POW Mon 5/1/2023
F | O | G | | | S | I | G | M | A | | | L | A | W |
O | A | R | | R | A | T | R | A | C | E | | A | L | E |
L | S | U | | U | N | S | E | A | L | S | | T | O | E |
K | I | N | G | M | E | | | | U | P | W | I | N | D |
| S | T | A | B | | M | O | O | | N | I | N | E | |
| | | S | A | L | M | O | N | R | U | N | | | |
G | I | R | L | | Y | A | H | O | O | | D | J | E | D |
A | V | O | I | D | S | | | | N | O | O | D | L | E |
F | O | X | T | R | O | T | | C | A | T | W | A | L | K |
F | R | I | | S | L | O | G | A | N | S | | T | E | E |
E | Y | E | D | | | U | M | P | | | S | E | N | D |
| | | B | E | A | R | C | R | A | W | L | | | |
S | O | H | A | V | E | I | | E | M | A | I | L | M | E |
G | R | O | C | E | R | S | | S | A | N | D | A | R | T |
T | O | P | K | N | O | T | | E | N | D | E | M | I | C |
Tue 5/2/2023
M | A | R | S | | C | U | F | F | S | | G | A | G | A |
A | M | O | K | | A | L | E | R | O | | U | D | O | N |
D | O | M | I | N | A | T | R | I | X | | A | M | O | S |
A | R | C | | A | N | I | M | E | | A | V | I | D | |
M | O | O | G | S | | M | I | N | I | M | A | R | T | S |
S | U | M | A | T | R | A | | D | N | A | | E | R | E |
| S | S | N | | E | T | A | | T | I | E | D | Y | E |
| | | J | A | M | E | S | B | O | N | D | | | |
C | A | B | A | N | A | | H | U | T | | S | Y | D | |
A | S | U | | G | I | F | | R | O | D | E | O | U | T |
M | T | R | A | I | N | I | E | R | | A | L | G | A | E |
| E | R | L | E | | G | R | I | M | M | | A | L | A |
I | P | A | D | | M | A | R | T | I | N | A | M | I | S |
M | U | T | E | | G | R | O | O | T | | T | A | P | E |
S | P | A | R | | M | O | R | S | E | | S | T | A | R |
Wed 5/3/2023
C | U | P | S | | F | A | N | G | S | | | K | I | R |
O | G | R | E | | A | F | O | O | T | | S | E | R | A |
W | H | O | C | A | N | I | T | B | I | T | E | N | O | W |
| | T | O | M | | | E | U | R | O | Z | O | N | E |
B | E | E | | I | C | Y | | S | S | R | | B | O | G |
I | T | S | A | G | O | O | D | T | I | T | H | I | N | G |
K | A | T | M | A | N | D | U | | N | E | O | | | |
E | L | S | A | | | A | C | A | | | P | A | R | K |
| | | Z | A | X | | A | M | E | R | I | C | A | N |
I | G | U | E | S | S | I | T | S | F | I | N | I | T | E |
N | A | T | | D | A | N | | O | T | O | | D | E | W |
G | L | O | M | O | N | T | O | | | J | A | W | | |
O | O | P | S | I | D | I | D | I | T | A | G | A | I | N |
T | R | I | G | | O | M | I | T | S | | A | S | K | S |
S | E | A | | | S | E | E | T | O | | R | H | E | A |
Thu 5/4/2023
M | A | R | | B | E | A | T | I | T | | S | C | A | R |
O | B | I | | A | L | L | U | D | E | | R | O | L | E |
S | O | G | | T | I | M | B | E | R | L | I | N | E | S |
Q | U | A | S | H | | S | A | S | S | E | | M | A | E |
U | N | T | I | E | S | | | T | E | N | P | A | S | T |
I | D | O | L | | W | A | G | | | T | E | N | T | S |
T | I | N | T | | E | L | A | S | T | I | C | | | |
O | N | I | | C | A | P | I | T | A | L | | P | A | L |
| | | M | E | T | O | N | Y | M | | P | A | L | O |
W | O | R | R | Y | | | S | E | E | | A | R | T | S |
E | M | A | I | L | E | D | | | R | A | C | I | A | L |
B | E | N | | O | D | I | S | T | | C | O | S | M | O |
B | A | K | I | N | G | S | T | O | N | E | | H | O | B |
E | R | I | N | | A | C | U | T | E | R | | E | N | O |
D | A | N | K | | R | O | B | O | T | S | | S | T | S |
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 | | |
Sat 5/6/2023
S | O | P | H | O | M | O | R | E | S | L | U | M | P | S |
T | H | R | I | L | L | A | I | N | M | A | N | I | L | A |
A | M | O | D | E | S | T | P | R | O | P | O | S | A | L |
C | A | N | E | S | | B | O | O | K | S | | N | Y | T |
E | G | G | S | | M | A | P | L | E | | K | A | R | L |
Y | E | S | | B | A | S | E | L | | S | A | M | O | A |
| | | S | E | V | E | N | | W | E | R | E | O | K |
S | P | A | T | T | E | D | | T | H | A | T | S | M | E |
O | R | L | E | A | N | | C | H | I | T | S | | | |
L | O | A | M | S | | P | R | E | S | S | | M | P | G |
A | P | C | S | | C | L | U | N | K | | G | A | I | A |
R | E | A | | P | H | A | S | E | | C | U | K | E | S |
C | A | R | O | L | I | N | A | R | E | A | P | E | R | S |
A | C | T | I | O | N | A | D | V | E | N | T | U | R | E |
R | E | E | L | T | O | R | E | E | L | T | A | P | E | S |
Sun 5/7/2023 Sea Change
M | A | S | T | I | F | F | | B | A | F | T | A | | | | I | P | A | S | S |
C | A | L | O | R | I | E | | C | L | I | O | S | | D | E | T | E | N | T | E |
S | H | I | P | O | F | T | H | E | S | E | U | S | | I | V | O | R | I | A | N |
| | D | O | N | A | T | E | | O | R | C | A | | S | A | L | | M | P | S |
S | W | I | S | H | | L | A | B | | C | H | I | P | A | N | D | D | A | L | E |
Y | O | N | | O | V | E | R | U | S | E | | L | I | V | | Y | A | L | E | |
N | A | T | U | R | E | | | N | E | R | O | | C | O | L | O | R | | | |
C | H | O | P | S | T | I | C | K | S | | C | H | O | W | Y | U | N | F | A | T |
| | | P | E | S | T | O | | H | A | H | A | | S | I | S | | I | M | O |
P | A | R | I | S | | C | H | O | | R | O | S | H | | N | O | S | R | A | T |
E | V | E | S | | S | H | O | W | B | O | A | T | I | N | G | | M | E | Z | E |
C | A | C | H | E | T | | S | E | R | A | | A | P | E | | B | O | D | E | S |
K | I | T | | M | O | O | | T | O | R | I | | P | A | O | L | O | | | |
S | L | O | W | M | O | T | I | O | N | | S | L | O | P | B | U | C | K | E | T |
| | | H | A | D | I | N | | C | H | I | A | | | O | N | H | I | R | E |
| C | H | I | C | | O | C | T | | A | T | T | U | N | E | D | | D | I | D |
S | L | I | P | O | N | S | H | O | E | S | | A | C | E | | E | S | S | E | X |
W | A | G | | R | E | I | | A | T | T | A | | S | A | C | R | U | M | | |
A | M | H | E | R | S | T | | S | H | I | P | O | F | T | H | E | S | E | U | S |
N | U | L | L | I | T | Y | | T | A | M | P | A | | E | A | R | H | A | R | T |
S | P | Y | O | N | | | | S | N | E | A | K | | N | O | S | I | L | L | Y |
Will Nediger is a professional crossword constructor from London, Ontario. This is his 47th puzzle in The Times since 2006. He likes puzzles that violate standard crossword rules and conventions, as a way of making solvers think about the reasons behind those rules.
This puzzle's subject is a philosophical conundrum that, in case you're interested, is explained in more detail on Wikipedia.
– puzzle by Will Nediger
Mon 5/8/2023
C | A | R | E | | L | E | O | S | | A | B | A | T | E |
A | L | E | X | | E | L | B | A | | D | E | I | S | M |
F | A | C | E | T | I | M | E | D | | M | A | D | A | M |
E | N | T | R | E | A | T | Y | | W | I | N | E | R | Y |
| | A | T | E | | R | E | F | I | T | | | | |
S | S | N | S | | | E | D | E | N | | F | R | A | U |
H | O | G | | N | A | E | | N | O | S | E | A | T | S |
A | F | L | O | A | T | | | | N | E | W | I | S | H |
D | I | E | T | P | O | P | | C | A | T | | S | E | E |
E | A | S | T | | N | I | N | A | | | H | E | A | R |
| | | | D | E | T | E | R | | D | O | S | | |
A | B | I | D | E | S | | G | R | O | U | P | H | U | G |
V | A | L | U | E | | S | A | Y | C | H | E | E | S | E |
I | N | S | E | T | | O | T | O | H | | S | L | E | D |
D | E | A | L | S | | L | E | N | O | | O | L | D | S |
POW Tue 5/9/2023
P | A | S | T | E | | L | O | B | | O | B | A | M | A |
B | R | O | W | N | | O | B | I | | M | U | L | A | N |
S | T | O | O | D | | G | I | G | | E | N | T | R | Y |
| | | P | E | A | C | E | S | I | G | N | | | |
I | T | O | L | D | Y | A | | P | L | A | Y | A | C | T |
T | O | K | E | | E | B | O | O | K | | E | L | L | A |
S | O | B | A | | S | I | L | O | S | | A | T | O | M |
A | B | Y | S | S | | N | A | N | | T | R | O | V | E |
G | A | M | E | O | N | | | | P | O | S | I | E | S |
O | D | E | | C | O | P | | N | O | R | | D | S | T |
| | | A | I | D | A | | A | P | S | E | | | |
| | V | F | O | R | V | I | C | T | O | R | Y | | |
F | O | O | T | | A | L | O | H | A | | R | O | A | R |
A | N | T | E | | M | O | T | O | R | | O | G | R | E |
B | E | E | R | | A | V | A | S | T | | R | A | M | P |
Wed 5/10/2023
B | R | A | G | | A | V | E | C | | J | A | B | B | A |
L | A | M | A | | G | I | Z | A | | I | D | R | I | S |
O | V | E | R | B | E | A | R | S | | M | O | A | T | S |
G | E | N | I | E | | | A | H | E | M | | T | E | E |
| | | S | L | A | W | | E | L | I | X | I | R | S |
N | I | G | H | T | C | R | A | W | L | E | R | S | | |
A | P | A | | S | E | A | L | | | S | A | L | S | A |
M | A | N | N | | S | P | I | C | E | | Y | A | L | L |
E | D | G | E | S | | | B | U | R | P | | V | U | E |
| | S | H | O | O | T | I | N | G | S | T | A | R | S |
R | E | T | I | N | U | E | | Y | O | Y | O | | | |
E | R | A | | N | I | T | S | | | C | Y | B | E | R |
M | O | R | S | E | | H | I | G | H | H | O | R | S | E |
A | D | A | P | T | | E | L | L | A | | T | O | M | E |
P | E | P | Y | S | | R | O | O | M | | A | W | E | D |
Thu 5/11/2023
A | S | T | R | A | | F | E | T | T | | I | M | A | M |
S | W | O | O | P | | D | E | A | R | | M | A | R | A |
T | I | T | A | N | | A | Q | U | A | C | A | D | M | S |
H | M | A | D | E | R | | U | N | D | O | | W | A | T |
M | A | L | | A | E | R | A | T | E | S | | O | N | E |
A | P | S | E | | P | A | L | S | | | C | M | D | R |
| | | R | O | O | F | S | | A | R | R | A | Y | S |
| | E | I | N | S | T | M | I | N | I | A | N | | |
I | D | L | E | S | T | | S | A | N | D | S | | | |
T | R | E | S | | | S | Q | M | I | | S | A | S | H |
S | E | G | | A | R | O | U | S | E | D | | L | I | U |
A | A | A | | S | E | R | A | | S | U | L | L | M | N |
B | M | N | C | H | M | A | R | K | | C | U | B | I | T |
E | A | C | H | | A | R | E | A | | K | N | U | T | E |
T | R | E | E | | P | E | D | I | | S | A | T | Y | R |
Fri 5/12/2023
M | A | T | C | H | A | | I | S | T | H | A | T | I | T |
E | R | A | S | E | R | | W | I | R | E | L | E | S | S |
D | E | C | A | N | T | | O | P | E | R | E | T | T | A |
A | S | K | | S | P | I | N | S | E | R | V | E | | |
Y | O | Y | O | | E | D | T | | | | E | A | S | Y |
| | | R | E | N | E | | B | O | A | | T | A | O |
| | C | A | S | C | A | D | I | N | G | M | E | N | U |
| A | L | L | T | I | M | E | G | R | E | A | T | S | |
I | S | A | B | E | L | A | L | L | E | N | D | E | | |
S | I | R | | E | S | P | | E | T | T | A | | | |
H | A | I | M | | | | F | A | A | | M | O | S | H |
| | N | E | W | S | R | A | D | I | O | | C | H | I |
B | E | E | R | A | M | I | D | | N | A | S | C | A | R |
A | N | T | I | G | O | N | E | | E | T | H | A | N | E |
N | E | S | T | E | G | G | S | | R | H | Y | M | E | D |
Sat 5/13/2023
C | R | I | M | P | | N | S | F | W | | I | D | I | G |
H | U | M | O | R | | E | Y | R | E | | M | E | G | A |
I | M | P | R | I | S | O | N | E | D | | P | L | O | P |
P | O | L | E | D | A | N | C | E | | B | A | T | T | Y |
S | U | I | | E | T | S | | | S | O | L | A | C | E |
| R | E | A | P | S | | S | R | I | R | A | C | H | A |
| | S | P | A | C | E | T | I | M | E | | O | A | R |
| | | P | R | O | M | O | C | O | D | E | | | |
C | D | C | | A | R | T | C | E | N | T | E | R | | |
H | E | A | D | D | E | S | K | | S | O | L | E | S | |
E | N | B | I | E | S | | | T | A | D | | J | O | B |
M | I | F | F | S | | P | L | A | Y | E | R | O | N | E |
L | E | A | F | | D | R | O | P | S | A | H | I | N | T |
A | C | R | E | | V | A | S | E | | T | E | N | E | T |
B | E | E | R | | D | Y | E | D | | H | A | S | T | Y |
Sun 5/14/2023 Alternate Endings
| | T | A | U | | R | A | S | H | | S | I | P | S | | B | A | R | | |
J | A | I | L | S | | A | U | T | O | P | I | L | O | T | | A | V | E | R | S |
A | I | M | E | E | | S | K | Y | W | A | L | K | E | R | | B | E | D | E | W |
M | M | E | | C | U | T | S | | C | I | V | | M | A | R | Y | | L | E | I |
B | A | K | L | A | V | A | | L | A | N | E | S | | W | E | B | C | A | S | T |
A | T | E | A | S | E | | | E | N | T | R | E | | | F | E | N | N | E | C |
| | | B | E | A | R | C | A | T | | M | I | S | S | I | L | E | | | |
| L | B | S | | | O | L | D | | | | S | I | T | | | T | N | T | |
P | E | I | | I | S | T | O | | A | H | H | | D | Y | E | D | | O | H | S |
L | A | D | | D | O | I | N | | S | E | A | | E | L | S | A | | T | E | T |
A | P | P | | E | L | S | E | | T | A | R | | C | I | T | Y | | S | B | A |
S | Y | R | I | A | | S | W | O | R | D | S | M | A | N | | C | O | O | R | S |
M | E | I | R | | | | A | N | O | T | H | E | R | | | | O | B | O | E |
A | A | C | E | L | L | | R | E | D | A | N | T | S | | G | A | Z | A | N | S |
| R | E | L | I | E | S | | L | O | B | E | S | | R | A | T | E | D | X | |
| | | A | L | G | A | | | M | L | S | | | E | G | O | S | | | |
E | N | S | N | A | R | L | | S | E | E | S | T | | A | R | M | I | S | E | N |
Q | U | A | D | | A | T | I | T | | | | H | A | R | E | | N | E | M | O |
U | R | L | | Z | I | P | P | E | R | | M | E | R | G | E | S | | C | A | W |
A | S | S | | A | S | I | A | N | A | | T | U | M | U | L | T | | T | I | A |
L | E | A | | P | E | T | D | O | G | | A | S | S | E | S | S | | S | L | Y |
Sid Sivakumar is an M.D./Ph.D. student at Washington University in St. Louis. This is his 15th crossword for The Times in three years.
He likes theme ideas and clues that are challenging but not forced. When you figure something out, he wants you to say, "Of course!," not "Uh ... OK, I get it." When possible, Sid includes South Asian references in his puzzles, as in the clue for 111-Down here.
– puzzle by Sid Sivakumar
Mon 5/15/2023
Y | A | K | S | | S | P | A | C | E | | C | L | U | B |
E | D | N | A | | A | R | G | O | N | | A | I | D | E |
S | M | A | L | L | W | O | R | L | D | | M | O | O | D |
N | I | V | E | A | | M | A | D | | P | E | N | N | |
O | N | E | S | T | E | P | | F | A | I | R | S | | |
| | | L | I | T | T | L | E | L | E | A | G | U | E |
A | R | S | O | N | S | | E | E | L | S | | A | S | L |
H | O | N | G | | | P | O | T | | | S | T | E | M |
E | T | A | | S | C | A | N | | L | A | K | E | R | S |
M | I | C | R | O | B | R | E | W | E | R | Y | | | |
| | K | I | N | D | A | | H | A | U | L | A | S | S |
| I | F | F | Y | | S | A | Y | | B | I | C | E | P |
R | O | O | F | | T | I | N | Y | D | A | N | C | E | R |
O | T | O | E | | O | T | T | E | R | | E | R | I | E |
M | A | D | D | | M | E | S | S | Y | | S | A | N | E |
POW Tue 5/16/2023
A | B | S | | S | O | C | I | A | L | S | | B | I | B |
P | O | E | | O | P | E | N | N | E | T | | E | C | O |
N | O | N | C | H | A | L | A | N | C | E | | H | A | Y |
E | Y | E | R | O | L | L | | | T | E | T | O | N | S |
W | A | C | O | | | I | N | D | O | L | E | N | T | |
S | H | A | P | E | D | | O | R | R | | S | E | L | F |
| | | | T | I | A | N | A | | E | L | S | I | E |
D | I | S | C | O | M | B | O | B | U | L | A | T | E | D |
A | C | O | R | N | | R | I | S | E | S | | | | |
M | E | N | U | | P | A | S | | Y | E | N | T | A | S |
| M | I | S | N | O | M | E | R | | | S | H | U | E |
N | A | C | H | O | S | | | A | C | T | F | A | S | T |
A | K | A | | U | N | B | E | K | N | O | W | N | S | T |
P | E | R | | S | E | A | W | E | E | D | | O | I | L |
A | R | E | | E | R | N | E | S | T | O | | S | E | E |
Wed 5/17/2023
S | K | I | S | | O | R | B | S | | A | O | C | | |
I | O | N | I | A | N | S | E | A | | S | P | A | M | |
M | A | K | E | S | E | V | E | N | | T | E | N | O | R |
| | | S | T | O | P | | D | I | O | R | A | M | A |
C | R | E | T | I | N | | U | R | N | | A | R | M | Y |
C | U | B | A | N | | A | N | A | C | O | N | D | A | S |
S | E | R | | | O | A | R | | E | I | D | | | |
| D | O | E | S | T | H | E | S | P | L | I | T | S | |
| | | D | I | S | | S | A | T | | | R | I | B |
A | S | P | I | R | E | S | T | O | | C | K | O | N | E |
H | O | O | F | | G | U | S | | P | A | I | N | E | D |
A | U | D | I | T | O | R | | H | U | R | L | | | |
S | L | I | C | K | | E | T | Y | M | O | L | O | G | Y |
| S | U | E | T | | L | O | M | A | L | I | N | D | A |
| | M | S | S | | Y | E | N | S | | T | O | P | S |
Thu 5/18/2023
B | O | M | B | | G | Y | M | | K | A | N | S | A | S |
Z | H | A | O | | L | E | A | | A | R | E | O | L | A |
Z | I | L | L | I | O | N | S | | H | I | T | M | A | N |
T | O | L | E | D | O | | O | I | L | | | E | N | D |
| | | R | O | M | A | N | N | U | M | E | R | A | L |
| S | T | O | L | I | D | | T | A | I | L | S | | |
W | A | H | | | E | M | I | R | | F | L | A | P | S |
E | L | E | C | T | R | I | C | A | L | F | A | U | L | T |
B | E | L | O | W | | T | U | N | A | | | L | I | U |
| | O | D | I | S | T | | E | S | T | A | T | E | |
S | E | V | E | N | L | E | T | T | E | R | S | | | |
T | A | E | | | A | D | O | | R | O | C | K | E | T |
U | P | B | E | A | T | | A | N | C | I | E | N | T | S |
D | O | U | G | I | E | | S | O | U | | N | E | N | A |
Y | E | G | O | D | S | | T | N | T | | D | E | A | R |
Fri 5/19/2023
B | A | B | Y | S | H | A | R | K | | | T | H | U | D |
G | R | E | A | T | I | D | E | A | | C | H | O | S | E |
A | T | A | N | Y | C | O | S | T | | M | A | N | E | T |
M | I | L | K | | K | P | H | | S | O | N | O | M | A |
E | E | L | E | D | | T | I | P | I | N | | R | B | I |
| | | E | A | T | | P | E | D | | B | R | A | N |
| P | O | S | T | H | A | S | T | E | | R | O | S | E |
S | U | H | W | E | E | T | | R | E | P | U | L | S | E |
U | L | N | A | | T | O | D | A | Y | O | N | L | Y | |
S | L | O | P | | A | L | I | | E | T | C | | | |
H | A | W | | A | L | L | O | W | | S | H | R | E | K |
I | S | I | T | O | K | | R | A | P | | M | A | L | I |
B | I | S | O | N | | D | A | R | E | D | E | V | I | L |
A | D | E | L | E | | E | M | P | T | Y | N | E | S | T |
R | E | E | D | | | M | A | S | S | E | U | S | E | S |
Sat 5/20/2023
L | O | L | C | A | T | | | | V | I | L | E | S | T |
O | N | L | Y | N | O | W | | | A | V | E | N | U | E |
B | E | A | R | D | O | I | L | | L | E | A | D | E | N |
B | O | N | U | S | | L | O | D | E | S | | P | B | S |
E | N | O | S | | G | L | O | A | T | | F | O | I | E |
D | E | S | | F | E | A | S | T | | L | A | I | R | S |
| | | D | A | N | C | E | A | R | O | U | N | D | |
| | M | E | M | E | A | C | C | O | U | N | T | | |
| S | Y | N | E | S | T | H | E | S | I | A | | | |
T | E | P | I | D | | H | A | N | E | S | | C | A | R |
H | A | R | M | | G | E | N | T | S | | C | U | T | E |
A | G | E | | F | O | R | G | E | | B | A | R | R | E |
N | O | T | H | I | N | | E | R | N | U | R | S | E | S |
K | A | T | A | N | A | | | S | O | C | L | O | S | E |
S | T | Y | L | E | D | | | | S | K | O | R | T | S |
Sun 5/21/2023 Stitchin' Time
Y | E | S | A | N | D | N | O | | N | A | S | A | L | | A | C | T | I | V | |
I | D | I | T | A | R | O | D | | I | T | P | R | O | | T | H | A | M | E | S |
P | A | R | T | N | E | R | I | N | C | R | I | M | E | | L | A | L | A | L | A |
| M | E | R | | | | N | O | H | I | T | | B | L | A | N | K | C | D | S |
| | | A | I | D | E | | T | E | S | S | | | A | R | T | I | S | T | S |
C | H | E | C | K | I | N | D | E | S | K | | D | R | Y | G | I | N | | | |
F | O | S | T | E | R | D | A | D | | | H | U | E | | E | N | C | A | M | P |
L | O | T | | A | T | O | N | | A | S | S | E | T | S | | G | I | J | O | E |
A | C | E | R | | | W | A | I | T | I | N | L | I | N | E | | R | A | M | S |
T | H | R | E | A | T | | S | O | U | L | | | E | U | R | O | C | R | A | T |
| | | S | H | O | E | | S | L | E | E | P | | G | A | U | L | | | |
R | E | D | P | A | N | D | A | | | N | Y | E | T | | S | I | E | S | T | A |
O | R | E | O | | E | N | D | I | N | T | E | A | R | S | | | S | K | I | S |
A | M | E | N | S | | A | F | R | O | E | D | | U | C | L | A | | O | A | K |
R | A | P | D | U | O | | E | A | T | | | S | T | R | I | K | E | O | N | E |
| | | I | N | N | I | E | S | | M | O | T | H | E | R | I | N | L | A | W |
S | P | E | N | D | E | R | | | N | O | P | E | | W | A | N | T | | | |
T | O | N | K | A | T | S | U | | A | C | C | R | A | | | | E | R | E | |
E | L | N | I | N | O | | B | A | C | K | I | N | B | U | S | I | N | E | S | S |
P | O | U | N | C | E | | E | G | R | E | T | | I | N | A | S | T | A | T | E |
| S | I | D | E | D | | R | E | E | D | S | | T | O | T | H | E | M | A | X |
Robert Ryan, of London, is an economist for the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority. He lives 10 minutes by foot from the 21-Across. This is his second crossword for The Times, after his debut in March.
Having grown up on cryptics, Robert is fond of tricky clues. His favourite (as he would spell it) in this puzzle is 78-Across. "As long as the clues are fair, I find hard ones more satisfying as a solver."
– puzzle by Robert Ryan
Mon 5/22/2023
A | B | O | R | T | | R | I | N | G | | B | A | R | E |
N | A | B | O | B | | E | T | A | L | | A | T | O | N |
A | D | A | M | S | A | V | A | G | E | | N | E | S | T |
K | A | M | A | | C | A | L | | E | S | T | A | T | E |
I | R | A | N | | A | M | Y | S | C | H | U | M | E | R |
N | E | E | | P | I | P | | P | L | Y | | S | R | S |
| A | R | I | A | | | S | A | U | N | A | | | |
| | A | N | D | Y | S | A | M | B | E | R | G | | |
| | | S | T | O | I | C | | | S | M | O | G | |
M | B | A | | H | U | M | | N | A | S | | D | O | S |
A | L | S | H | A | R | P | T | O | N | | E | S | T | E |
R | U | S | T | I | C | | A | N | T | | B | E | A | R |
B | R | U | T | | A | S | S | E | E | N | O | N | T | V |
L | A | M | P | | L | U | T | E | | O | L | D | I | E |
E | Y | E | S | | L | I | E | D | | W | A | S | P | S |
Tue 5/23/2023
T | E | A | | O | M | A | N | | | S | L | U | R | P |
A | R | P | | X | E | N | A | | | H | A | N | O | I |
B | A | R | T | E | N | D | S | | B | I | O | T | I | C |
A | S | I | A | N | S | | A | V | O | N | | A | L | A |
S | E | C | T | | | C | L | A | N | | S | K | I | S |
C | R | O | A | T | I | A | | L | I | C | H | E | N | S |
O | S | T | | A | T | T | N | | N | Y | O | N | G | O |
| | | N | E | W | S | E | V | E | N | T | | | |
G | A | Z | E | B | O | | D | E | S | I | | E | R | R |
E | D | I | T | O | R | S | | E | S | C | A | P | E | E |
M | A | P | S | | K | I | S | S | | | P | I | N | T |
I | M | F | | M | E | T | A | | J | E | S | T | E | R |
N | A | I | L | E | D | | S | T | O | N | E | A | G | E |
I | N | L | A | W | | | H | A | N | D | | P | E | A |
S | T | E | P | S | | | A | X | I | S | | H | S | T |
POW Wed 5/24/2023
G | O | S | L | O | W | | A | B | C | | S | A | S | H |
A | R | E | O | L | A | | S | E | A | | U | P | T | O |
P | E | L | L | E | T | D | I | S | P | E | N | S | E | R |
S | O | L | | | | A | N | T | | I | T | E | M | S |
| | | B | A | B | Y | | C | A | G | E | | | |
| G | H | O | S | T | O | F | A | C | H | A | N | C | E |
R | O | A | S | T | S | | L | S | A | T | | I | L | L |
I | N | N | E | R | | S | I | E | | B | E | T | A | S |
F | E | Y | | O | M | A | R | | C | A | R | R | I | E |
F | R | U | I | T | O | F | T | H | E | L | O | O | M | |
| | | C | U | B | E | | A | L | L | S | | | |
S | N | E | E | R | | W | I | N | | | | M | Y | B |
W | A | K | A | F | L | O | C | K | A | F | L | A | M | E |
A | P | E | X | | A | R | E | | M | A | L | I | C | E |
B | A | S | E | | O | D | E | | P | A | C | M | A | N |
Thu 5/25/2023
A | W | E | S | | C | O | M | A | | B | A | R | R | E |
T | A | M | E | | O | N | U | S | | I | D | E | A | L |
W | H | I | P | | P | E | T | S | | T | I | A | R | A |
A | O | L | | | | S | T | E | A | M | O | P | E | N |
R | O | Y | A | L | W | E | | S | P | A | S | | | |
| | | P | O | W | E | R | S | U | P | | P | L | Y |
T | E | S | T | R | I | D | E | | | | | E | A | U |
R | A | P | | D | I | S | C | | D | A | M | A | S | K |
A | C | L | | | | | A | I | R | F | A | R | E | S |
P | H | I | L | I | P | | P | I | N | E | S | | | |
| | T | O | R | A | H | | N | O | W | T | H | E | N |
E | M | P | L | O | Y | E | E | S | | | | E | R | A |
S | E | E | I | N | | F | L | I | P | | P | A | N | T |
S | T | A | T | E | | T | I | S | H | | A | V | I | A |
A | S | S | A | D | | Y | E | T | I | | R | E | E | L |
Fri 5/26/2023
O | M | A | N | I | | S | E | G | A | | S | N | U | B |
V | E | R | Y | C | L | E | V | E | R | | C | O | D | E |
A | M | I | T | O | O | L | A | T | E | | H | I | D | E |
L | O | L | | M | I | L | L | S | | P | O | S | E | R |
| | | P | E | N | S | | B | A | L | L | E | R | S |
H | U | B | R | I | S | | N | O | M | A | A | M | | |
A | P | R | O | N | | M | E | R | C | Y | R | U | L | E |
S | T | U | M | P | | A | W | E | | E | S | S | A | Y |
H | O | T | D | E | S | K | E | D | | R | H | I | N | E |
| | E | R | A | S | E | R | | C | H | I | C | K | S |
A | F | F | E | C | T | S | | S | L | A | P | | | |
P | R | O | S | E | | L | I | M | I | T | | B | O | A |
A | I | R | S | | N | O | T | O | N | E | W | O | R | D |
R | A | C | E | | O | V | E | R | G | R | A | Z | E | D |
T | R | E | S | | M | E | M | E | | S | H | O | O | S |
Sat 5/27/2023
G | I | N | S | U | P | | | R | A | C | E | B | I | B |
O | N | E | O | N | E | | | A | L | L | M | I | N | E |
O | P | E | N | T | A | B | | S | L | E | I | G | H | S |
D | A | D | J | O | K | E | S | | E | A | R | N | I | T |
I | R | M | A | | T | A | W | N | Y | | | O | D | E |
E | K | E | | L | I | N | E | A | | D | I | N | E | D |
| | | T | A | M | P | E | R | P | R | O | O | F | |
| | M | O | D | E | L | T | R | A | I | N | S | | |
| T | O | T | E | S | A | D | O | R | B | S | | | |
H | O | B | O | S | | N | E | W | T | S | | Y | E | T |
A | R | F | | | S | T | A | G | Y | | L | E | A | H |
H | E | R | N | I | A | | L | A | B | W | A | S | T | E |
A | C | O | U | P | L | E | | P | O | O | R | Y | O | U |
H | A | N | D | O | U | T | | | S | A | V | E | U | S |
A | P | T | E | S | T | S | | | S | H | A | S | T | A |
Sun 5/28/2023 U-Haul
M | A | S | K | | | I | N | C | A | | G | R | I | N | E | R | | P | S | S | T |
A | G | A | I | N | | R | O | L | L | | I | O | D | I | D | E | | O | H | I | O |
L | E | I | S | U | R | E | S | I | T | | S | U | I | T | U | P | F | R | O | N | T |
A | D | D | S | T | O | | W | O | O | F | | T | O | E | | S | I | N | G | E | S |
C | O | Y | | S | M | E | E | | S | A | G | E | T | | | | A | S | I | S | |
H | U | E | S | | C | L | A | W | | L | U | R | I | D | | A | N | T | | | |
I | T | S | A | L | O | S | T | C | A | S | E | | C | O | L | D | C | A | U | S | E |
| | | L | A | M | E | | F | L | E | S | H | | E | L | D | E | R | S | O | N |
P | T | R | A | P | S | | T | I | L | T | S | A | T | | O | L | E | | B | L | T |
A | S | A | M | I | | | B | E | E | T | | L | O | O | S | E | | E | P | A | |
C | A | N | I | S | T | E | A | L | Y | O | U | F | O | R | A | S | E | C | O | N | D |
| R | S | S | | H | A | R | D | C | | S | O | L | E | | | C | O | R | G | I |
M | I | A | | D | E | T | | S | A | R | A | P | E | S | | F | I | T | T | E | D |
I | N | C | L | U | D | E | S | | T | O | T | E | D | | O | R | G | Y | | | |
C | A | K | E | D | O | N | T | S | | D | O | N | U | T | D | E | S | P | A | I | R |
| | | M | E | T | | L | U | G | E | D | | P | A | I | N | | E | R | N | E |
| I | A | M | B | | | | B | L | O | A | T | | K | N | E | W | | U | S | D |
E | M | B | E | R | S | | E | R | A | | Y | O | K | E | | M | A | R | G | I | N |
T | H | I | S | O | L | D | H | O | S | E | | P | A | N | T | Y | H | O | U | S | E |
R | I | D | E | | O | N | U | S | E | S | | P | L | I | E | | S | A | L | T | S |
E | P | E | E | | B | A | D | A | R | T | | S | E | N | D | | | M | A | S | S |
Chandi Deitmer, of Cambridge, Mass., edits puzzles for Elevate Labs, a brain-training app. Taylor Johnson, of Minneapolis, is a stay-at-home dad who volunteers at a food co-op. After meeting via an email chain, they became friends and sounding boards for each other's work.
Chandi says, "The good thing about good friends is they tell you when your theme idea isn't landing — and offer to collaborate with you to make it better." Each has been previously published in The Times, but this is their first puzzle here together.
– puzzle by Chandi Deitmer and Taylor Johnson
Mon 5/29/2023
| N | A | S | A | | D | E | B | T | | A | L | A | S |
C | A | M | P | S | | O | M | A | R | | S | A | F | E |
H | Y | P | O | T | E | N | U | S | E | | P | Y | R | E |
A | S | S | O | R | T | | | I | N | S | | T | O | M |
| | | F | A | S | T | A | N | D | L | O | O | S | E |
T | O | S | S | | | A | B | S | | Y | A | W | | |
A | C | T | | B | A | R | E | | I | N | H | A | L | F |
C | H | O | C | O | L | A | T | E | M | O | U | S | S | E |
T | O | O | H | O | T | | T | R | O | D | | T | A | T |
| | D | A | S | | D | E | I | | | B | E | T | E |
W | H | A | T | T | H | E | D | E | U | C | E | | | |
H | A | S | | S | I | B | | | M | A | M | M | A | L |
A | V | I | D | | J | A | M | B | A | J | U | I | C | E |
C | E | D | E | | A | T | T | A | | U | S | E | R | S |
K | N | E | W | | B | E | V | Y | | N | E | N | E | |
Tue 5/30/2023
L | I | T | E | R | A | L | | | A | C | A | C | I | A |
A | C | H | I | E | V | E | | P | R | O | B | I | N | G |
B | E | A | G | L | E | S | | E | M | B | A | R | G | O |
| | T | H | Y | | | C | A | L | | | R | O | N |
G | I | S | T | | F | R | A | T | E | R | N | I | T | Y |
A | M | A | | | A | U | G | | T | A | O | | | |
M | A | L | A | R | K | E | Y | | | D | I | L | L | S |
U | N | I | F | I | E | D | | S | T | A | R | E | A | T |
T | I | E | O | N | | | L | A | W | R | E | N | C | E |
| | | U | G | H | | A | N | I | | | T | E | A |
B | A | L | L | O | O | N | I | S | T | | B | A | S | K |
A | L | E | | | R | E | D | | | E | I | N | | |
L | I | M | E | A | D | E | | R | E | G | R | E | T | S |
S | C | O | W | L | E | D | | I | N | A | D | A | Z | E |
A | E | N | E | A | S | | | M | E | N | S | R | E | A |
Wed 5/31/2023
N | S | F | W | | | R | E | B | U | S | | S | H | H |
E | T | A | I | L | | E | X | I | S | T | | B | A | E |
W | O | L | F | B | L | I | T | Z | E | R | | A | T | A |
A | L | L | I | S | O | N | | | | A | B | L | E | R |
R | E | T | | | T | I | G | E | R | W | O | O | D | S |
K | N | O | W | N | | N | O | R | A | | G | A | I | T |
| | | I | C | E | | V | I | N | C | E | N | T | |
| | B | E | A | S | T | I | E | B | O | Y | S | | |
| S | E | N | A | T | O | R | | Y | E | E | | | |
A | N | T | E | | A | R | A | B | | D | D | A | Y | S |
B | E | A | R | G | R | Y | L | L | S | | | T | E | M |
R | A | T | S | O | | | | E | N | T | I | T | L | E |
U | K | E | | B | U | F | F | A | L | O | B | I | L | L |
P | I | S | | A | S | Y | E | T | | P | I | L | O | T |
T | N | T | | G | A | I | N | S | | | S | A | W | S |