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Sun 9/1/2019 THAT'S A TALL ORDER!
A	S	H		A	R	A	B			O	F	F			S	K	I	C	A	P
S	I	A		M	E	D	E		S	L	E	D		C	H	I	C	A	G	O
P	L	I	N	Y	T	H	E	E	L	D	E	R		R	E	T	U	N	E	S
C	O	L	O	R	W	H	E	E	L	S			L	O	I	S		B	L	T
A	S	S	A	Y	E	D		M	I	C	C	H	E	C	K		B	E	E	B
			H	A	E		C	O	M	O	R	O	S			L	A	R	V	A
I	M	S		N	T	S	B			R	E	I		B	O	O	K	R	E	C
D	A	T	E		S	U	E		K	E	E	P	S	I	T	R	E	A	L
C	Y	A	N	S		P	R	E	P		P	O	S	I	T	E	D
H	I	T	J	O	B	S		M	O	W		L	I	N	T		B	A	R	K
I	G	U	A	N	A		A	P	P	O	L	L	S		E	Y	E	D	U	P
P	O	E	M		S	A	L	T		W	O	O		D	R	E	A	D	E	D
			B	A	S	T	A	Y	A		T	I	M	E		S	N	A	F	U
	J	A	M	E	S	T	A	Y	L	O	R		E	L	I		S	M	U	T
J	A	N	E	R	O	E		S	I	P			L	I	R	R		S	L	Y
A	M	I	N	O			G	E	N	E	T	I	C		O	A	T
M	A	S	T		G	L	U	T	E	N	I	N		I	N	T	E	G	R	A
P	I	E		Z	O	O	M			S	E	X	C	O	M	E	D	I	E	S
A	C	T	A	E	O	N		J	A	L	I	S	C	O	M	E	X	I	C	O
C	A	T	C	A	F	E		L	O	O	N		A	T	A	D		N	U	N
K	N	E	E	L	S			O	C	T			B	A	N	G		G	R	E

Finn Vigeland graduated in May from the Harvard Graduate School of Design with a master's degree in urban planning. He now works as a transportation planner in Washington. Urban planning and crossword constructing evidence a dual interest in grids. Finn sold his first puzzle to The Times in 2010 when he was 18.

This will make 18 puzzles by him for the paper altogether, half of them Sundays.

– puzzle by Finn Vigeland

Sun 8/25/2019 "HOW'S TRICKS?"
A	M	I	R			M	E	S	A	S		S	W	A	M		A	F	A	R
R	O	D	E	O		O	A	K	I	E		O	H	H	I		D	R	N	O
A	N	Y	C	O	L	D	T	I	M	E		D	E	A	D	C	H	E	A	T
B	A	L	A	N	C	E	S		E	S	S	A	Y		S	H	E	E	S	H
			L	A	H	R		D	E	A	L			S	T	A	R	R
H	U	R	L		A	N	T	I		W	E	L	S	H		R	E	A	D	S
A	T	A		T	I	D	A	L		S	W	E	A	R	A	T		D	O	E
W	I	N	C	E	M	A	K	E	R		S	A	L	U	T		T	I	N	E
K	L	E	I	N		N	E	M	E	A		P	A	G	E	C	R	A	N	K
S	E	E	P	A	G	E		M	A	T	H		A	S	A	R	U	L	E
			H	B	O		B	A	P	T	I	S	M		S	I	D
	S	M	E	L	T	E	R		S	I	G	N		N	E	M	E	S	I	S
S	P	A	R	E	C	R	I	B		C	H	A	R	O		S	A	U	D	I
W	I	G	S		H	O	D	A	D		C	R	O	W	H	O	U	S	E	S
A	R	I		M	A	D	E	I	R	A		L	A	Y	O	N		H	A	S
T	E	M	P	E		E	S	T	E	R		U	D	O	N		O	I	L	Y
		O	A	R	E	D			A	S	A	P		U	S	S	R
I	A	M	B	I	C		H	O	M	E	R		E	D	H	A	R	R	I	S
C	R	E	S	T	A	R	E	A		N	O	W	Y	O	U	S	E	E	M	E
A	I	N	T		S	U	L	K		A	S	H	E	N		E	R	N	I	E
N	A	T	S		H	E	M	S		L	E	A	S	T			Y	O	N	D

Matt Ginsberg is a computer scientist and co-founder of Connected Signals, a technology company in Eugene, Ore. He received his doctorate in mathematics at Oxford in 1980 at age 24.

In the puzzle world, Matt is noted for creating Dr. Fill, a computer program that solves crosswords using artificial intelligence. Unofficially, Dr. Fill finished 14th out of 742 contestants at this year's American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.

This is Matt's 49^th puzzle for The Times.

– puzzle by Matt Ginsberg

POW Sun 8/18/2019 REVOLUTIONARY
R	E	G	I	F	T	S			I	C	H	E	C	K		Q	U	R	A	N
I	C	E	S	H	E	E	T		T	H	E	S	U	N		U	S	E	B	Y
P	O	T	L	A	T	C	H		G	O	E	S	F	O	R	A	S	P	I	N
E	L	S	E		O	T	E	R	I		D	E	F	C	O	N		S	T	Y
N	I	T		U	N	S	H	O	R	N				K	O	T	B
		H	O	P	S		O	O	L	A	L	A			K	I	R	S	C	H
U	B	E	R	S		A	T	M		T	E	N	A	M		C	A	M	E	O
R	A	B	A	T		E	L	B	A		T	I	L	L		O	V	A	L	S
N	I	L	L	A		S	L	A	P		S	T	A	B	S		A	B	L	E
S	L	R		R	I	O	T		P	O	L	A	R		I	N	D	U	S
		O	C	T	O	P	I		A	B	O		K	A	Z	O	O	S
	B	L	A	S	T		M	A	R	I	O		A	B	E	T		I	R	E
V	O	L	T		A	R	O	M	A		S	O	N	Y		S	O	N	I	A
E	X	I	T	S		B	R	A	T		E	N	D	S		O	M	E	N	S
G	E	N	O	A		G	E	N	E	S		E	N	S		R	I	S	K	Y
A	R	G	Y	L	E			A	D	A	G	I	O		A	R	T	S
			S	E	T	H				C	A	D	B	U	R	Y		O	P	S
S	A	W		S	T	A	K	E	D		R	A	I	M	I		S	W	A	T
T	U	R	N	T	U	R	N	T	U	R	N		T	A	S	M	A	N	I	A
U	T	I	C	A		S	E	N	A	T	E		E	M	E	R	G	E	N	T
B	O	T	O	X		H	E	A	L	E	R			I	N	S	E	R	T	S

David Steinberg sold his first crossword to The Times in 2011, when he was 14 and just finishing the eighth grade. A prolific contributor since then, he has had 94 crosswords in the paper altogether.

A 2019 graduate of Stanford University, studying psychology and computer science, David recently moved to Kansas City, Mo., to edit crosswords for Andrews McMeel Universal syndicate.

– puzzle by David Steinberg

Sun 8/11/2019 BIRD PLAY
P	O	S	T				C	H	A	R	S		T	S	A		A	K	A
E	U	L	E	R		T	A	I	W	A	N		H	I	L	A	R	Y	S	K
S	C	E	N	E		O	R	G	A	N	A		A	M	E	S	I	O	W	A
T	H	E	P	L	O	T	T	H	I	C	K	E	N	S		E	A	T	A	T
		P	I	A	N	O			T	H	E	Y			S	A	L	O	N
O	P	E	N	T	O		S	P	E	D		E	S	S	O
F	A	R	S	I		V	E	R	D	I		S	C	O	F	F		B	I	O
T	A	C		N	E	A	L	E		P	O	P	U	L	A	R	K	I	D	S
E	V	A	N	G	E	L	I	Z	E		R	O	B		S	I	E	G	E	L
N	O	R	A		L	E	G		M	A	O	T	A	I		A	N	D	S	O
			P	S	S	T		G	E	R	M	S		P	O	R	N
V	E	S	P	A		S	H	O	R	T	E		O	H	M		E	T	D	S
E	X	C	I	T	E		E	L	I		O	F	F	O	N	A	L	A	R	K
S	P	R	E	A	D	E	A	G	L	E		R	U	N	I	T		K	O	I
T	O	Y		N	E	W	T	O		S	P	O	S	E		E	M	E	N	D
					N	E	S	T		C	A	G	E		D	A	I	S	E	S
	P	L	E	B	S			H	E	A	L			S	A	L	S	A
P	R	O	B	E		H	E	A	D	L	E	S	S	C	H	I	C	K	E	N
C	O	C	O	A	M	I	X		G	A	T	E	A	U		V	A	N	D	Y
S	W	A	N	D	I	V	E		A	T	T	E	N	D		E	L	E	N	A
	S	L	Y		R	E	C		R	E	E	D	S				L	E	A	D

Alex Eaton-Salners is an in-house attorney for Western Digital, a technology company headquartered in San Jose, Calif. When he's not creating crosswords, he enjoys escape rooms, reading and spending time in nature. He says the starting point for this puzzle was 84-Across, with the title coming shortly thereafter.

This is Alex's 21^st crossword for The Times (not counting two diagramless puzzles) and his first Sunday.

– puzzle by Alex Eaton-Salners

Sun 8/4/2019 CONSTANT CONSONANTS
	H	A	N	G	S		C	L	E	A	N		S	T	E	E	P	E	S	T
C	A	G	I	E	R		H	O	U	S	E		O	R	D	N	A	N	C	E
B	R	O	N	T	O	S	A	U	R	U	S		B	U	D	D	Y	C	O	P
G	L	U	T	S		T	R	I	O			A	R	E	A			O	N	E
B	E	T	H		L	O	I	S		A	C	R	I	D		S	P	R	E	E
	M	I	S	Q	U	O	T	E	S	M	O	S	Q	U	I	T	O	E	S
				U	G	L	Y		A	P	T		U	P	T	O	P
	A	R	I	O	S	I			L	E	A	V	E		P	R	E	A	M	P
F	R	O	N	T	I	E	R	F	U	R	N	I	T	U	R	E		S	A	L
I	M	A	F	A	N		E	L	D	E	S	T		F	O	R	S	A	L	E
L	O	R	E			A	P	U				A	D	O			C	U	B	A
M	I	S	R	E	A	D		F	R	O	L	L	O		A	L	I	N	E	S
E	R	A		S	C	A	R	F	A	C	E	S	A	C	R	I	F	I	C	E
D	E	T	A	C	H		A	S	K	T	O			H	A	B	I	T	S
			P	O	E	S	Y		I	A	N		A	I	M	E
	O	V	E	R	S	E	L	L	S	V	E	R	S	A	I	L	L	E	S
T	W	I	X	T		T	I	T	H	E		A	S	P	S		E	X	P	O
R	E	D			P	L	O	D			F	R	E	E		T	A	P	I	R
A	S	I	S	E	E	I	T		B	R	A	I	N	T	E	A	S	E	R	S
S	T	O	U	T	E	S	T		M	O	U	N	T		S	T	E	R	E	O
H	O	T	L	A	N	T	A		W	I	N	G	S		C	A	S	T	S

Will Nediger, of London, Ontario, is a professional crossword constructor and writer of trivia questions. Since early May he has edited a free weekly online crossword for Spyscape, a spy museum in New York City.

Besides an unusual theme and a more wide-open construction than usual, this puzzle has some particularly fresh, imaginative cluing, including 40-Across, 100-Across (which made us smile) and 50-Down.

– puzzle by Will Nediger

Sun 7/28/2019 ANAGRAMMAR
L	A	M	P	S		B	E	R	G			S	T	O	P		T	H	E	F	T
O	Z	A	R	K		L	M	A	O			C	H	A	R		H	E	L	I	O
R	E	K	E	Y		A	T	M	O	S	P	H	E	R	E		E	R	R	O	L
D	R	E	A	M	O	N		I	B	E	R	I	A		N	A	M	E	O	N	E
E	A	R	M	A	R	K	S		E	G	O	S		R	U	B	A	I	Y	A	T
			B	L	A	S	T	F	R	O	M	T	H	E	P	A	S	T
	C	E	L	L		T	A	I					O	C	T		K	I	S	S
C	O	T	E		M	A	R	S	H			I	S	A	I	D		S	I	T	H
A	C	H		F	O	R	T	H	E	M	O	S	T	P	A	R	T		N	A	Y
R	O	Y	A	L	W	E			W	O	O	L			L	E	O	P	A	R	D
B	A	L	R	O	G		S	O	N	D	H	E	I	M		X	P	R	I	Z	E
			M	O	L	T	E	D					A	P	I	E	C	E
		C	H	R	I	S	T	O	P	H	E	R	M	A	R	L	O	W	E
T	A	H	O	E		K	A	R	A	O	K	E	B	A	R		A	R	R	A	Y
S	C	A	L	D	S				X	M	E	N				S	T	A	N	C	E
A	C	M	E		P	R	I	M	R	O	S	E	P	A	T	H		P	I	C	A
R	I	P			R	O	D	E	O			G	U	S	T	O			E	R	R
I	D	A		M	I	X	E	D	M	E	T	A	P	H	O	R	S		P	E	Z
N	E	G	R	O	N	I	S		A	X	E	D		E	P	I	P	H	Y	T	E
A	N	N	E	T	T	E			N	A	T	E			S	N	A	R	L	E	R
S	T	E	N	T	S				A	M	E	S				G	R	E	E	D	O

Christopher Adams, 27, of Iowa City, Iowa, is a crossword constructor for mainstream markets (The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times and others) and for so-called indies — including his own website, where he frequently posts new puzzles free. In his spare time Chris hosts, writes and plays trivia at local bars.

– puzzle by Christopher Adams

Sun 7/21/2019 FIFTY YEARS ON
T	S	A			S	C	A	N	T		R	A	N	A	T			M	A	T
R	I	P	S		A	U	D	I	O		A	L	E	R	T		M	A	U	I
O	T	O	H		T	R	A	N	Q	U	I	L	I	T	Y		A	N	T	E
O	S	L	O		S	A	G		U	M	S		G	I	L		N	O	O	B
P	A	L	E	O		T	E	L	E	P	A	T	H	S		O	U	N	C	E
E	T	O		N	O	O	S	E				A	S	T	I	N		T	R	A
R	O	E		E	A	R		A	P	A	R	T		E	V	E		H	A	M
S	P	L	A	S	H		A	R	A	M	A	I	C		E	G	R	E	T	S
		E	D	M	U	N	D		R	B	G		Y	E	S	I	A	M
N	I	V	E	A		C	O	O	K	I	E	J	A	R		A	D	O	R	E
P	R	E	L	L		A	R	M	S	T	R	O	N	G		N	I	O	B	E
R	E	N	A	L		A	N	A				R	I	O		T	O	N	I	C
			I	S	P		E	N	A	C	T	E	D		E	L	S
I	H	A	D	T	O		D	I	S	A	B	L	E		B	E	E	R	M	E
M	U	D	E	E	L	S			P	B	S			N	B	A	T	E	A	M
A	R	M		P	O	O	L	S				G	R	A	S	P		I	I	I
C	L	I	C			F	O	O	D	C	H	A	I	N			G	N	A	T
		T	H	E	E	A	G	L	E	H	A	S	L	A	N	D	E	D
I	T	S	A	G	O		I	D	L	E	S	S	E		A	E	N	E	A	S
N	O	T	I	O	N		N	O	T	A	T	E	D		S	T	E	E	L	E
S	M	O	M	S				N	A	P	E	S				S	T	R	A	P

Jason Mueller, of Lincoln, Mo., has degrees in physics, math and economics from the University of Missouri. He loves trivia and was captain of his college's quiz-bowl team. Nowadays he creates puzzles and works on his family's farm. Jeff Chen, of Seattle, is a writer and professional crossword constructor.

This is Jason's sixth crossword for The Times and Jeff's 100^th.

– puzzle by Jason Mueller and Jeff Chen

Sun 7/14/2019 ARE WE FINISHED?
R	A	P			E	A	G	E	R		S	C	A	M		C	A	C	A	O
A	P	E	S		A	G	A	V	E		K	A	L	E		A	T	O	L	L
I	S	T	H	I	S	A	B	A	D	T	I	M	E	R		L	E	M	M	E
D	E	P	O	S	I	T	S		D	U	M	P	S		L	I	M	B	S
		R	E	N	E	E		T	E	R	A			H	I	P	P	O
A	B	O	R	T	S		W	O	R	K	S	F	R	O	M	H	O	M	E	R
D	E	J	A		T	H	A	I			K	R	O	N	O	S		E	N	O
E	L	E	C	T		I	S	L	A	M		E	W	E	S		H	A	N	G
P	I	C	K	U	P	T	H	E	P	A	C	E	R			V	A	L	U	E
T	E	T		L	A	M	A		P	U	L	P		T	H	A	T	S	I	T
			C	I	T	A	D	E	L		O	R	P	H	E	U	S
R	I	P	O	P	E	N		N	E	A	T		O	R	A	L		O	D	E
E	T	H	O	S			W	A	T	C	H	Y	O	U	R	T	O	N	E	R
A	P	O	P		E	D	A	M		L	E	E	R	S		S	H	I	E	R
C	R	T		S	T	E	R	E	O			S	E	T	S		G	O	R	E
T	O	O	K	T	H	E	P	L	U	N	G	E	R		W	A	R	N	E	D
		B	E	R	E	T			T	O	E	S		S	A	V	O	R
	S	O	R	E	R		H	E	L	E	N		C	O	D	E	W	O	R	D
G	I	M	M	E		F	I	V	E	S	E	C	O	N	D	R	U	L	E	R
O	R	B	I	T		E	D	I	T		V	O	C	A	L		P	L	A	N
T	E	S	T	S		E	E	L	S		A	D	O	R	E			S	R	O

Caitlin Reid, 35, is a stay-at-home mom with four young kids in Santa Ana, Calif. She says, "When I'm not herding cats, you can find me playing Chopin on the piano or dancing to the Beatles in my kitchen." The inspiration for this puzzle was 89-Across. Her favorite theme entry is the last one she thought of — 23-Across.

This is Caitlin's fourth crossword for The Times and her first Sunday.

– puzzle by Caitlin Reid

Sun 7/7/2019 HIDDEN TACTICS
T	I	D	E	P	O	D		T	H	E	R	A	N	G	E		S	P	R	A	T
I	C	O	N	C	U	R		O	O	Z	E	S	O	U	T		E	R	O	S	E
K	E	R	A	T	I	N		K	N	I	G	H	T	T	O	B	E	I	G	H	T
I	B	M			S	O	R	E	K	N	E	E	S			A	N	N	U	A	L
B	L	A	C	K			A	N	S	E	L	S		M	E	D	I	C	I	N	E
A	U	N	T	I	E	E	M						V	E	X		T	E	S	T	Y
R	E	T	O	T	A	L		C	H	I	P	S	A	H	O	Y			H	I	S
					D	I	S	H	O	N	O	U	R			A	N	A
B	R	A	V	O	S		P	E	R	K	U	P		M	A	K	E	S	I	T
O	A	T	E	R		M	O	R	N		R	E	S	I	N		P	A	N	I	C
A	D	O	R	E		A	K	U		T	E	R	E	S	A		H	U	M	P	H
R	I	N	D	S		T	A	B	L	E	D		P	T	S		E	N	O	T	E
D	U	C	A	T		I	N	S	E	T		S	P	Y	S		W	I	N	O	S
	S	E	N	E	S	C	E		C	H	O	P	U	P		E	S	T	O	P	S
			T	S	A			C	H	E	R	O	K	E	E	S
B	T	W			N	O	S	F	E	R	A	T	U		C	O	W	B	I	R	D
I	R	I	S	H		B	I	C						G	O	S	S	A	M	E	R
F	A	N	T	A	S	I	A		C	M	A	J	O	R			W	H	I	T	E
O	C	T	A	N	E			P	R	O	M	I	N	E	N	T			T	I	S
C	H	E	C	K	M	A	T	E	I	N	O	N	E		C	O	L	L	A	R	S
A	E	R	I	E		F	R	E	E	T	O	G	O		A	M	P	U	T	E	E
L	A	S	E	R		L	A	N	D	E	D	O	N		A	B	S	C	E	S	S

Jack Reuter, 25, is a freelance app developer for Android devices in Montrose, N.Y. He says he likes crosswords that have an extra layer to them — which this unusual puzzle definitely does.

It is Jack's debut for The Times

– puzzle by Jack Reuter

Sun 6/30/2019 FLIP 'PHONES
S	E	A	S	L	U	G		I	D	I	D	I	T		O	N	B	A	S	E
I	N	D	I	A	N	A		N	I	C	O	L	E		P	I	A	N	O	S
K	N	E	E	H	I	G	H	H	E	I	N	I	E		U	V	R	A	Y	S
H	I	E	S			M	O	E	S			A	N	T	L	E	R
S	O	R	T	A		E	R	R		B	A	D	A	R	E	A		T	O	T
			A	L	F		S	I	R	E	E		G	U	N		R	E	A	R
M	O	I	S	T	E	N		T	E	A	T	R	E	E	T	R	E	A	T	Y
A	N	N		O	N	E	I	S	H		N	E	R	D		A	S	S	E	S
M	P	A	A		C	A	B		A	D	A	M		A	S	H	I	E	S	T
B	O	W	T	I	E	T	A	E	B	O		O	A	T	E	R	S
A	T	E	A	M	S		R	E	S	U	L	T	S		E	A	T	R	A	W
			P	R	I	S	S	Y		B	E	E	F	Y	P	H	O	E	B	E
O	C	A	R	I	N	A		O	A	T	H		O	V	I		R	A	I	L
C	O	M	I	C		C	T	R	L		M	O	R	E	N	O		C	D	T
T	O	U	C	H	Y	C	H	E	E	T	A	H		S	T	A	S	H	E	S
E	L	S	E		E	A	R		R	O	N	D	A		O	S	O
T	S	E		M	A	D	I	S	O	N		E	S	C		T	R	I	B	E
			N	O	H	E	L	P			B	A	I	L			T	N	U	T
S	C	R	E	A	M		L	O	A	F	E	R	F	U	R	L	O	U	G	H
I	G	U	A	N	A		E	S	T	E	E	M		B	E	G	U	I	L	E
P	I	E	P	A	N		D	E	L	E	T	E		S	C	A	T	T	E	R

Emily Carroll is a 2016 medical-school graduate now finishing her residency in New York City. She finds crossword constructing "a nice stress reliever in the little free time I have outside the hospital." This puzzle was initially intended for a weekday (15 x 15 squares), but when she couldn't make the theme work satisfactorily, she came up with more examples and expanded it into a 21 x 21.

This is Emily's seventh crossword for The Times and her first Sunday.

– puzzle by Emily Carroll

Sun 6/23/2019 TAKE TWO
T	H	E			T	W	I	T		I	C	B	M			T	U	N	E	S
H	A	N	D		H	A	N	D		M	O	R	A	L		O	M	E	N	S
U	S	D	A		O	R	C	S		P	L	A	C	E		P	L	A	C	E
G	I	O	V	A	N	N	I		B	E	I	G	E	S		C	A	P	E
S	T	R	I	N	G		S	T	R	I	N	G		S	C	O	U	T
		S	E	A	S	H	O	R	E				P	I	R	A	T	I	N	G
	M	E	S			E	R	A	T		A	L	L	N	E	T		D	E	O
A	I	M		S	P	A	S	M		O	L	D	A	G	E		A	E	R	O
I	D	E	A	T	E	D		P	E	R	S	O	N		P	E	R	S	O	N
W	I	N	N	I	P	E	G		T	R	O	P	E		Y	U	M
A	S	T	O	R		R	A	T	E		R	A	T	E		C	I	S	C	O
			R	I	N		B	E	R	R	A		S	A	Y	H	E	L	L	O
B	A	N	A	N	A		B	A	N	A	N	A		T	O	R	S	I	O	N
I	M	O	K		G	O	E	S	A	T		S	P	I	N	E		D	N	A
G	O	V		L	A	U	R	E	L		S	T	E	N			H	E	E
S	K	I	P	A	N	T	S				H	E	D	G	E	H	O	G
		T	H	R	O	B		N	A	T	U	R	E		N	A	T	U	R	E
	B	I	A	S		A	C	E	S	I	T		S	M	A	R	T	I	E	S
C	L	A	S	S		C	L	A	S	S		A	T	E	M		U	T	E	S
M	A	T	E	O		K	A	R	E	N		B	A	S	E		B	A	S	E
S	T	E	R	N			P	S	S	T		E	L	A	L			R	E	X

David Liben-Nowell is a professor of computer science at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn. Victor Barocas is a professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Minnesota. They met a few years ago at a crossword tournament at the St. Paul Public Library and have collaborated remotely ever since.

For this puzzle, they divided each part of the effort (theme, gridwork and cluing) evenly. They describe their process as "write, email, tweak, repeat."

– puzzle by David Liben-Nowell and Victor Barocas

Sun 6/16/2019 NOT IN SO MANY WORDS
F	A	T	H	E	R	S	D	A	Y		C	O	M	P	A	C	T	S
I	P	H	O	N	E	C	A	S	E		I	N	T	E	R	R	U	P	T
S	P	E	E	D	C	H	E	S	S		V	E	N	E	R	A	T	I	O	N
C	O	B		I	S	O	M	E	T	R	I	C		L	O	G	O	N	T	O
A	S	I	G	N		L	O	R	E	A	L		N	E	W	S	R	O	O	M
L	E	T	O		P	A	N	T	R	Y		P	H	D	S		S	U	R	E
			T	R	E	S	S	E	D		P	A	L	O	M	A		T	O	N
S	O	P	H	I	S	T		D	A	R	E	R		F	I	S	H
E	L	L	I	P	T	I	C		Y	E	A	R	O	F	T	H	E	P	I	G
A	D	I	T		O	C	H	O		T	R	O	N		H	E	A	R	M	E
T	I	S	C	H		S	U	B	S	I	S	T	E	D		D	R	I	P	S
A	S	S	H	A	T		R	O	A	R		S	U	R	F		T	O	U	T
C	H	E	E	S	E	S	L	I	C	E	R		P	A	R	T	E	R	R	E
			D	A	R	K		S	H	E	A	F		M	O	M	M	I	E	S
A	D	U		T	R	Y	S	T	S		T	A	B	A	S	C	O
R	E	P	O		O	P	U	S		A	T	C	O	S	T		J	O	S	H
I	N	T	H	E	R	E	D		S	E	L	E	N	E		F	I	V	E	O
A	N	I	O	N	I	C		V	I	C	E	V	E	R	S	A		E	R	A
L	I	G	H	T	S	A	B	E	R		O	E	D	I	P	U	S	R	E	X
	S	H	O	R	T	L	I	N	E		F	I	R	E	E	N	G	I	N	E
		T	H	E	S	L	O	T	S		F	L	Y	S	W	A	T	T	E	R

Joel Fagliano, 26, is the digital crossword editor of The New York Times and creator of the paper's daily Mini. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he often sneaks references to the city into his puzzles, such as 83-Down here.

This puzzle is unthemed, which means, without preset answers that constrain the fill, it has a more open pattern of fresher, livelier vocabulary — all clued with wit and a fitting level of challenge. According to our records, it ties for the fewest number of answers (124) ever to appear in a Sunday Times crossword.

– puzzle by Joel Fagliano

Sun 6/9/2019 DON'T QUOTE ME
M	A	C	H	I	S	M	O		O	S	M	O	S	I	S		G	E	D	S
A	B	L	A	T	I	O	N		T	O	R	N	A	D	O		R	A	I	N
F	L	Y	M	Y	P	R	E	T	T	I	E	S	F	L	Y		E	R	M	A
I	U	D			S	T	A	Y	O	N		P	E	E	S		C	L	I	P
A	R	E	A	S		E	R	R			P	E	C	S		H	O	O	T	S
			B	E	A	M	M	E	U	P	S	C	O	T	T	Y		F	R	A
S	A	M	O	A	N				N	I	H				I	D	I	G	I	T
E	V	E		T	E	S	S		L	E	A	P	S		G	E	E	R
M	O	T	T		W	I	C	K	E	D	W	I	T	C	H		D	E	B	S
I	C	A	H	N		E	R	A	T		S	N	O	U	T	S		Y	A	W
N	A	R	C	O		S	I	R				O	P	A		T	A	S	T	E
A	D	Z		B	I	T	M	A	P		E	A	S	T		L	I	T	H	E
L	O	A	D		C	A	P	T	A	I	N	K	I	R	K		L	O	T	T
		N	O	V	A		S	E	L	M	A		T	O	U	R		K	O	I
S	P	Y	C	A	M				M	I	C				R	E	D	E	Y	E
T	A	O		S	E	R	G	E	A	N	T	F	R	I	D	A	Y
E	T	U	D	E		E	A	R	S			I	O	N		D	E	I	S	M
D	E	J	A		A	P	S	O		A	P	E	X	A	M			R	P	I
M	R	A	Z		J	U	S	T	T	H	E	F	A	C	T	S	M	A	A	M
A	N	N	E		A	T	E	I	T	U	P		N	A	S	C	E	N	C	E
N	O	E	S		M	E	R	C	Y	M	E		E	N	T	I	T	I	E	S

Seth A. Abel is a lawyer based in Columbus, Ohio, who works in commercial and industrial real estate. He has been making crosswords since 2003, often with themes involving gags. He thought of this one in 2008 and kept tweaking it over the years — "which has to be a record for incubation time for me," he says. The title [DON'T QUOTE ME] was his starting point.

This is Seth's 13^th crossword for The Times.

– puzzle by Seth A. Abel

POW Sun 6/2/2019 STONERS' FILM FESTIVAL
A	L	O	F	T		A	T	T	N		T	V	P	G		W	A	F	T	S
S	O	F	I	A		T	A	R	O		H	E	R	O		E	L	L	I	E
P	U	F	F	P	I	E	C	E	S		A	X	E	D		B	O	O	N	E
C	I	T	E		L	A	T	E	R	O	N		P	O	T	S	H	O	T	S
A	S	H		E	L	M		G	A	W	K			F	R	I	A	R
	V	E	R	D	E			U	T	E	S		A	L	I	T		M	I	A
H	I	G	H	D	R	A	M	A				S	M	O	K	E	B	O	M	B
E	L	R	O	Y		G	E	R	M		I	H	A	V	E		E	D	I	E
E	L	I	S		L	A	N	D	O		M	A	T	E		S	T	E	N	T
L	E	D		S	E	I	S		D	U	P	L	E		S	C	O	L	D	S
			J	O	I	N	T	R	E	S	O	L	U	T	I	O	N
C	A	S	A	B	A		E	A	S	E	S		R	U	N	T		T	C	U
L	L	A	M	A		K	N	I	T		E	M	I	T	S		R	O	O	K
A	L	I	A		K	E	N	N	Y		D	O	S	E		G	U	I	D	E
R	O	L	L	I	N	G	I	N				T	H	E	A	I	S	L	E	S
A	T	M		D	I	S	S		A	F	R	O			F	L	E	E	S
		A	L	I	S	T			P	E	A	R		O	L	D		T	W	A
B	A	K	E	D	H	A	M		C	H	I	C	A	N	A		C	R	I	T
A	V	I	A	N		N	O	A	H		D	I	R	E	C	T	H	I	T	S
M	O	N	D	O		D	O	P	E		E	T	T	A		N	I	E	C	E
A	N	G	S	T		S	T	E	M		D	Y	E	D		T	A	S	H	A

Erik Agard, 25, is a professional puzzlemaker from Gaithersburg, Md. He mentors new crossword constructors from underrepresented groups, especially women and minorities, via a crossword puzzle collaboration page on Facebook.

This is his ninth Times crossword so far for 2019 — the most of any contributor.

– puzzle by Erik Agard

Sun 5/26/2019 BUZZ CUT
D	I	A	N	A		C	R	A	B		A	T	H	O	S		S	T	A	B
E	M	B	E	R		R	I	C	E		C	H	A	S	E		H	E	L	L
J	U	R	Y	O	F	Y	O	U	R	P	I	E	R	C	E		O	L	G	A
A	S	A		M	O	P		R	E	E	D		D	A	T	A	P	L	A	N
		S	T	A	R	T	D	A	T	E		S	C	R	O	D		M	E	D
L	E	I	A		T	I	E			T	A	T	I		I	L	R	E
T	W	O	P	I	E	C	E	I	N	A	P	O	D		T	E	E	N	E	R
D	E	N	I	M			P	L	O		B	I	E	B		R	H	O	D	A
			R	I	B	M	E	A	T		S	C	R	A	M		A	L	I	G
H	O	W		G	R	A	N	N	I	E				R	A	B	B	I	T	S
E	R	A		H	I	S	S	A	N	D	H	E	A	R	S	E		C	O	O
P	I	R	A	T	E	S				Y	U	P	P	I	E	S		E	R	N
C	O	M	O		F	I	R	E	S		E	S	P	O	R	T	S
A	L	A	R	M		F	U	M	E		V	O	L			O	P	A	R	T
T	E	N	T	E	R		D	O	W	N	O	N	A	L	L	F	O	R	C	E
		D	A	R	A		I	T	S	A			U	A	E		O	M	A	N
O	A	F		G	I	M	M	E		C	A	N	D	Y	C	A	N	E
B	R	U	C	E	L	E	E		O	R	L	E		O	H	M		N	E	E
A	L	S	O		C	A	N	T	B	E	L	I	E	V	E	M	Y	I	C	E
M	E	S	S		A	R	T	I	E		O	G	L	E		A	M	A	H	L
A	N	Y	A		R	A	S	P	Y		W	H	I	R		N	A	N	O	S

Ruth Bloomfield Margolin, of Westfield, N.J., began constructing crosswords after having an "I can do that!" reaction to a puzzle she solved. It took some time (and a couple of what she calls "polite rejections") before she got her first acceptance. This is now her 10th crossword for The Times.

In her non-puzzling life, Ruth serves on several community nonprofit boards and tutors in an adult literacy program.

– puzzle by Ruth Bloomfield Margolin

Sun 5/19/2019 HOOK-UPS
		T	B	S		C	I	T	Y		I	M	P	S		B	O	L	A	S
	B	R	A	H		O	B	O	E		M	O	L	E		A	P	A	R	T
C	O	O	L	E	D	D	O	W	N		S	T	O	R	M	S	U	R	G	E
P	A	U	L	S	I	M	O	N		C	O	L	D	F	I	S	S	I	O	N
A	R	T		M	O	O	K		B	A	R	E	S		N	L	E	A	S	T
		W	H	I	R	L			T	R	E	Y		Y	E	A	S	T	Y
C	R	O	O	N		L	E	G	U	P			D	E	S	I
L	A	R	G	E	T	Y	P	E		M	O	I	R	A		S	A	T	I	N
A	S	K	S		E	D	E	N		A	U	G	U	R		T	R	U	L	Y
P	H	O		P	A	L	E	D		G	R	U	B		M	A	I	N	L	Y
		U	S	E	M	E		E	L	I	S	E		P	A	N	D	A
D	R	I	E	R	S		C	R	O	C		S	W	I	F	T		C	O	T
I	O	N	I	C		T	H	E	R	E		S	A	K	I		S	A	M	S
Y	E	E	S	H		A	U	D	I	T		S	T	E	A	M	P	U	N	K
				S	A	N	G			R	I	O	T	S		A	E	G	I	S
	G	R	O	U	P	S		T	W	I	N			D	E	N	C	H
S	I	O	U	A	N		H	E	A	D	S		S	P	I	T		W	E	B
A	V	O	T	R	E	S	A	N	T	E		F	O	U	R	A	L	A	R	M
B	E	T	A	G	A	I	N	S	T		C	A	N	N	E	R	Y	R	O	W
L	I	E	G	E		F	O	O	L		E	R	I	C		A	R	E	S
E	N	D	E	D		T	I	R	E		L	E	C	H		Y	E	S

Natan Last, 28, is a founding member of the International Rescue Committee's innovation lab and a researcher and advocate for refugee resettlement and humanitarian aid. A frequent contributor — he sold his first crossword to The Times when he was 16; this is his 29th for the paper — Last says this puzzle's theme germinated while watching people fish in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn.

– puzzle by Natan Last

Sun 5/12/2019 MEASURE FOR MEASURE
T	O	N			I	W	O	N	T		B	A	U	M		S	T	O	L	E
A	T	I	T		M	A	C	R	O		A	L	S	O		H	A	D	A	T
M	I	N	E	R	A	L	H	A	R	D	N	E	S	S		A	V	E	R	S
P	O	T	L	U	C	K	S		C	O	A	X		S	O	M	E	D	A	Y
A	S	H	E	N				S	H	U	N		O	C	C	U	R
	E	S	S		T	E	M	P	E	R	A	T	U	R	E		N	A	T	S
			T	H	E	R	O	A	D			A	T	A	L	L		N	H	L
	S	P	O	I	L	E	R	S		I	S	M		B	O	O	S	T	E	R
T	A	R		P	I	N	A		A	L	U	M		S	T	O	P	I	T
E	N	O	L		C	O	N		N	O	B	I	S		S	N	A	P	U	P
R	S	T	U			W	I	N	D	S	P	E	E	D			D	A	D	S
P	I	E	R	C	E		S	E	R	T	A		A	A	H		E	P	O	S
	M	C	C	O	Y	S		W	E	I	R		S	U	I	T		A	R	T
R	E	T	H	R	E	W		E	A	T		T	I	N	F	O	I	L	S
T	O	E		T	R	E	E	S			S	E	C	T	I	O	N
E	N	D	S		E	A	R	T	H	Q	U	A	K	E	S		R	A	G
			B	A	S	R	A		A	U	N	T				G	E	T	U	P
I	M	P	A	R	T	S		F	L	A	K		T	I	A	M	A	R	I	A
B	I	E	R	S		O	N	A	S	L	I	D	I	N	G	S	C	A	L	E
E	N	E	R	O		F	I	V	E		S	E	R	G	E		H	I	T	S
X	E	N	O	N		F	L	A	Y		T	W	E	E	D			N	Y	E

Victor Barocas is a professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Minnesota. He is married with two teenage children. He says that crossword constructing "reminds me of the research I do for my day job because I'm trying to do something that I don't know is possible. The constraints that my idea places on the puzzle may be too much. That uncertainty is somehow gratifying."

This puzzle, whose many circled letters appear in words across, down and diagonally (not easy to do!), must have been especially satisfying to create.

– puzzle by Victor Barocas

POW Sun 5/5/2019 PAPER WORK
C	A	R	A	T		A	L	C	O	H	O	L		S	P	R	A	W	L	S
E	V	I	T	A		B	E	G	U	I	L	E		T	R	A	M	W	A	Y
L	O	T	T	E	R	Y	T	I	C	K	E	T		R	E	M	A	I	N	S
S	W	A	N	K	E	S	T		H	E	R		W	I	N	E	L	I	S	T
				W	A	S					U	R	A	N	U	S
A	N	C	H	O	R		B	U	I	L	D	I	N	G	P	E	R	M	I	T
M	O	R	A	N			E	M	M	A		P	T	A		S	H	A	D	E
B	O	A	R	D	I	N	G	P	A	S	S		O	R	G		O	D	O	R
L	D	S		O	L	E	O	S		E	L	A	N	T	R	A		E	L	I
E	L	H	I		L	E	N		E	R	A	S			A	B	B	A
R	E	C	O	R	D	D	E	A	L		S	H	E	E	T	M	U	S	I	C
		Y	U	G	O			D	I	S	H		D	V	I		S	P	A	R
C	A	M		S	I	G	H	S	A	T		S	W	A	N	S		L	G	E
R	E	B	A		T	R	A		S	E	A	T	I	N	G	C	H	A	R	T
O	R	A	L	B		E	R	S		E	D	E	N			H	O	S	E	A
C	O	L	L	E	G	E	D	I	P	L	O	M	A		S	O	T	H	E	N
				D	O	N	A	T	E					M	A	O
C	O	N	T	R	A	C	T		T	S	K		B	E	L	L	Y	R	U	B
O	N	E	I	O	T	A		B	R	E	A	K	F	A	S	T	M	E	N	U
T	U	R	T	L	E	R		A	I	R	L	I	F	T		I	C	E	I	N
S	P	O	O	L	E	D		S	E	A	B	A	S	S		E	A	S	T	S

Samuel A. Donaldson is a law professor, specializing in taxes and estates, at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Doug Peterson is a professional crossword constructor in Pasadena, Calif. They met at the 2008 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, became friends and started making puzzles together — working back and forth by email. Doug attended Sam's wedding in 2012. They are prolific contributors both individually and with others.

– puzzle by Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson

Sun 4/28/2019 WORDS OF INTRODUCTION
A	L	I	A	S	E	S			T	H	R	I	V	E			A	B	C	B
N	O	T	M	U	C	H		C	H	E	A	T	E	D		S	H	E	R	A
K	O	H	I	N	O	O	R	D	I	A	M	O	N	D		L	O	Y	A	L
A	K	I	N	S		W	O	R	S	T			I	A	M	A	R	O	C	K
R	E	N	O		N	C	A	A		O	A	T	S		I	V	A	N	K	A
A	R	K		H	E	A	R	T	A	N	D	S	O	U	L			D	E	N
			P	A	S	S	K	E	Y		V	A	N	S		Y	E	A	R	S
	P	L	A	T	T	E			E	M	I	R		E	A	S	E	L
S	H	I	R	E	S		E	M	A	I	L		A	S	W	E	L	L	A	S
H	I	K	E	R		S	L	A	Y	S		I	N	F	E	R		D	I	A
A	L	E	S		B	E	L	I	E	F	I	N	G	O	D		M	O	O	T
M	I	A		C	U	E	I	N		E	N	T	E	R		J	O	U	L	E
U	P	S	T	A	R	T	S		F	E	T	O	R		F	O	R	B	I	D
		O	O	M	P	H		O	R	D	O			S	L	A	N	T	S
C	A	R	N	E		R	I	D	E		T	O	U	C	A	N	S
A	M	E			R	U	N	O	U	T	O	F	T	O	W	N		T	W	O
T	A	T	T	O	O		U	N	D	O		F	I	R	S		C	R	A	B
E	T	H	E	R	N	E	T			F	E	E	L	S		W	O	O	L	S
R	E	U	E	L		S	E	T	A	F	I	N	E	E	X	A	M	P	L	E
T	U	M	M	Y		P	R	E	T	E	N	D		S	O	R	T	I	E	S
O	R	B	S			N	O	N	F	E	E			E	X	P	E	C	T	S

Brendan Emmett Quigley is a professional puzzlemaker in Brookline, Mass. He says he'll make puzzles for pretty much any market that will cut him a check — "not to mention a few others that still owe me money." Brendan sold his first crossword to The Times in 1996, when he was a senior at the University of New Hampshire.

This is his 183^rd puzzle for the paper.

– puzzle by Brendan Emmett Quigley

Sun 4/21/2019 THE INSIDE STORY
S	N	O	R	T		P	B	A	N	D	J		P	R	A	D	O		C	D	S
I	E	V	E	R		V	O	L	A	R	E		H	O	N	O	R		R	E	P
T	H	E	L	I	T	T	L	E	M	E	T	E	R	M	A	I	D		A	L	I
A	R	R	I	B	A		T	S	E		S	L	A	P		D	E	N	Y	I	T
R	U	S	S		M	A	D		S	I	K	E	S		M	A	R	C	O
		T	H	E	P	R	O	S		M	I	N	I	C	A	R	S	O	N	S
A	H	A		W	E	T	W	I	P	E		A	N	I	S	E			T	E	T
B	O	T	H	E	R	I	N	G	R	A	T		G	A	T		S	H	A	G	S
C	L	E	A	N	S	E		N	O	N	E	T			S	A	K	E	C	U	P
S	A	D	R			S	P	O	T		R	O	M	E		C	O	R	T	E	S
			P	I	C	T	U	R	E	I	N	P	I	C	T	U	R	E
A	S	P	I	S	H		P	A	I	D		H	M	O	S			I	F	A	T
C	H	E	S	T	E	R			N	I	H	A	O		A	T	L	A	R	G	E
M	O	T	T	O		U	P	S		G	E	T	S	C	R	E	A	M	O	U	T
E	P	I			I	B	E	A	M		I	S	A	I	D	N	O		N	A	E
	S	T	A	R	T	E	D	W	A	R	S		S	T	O	P	S	A	T
		E	P	E	E	S		S	N	I	T	S		Y	M	A		B	L	A	B
M	I	R	I	A	M		S	L	O	P		M	A	P		S	T	R	I	N	E
E	S	P		D	O	C	T	O	R	S	W	A	L	L	E	T	R	A	N	G	E
A	L	A		U	N	P	E	G		A	O	R	T	A	S		I	D	E	S	T
D	E	N		P	E	R	P	S		W	E	T	O	N	E		P	E	S	T	S

Grant Thackray (rhymes with "daiquiri") is 25 and lives in Portland, Ore. He lists his day jobs as writing pub trivia, designing T-shirts and house-managing live theater. To create this puzzle's theme, he spent countless hours poring over lists of (well, you'll see) to find combinations that worked.

This is Grant's fourth crossword for The Times.

– puzzle by Grant Thackray

Sun 4/14/2019 LEFT/RIGHT SYMMETRY
G	A	S	P		M	E	D	A	Y		C	H	A	I	M		E	C	I	G
O	D	I	E		O	X	I	D	E		B	U	T	N	O		D	A	N	O
T	A	T	A		L	A	N	D	S		S	M	E	A	R		A	B	I	T
O	P	U	S		A	C	E	S				S	O	F	A		M	O	T	O
P	T	A		S	S	T	S		A	D	S		F	U	S	S		T	I	P
L	E	T		P	S	A		S	P	E	C	S		N	S	A		C	A	R
E	D	I	F	I	E	S		P	I	N	U	P		K	E	Y	N	O	T	E
S	T	O	A	T	S		W	I	N	S	B	I	G		S	I	E	V	E	S
S	O	N	J	A		D	A	N	G		A	N	N	A		D	E	E	D	S
			I	T	S	O	D	D				D	A	D	B	O	D
S	C	A	T		T	E	S	L	A		A	R	T	I	E		T	K	O	S
K	A	T	A	N	A	S		Y	U	M	M	Y		O	N	P	O	I	N	T
O	D	E		A	N	T	I		N	I	A		I	S	I	S		S	T	U
S	E	A	B	E	D		N	E	T	I	Z	E	N		G	I	B	S	O	N
H	T	M	L		I	N	C	A	S		E	X	C	O	N		R	Y	E	S
			A	N	N	A	L	S				A	R	N	I	C	A
S	P	A	C	Y		P	E	T	S		S	M	E	E		S	C	O	W	S
T	A	N	K	U	P		M	A	W		T	I	M		A	I	K	M	A	N
A	S	T	I		O	B	E	S	E		O	N	E	N	D		I	A	G	O
T	H	I	S		G	E	N	I	E		K	E	N	Y	A		S	H	O	O
E	A	C	H		O	N	T	A	P		E	S	T	E	S		H	A	N	D

Will Nediger, of London, Ontario, has a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Michigan. These days he makes his living by constructing crosswords and writing trivia questions. His quiz bowl team won the 2016 ACF Nationals and the 2017 Intercollegiate Championship Tournament.

The reason for this puzzle's unusual grid pattern with left/right symmetry will soon be clear.

– puzzle by Will Nediger

Sun 4/7/2019 HELP!
P	A	S	S	R	U	S	H		D	S	H	A	R	P		Z	I	P	P	O
A	U	T	O	M	A	T	A		I	N	A	W	A	Y		E	T	H	A	N
S	C	A	N	N	E	R	S		S	A	M	E	O	L	D	S	T	O	R	Y
	T	R	Y			U	N	F	U	R	L			E	A	T		T	E	X
L	I	T		P	U	T	T	O	S	L	E	E	P		M	A	L	O	N	E
P	O	O		A	B	T		P	E	S	T	E	R	S			A	N	T	S
G	N	U		L	E	E	K	S				C	O	N	M	A	N
A	S	T	O		R	D	A		M	C	S		P	A	R	M	E	S	A	N
		S	P	A		O	N	L	O	A	N		O	K	A	Y	S	U	R	E
M	I	L	E	Y		U	S	E	D	T	O		S	E	Z			L	I	E
S	H	O	N	E		R	A	D	I	C	C	H	I	O		A	C	T	E	D
N	E	W			A	S	S		S	H	O	R	T	I		C	L	A	S	S
B	A	L	L	A	S	T	S		T	O	N	S	I	L		E	O	N
C	R	Y	A	B	O	U	T		E	N	E		O	S	T		Y	S	E	R
			N	O	N	F	A	T				A	N	A	R	T		O	N	E
S	O	C	K			F	T	B	R	A	G	G		L	E	S		F	R	O
P	R	A	Y	E	D		E	A	S	T	E	R	W	E	E	K		S	O	S
A	D	S		B	A	T			T	E	N	O	R	S			A	W	L
S	A	I	L	O	N	S	A	I	L	O	R		I	M	B	E	C	I	L	E
M	I	N	E	O		A	V	E	N	U	E		T	A	U	T	E	N	E	D
S	N	O	O	K		R	E	S	E	T	S		E	N	G	O	R	G	E	D

Peter A. Collins is the chairman of the math department at Huron High School, in Ann Arbor, Mich., where he has been teaching for 39 years. He has been creating crosswords for The Times since 2006. This is his 108th. When he can, Peter likes to incorporate some of the black squares into his puzzle themes, as he ingeniously does here.

– puzzle by Peter A. Collins

Sun 3/31/2019 TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM
M	A	U	D	E		O	N	I	C	E		C	H	I	T	S		O	A	R
E	L	S	O	L		K	A	S	H	A		H	A	N	O	I		B	R	O
S	L	U	N	K		S	N	E	E	R		A	S	P	I	R	A	T	E	S
M	E	A	T	S	A	U	C	E		G	O	S	P	E	L		T	U	N	E
E	L	L	S		P	R	Y		T	A	P	E		R	E	S	T	S	O	N
R	E	S	H	A	P	E		C	A	S	T	R	O	S	T	R	E	E	T
			O	R	O		L	O	O	M			H	O	B	O	S
S	C	R	U	B	S	U	I	T	S		K	R	O	N	A		T	A	D	A
T	O	A	T		I	V	E	S		T	I	A			G	R	E	T	E	L
I	M	P		S	T	U	D		C	O	N	V	O	Y		A	D	L	A	I
L	P	S		T	E	L	E	V	A	N	G	E	L	I	S	M		A	L	E
L	O	T	T	A		A	R	E	N	A	S		D	E	P	P		N	I	N
U	T	A	H	N	S			E	E	L		O	I	L	Y		U	T	N	E
P	E	R	I		A	W	A	R	D		F	R	E	D	S	A	V	A	G	E
			S	A	C	H	S			R	A	G	S		T	U	B
	P	A	I	D	R	E	S	P	E	C	T	S		F	O	G	L	A	M	P
L	E	T	S	D	I	E		A	L	A	S		E	R	R		O	R	E	L
E	L	H	I		F	L	Y	R	O	D		G	R	A	Y	S	C	A	L	E
P	O	R	T	W	I	N	E	S		O	N	L	A	Y		A	K	R	O	N
E	S	O		A	C	U	T	E		M	O	O	S	E		L	E	A	N	T
R	I	B		F	E	T	I	D		E	B	B	E	D		A	R	T	S	Y

This crossword by Andrew J. Ries, of La Pine, Ore., comes with special instructions: [See notepad.]

Andrew is a lifelong baseball fan — his favorite teams are hidden in 90- and 107-Across. He's excited about the new season that's just started.

– puzzle by Andrew J. Ries

Sun 3/24/2019 CODE SWITCHING
B	E	A	R	P	I	T			S	T	A	S	H	E	S		S	P	U	D
A	L	S	O	R	A	N		D	O	O	R	P	O	S	T		H	O	P	E
B	O	S	T	O	N	T	A	N	G	O	P	A	R	T	Y		E	A	T	S
E	P	E	E	S			S	A	G	E		N	A	E		N	A	C	R	E
L	E	T		P	E	A	K		Y	A	N	K	E	E	B	O	T	H	E	R
			S	E	N	D	S			S	I	S			E	T	H	E	N	E
J	A	K	A	R	T	A		G	O	Y	A		A	S	T	I		D	D	T
U	N	I	F	O	R	M	B	E	T		G	E	L	C	A	P	S
J	O	S	E				L	O	T	H	A	R	I	O			T	A	T	I
I	T	S		I	F	S	O			A	R	I		T	H	R	O	W	O	N
T	H	E	P	R	I	N	C	E	S	S	A	N	D	T	H	E	P	A	P	A
S	E	R	R	A	N	O		T	A	T			A	S	H	Y		S	L	R
U	R	S	A			O	U	T	L	A	W	E	D				S	H	I	A
			T	I	L	T	S	A	T		B	R	A	V	O	S	T	I	N	G
I	O	S		T	O	Y	S		A	G	A	R		A	L	I	E	N	E	E
N	O	T	B	A	D			C	I	A			A	V	A	S	T
C	H	A	R	L	I	E	W	O	R	L	D		N	A	V	Y		R	A	W
E	L	R	O	Y		T	R	U		A	R	M	Y			P	R	A	D	A
N	A	T	O		P	H	O	N	E	T	I	C	A	L	P	H	A	B	E	T
S	L	E	D		H	A	T	T	R	E	E	S		C	R	U	M	B	L	E
E	A	R	S		O	N	E	Y	E	A	R			D	O	S	S	I	E	R

Trenton Charlson is a 2018 graduate of Ohio State University with a degree in English and a concentration in creative writing. "Sadly," he says half-jokingly (I think), "there is no crossword-puzzle major at Ohio State." Five of Trenton's previous nine crosswords in The Times were named "Puzzle of the Week" by the blog XWord Info.

This is his first Sunday puzzle.

– puzzle by Trenton Charlson

Sun 3/17/2019 THAT'S ANOTHER STORY
L	I	S	A			F	I	N	K		P	O	O	P			L	E	S	T
E	C	I	G		O	L	S	O	N		S	H	R	U	B		O	T	T	O
S	E	L	A		M	A	R	L	E	Y	A	N	D	M	E		R	O	E	G
	C	E	M	E	N	T		A	L	I	T	O		P	E	R	D	U	E
G	O	N	E	G	I	R	L		T	P	S		L	I	F	E	O	F	P	I
A	R	T	O	O		A	A	S				G	O	T		O	F	F	E	D
R	E	E	F	S		T	I	T	O		A	L	O	U		S	T	E	N	O
P	S	S	T		S	E	R	I	F		N	A	P	P	Y		H	E	S	S
			H	B	O		S	E	M	I	D	R	Y		O	W	E
	S	C	R	O	L	L		G	I	M	M	E		S	K	I	F	F	S
S	T	O	O	D	O	U	T		C	O	E		O	P	E	N	L	A	T	E
C	A	N	N	Y		N	I	K	E		N	I	N	E		D	I	J	O	N
A	C	M	E	S		G	P	A				N	Y	C		F	E	I	N	T
R	H	E	S	U	S		S	P	A	N	D	E	X		F	A	S	T	E	R
Y	E	N		R	E	P		O	T	H	E	R		F	O	R		A	R	E
			A	F	A	R	E	W	E	L	L	T	O	A	R	M	S
G	A	N	G	S	T	E	R						R	I	M	S	H	O	T	S
O	B	I	E		A	T	R	I	A		B	L	A	R	E		A	V	I	A
T	H	E	O	N	C	E	A	N	D		F	U	T	U	R	E	K	I	N	G
H	O	T	L	Y		E	T	D	S		F	R	O	S		L	U	N	G	E
E	R	O	D	E		N	A	Y				E	R	E		F	R	E	E	S

Sophia Maymudes is a junior at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., studying computer science and math. She's been making crosswords since high school. For this one, her first Sunday puzzle, she teamed up with fellow Seattle resident Jeff Chen, who writes a daily crossword blog, XWordInfo.com. They jointly brainstormed theme examples. Jeff laid out the grid. Sophia did the fill. They each wrote half the clues. Sophia says, "The entire puzzle took nearly a hundred emails back and forth to create."

– puzzle by Sophia Maymudes and Jeff Chen

Sun 3/10/2019 MATH HYSTERIA
C	O	E	X	I	S	T		T	A	C	O	N	I	C			G	R	U	B
P	H	A	R	A	O	H		S	H	A	P	E	L	Y		C	L	A	R	A
L	O	S	A	N	G	E	L	E	S	T	I	M	E	S		A	I	D	A	N
S	K	Y	Y		G	R	E		O	B	O	E		T	A	T	T	I	N	G
			C	A	Y	M	A	N		R	I	S	K		D	E	T	A	I	L
E	D	G	A	R			S	A	M	E	D	I	F	F	E	R	E	N	C	E
S	E	A	M	O	S	S		C	E	E		S	C	A	L	E	R
S	E	V	E	N	T	H	G	R	A	D	E			D	E	R	A	L	T	E
O	P	E	R		A	M	I	E			C	L	U	E			T	O	R	Y
		I	A	M	T	O	O			Z	O	O	S		H	E	I	N	I	E
A	P	T		R	O	O	T	O	F	A	L	L	E	V	I	L		E	O	S
L	E	A	D	E	R		T	R	I	P			R	A	F	A	E	L
I	N	G	E			B	O	B	S			S	I	R	I		N	I	K	I
S	H	O	P	P	E	R			C	A	S	H	D	I	V	I	D	E	N	D
			R	O	S	I	T	A		T	H	O		G	E	N	E	S	E	E
T	H	R	E	E	P	O	I	N	T	S	H	O	T			F	A	T	W	A
Y	E	A	S	T	Y		S	T	A	T		P	A	V	L	O	V
R	A	M	S	E	S	I		I	P	O	S		D	I	E		O	A	T	H
E	L	M	O	S		P	O	W	E	R	O	F	A	T	T	O	R	N	E	Y
S	E	E	R	S		A	M	A	T	E	U	R		R	I	P	E	N	E	D
E	R	R	S			D	E	R	O	S	S	I		O	N	A	D	I	M	E

Adam Fromm lives in Providence, R.I. He works for a pharmaceutical company and moonlights as a singer/songwriter. This puzzle is a throwback to his college days when he briefly majored in math … before switching to literature. He prefers subjects that "don't require the right answer, only a reasonable one."

This is his fifth puzzle for The Times.

– puzzle by Adam Fromm

Sun 3/3/2019 D.J.'S SPINNIN'
P	E	C	A	N	S		M	I	S	D	E	A	L		S	C	A	L	A	R
I	R	O	B	O	T		I	T	S	O	N	M	E		C	O	S	I	N	E
S	A	L	O	M	E		L	E	A	N	S	I	N		R	I	S	I	N	G
H	O	O	V	E	R	J	A	M		J	U	S	T	B	U	N	N	I	E	S
	F	R	E	S	N	O			L	U	I	S		U	N	A	S
			A	S	E	A		C	A	A	N		U	S	C	G		P	X	S
E	T	A	L		R	O	L	L	I	N	G	I	N	T	H	E	J	E	E	P
M	I	L	L	S			E	O	N			S	P	A	Y		E	T	N	A
A	M	I		T	A	T	A	S		C	L	U	E			S	T	E	A	M
J	O	C	K	O	F	T	H	E	B	A	Y		G	M	A	I	L
	R	E	A	L	T	Y		T	E	R	R	A		O	N	E	A	C	T
			R	I	A	L	S		G	R	A	V	E	J	I	G	G	E	R	S
A	L	O	A	D			H	E	S	S		A	L	O	N	E		L	A	P
C	O	A	T		C	L	O	Y			T	I	O			S	W	E	D	E
M	A	K	E	T	H	E	J	E	A	N	S	L	I	S	T		I	B	E	X
E	M	S		R	A	V	I		L	I	P	S		P	O	L	S
			A	I	R	E		G	A	P	S			A	R	L	E	N	E
G	A	R	B	A	G	E	J	U	M	P		J	U	N	E	B	U	G	G	Y
I	C	E	A	G	E		O	N	E	I	D	A	S		R	E	P	A	G	E
B	A	N	T	E	R		S	I	D	E	O	N	E		O	A	T	I	E	R
B	R	E	E	D	S		S	T	A	R	T	E	D		S	N	O	O	D	S

Tony Orbach is a construction manager and musician in Upper Montclair, N.J. Andrea Carla Michaels is a professional namer (of companies and products) in San Francisco. They worked together on this puzzle by email — bouncing theme ideas, crossword fill and clues back and forth. Tony sneaked in Andrea's favorite word at 75-Down. (Note her initials.)

This is their second collaboration for The Times.

– puzzle by Tony Orbach and Andrea Carla Michaels

Sun 2/24/2019 EVERYTHING EVENS OUT IN THE END
C	H	E	W	B	A	C	C	A		C	L	U	B				L	I	D	S
D	E	V	I	A	T	I	O	N		R	I	F	E			C	E	L	I	E
S	M	A	L	L	T	O	W	N	S	A	L	O	N		W	H	I	L	S	T
			L	S	U		S	O	L	D		S	E	P	I	A		U	L	T
P	A	S	S	A	N	T		Y	U	L	E			R	P	I		M	O	L
I	M	P		M	E	W	L		R	E	I	N	D	E	E	R	R	I	D	E
G	E	A	R		D	O	I	T			D	A	R	T		S	O	N	G
S	C	R	E	W		P	L	U	M	B		G	A	O	L		L	A	I	R
T	H	E	F	A	R	M	T	E	A	M		A	G	R	I		E	T	N	A
Y	E	S	S	I	R				S	W	I	N	G	I	N	G	S	I	G	N
				S	A	N	G	T	O		V	O	Y	A	G	E
I	S	N	O	T	T	O	O	I	N	T	O				O	N	I	O	N	S
N	A	A	N		E	T	R	E		P	R	O	T	E	S	T	P	O	E	T
K	I	T	S		D	O	D	O		S	Y	R	I	A		S	O	L	A	R
	L	I	E	S		F	I	F	A			G	A	S	P		D	A	T	A
F	O	O	T	N	O	T	E	F	O	N	T		S	E	R	T		L	E	N
U	R	N		A	V	E			L	E	A	D		L	E	E	W	A	R	D
M	M	A		R	E	N	E	W		S	T	A	Y		C	R	O
B	O	L	G	E	R		W	H	A	T	A	R	E	T	H	E	O	D	D	S
L	O	T	U	S			E	A	S	E		L	O	S	E	S	L	E	E	P
E	N	V	Y				S	P	U	D		A	W	K	W	A	F	I	N	A

Erik Agard, 25, is a professional puzzlemaker from Gaithersburg, Md. He is the reigning champion of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. On average he finishes a Sunday New York Times crossword in a frighteningly quick 5 minutes. Last October he won $66,802 in a three-day winning streak on Jeopardy!

This is Erik's 32^nd crossword for the paper.

– puzzle by Erik Agard

Sun 2/17/2019 TRIVIAL MATTERS
M	A	D	E			S	O	D	A		P	A	R	M			J	A	R	S
I	B	E	T		C	H	R	I	S	T	E	N	D	O	M		A	M	A	T
A	L	W	A	Y	S	H	A	S	F	O	L	I	A	G	E		P	I	M	A
T	A	I	P	E	I			P	O	M	E	S		U	L	Y	A	N	O	V
A	Z	T	E	C		E	V	E	R				A	L	L	I	N	O	N	E
S	E	T		C	I	V	I	L			V	A	N		O	P	E	R	A	S
			O	H	M	A	N		A	P	I	N	G		W	E	S
M	O	C	K			H	E	N	S	T	A	T	E			S	E	A
E	N	O	L	A			S	O	W	S		E	L	M			V	S	O	P
T	R	U	A	N	T	S		L	E	D	A		I	A	M		I	T	L	L
H	I	G	H	S	C	H	O	O	L		S	E	C	R	E	T	C	O	D	E
O	C	H	O		M	O	I		L	A	C	E		E	R	I	T	R	E	A
D	E	E	M			O	L	E		C	O	L	S			M	O	I	S	T
		D	A	N			P	R	E	T	T	Y	I	N			R	A	T	S
			S	O	B		U	M	A	S	S		N	O	I	S	Y
A	R	M	O	U	R		M	A	T			R	E	L	E	T		W	K	S
C	H	O	O	S	E	U	P				B	O	W	L		A	G	A	I	N
C	O	R	N	E	A	S		T	I	M	O	N			I	N	E	S	S	E
E	D	G	E		D	E	L	A	W	A	R	E	N	I	C	K	N	A	M	E
S	E	A	R		S	T	A	Y	I	N	A	L	I	V	E		U	B	E	R
S	S	N	S			O	P	E	N		T	Y	P	E			S	I	T	S

David Kwong is a professional magician and crossword constructor. He was the head magic consultant for the hit 2013 film Now You See Me (see the sly nod at 96-Down.) He is currently performing in a one-man magic-and-puzzles show, The Enigmatist, in New York City. Audience members must solve four puzzles in an anteroom to get into the show. (Hints are available if needed.)

This is Kwong's 19^th puzzle for The Times.

– puzzle by David Kwong

Thu 1/24/2019
R	C	A	S		A	I	M		B	A	H	A	I	S
E	R	I	C	I	D	L	E		A	R	A	R	A	T
V	O	D	O	D	O	L	L		S	C	H	E	M	A
S	N	A	P	E			T	I	S			A	T	F
			S	E	A	L		F	O	L	P	R	O	F
O	D	D			R	E	G	I	N	A	L
C	R	I	T	I	C	A	L			D	E	C	C	A
T	O	R	I	C	H	F	O	R	M	Y	B	L	O	D
O	P	E	R	A			M	O	U	S	S	A	K	A
			E	N	C	A	S	E	S			D	E	M
F	O	T	S	T	O	L		S	T	A	G
A	L	I			L	E	T			L	A	N	D	O
C	A	M	E	R	A		G	O	G	O	E	Y	E	S
E	L	E	V	E	N		I	N	A	F	L	A	S	H
T	A	X	A	C	T		F	A	B		S	H	I	A

Hi Stu,

Thanks for your nice note.

Usually when we'd like extensive changes in a grid, we return it to the constructor to make them.

In this case, though, your puzzle had already been on file for a year. We selected it to edit the clues. In looking over the grid, we thought it could be improved. Entries that felt overly crosswordy or subpar included REVE, ENATE, OMS, ILONA, DAREST, ALOP, LENYA, and SCAG. At this point we didn't want to return the puzzle, which would have delayed its appearance even longer. So Joel made the changes himself.

One important thing to keep in mind is that the standards for fill keep rising. Puzzles that we accepted in the past might not make the grade today. And your puzzle, whose fill we thought was not bad at the time of acceptance, we thought by today's standards could benefit from a brush-up.

I hope this explains a little further — and that you're happy with how the puzzle turned out.

– puzzle by Stu Ockman

Tue 1/1/2019
A	B	E	L		F	I	G		A	B	R	O	A	D
G	E	N	E		O	N	E		P	R	O	N	T	O
H	A	T	T	R	I	C	K		P	I	S	C	E	S
A	N	I		A	L	I	K	E		G	E	E
S	E	R	U	M		T	O	R	C	H	S	O	N	G
T	R	E	M	B	L	E		V	A	T		V	I	A
			A	L	A		E	I	N		L	E	N	S
	T	I	M	E	S	I	G	N	A	T	U	R	E
C	A	N	I		S	N	O		P	E	N
A	B	A		S	I	N		T	E	A	C	H	E	R
B	U	C	K	T	E	E	T	H		S	H	O	V	E
		T	O	O		S	A	R	E	E		B	O	D
E	P	I	L	O	G		P	A	S	S	A	B	L	E
S	A	V	A	G	E		A	S	P		L	I	V	E
P	R	E	S	E	T		S	H	Y		I	T	E	M

(copied from Wordplay)

I'm very sorry for the distraction about BEANER (2D) in today's fine puzzle by Gary Cee.

Neither Joel [Fagliano] nor I had ever heard the slur before — and I don't know anyone who would use it. Maybe we live in rarefied circles.

In researching this puzzle, we discovered the other meaning of the word as a slur. Later, Jeff Chen over at XWord Info brought it to our attention as well.

My feeling, rightly or wrongly, is that any benign meaning of a word is fair game for a crossword. This is an issue that comes up occasionally with entries like GO O.K. (which we clued last April as "Proceed all right," but which as a solid word is a slur), CHINK (benign in the sense as a chink in one's armor), etc. These are legitimate words.

Perhaps I need to rethink this opinion if enough solvers are bothered. I want your focus to be on the puzzle rather than being distracted by side issues. But I assure you this viewpoint is expressed with a pure heart.

Meanwhile, for any solver who was offended by 2-Down in today's puzzle, I apologize.

– puzzle by Gary Cee

Wed 2/7/2018
H	A	N	S		G	I	Z	M	O		P	L	A	Y
U	T	A	H		O	N	I	O	N		L	E	N	E
M	A	K	E	C	O	N	N	E	C	T	I	O	N	S
O	B	E	R	O	N				D	I	E	T	E	D
R	O	D	E	O		T	E	A		C	R	A	T	E
M	I	L	E		P	U	L	L	A		S	R	T	A
E	L	Y		O	R	E	I	L	L	Y		D	E	R
				W	I	S		E	T	A
D	Y	S		L	E	D	A	W	A	Y		W	A	S
R	A	T	A		R	A	D	I	I		T	A	M	P
A	M	O	C	O		Y	O	S		R	H	Y	M	E
F	A	R	C	R	Y				G	O	E	S	O	N
T	H	E	T	I	E	S	T	H	A	T	B	I	N	D
E	A	R	N		C	H	A	I	R		E	D	I	E
E	S	S	O		H	O	N	E	Y		S	E	A	R

Will Shortz posted a correction at nytimes.com reproduced here:

SPECIAL POST — Lots of complaints about the answer LENE (16-Across — "Voiceless consonant like "b" or "p") in today's crossword.

In short, those who wrote in are right: It's a poor answer, and the clue is wrong to boot. Here's what happened:

In the late stages of editing, we noticed that the grid contained both CRIERS (5D) and FAR CRY (53A). While this doesn't officially break my rule about duplications, which I can discuss sometime, it seemed inelegant. The simplest "fix" was to change CRIERS to PLIERS, making PLAY and LENE reading across. LENE is an old bit of crosswordese, used 90 times in the Times crossword before I became the editor, usually clued as "Unaspirated" or "Unaspirated consonant."

Because I figured few solvers today know what LENE means (the last dictionary it seems to have appeared in is Webster's Second New International in 1934, where it was already labeled "rare"), I decided to spell it out with examples. Unfortunately, the example "b" is wrong. That is a voiced consonant, not a voiceless one.

In retrospect, as the commenter Byron suggested at Crosswordfiend.com, I should have left the semi-duplication FAR CRY/CRIERS as it was. That would have been preferable to the obscure and ugly LENE.

The online version of the puzzle has now been restored to CRIERS/CLAY/RENE, which all future solvers will see. Of course, nothing can be done now about the print version of the puzzle. A correction on the clue error should appear shortly.

– puzzle by Stu Ockman

Mon 4/10/2017
R	A	I	S	E		A	B	O	D	E		C	O	B
O	R	C	A	S		C	O	R	E	D		A	C	E
S	E	A	N	C	O	N	N	E	R	Y		L	E	I
H	A	N	G		M	E	D	I	A		P	L	A	N
			T	S	A			D	I	S	H	I	N	G
T	I	M	O	T	H	Y	D	A	L	T	O	N
A	T	E		E	A	S	E		S	I	T
R	O	G	E	R		L	U	G		M	O	O	R	E
			R	N	A		C	A	D	S		W	I	I
		P	I	E	R	C	E	B	R	O	S	N	A	N
L	I	B	E	R	A	L			I	N	K
I	R	A	S		M	E	D	A	L		I	N	T	O
F	I	N		D	A	N	I	E	L	C	R	A	I	G
E	N	D		D	I	C	E	R		C	U	T	E	R
R	A	J		S	C	H	M	O		S	N	O	R	E

There is an old joke that prisoners make good crossword constructors because they have a lot of time on their hands.

In my 23+ years at the Times, I haven't found this to be the case. I've rarely gotten submissions from people in prison, and Lonnie Burton is the first one I've ever accepted a puzzle from.

Lonnie's theme of 007 actors is straightforward and unremarkable. I'm sure it's been done before. What tickled me about this version was the grid number "007," as well as the elegance of crossing the answer there with one of the theme entries. That's brilliant.

I asked Lonnie to tell me about himself and how he makes crosswords — which can't be easy to do in prison. A condensed version of his response appears below.

I'm a strong believer in redemption and the capacity of people to change. No matter what Lonnie has done in the past, which landed him in prison, I admire him for what he's doing now.

– puzzle by Lonnie Burton

POW Fri 9/30/2016
S	C	R	A	T	C	H			T	W	O	C	A	R
A	L	A	B	A	M	A		B	A	R	N	O	N	E
T	O	N	E	L	O	C		O	R	I	E	N	T	S
Y	T	D		I	N	K	B	L	O	T		V	E	E
R	H	O	D	A		A	A	A	S		S	E	A	T
S	E	M	I		O	T	B			H	U	R	T	S
			V	I	C	H	Y	S	S	O	I	S	E
	G	H	E	T	T	O	B	L	A	S	T	E	R
	L	E	B	R	O	N	J	A	M	E	S
F	O	R	A	Y			O	M	S		M	A	S	K
U	B	E	R		P	E	R	P		L	E	T	H	E
T	U	G		B	A	G	N	O	L	D		T	O	N
I	L	O	V	E	L	A		E	S	O	T	E	R	Y
L	I	E	A	B	E	D		T	A	P	I	N	T	O
E	N	S	L	E	R			S	T	A	N	D	I	N

Before scheduling today's puzzle, Joel and I gave a lot of thought to the answer GHETTO BLASTER (33A), worrying that some solvers might object. Certain sources, such as Wikipedia, say it's pejorative, and it's not my goal to disparage or hurt anyone.

But after a lot of discussion, soul-searching and research, we decided it's fair game.

First, an online search shows thousands of recent uses in BBC News, Slate, GQ and other respected media. An article last March in Rolling Stone magazine used the term in its very first sentence. And the entry on "political correctness" in the style manual for The Economist — after declaring "Do not labor to avoid imaginary insults" — specifically mentions "ghetto blaster" as an example.

We also asked a prominent African-American crossword constructor about the term, who personally had no problem with it.

The Times itself has used the phrase 15 times, including in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2012.

On the plus side, GHETTO BLASTER is a lively answer that has never appeared in a New York Times crossword before. It did appear last year in a diagramless puzzle in The Times. It also appeared in a 2010 crossword in The Los Angeles Times, indicating that another quality venue has also approved it.

All things considered, I think it passes muster.

– puzzle by James Mulhern

Tue 12/8/2015
R	A	B	B	I		E	D	A	M		P	E	N	N
P	A	L	E	D		L	I	R	A		A	L	O	E
M	A	U	V	E		F	A	I	R	Y	D	U	S	T
		E	Y	E	D			A	T	M		D	E	W
G	P	S		F	A	M	I	L	Y	C	R	E	S	T
R	O	T		I	R	O	C		R	A	O
A	L	A		X	E	N	O	N			B	R	O	S
F	A	T	H	E	R	K	N	O	W	S	B	E	S	T
T	R	E	E			S	C	O	R	E		D	A	R
			S	T	L		U	N	I	X		S	K	A
F	A	L	S	E	A	R	R	E	S	T		H	A	Y
A	R	I		A	B	E			T	A	X	I
B	R	E	A	K	F	A	S	T		P	O	R	E	D
L	O	G	S		E	M	I	R		E	X	T	R	A
E	W	E	S		E	S	P	Y		S	O	S	A	D

[Continuing from yesterday] My assistant, Joel, taped us editing yesterday's and today's puzzle, and he transcribed a bit of our discussion each day. It illustrates our process as well as our back-and-forth, which sometimes goes off on tangents. Below, we're working on the clue for 61-Across, BREAKFAST. The constructor's clue was "Morning meal ... or what this puzzle's theme entries do?"

Will: Hmm, well, that's awfully easy. Shouldn't we hide the revealer a little bit?

Joel: Right.

Joel: "IHOP speciality."

Will: "24-hour McDonald's offering, now."

Joel: That's kinda fun.

Will: Yeah. That's like an ad for McDonald's, though.

Joel: Well, I think they're doing okay.

Will: [laughs] You don't think they need us? Their stock price won't go up because of us?

[long pause]

Will: Morning ritual?

Joel: Ritual … hmm.

Will: Comb your hair, shower, breakfast.

Joel: I was looking up quotes about breakfast. Steven Wright: "I went to a restaurant that served 'Breakfast At Any Time.' So I ordered French toast during the Renaissance." [laughs]. All right, I thought there might be some quotes about breakfast, but, wasn't meant to be.

Will: Morning tradition? Morning staple?

Joel: Breakfast, breakfast, breakfast. Well … waffles, cereal, oatmeal, pancakes ...

Will: "Oatmeal or waffles, e.g." You think those equal breakfast?

Joel: Let's keep thinking. Breakfast … [pause] It's sometimes skipped in the morning?

Will: Rope.

Joel: Yeah, I don't know what the hell else that could be.

Will: I really don't mind "IHOP specialty," except it feels so commercial, especially because it's a theme answer. The whole puzzle hinges on this.

Joel: Hmm. This bothers you more than it bothers me. Because in my minis all the time, there's just brands left and right. I never feel like I'm selling out to them or doing them a favor or anything. It's just something me and the solver share in common. We both know what this thing is, so it's like a touchstone.

Will: There's a lot of brand names in the main crossword, too. I just try not to put too much attention on them. They should be incidental. And here, since it involves the key answer in the puzzle, it's sort of like throwing IHOP in your face.

Joel: That's why you don't like the McDonald's thing either?

Will: Yeah, even more so, 'cause that's new, so it's even more of an advertisement. "Hey guys, McDonald's has this new thing ..."

Joel: "After this commercial break, you can continue solving …"

Will: At least with IHOP, breakfast there is part of our long-standing culture.

Joel: Could say … "Coffee go-with"?

Will: "It follows a shower"?

Joel: It might not. I usually eat something before I shower.

Will: How's this for an ad … "Free Hampton Inn offering"! [laughs]

Joel: That's not a terrible idea, actually. We could do something like "Motel freebie."

Will: Uh-huh. "Motel freebie, nowadays." "Freebie" is weird, though. Freebie's like a mint on your pillow.

Joel: … "amenity"?

Will: That's better. O.K. … "Modern motel amenity." [scribbles it down]

Will: You know, when I started at the Times in '93, and I introduced commercial names into the puzzle, a lot of people really hated that. There were complaints for a couple of years, especially from older solvers. But I knew people would eventually come around. Either that ... or they'd die! Now maybe I'm on the conservative end of things.

Joel: Maybe it's just that brands are part of my … they're just everywhere, and they connect with people on Twitter and stuff. So I don't really think twice when I see one in the puzzle.

Will: Yeah, times have changed.

– puzzle by Neville Fogarty

Mon 12/7/2015
A	V	A	S	T		M	E	O	W		L	E	A	D
C	E	D	A	R		A	M	M	O		A	X	L	E
T	R	O	Y	A	I	K	M	A	N		I	T	L	L
I	D	S		I	M	E	A	N		I	D	E	A	L
V	I	E	T	N	A	M			G	A	U	N	T
			H	O	M	E	R	S	I	M	P	S	O	N
C	E	S	A	R			E	E	L	S		I	N	C
A	L	O	T		I	L	I	A	D		F	O	C	I
R	E	P		A	D	E	N			C	A	N	E	S
A	C	H	I	L	L	E	S	H	E	E	L
	T	O	R	T	E			O	N	R	A	M	P	S
R	O	M	E	O		L	I	N	D	A		Y	E	P
A	R	O	N		P	A	R	I	S	M	E	T	R	O
S	A	R	I		A	V	O	N		I	M	H	O	T
A	L	E	C		R	A	N	G		C	O	S	T	S

In case anyone is curious about how crossword clues are fact-checked and edited, my assistant, Joel, taped us editing today's and tomorrow's puzzles, and he's transcribed a bit of our discussion each day. It illustrates our process as well as our back-and-forth, which sometimes goes off on tangents. We work together at a desk in my office. I'm on an iPad, surrounded by dictionaries and books. Joel sits next to me at the main computer. Below, we're working on the clue for 2-Down, VERDI. The constructor's given clue was "'Rigoletto' composer."

Will: Verdi. Hmm. [Reaches for the Oxford Dictionary of Opera]

Joel: How many people do you think own the Oxford Dictionary of Opera?

Will: Not many, not many. You know, I was thinking the other day ... I have not updated my reference library in a while. I think it's because ... I don't feel I need to. Just about everything is online. I wonder if most of these books are even being produced anymore. If I go to the bookstore and look in the reference section ...

Joel: [pointing to another book on the shelf] Well, you're not going to find Milton Cross's "Complete Stories of the Great Operas," probably.

Will: That's out of print. Great reference, though.

Joel: When was this made … oh, two dollars, good for you. Oh, 1952. It smells like an old book.

Will: It's still worth having, because I feel, first of all, I can trust it. And, second, I know my books so well that sometimes I can look things up faster in books than I can online.

[pause]

Will: [Thinking back to the constructor's clue for 1-Down, "When Carmen dies, in 'Carmen,'" for the answer ACT IV] Is there any operatic character who dies in Act IV in a Verdi opera?

Joel: Phew, jeez, what a question. What a question to make me go and research …

Will: [newscaster voice] Over to you, Joel!

Joel: Okay, Verdi operas ... [sound of typing]

Will: Let's see … how many acts are there in "Rigoletto"?

Joel: Well, Verdi did do "Otello," and definitely a bunch of people die in "Otello," so ...

Will: "Rigoletto" has only three acts, so that's not going to work.

Joel: So when do, like, Desdemona or Iago, when do they die? [muttering] Act IV, Act IV …

Will: Ah! "Otello" has four acts.

Joel: Yeah, Desdemona dies. And then everybody dies in the last act as per Shakespeare's every other play.

Will: Hmm.

Joel: So we can say "When Desdemona dies, in 'Otello,'" and then we can say "'Otello' composer" for VERDI.

Will: Yeah. Actually, I like your first idea for ACT IV, or the first thing you said: "When everyone dies, in 'Otello.'"

Joel: [laughs] Well, I don't know if that's true, if everybody dies.

Will: Well, obviously not everyone.

Joel: It looks like in the opera, Otello is about to commit suicide and then they do a fade-to-black thing.

Will: [quoting the book] "Otello stabs himself, kissing Desdemona as he dies." Huh. How about "When Otello dies, in 'Otello'"?

Joel: Yeah, that's snappier.

Will: [laughs] Yeah, it's got that echo. Nancy [Schuster] will love us for back-to-back opera clues.

– puzzle by Jason Mueller

Mon 7/20/2015
S	W	A	B	S		A	C	R	E		E	N	Z	O
C	A	P	R	I		P	H	A	T		D	E	A	D
A	K	I	O	M	O	R	I	T	A		H	U	G	E
M	E	E	K		V	O	L	T		F	A	T
P	U	C	E		A	N	D	Y	M	U	R	R	A	Y
S	P	E	N	T					A	R	R	I	V	E
				I	F	I	M	A	Y		I	N	O	N
	M	O	R	N	I	N	G	P	E	R	S	O	N
P	A	L	O		R	O	M	E	R	O
T	I	D	B	I	T					W	A	R	D	S
A	L	M	I	C	H	A	E	L	S		G	E	E	K
		O	N	E		G	L	E	E		E	A	S	E
M	E	N	S		A	L	I	M	A	C	G	R	A	W
O	R	E	O		B	O	Z	O		L	A	U	D	E
B	R	Y	N		S	W	A	N		U	P	P	E	R

As John indicates, we spent a lot of time working to get the best set of 10-letter names of famous people with the initials A.M. Ethnic diversity and gender balance were serious considerations, as always, but other factors are just as important.

ANNE MURRAY was on our short list for this puzzle, but we didn't consider her to be nearly as famous as ANDY MURRAY. Anne Murray's last hit was in 1981, 34 years ago, whereas Andy Murray is a current tennis player who won Wimbledon as recently at 2013. ALICE MUNRO was also considered — but for a Monday puzzle we judged Andy Murray to be the best known.

Also, as a general matter it has to be acknowledged that there are a lot more famous men than famous women. In the "Noted Personalities" section of the World Almanac, for example, men outnumber women by more than 5 to 1. So naturally themes based on famous people's names are likely to have more men than women.

My main goal in a puzzle like today's is to have a broad range of generally familiar names, and I think today's set achieves that. To expect 50/50 gender balance is unrealistic, and insisting on such a balance in every puzzle would lead to inferior work.

– puzzle by John Westwig

Tue 6/9/2015
W	O	M	B	A	T		M	M	E		C	O	S	T
A	P	O	L	L	O		A	A	S		I	N	C	A
R	E	D	E	E	M		C	I	T	A	T	I	O	N
			A	R	C	H		N	E	W	Y	O	R	K
S	E	A	T	T	L	E	S	L	E	W		N	E	E
A	X	I	S		A	L	L	Y			U	S	S	R
G	A	D		I	N	G	E		S	P	A
A	M	E	R	I	C	A	N	P	H	A	R	O	A	H
			D	I	Y		D	O	O	M		M	R	I
M	U	S	S			A	E	R	O		O	N	E	S
I	S	U		S	E	C	R	E	T	A	R	I	A	T
K	E	R	O	U	A	C		D	I	R	E
A	F	F	I	R	M	E	D		N	E	G	A	T	E
D	U	E	L		E	D	U		G	N	O	M	E	S
O	L	D	S		S	E	E		S	A	N	T	A	S

Roy constructed this puzzle shortly after American Pharoah won the Preakness in May. We had an understanding: If American Pharoah wins the Belmont (and, thus, the Triple Crown) on June 6, I will then rush the puzzle into print. If not, his beautiful work will go to waste.

In a sense, Roy had a $300 paycheck riding on the outcome!

Fortunately, American Pharoah did win. The race took place on Saturday evening. I edited and typeset the puzzle on Sunday morning. The testers solved it and got me their comments by afternoon. I polished the clues. Ellen Ripstein went to the Times on Sunday night to prepare the files in all the formats for both print and online. Et voilà! Done with time to spare.

Conceivably, we could have rushed the puzzle into print on Monday, bumping the puzzle that was already scheduled then. But the Times crossword now appears in so many formats that a last-minute swap isn't easy. There would have been a serious chance for a screw-up somewhere besides. So Tuesday was safer, and the puzzle's theme and fill felt more Tuesdayish anyway.

A couple of notes on the clues:

While the puzzle has no specific mention of the "reveal," the Triple Crown, the clues for 22A ("Home of the Belmont Stakes") and 10D ("Louisville and Baltimore") do suggest all three legs of the title. I was pleased with that.
For 1D, WAR, I debated a long time about using the clue "___ Admiral," referring to the Triple Crown winner of 1937. I finally decided not to, as that would have muddied the theme. But I did include a backhanded reference to War Admiral's sire, and a great racehorse in its own right, with the ship reference "Man-o'-___."
One other semi-thematic clue was "Infield, for one" (AREA), referring to the interior part of a racetrack.

Altogether I think this turned out well. Thank you, Roy (and American Pharoah)!

The previously scheduled June 9 puzzle will now appear on June 30 instead.

– puzzle by Roy Leban

Wed 5/27/2015
O	B	A	M	A		T	R	A	D	E		T	V	A
V	I	D	A	L		W	A	K	E	D		O	A	R
A	G	O	R	A		A	N	I	M	U	S	T	N	T
	E	P	I		M	I	A	M	I		P	E	G
C	A	T	S	C	A	N	T		S	K	I	B	O	B
D	R	E	A	R	Y			P	E	E	R	A	G	E
L	S	D		O	A	S	E	S		N	I	G	H	T
			B	U	S	H	W	A	S	N	T
O	C	T	E	T		O	E	S	T	E		S	T	A
L	O	W	N	O	T	E			A	T	R	A	I	N
A	L	I	G	N	S		M	A	T	H	I	S	N	T
	G	S	A		H	O	O	F	S		T	H	Y
K	A	T	Y	D	I	D	N	T		Q	U	I	T	S
I	T	E		T	R	I	T	E		T	A	M	I	L
X	E	D		S	T	E	E	R		S	L	I	M	Y

Is today's theme consistent? It depends on how you interpret it. By spelling, no ... but phonetically, yes, it works.

KATYDIDN'T, MATHISN'T and BUSHWASN'T are pretty tight. These all add -N'T to familiar words/names to turn a verb at the end into a negative contraction. So far so good.

CATSCAN'T is slightly different, but not in a bad way. Because CAN already ends in an N, you only need to add -'T to complete the contraction. Probably not many solvers will be bothered by that.

The sticky example is ANIMUSTN'T, which adds -TN'T. That would be a deal-breaker — reason for instant rejection — if the theme's consistency were judged solely by spelling. But since the first T of ANIMUSTN'T is silent, this theme example works likes the others when said out loud. So the whole theme is consistent in that way.

Some solvers may object to the puzzle's loose phonetics. Technically, MATHIS ends in an "s" sound, which turns into a "z" sound in ISN'T. Also, the "a" sounds in BUSHWAS ("ah") and WASN'T ("uh") aren't quite the same. You have to say these two examples quickly for them to work.

I'm willing to do that for such a fresh, amusing, and otherwise super-specific theme.

– puzzle by Jim Quinlan

Sun 5/17/2015 TO-DO LIST (ABRIDGED)
B	R	E	A	D	S		R	O	M	A		O	D	D	S		S	T	E	M
M	A	R	I	N	E	C	O	R	P	S		K	E	E	P	S	C	O	O	L
W	I	N	D	A	W	A	T	C	H	A	P	L	A	Y	A	P	R	A	N	K
	N	O	E	L		T	I	A		T	H	A	N		R	O	A	D	S
				A	M	E	N		H	E	E			S	T	O	W
T	H	U	M	B	A	R	I	D	E	A	W	A	V	E	A	F	L	A	G
L	E	S	S	S	O			R	P	M		E	E	L				T	U	G
C	R	E	D			F	L	A	T		C	R	I	M	E	S	C	E	N	E
		D	O	A	F	L	I	P	A	C	O	I	N	A	P	H	R	A	S	E
			S	N	O	O	Z	E		H	U	E	S		S	E	T	S	I	N
M	T	M		N	O	W			S	I	P			B	O	A		E	T	A
A	R	A	R	A	T		S	A	L	E		C	H	A	N	T	S
R	U	N	A	L	I	G	H	T	A	F	I	R	E	A	S	H	O	T
C	I	T	Y	S	T	R	E	E	T		S	U	M	S			R	U	L	E
S	S	R				A	B	A		S	A	M			B	A	T	B	O	Y
	M	A	K	E	A	C	A	T	C	H	A	B	U	S	A	T	A	B	L	E
			A	C	N	E			A	R	K		P	A	D	S
	W	O	R	L	D		A	G	R	I		A	L	B		T	O	O	L
F	I	L	E	A	R	E	T	U	R	N	A	B	O	O	K	A	T	R	I	P
T	V	A	N	T	E	N	N	A		K	A	R	A	T	E	K	I	C	K	S
D	E	F	S		A	T	O	M		S	H	A	D		Y	E	S	S	E	S

It couldn't be "Field a fly," because that repeats the "a."

If anyone has a better suggestion than mine, I'm all ears. Joel and I spent quite a while on this!

– puzzle by Joe Krozel

Fri 5/15/2015
D	A	R	K	A	N	G	E	L			T	R	A	P
I	N	A	C	L	A	I	R	E		C	H	E	M	O
K	I	M	J	O	N	G	U	N		H	E	R	B	S
	S	I	O	N		A	D	D	T	O	C	A	R	T
P	E	N	N	E		H	I	L	O		A	T	O	I
B	E	T	E		S	E	T		U	N	R	E	S	T
A	D	O	S		T	R	E	S	P	A	S	S	E	S
				A	R	T		Y	E	P
G	Q	M	A	G	A	Z	I	N	E		L	A	P	S
S	U	I	T	E	S		N	T	S		O	D	I	N
T	E	S	T		S	A	S	H		I	C	A	L	L
R	E	S	I	D	E	N	C	E		M	A	W	S
I	N	U	R	E		D	A	T	A	P	L	A	N	S
N	I	S	E	I		O	L	I	V	E	T	R	E	E
G	E	A	R			R	E	C	E	I	V	E	R	S

For anyone who's curious, David's original clue for KIM JONG-UN was "Whom Dennis Rodman called 'a friend for life' in 2013." The reason I didn't keep the clue is ... it's not quite accurate. What Rodman actually said was that he, Rodman, was Kim's "friend for life." I didn't see a good way to reword the clue to make it correct, and it wouldn't have been as interesting the correct way anyway.

– puzzle by David Phillips

Tue 4/21/2015
G	P	A	S			U	P	P	E	R		L	E	O
A	I	R	E	D		M	A	C	R	O		E	X	C
S	A	T	U	R	D	A	Y	S	A	B	B	A	T	H
		I	R	A	I	S	E			S	O	N	A	R
S	E	S	A	M	E	S	E	E	D		L	I	N	E
M	O	T	T	S	T			R	E	P	E	N	T	S
U	N	E				C	L	A	M	O	R
		S	I	M	P	L	E	S	I	M	O	N
			C	D	R	A	T	E				A	P	U
C	A	S	H	I	E	R			O	U	T	G	U	N
A	L	T	I		S	O	L	I	D	S	O	U	T	H
E	L	A	N	D			E	M	O	T	E	R
S	U	R	G	E	S	U	P	P	R	E	S	S	O	R
A	D	E		M	U	S	E	E		N	I	K	O	N
R	E	D		S	N	A	R	L			N	I	P	S

To me, GPA'S is a fine entry, since the letters are spoken, and it's a common term besides. For the record, I'm less enthused about abbreviations that are only written — like JCT or APPT.

SPAS/SAS was OK, but a little bland. I think GPA'S/GAS has more pizzazz. Personal taste, of course.

– puzzle by Gerry Wildenberg

Tue 4/14/2015
G	A	G	A		A	I	R	E	S		T	E	E	S
A	G	E	S		G	R	E	T	A		R	A	T	E
T	H	A	T	S	G	R	E	A	T		I	S	H	E
E	A	R		H	I	E	S		T	A	S	T	E	R
			S	I	E	G		T	I	T	T	E	R	S
S	T	R	E	S	S		S	I	G	H	E	R
H	E	A	T	H		S	E	T	H	S		E	E	G
A	R	T	I		E	I	G	H	T		A	G	R	I
H	A	T		R	A	R	E	E		S	S	G	T	S
		E	R	A	S	E	R		G	E	T	S	E	T
S	T	R	E	E	T	S		T	I	T	I
T	E	R	E	S	A		H	A	R	T		A	H	S
E	R	I	S		S	T	A	R	T	E	R	S	E	T
T	R	E	E		I	R	I	S	H		A	T	R	A
S	I	R	S		A	E	G	I	S		G	R	E	G

As I wrote for yesterday's Beatles-themed puzzle, the stacking of 15-letter entries at the top and bottom adversely affected some of the fill. Not too badly, but still. It definitely had some non-Mondayish and subpar answers.

Today's puzzle has a different issue with the fill. The "stunt" of constructing the grid using only eight different letters of the alphabet resulted in a blander, more crosswordy grid than usual. Nothing truly awful, I think, but you've probably seen most of today's entries dozens (hundreds? thousands?) of times.

On the plus side, every answer here of eight or more letters is good to great. Bruce chose these with care. The puzzle's girders are genuinely strong, which is important even for a stunt. Having the simultaneously thematic and explanatory EIGHT smack-dab in the middle of the grid is a nice bonus.

Then, above everything else, there's Bruce's feat of producing a pretty-clean grid using only eight different letters of the alphabet.

Wow. I doff my hat.

– puzzle by Bruce Haight

Mon 4/13/2015
S	L	E	E	P	S		S	O	O	N		B	U	S
Y	E	L	L	O	W	S	U	B	M	A	R	I	N	E
S	H	E	S	L	E	A	V	I	N	G	H	O	M	E
T	I	M	E		A	U	S	S	I		E	T	A	S
				G	R	R				Q	U	A	N	T
B	R	A	V	A	S		A	L	B	U	M
M	U	R	A	L		U	V	U	L	A		F	A	B
W	H	E	N	I	M	S	I	X	T	Y	F	O	U	R
S	R	A		L	I	S	L	E		L	O	R	R	Y
			T	E	R	R	A		G	E	R	M	A	N
A	N	C	H	O				I	R	S
L	B	A	R		A	M	I	N	O		M	I	N	E
P	A	P	E	R	B	A	C	K	W	R	I	T	E	R
H	E	R	E	C	O	M	E	S	T	H	E	S	U	N
A	R	I		A	Y	E	S		H	O	N	O	R	S

Crossword constructing is a little like writing a palindrome. You want to write something as sensible and natural as possible. Still, there's the constraint that the thing has to read backward and forward the same, and chances are it's going to sound a little awkward.

Straw? No, too stupid a fad. I put soot on warts.

No one writes this way normally. But I look on a long palindrome like this and I marvel. It's a stunt, of a sort, and a very cool one.

Similarly, the Monday and Tuesday crosswords this week are "stunt puzzles," in which the constructor has started with some peculiar thematic constraint that compromises the fill.

The constraint in today's debut by Alex Silverman is the stacking of names of 15-letter Beatles songs at the top and bottom of the grid. I don't remember seeing thematic stacking like this before, and it bowls me over . The puzzle's subject, the Beatles, gives me good feelings besides.

The downside of the constraint, of course, is some non-Mondayish or less-than-stellar vocabulary. You can list it as well as I can.

For any stunt puzzle, I weigh the amazingness of the theme, and the difficulty of the constraint, versus how compromised the vocabulary is as a result. It's a balance. For an amazing stunt, I may make major allowances. For a smaller one, not so much. Both today and tomorrow, I think, the compromises are fairly modest and well worth tolerating to get the wow.

I won't spoil tomorrow's puzzle, but will say only that it involves a different sort of stunt with a different issue with the fill.

In both puzzles I hope you can make the same allowances I do to appreciate what's cool.

– puzzle by Alex Silverman

Sat 3/21/2015
J	U	M	P	I	N	J	A	C	K	F	L	A	S	H
A	H	O	O	S	I	E	R	H	O	L	I	D	A	Y
N	O	C	A	U	S	E	F	O	R	A	L	A	R	M
E	H	S		Z	A	P	S		A	C	T	S	I	N
			F	U	N			I	N	K
I	T	E	A			U	S	M			M	A	G	E
O	R	A	N	G	E	P	O	P	S	I	C	L	E	S
T	U	R	N	E	D	T	H	E	T	A	B	L	E	S
A	T	T	E	N	T	I	O	N	P	L	E	A	S	E
S	H	O	D			L	T	D			A	Y	E	S
				M	O	T			D	S	L
Y	E	S	B	U	T		E	D	U	C		S	L	O
O	N	E	A	F	T	E	R	A	N	O	T	H	E	R
G	E	T	S	T	O	F	I	R	S	T	B	A	S	E
I	S	T	H	I	S	S	E	A	T	T	A	K	E	N

I remember when I accepted my first triple-triple-stacked crossword for the Times. It was by the illustrious, triply-named Martin Ashwood-Smith back in 2000. I rushed it into print on May 19 of that year, because I thought it was so cool.

Over time, though, I've become a little less enchanted with triple-triple stacking, partly because, well, it's been done multiple times now (22 times, including today, according to XWord Info). Also:

Today's grid design is inherently flawed, because there's so little connection among the three parts of the grid. Just two letters link the top to the middle, and two others link the middle to the bottom. An elegant grid provides greater flow among the sections, giving the solver more options for how to proceed.
This grid has an oversupply of three-, four- and five-letter words. Of the 70 entries here, 56 (or fully 80%) are of these short lengths. And almost necessarily there's a lot of crosswordy stuff, like EHS, ITEA, USM, EDUC, ENES, SETT, EAR TO, POA, EDT, SO HOT, EFS, ADAS, IAL, LESE, OREN, etc. Altogether these don't make for lively solving.

What sold me on this puzzle, when I accepted it in April 2012, was the liveliness of the nine 15s. Every one of them is a gem, in my opinion. So the puzzle does provide some genuine pleasures, and I give Fred Healy major kudos for these.

But this is to report ... today's crossword is the last triple-triple-stacked puzzle in my files. And it's likely to be the last one I publish.

I'm still a sucker for elegant construction challenges, including crazy stacking, but it's time for this design to be retired.

– puzzle by Frederick J. Healy

Tue 2/24/2015
B	L	A	S	S		U	S	M	C		H	O	W	L
L	A	N	C	E		N	C	A	A		O	P	I	E
E	N	D	U	E		D	A	N	L		R	U	N	G
E	A	R	L	S	S	U	N	G	L	A	S	S	E	S
P	I	E	L	I	K	E		A	A	R	E
			E	N	A			N	C	O		O	F	F
B	R	E	R			I	D	E	A	L		H	U	E
L	A	D	Y	J	A	N	E	S	B	L	I	N	D	S
A	G	E		E	M	C	E	E			N	O	D	S
H	E	N		A	B	U			O	W	N
			S	N	U	B		S	T	O	O	L	I	E
Z	A	N	E	S	L	A	M	P	C	O	V	E	R	S
I	M	A	X		A	T	I	E		D	A	N	E	S
N	O	S	E		N	O	T	A		S	T	O	N	E
G	R	A	D		T	R	E	K		Y	E	S	E	S

Hi Jeff,

Your description on XWord Info today sounds about right. When Joel and I look at submissions, we mark them up with our reactions — check marks for entries we like, minus signs for ones we don't, x's for things we won't accept, question marks for entries we have to think about (like, hmm, is this really an in-the-language phrase?), and "ck" for stuff we need to check.

The size of these marks indicates the strength of our feelings. For example, OONA might get a small ding for being crosswordese, whereas E LEE would get a big demerit for being something we really, really don't want to use.

When we're done, we look over the manuscript as a whole, weighing the pluses and minuses, in deciding whether we want to accept the puzzle or not.

As for Elizabeth's puzzle today, we liked CALL A CAB, MANGANESE, SCULLERY, and WOODSY. On the minus side, PIELIKE gave us pause, and the grid has a modest amount of crosswordese. Joel revised the lower-left corner to remove the crosswordy ZASU and ANAS. He also looked at improving other areas, but didn't see a way to do this without making wholesale changes in the construction, which we didn't want.

The theme is really what sold me on this puzzle. I thought it was different and amusing. Of course, we timed its publication for the release of the movie "Fifty Shades of Grey."

I believe Elizabeth constructs without a computer (her grids are hand-drawn), so I give her big props for that.

--Will

– puzzle by Elizabeth A. Long

Thu 2/5/2015
T	A	P	A	S		G	I	R	L		P	A	M	S
I	V	A	N	A		E	B	A	Y		E	R	I	Q
F	O	R	Y	O	U	R	E	Y	E	S	O	N	L	Y
F	W	I	W		K	A	L	E		U	P	E	N	D
		S	H	E	R	R	I		B	E	L	L	E	S
S	T	I	E	G		D	E	C	O	D	E
A	R	A	R	A	T		V	I	A		A	L	O	U
L	O	N	E	L	Y	T	E	A	R	D	R	O	P	S
S	I	S	I		K	O	I		D	E	E	D	E	E
			W	H	E	N	C	E		A	P	E	R	S
C	A	C	A	O	S		A	N	K	L	E	S
E	D	E	N	S		S	N	O	W		O	T	I	S
L	E	A	D	E	R	O	F	T	H	E	P	A	C	K
E	L	S	E		I	D	L	E		E	L	R	E	Y
B	E	E	R		D	A	Y	S		K	E	S	E	Y

Somehow over time, Thursday has gotten the reputation of being the "trickster" day for the Times crossword. This is when you're most likely to encounter a rebus, answers that read in unorthodox directions, letters getting entered onto black squares or outside the grid, etc.

In truth, though, at least to me, Thursday is just supposed to be harder than Wednesday and easier than Friday. That is all.

Today's puzzle has about as untricky a theme as you'll find — three 15-letter song titles Across intersecting three other 15-letter song titles Down. Amazing. How did Mike find this?! All are titles of truly big songs that are familar to me (although 4D, just barely — that's a little before my time). The construction is pretty damn clean, too.

What makes this a Thursday? Partly it's the puzzle's 72-word word count, which is low enough to meet themeless Friday/Saturday standards. And partly it's that not everyone may know all these titles, in which case they're not so easy to fill in. Naturally, the cluing level has been pitched to a Thursday level to keep everything in sync.

If you like your Thursday themes trickier than this, hang on for future weeks. I've got some doozies on the way. But sometimes a Thursday theme can come in a straightforward variety, too.

– puzzle by Mike Buckley

POW Sat 12/20/2014
P	O	T	F	A	R	M	S		W	A	M	P	U	M
A	F	R	O	B	E	A	T		I	G	U	A	N	A
S	T	A	R	B	A	S	E		C	A	L	L	O	N
T	E	N	T	A	C	L	E		C	R	E	E	D	S
A	N	K	H		H	I	L	D	A		S	O	U	L
				M	I	N	E	O				D	E	A
P	O	P	G	U	N		D	O	C	I	L	I	T	Y
A	P	L	E	N	T	Y		M	O	L	I	E	R	E
R	E	A	L	G	O	O	D		U	L	S	T	E	R
T	R	Y				W	A	S	P	S
Y	A	M	S		C	L	U	E	D		M	E	M	E
T	R	A	C	E	R		P	R	E	N	A	T	A	L
R	O	T	A	T	E		H	A	T	E	M	A	I	L
A	L	E	R	T	S		I	P	A	D	M	I	N	I
Y	E	S	Y	E	S		N	E	T	S	A	L	E	S

(Mr. Shortz's detailed notes are on a separate page.)

– puzzle by Kevin G. Der and Ian Livengood

Sat 11/22/2014
F	O	S	H	I	Z	Z	L	E		K	N	O	W	S
E	X	C	U	S	E	Y	O	U		E	O	S	I	N
W	A	R	M	O	N	G	E	R		S	U	S	I	E
E	L	I	E		D	O	S		G	E	N	O	M	E
R	I	B		P	A	T	S	D	R	Y		B	O	Z
	C	E	C	E		E	E	R	O		M	U	T	E
			R	R	R		R	E	P	L	A	C	E	D
	F	R	A	C	A	S		D	E	I	M	O	S
B	R	E	Z	H	N	E	V		S	T	E
A	I	D	E		C	R	A	N		H	T	T	P
R	E	D		R	I	O	L	O	B	O		A	F	B
S	N	I	P	E	D		E	S	L		T	R	I	O
E	D	W	I	N		D	R	O	I	D	R	A	Z	R
A	L	I	K	E		M	I	A	M	I	A	R	E	A
T	Y	P	E	E		Z	E	P	P	O	M	A	R	X

By my count David's grid has 19 proper names out of 72 answers — a higher percentage than I like, honestly — and it's tricky to know exactly how hard to write their clues. Most proper names involve either-you-know-it-or-you-don't trivia. If the clues for SUSIE, ELIE, CECE, EDWIN, RENEE, and VALERIE, for example, reference obscure people, then you probably have to piece them together letter by letter from the crossings. That isn't much fun, especially when you have to do this repeatedly. On the other hand, if their clues all involve well-known people, then the puzzle becomes too easy. I hope I struck a happy balance here. But hitting just the right difficulty level for solvers on a name-heavy puzzle is an almost impossible task.

With that said, David's puzzle is still excellent work. Besides 1A, I like EXCUSE YOU, PATS DRY, BREZHNEV, DROID RAZR, ZEPPO MARX, REDDI-WIP, OSSO BUCO, WIIMOTES, and PFIZER, and other things. And there's very little in the grid that's bad. That's expert puzzle-making.

– puzzle by David Steinberg

Fri 11/14/2014
A	P	P			S	C	I	F	I			J	E	B
T	O	O		R	O	A	M	O	F	F		A	R	R
A	W	L		E	N	D	P	O	S	T		M	E	A
L	E	O	V	I	I	I		T	A	C	T	I	C	S
E	R	T	E		A	L	L	B	Y		W	E	T	S
	P	E	S	T		L	O	A		S	I	L	O
	C	A	P	I	T	A	L	L	E	T	T	E	R
		M	U	S	I	C	A	L	N	O	T	E
			C	H	E	S	S	M	O	V	E
	D	E	C	A	D	E		A	L	E	R	T	S
N	O	T	I			V	I	S			S	H	A	H
E	G	O		P	R	I	N	C	E	S		A	V	E
G	E	N	E	R	A	L	H	O	S	P	I	T	A	L
R	A	I	S	E	D	L	E	T	T	E	R	I	N	G
O	R	C	A	S		E	R	S		C	E	S	T	A

Joe Krozel never makes a "normal" crossword. Everything he does has some unusual constraint, usually something completely new. Here, the constraint consists of curiously related clues for the three Across answers that are stacked in the middle. In addition, two 15-letter Downs run smack through everything. Pretty amazing. One of the puzzle's test solvers, btw, objected to LETTER appearing in both 31A and 55A — but this doesn't break my rule. I don't allow any entire answer to be part of another answer (or appear in a clue, for that matter). But, generally speaking, I have no problem with part of an answer being part of another one. Most solvers don't seem to mind either. I'm more concerned with getting the best quality of fill, even if that means a semi-duplication like this.

– puzzle by Joe Krozel

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50 puzzles with Editor comments — 11/14/2014 to 9/1/2019

A	S	H		A	R	A	B			O	F	F			S	K	I	C	A	P
S	I	A		M	E	D	E		S	L	E	D		C	H	I	C	A	G	O
P	L	I	N	Y	T	H	E	E	L	D	E	R		R	E	T	U	N	E	S
C	O	L	O	R	W	H	E	E	L	S			L	O	I	S		B	L	T
A	S	S	A	Y	E	D		M	I	C	C	H	E	C	K		B	E	E	B
			H	A	E		C	O	M	O	R	O	S			L	A	R	V	A
I	M	S		N	T	S	B			R	E	I		B	O	O	K	R	E	C
D	A	T	E		S	U	E		K	E	E	P	S	I	T	R	E	A	L
C	Y	A	N	S		P	R	E	P		P	O	S	I	T	E	D
H	I	T	J	O	B	S		M	O	W		L	I	N	T		B	A	R	K
I	G	U	A	N	A		A	P	P	O	L	L	S		E	Y	E	D	U	P
P	O	E	M		S	A	L	T		W	O	O		D	R	E	A	D	E	D
			B	A	S	T	A	Y	A		T	I	M	E		S	N	A	F	U
	J	A	M	E	S	T	A	Y	L	O	R		E	L	I		S	M	U	T
J	A	N	E	R	O	E		S	I	P			L	I	R	R		S	L	Y
A	M	I	N	O			G	E	N	E	T	I	C		O	A	T
M	A	S	T		G	L	U	T	E	N	I	N		I	N	T	E	G	R	A
P	I	E		Z	O	O	M			S	E	X	C	O	M	E	D	I	E	S
A	C	T	A	E	O	N		J	A	L	I	S	C	O	M	E	X	I	C	O
C	A	T	C	A	F	E		L	O	O	N		A	T	A	D		N	U	N
K	N	E	E	L	S			O	C	T			B	A	N	G		G	R	E

A	M	I	R			M	E	S	A	S		S	W	A	M		A	F	A	R
R	O	D	E	O		O	A	K	I	E		O	H	H	I		D	R	N	O
A	N	Y	C	O	L	D	T	I	M	E		D	E	A	D	C	H	E	A	T
B	A	L	A	N	C	E	S		E	S	S	A	Y		S	H	E	E	S	H
			L	A	H	R		D	E	A	L			S	T	A	R	R
H	U	R	L		A	N	T	I		W	E	L	S	H		R	E	A	D	S
A	T	A		T	I	D	A	L		S	W	E	A	R	A	T		D	O	E
W	I	N	C	E	M	A	K	E	R		S	A	L	U	T		T	I	N	E
K	L	E	I	N		N	E	M	E	A		P	A	G	E	C	R	A	N	K
S	E	E	P	A	G	E		M	A	T	H		A	S	A	R	U	L	E
			H	B	O		B	A	P	T	I	S	M		S	I	D
	S	M	E	L	T	E	R		S	I	G	N		N	E	M	E	S	I	S
S	P	A	R	E	C	R	I	B		C	H	A	R	O		S	A	U	D	I
W	I	G	S		H	O	D	A	D		C	R	O	W	H	O	U	S	E	S
A	R	I		M	A	D	E	I	R	A		L	A	Y	O	N		H	A	S
T	E	M	P	E		E	S	T	E	R		U	D	O	N		O	I	L	Y
		O	A	R	E	D			A	S	A	P		U	S	S	R
I	A	M	B	I	C		H	O	M	E	R		E	D	H	A	R	R	I	S
C	R	E	S	T	A	R	E	A		N	O	W	Y	O	U	S	E	E	M	E
A	I	N	T		S	U	L	K		A	S	H	E	N		E	R	N	I	E
N	A	T	S		H	E	M	S		L	E	A	S	T			Y	O	N	D

R	E	G	I	F	T	S			I	C	H	E	C	K		Q	U	R	A	N
I	C	E	S	H	E	E	T		T	H	E	S	U	N		U	S	E	B	Y
P	O	T	L	A	T	C	H		G	O	E	S	F	O	R	A	S	P	I	N
E	L	S	E		O	T	E	R	I		D	E	F	C	O	N		S	T	Y
N	I	T		U	N	S	H	O	R	N				K	O	T	B
		H	O	P	S		O	O	L	A	L	A			K	I	R	S	C	H
U	B	E	R	S		A	T	M		T	E	N	A	M		C	A	M	E	O
R	A	B	A	T		E	L	B	A		T	I	L	L		O	V	A	L	S
N	I	L	L	A		S	L	A	P		S	T	A	B	S		A	B	L	E
S	L	R		R	I	O	T		P	O	L	A	R		I	N	D	U	S
		O	C	T	O	P	I		A	B	O		K	A	Z	O	O	S
	B	L	A	S	T		M	A	R	I	O		A	B	E	T		I	R	E
V	O	L	T		A	R	O	M	A		S	O	N	Y		S	O	N	I	A
E	X	I	T	S		B	R	A	T		E	N	D	S		O	M	E	N	S
G	E	N	O	A		G	E	N	E	S		E	N	S		R	I	S	K	Y
A	R	G	Y	L	E			A	D	A	G	I	O		A	R	T	S
			S	E	T	H				C	A	D	B	U	R	Y		O	P	S
S	A	W		S	T	A	K	E	D		R	A	I	M	I		S	W	A	T
T	U	R	N	T	U	R	N	T	U	R	N		T	A	S	M	A	N	I	A
U	T	I	C	A		S	E	N	A	T	E		E	M	E	R	G	E	N	T
B	O	T	O	X		H	E	A	L	E	R			I	N	S	E	R	T	S

P	O	S	T				C	H	A	R	S		T	S	A		A	K	A
E	U	L	E	R		T	A	I	W	A	N		H	I	L	A	R	Y	S	K
S	C	E	N	E		O	R	G	A	N	A		A	M	E	S	I	O	W	A
T	H	E	P	L	O	T	T	H	I	C	K	E	N	S		E	A	T	A	T
		P	I	A	N	O			T	H	E	Y			S	A	L	O	N
O	P	E	N	T	O		S	P	E	D		E	S	S	O
F	A	R	S	I		V	E	R	D	I		S	C	O	F	F		B	I	O
T	A	C		N	E	A	L	E		P	O	P	U	L	A	R	K	I	D	S
E	V	A	N	G	E	L	I	Z	E		R	O	B		S	I	E	G	E	L
N	O	R	A		L	E	G		M	A	O	T	A	I		A	N	D	S	O
			P	S	S	T		G	E	R	M	S		P	O	R	N
V	E	S	P	A		S	H	O	R	T	E		O	H	M		E	T	D	S
E	X	C	I	T	E		E	L	I		O	F	F	O	N	A	L	A	R	K
S	P	R	E	A	D	E	A	G	L	E		R	U	N	I	T		K	O	I
T	O	Y		N	E	W	T	O		S	P	O	S	E		E	M	E	N	D
					N	E	S	T		C	A	G	E		D	A	I	S	E	S
	P	L	E	B	S			H	E	A	L			S	A	L	S	A
P	R	O	B	E		H	E	A	D	L	E	S	S	C	H	I	C	K	E	N
C	O	C	O	A	M	I	X		G	A	T	E	A	U		V	A	N	D	Y
S	W	A	N	D	I	V	E		A	T	T	E	N	D		E	L	E	N	A
	S	L	Y		R	E	C		R	E	E	D	S				L	E	A	D

	H	A	N	G	S		C	L	E	A	N		S	T	E	E	P	E	S	T
C	A	G	I	E	R		H	O	U	S	E		O	R	D	N	A	N	C	E
B	R	O	N	T	O	S	A	U	R	U	S		B	U	D	D	Y	C	O	P
G	L	U	T	S		T	R	I	O			A	R	E	A			O	N	E
B	E	T	H		L	O	I	S		A	C	R	I	D		S	P	R	E	E
	M	I	S	Q	U	O	T	E	S	M	O	S	Q	U	I	T	O	E	S
				U	G	L	Y		A	P	T		U	P	T	O	P
	A	R	I	O	S	I			L	E	A	V	E		P	R	E	A	M	P
F	R	O	N	T	I	E	R	F	U	R	N	I	T	U	R	E		S	A	L
I	M	A	F	A	N		E	L	D	E	S	T		F	O	R	S	A	L	E
L	O	R	E			A	P	U				A	D	O			C	U	B	A
M	I	S	R	E	A	D		F	R	O	L	L	O		A	L	I	N	E	S
E	R	A		S	C	A	R	F	A	C	E	S	A	C	R	I	F	I	C	E
D	E	T	A	C	H		A	S	K	T	O			H	A	B	I	T	S
			P	O	E	S	Y		I	A	N		A	I	M	E
	O	V	E	R	S	E	L	L	S	V	E	R	S	A	I	L	L	E	S
T	W	I	X	T		T	I	T	H	E		A	S	P	S		E	X	P	O
R	E	D			P	L	O	D			F	R	E	E		T	A	P	I	R
A	S	I	S	E	E	I	T		B	R	A	I	N	T	E	A	S	E	R	S
S	T	O	U	T	E	S	T		M	O	U	N	T		S	T	E	R	E	O
H	O	T	L	A	N	T	A		W	I	N	G	S		C	A	S	T	S

L	A	M	P	S		B	E	R	G			S	T	O	P		T	H	E	F	T
O	Z	A	R	K		L	M	A	O			C	H	A	R		H	E	L	I	O
R	E	K	E	Y		A	T	M	O	S	P	H	E	R	E		E	R	R	O	L
D	R	E	A	M	O	N		I	B	E	R	I	A		N	A	M	E	O	N	E
E	A	R	M	A	R	K	S		E	G	O	S		R	U	B	A	I	Y	A	T
			B	L	A	S	T	F	R	O	M	T	H	E	P	A	S	T
	C	E	L	L		T	A	I					O	C	T		K	I	S	S
C	O	T	E		M	A	R	S	H			I	S	A	I	D		S	I	T	H
A	C	H		F	O	R	T	H	E	M	O	S	T	P	A	R	T		N	A	Y
R	O	Y	A	L	W	E			W	O	O	L			L	E	O	P	A	R	D
B	A	L	R	O	G		S	O	N	D	H	E	I	M		X	P	R	I	Z	E
			M	O	L	T	E	D					A	P	I	E	C	E
		C	H	R	I	S	T	O	P	H	E	R	M	A	R	L	O	W	E
T	A	H	O	E		K	A	R	A	O	K	E	B	A	R		A	R	R	A	Y
S	C	A	L	D	S				X	M	E	N				S	T	A	N	C	E
A	C	M	E		P	R	I	M	R	O	S	E	P	A	T	H		P	I	C	A
R	I	P			R	O	D	E	O			G	U	S	T	O			E	R	R
I	D	A		M	I	X	E	D	M	E	T	A	P	H	O	R	S		P	E	Z
N	E	G	R	O	N	I	S		A	X	E	D		E	P	I	P	H	Y	T	E
A	N	N	E	T	T	E			N	A	T	E			S	N	A	R	L	E	R
S	T	E	N	T	S				A	M	E	S				G	R	E	E	D	O

T	S	A			S	C	A	N	T		R	A	N	A	T			M	A	T
R	I	P	S		A	U	D	I	O		A	L	E	R	T		M	A	U	I
O	T	O	H		T	R	A	N	Q	U	I	L	I	T	Y		A	N	T	E
O	S	L	O		S	A	G		U	M	S		G	I	L		N	O	O	B
P	A	L	E	O		T	E	L	E	P	A	T	H	S		O	U	N	C	E
E	T	O		N	O	O	S	E				A	S	T	I	N		T	R	A
R	O	E		E	A	R		A	P	A	R	T		E	V	E		H	A	M
S	P	L	A	S	H		A	R	A	M	A	I	C		E	G	R	E	T	S
		E	D	M	U	N	D		R	B	G		Y	E	S	I	A	M
N	I	V	E	A		C	O	O	K	I	E	J	A	R		A	D	O	R	E
P	R	E	L	L		A	R	M	S	T	R	O	N	G		N	I	O	B	E
R	E	N	A	L		A	N	A				R	I	O		T	O	N	I	C
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A	U	N	T	I	E	E	M						V	E	X		T	E	S	T	Y
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I	R	I	S	H		B	I	C						G	O	S	S	A	M	E	R
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L	A	S	E	R		L	A	N	D	E	D	O	N		A	B	S	C	E	S	S

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P	I	E	P	A	N		D	E	L	E	T	E		S	C	A	T	T	E	R

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K	N	E	E	L	S			O	C	T			B	A	N	G		G	R	E

A	M	I	R			M	E	S	A	S		S	W	A	M		A	F	A	R
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N	A	T	S		H	E	M	S		L	E	A	S	T			Y	O	N	D

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N	I	T		U	N	S	H	O	R	N				K	O	T	B
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B	O	T	O	X		H	E	A	L	E	R			I	N	S	E	R	T	S

P	O	S	T				C	H	A	R	S		T	S	A		A	K	A
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T	A	C		N	E	A	L	E		P	O	P	U	L	A	R	K	I	D	S
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V	E	S	P	A		S	H	O	R	T	E		O	H	M		E	T	D	S
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S	T	E	N	T	S				A	M	E	S				G	R	E	E	D	O

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A	U	N	T	I	E	E	M						V	E	X		T	E	S	T	Y
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B	O	T	O	X		H	E	A	L	E	R			I	N	S	E	R	T	S

P	O	S	T				C	H	A	R	S		T	S	A		A	K	A
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	S	L	Y		R	E	C		R	E	E	D	S				L	E	A	D

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A	N	N	E	T	T	E			N	A	T	E			S	N	A	R	L	E	R
S	T	E	N	T	S				A	M	E	S				G	R	E	E	D	O

T	S	A			S	C	A	N	T		R	A	N	A	T			M	A	T
R	I	P	S		A	U	D	I	O		A	L	E	R	T		M	A	U	I
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