| Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
| 7 | 7/31/2020 | 3/10/2023 | 3 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
| 1.54 | 32 | 45% |
Fri 3/10/2023
| T | R | A | G | I | C | F | L | A | W | | A | B | I | T |
| H | O | L | Y | T | O | L | E | D | O | | P | O | O | H |
| U | P | A | N | D | L | E | A | V | E | | I | O | W | A |
| D | E | N | T | | V | E | N | I | | B | A | K | E | D |
| | | | W | I | T | | S | C | A | N | T | Y | |
| A | N | T | M | A | N | | L | O | R | D | | I | O | N |
| L | O | H | A | N | | | O | R | A | L | | T | U | E |
| P | R | E | G | N | A | N | C | Y | P | I | L | L | O | W |
| H | E | R | | A | M | O | K | | | A | G | E | N | T |
| A | L | E | | B | E | T | S | | E | R | A | S | E | S |
| A | T | H | E | N | A | | G | U | S | | | | |
| E | T | H | O | S | | P | O | O | R | | J | E | E | P |
| L | I | E | S | | M | E | L | L | O | Y | E | L | L | O |
| M | O | R | E | | L | E | G | O | P | E | R | S | O | N |
| O | N | E | D | | S | P | A | W | E | E | K | E | N | D |
POW Thu 12/29/2022
| N | O | R | | P | A | W | N | | | S | A | L | M | A |
| I | V | E | | E | L | I | O | T | | A | D | I | O | S |
| L | A | T | E | R | A | L | L | Y | | T | E | M | P | S |
| T | O | A | D | | T | I | V | O | | | I | I | I |
| C | I | R | C | U | S | | E | M | U | L | A | T | E | S |
| H | O | T | H | E | A | D | | | R | O | B | E | R | T |
| I | N | S | | | L | E | A | S | | A | I | D | | |
| | | L | A | T | E | S | H | I | F | T | | | |
| | G | O | L | | T | H | E | M | | | C | S | I |
| S | T | A | L | L | S | | | D | A | B | B | L | E | D |
| C | O | L | L | A | T | E | D | | C | L | E | A | N | S |
| Y | U | P | | | S | A | R | I | | A | L | M | A | |
| T | R | A | N | S | | V | E | N | T | I | L | A | T | E |
| H | E | L | E | N | | E | A | S | E | S | | T | O | Y |
| E | D | S | E | L | | | D | O | N | E | | O | R | E |
We are delighted to share our first puzzle collaboration with you! This puzzle was developed in summer 2021 as we were wondering how it was possible that we had never made a puzzle together. Rachel had the initial theme idea with EMUS/EMULATES, and we worked together to nail down exactly how we wanted to execute the SHIFT mechanism. Together, we equally shared the work of selecting the theme entries, laying them out, and filling the grid, and then we wrote the clues together over Zoom, bouncing ideas off of each other and laughing a little too hard at the "Chicken king" echoing clues. We're delighted that our original clue for 40D made the final cut (representation matters!).
A little about us: we are the proud owners of the crossword blog Just Gridding, where we post our own puzzles, occasional collaborations with other fine crossword folk, and the occasional "Just-The-Grid," where we crowdsource clues to create a finished puzzle. We have also worked together on the fundraising crossword packs These Puzzles Fund Abortion and These Puzzles Fund Abortion Too. We are excited to be working on our next TPFA puzzle pack and encourage you to check out www.abortionpuzzles.com for more information about this project!
Fri 9/2/2022
| E | S | T | A | T | E | L | A | W | | | I | R | A | N |
| C | L | O | S | E | G | A | M | E | S | | N | E | M | O |
| C | A | R | T | R | O | U | B | L | E | | H | A | U | T |
| O | W | N | E | R | | G | I | L | L | | E | L | S | E |
| | | R | A | S | H | | | F | R | A | M | E | D |
| S | I | N | S | | A | T | O | P | | A | V | A | | |
| W | O | O | | P | U | R | S | E | | P | E | T | A | L |
| A | T | T | H | E | L | A | S | T | M | I | N | U | T | E |
| G | A | B | O | N | | C | I | T | E | D | | R | O | T |
| | Y | O | N | | K | E | R | I | | G | E | M | S |
| S | N | A | K | E | D | | | A | N | D | Y | | | |
| T | I | M | E | | A | C | T | I | | A | M | M | A | N |
| R | E | I | D | | W | H | E | N | I | N | R | O | M | E |
| A | C | L | U | | N | A | M | E | D | N | A | M | E | S |
| P | E | E | P | | | S | P | R | A | Y | T | A | N | S |
Fri 3/18/2022
| A | V | O | N | | | D | I | S | A | P | P | E | A | R |
| M | A | N | O | | B | E | S | T | C | H | A | N | C | E |
| B | L | T | S | | O | N | E | A | T | A | T | I | M | E |
| E | V | I | L | | U | S | E | R | | S | I | D | E | D |
| R | E | P | O | S | T | | | T | H | E | O | | | |
| | P | U | T | | I | C | E | E | | S | W | A | G |
| J | O | Y | C | E | | C | A | R | R | Y | | A | G | O |
| O | N | T | H | E | B | A | C | K | B | U | R | N | E | R |
| S | L | O | | L | A | N | A | I | | C | A | N | D | Y |
| E | Y | E | S | | T | R | O | T | | K | I | A | | |
| | | H | O | S | E | | | S | Y | S | T | E | M |
| A | T | R | I | A | | L | I | P | A | | E | R | G | O |
| P | O | I | N | T | T | A | K | E | N | | S | A | G | A |
| P | R | O | T | E | S | T | E | R | S | | U | D | O | N |
| S | O | T | O | S | P | E | A | K | | | P | E | N | S |
CLAIRE: I am forever indebted to Brooke for helping this puzzle get to publication. This puzzle went as mine sometimes do — I made the grid, wrote one clue (29-Down), and then set it aside until I was in the mood for more cluing. A few months later I found the puzzle and reached out to Brooke, asking if she wanted to write some clues and, (no surprise) she knocked it out of the park.
BROOKE: Claire is one of the constructors I am consistently most inspired by and it was very much my privilege to team up on this one! The only downside is depriving the solver of more bangers like 29-Down (obviously the best clue in the puzzle). Most of the clues are exactly or close to our originals (if this was a tougher Friday than usual, um, oops)... we cannot, however, take credit for the fun/interesting/?!? fact in 38-Down.
BOTH: We (along with the fabulous Rachel Fabi) have spent the past few months editing These Puzzles Fund Abortion Too, a puzzle pack that is currently raising money for seven different abortion funds. Please check out our website for more info or go straight to the NNAF Fund-a-Thon page.
POW Tue 2/15/2022
| S | T | E | P | U | P | | O | D | I | N | | C | O | T |
| I | O | D | I | N | E | | N | O | R | A | | A | R | E |
| C | O | U | L | D | A | | A | R | I | D | | R | I | T |
| | C | O | U | R | T | D | I | S | A | S | T | E | R |
| E | L | A | T | E | | O | A | T | H | | T | O | N | I |
| L | E | T | | | A | F | R | O | | L | O | O | T | S |
| F | I | E | L | D | Q | U | E | S | T | I | O | N | S | |
| | | I | O | U | | | | O | M | G | | | |
| R | I | N | G | A | L | A | R | M | B | E | L | L | S |
| R | I | M | E | S | | E | G | O | S | | | E | E | K |
| O | C | T | A | | M | A | R | K | | A | M | I | G | A |
| P | O | O | L | R | E | S | O | U | R | C | E | S | | |
| E | T | A | | O | A | H | U | | A | U | T | U | M | N |
| I | T | S | | W | R | E | N | | S | T | A | R | E | S |
| N | A | T | | S | A | D | D | | H | E | L | E | N | A |
Fri 12/3/2021
| B | O | T | H | | O | S | I | R | I | S | | H | B | O |
| R | H | E | A | | U | P | T | O | N | O | G | O | O | D |
| A | I | M | S | | S | E | C | O | N | D | W | I | N | D |
| T | O | P | N | O | T | C | H | | | D | E | S | K | S |
| | T | O | N | E | S | | G | L | I | N | T | S | |
| I | F | F | I | E | R | | L | O | A | N | | | | |
| R | E | A | D | S | | B | A | B | Y | G | A | T | E | S |
| K | A | T | E | | T | A | P | A | S | | S | U | R | E |
| S | T | E | A | D | Y | G | I | G | | D | I | X | I | E |
| | | | E | K | E | S | | D | E | F | E | N | D |
| R | A | F | A | E | L | | V | A | L | I | D | | |
| W | O | R | L | D | | | G | A | Y | I | C | O | N | S |
| A | D | I | O | S | A | M | I | G | O | | A | C | A | I |
| R | E | S | P | E | C | T | F | U | L | | R | A | I | D |
| M | O | E | | T | E | A | S | E | D | | E | T | R | E |
Fri 7/31/2020
| P | R | O | M | | B | F | F | S | | M | A | L | T | A |
| A | E | R | O | | E | L | A | S | T | I | G | I | R | L |
| N | C | A | A | | L | A | Y | E | R | C | A | K | E | S |
| D | O | N | T | C | A | R | E | | A | R | I | E | S | |
| A | N | G | | R | Y | E | | L | I | O | N | | | |
| C | E | L | I | E | | B | U | L | B | | P | G | A |
| H | I | S | A | N | D | H | I | S | | L | A | L | A | W |
| A | L | O | N | G | | A | L | T | | A | B | A | S | E |
| L | E | D | G | E | | R | E | S | I | D | E | N | T | S |
| F | D | A | | W | A | D | S | | C | I | D | E | R | |
| | | P | O | L | Y | | H | E | N | | T | O | S |
| A | L | E | R | T | | R | E | D | G | I | A | N | T |
| A | M | E | N | T | O | T | H | A | T | | T | R | O | U |
| D | I | N | A | H | S | H | O | R | E | | L | I | M | B |
| O | D | D | L | Y | | U | S | D | A | | L | A | Y | S |
ERIK: Periodic reminder: the Crossword Puzzle Collaboration Directory is a resource for puzzlemakers from underrepresented groups. If you're interested in writing crosswords (or other puzzles) and would like some tips on getting started, someone to critique your work, or someone to collaborate with, give it a look.
