| Total | Debut | Latest |
| 8 | 8/27/2013 | 5/4/2024 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Rebus | Circle | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
| 1 | 1 | 1.57 | 37 | 62% |
Sat 5/4/2024
| A | S | I | F | | F | A | S | T | S | | A | T | I | T |
| B | A | N | A | N | A | C | H | I | P | | N | A | N | A |
| L | U | C | Y | I | M | H | O | M | E | | D | R | O | P |
| E | C | O | | B | I | O | T | E | C | H | | A | R | I |
| R | E | M | | | L | O | S | | | E | F | R | O | N |
| D | E | A | R | Y | | | S | P | A | R | E | U | S |
| | | G | O | T | T | A | L | O | V | E | I | T | |
| | W | E | A | R | E | S | O | D | E | A | D | | |
| R | A | I | S | E | A | S | T | I | N | K | | | |
| W | E | B | S | T | E | R | | | A | S | S | A | M | |
| E | V | I | T | E | | | M | R | T | | | N | O | G |
| C | I | S | | R | E | P | A | I | R | S | | I | M | O |
| A | L | A | S | | R | A | N | L | I | K | E | M | A | D |
| R | E | B | A | | R | I | S | K | S | I | T | A | L | L |
| E | D | I | T | | S | L | E | E | T | | C | L | A | Y |
Fri 1/19/2024
| E | L | I | S | | T | M | I | | B | U | S | M | A | P |
| N | O | N | O | | H | O | M | E | A | T | L | A | S | T |
| D | O | H | A | | E | V | I | L | L | A | U | G | H | S |
| O | K | O | K | | O | I | N | K | S | | R | E | E | D |
| F | I | T | | P | R | E | | S | A | D | | | | |
| R | E | W | I | R | E | D | | | M | U | L | C | H | |
| A | H | A | M | O | M | E | N | T | | H | I | H | O | S |
| N | E | T | S | | S | A | Y | A | H | | B | A | L | M |
| T | R | E | E | S | | L | E | T | I | T | R | I | D | E |
| E | R | T | E | S | | | E | T | H | A | N | O | L |
| | | | A | C | K | | R | A | Y | | S | N | L |
| T | A | C | H | | L | E | F | T | S | | S | T | A | T |
| S | T | A | Y | C | A | T | I | O | N | | P | O | S | E |
| K | I | N | D | A | S | O | R | T | A | | A | R | E | S |
| S | T | E | E | P | S | | M | S | G | | S | E | C | T |
Fri 10/20/2023
| A | S | I | S | | A | T | R | I | A | | S | P | A | R |
| M | O | T | E | L | R | O | O | M | S | | A | H | M | E |
| P | L | E | X | I | G | L | A | S | S | | F | O | I | L |
| M | O | M | | B | U | E | N | O | | B | E | N | D | Y |
| | | D | E | E | T | | S | M | O | T | E | | |
| S | E | D | E | R | S | | G | O | O | D | Y | B | A | G |
| A | Q | A | B | A | | P | A | R | T | Y | F | O | U | L |
| M | U | R | A | L | | E | R | R | | D | I | O | D | E |
| S | A | N | T | A | B | A | B | Y | | O | R | K | I | N |
| A | L | T | E | R | E | G | O | | F | U | S | S | E | S |
| | O | T | T | E | R | | D | E | B | T | | | |
| S | H | O | E | S | | A | V | A | I | L | | F | O | P |
| I | O | T | A | | E | V | I | L | G | E | N | I | U | S |
| G | R | I | M | | G | E | L | I | N | S | E | R | T | S |
| H | A | N | S | | G | L | E | S | S | | W | E | S | T |
Fri 5/5/2023
| | H | A | S | H | T | A | G | | | W | O | M | B |
| T | A | L | L | T | A | L | E | | E | E | N | I | E |
| F | A | N | L | E | T | T | E | R | | T | R | E | N | D |
| I | T | S | U | P | P | O | R | T | | A | E | S | I | R |
| S | T | A | R | T | | O | T | I | S | | B | O | S | E |
| T | O | R | E | | W | I | S | E | C | R | A | C | K | S |
| S | O | P | | P | A | N | | | R | O | C | K | I | T |
| | | H | E | R | E | | D | U | S | K | | | |
| A | B | O | A | R | D | | | A | B | S | | S | U | V |
| F | O | N | D | U | E | P | O | T | S | | H | A | N | A |
| R | O | S | A | | N | O | V | A | | N | E | V | I | S |
| A | K | E | L | A | | P | U | L | S | E | R | A | T | E |
| M | O | R | O | N | | P | L | O | T | H | O | L | E | S |
| E | N | V | O | Y | | E | A | S | Y | R | E | A | D | |
| S | E | E | K | | | D | R | S | E | U | S | S | | |
My wife was pregnant when I wrote this puzzle which was very front-of-mind when writing this set of clues (See 8-A, 33-A, 20-D, 39-D, and this bonus clue for 38-D: "Suddenly looked pregnant"). Our second is now 5 months old, very smiley, and is already grumbling about perceived unfair crossings in late week crosswords!
Tue 2/22/2022
| M | A | G | S | | W | I | F | E | | | W | I | E |
| T | O | R | R | E | | A | T | R | L | D | S | E | N | D |
| G | L | E | A | N | | P | R | O | M | O | T | I | N | G |
| I | T | S | N | O | T | O | K | | | N | O | R | S | E |
| F | O | O | T | R | N | | S | E | N | T | R | D | | |
| | | O | A | T | | | L | O | R | E | N | Z | O |
| Q | U | I | D | | | S | H | I | R | R | | E | I | N |
| I | B | N | | T | U | E | S | D | A | Y | | S | T | Y |
| N | E | T | | I | N | A | N | E | | | F | S | I | X |
| G | R | E | N | D | E | L | | | A | G | O | | | |
| | R | E | E | S | E | S | | B | A | R | G | E | S |
| J | U | S | T | W | | | L | E | A | S | T | R | S | T |
| O | P | E | R | A | G | O | E | R | | C | R | E | T | E |
| D | O | C | K | Y | A | R | D | S | | A | T | E | A | M |
| I | N | T | | | B | E | S | T | | P | H | D | S | |
This was a difficult puzzle to construct! Once I staked out the rebus squares and the central revealer, I found a limited number of grid layouts that maintained rotational symmetry while still providing varied "TWO" answers. Usually, I play around with several grid layouts and potential fill options, but in this case, I was pretty locked into the grid that you see published.
In my original puzzle submission, the fill I settled on was rather difficult for a Tuesday (as an example, I had KNORR at 32-Across crossed by NSW, EPODE, and NARA), but Joel helped me work through some alternative fill options to make this puzzle more Tuesday-friendly. One compromise we had to make is the 43-Down "TWO" answer in the SW corner; I tried to slot in CATWOMAN (which requires the removal of the bottom row cheater square), but we just couldn't find quality fill to support that entry.
Outside of puzzle-world, today happens to be my mother's birthday! She works as a piano teacher so, in her honor, I challenge you all to go out and do something musical today ... perhaps TWO music somethings in the spirit of the day!
Tue 11/18/2014
| A | N | A | L | | B | L | I | P | | S | N | A | R | K |
| D | A | L | I | | A | E | R | O | | C | O | C | O | A |
| S | U | P | E | R | S | T | A | R | | R | U | T | T | Y |
| A | S | H | | A | S | O | N | | W | A | G | | | |
| L | E | A | R | N | O | F | | C | A | P | A | B | L | E |
| E | A | S | E | L | | F | U | L | L | S | T | E | A | M |
| | | P | O | P | | N | I | N | | | D | O | T |
| | P | O | W | E | R | C | O | U | P | L | E | | |
| A | W | E | | | L | O | A | | T | I | E | | | |
| H | I | G | H | H | O | R | S | E | | S | O | C | K | S |
| I | T | S | E | A | S | Y | | L | E | T | S | L | I | P |
| | | C | S | I | | T | Y | P | O | | A | G | A |
| K | O | O | K | S | | M | U | S | C | L | E | M | A | N |
| I | D | Y | L | L | | O | R | E | O | | S | U | L | K |
| M | E | L | E | E | | W | N | E | T | | E | P | I | S |
POW Wed 11/6/2013
| D | R | U | G | S | | M | U | S | S | | A | B | B | A |
| N | I | G | H | T | | O | H | N | O | | C | O | L | T |
| A | B | H | O | R | | S | A | I | D | I | T | N | O | T |
| | | S | I | T | S | U | P | | M | O | N | T | E |
| C | A | N | T | F | O | O | L | | B | E | R | E | T | S |
| O | R | A | T | E | S | | | A | L | L | | T | O | T |
| M | I | S | O | | | A | R | M | A | D | A | | | |
| B | E | T | W | E | E | N | Y | O | U | A | N | D | M | E |
| | | N | A | N | T | E | S | | | Y | E | A | R |
| H | A | T | | G | I | S | | | C | A | M | A | R | O |
| O | S | W | A | L | D | | T | A | L | K | I | N | T | O |
| W | H | A | L | E | | M | O | V | E | I | N | | | |
| D | O | N | T | S | C | A | R | E | | T | U | R | B | O |
| A | R | G | O | | S | P | A | R | | A | T | A | R | I |
| H | E | S | S | | A | S | H | Y | | S | E | G | A | L |
The theme I came up with for this puzzle seemed to warrant a later in the week, lower word count grid which forced me to come out from under the shelter of the 78 word puzzles I had been constructing up to this point. I didn't stray too far, though, wanting to take baby steps toward the quagmire that is low word count grids, and so settled on a 76 worder.
Thanks to Michael Sharp, Neville Fogarty and Tyler Hinman who were gracious enough to give me feedback on this and one other puzzle I was working on. I have found the crosswording community to be very supportive, and extremely helpful. Thanks to you all!
Tue 8/27/2013
| C | L | A | M | | A | N | G | L | E | | A | B | B | Y |
| A | I | D | A | | R | O | L | E | X | | S | A | L | A |
| S | T | O | R | M | F | R | O | N | T | | S | C | U | M |
| T | U | R | B | O | | M | O | T | O | | U | K | E | S |
| S | P | E | L | L | S | | M | O | L | A | R | S | | |
| | | E | T | C | H | | | | G | E | T | B | Y |
| H | O | S | S | | H | O | L | D | M | E | | A | R | A |
| E | N | T | | T | W | O | D | O | O | R | | G | A | P |
| A | C | E | | E | A | T | S | U | P | | B | E | T | S |
| P | E | E | V | E | | | | R | E | B | A | | | |
| | L | O | D | G | E | S | | R | O | T | G | U | T |
| I | N | T | O | | A | N | N | E | | S | H | O | V | E |
| N | E | R | D | | F | R | E | N | C | H | O | P | E | N |
| C | I | A | O | | F | O | R | G | O | | I | R | A | E |
| A | L | P | O | | E | N | T | R | Y | | L | O | S | T |
Initially I had TWODOOR as 45-down with CARFIRE symmetrically placed in the 4-down slot. This led to some uninspiring fill, a change of plan, and the theme placement as you see it today. Thanks to Nancy Salomon for help on the development of this theme.
