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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.
I | C | E | B | E | R | G | S | H | A | R | P | T | O | N | C | U | S | S | ||
M | A | T | I | N | E | E | C | O | M | E | H | E | R | E | A | S | E | T | ||
S | T | A | N | D | I | N | G | R | O | O | M | O | N | L | Y | B | E | A | R | |
E | N | T | R | A | P | S | N | A | Y | M | E | A | D | E | ||||||
Z | A | N | Y | S | L | O | P | J | E | N | S | A | L | L | O | W | ||||
E | P | E | E | S | E | V | E | R | L | A | S | T | I | N | G | L | O | V | E | |
B | I | R | T | H | S | E | R | V | I | N | E | D | E | M | O | T | E | D | ||
R | A | D | I | O | C | A | R | T | E | I | X | E | I | R | A | |||||
A | S | A | O | A | R | E | R | O | S | B | O | T | C | A | A | N | ||||
F | A | L | L | I | N | G | R | A | I | N | M | O | M | J | A | Y | N | E | ||
I | M | E | A | N | T | A | R | P | S | A | O | S | I | R | E | N | S | |||
S | O | R | O | S | I | I | N | P | A | R | K | I | N | G | R | A | M | P | ||
H | A | T | S | D | M | S | T | R | I | X | R | A | G | Y | E | R | ||||
L | E | G | A | L | A | I | D | E | A | G | L | E | E | Y | E | |||||
S | C | A | P | U | L | A | O | N | E | T | O | N | S | E | N | S | E | S | ||
Q | U | A | L | I | F | Y | I | N | G | R | O | U | N | D | S | T | I | R | S | |
U | P | L | A | S | T | N | G | O | C | U | R | E | O | R | S | O | ||||
I | R | A | T | E | P | L | O | A | C | H | I | E | V | E | ||||||
S | O | R | T | F | E | A | R | O | F | M | I | S | S | I | N | G | O | U | T | |
H | U | G | E | A | N | T | I | P | O | D | E | S | T | O | O | P | T | O | ||
Y | S | E | R | T | H | E | A | T | E | R | S | Y | E | S | I | S | E | E |
David Levinson Wilk, of Brooklyn, works for television game shows. For the past year he was the head writer of ABC's "$100,000 Pyramid" and Bravo's "Cash Cab." For nine years he was a staff writer for "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." He creates original puzzles for the San Diego Reader and other weekly newspapers across the country.
David sold his first crossword to The Times in 1996, when he was a sophomore in college, and he has been making puzzles ever since.
L | A | S | S | M | A | N | I | C | L | E | A | F | O | V | A | L | ||||
I | C | O | N | A | L | E | R | O | E | T | N | A | B | I | O | T | A | |||
S | Q | U | A | R | E | C | H | I | N | A | S | T | I | A | L | L | E | Y | ||
P | U | R | G | E | H | I | S | S | E | D | O | N | E | S | E | C | ||||
I | N | S | I | D | E | H | O | S | T | I | N | T | H | E | D | A | R | K | ||
L | E | O | D | I | M | E | L | O | O | P | I | E | S | T | N | E | E | |||
E | S | T | D | I | R | G | E | A | N | D | W | A | I | S | T | |||||
A | C | E | S | D | I | S | M | I | S | S | E | D | B | O | B | C | A | T | ||
E | S | A | U | T | A | Z | I | T | S | W | A | R | C | A | L | L | ||||
A | D | S | M | E | N | U | A | X | I | S | S | E | E | |||||||
A | B | E | T | A | R | O | U | N | D | T | H | E | B | U | S | H | ||||
S | A | L | S | A | G | A | B | I | E | B | E | M | U | |||||||
C | R | E | W | R | E | J | O | I | N | O | O | P | A | C | T | I | ||||
A | C | C | E | D | E | B | E | G | I | N | W | A | T | C | H | I | N | G | ||
R | A | B | B | I | C | S | A | M | E | N | S | A | M | D | S | |||||
A | D | A | M | A | H | I | M | A | H | I | S | T | O | W | P | O | T | |||
B | E | L | O | W | M | A | C | A | R | O | N | I | O | S | A | K | A | N | ||
D | M | I | T | R | I | M | I | L | N | E | R | R | E | N | E | E | ||||
P | A | W | A | T | A | L | S | O | O | C | E | A | N | D | E | I | S | T | ||
I | V | I | N | S | D | I | O | R | V | A | L | L | I | P | S | I | S | |||
C | A | N | I | E | A | S | Y | E | S | S | E | X | S | T | A | Y |
Trenton Charlson, 24, is a crossword constructor and Scrabble aficionado from Columbus, Ohio. The North American Scrabble Players Association currently ranks him No. 213 among all players and No. 5 in his state. Trenton's Twitter page declares that he's the founder of Z.J.X.Q. — Americans Against Accurate Acronyms.
This is his 23rd puzzle for The Times.
E | T | S | T | H | E | C | O | P | A | P | A | N | I | C | B | A | R | |||
S | A | R | A | H | E | A | L | S | U | P | I | R | O | N | R | U | L | E | ||
T | R | A | P | P | A | R | T | I | S | T | S | C | C | T | H | E | D | A | Y | |
O | F | S | O | R | T | S | N | I | T | E | S | S | A | D | E | |||||
R | U | H | R | O | H | A | G | E | E | I | C | E | T | G | R | E | ||||
E | L | Y | T | U | M | S | D | I | Z | Z | C | O | N | T | R | O | L | |||
A | I | R | D | U | C | T | D | E | E | Y | A | H | O | O | S | |||||
S | T | R | I | P | T | T | R | E | T | O | U | C | H | B | R | U | T | E | ||
T | R | I | M | S | B | E | N | E | P | H | O | T | O | O | P | |||||
E | A | S | E | O | C | T | A | N | E | S | W | I | R | E | T | A | P | |||
A | L | I | A | M | U | U | M | E | N | T | P | A | R | K | S | H | I | E | ||
M | A | N | O | W | A | R | R | A | P | A | N | U | I | M | I | L | T | |||
G | R | A | N | D | M | A | G | A | B | S | N | O | N | E | T | |||||
T | A | T | E | R | S | O | R | B | E | T | S | C | L | O | C | K | Y | Y | ||
T | R | I | A | D | S | T | M | I | S | T | R | A | I | N | S | |||||
O | L | D | D | S | T | A | T | I | O | N | A | R | K | S | C | O | M | |||
P | O | E | O | B | O | E | O | N | C | E | E | L | A | I | N | E | ||||
L | E | N | A | S | I | D | E | A | D | L | I | S | T | E | R | |||||
G | G | L | O | U | I | S | E | S | U | R | P | R | I | I | P | A | R | T | Y | |
U | P | A | C | R | E | E | K | A | L | T | R | O | C | K | H | O | W | L | ||
S | A | W | H | O | R | S | E | Y | E | S | I | S | E | E | I | N | O |
Wyna Liu, of New York City, is an artist and jewelry designer working with magnets and tensegrity. (You can see examples of her craft at wynaliu.com.) She has been solving crosswords for 10+ years but just started making them recently.
Wyna says 91-Across is a shout-out to her parents, who own and operate a chain of radio channels. They made up the name Wyna (pronounced "WIN-uh") to mimic radio call letters — "Y 'n' A" for the initials of their names, Yvonne and Arthur, and the starting "W" because they're on the East Coast!
I | G | L | E | S | I | A | S | J | E | M | I | M | A | O | R | A | T | E | ||
D | U | A | L | R | O | L | E | O | S | I | R | I | S | N | O | T | A | X | ||
T | A | K | E | O | U | T | T | H | E | T | R | A | S | H | P | A | T | T | I | |
A | V | E | C | A | R | I | D | O | T | H | E | D | I | S | H | E | S | |||
G | A | R | T | H | A | D | S | S | E | A | A | T | T | E | S | T | ||||
E | I | N | S | T | E | I | N | P | O | N | C | H | O | |||||||
S | W | E | E | P | T | H | E | F | L | O | O | R | V | S | H | A | P | E | D | |
O | I | L | S | H | A | V | E | N | I | C | E | M | E | T | A | |||||
W | I | I | G | M | E | S | A | P | O | O | R | A | T | R | O | N | ||||
N | U | M | E | R | O | U | N | O | G | O | T | O | T | H | E | B | A | N | K | |
S | I | A | A | D | M | I | T | I | T | A | L | E | ||||||||
S | O | R | T | T | H | E | M | A | I | L | N | I | B | B | L | E | S | O | N | |
U | D | O | E | U | R | O | P | A | A | G | E | E | N | I | K | E | ||||
M | I | D | I | A | R | O | M | A | S | S | A | Y | L | A | W | |||||
O | N | E | N | E | S | S | P | I | C | K | U | P | T | H | E | T | O | Y | S | |
W | E | A | K | E | R | H | E | R | E | S | H | O | W | |||||||
S | C | A | R | R | Y | A | I | G | D | I | E | H | O | S | E | R | ||||
P | A | Y | T | H | E | B | I | L | L | S | C | P | A | S | U | R | I | |||
I | N | I | G | O | C | L | E | A | N | T | H | E | G | U | T | T | E | R | S | |
T | O | N | A | L | C | A | N | D | I | D | R | U | N | S | A | M | O | K | ||
S | E | N | S | E | S | T | E | E | P | S | S | E | C | U | R | E | L | Y |
Sam Donaldson is a law professor at Georgia State University, teaching Contracts to first-year students and Wills, Trusts and Estates to upper-division ones. He is the author or co-author of several textbooks on these subjects.
Since 2011 Sam has written the annual Orca Awards for the blog Diary of a Crossword Fiend — his choices for the best American crosswords across all publications.
T | S | P | P | S | A | S | M | E | C | C | A | B | A | R | E | |||||
A | P | U | S | O | A | P | T | I | D | O | L | S | T | A | M | E | R | |||
R | E | T | H | O | N | E | Y | M | E | M | O | S | I | C | I | N | G | |||
D | E | S | S | E | R | T | S | C | E | N | E | S | T | E | A | S | E | S | ||
I | D | L | Y | M | A | F | I | A | S | E | A | H | O | R | S | E | ||||
S | O | I | R | E | E | A | T | M | H | O | T | H | A | N | D | |||||
P | U | P | S | Q | U | A | R | E | F | O | O | T | I | T | C | H | ||||
R | E | S | P | E | C | T | A | R | E | A | R | S | S | I | O | U | ||||
I | N | T | E | A | R | T | O | O | L | T | A | T | T | I | C | U | S | |||
A | V | O | W | R | A | M | I | S | T | L | O | H | U | N | K | S | ||||
S | E | N | I | O | R | P | R | O | M | H | E | R | D | E | D | C | A | T | S | |
L | A | S | S | O | I | N | O | N | T | O | Y | T | A | L | E | E | ||||
T | O | P | H | A | T | S | S | T | A | S | H | L | E | D | L | A | E | |||
E | P | I | Y | A | K | E | D | I | E | A | T | E | I | T | U | P | ||||
L | E | G | O | N | O | R | E | L | A | T | I | O | N | A | S | H | ||||
U | N | D | R | E | S | S | S | V | U | U | N | L | E | S | S | |||||
A | R | T | I | S | T | I | C | B | O | R | O | N | A | B | U | T | ||||
B | L | A | C | K | T | M | A | R | T | Y | R | F | A | R | M | O | R | E | ||
R | E | T | R | O | P | A | P | U | A | I | N | T | R | O | X | F | L | |||
O | R | I | O | N | A | G | E | N | T | E | N | E | M | Y | E | E | L | |||
S | T | O | P | W | E | D | G | E | S | E | N | S | S | R | A |
Laura Taylor Kinnel, of Newtown, Pa., teaches math and is the director of studies at a Friends boarding school near Philadelphia. Since her last puzzle appeared in March, she has spent lots of time with colleagues developing best methods and new processes for remote teaching.
Laura remarks that she now sits and conducts classes from home in the same spot where she normally makes crosswords!
C | O | A | R | S | E | H | A | S | T | E | A | S | P | I | C | |||||
A | P | P | E | N | D | S | C | O | S | S | E | T | P | L | O | U | G | H | ||
T | H | E | D | U | D | E | R | A | H | R | A | H | A | L | U | M | N | A | ||
S | E | X | G | A | L | L | E | R | Y | M | I | S | T | S | P | O | T | |||
P | L | A | Y | S | L | A | V | S | R | O | O | T | E | D | I | R | T | |||
A | I | M | E | E | P | I | E | T | A | P | A | L | M | T | R | E | E | |||
W | A | S | A | T | C | H | C | R | O | W | D | I | N | C | H | O | I | R | ||
C | H | A | S | E | P | R | E | A | C | H | E | N | T | |||||||
C | U | T | S | O | U | T | S | E | T | I | N | H | E | L | L | |||||
A | L | A | C | R | I | T | Y | R | E | P | O | R | U | B | O | F | F | |||
B | A | S | R | A | E | X | P | O | N | E | N | T | S | N | O | L | I | E | ||
S | N | E | E | Z | Y | I | S | L | E | O | I | N | T | M | E | N | T | |||
A | Z | A | L | E | A | I | N | S | O | L | E | B | O | N | E | |||||
T | A | M | W | O | L | V | E | S | C | L | O | S | E | |||||||
T | H | R | E | W | S | M | E | L | T | E | R | S | T | P | E | T | E | R | ||
R | E | T | R | E | A | T | S | A | S | S | A | M | S | N | A | R | E | |||
I | F | S | B | O | T | T | O | M | S | W | A | B | S | C | L | U | B | |||
R | A | C | E | K | O | R | N | W | E | L | C | O | M | E | E | D | U | |||
E | T | A | L | I | A | E | L | A | I | N | E | N | E | A | T | N | I | K | ||
M | E | M | O | R | Y | E | A | R | N | E | D | G | A | V | O | T | T | E | ||
E | S | S | I | E | T | Y | K | E | S | R | E | E | S | E | S |
Jon Schneider, of New York City, is a research scientist for Google, working on problems in machine learning and economics. Anderson Wang, of Mountain View, Calif., is a software engineer currently between jobs. They met at M.I.T. in the early 2010s, where they lived in the same hall. They've been making and solving puzzles together ever since.
This is the first New York Times crossword for each of them.
C | A | R | A | F | E | C | H | U | R | N | S | H | A | S | S | A | N | |||
A | C | A | D | I | A | B | A | Z | O | O | K | A | O | P | P | O | S | E | ||
R | E | C | A | S | T | S | W | I | M | M | I | N | G | T | R | U | N | K | S | |
E | L | E | P | H | A | N | T | S | E | N | D | O | W | D | I | E | T | |||
D | A | R | T | W | A | V | E | T | A | N | K | B | I | B | A | D | S | |||
L | A | P | S | S | E | D | I | N | A | R | ||||||||||
O | P | E | N | E | Y | E | S | K | R | E | M | E | G | S | H | A | R | P | ||
P | I | T | O | N | Q | A | T | A | R | I | S | S | M | I | L | E | S | |||
E | X | T | R | A | D | R | U | M | S | T | I | C | K | S | A | N | I | M | A | |
D | Y | E | D | C | H | I | C | K | E | N | S | O | U | T | O | F | I | T | ||
S | T | O | O | D | A | N | T | I | C | |||||||||||
W | E | S | T | E | N | D | F | O | C | A | C | C | I | A | E | E | L | S | ||
A | C | O | R | N | E | L | E | C | T | R | I | C | C | H | A | R | G | E | S | |
N | O | D | O | F | F | C | A | T | S | E | A | R | R | O | O | S | T | |||
E | N | A | M | O | R | D | R | A | C | O | A | C | C | E | S | S | E | S | ||
S | L | A | M | S | A | L | B | H | H | S | ||||||||||
T | A | D | D | I | A | H | O | N | E | Y | B | E | E | E | L | S | E | |||
A | V | O | W | D | U | G | I | N | F | I | R | E | F | L | I | E | S | |||
L | I | G | H | T | N | I | N | G | S | P | E | E | D | T | A | I | P | E | I | |
C | A | M | A | R | O | C | H | E | E | R | E | D | A | D | Z | I | N | G | ||
S | N | A | P | A | T | S | T | E | E | L | Y | H | E | A | D | O | N |
Byron Walden is a math and computer science professor at Santa Clara University. Harrison is his 8-year-old son who, with occasional assistance, has been doing crosswords for more than a year.
The jokes in this puzzle's theme are a collaboration between the two. Byron spearheaded the fill — although the top right and lower left corners are completely Harrison's. The two wrote the clues together. (Happy Father's Day!)
O | W | I | N | G | T | O | C | H | I | A | F | A | C | E | M | A | S | K | ||
N | O | S | E | R | A | G | H | U | L | U | A | N | A | T | O | L | I | A | ||
C | O | N | T | A | M | I | N | A | T | E | D | L | I | T | A | N | I | E | S | |
D | S | T | N | E | V | E | R | I | S | S | O | A | N | N | E | |||||
A | D | R | E | A | M | W | I | T | H | I | N | A | D | R | E | A | M | |||
C | L | O | V | E | S | I | M | S | E | T | T | I | C | |||||||
G | I | N | A | B | I | L | K | O | S | Y | C | O | P | H | A | N | T | |||
I | A | M | N | O | T | A | C | T | I | V | E | E | M | S | T | A | O | |||
R | E | T | U | R | N | E | D | I | G | L | O | O | S | D | E | N | T | |||
T | O | F | F | L | E | G | U | P | D | E | A | N | S | |||||||
F | O | R | T | Y | F | I | V | E | O | V | E | R | F | I | F | T | Y | |||
T | O | N | K | A | S | I | D | E | S | R | O | A | D | |||||||
A | L | S | O | H | I | H | A | T | S | B | A | D | R | I | S | K | S | |||
T | I | E | S | O | D | V | A | C | A | T | I | O | N | T | I | M | E | |||
A | C | T | S | P | H | O | N | Y | L | U | M | E | N | A | L | O | T | |||
A | C | U | E | U | L | E | R | E | W | I | N | G | S | |||||||
W | H | A | T | A | M | I | A | M | I | N | D | R | E | A | D | E | R | |||
R | A | G | A | S | T | A | N | E | L | G | I | N | S | U | D | |||||
I | R | O | N | R | U | L | E | N | O | A | D | M | I | T | T | A | N | C | E | |
S | T | R | I | C | K | E | N | E | L | M | O | T | E | A | S | E | L | S | ||
T | E | A | C | A | R | T | S | Y | E | A | S | A | D | S | P | E | A | K |
Randolph Ross, of New York City, is a retired high school principal and math teacher. He is one of the longest-running active crossword contributors to The Times, having had well over 100 puzzles published during the past 30 years.
He writes, "Staying in my apartment so much these days has increased my crossword solving and constructing. I feel fortunate I have an avocation that keeps my brain engaged."
C | A | T | B | E | R | T | A | B | S | E | N | T | O | P | T | I | C | S | ||
A | Q | U | I | V | E | R | R | E | E | L | I | N | A | I | R | M | A | N | ||
S | U | R | G | E | R | Y | V | E | R | D | I | C | T | T | R | I | F | L | E | |
S | A | N | D | R | A | E | S | T | A | T | E | C | Y | A | N | I | D | E | ||
S | A | T | I | R | E | R | E | N | A | L | N | I | N | E | R | |||||
C | M | O | N | S | U | R | P | R | I | S | E | F | I | G | H | T | E | R | S | |
Z | I | N | C | E | N | S | U | E | S | I | N | L | A | Y | ||||||
A | N | T | E | S | R | O | M | P | D | I | E | G | O | N | B | C | ||||
R | E | O | H | A | I | F | A | S | U | R | L | Y | M | A | J | O | R | S | ||
R | I | D | O | F | R | A | P | I | D | L | I | N | E | N | ||||||
A | T | H | E | I | S | T | M | O | V | E | S | B | I | L | L | O | W | Y | ||
S | H | E | E | T | A | I | L | E | D | H | E | I | S | T | ||||||
S | U | R | F | E | R | B | A | L | L | S | W | O | W | I | E | S | H | H | ||
T | S | A | B | A | C | K | S | M | A | U | I | T | O | Q | U | E | ||||
S | H | I | S | H | W | A | I | S | T | S | R | U | L | E | ||||||
S | U | R | P | A | S | S | E | D | P | E | R | F | E | C | T | D | I | A | L | |
A | T | E | A | T | O | N | E | I | L | S | H | A | K | E | R | |||||
M | A | T | C | H | E | S | D | E | L | P | H | I | F | O | R | T | W | O | ||
O | H | O | K | A | Y | S | U | R | F | E | I | T | O | F | A | N | G | E | R | |
S | A | L | L | I | E | S | C | R | E | E | D | D | E | L | O | U | S | E | ||
A | N | D | E | R | S | N | E | E | D | L | E | D | R | A | W | N | T | O |
Andy Kravis, of Brooklyn, joined The Times as an associate puzzle editor in April. A 2013 graduate of Columbia Law School, he previously worked as a Transgender Rights Project Legal Fellow for the L.G.B.T. rights organization Lambda Legal, before turning to puzzles full-time.
In addition to the theme, Andy tried to include as many fresh answers in the grid as possible — including 1A, 104A, 4D, and 82D, none of which have ever appeared in a Times crossword before.
E | T | C | S | P | E | C | K | I | C | E | D | S | H | U | I | |||||
G | O | E | S | H | E | L | L | O | M | I | L | E | C | E | N | T | ||||
G | E | L | T | E | N | I | A | C | P | A | I | L | C | E | L | L | O | |||
T | I | A | R | A | S | S | H | O | O | T | I | E | O | N | E | O | N | |||
M | O | B | R | A | R | I | E | S | J | U | V | E | N | Q | U | E | N | C | Y | |
I | T | A | L | Y | O | P | S | S | N | O | E | U | R | A | K | A | ||||
N | O | T | I | S | N | A | I | L | D | A | D | A | I | S | T | |||||
T | E | E | N | P | O | P | Z | E | A | L | I | T | P | E | O | P | L | E | ||
G | I | L | L | E | N | D | O | R | S | E | C | L | U | E | S | |||||
A | T | E | E | T | A | S | A | Z | T | E | C | R | E | M | A | P | ||||
M | E | D | I | C | I | N | T | S | C | O | M | M | E | T | A | R | Y | |||
O | P | I | N | E | R | O | P | E | S | S | U | E | D | S | Y | S | ||||
N | E | C | C | O | S | A | B | R | I | N | A | H | A | I | L | |||||
G | E | T | A | F | L | A | T | O | N | I | T | A | N | T | E | D | U | P | ||
S | P | Y | F | I | L | M | T | O | M | M | Y | G | E | N | E | |||||
F | A | R | A | S | A | S | E | N | N | A | M | M | A | T | T | E | ||||
I | N | O | P | P | O | R | T | U | N | T | E | L | A | B | O | R | A | I | L | |
N | O | B | L | E | L | I | E | A | H | E | M | D | A | M | M | I | T | |||
A | R | B | O | R | H | E | R | D | R | E | L | A | Y | O | N | L | Y | |||
L | A | I | D | A | M | I | E | A | N | G | L | E | R | E | E | D | ||||
E | K | E | S | T | S | P | S | S | T | A | I | D | D | D | S |
Lewis Rothlein is a yoga instructor and onetime journalist in Asheville, N.C. He teaches a popular course on "The Art of Solving Crosswords" for senior citizens at the University of North Carolina in Asheville. Jeff Chen is a writer in Seattle. They exchanged over 100 emails, back and forth, just brainstorming this puzzle's theme.
Lewis has had five previous puzzles in The Times, all Thursdays. Jeff is a regular contributor here.
A | T | T | A | C | K | R | A | C | E | R | S | T | A | M | E | N | ||||
L | E | A | G | U | E | R | E | V | I | L | E | S | C | I | M | I | N | O | ||
P | A | T | I | N | A | O | V | E | R | L | A | P | A | K | I | N | T | O | ||
A | P | T | L | Y | N | A | M | E | D | C | E | L | E | B | R | I | T | I | E | S |
C | O | L | E | F | A | L | A | N | I | C | E | Y | O | R | E | |||||
A | T | E | B | L | I | N | I | S | I | N | G | E | N | O | S | |||||
W | E | A | R | I | N | G | N | A | M | E | T | A | G | S | ||||||
S | W | E | E | P | E | A | U | A | L | S | O | R | R | O | W | S | ||||
G | E | R | A | R | D | G | A | G | O | N | R | E | R | E | A | D | ||||
R | A | I | N | S | I | M | A | C | U | O | F | A | T | E | S | L | A | |||
A | W | N | S | U | M | F | A | R | T | I | M | |||||||||
B | E | G | E | T | H | Y | M | N | F | U | N | K | S | C | E | N | E | |||
S | E | E | N | A | S | A | S | I | A | N | A | M | A | N | A | S | ||||
D | R | Y | M | O | P | S | E | N | V | O | S | M | O | N | D | S | ||||
A | P | P | L | E | S | W | E | A | T | S | H | I | R | T | ||||||
G | T | S | A | H | E | A | P | A | M | O | R | E | T | V | S | |||||
O | A | T | H | A | R | U | T | S | K | O | R | C | H | E | T | |||||
T | H | E | O | N | E | T | O | T | H | E | W | E | S | T | O | F | H | E | R | E |
H | I | P | P | O | S | O | N | E | V | O | T | E | A | R | O | U | S | E | ||
A | N | O | I | N | T | M | I | T | E | R | E | D | T | A | S | S | E | L | ||
M | I | N | N | I | E | K | A | R | E | N | S | T | E | A | D | Y |
Andrew Chaikin is a musician and game inventor in San Francisco. This crossword contains a whodunit.
A | T | P | A | R | A | N | C | H | O | V | Y | S | P | E | E | D | O | |||
R | H | I | N | O | A | P | A | R | I | C | I | O | P | L | A | N | E | R | ||
K | E | N | T | C | I | G | A | R | E | T | T | E | S | L | A | S | T | E | D | |
A | V | E | S | S | E | R | R | A | T | E | D | F | U | N | T | I | M | E | ||
N | A | T | W | E | N | T | A | T | I | T | B | A | R | T | E | R | E | R | ||
S | U | R | E | B | E | T | T | I | N | C | O | N | G | O | R | E | D | S | ||
A | L | E | X | A | K | I | N | G | H | U | S | S | E | I | N | |||||
S | T | E | T | S | T | O | V | E | T | O | P | S | S | L | A | T | E | D | ||
R | E | C | I | P | E | H | O | P | E | S | S | U | A | V | E | |||||
S | E | A | S | O | N | S | D | E | T | E | S | T | S | S | H | I | N | |||
O | U | R | L | O | R | D | S | A | P | I | D | P | I | S | T | O | L | S | ||
U | S | N | A | N | E | B | U | L | A | E | N | A | T | U | R | E | S | |||
T | H | I | R | D | R | E | S | I | N | I | G | U | A | N | A | |||||
S | I | E | G | E | L | U | S | A | I | N | B | O | L | T | L | I | Z | A | ||
E | C | U | R | R | E | N | C | I | E | S | B | I | D | E | N | |||||
Z | E | P | P | O | M | A | R | X | B | E | T | B | E | L | A | I | R | S | ||
A | Q | U | I | L | I | N | E | C | U | L | T | H | E | R | O | T | O | W | ||
M | U | Z | Z | L | E | D | H | O | T | S | E | A | T | S | M | A | Z | E | ||
F | I | Z | Z | E | R | H | U | N | T | E | R | G | A | T | H | E | R | E | R | |
I | N | L | A | T | E | A | R | G | O | N | G | A | S | S | N | O | R | E | ||
R | E | E | S | E | S | P | L | A | N | S | O | N | T | U | D | O | R |
Byron Walden is a math and computer science professor at Santa Clara University, "currently on sabbatical at the exotic location of my dining-room table." He picked up his love of crosswords from his grandmother and father and is now passing it along to his 8-year-old son.
This puzzle is themeless. It features longer, sometimes more challenging vocabulary than usual, with only 122 answers (versus the standard 140).
I | N | F | O | S | P | A | M | D | O | N | T | H | A | A | G | E | N | |||
T | O | I | L | T | O | R | E | F | R | E | E | A | R | E | O | L | A | |||
C | H | A | D | L | I | B | Y | A | L | E | W | D | R | A | I | L | O | N | ||
H | O | T | C | O | C | O | A | L | A | O | S | C | A | M | B | O | D | I | A | |
O | A | K | Y | P | O | T | C | R | O | E | S | U | S | |||||||
A | L | C | O | V | E | F | E | E | L | U | N | D | T | I | S | |||||
G | U | A | T | E | M | A | L | A | B | E | L | I | Z | E | P | E | R | O | T | |
A | M | C | S | U | P | E | R | C | U | P | B | R | A | I | N | Y | ||||
R | E | A | P | P | E | A | F | I | N | D | O | E | S | K | I | N | ||||
S | N | O | O | T | B | U | L | G | A | R | I | A | G | R | E | E | C | E | ||
P | O | B | L | A | N | O | B | E | M | U | S | E | D | |||||||
A | U | S | T | R | I | A | G | E | R | M | A | N | Y | Q | U | A | L | M | ||
I | N | W | A | R | D | S | E | A | R | O | R | K | P | R | E | Y | ||||
S | M | O | R | E | S | E | N | G | G | U | A | N | O | R | O | B | ||||
H | A | R | T | S | B | R | A | Z | I | L | A | R | G | E | N | T | I | N | A | |
A | N | D | D | E | E | R | E | L | S | E | L | I | D | E | D | |||||
D | I | E | C | A | S | T | K | I | A | T | H | A | D | |||||||
M | Y | A | N | M | A | R | C | H | I | N | A | W | R | O | T | E | O | F | F | |
Y | E | N | F | O | R | I | D | L | E | C | H | I | L | E | P | E | R | U | ||
S | O | C | U | T | E | N | A | S | A | P | O | P | E | O | N | U | S | |||
T | H | E | N | E | A | D | Y | A | D | A | M | E | S | D | O | G | E |
Adam Fromm is a songwriter/musician from Brunswick, Me., who has been making puzzles "as far back as I can remember." His first published puzzle appeared in Games magazine in 2000. This one grew out of a geographical curiosity he noticed.
Fun fact: Adam is a huge fan of Amazon Prime's "36-Down," which he was very happy to include in the grid.
S | O | C | K | O | A | G | O | G | B | A | S | S | S | T | O | L | I | |||
A | B | O | I | L | D | E | A | R | U | S | M | A | T | O | K | E | N | |||
H | O | U | N | D | S | H | A | K | E | D | I | E | M | A | L | I | E | N | ||
L | E | N | S | H | E | R | N | E | D | F | L | O | U | N | D | E | R | S | ||
T | H | E | I | R | H | A | R | I | T | A | B | L | A | |||||||
A | A | M | I | L | N | E | E | D | G | E | D | N | I | E | L | S | E | N | ||
S | H | I | P | M | E | N | Y | E | S | S | E | S | D | E | L | U | X | E | ||
I | O | S | T | A | J | F | A | D | P | E | C | |||||||||
S | Y | S | T | E | M | C | O | U | N | S | E | L | E | D | C | H | E | C | K | |
A | N | O | M | E | N | T | O | R | R | E | A | I | R | S | ||||||
S | M | U | D | G | E | T | E | L | U | N | A | R | M | S | ||||||
S | T | E | R | E | O | S | I | S | T | E | R | L | L | B | ||||||
M | O | U | S | E | M | A | R | K | E | T | I | N | G | T | O | O | F | A | R | |
A | R | A | D | O | O | L | E | I | A | L | I | |||||||||
Y | E | R | T | L | E | W | A | S | A | B | I | M | A | G | P | I | E | S | ||
I | N | T | E | A | R | S | L | O | B | E | S | A | V | E | R | R | E | D | ||
Q | U | I | T | E | L | I | N | T | M | E | D | O | C | |||||||
T | R | O | U | N | C | E | S | T | A | T | E | E | A | R | P | O | S | T | ||
R | A | B | I | D | E | T | O | N | F | U | Z | Z | Y | M | O | U | T | H | ||
E | M | I | L | E | L | O | N | G | I | N | R | E | O | S | C | A | R | |||
S | P | E | A | R | E | P | E | E | T | O | A | D | N | E | H | R | U |
Ben Zimmer is the language columnist for The Wall Street Journal, a contributing writer for The Atlantic and a former language columnist for The New York Times. Brendan Emmett Quigley is a professional crossword constructor. They met some 12 years ago when Brendan began contributing crosswords to the Visual Thesaurus, where Ben was the executive editor.
The making of this puzzle — brainstorming the theme, filling the grid and writing the clues — was a full collaboration. Brendan has had many puzzles in The Times. This is Ben's debut.
S | W | E | E | T | O | A | R | E | X | P | O | P | O | N | E | |||||
H | A | S | B | R | O | F | E | E | X | M | A | N | M | O | T | E | S | |||
A | S | S | E | E | N | O | N | T | V | M | A | K | E | S | A | L | I | S | T | |
H | A | I | R | S | A | L | O | N | S | A | S | U | A | S | K | S | T | O | ||
S | T | E | T | R | I | T | A | P | R | E | L | I | M | S | ||||||
B | A | N | E | P | A | I | S | A | N | A | F | I | R | E | ||||||
P | R | A | I | R | I | E | R | E | I | N | T | A | C | O | B | A | R | |||
T | U | N | N | E | L | F | E | E | D | E | R | H | E | R | E | I | G | O | ||
A | N | N | U | M | S | L | U | R | R | E | N | E | G | E | Z | E | D | |||
S | T | E | R | E | O | T | Y | P | I | C | T | A | K | E | A | D | E | |||
E | N | L | A | I | N | A | G | T | N | U | T | S | ||||||||
A | L | A | D | I | N | G | R | A | D | I | O | S | H | A | C | K | S | |||
M | I | C | B | A | D | G | E | S | Y | E | O | W | E | L | R | O | Y | |||
I | R | E | S | I | G | N | T | U | N | E | I | N | V | I | S | I | O | N | ||
G | A | L | I | L | E | E | P | E | T | S | C | U | R | A | B | L | E | |||
A | S | A | D | O | S | C | R | E | W | Y | P | O | L | S | ||||||
X | L | S | H | I | R | T | D | O | U | G | F | A | H | D | ||||||
A | R | A | B | I | A | I | C | U | R | O | L | L | A | C | I | G | A | R | ||
T | O | T | E | M | P | O | L | E | S | A | C | I | D | T | O | N | G | U | E | |
O | B | I | T | S | S | I | R | E | M | K | T | E | M | A | I | L | S | |||
M | E | T | A | U | S | S | R | P | S | Y | E | L | E | S | S |
Royce Ferguson, 34, is an American living in London, currently between jobs. He says one of the perks of residing in Europe is that the international edition of The New York Times prints both the Saturday and Sunday puzzles on Saturday, "enabling a regular Saturday crossword binge." He got the idea for this puzzle while on holiday in Switzerland, a nation known for its 47-Acrosses.
This is Royce's crossword debut.
N | P | R | A | P | I | A | R | Y | P | I | S | C | E | S | A | P | P | |||
O | R | E | L | E | S | L | I | E | A | R | M | A | D | A | C | A | L | |||
M | I | C | R | O | C | H | I | P | S | P | L | U | R | A | L | P | L | O | ||
A | D | O | U | T | S | E | N | S | E | R | O | M | E | L | A | N | ||||
D | E | N | G | A | S | T | R | O | K | E | O | F | B | A | D | L | U | C | K | |
R | A | N | T | S | U | T | N | E | M | I | D | G | E | S | ||||||
A | S | S | A | N | G | E | P | L | E | A | T | E | V | E | ||||||
C | A | P | T | A | I | N | H | O | O | K | I | T | S | A | R | F | E | D | ||
E | K | E | L | E | T | U | P | S | G | R | E | E | D | W | E | A | R | |||
S | E | E | D | Y | L | E | I | L | A | T | E | N | A | N | T | S | ||||
D | I | S | T | R | A | C | T | E | D | D | R | I | V | I | N | G | ||||
B | O | B | S | T | A | Y | E | A | S | Y | A | E | D | S | E | L | ||||
A | L | A | S | R | A | B | I | D | D | E | N | T | A | L | H | W | Y | |||
A | E | G | I | S | N | A | S | W | E | D | G | E | I | S | S | U | E | S | ||
D | O | E | T | A | G | O | N | P | R | E | C | I | S | E | ||||||
D | O | T | E | L | L | S | A | L | K | G | E | E | N | A | ||||||
I | R | O | N | D | E | F | I | C | I | E | N | C | I | E | S | R | P | M | S | |
T | N | U | T | G | A | G | S | N | A | R | F | E | J | E | C | T | ||||
H | E | P | W | A | L | N | U | T | N | O | T | U | P | T | O | P | A | R | ||
E | R | E | E | N | C | A | S | E | A | N | E | M | I | A | S | T | U | |||
R | Y | E | S | T | O | L | E | N | S | E | D | A | N | S | I | S | M |
Jack Mowat, 20, of Omaha, Neb., is a sophomore at Notre Dame studying civil engineering. A self-described crossword "fanatic," he and his roommate used to solve the New York Times crossword together every day and hang the completed puzzles on the wall. The inspiration for this one was his dad, an avid golfer. This is Jack's second puzzle for The Times.
His collaborator, Jeff Chen, is a writer and professional crossword constructor in Seattle.
A | T | L | A | S | A | P | E | R | C | U | B | A | B | A | W | A | W | A | ||
L | E | A | P | T | R | O | M | E | O | S | E | A | R | T | H | D | A | Y | ||
T | A | U | P | E | S | P | I | L | L | E | D | T | H | E | B | E | A | N | S | |
E | R | R | A | B | E | Y | U | R | I | S | W | A | R | M | ||||||
R | U | E | L | A | N | A | I | M | I | S | C | T | E | S | L | A | ||||
S | P | L | I | T | H | A | L | F | A | N | D | H | A | L | F | C | O | G | ||
S | H | A | L | L | O | T | R | E | I | M | P | O | S | E | ||||||
S | A | P | P | Y | L | A | C | K | E | D | A | F | I | L | T | E | R | |||
E | B | A | Y | P | I | E | D | H | A | L | S | T | R | U | T | S | ||||
R | B | I | T | H | A | N | L | A | G | E | R | H | A | M | ||||||
F | A | R | F | R | O | M | Y | O | U | R | A | V | E | R | A | G | E | J | O | E |
A | Y | N | A | W | M | A | N | D | O | V | E | U | R | L | ||||||
H | E | R | O | E | S | L | E | D | I | S | E | E | B | A | L | M | ||||
R | A | N | O | U | T | O | F | S | T | E | A | M | S | O | N | Y | S | |||
I | N | D | E | T | A | I | L | M | O | R | O | C | C | O | ||||||
M | O | I | G | R | O | U | N | D | S | F | O | R | F | I | R | I | N | G | ||
S | I | N | G | S | G | O | E | R | F | I | D | O | S | T | E | A | ||||
A | R | E | S | T | M | A | A | M | E | S | S | H | U | M | ||||||
G | O | T | I | N | T | O | H | O | T | W | A | T | E | R | O | R | A | T | E | |
R | A | I | N | D | A | T | E | E | E | Y | O | R | E | R | A | C | E | R | ||
P | R | E | S | S | B | O | X | R | R | A | T | E | D | S | T | A | R | S |
Joel Fagliano is the digital puzzles editor for The New York Times and creator of the daily Mini. He sold his first crossword to the paper when he was 17. He graduated from Pomona College in 2014 with a double major in linguistics and 45-Across.
Joel says this puzzle is the result of having had some extra time at home recently … and drinking lots of coffee.
T | U | B | A | S | E | N | O | K | I | N | A | G | G | O | S | H | ||||
O | C | E | A | N | L | E | W | I | S | C | O | I | L | U | N | T | O | |||
G | O | A | H | E | A | D | W | I | T | H | O | U | T | M | E | S | E | L | L | |
A | N | N | E | M | O | T | E | S | T | I | L | E | T | T | O | E | D | |||
S | N | O | O | Z | E | R | S | S | C | H | E | M | E | H | A | N | O | I | ||
M | E | S | A | T | H | E | A | Y | E | S | H | A | V | E | I | T | ||||
A | S | E | A | D | R | O | O | L | S | A | M | |||||||||
I | W | A | N | T | T | O | B | E | A | L | O | N | E | L | E | T | S | B | E | |
R | E | T | I | R | E | I | S | T | P | E | L | L | S | I | C | O | N | |||
S | A | L | A | X | E | B | U | R | L | A | P | L | I | D | S | |||||
T | U | R | N | A | B | O | U | T | I | S | F | A | I | R | P | L | A | Y | ||
G | E | N | E | S | A | P | P | H | O | T | A | R | T | O | T | |||||
M | R | C | U | B | Y | A | D | A | P | S | A | D | O | S | I | D | O | |||
A | S | H | P | A | N | H | O | W | N | O | W | B | R | O | W | N | C | O | W | |
R | E | S | A | P | A | C | E | E | A | R | N | |||||||||
C | O | G | I | T | O | E | R | G | O | S | U | M | S | P | A | R | ||||
A | R | E | N | A | N | O | S | O | A | P | S | T | A | R | D | U | S | T | ||
S | C | R | U | B | B | E | D | U | P | E | I | E | I | O | M | I | A | |||
T | H | A | R | A | G | E | I | S | J | U | S | T | A | N | U | M | B | E | R | |
R | I | L | E | R | A | N | T | A | N | A | I | S | S | E | E | T | O | |||
O | D | D | S | B | L | T | R | A | I | N | Y | E | G | R | E | T |
Jim Peredo, of Lakewood, Wash., is a stay-at-home dad and former communications engineer in the Air Force. He got into crosswords by way of geocaching — posting puzzles online whose answers are geographic coordinates. (Search for "Team Peredox" for examples.)
Jim counts himself as a Chamorro: both his parents are Guamanian, although he himself has lived in Guam for only a year.
This is his ninth puzzle for The Times and his second Sunday.
K | O | D | A | K | R | U | B | S | C | O | B | L | I | C | I | T | ||||
A | L | I | E | N | E | R | A | T | E | N | O | F | U | T | U | R | E | |||
Y | E | S | N | O | A | G | R | E | E | D | T | O | L | I | S | T | E | N | ||
T | E | L | L | L | E | F | T | F | R | O | M | R | I | G | H | T | ||||
S | Q | U | A | L | I | D | T | I | P | O | P | I | O | I | D | S | ||||
O | U | R | S | V | E | A | L | S | C | O | L | D | T | N | U | T | ||||
B | I | B | T | E | A | R | E | D | F | E | I | N | T | G | N | U | ||||
D | I | S | H | L | A | G | U | N | A | S | N | O | W | D | E | N | ||||
B | A | P | E | S | B | O | D | I | C | E | S | W | O | O | D | W | ||||
L | A | M | E | S | L | E | X | E | M | E | S | H | O | G | H | |||||
A | G | R | A | N | A | D | A | I | N | A | D | A | Z | E | I | |||||
C | E | T | S | C | O | N | C | H | E | S | T | O | N | I | T | |||||
K | T | A | S | K | A | D | V | E | R | S | E | A | D | E | S | E | ||||
B | O | N | E | S | A | W | S | N | A | I | L | S | E | S | P | N | ||||
A | R | F | S | U | S | A | N | S | O | L | O | E | D | O | O | F | ||||
W | I | F | I | C | Y | A | N | S | N | A | L | A | I | N | T | O | ||||
S | O | A | N | D | S | O | K | O | N | A | V | E | N | G | E | R | ||||
S | P | O | T | T | H | E | D | I | F | F | E | R | E | N | C | E | ||||
B | A | H | A | M | A | I | D | I | T | A | R | O | D | D | O | B | B | Y | ||
A | D | O | R | E | R | L | L | C | D | A | N | A | E | M | O | T | E | |||
M | O | T | T | S | L | Y | E | E | T | S | Y | D | E | B | U | T |
Ricky Cruz, 22, of Glendale, Calif., is a video game concept artist — a maker of detailed designs for other artists to use when creating 3-D game environments. He says this puzzle is an attempt to turn a crossword "into a fun visual experience." The unusual grid alone tells you something novel is up.
This is Ricky's third puzzle for The Times, and his first Sunday.
P | A | P | A | S | C | O | M | B | A | T | S | L | I | M | J | I | M | |||
T | B | I | L | L | B | L | U | E | C | A | P | P | E | N | T | O | D | E | ||
A | C | Q | U | I | R | E | A | C | H | O | I | R | I | N | C | E | N | S | E | |
S | T | U | M | P | E | R | H | E | R | F | C | C | A | T | B | A | T | |||
V | E | N | O | M | A | N | O | I | S | E | A | N | N | O | Y | S | ||||
I | N | S | I | P | I | D | S | R | I | I | T | A | N | |||||||
L | S | U | V | I | M | P | U | M | M | E | L | S | J | A | W | |||||
A | P | P | A | L | L | A | P | A | U | L | I | D | S | P | O | N | Y | |||
R | E | D | B | E | A | N | S | N | A | S | S | A | U | D | E | V | I | L | ||
S | W | O | R | E | T | O | A | U | N | T | E | M | C | E | R | I | S | E | ||
A | R | I | V | A | L | S | A | R | R | I | V | A | L | S | ||||||
A | F | G | H | A | N | T | E | E | H | E | E | O | U | T | O | F | I | T | ||
C | R | O | A | T | D | E | E | D | E | E | M | I | L | A | N | E | S | E | ||
D | E | E | M | P | E | A | A | T | T | A | C | K | S | A | T | A | X | |||
C | D | S | T | O | Y | L | A | N | D | E | N | E | T | O | T | |||||
P | A | S | O | I | R | E | C | A | N | D | I | E | S | |||||||
A | V | O | W | E | L | A | V | O | W | A | L | K | L | E | I | N | ||||
B | A | S | A | L | D | E | M | B | O | S | L | E | A | R | N | E | D | |||
O | N | T | R | I | A | L | A | P | A | T | C | H | Y | A | P | A | C | H | E | |
R | C | A | D | O | M | E | S | A | T | H | O | M | E | S | P | A | I | N | ||
T | E | L | S | T | A | R | P | E | S | T | O | S | E | E | N | S | Y |
Brendan Emmett Quigley of Brookline, Mass., has been creating puzzles for The Times since 1996 when he was a senior at college. This is his 170th regular crossword for the paper.
For the past 12 years, he has played for the Boston Typewriter Orchestra, a percussion ensemble whose only instruments are old typewriters. You can check them out on YouTube. Brendan's the member with glasses and a beard and who is follically challenged on top.
A | B | B | A | I | C | U | S | C | A | D | S | A | P | C | A | L | C | |||
D | E | E | D | F | O | P | O | A | K | E | N | H | O | O | R | A | H | |||
A | L | L | H | A | I | L | H | A | L | L | A | L | E | A | R | M | A | N | I | |
G | L | I | D | E | L | I | B | E | L | G | A | G | K | A | N | Y | E | |||
E | Y | E | I | T | A | L | O | R | A | K | E | D | C | A | F | |||||
B | O | O | B | L | U | R | R | E | D | B | L | U | E | B | I | R | D | |||
D | E | P | A | U | L | T | E | A | P | O | Y | B | R | A | N | D | O | |||
I | M | A | N | I | C | E | I | M | O | E | L | I | T | I | S | M | ||||
S | O | N | E | R | V | O | U | S | N | O | S | E | R | V | I | C | E | |||
U | T | E | D | E | N | C | H | N | E | M | E | A | N | A | X | E | S | |||
S | E | R | R | A | C | H | A | N | D | E | N | S | H | U | E | V | O | |||
E | S | A | U | W | A | R | R | E | D | N | O | I | R | E | D | E | W | |||
S | T | E | V | E | D | O | R | E | D | I | V | A | S | T | O | R | E | |||
S | A | L | T | I | N | E | P | A | T | R | E | D | O | U | S | T | ||||
A | G | E | I | S | T | A | G | E | N | T | S | I | D | O | T | O | O | |||
D | U | T | C | H | T | O | W | N | T | O | U | C | H | D | O | W | N | |||
T | I | M | O | R | E | O | S | R | A | I | S | E | S | P | F | |||||
A | L | E | U | T | R | E | C | S | T | O | N | Y | E | M | C | E | E | |||
L | E | T | T | E | R | B | C | H | O | R | D | K | E | Y | B | O | A | R | D | |
E | R | R | A | T | A | I | H | O | P | E | I | R | E | O | N | C | E | |||
S | A | Y | H | E | Y | T | I | P | S | Y | E | S | P | S | T | Y | X |
Nancy Stark, of New York City, is a writer, lyricist and former editor for the Literary Guild book club. Will Nediger, of London, Ontario, is a professional crossword constructor. They met through a notice that a friend posted for Nancy on Facebook seeking a collaborator. Nancy came up with this puzzle's theme and wrote most of the clues. Will did the grid.
This is their third collaboration for The Times, but their first Sunday together.