A | C | A | I | I | V | E | Y | |||
D | O | R | A | J | O | H | N | D | E | E | R | E | ||
E | L | L | E | N | E | I | N | A | W | L | ||||
S | A | L | S | A | S | P | E | D | W | I | I | |||
O | N | E | I | O | T | A | M | U | S | T | A | N | G | |
P | A | I | N | T | I | T | A | N | K | H | ||||
S | C | O | O | P | A | N | G | S | T | |||||
B | A | R | R | E | B | R | A | N | D | |||||
O | N | E | A | W | E | D | D | I | N | G | ||||
D | I | S | P | O | S | E | S | W | E | E | T | E | N | |
A | M | I | B | A | M | I | N | S | I | T | U | |||
K | I | D | A | G | E | A | D | D | I | S | ||||
S | U | B | M | A | R | I | N | E | G | N | A | T | ||
T | A | R | A | I | K | E | A | N | O | M | E | |||
S | L | R | S | L | E | G | S | S | T | Y | X |
Every daily crossword this week, Monday to Saturday, is made by an African-American contributor. Derek Allen is an accountant in Mishawaka, Ind. This is his third crossword for The Times.
P | U | B | S | C | A | B | S | G | P | S | ||||
I | S | A | A | C | O | U | N | C | E | R | O | I | ||
N | O | N | V | I | O | L | E | N | C | E | A | P | P | |
G | E | O | R | G | I | A | S | F | I | F | T | H | ||
R | O | O | M | B | A | N | I | N | T | R | O | |||
C | R | U | E | L | B | I | T | C | O | I | N | |||
A | C | T | O | C | A | S | I | O | A | N | O | S | ||
J | O | H | N | L | E | W | I | S | ||||||
B | I | W | A | A | T | O | N | A | L | S | A | O | ||
A | N | E | M | O | N | E | K | N | A | C | K | |||
D | E | V | I | L | O | F | F | A | Y | E | S | |||
F | R | E | E | D | O | M | R | I | D | E | R | S | ||
A | T | M | G | O | O | D | T | R | O | U | B | L | E | |
T | I | E | A | L | O | E | S | S | T | O | O | L | ||
S | A | T | G | A | R | R | O | O | P | S |
Every daily crossword this week, Monday to Saturday, is made by an African-American contributor. Yacob Yonas is a software engineer in Manhattan. This is his sixth crossword for The Times.
H | A | T | T | O | N | D | A | P | B | O | P | |||
A | I | R | O | U | T | S | E | G | A | A | N | A | ||
G | R | A | S | S | H | O | P | P | E | R | L | D | S | |
L | I | S | T | R | E | E | E | S | T | E | S | |||
M | I | N | U | S | M | A | N | O | N | I | C | E | ||
I | N | S | P | H | A | R | D | K | N | O | C | K | S | |
L | E | E | A | Y | N | S | T | E | W | |||||
K | S | T | A | T | E | H | O | S | E | R | S | |||
S | O | N | S | Y | E | N | C | E | L | |||||
C | L | A | Y | M | A | T | I | O | N | R | O | N | A | |
D | A | T | E | S | A | C | S | B | E | T | T | Y | ||
R | I | O | T | S | N | O | H | A | S | O | F | |||
A | D | D | T | E | N | N | I | S | C | O | U | R | T | |
C | U | D | A | X | I | S | A | N | D | R | E | A | ||
K | P | S | R | O | C | L | E | S | S | E | N |
Every daily crossword this week, Monday to Saturday, is made by an African-American contributor. Adesina O. Koiki is a sports journalist in Queens. This is his second crossword for The Times.
A | P | P | T | Y | A | M | A | P | L | U | S | |||
F | U | R | Y | M | A | K | E | S | E | E | T | O | ||
T | R | I | P | A | L | B | A | K | E | A | N | U | ||
E | S | S | E | N | T | I | A | L | W | O | R | K | E | R |
R | E | M | A | S | T | E | R | R | U | G | ||||
Y | E | S | G | O | T | R | I | C | H | |||||
A | S | I | G | N | W | I | N | O | S | H | A | |||
H | O | M | E | C | O | M | I | N | G | Q | U | E | E | N |
A | M | M | O | C | U | Z | U | P | E | N | D | |||
B | E | A | R | H | U | G | M | F | A | |||||
G | E | L | M | A | R | I | A | N | A | S | ||||
U | S | M | I | L | I | T | A | R | Y | D | R | O | N | E |
S | T | E | A | L | H | I | V | E | M | I | N | D | ||
D | U | N | N | O | E | M | I | R | E | R | I | E | ||
A | F | U | S | S | M | S | N | D | E | E | R |
Every daily crossword this week, Monday to Saturday, is made by an African-American contributor. Soleil Saint-Cyr is a high school senior in Moorestown, N.J. This is her New York Times debut.
C | I | V | I | L | P | E | S | O | A | J | A | R | M | A | T | E | S | |||
O | P | I | N | E | A | U | T | O | K | I | W | I | G | R | U | N | T | |||
M | O | N | S | T | E | R | R | A | M | R | A | L | L | Y | M | E | R | C | I | |
S | E | I | S | M | S | R | P | I | T | S | A | R | A | T | O | N | ||||
S | O | I | L | A | D | O | D | O | T | L | U | G | ||||||||
N | A | T | U | R | E | A | B | H | O | R | S | A | H | O | O | V | E | R | ||
C | A | R | E | T | Y | E | A | F | O | I | E | S | P | A | D | A | Y | |||
U | S | E | D | R | I | G | G | O | P | L | O | G | E | |||||||
S | A | N | M | Y | S | O | L | O | R | U | N | N | E | T | H | O | V | E | R | |
P | L | A | T | O | O | N | O | L | I | N | S | O | R | A | R | E | ||||
A | N | K | A | R | I | G | I | D | P | U | R | E | ||||||||
I | N | T | E | R | N | M | E | T | A | L | E | M | M | I | N | G | ||||
W | O | R | K | E | D | F | O | R | P | L | A | N | T | E | R | S | W | A | R | |
E | R | I | C | S | T | U | S | I | R | K | O | N | A | |||||||
B | A | S | A | L | T | I | N | C | A | S | E | Q | N | I | N | N | Y | |||
T | H | R | O | W | I | N | G | I | N | T | H | E | B | O | U | N | T | Y | ||
P | O | L | L | I | V | A | G | O | S | N | A | G | ||||||||
A | R | I | D | G | O | R | P | L | O | S | N | U | N | C | I | O | ||||
M | I | N | I | S | T | A | L | E | O | F | T | H | E | S | C | O | T | C | H | |
P | O | E | M | S | E | G | O | T | A | R | I | A | E | L | A | T | E | |||
A | S | N | E | R | D | A | D | A | R | O | C | K | D | E | L | A | Y |
Jim Hilger, of Amarillo, Tex., is a retired computer analyst and educator. Besides making crosswords, he enjoys collecting old 45-r.p.m. records (he has more than 10,000 of them), cartooning and watercolor painting. "Most of my paintings end up looking like cartoons, however."
The starting point of this puzzle was 38-Across. Jim apologizes in advance to the maker of every product he has "misplaced" herein.
T | O | S | H | I | B | A | R | A | C | Y | B | M | W | O | R | G | ||||
A | R | C | A | N | U | M | I | S | H | E | C | R | A | M | B | A | M | |||
N | E | R | D | S | R | I | N | G | P | O | P | F | A | D | D | I | E | T | S | |
K | L | E | E | U | B | E | R | S | O | I | L | N | Y | T | ||||||
U | S | E | S | B | A | B | Y | R | U | T | H | S | N | I | C | K | E | R | S | |
P | E | N | T | O | N | I | S | U | E | B | U | M | R | A | P | |||||
W | H | I | S | K | A | S | R | E | S | T | R | A | S | P | Y | |||||
C | R | U | N | C | H | N | O | W | A | N | D | L | A | T | E | R | ||||
E | R | I | N | S | P | I | N | Y | E | T | I | K | F | C | ||||||
L | A | T | K | E | S | U | S | G | A | E | E | L | Y | A | O | K | ||||
A | Y | E | W | H | O | P | P | E | R | S | S | P | R | E | E | N | Y | U | ||
N | O | R | E | A | S | E | D | I | S | C | R | A | F | T | E | R | ||||
N | S | A | L | A | P | S | L | E | A | F | O | A | S | T | ||||||
M | I | L | K | Y | W | A | Y | S | T | A | R | B | U | R | S | T | ||||
S | A | L | A | D | A | S | E | C | S | C | A | R | E | D | Y | |||||
A | L | O | T | O | F | A | T | S | A | R | A | Y | S | A | C | |||||
L | I | F | E | S | A | V | E | R | S | P | A | Y | D | A | Y | W | E | L | L | |
B | T | U | J | A | Y | S | E | P | E | E | A | R | L | O | ||||||
H | A | I | R | L | I | N | E | M | A | R | S | S | M | A | R | T | I | E | S | |
A | B | E | U | T | E | S | A | K | I | N | P | R | O | T | E | G | E | |||
M | A | R | G | A | S | O | S | L | O | G | E | T | S | S | E | T |
Lucy Howard, of Austin, Tex., teaches therapeutic yoga and does internet marketing. She made her first puzzle as an icebreaker for her wedding last year. Ross Trudeau, of Cambridge, Mass., works for a K-12 education nonprofit. They met online last summer. Ross says, "We quickly bonded over our mutual love of crosswords and rock climbing." They spent many hours together on Zoom making this puzzle.
This is Ross's 37th puzzle for The Times. It's Lucy's debut.
C | L | O | S | E | B | B | C | B | A | T | O | R | A | B | U | T | ||||
R | E | M | I | T | A | L | A | A | R | E | N | A | S | C | A | M | O | |||
O | V | E | R | H | E | A | D | R | S | O | N | O | M | A | I | S | P | Y | ||
W | I | G | E | V | E | R | T | I | M | O | E | G | A | D | S | |||||
E | T | A | R | A | D | I | I | C | A | R | T | O | E | T | W | O | R | K | ||
D | Y | S | O | N | V | E | E | S | S | I | D | T | A | B | O | O | ||||
F | E | S | T | E | R | S | T | A | L | L | S | S | O | A | P | |||||
L | E | F | T | T | O | P | L | E | X | E | T | C | H | E | R | S | ||||
A | I | M | E | E | U | G | E | N | I | E | A | S | E | A | ||||||
G | L | O | R | I | A | R | E | D | K | U | R | D | A | R | C | A | N | A | ||
R | A | T | E | D | R | T | I | D | E | P | O | D | M | I | O | T | I | C | ||
A | C | E | D | I | T | E | T | O | N | S | T | R | O | B | E | E | C | T | ||
N | O | A | M | P | E | A | S | O | U | P | M | A | H | I | ||||||
G | A | S | M | A | I | N | M | E | W | L | D | E | B | A | T | E | ||||
R | I | C | O | S | T | A | I | D | P | I | N | E | N | U | T | |||||
A | D | H | O | C | I | R | S | A | O | N | E | M | E | S | O | N | ||||
B | A | L | N | A | R | T | I | S | T | S | V | O | L | G | A | W | O | E | ||
O | P | R | A | H | O | A | S | A | D | A | I | R | I | C | E | |||||
A | C | A | I | R | E | F | U | T | E | D | A | Y | T | I | M | E | Y | S | ||
L | U | N | E | E | F | I | L | E | S | E | D | U | D | I | T | T | O | |||
L | E | S | S | T | E | A | R | S | S | A | P | E | B | S | E | N |
Tracy Gray lives in Sparks, Md., near Baltimore, where she and her husband own and operate a lawn-and-landscaping business. Tom Pepper lives in Eden Prairie, Minn., next door to Edina, of crossword fame. In April he plans to retire from his position of finance director for the city of Eagan after 29 years.
Tracy and Tom met at a crossword tournament several years ago and have been exchanging theme ideas ever since.
P | R | E | S | S | U | R | E | O | R | A | L | B | S | P | I | F | F | |||
A | I | R | L | A | N | E | S | A | M | E | L | I | A | A | R | N | I | E | ||
N | O | M | A | N | I | S | A | N | I | S | L | A | N | D | L | A | C | E | D | |
S | T | A | M | P | H | U | E | D | O | R | E | O | A | D | O | R | E | |||
D | E | M | O | B | A | H | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | I | X | ||||
H | A | S | A | D | A | T | E | I | D | S | E | L | I | S | E | |||||
A | M | O | N | R | A | C | R | E | D | A | N | T | T | E | N | |||||
W | E | L | C | O | M | E | H | O | M | E | H | O | N | M | C | H | A | L | E | |
K | N | E | E | V | O | W | S | A | R | I | E | L | I | X | I | R | ||||
S | O | H | O | P | R | I | M | E | T | I | M | E | T | V | ||||||
S | S | R | T | O | K | E | G | O | D | E | V | A | N | S | E | E | ||||
W | H | E | R | E | W | E | R | E | W | E | A | L | G | A | ||||||
A | R | T | U | R | O | I | L | E | I | C | E | D | R | A | S | H | ||||
T | E | R | R | I | F | K | I | N | G | K | A | M | E | H | A | M | E | H | A | |
S | K | I | T | S | A | R | E | F | I | O | N | E | R | U | N | |||||
B | I | D | E | T | T | K | O | T | H | U | D | D | I | N | G | |||||
A | L | U | M | I | N | U | M | I | N | G | O | T | O | R | E | G | ||||
D | O | T | E | S | A | O | N | E | D | I | B | S | R | U | R | A | L | |||
A | R | I | A | S | R | O | M | A | T | O | M | A | T | O | S | A | U | C | E | |
P | R | O | N | E | T | R | A | D | E | R | R | E | V | E | R | S | E | S | ||
T | E | N | T | S | S | E | N | S | E | B | L | A | N | D | E | S | T |
Alex Bajcz, of Morris Plains, N.J., is an assistant professor of Biology and Environmental Science at Drew University. He studies how and why plants produce fruits — he says he's one of the few biologists who gets to eat his research. The name "Bajcz" is Hungarian. Since that's difficult for American tongues, his family pronounces it "badges."
This is Alex's sixth Times crossword and second Sunday.
E | B | B | T | S | K | R | A | D | A | R | S | S | N | O | G | S | ||||
G | O | R | D | I | T | A | P | O | P | I | D | O | L | H | I | D | E | Y | ||
E | T | A | I | L | E | R | S | U | P | R | E | M | E | L | E | A | D | E | R | |
S | H | I | R | T | W | A | I | S | T | E | P | E | E | S | S | K | I | |||
T | E | N | T | T | O | T | E | S | T | O | P | U | P | A | D | A | ||||
S | R | S | S | L | E | D | S | O | I | L | A | A | R | O | N | |||||
K | H | A | K | I | B | O | Y | P | R | O | B | L | E | M | S | |||||
M | O | U | N | T | A | I | N | G | O | A | T | L | O | L | A | T | ||||
U | N | S | E | E | D | E | E | D | A | M | U | S | E | S | E | I | S | |||
F | A | U | L | T | R | O | B | E | C | I | G | S | A | P | E | |||||
A | T | A | L | L | C | R | U | M | B | C | A | K | E | D | O | T | E | S | ||
S | I | L | S | A | L | O | N | C | A | N | C | A | S | C | A | |||||
A | P | S | O | B | E | A | D | S | R | I | M | S | A | S | I | A | M | |||
G | O | B | A | D | P | O | R | T | A | U | P | R | I | N | C | E | ||||
S | H | O | R | T | A | N | S | W | E | R | I | P | A | D | S | |||||
L | A | V | E | R | I | D | E | A | T | E | N | S | B | I | B | |||||
E | V | E | O | P | T | I | N | O | S | C | A | R | G | I | G | I | ||||
E | E | R | R | A | N | G | E | S | A | I | L | S | A | L | O | N | G | |||
V | O | L | L | E | Y | B | A | L | L | N | E | T | I | N | C | O | L | O | R | |
E | N | I | A | C | O | N | E | M | O | R | E | K | O | N | M | A | R | I | ||
S | E | E | T | O | R | E | T | O | R | T | E | W | E | B | E | G |
Paolo Pasco, of San Diego, is a junior at Harvard studying computer science. He sold his first crossword to The Times five years ago when he was 15. With this being his 20th puzzle for the paper, the number of his Times puzzles has already reached his age.
Paolo's crosswords appear in many places, including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the crossword-specific Fireball, and his own blog, Grids These Days.
M | A | M | B | A | F | A | C | T | I | S | I | S | A | Y | M | O | A | |||
A | B | O | I | L | I | D | U | N | N | O | N | O | T | E | A | R | T | |||
J | U | D | G | E | A | N | D | J | U | R | Y | B | U | T | T | D | I | A | L | |
S | T | E | P | R | E | M | O | T | E | G | E | R | E | E | T | N | A | |||
O | B | E | S | E | P | A | R | T | O | N | L | A | G | S | ||||||
H | A | R | P | I | S | T | P | E | A | C | E | A | N | D | Q | U | I | E | T | |
A | G | A | P | E | V | I | V | I | E | N | E | T | D | |||||||
P | E | N | A | N | D | P | A | P | E | R | A | L | T | E | R | E | G | O | S | |
S | E | A | N | O | O | N | E | C | E | O | S | O | N | O | ||||||
C | H | I | R | P | S | U | C | H | A | S | R | O | E | S | ||||||
B | R | E | A | K | I | N | G | A | N | D | E | N | T | E | R | I | N | G | ||
Z | O | O | M | D | E | L | T | A | S | A | D | I | O | S | ||||||
I | D | S | L | O | R | I | C | E | D | E | D | Q | I | N | ||||||
T | E | S | T | P | I | L | O | T | B | O | O | M | A | N | D | B | U | S | T | |
A | D | O | Z | E | A | L | O | T | L | E | A | S | H | |||||||
H | U | G | S | A | N | D | K | I | S | S | E | S | S | P | E | E | D | O | S | |
U | N | I | T | T | E | N | E | T | S | S | H | I | R | R | ||||||
M | E | M | E | A | F | A | R | S | P | E | C | I | E | P | L | E | A | |||
B | A | L | S | A | M | I | C | R | O | O | M | A | N | D | B | O | A | R | D | |
U | S | E | W | E | E | K | A | L | L | U | R | E | I | N | D | I | E | |||
G | E | T | E | R | R | S | G | O | O | S | E | D | O | G | E | E | S |
Daniel Grinberg, of Philadelphia, is a researcher and designer in the field of user experience. In 2018 he earned a Ph.D. in Film and Media Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
When the pandemic started, Danny had the idea of constructing 30 crosswords in 30 days as a way of coping with lockdown anxiety. He didn't quite make it — more like 28 puzzles in 60 days. That's still quite productive. He thought of this puzzle's theme while brushing his teeth one night (which is not a hint). It's his second appearance in The Times and his first Sunday.
B | A | H | T | B | U | S | S | O | R | E | M | S | A | N | S | |||||
I | D | E | A | L | A | N | T | I | E | P | O | X | Y | E | R | I | C | |||
B | A | R | B | I | E | D | O | L | L | T | A | M | A | G | O | T | C | H | I | |
I | M | S | O | M | A | D | I | N | T | H | E | M | O | O | D | |||||
R | O | S | A | S | C | A | A | S | P | A | T | E | S | |||||||
H | A | M | S | E | T | C | H | A | S | K | E | T | C | H | T | I | M | E | ||
A | P | R | C | L | A | R | O | A | E | I | O | U | C | E | C | I | L | |||
S | E | P | I | A | S | A | T | L | T | R | U | E | T | O | K | L | M | |||
A | D | O | R | N | T | W | I | S | T | E | R | A | Z | A | L | E | A | |||
T | O | T | E | D | O | C | A | L | A | D | O | Y | L | E | ||||||
M | A | N | Y | C | H | R | I | S | T | M | A | S | C | O | M | A | ||||
T | I | L | E | D | S | A | Y | S | O | O | N | E | I | L | ||||||
B | R | O | C | A | S | P | L | A | Y | D | O | H | U | S | E | M | E | |||
A | A | H | N | L | E | A | S | T | S | P | A | A | P | O | L | L | O | |||
S | N | E | A | D | T | R | A | S | H | I | N | O | N | E | M | O | N | |||
S | T | A | T | C | H | A | T | T | Y | C | A | T | H | Y | R | O | W | E | ||
I | O | D | A | T | E | O | P | A | I | M | D | U | E | |||||||
R | O | S | S | P | E | R | O | T | S | A | M | B | A | E | D | |||||
R | U | B | I | K | S | C | U | B | E | S | I | L | L | Y | P | U | T | T | Y | |
E | R | R | S | N | A | N | A | S | A | S | E | A | S | T | O | N | E | |||
F | L | A | K | A | R | T | Y | T | H | A | W | S | P | A | R |
Randolph Ross is a retired high school principal and math teacher who lives in Manhattan. He's been making crosswords for The Times since 1991.
The theme of this one arose out of some factoids about 111-Across and 33-Down that he gave a grandson. "It occurred to me that for this Christmas and Hanukkah, with so many grandparents and family not able to see the children from their lives in person, a crossword about toys might bring a smile."
D | A | N | F | L | A | T | C | A | R | C | A | B | I | N | ||||||
I | M | A | M | L | O | N | G | O | P | O | E | T | E | P | O | C | H | |||
S | I | T | E | I | O | N | I | A | L | U | R | E | S | P | O | I | L | |||
R | A | I | D | E | R | S | O | F | T | H | E | L | O | S | T | A | R | K | ||
O | B | V | I | A | T | E | H | I | N | D | S | I | R | O | B | O | T | |||
B | L | E | A | T | S | U | N | S | E | T | B | O | U | L | E | V | A | R | D | |
E | E | S | O | U | T | R | E | Y | E | L | P | E | G | G | S | |||||
C | U | T | L | A | B | S | A | A | H | |||||||||||
R | I | C | O | T | T | A | P | A | T | R | I | O | T | G | A | M | E | S | ||
O | S | A | Y | E | R | G | S | P | U | R | N | E | L | I | C | I | T | |||
A | L | T | O | R | I | O | T | S | S | E | O | U | L | D | A | R | E | |||
N | E | C | T | A | R | O | V | E | R | T | R | P | I | D | R | E | A | |||
T | H | E | G | O | D | F | A | T | H | E | R | S | M | O | L | D | E | R | ||
A | T | A | O | D | I | N | I | N | E | |||||||||||
D | A | I | S | M | E | T | A | C | A | S | T | E | A | P | P | |||||
O | N | T | H | E | W | A | T | E | R | F | R | O | N | T | S | A | V | E | R | |
M | Y | S | O | R | E | O | N | C | U | E | E | P | I | S | O | D | E | |||
H | O | N | E | Y | I | S | H | R | U | N | K | T | H | E | K | I | D | S | ||
C | R | E | T | E | A | L | E | E | P | A | N | S | Y | I | D | L | E | |||
H | A | R | E | S | D | E | U | S | S | P | O | O | L | N | E | E | T | |||
I | N | E | R | T | A | S | P | E | T | N | A | D | R | S |
Dan Margolis, of Westfield, N.J., is a semiretired software applications trainer. In his spare time, he referees high school basketball games and plays keyboard in a "dad rock band," Landing Party — so named because all the members are "Star Trek" fans.
Dan has been solving puzzles since he was a teenager. The first ones he constructed were on graph paper back in the day. This is his fourth crossword for The Times, and his first Sunday.
J | A | M | S | E | S | H | A | B | A | C | I | A | B | L | E | S | T | |||
A | L | I | T | T | L | E | W | E | I | R | D | O | C | L | A | M | O | R | ||
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B | O | W | S | V | O | W | E | L | P | R | I | D | E | P | L | A | C | E | ||
A | N | N | P | I | N | E | I | R | O | N | S | L | I | M | E | S | ||||
I | O | T | A | D | E | S | I | S | T | S | U | M | B | R | A | |||||
S | T | R | E | A | M | C | O | N | S | C | I | O | U | S | N | E | S | S | ||
A | W | A | I | T | E | A | R | T | H | E | N | I | C | K | Y | |||||
G | O | S | S | I | P | P | A | R | E | B | T | U | S | D | U | I | ||||
F | R | E | E | C | H | A | R | G | E | M | R | C | U | B | P | E | G | S | ||
A | D | D | S | O | U | I | R | I | T | E | P | A | S | S | A | G | E | |||
A | N | G | A | M | U | S | E | P | A | R | S | E | ||||||||
C | O | M | E | D | Y | E | R | R | O | R | S | A | F | L | A | T | S | |||
H | A | U | E | R | R | E | A | R | I | C | I | E | R | A | I | D | ||||
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Tony Orbach, of Montclair, N.J., is a construction project manager, saxophonist, and crossword constructor. Today (Dec. 6) happens to be his 59th birthday.
Tony's love of puzzles runs in the family. "My father was a big crossword solver, and as a teen, I would look over his shoulder and help." Once Tony made a Puns and Anagrams crossword for his dad. "He loved it and made me one in return." By "my father," incidentally, Tony means the actor Jerry Orbach of Broadway and Hollywood fame.
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E | R | O | I | C | A | B | E | A | G | L | E | C | U | E | B | A | L | L | ||
N | A | C | R | E | S | R | A | N | G | I | N | U | P | D | A | T | E | D | ||
E | P | H | E | M | E | R | A | L | D | S | P | E | P | E | R | A | P | S | ||
S | H | A | D | E | H | I | S | S | B | A | D | P | R | S | T | A | ||||
A | L | V | I | N | G | I | L | G | A | M | E | S | H | O | W | |||||
D | E | A | L | T | I | N | O | R | E | L | S | E | A | T | L | A | S | |||
E | T | T | E | P | E | P | P | I | L | L | R | I | N | S | E | |||||
S | H | A | R | D | R | E | M | I | N | I | S | C | E | E | S | P | N | |||
A | N | T | E | B | E | N | D | Y | S | I | N | A | P | I | L | E | ||||
I | N | E | C | H | I | V | A | S | E | T | C | E | T | C | D | U | E | |||
P | O | N | T | I | A | C | I | T | E | H | E | R | E | W | E | S | ||||
A | L | D | O | M | E | T | R | O | N | O | M | E | S | I | M | O | N | |||
O | O | M | P | H | R | E | B | U | S | E | S | S | A | N | E | |||||
D | A | N | T | E | A | R | A | M | I | S | L | I | V | E | N | E | D | |||
F | I | R | S | T | R | A | T | E | G | Y | T | I | B | I | A | |||||
E | S | C | I | R | I | S | E | A | R | I | Z | S | C | R | I | M | ||||
S | L | A | V | N | E | S | T | O | B | A | M | A | C | A | R | E | N | A | ||
T | I | D | I | N | G | S | A | R | R | I | V | E | A | V | E | N | U | E | ||
E | K | E | S | O | U | T | R | E | A | D | E | R | M | I | S | E | R | S | ||
R | E | S | A | V | E | T | Y | L | E | R | E | S | T | E | E |
Eric Berlin, of Milford, Conn., is an assistant publisher at Penny Publications, a puzzle magazine company, and the creator of Puzzlesnacks, a website for kids. He is the author of The Puzzling World of Winston Breen (Penguin) and two sequels.
When he started constructing, Eric says, "My goal was to sell exactly one puzzle to The New York Times, just to say I did it." That was almost 20 years and more than 40 Times crosswords ago.
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U | N | I | T | A | T | O | P | O | A | R | S | N | O | O | N | A | N | |||
S | O | N | E | O | P | O | O | L | T | H | E | L | A | S | O | N | E | R | D | |
E | K | E | R | A | N | D | O | M | S | M | I | L | E | E | T | A | ||||
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E | L | S | H | A | D | A | K | I | D | S | U | N | T | R | A | P | ||||
B | A | D | E | A | I | M | R | I | S | E | S | R | E | H | I | R | E | |||
A | L | B | A | S | T | E | F | A | N | I | T | H | E | R | U | L | E | S | ||
H | E | A | R | T | H | S | T | R | O | T | T | E | D | T | R | E | N | T | ||
T | E | R | S | E | R | E | R | A | T | O | P | T | S | T | S | A | ||||
D | A | Y | S | O | T | W | O | L | I | V | E | S | ||||||||
C | A | M | M | O | T | O | O | V | E | N | P | E | O | P | L | E | ||||
L | O | G | A | N | R | E | P | U | T | E | D | A | T | E | C | R | O | W | ||
I | L | I | K | E | I | K | E | R | E | R | O | U | T | E | C | E | D | E | ||
S | O | L | E | M | N | M | O | D | E | L | N | I | T | U | S | E | S | |||
P | R | E | S | E | T | S | O | U | T | O | F | I | T | G | P | S | ||||
W | A | H | W | A | H | H | O | O | T | B | U | Y | E | R | ||||||
O | A | F | E | A | R | L | S | K | R | A | K | E | N | V | A | C | ||||
F | R | F | O | U | R | T | R | A | I | N | B | R | E | A | K | Z | E | R | O | |
U | S | A | U | S | A | O | L | G | A | E | D | E | N | A | N | E | W | |||
M | O | R | R | O | W | W | A | N | T | S | S | N | S | C | T | R | L |
Alex Eaton-Salners, of Lake Forest, Calif., is an in-house attorney for a technology company. He spent his junior year of college studying at a Japanese university and living with a homestay family. He also worked in Japan for several years before returning to the U.S. for law school.
Alex made the Playing With Food Sunday crossword in September. This is his 44th puzzle for The Times overall.