| Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
| 25 | 11/16/2009 | 3/26/2022 | 7 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 |
| Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
| 1.60 | 150 | 78% |
Sat 3/26/2022
| B | R | A | N | D | I | S | H | | O | R | A | L | B |
| S | E | E | D | O | U | B | L | E | | L | A | N | A | I |
| M | R | S | A | N | D | M | A | N | | D | I | T | T | O |
| O | L | E | | P | E | S | T | | R | E | L | I | E | F |
| K | I | N | D | A | | | | F | E | N | | G | R | U |
| E | N | T | I | R | E | | P | A | W | | T | O | M | E |
| | | R | E | A | L | O | R | I | G | I | N | A | L |
| C | A | N | I | G | E | T | A | N | A | M | E | N | |
| C | U | D | D | L | E | P | U | D | D | L | E | | | |
| H | T | M | L | | R | E | S | | S | A | L | A | D | S |
| E | L | I | | S | L | R | | | | P | Y | L | O | N |
| M | O | T | L | E | Y | | F | I | F | A | | S | T | A |
| L | O | O | I | E | | A | L | L | I | G | A | T | O | R |
| A | S | N | A | P | | S | A | Y | N | O | M | O | R | E |
| B | E | E | R | S | | S | W | A | N | S | O | N | G | |
Fri 6/23/2017
| A | M | M | O | | S | W | E | A | T | P | A | N | T | S |
| R | O | A | N | | H | O | W | D | O | I | L | O | O | K |
| N | O | D | S | | O | N | E | M | A | N | A | R | M | Y |
| E | S | C | A | P | E | | L | I | D | S | | M | B | A |
| S | H | A | L | E | | W | A | R | Y | | C | A | R | T |
| S | U | P | E | R | D | O | M | E | | C | O | R | A | L |
| | | | C | A | R | B | | C | A | N | A | D | A |
| B | A | T | C | A | V | E | | C | A | R | K | E | Y | S |
| U | N | H | O | L | Y | | I | R | A | N | | | | |
| S | T | E | V | E | | S | P | I | N | A | L | T | A | P |
| T | I | R | E | | B | L | A | B | | G | A | R | T | H |
| A | P | O | | C | R | U | D | | P | E | P | I | T | A |
| G | O | O | G | O | O | G | A | G | A | | D | A | I | S |
| U | P | T | O | W | N | G | I | R | L | | O | G | L | E |
| T | E | S | T | S | C | O | R | E | S | | G | E | A | R |
Sat 1/21/2017
| K | I | C | K | B | A | L | L | | S | I | T | I | N | S |
| U | S | A | T | O | D | A | Y | | W | O | O | H | O | O |
| M | E | T | E | O | R | I | C | | I | N | T | O | T | O |
| B | E | L | L | | E | D | E | S | S | A | | P | E | N |
| A | N | I | | | P | O | U | T | S | | N | E | V | E |
| Y | O | K | O | | | U | M | A | | B | O | Y | E | R |
| A | W | E | E | B | I | T | | T | A | R | P | O | N | S |
| | R | U | D | D | | | | L | I | E | U | | |
| P | R | E | V | A | I | L | | B | E | E | T | R | E | D |
| R | E | F | R | Y | | A | F | I | | | S | E | G | O |
| E | L | L | E | | O | M | E | G | A | | | H | A | M |
| L | E | E | | C | H | E | E | P | S | | B | A | L | I |
| O | A | X | A | C | A | | L | A | P | E | L | P | I | N |
| A | S | E | V | E | R | | O | P | E | N | U | P | T | O |
| D | E | S | A | D | E | | K | I | N | D | E | Y | E | S |
Sat 10/22/2016
| M | C | G | I | L | L | | M | I | C | K | E | Y | D | S |
| A | I | R | S | E | A | | I | N | A | N | D | O | U | T |
| I | M | A | M | A | N | | S | U | R | E | S | U | R | E |
| M | A | V | E | N | | B | S | I | D | E | | R | A | N |
| R | I | N | S | E | O | U | T | | | P | E | N | T |
| E | R | T | E | | N | O | S | | V | E | L | D | T | |
| C | O | Y | | L | I | Z | A | | I | D | E | A | | |
| O | N | S | T | A | G | E | | B | O | G | A | R | T | S |
| | R | O | O | M | | D | A | L | Y | | N | E | T |
| B | A | L | S | A | | R | N | A | | E | T | S | Y |
| S | A | I | L | | | G | U | E | S | S | N | O | T | |
| P | U | N | | P | O | E | M | S | | T | R | O | T | S |
| E | B | B | T | I | D | E | S | | B | O | O | T | U | P |
| C | L | O | S | E | O | N | E | | I | M | B | I | B | E |
| S | E | W | E | R | R | A | T | | O | P | E | N | E | D |
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.
Tue 7/19/2016
| A | U | D | I | | E | D | I | T | | A | T | B | A | T |
| B | R | I | M | | M | O | N | O | | S | W | A | M | I |
| B | A | L | L | J | O | I | N | T | | H | E | L | E | N |
| A | L | L | O | U | T | | S | O | Y | | E | L | S | E |
| | | V | T | E | N | | | A | N | T | I | | |
| N | C | I | S | | A | E | T | N | A | | N | A | T |
| N | A | A | N | | S | T | R | I | K | E | B | A | C | K |
| O | M | N | I | | O | U | N | C | E | | O | C | H | O |
| R | E | N | T | S | T | R | I | K | E | | D | U | E | S |
| A | D | O | | A | R | E | E | L | | Z | A | P | S | |
| | N | A | N | U | | | E | P | I | C | | | |
| D | I | B | S | | E | A | R | | A | N | I | M | U | S |
| R | O | A | S | T | | F | U | L | L | C | O | U | N | T |
| A | T | L | A | S | | R | I | S | E | | U | S | D | A |
| T | A | L | I | A | | O | N | U | S | | S | K | O | R |
Fri 7/1/2016
| T | A | T | T | L | E | | F | L | A | S | H | E | R | S |
| O | N | E | M | A | N | | A | I | R | W | O | M | A | N |
| T | A | X | C | U | T | | N | A | G | A | S | A | K | I |
| E | P | A | | D | E | S | T | R | O | Y | | J | E | T |
| B | O | S | S | | R | I | A | L | S | | L | O | I | S |
| A | L | B | U | M | | C | S | I | | M | O | R | N | |
| G | I | B | L | E | T | | Y | A | Z | O | O | | | |
| S | Q | U | A | R | E | B | R | A | C | K | E | T | |
| | | S | T | U | P | A | | C | H | O | R | A | L |
| F | I | E | S | | I | S | O | | A | U | D | I | O |
| R | I | M | A | | A | D | E | P | T | | T | O | L | L |
| E | G | O | | D | O | U | B | T | I | T | | C | G | I |
| C | A | N | B | E | R | R | A | | L | E | S | T | A | T |
| O | R | I | E | N | T | A | L | | L | A | K | O | T | A |
| N | O | T | A | T | A | L | L | | S | T | A | R | E | S |
Sat 2/20/2016
| H | A | S | I | T | M | A | D | E | | P | E | R | S | E |
| E | P | I | D | E | R | M | I | S | | A | L | E | T | A |
| F | I | X | I | E | B | I | K | E | | L | A | M | A | R |
| N | E | T | | M | I | N | T | | | | T | A | R | P |
| E | C | H | O | | G | U | A | C | | B | E | R | T | H |
| R | E | S | I | N | | S | T | A | T | U | S | Q | U | O |
| | | L | O | B | | S | L | O | T | | U | P | N |
| B | R | O | S | N | A | N | | M | A | L | T | E | S | E |
| R | E | F | | A | J | A | X | | D | E | E | | | |
| I | N | F | O | M | A | N | I | A | | R | E | C | U | R |
| S | T | Y | L | E | | A | P | T | S | | N | O | S | E |
| T | R | O | D | | | | H | O | E | S | | B | E | E |
| L | O | U | S | Y | | B | O | N | E | H | E | A | D | S |
| E | L | G | A | R | | M | I | A | M | I | V | I | C | E |
| S | L | O | W | S | | I | D | L | E | H | A | N | D | S |
Sat 12/26/2015
| A | B | R | A | M | | T | R | O | J | A | N | W | A | R |
| F | A | U | N | A | | L | I | F | E | C | O | A | C | H |
| F | T | D | I | X | | C | E | N | T | E | R | I | C | E |
| A | T | O | M | I | C | | M | O | L | D | | T | U | T |
| I | L | L | U | M | I | N | A | T | I | | N | A | T | O |
| R | E | F | S | | G | E | N | E | | R | E | B | A | R |
| | | | P | A | W | N | | G | E | M | I | N | I |
| S | K | A | T | E | R | S | | Z | A | P | O | T | E | C |
| P | A | T | H | O | S | | D | O | M | O | | | | |
| E | T | H | A | N | | S | I | N | E | | W | I | S | H |
| C | A | L | I | | R | I | V | E | R | D | A | N | C | E |
| I | K | E | | E | E | R | O | | S | O | V | E | R | Y |
| F | A | T | A | L | B | E | R | T | | L | E | V | I | N |
| I | N | E | S | S | E | N | C | E | | T | A | E | B | O |
| C | A | S | U | A | L | S | E | X | | S | T | R | E | W |
Fri 9/25/2015
| P | I | N | O | T | N | O | I | R | | T | I | P | I | N |
| A | M | E | R | I | C | A | N | A | | P | O | R | N | O |
| P | A | V | A | R | O | T | T | I | | S | N | O | U | T |
| A | M | I | N | E | S | | E | S | L | | E | T | N | A |
| Y | A | N | G | | | C | R | E | E | P | | O | D | O |
| A | C | S | | S | P | I | N | | O | I | L | C | A | N |
| | | Q | U | O | T | E | U | N | Q | U | O | T | E |
| D | O | U | B | L | E | T | R | O | U | B | L | E | |
| T | O | S | O | M | E | D | E | G | R | E | E | | | |
| A | N | O | D | I | C | | C | E | E | S | | P | T | A |
| G | E | L | | T | A | C | O | S | | | B | A | E | R |
| E | D | E | N | | R | U | N | | G | A | R | R | E | T |
| N | E | M | E | A | | M | O | G | A | D | I | S | H | U |
| D | A | I | S | Y | | I | M | A | G | I | N | E | E | R |
| S | L | O | T | S | | N | Y | Y | A | N | K | E | E | S |
Fri 7/31/2015
| D | R | A | G | S | H | O | W | | S | T | A | C | K | S |
| A | U | T | O | T | U | N | E | | T | O | I | L | E | T |
| S | N | O | B | A | L | L | S | | E | U | D | O | R | A |
| B | A | M | | B | A | I | T | C | A | R | | S | P | Y |
| O | M | A | R | | S | N | E | A | K | | M | E | L | D |
| O | O | N | A | | K | E | R | B | | G | A | T | O | R |
| T | K | T | S | | I | A | N | | S | N | O | O | P | Y |
| | | C | A | R | D | | K | E | P | I | | | |
| A | T | L | A | S | T | | T | E | X | | S | P | E | C |
| R | O | I | L | S | | K | A | T | Y | | T | A | C | O |
| T | O | P | S | | C | E | L | E | B | | S | C | U | M |
| I | D | S | | C | A | N | K | L | E | S | | H | A | M |
| S | L | Y | D | O | G | | B | O | A | T | R | I | D | E |
| T | E | N | U | R | E | | I | N | S | E | A | S | O | N |
| E | S | C | H | E | R | | G | E | T | W | E | I | R | D |
Fri 6/5/2015
| J | O | C | K | J | A | M | S | | M | E | N | T | O | S |
| A | L | L | F | O | R | I | T | | U | R | B | A | N | E |
| I | D | E | C | L | A | R | E | | R | E | A | G | A | N |
| A | M | A | | T | B | I | L | I | S | I | | A | D | D |
| L | A | N | E | | S | A | L | V | E | | O | L | A | F |
| A | I | S | L | E | | M | A | I | | P | H | O | T | O |
| I | D | E | A | T | E | | R | E | J | I | G | G | E | R |
| | | S | H | O | T | | S | O | L | O | | | |
| J | U | S | T | A | S | E | C | | E | L | D | E | S | T |
| A | S | K | I | N | | T | A | O | | S | N | A | P | E |
| C | H | I | C | | F | O | R | T | Y | | O | R | L | E |
| K | E | A | | D | O | N | A | T | O | R | | B | E | N |
| A | R | R | E | A | R | | F | A | K | E | P | U | N | T |
| S | I | E | R | R | A | | E | V | E | N | O | D | D | S |
| S | N | A | R | K | Y | | S | A | D | T | O | S | A | Y |
Sat 4/25/2015
| S | K | R | I | L | L | E | X | | O | R | D | E | R | S |
| T | H | E | D | O | O | R | S | | F | O | R | N | O | W |
| R | A | D | I | O | E | R | A | | F | O | O | D | I | E |
| O | K | D | | T | W | A | N | G | | F | O | N | D | A |
| V | I | I | I | | E | N | D | E | D | | P | O | R | T |
| E | S | T | O | P | | D | O | N | O | R | | T | A | B |
| | | N | R | A | | S | T | R | A | T | E | G | O |
| S | O | V | I | E | T | S | | S | A | M | E | S | E | X |
| C | H | O | C | O | L | A | T | | G | B | S | | | |
| A | Y | N | | P | A | N | A | M | | O | T | T | E | R |
| P | E | N | A | | S | A | L | A | D | | S | O | T | S |
| U | S | E | R | S | | A | L | L | O | T | | M | I | T |
| L | I | G | E | T | I | | Y | O | U | R | C | A | L | L |
| A | D | U | N | I | T | | U | N | B | E | A | T | E | N |
| R | O | T | A | R | Y | | P | E | T | E | R | O | S | E |
Sat 3/14/2015
| L | O | B | S | T | E | R | B | I | B | | N | S | F | W |
| A | N | I | M | A | N | I | A | C | S | | O | H | I | O |
| M | O | N | E | Y | T | A | L | K | S | | R | E | N | O |
| A | N | G | E | L | | T | A | Y | | | S | L | E | D |
| R | E | O | | O | M | A | N | | S | M | E | L | T | S |
| | | S | R | I | | C | O | C | A | | G | U | M |
| W | H | I | S | T | | E | R | I | C | B | A | N | A |
| S | H | A | M | W | O | W | | B | A | H | A | M | E | N |
| H | A | R | P | I | S | T | S | | T | I | R | E | D | |
| O | C | R | | F | I | S | T | | I | N | N | | | |
| V | A | U | L | T | S | | P | A | C | E | | P | R | U |
| E | M | M | A | | | H | E | T | | W | I | R | E | S |
| L | O | P | S | | E | A | T | E | N | A | L | I | V | E |
| E | L | H | I | | T | H | E | I | N | S | I | D | E | R |
| D | E | S | K | | C | A | R | T | W | H | E | E | L | S |
Sat 12/13/2014
| B | U | T | T | O | C | K | S | | A | C | R | O | S | S |
| O | N | E | O | N | O | N | E | | N | O | H | O | P | E |
| L | I | Q | U | O | R | U | P | | T | O | O | H | O | T |
| S | T | U | S | | A | R | T | I | S | T | | L | I | L |
| H | A | I | L | | | L | E | N | O | | C | A | L | I |
| O | R | L | E | S | S | | T | A | N | | A | L | E | S |
| I | D | A | | L | T | D | | W | A | L | M | A | R | T |
| | | M | O | R | E | | A | L | O | E | | | |
| S | H | O | O | T | E | R | | Y | O | N | | B | A | D |
| W | I | F | E | | E | A | U | | G | I | J | A | N | E |
| E | T | A | T | | T | I | N | A | | | A | L | T | S |
| E | M | S | | I | M | L | A | T | E | | B | L | O | C |
| P | E | O | P | L | E | | B | R | I | S | B | A | N | E |
| E | U | R | E | K | A | | L | I | N | K | E | D | I | N |
| A | P | T | E | S | T | | E | A | S | Y | R | E | A | D |
Tue 11/11/2014
| E | T | C | | O | K | A | Y | | A | T | H | E | N | S |
| S | O | O | | I | N | C | A | | F | I | A | S | C | O |
| C | U | P | A | S | O | U | P | | T | R | I | T | O | N |
| A | P | P | L | E | T | V | | B | E | A | K | | | |
| R | E | E | L | | S | U | P | E | R | D | U | P | E | R |
| P | E | R | C | H | | E | L | I | D | E | | E | R | E |
| | | A | O | L | | A | N | A | | T | R | A | P |
| S | U | P | P | O | R | T | G | R | O | U | P | S | |
| T | A | R | S | | V | I | E | | K | E | N | | | |
| L | S | D | | V | E | G | A | S | | R | A | I | M | I |
| C | H | U | P | A | C | H | U | P | S | | O | N | A | N |
| | | A | C | H | T | | L | O | U | I | S | C | K |
| M | A | I | T | A | I | | D | O | U | B | L | E | U | P |
| S | H | T | E | T | L | | E | S | S | E | | A | L | A |
| G | A | S | S | E | D | | C | H | A | R | | M | A | D |
Sat 9/6/2014
| C | H | I | C | K | F | I | L | A | | M | Y | O | P | E |
| R | A | D | I | O | E | D | I | T | | A | E | R | I | E |
| O | N | E | A | N | D | A | L | L | | G | A | S | S | Y |
| A | G | E | | Y | E | H | | | E | N | R | I | C | O |
| K | O | F | I | | R | O | A | D | R | U | N | N | E | R |
| E | V | I | N | C | E | | L | O | O | M | | O | S | E |
| D | E | X | T | E | R | | A | S | S | O | C | | | |
| R | E | E | L | | G | M | T | | P | I | N | G | |
| | | R | E | T | R | O | | P | U | R | E | E | S |
| O | T | O | | R | E | E | D | | E | S | C | O | R | T |
| P | I | N | K | Y | S | W | E | A | R | | A | L | T | A |
| E | N | L | I | S | T | | | B | S | A | | O | R | I |
| R | H | I | N | E | | S | Q | U | I | R | T | G | U | N |
| A | A | N | D | E | | P | U | T | S | A | S | I | D | E |
| S | T | E | A | D | | F | A | S | T | P | A | C | E | D |
POW Fri 8/1/2014
| A | C | I | D | I | C | | C | H | A | C | H | I | N | G |
| S | U | N | O | C | O | | A | I | W | E | I | W | E | I |
| P | L | A | N | A | R | | B | E | A | N | T | O | W | N |
| | W | E | N | D | | B | R | I | T | | J | A | G |
| A | R | O | A | R | | R | I | O | T | | T | I | G | E |
| C | A | R | N | E | G | I | E | | | T | A | M | E | R |
| T | O | D | D | L | E | S | | S | I | R | K | A | Y | |
| | | D | A | N | K | | C | L | U | E | | | |
| K | N | O | T | T | Y | | R | E | S | T | A | T | E |
| K | R | O | N | E | | | S | I | X | T | H | M | A | N |
| O | I | S | E | | A | S | A | P | | N | E | R | D | S |
| W | S | W | | S | E | T | I | | S | O | F | A | | |
| T | H | E | C | L | O | U | D | | L | O | A | D | E | D |
| O | N | A | H | U | N | C | H | | I | N | L | I | N | E |
| W | A | T | E | R | S | K | I | | M | E | L | O | D | Y |
Fri 5/30/2014
| B | E | A | T | P | O | E | T | | | H | I | F | I | S |
| L | A | D | I | E | S | M | A | N | | A | M | I | N | O |
| O | V | E | R | S | H | A | R | E | | H | I | N | D | U |
| T | E | L | E | | K | I | P | S | | A | T | E | I | T |
| S | S | E | | L | O | L | I | T | A | | | P | A | H |
| | | M | I | S | S | T | E | P | | G | R | A | B |
| J | U | D | I | T | H | | S | A | P | P | H | I | R | E |
| A | N | I | S | E | | | | | | R | A | N | I | N |
| M | U | S | T | R | E | A | D | | M | I | N | T | E | D |
| E | S | P | Y | | G | R | E | N | A | D | A | | | |
| S | U | E | | | G | A | L | O | R | E | | A | C | U |
| D | A | R | L | A | | F | I | J | I | | A | L | E | S |
| E | L | S | I | E | | A | L | O | N | G | S | I | D | E |
| A | L | A | M | O | | T | A | K | E | A | S | T | A | B |
| N | Y | L | O | N | | | H | E | R | S | T | O | R | Y |
Fri 5/9/2014
| L | C | H | A | I | M | | | K | R | U | G | M | A | N |
| L | E | A | D | T | O | | D | I | E | T | R | I | T | E |
| A | T | M | O | S | T | | A | B | N | O | R | M | A | L |
| M | U | M | B | O | J | U | M | B | O | | | E | N | L |
| A | S | Y | E | | U | T | I | L | I | Z | E | | | |
| | | | | S | H | E | E | R | A | G | O | N | Y |
| U | N | B | E | A | T | E | N | | | I | G | L | O | O |
| S | C | U | L | L | E | R | | C | A | R | E | E | N | S |
| M | A | N | E | T | | | T | U | N | E | D | O | U | T |
| C | A | T | C | H | A | C | O | L | D | | | | | |
| | | T | O | W | R | O | P | E | | A | N | I | L |
| H | E | S | | | N | O | H | A | R | M | D | O | N | E |
| A | L | P | A | C | I | N | O | | S | I | Z | E | U | P |
| C | L | A | R | I | N | E | T | | O | R | E | L | S | E |
| K | E | Y | T | A | G | S | | | N | A | S | S | E | R |
Fri 4/18/2014
| F | O | S | H | I | Z | Z | L | E | | C | A | N | S | T |
| A | T | H | E | N | A | E | U | M | | E | P | O | C | H |
| S | T | A | N | D | I | N | G | O | | L | I | T | H | E |
| T | O | R | | O | R | I | G | | G | L | A | M | O | R |
| O | M | I | T | | E | T | A | L | I | I | | U | L | E |
| N | A | N | A | S | | H | G | T | V | | S | C | A | T |
| E | N | G | I | N | E | | E | Y | E | | T | H | R | O |
| | I | N | L | A | W | | R | U | N | A | T | | |
| M | A | S | T | | T | A | B | | P | A | Y | O | L | A |
| A | R | C | S | | S | N | U | B | | P | A | L | I | N |
| N | E | A | | P | A | S | C | A | L | | T | O | O | T |
| M | A | R | M | O | T | | O | M | A | R | | O | N | O |
| A | R | I | A | L | | A | L | A | N | A | R | K | I | N |
| D | U | N | N | O | | L | I | K | E | C | R | A | Z | Y |
| E | G | G | O | S | | E | C | O | S | Y | S | T | E | M |
Sat 4/5/2014
| W | H | O | A | | P | R | I | M | A | L | U | R | G | E |
| H | A | R | M | | L | E | G | A | L | I | Z | E | I | T |
| A | B | A | B | | I | D | O | B | E | L | I | E | V | E |
| T | A | L | E | S | E | | T | E | X | T | | F | E | R |
| I | N | E | R | T | | A | Y | L | A | | R | E | I | N |
| S | E | X | S | Y | M | B | O | L | | L | O | R | N | E |
| I | R | A | | L | U | L | U | | C | U | T | | | |
| T | O | M | K | I | T | E | | D | U | C | H | A | M | P |
| | | I | S | T | | P | O | R | K | | N | A | E |
| D | E | A | T | H | | P | A | T | T | Y | C | A | K | E |
| O | N | E | S | | K | E | N | S | | M | O | T | E | L |
| O | R | R | | T | H | E | O | | K | E | N | O | B | I |
| F | I | O | N | A | A | P | P | L | E | | E | L | A | N |
| U | C | B | E | R | K | E | L | E | Y | | Y | I | N | G |
| S | H | E | S | A | I | D | Y | E | S | | S | A | K | S |
Sat 1/25/2014
| Z | O | M | B | I | E | | | S | W | A | M | P | E | D |
| A | N | O | M | A | L | Y | | S | O | S | U | E | M | E |
| G | E | T | I | N | T | O | | W | R | I | T | E | I | N |
| A | T | O | | S | O | D | A | | D | A | I | N | T | Y |
| T | O | R | A | | N | E | W | T | O | N | S | | | |
| R | O | C | C | O | | L | O | A | F | | M | S | G | S |
| A | M | Y | T | A | N | | L | P | G | A | | U | L | U |
| T | A | C | I | T | U | S | | S | O | B | E | R | U | P |
| E | N | L | | S | M | O | G | | D | E | L | E | T | E |
| D | Y | E | S | | B | O | O | B | | S | H | E | E | R |
| | | T | E | S | T | B | A | N | | I | N | N | S |
| U | N | L | O | C | K | | S | N | E | E | | O | F | T |
| R | A | I | N | O | U | T | | D | R | L | A | U | R | A |
| N | U | T | E | L | L | A | | S | T | I | N | G | E | R |
| S | T | E | R | I | L | E | | | S | A | S | H | E | S |
I accepted today's puzzle by James Mulhern in August 2012. A few weeks ago, just as I was editing it, he wrote me again out of the blue that he wanted to improve the construction. Was there time, he wondered? Well, yes. Good timing. And he made the grid better, too. I admire James's attention to quality.
Sat 12/7/2013
| P | R | O | A | C | T | I | V | | | B | B | G | U | N |
| H | A | S | N | O | I | D | E | A | | P | U | L | S | E |
| E | M | M | A | S | T | O | N | E | | O | G | E | E | S |
| L | E | O | I | | O | L | D | G | E | E | Z | E | R | |
| P | A | N | S | Y | | | O | I | L | | A | C | N | E |
| S | U | D | | E | V | E | R | S | O | | P | L | A | T |
| | | E | T | A | T | S | | | | P | U | M | A |
| O | B | T | A | I | N | S | | J | E | Z | E | B | E | L |
| B | A | A | S | | | | A | I | R | E | R | | | |
| I | C | K | Y | | D | I | S | B | A | R | | S | T | U |
| S | K | E | G | | O | A | F | | | O | C | E | A | N |
| B | O | O | K | S | M | A | R | T | | H | E | R | D |
| M | O | V | I | E | | B | R | E | A | K | I | N | T | O |
| O | N | E | N | D | | S | A | N | D | A | L | T | A | N |
| B | E | R | G | S | | | S | T | A | L | L | O | N | E |
Originally this puzzle started as a Friday, but the three test-solvers found it so challenging that I bumped it up to Saturday. My favorite entries here include PROACTIV, BB GUN, HAS NO IDEA, EMMA STONE, OLD GEEZER, JEZEBEL, BOOK-SMART, SANDAL TAN, BUG ZAPPER, GLEE CLUB, USER NAME, and EASYGOING. Very handsome!
Mon 11/16/2009
| L | A | M | B | S | | O | R | G | A | N | | L | T | D |
| U | S | A | I | R | | L | E | A | S | E | | I | R | A |
| C | O | C | K | A | N | D | B | U | L | L | | F | U | R |
| K | N | E | E | | O | P | A | L | | S | L | E | E | K |
| Y | E | S | D | E | A | R | | | B | O | A | S | | |
| | | | S | H | O | C | K | A | N | D | A | W | E |
| J | A | B | B | A | | | L | I | B | | I | V | E | S |
| E | L | L | A | | P | R | E | X | Y | | D | E | E | P |
| E | T | A | S | | A | A | A | | | T | A | R | D | Y |
| R | O | C | K | A | N | D | R | O | L | L | | | | |
| | K | E | N | T | | | F | I | C | T | I | O | N |
| Y | A | L | T | A | | I | S | L | E | | A | F | R | O |
| A | L | I | | L | O | C | K | A | N | D | L | O | A | D |
| L | E | S | | O | R | B | I | T | | N | O | L | T | E |
| E | X | T | | G | I | M | M | E | | A | N | D | E | S |
