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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 | ||
B | O | N | E | C | O | N | T | E | N | T | I | O | N | L | A | T | O | Y | A | |
S | T | D | H | A | R | E | S | E | T | E | S | D | I | J | O | N | ||||
B | L | I | N | I | S | S | T | R | O | K | E | G | E | N | I | U | S | |||
A | L | L | E | N | S | A | Y | S | O | W | A | S | ||||||||
B | O | O | K | G | E | N | E | S | I | S | P | E | Z | B | L | A | M | |||
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 | ||||
I | S | T | R | I | A | F | R | A | M | E | R | E | F | E | R | E | N | C | E | |
C | I | T | I | F | Y | S | A | L | I | V | A | T | R | E | E | T | O | P | ||
A | S | S | E | T | S | T | E | X | A | N | H | Y | D | R | A | N | T |
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.
G | M | A | I | L | S | W | E | E | P | S | T | I | N | K | O | |||||
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.
M | E | N | U | R | A | G | U | C | A | P | O | I | C | I | C | L | E | |||
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 | ||||
I | D | B | E | T | G | A | T | S | A | N | A | C | I | N | ||||||
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.
B | A | R | T | A | B | D | R | A | W | B | B | A | L | L | ||||||
I | V | O | R | I | E | S | C | R | A | S | H | C | O | U | R | S | E | |||
N | A | T | U | R | A | L | S | T | R | I | C | K | O | R | T | R | E | A | T | |
A | L | O | E | T | E | A | L | E | A | V | E | S | A | T | B | A | T | |||
C | O | U | R | T | R | E | P | O | R | T | E | R | A | W | L | S | ||||
A | N | T | R | I | P | W | R | E | N | J | U | D | E | W | W | E | ||||
M | A | X | W | E | I | R | S | U | G | A | R | C | O | A | T | |||||
F | O | R | A | Y | G | A | R | B | T | U | N | E | D | H | U | R | T | |||
A | V | E | R | M | O | I | L | I | E | N | O | R | S | A | L | M | A | |||
D | E | L | E | T | E | D | S | C | E | N | E | S | S | P | E | N | D | S | ||
E | R | A | S | E | R | T | H | I | N | N | E | D | R | E | C | I | P | E | ||
S | Y | N | C | E | D | A | D | E | S | T | E | F | I | D | E | L | E | S | ||
R | I | T | E | S | A | R | T | E | R | Y | T | I | M | S | I | L | T | |||
A | G | E | S | G | R | E | T | A | W | H | E | N | W | I | E | L | D | |||
T | H | A | T | S | O | K | A | Y | S | E | A | R | P | I | T | |||||
A | T | M | H | U | E | D | S | P | E | D | A | R | M | D | U | A | ||||
D | E | R | N | S | K | I | N | N | Y | D | I | P | P | I | N | G | ||||
A | L | A | R | M | S | H | O | E | S | T | O | R | E | R | E | B | A | |||
S | L | U | M | B | E | R | P | A | R | T | Y | W | E | B | S | I | T | E | S | |
P | L | A | N | E | T | E | A | R | T | H | P | U | M | M | E | L | S | |||
F | A | U | S | T | D | Y | E | S | S | H | O | R | T | I |
Caitlin Reid, of Santa Ana, Calif., is the mother of two boys and two girls ages 4 to 11. Like Margaret Farrar, the first crossword editor of The Times — who was also a busy mother — Caitlin does most of her puzzle work after the rest of the family has gone to bed. That's when things quiet down.
Caitlin is a classically trained pianist who plays at her local church. Her favorite crosswords to make are themeless ones, like today's, which feature long, fresh, lively vocabulary and lots of humor and playfulness in the clues. This is Caitlin's ninth crossword for the paper, including a collaboration last Sunday.
M | I | C | R | O | L | O | A | N | P | A | T | E | L | S | I | L | O | |||
A | D | H | E | R | E | N | C | E | E | L | U | D | E | I | K | N | O | W | ||
Y | O | U | G | O | T | T | H | A | T | S | T | R | U | T | D | E | U | C | E | |
A | L | M | S | H | A | Y | R | O | O | K | S | E | R | E | N | A | ||||
S | A | P | C | U | S | S | S | E | N | S | I | T | I | V | E | |||||
M | O | R | A | L | W | O | E | R | O | T | S | S | O | L | ||||||
F | O | L | E | Y | C | H | I | M | I | A | T | A | D | O | R | M | ||||
W | H | Y | T | H | E | L | O | N | G | F | U | S | S | T | B | O | N | E | S | |
I | A | M | I | D | E | E | R | E | D | S | H | E | R | O | ||||||
W | I | P | E | G | A | L | P | A | L | U | F | O | A | D | D | |||||
R | U | D | D | E | R | S | O | F | T | H | E | L | O | S | T | A | R | K | ||
S | U | E | L | E | I | S | E | D | A | K | A | D | O | E | S | |||||
C | A | R | Y | S | P | A | R | T | A | M | E | P | G | A | ||||||
A | C | C | E | D | E | L | O | A | D | E | D | T | H | E | B | U | S | E | S | |
H | A | H | S | C | S | I | N | Y | I | O | S | B | A | I | L | S | ||||
E | P | A | L | I | M | A | I | M | P | B | E | E | T | S | ||||||
M | U | C | K | U | P | A | R | T | I | S | T | S | R | O | D | |||||
C | H | A | S | E | R | H | O | P | E | L | E | O | L | A | D | E | ||||
S | H | I | F | T | T | H | E | N | U | M | B | O | F | T | H | E | G | U | M | |
K | I | N | K | S | T | U | R | I | N | F | R | E | E | A | G | E | N | T | ||
I | N | G | A | V | N | E | C | K | F | I | R | E | W | O | R | K | S |
Evan Kalish, 33, of Bayside, N.Y., is a writer and crossword constructor. His hobby is visiting and photographing post offices around the country — more than 10,000 to date. Many photos and accounts of his travels appear on his blog, Postlandia.
Caitlin Reid is a mother of four in Santa Ana, Calif. The two connected online and collaborated by email and video chat. This is Caitlin's second Sunday Times crossword, and Evan's first.
O | N | S | T | A | R | I | C | U | E | B | E | R | T | C | H | U | G | |||
R | E | P | O | S | E | R | A | G | X | A | X | E | S | R | O | M | E | |||
S | W | A | Y | U | P | H | I | G | H | Q | U | A | N | T | A | S | I | N | ||
E | M | T | S | O | D | E | S | U | M | M | E | R | S | W | E | A | R | |||
R | E | S | T | A | P | L | E | P | O | I | S | W | A | N | L | A | K | E | ||
O | R | A | L | S | O | R | S | O | S | P | A | |||||||||
S | W | A | R | M | R | E | C | E | P | T | I | O | N | S | P | I | T | E | S | |
A | O | N | E | T | R | E | N | D | T | H | O | R | S | N | A | R | K | |||
M | E | N | S | C | H | D | I | K | E | R | O | C | T | E | R | I | ||||
S | E | A | D | O | V | E | A | I | W | A | O | B | O | E | ||||||
F | O | R | W | A | N | T | O | F | A | B | E | T | T | E | R | S | W | O | R | D |
O | P | E | R | O | E | U | F | O | T | H | E | L | L | O | ||||||
A | R | T | Y | N | A | S | O | B | I | E | S | U | P | E | R | B | ||||
M | A | R | E | S | M | E | A | N | C | E | L | I | A | O | L | A | Y | |||
S | H | O | R | T | U | S | P | A | R | K | L | I | N | G | S | W | I | N | E | |
A | N | Y | A | C | U | E | E | L | A | T | E | |||||||||
I | S | C | A | R | I | O | T | C | D | T | S | A | N | D | R | E | E | F | ||
S | W | E | P | T | F | O | R | J | O | Y | S | T | Y | D | A | N | O | |||
L | I | L | I | O | H | Y | O | U | S | W | I | S | H | L | I | S | T | S | ||
A | P | T | S | R | O | S | I | N | H | A | L | S | E | V | E | R | S | |||
M | E | S | H | M | O | T | E | T | A | T | L | T | I | E | D | Y | E |
Julian Lim, of Singapore, is an assistant professor at the School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore. He leads the school's Awake Lab, which studies the effects of mindfulness practice on sleep, well-being, and cognition. He holds a B.S. from Duke and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Julian started solving British crosswords in high school, later getting hooked on American ones. He says he has solved every New York Times crossword since 2004.
S | L | E | P | T | M | M | S | A | I | M | E | M | A | I | L | S | ||||
M | A | N | O | R | S | M | Y | L | A | N | T | A | N | E | S | T | E | A | ||
A | U | D | I | E | N | C | E | H | I | S | S | E | D | G | N | A | W | A | T | |
C | R | I | N | K | L | E | E | P | H | E | M | E | R | A | P | A | N | E | ||
K | A | N | T | M | A | R | I | O | I | R | V | S | T | E | ||||||
B | A | R | E | B | O | N | E | S | R | E | N | D | I | T | I | O | N | |||
D | E | B | G | E | N | L | T | A | N | G | E | L | O | |||||||
A | V | A | R | I | E | T | Y | O | F | P | A | R | T | S | L | U | C | A | S | |
S | E | C | O | N | D | B | O | L | G | E | R | S | E | R | A | P | E | |||
H | U | G | P | A | I | G | E | E | A | T | S | L | I | E | ||||||
S | P | E | X | W | A | R | T | S | A | N | D | A | L | L | G | L | A | D | ||
E | E | L | W | A | R | M | S | A | U | T | E | I | R | E | ||||||
T | R | O | J | A | N | H | A | T | E | R | S | A | N | O | R | A | K | |||
H | U | R | O | N | N | O | B | O | D | Y | T | O | A | C | T | W | I | T | H | |
E | T | A | I | L | E | R | S | I | R | E | D | M | Z | |||||||
R | E | F | L | E | C | T | E | D | O | N | H | I | S | R | O | L | E | |||
E | L | O | D | O | T | O | A | T | E | S | S | A | G | S | ||||||
T | E | X | T | L | I | V | E | O | A | K | S | E | R | I | T | R | E | A | ||
A | V | I | A | R | Y | A | T | T | H | E | W | R | A | P | P | A | R | T | Y | |
P | E | E | R | A | T | C | A | R | S | E | A | T | M | O | T | E | T | S | ||
E | N | R | A | G | E | A | L | A | M | R | E | D | E | T | O | O |
Peter A. Collins is the chairman of the math department at Huron High School, in Ann Arbor, Mich., where he has taught for 40 years. He has been married for 33 years and has four adult daughters, all still in the Ann Arbor area. The genesis of this puzzle was hearing about an actor who had [answer at 48-Across]. That made him think of Frankenstein, and an idea was born.
This is Pete's 114th crossword for The Times.
Y | O | S | H | I | M | A | U | D | E | T | O | A | S | T | ||||||
A | S | T | O | N | S | L | U | G | F | E | S | T | S | E | L | B | O | W | ||
L | S | A | T | S | L | I | F | E | O | F | P | I | E | A | D | O | R | E | ||
L | O | R | D | D | E | A | F | I | C | E | D | C | U | T | E | |||||
T | E | N | D | E | R | I | S | T | H | E | K | N | I | G | H | T | ||||
I | N | A | S | N | A | P | N | U | K | E | S | I | D | E | A | T | E | S | ||
M | O | N | K | E | Y | S | N | O | M | T | O | E | P | I | C | K | ||||
A | R | E | C | A | N | D | I | E | D | M | R | I | ||||||||
Y | A | W | N | S | O | R | L | Y | N | U | I | T | T | E | E | U | P | |||
O | H | S | T | O | P | R | O | O | M | E | D | |||||||||
I | N | S | E | A | R | C | H | O | F | L | O | S | T | T | H | Y | M | E | ||
A | D | O | E | G | O | A | W | R | A | P | E | V | E | O | O | F | ||||
R | O | V | E | R | S | N | I | D | E | E | L | E | N | A | ||||||
F | L | A | X | G | A | P | I | L | L | A | V | A | E | T | S | Y | ||||
T | H | E | L | I | T | T | L | E | P | R | I | N | T | S | ||||||
S | W | E | A | R | S | T | O | H | E | A | D | S | L | A | P | |||||
H | E | A | R | S | T | S | P | E | E | D | O | S | S | H | I | R | A | Z | ||
E | N | S | N | A | R | E | G | O | T | O | N | S | C | I | E | N | C | E | ||
I | S | A | J | U | L | I | U | S | S | E | E | S | H | E | R | O | K | S | ||
D | E | B | O | D | E | O | N | S | P | E | N | T | L | E | T | |||||
I | I | I | B | E | A | N | A | L | E | S | D | R | Y |
Miriam Estrin is a native of St. Louis, now living in London. She works for Google as a policy manager dealing with international laws and regulations on access to information. After graduating from Yale Law School, she spent four years at the U.S. State Department. Miriam started constructing crosswords a year ago after reading the Times's online series "How to Make a Crossword Puzzle."
This is her second puzzle for the paper and her first Sunday.
D | O | T | T | E | D | I | S | M | O | S | T | P | U | M | P | O | N | |||
O | R | N | A | M | E | N | T | A | L | L | E | N | I | G | U | A | N | A | ||
C | O | N | S | P | A | C | Y | T | H | E | O | R | Y | N | A | N | T | E | S | |
S | E | D | A | L | I | A | U | S | E | S | S | E | L | A | ||||||
H | O | M | E | S | E | N | L | A | C | E | P | E | S | T | S | |||||
U | N | A | T | W | O | T | I | S | H | V | A | M | P | E | B | A | T | |||
B | A | R | G | A | I | N | S | A | T | E | A | N | A | E | R | O | B | E | ||
C | U | L | O | T | T | E | S | A | S | S | I | G | N | S | O | B | A | |||
A | T | O | N | E | G | O | U | T | I | N | L | A | W | T | I | T | ||||
P | O | N | E | S | P | R | U | C | E | E | N | O | Y | E | S | |||||
R | E | S | P | A | T | O | R | Y | S | Y | S | T | E | M | ||||||
S | P | A | M | A | O | I | N | N | A | T | E | A | M | A | L | |||||
H | A | W | U | S | U | A | L | N | A | P | S | B | R | A | V | E | ||||
A | R | E | A | S | E | P | T | E | T | S | P | O | A | G | N | E | W | |||
R | E | I | G | N | I | T | E | L | O | C | O | I | N | B | O | U | N | D | ||
P | E | N | N | A | N | T | S | L | O | O | P | T | O | Y | A | G | E | |||
S | U | R | G | E | B | I | T | M | A | P | A | B | L | E | R | |||||
T | A | P | S | S | O | U | P | F | L | O | N | A | S | E | ||||||
O | X | I | D | E | S | M | I | S | S | I | S | S | I | P | P | I | V | E | R | |
R | E | N | E | W | S | A | L | I | K | E | E | L | S | I | N | O | R | E | ||
E | D | G | I | E | R | T | S | A | R | R | E | E | N | G | A | G | E |
Gary Larson, of Edmonds, Wash., is a retired comedian. He spent the last 15 years of his career entertaining on cruise ships, where crosswords were a way to pass the time between shows.
One day a clue-and-answer combination in a New York Times crossword cracked him up, and he thought, "Why don't I try making one of these? I love writing jokes. How hard can it be to fit them into a puzzle?"
He found out. This is his 592nd puzzle. It's his fourth in The Times.
A | D | M | I | R | E | A | C | T | U | P | H | O | T | D | A | T | E | |||
G | O | D | S | E | N | D | D | I | A | N | E | T | R | U | E | D | A | T | ||
O | C | T | O | B | E | R | M | A | K | I | N | G | M | E | B | L | U | S | H | |
M | U | M | B | A | I | E | Q | U | A | L | S | A | L | T | O | |||||
O | U | T | O | F | Y | O | U | R | G | O | U | R | D | B | Y | T | E | S | ||
W | H | A | R | F | B | L | A | R | N | E | Y | O | J | O | S | |||||
L | U | M | P | A | L | I | S | H | O | O | G | A | S | |||||||
S | H | A | H | S | M | I | S | S | I | N | G | T | H | E | P | O | I | N | T | |
T | H | A | T | D | E | R | A | I | L | R | O | A | R | |||||||
B | O | O | H | O | O | S | F | L | O | W | E | R | P | E | T | C | O | |||
I | N | F | O | R | I | T | N | O | W | D | A | R | N | T | O | O | T | I | N | |
G | E | H | R | Y | I | R | O | B | O | T | O | U | R | S | O | N | G | |||
T | O | E | S | H | A | N | G | R | Y | S | T | E | T | |||||||
O | N | L | Y | A | S | G | O | O | D | A | S | T | H | E | A | M | I | T | Y | |
P | E | P | B | I | O | S | A | H | A | A | C | R | E | |||||||
F | L | A | G | D | I | A | L | I | N | G | C | R | E | E | L | |||||
C | A | M | R | Y | C | O | M | P | A | N | Y | Y | O | U | K | E | E | P | ||
O | T | O | E | S | A | I | D | N | O | N | U | R | S | E | S | |||||
S | O | M | E | T | H | I | N | G | E | L | S | E | O | A | T | M | I | L | K | |
T | W | O | P | A | I | R | E | X | A | M | S | S | K | I | A | R | E | A | ||
A | N | A | R | C | H | Y | S | T | R | U | T | A | P | N | E | W | S |
Sam Ezersky, 25, is an associate puzzle editor of The New York Times. He sold his first crossword to the paper when he was 17, just before starting his senior year at South Lakes High School in Reston, Va.
Eight years and 30 Times crosswords later, Sam says his professional goal is to "never, ever create an ‘ordinary' puzzle." His favorite clues/answers in this one are at 111A and 81D
A | J | A | R | P | C | P | I | S | P | O | S | E | D | R | A | P | E | |||
G | O | D | O | F | W | A | R | T | H | E | N | H | L | R | E | N | A | L | ||
O | H | I | D | U | N | N | O | B | A | N | K | O | F | G | U | Y | A | N | A | |
U | N | D | I | D | T | H | A | W | P | R | I | A | M | K | I | P | ||||
T | O | A | N | D | D | I | E | I | N | L | A | E | N | G | R | A | I | N | S | |
I | R | S | L | A | G | G | E | D | W | A | S | R | O | N | N | I | E | |||
S | E | R | G | E | S | T | A | X | H | U | L | A | ||||||||
S | P | I | N | E | Y | E | B | A | S | E | B | A | L | L | C | A | R | D | ||
O | R | G | I | E | S | B | A | T | H | E | V | E | I | N | R | E | ||||
F | O | O | T | P | A | T | R | O | L | S | A | L | E | A | N | N | A | L | ||
A | T | T | P | Y | R | I | T | E | G | O | L | I | M | P | A | T | E | |||
R | E | Y | E | S | I | N | S | B | A | N | A | N | A | S | P | L | I | T | ||
A | S | O | F | L | A | S | M | E | M | E | S | E | R | E | N | E | ||||
S | T | U | F | F | E | D | O | L | I | V | E | L | I | T | E | E | G | S | ||
E | R | A | S | A | M | Y | R | E | D | O | E | S | ||||||||
S | P | A | C | E | R | O | P | I | C | I | A | L | I | S | I | D | O | |||
L | I | S | T | E | N | U | P | C | H | O | P | P | E | D | S | A | L | A | D | |
A | R | K | Z | E | P | P | O | O | L | A | Y | A | M | O | R | E | ||||
M | A | S | H | E | D | P | O | T | A | T | O | E | A | S | Y | W | I | N | S | |
O | T | T | E | R | E | S | T | H | E | R | A | R | T | S | A | L | E | S | ||
N | E | O | N | S | R | E | O | I | L | S | R | E | P | Y | O | D | A |
Alex Eaton-Salners is an in-house attorney for Western Digital, a technology company headquartered in San Jose, Calif. He's been interested in puzzles and language since he was a child. He keeps a list of crossword theme ideas on his phone, so he can add to them wherever he goes. As a constructor, Alex says he likes to "subvert (responsibly) as many different crossword conventions as possible."
L | O | G | O | P | F | F | T | D | R | I | P | S | H | A | L | L | ||||
S | U | R | P | R | A | B | L | E | R | U | N | E | I | T | A | L | I | A | ||
D | I | E | T | I | T | I | A | N | J | E | S | T | P | E | G | L | E | G | ||
E | E | S | I | U | M | S | T | E | R | O | N | E | D | O | ||||||
U | N | D | E | P | A | R | T | Y | A | R | I | C | I | N | E | S | ||||
I | S | H | I | T | S | A | B | E | T | I | L | L | I | C | I | T | ||||
B | R | O | D | A | T | E | T | R | A | V | E | G | L | O | V | E | ||||
A | D | R | E | P | I | C | O | N | C | U | R | S | E | N | E | C | A | |||
R | A | N | S | O | M | N | O | T | E | C | L | A | M | D | A | R | T | S | ||
P | L | O | P | R | O | F | E | O | F | M | E | S | O | P | ||||||
M | O | A | T | T | O | N | I | R | E | A | L | T | O | R | ||||||
C | I | T | R | I | N | E | L | O | K | I | S | E | E | N | ||||||
S | O | X | F | O | R | T | H | E | P | I | C | E | D | A | ||||||
T | I | E | R | S | E | S | A | U | A | W | A | R | D | G | A | L | A | S | ||
E | N | D | O | W | S | T | A | N | L | I | N | E | E | C | O | L | I | |||
F | R | U | I | T | F | Y | I | N | G | L | E | S | T | O | I | L | ||||
L | E | T | S | L | I | E | G | O | O | G | L | E | S | K | E | L | ||||
L | I | V | E | S | L | S | U | R | O | O | T | O | F | L | A | N | ||||
O | P | I | M | O | L | I | N | G | E | L | L | A | O | L | ||||||
O | P | E | N | I | T | C | A | R | A | I | C | A | L | L | D | I | B | S | ||
F | E | W | E | S | T | A | G | O | G | V | A | N | I | L | E | V | I | L | ||
A | R | S | E | S | N | I | K | E | E | T | T | U | S | E | X | Y |
Sam Trabucco is an American cryptocurrency trader based in Hong Kong. When he's not working, he enjoys playing board and card games, especially Magic: The Gathering and poker. Sam says one of his top priorities as a crossword constructor is to make his fill relatable to younger solvers. "I want this hobby to remain relevant forever!"
This is his 25th puzzle for The Times.
O | A | T | H | A | M | P | A | T | A | R | I | H | E | I | S | T | S | |||
S | L | A | Y | L | A | O | L | O | R | E | N | O | L | D | H | A | T | |||
H | A | P | P | I | L | Y | E | V | E | R | A | F | T | C | A | L | I | C | O | |
A | S | S | O | C | I | A | T | E | A | B | S | O | L | U | T | E | P | O | W | |
O | N | S | I | D | E | N | O | S | E | D | ||||||||||
P | L | A | N | C | A | V | I | T | I | E | S | M | E | T | ||||||
P | H | O | N | I | E | S | A | D | I | O | S | P | A | G | O | D | A | |||
R | E | C | Y | C | L | I | N | G | C | E | N | T | T | I | T | A | N | I | C | |
I | N | K | S | T | A | T | U | S | A | M | E | N | B | R | O | T | H | |||
C | O | E | R | C | E | G | O | A | T | S | O | N | S | E | T | |||||
E | L | D | E | R | P | O | S | T | T | W | O | S | S | E | R | F | S | |||
G | A | I | L | Y | E | M | A | I | L | S | T | R | E | E | T | |||||
B | R | A | I | N | T | E | A | S | A | R | M | A | D | A | F | R | A | |||
R | E | V | O | K | E | D | C | E | L | L | P | H | O | N | E | N | U | M | B | |
A | N | O | N | Y | M | D | A | N | T | E | G | E | N | E | S | I | S | |||
N | O | W | F | E | N | E | S | T | R | A | D | O | E | S | ||||||
P | R | O | O | F | S | A | L | A | M | I | ||||||||||
R | E | L | I | E | F | P | I | T | C | H | N | O | M | I | N | A | T | E | S | |
U | T | O | P | I | A | N | O | L | A | U | G | H | I | N | G | M | A | T | T | |
S | A | V | I | N | G | E | M | I | R | S | A | N | T | O | K | R | A | |||
T | S | E | T | S | E | S | E | P | T | A | S | O | Y | S | E | E | N |
MaryEllen Uthlaut is a writer and homemaker in Charleston, S.C. Some years ago she was at her local library doing research for an article when she stumbled across a book about crosswords that had been mis-shelved. She checked it out, read it and started constructing. Her first-ever puzzle appeared in The Times in 2010.
This is her third crossword for the paper and her first Sunday.
S | T | R | A | P | T | O | M | B | S | R | O | P | E | S | I | A | N | |||
I | R | I | N | A | O | R | I | O | N | E | X | E | R | T | R | B | I | |||
L | O | F | T | S | M | A | N | G | A | V | I | R | G | O | E | L | L | |||
O | N | E | S | E | L | F | G | E | R | I | D | A | L | A | N | E | S | |||
Y | O | U | O | N | L | Y | L | I | V | E | T | W | I | C | E | |||||
O | D | S | S | P | R | E | E | S | B | A | S | I | E | E | C | O | ||||
V | E | E | I | D | E | D | A | I | L | O | L | D | S | A | W | S | ||||
U | N | S | E | E | N | W | I | Z | L | A | U | R | E | L | ||||||
L | I | T | T | L | E | B | R | O | W | N | A | N | D | C | O | M | P | A | N | Y |
A | R | E | A | S | L | I | C | I | T | E | W | O | K | S | ||||||
R | O | T | S | O | N | O | H | E | P | A | S | I | S | |||||||
S | P | A | S | M | B | U | I | L | T | C | L | I | N | T | ||||||
T | I | N | K | E | R | T | O | E | V | E | R | S | T | O | C | H | A | N | C | E |
O | M | E | A | R | A | S | N | L | A | U | S | T | I | N | ||||||
I | N | E | R | T | I | A | L | I | E | C | A | M | P | A | T | T | ||||
O | D | E | S | T | I | E | G | T | O | B | O | O | T | X | E | S | ||||
I | N | T | E | R | C | O | N | T | I | N | E | N | T | A | L | |||||
G | E | N | O | A | I | R | T | R | E | G | K | E | R | O | U | A | C | |||
R | T | E | S | O | F | I | A | A | B | A | S | E | S | U | N | R | A | |||
I | T | S | E | U | L | E | R | M | A | M | I | E | A | S | I | A | N | |||
N | A | S | D | R | E | D | D | P | R | E | S | S | L | E | T | B | E |
David Kwong is a magician and crossword constructor in Los Angeles who regularly combines puzzles and sleight of hand in his performances. His 2014 TED Talk includes a trick with a New York Times crossword and has been viewed 1.7 million times to date. David has a new virtual show with puzzles, titled Inside the Box, opening in a few weeks with the Geffen Playhouse in L.A.
This puzzle is his 21st crossword for The Times.
S | H | O | P | G | O | T | T | A | U | L | C | E | R | E | C | O | N | |||
T | O | N | I | E | N | E | W | S | N | I | H | A | O | S | A | D | E | |||
A | L | E | E | C | H | A | O | S | T | H | E | O | R | Y | S | N | I | T | ||
B | E | S | P | O | K | E | A | U | R | A | S | P | C | G | A | M | E | S | ||
M | A | N | O | R | C | R | Y | P | T | S | E | E | Y | A | ||||||
M | A | N | A | T | E | M | P | O | T | S | K | S | ||||||||
J | U | L | G | A | R | B | D | E | Y | C | A | L | F | E | T | C | ||||
E | S | L | E | L | V | E | S | M | O | V | E | R | A | R | E | |||||
S | I | T | R | A | S | S | L | E | H | E | C | A | T | E | L | E | N | |||
S | C | H | I | S | M | T | O | R | N | A | D | O | B | E | L | L | A | S | ||
I | M | I | N | O | F | F | T | O | D | I | A | R | Y | A | T | M | O | |||
C | A | N | D | O | O | R | C | S | J | A | P | E | E | T | H | E | R | |||
A | N | G | E | R | S | I | A | T | U | E | S | E | E | R | S | |||||
B | U | T | T | E | R | F | L | Y | E | F | F | E | C | T | ||||||
S | T | A | T | B | E | N | L | A | O | F | E | D | O | R | T | S | ||||
P | H | I | B | A | R | D | O | R | R | S | R | T | A | E | R | A | ||||
A | R | R | A | Y | A | W | A | K | E | W | I | P | E | D | ||||||
D | I | F | F | E | R | E | N | C | E | I | N | T | H | E | W | O | R | L | D | |
E | V | A | L | A | D | E | E | R | E | D | I | T | S | W | I | L | E | |||
S | E | R | A | G | E | A | R | S | S | O | R | T | A | A | S | I | N | |||
S | E | T | E | N | T | S | R | E | P | S | N | E | S |
Olivia Mitra Framke, of Jersey City, N.J., is an academic adviser at the New School's College of Performing Arts in Manhattan. She describes herself as a flutist, dog lover and "all-around gaming nerd" (video games, board games, role-playing games, you name it).
This is her seventh crossword for The Times, including her third Sunday. Like her previous Sunday puzzles, this one has a visual element.
B | A | S | K | A | L | L | I | N | B | F | F | C | H | E | E | R | S | |||
O | R | C | A | N | U | T | R | I | R | A | E | H | O | L | D | I | T | |||
A | M | A | Z | I | N | G | D | O | G | R | A | C | E | E | N | L | A | C | E | |
R | E | M | O | T | E | S | B | I | T | T | E | F | A | K | E | T | A | N | ||
D | E | P | O | T | F | O | R | E | S | T | E | R | P | A | R | E | N | T | ||
Y | E | S | I | T | I | S | R | O | O | T | ||||||||||
D | I | M | N | P | R | C | R | O | W | S | A | K | I | N | ||||||
O | R | G | A | N | D | O | M | I | N | A | T | I | O | N | G | R | A | T | E | |
T | A | U | T | E | S | T | M | A | C | R | O | A | N | T | L | E | R | |||
S | T | E | I | G | I | N | A | P | T | T | Y | P | O | E | M | O | ||||
S | C | A | R | F | A | C | E | R | E | S | O | U | R | C | E | S | ||||
A | D | S | T | O | Y | S | E | N | O | R | M | C | R | A | B | S | ||||
D | O | N | K | E | Y | M | U | S | T | I | M | A | H | A | L | I | A | |||
A | V | O | I | D | P | A | R | A | S | O | L | M | I | L | I | T | A | R | Y | |
M | E | T | A | C | A | G | E | R | E | E | G | O | D | D | ||||||
S | O | S | O | S | E | A | G | R | A | M | ||||||||||
G | L | A | R | E | A | T | G | R | A | N | D | M | A | S | H | A | M | S | ||
R | E | M | O | R | S | E | E | C | I | G | S | W | I | R | E | T | A | P | ||
O | N | E | S | E | T | T | H | E | P | I | T | I | E | D | P | I | P | E | R | |
A | T | N | I | N | E | O | A | R | N | E | P | A | L | S | A | V | E | |||
N | O | D | E | A | R | E | B | B | G | L | O | R | Y | T | R | E | E |
Barbara Lin is a computer engineer in West Chester, Pa. She says her work is like constantly solving puzzles. "The difference is that in engineering there's no answer key."
She has been constructing crosswords for about a year and a half. This is her third puzzle for The Times and her first Sunday.
M | A | O | I | S | T | S | S | T | A | M | P | S | M | O | R | A | S | S | ||
U | N | P | L | A | I | T | I | A | M | T | O | O | A | V | E | N | U | E | ||
T | W | E | L | V | E | A | N | G | R | Y | M | E | N | R | A | N | K | E | D | |
E | A | R | A | R | R | A | N | T | I | C | I | A | L | D | A | |||||
D | R | A | W | N | T | H | E | A | F | R | I | C | A | N | Q | U | E | E | N | |
E | T | T | U | D | R | I | E | D | P | A | U | L | S | |||||||
F | L | A | N | U | P | I | N | I | L | R | O | T | O | R | S | |||||
D | O | C | T | O | R | S | T | R | A | N | G | E | S | A | T | C | A | T | ||
I | G | E | T | I | T | D | E | P | E | N | D | O | N | A | S | K | M | E | ||
C | O | R | O | L | L | A | N | U | Y | S | P | A | C | P | S | S | T | |||
B | Y | E | B | Y | E | B | I | R | D | I | E | |||||||||
A | M | I | E | S | O | O | S | M | E | E | E | D | H | E | L | M | S | |||
S | A | N | D | L | U | N | T | H | A | W | E | D | R | O | D | E | O | S | ||
P | T | A | A | C | T | W | A | T | E | R | S | H | I | P | D | O | W | N | ||
S | A | N | R | I | O | Y | R | S | L | I | V | I | N | N | S | |||||
Y | E | L | L | S | L | O | U | I | S | T | E | V | A | |||||||
T | H | E | L | A | D | Y | V | A | N | I | S | H | E | S | A | L | U | M | S | |
R | A | V | I | B | M | I | S | A | V | O | I | R | S | A | L | |||||
U | N | E | E | D | A | A | M | E | R | I | C | A | N | B | E | A | U | T | Y | |
C | O | N | F | I | T | N | O | L | U | C | K | G | E | S | T | A | T | E | ||
K | I | T | S | C | H | D | R | I | N | K | S | S | T | E | E | L | E | R |
Francis Heaney, of New York City, is a professional puzzle maker and editor, who frequently constructs the American Values Club Crossword. For 15 years he has edited puzzle books for Sterling.
His early interest in puzzles was encouraged by his grandmother, who gave him a subscription to Games magazine for his 10th birthday. Francis has been contributing crosswords to The Times, on and off, since 1996.
F | A | C | A | D | E | A | R | R | O | Z | V | A | C | A | A | S | ||||
E | R | O | D | E | D | S | L | O | A | N | E | I | D | A | S | L | O | |||
N | O | O | D | L | E | M | E | C | H | A | N | I | C | A | L | S | U | N | ||
C | A | L | L | I | N | S | I | C | K | P | I | C | K | M | E | A | M | I | ||
E | R | S | M | I | T | T | W | R | A | T | H | N | S | Y | N | C | ||||
L | I | C | E | B | E | E | R | H | A | T | D | E | S | I | ||||||
O | R | N | O | T | P | R | E | L | L | T | U | P | A | C | ||||||
L | E | O | V | S | K | I | S | L | O | P | E | S | T | R | U | T | S | |||
E | D | G | E | A | I | M | S | A | L | P | H | A | R | I | T | A | ||||
H | O | T | R | O | D | S | I | T | S | A | S | K | I | M | P | Y | ||||
W | E | A | R | Y | S | H | I | P | S | H | A | P | E | A | T | E | I | N | ||
W | A | R | I | E | R | O | D | O | M | A | N | A | L | Y | S | E | ||||
I | D | E | A | O | T | T | E | R | C | Y | T | O | L | I | R | A | ||||
S | A | N | C | T | A | S | T | O | R | Y | A | R | C | I | N | R | I | |||
G | R | I | L | L | M | A | S | S | E | I | N | K | E | D | ||||||
S | A | L | E | C | U | L | P | R | I | T | N | Y | S | E | ||||||
T | O | N | E | D | P | A | L | I | N | N | C | O | S | C | D | S | ||||
N | W | T | I | N | D | I | R | A | F | I | S | H | M | A | R | K | E | T | ||
O | H | I | T | O | W | N | S | Q | U | A | R | E | A | R | E | O | L | A | ||
T | A | C | O | U | I | O | U | T | L | A | W | M | A | I | N | L | Y | |||
E | T | S | R | N | S | N | E | A | L | E | A | E | N | E | A | S |
Ruth Bloomfield Margolin, of Westfield, N.J., serves on the boards of several community nonprofit groups. For the past three years, she has spoken on crossword construction at area libraries — lately adding Zoom presentations to her repertoire.
Ruth created a crossword for her son's July wedding (now postponed), which included the couple's favorite board game, Pandemic. Whoops! She's revising that puzzle now to feature only "fun" things.