See the 60 answer words debuted by Daniel Grinberg.
Daniel Grinberg, of Philadelphia, is a user experience researcher for a consulting company.
F | R | O | S | H | F | A | D | S | A | T | O | Z | G | I | N | Z | A | |||
A | O | R | T | A | A | L | O | T | A | L | I | K | E | O | V | O | I | D | ||
Q | B | E | R | T | R | E | D | A | L | D | E | R | S | F | A | W | N | S | ||
A | C | M | E | C | O | R | P | O | R | A | T | I | O | N | ||||||
D | E | L | P | H | I | T | R | I | K | E | S | |||||||||
E | V | E | E | L | M | S | Y | O | S | H | I | A | Y | O | ||||||
F | E | A | S | T | D | A | Y | T | E | A | P | I | T | C | H | E | R | |||
A | N | N | O | S | I | N | L | O | H | A | N | H | U | G | E | |||||
M | E | L | B | L | A | N | C | C | H | U | C | K | J | O | N | E | S | |||
E | D | Y | E | L | S | E | N | O | A | L | T | |||||||||
F | A | S | T | A | N | D | F | U | R | R | Y | O | U | S | ||||||
A | N | T | I | F | A | A | D | O | L | P | H | E | T | R | O | J | A | N | ||
H | O | O | T | S | H | A | D | O | W | I | N | G | X | O | X | O | ||||
A | P | T | A | M | P | G | A | N | T | E | G | G | A | L | I | |||||
B | E | E | P | B | E | E | P | E | R | O | A | D | R | U | N | N | E | R | ||
M | O | R | T | A | R | D | S | L | E | L | O | N | ||||||||
K | O | O | K | Y | R | E | P | S | ||||||||||||
I | T | H | E | L | P | S | O | P | E | N | D | A | T | E | S | |||||
R | H | O | L | E | I | G | H | W | I | L | E | E | C | O | Y | O | T | E | ||
A | O | L | E | R | N | I | E | O | V | E | R | S | A | W | M | A | X | |||
Q | U | E | R | A | G | O | N | W | E | S | T | E | R | N | B | L | T |
Daniel Grinberg, of Philadelphia, is a user experience researcher for a consulting company. This is his ninth crossword for The Times since 2019.
The unusual arrangements of black squares in the middle of the grid playfully hint at its theme. The shaded squares in the lower left and the three black squares under them represent a "sign" that's also part of the theme.
N | I | P | S | N | A | I | F | B | A | L | E | |||
T | H | A | W | O | H | N | O | A | W | O | L | |||
H | O | R | A | J | O | A | N | C | U | S | A | C | K | |
S | P | A | T | T | E | R | S | U | B | A | R | U | S | |
M | C | A | T | S | E | L | E | S | ||||||
T | H | E | H | U | L | K | S | O | R | T | ||||
A | I | D | E | I | O | D | I | N | E | L | S | D | ||
K | N | I | S | H | R | I | D | D | R | A | P | E | ||
E | T | C | O | C | A | S | E | K | E | T | O | N | ||
M | O | R | N | S | I | N | C | I | T | Y | ||||
K | Y | O | T | O | T | E | E | N | ||||||
S | E | E | S | A | W | S | A | T | T | I | R | E | D | |
E | L | A | S | T | I | C | I | T | Y | P | O | R | E | |
A | C | R | E | N | A | P | A | T | O | I | L | |||
S | E | N | D | G | R | A | D | S | T | E | T |
E | C | L | A | T | A | P | P | L | E | S | P | Y | S | C | R | U | M | |||
S | H | E | B | A | Q | U | E | E | R | B | A | I | T | O | R | A | T | E | ||
Q | U | I | C | K | T | U | R | N | A | R | O | U | N | D | B | I | T | T | E | |
M | A | D | E | W | A | R | A | C | E | P | E | S | T | E | R | |||||
H | I | S | W | H | E | R | E | D | I | D | I | P | A | R | K | |||||
M | A | I | D | E | N | R | A | I | D | M | A | T | I | R | A | |||||
A | T | R | I | A | W | I | N | G | I | T | H | A | S | P | L | O | T | |||
L | O | O | K | T | H | E | O | T | H | E | R | W | A | Y | C | A | S | T | S | |
A | N | N | E | A | R | T | S | A | H | I | A | I | R | |||||||
R | E | I | S | S | U | E | S | F | E | D | E | R | A | L | G | R | A | N | T | |
I | R | E | O | N | O | M | O | N | E | Y | C | A | N | R | I | O | ||||
A | S | S | B | A | C | K | W | A | R | D | S | I | T | S | A | F | A | C | T | |
M | P | H | I | S | M | L | O | I | N | I | B | E | T | |||||||
S | K | E | W | S | I | M | H | A | P | P | Y | T | O | O | B | L | I | G | E | |
P | A | L | S | T | S | P | T | O | U | C | A | N | R | E | C | U | R | |||
U | T | E | G | E | L | O | N | E | S | M | E | D | A | Y | S | |||||
R | E | V | E | R | S | E | C | O | U | R | S | E | C | O | W | |||||
I | B | E | X | E | S | A | T | L | T | O | P | C | H | E | F | |||||
O | U | N | C | E | S | C | O | T | C | H | T | A | P | E | R | O | L | L | S | |
U | S | T | E | D | H | A | W | A | I | I | A | N | S | E | S | S | A | Y | ||
S | H | Y | L | Y | H | O | N | S | P | O | K | E | W | E | A | N | S |
Daniel Grinberg, of Philadelphia, researches user experience for an energy company. Rafael Musa, of San Francisco, is a software engineer at Airbnb. They met last year at a crossword tournament and hit it off.
This is Daniel's seventh crossword for The Times and Rafael's 16th. Most of Rafael's puzzles here have been collaborations. He says co-constructing "is a great way to get to know someone."
B | A | S | H | O | K | R | A | P | E | C | O | S | ||
O | S | H | A | P | O | E | T | E | X | A | L | T | ||
P | H | I | L | L | I | S | W | H | E | A | T | L | E | Y |
S | E | L | F | I | E | R | O | S | T | R | A | |||
N | O | T | V | W | I | M | P | A | B | L | E | |||
H | I | T | R | A | T | E | M | E | R | E | R | |||
M | Y | E | Y | E | T | A | X | I | E | S | ||||
C | A | R | E | L | E | S | S | M | I | S | T | A | K | E |
U | B | E | R | E | D | H | O | N | O | R | ||||
S | E | D | E | R | V | I | E | T | N | A | M | |||
S | L | A | P | W | E | S | T | J | E | E | Z | |||
P | O | P | A | R | T | T | A | X | T | I | P | |||
E | S | P | R | E | S | S | O | M | A | R | T | I | N | I |
W | I | L | T | S | O | R | A | L | R | E | E | K | ||
W | R | E | S | T | S | Y | N | C | A | R | S | E |
B | I | F | L | A | G | N | A | G | J | O | B | J | O | S | I | E | ||||
A | R | E | O | L | A | E | B | A | R | C | O | D | E | A | P | I | N | G | ||
G | U | I | L | T | Y | A | S | C | H | A | R | G | E | D | C | I | R | C | A | |
E | L | S | A | D | R | E | M | E | G | S | O | K | A | Y | E | D | ||||
L | E | T | C | A | N | T | C | O | M | P | L | A | I | N | T | E | N | |||
J | A | R | S | O | V | A | T | E | D | I | G | E | S | T | S | |||||
E | M | A | I | L | T | O | E | K | A | T | O | S | I | P | ||||||
T | E | L | L | M | E | I | M | P | R | E | T | T | Y | O | L | I | V | E | ||
N | A | I | L | N | C | I | S | M | I | R | O | A | D | O | R | E | D | |||
A | L | A | B | A | M | A | B | E | F | I | T | R | C | A | ||||||
S | I | X | I | N | C | H | O | R | F | O | O | T | L | O | N | G | ||||
D | O | T | L | E | W | I | S | R | I | P | S | O | F | F | ||||||
G | A | M | E | L | Y | A | L | I | T | V | E | E | S | H | A | R | E | |||
L | L | A | N | O | P | L | E | A | S | E | B | E | S | E | A | T | E | D | ||
I | L | K | T | K | O | S | O | R | B | A | R | S | E | S | ||||||
B | E | E | T | L | E | S | T | T | O | P | S | M | A | R | K | |||||
G | A | R | Y | O | U | R | E | T | H | E | B | O | S | S | W | A | R | |||
M | O | W | E | R | S | C | A | S | T | E | T | S | Z | E | T | A | ||||
B | R | I | B | E | G | O | D | S | A | V | E | T | H | E | Q | U | E | E | N | |
A | I | S | L | E | O | N | E | A | W | A | Y | S | T | U | N | K | A | T | ||
S | C | H | E | D | A | N | D | A | X | E | S | E | I | S | M | S |
Daniel Grinberg, of Philadelphia, researches user experience for a utility company. This is his fifth crossword for The Times. It was inspired at a party when he heard someone with a new haircut cry [the answer to 47-Across]. To which he thought [the clue to 47-Across] — which became the seed of this puzzle. Apart from its theme,
Daniel tried to include new vocabulary in the grid. 1A, 116A, 10D, 15D, 36D and 74D are all appearing in a Times crossword for the first time.
C | O | L | D | S | P | A | M | C | O | W | L | |||
B | A | M | A | A | L | L | I | N | O | A | H | U | ||
S | T | A | Y | C | L | A | S | S | Y | S | K | I | T | |
Y | O | U | R | E | N | O | T | M | Y | T | Y | P | E | |
S | A | M | P | E | A | |||||||||
T | I | M | E | F | O | R | A | C | H | A | N | G | E | |
A | N | Y | T | R | I | L | L | Z | I | N | C | |||
F | U | R | B | Y | O | D | E | M | A | Z | D | A | ||
T | I | R | E | J | E | R | R | Y | M | O | P | |||
T | H | E | S | P | A | R | K | I | S | G | O | N | E | |
R | O | O | G | T | O | |||||||||
L | E | T | S | W | R | A | P | T | H | I | S | U | P | |
I | V | A | N | T | C | H | O | T | C | H | K | E | S | |
N | E | R | O | S | T | E | N | O | N | E | C | K | ||
K | N | O | B | I | W | I | N | O | S | S | A |
J | A | B | A | P | P | L | I | E | D | L | P | S | ||
A | M | I | D | U | R | A | N | T | E | A | L | E | ||
M | A | T | C | H | B | O | X | C | A | R | S | A | X | |
B | R | O | O | D | U | S | N | A | V | Y | ||||
S | O | F | A | S | A | A | B | L | E | D | S | |||
F | L | I | N | T | M | I | C | H | I | G | A | N | ||
S | N | O | O | P | L | E | G | A | T | O | ||||
E | T | S | A | R | M | K | I | N | S | E | W | |||
T | R | Y | O | N | E | I | N | F | R | A | ||||
T | I | N | D | E | R | P | R | O | F | I | L | E | ||
U | P | T | O | R | E | B | S | D | R | O | P | |||
W | A | R | B | L | E | L | E | O | N | E | ||||
F | I | X | F | I | R | E | S | T | A | R | T | E | R | |
E | R | E | F | R | E | A | K | E | D | I | N | K | ||
Y | E | S | S | E | Q | U | I | N | S | C | D | S |
M | A | M | B | A | F | A | C | T | I | S | I | S | A | Y | M | O | A | |||
A | B | O | I | L | I | D | U | N | N | O | N | O | T | E | A | R | T | |||
J | U | D | G | E | A | N | D | J | U | R | Y | B | U | T | T | D | I | A | L | |
S | T | E | P | R | E | M | O | T | E | G | E | R | E | E | T | N | A | |||
O | B | E | S | E | P | A | R | T | O | N | L | A | G | S | ||||||
H | A | R | P | I | S | T | P | E | A | C | E | A | N | D | Q | U | I | E | T | |
A | G | A | P | E | V | I | V | I | E | N | E | T | D | |||||||
P | E | N | A | N | D | P | A | P | E | R | A | L | T | E | R | E | G | O | S | |
S | E | A | N | O | O | N | E | C | E | O | S | O | N | O | ||||||
C | H | I | R | P | S | U | C | H | A | S | R | O | E | S | ||||||
B | R | E | A | K | I | N | G | A | N | D | E | N | T | E | R | I | N | G | ||
Z | O | O | M | D | E | L | T | A | S | A | D | I | O | S | ||||||
I | D | S | L | O | R | I | C | E | D | E | D | Q | I | N | ||||||
T | E | S | T | P | I | L | O | T | B | O | O | M | A | N | D | B | U | S | T | |
A | D | O | Z | E | A | L | O | T | L | E | A | S | H | |||||||
H | U | G | S | A | N | D | K | I | S | S | E | S | S | P | E | E | D | O | S | |
U | N | I | T | T | E | N | E | T | S | S | H | I | R | R | ||||||
M | E | M | E | A | F | A | R | S | P | E | C | I | E | P | L | E | A | |||
B | A | L | S | A | M | I | C | R | O | O | M | A | N | D | B | O | A | R | D | |
U | S | E | W | E | E | K | A | L | L | U | R | E | I | N | D | I | E | |||
G | E | T | E | R | R | S | G | O | O | S | E | D | O | G | E | E | S |
Daniel Grinberg, of Philadelphia, is a researcher and designer in the field of user experience. In 2018 he earned a Ph.D. in Film and Media Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
When the pandemic started, Danny had the idea of constructing 30 crosswords in 30 days as a way of coping with lockdown anxiety. He didn't quite make it — more like 28 puzzles in 60 days. That's still quite productive. He thought of this puzzle's theme while brushing his teeth one night (which is not a hint). It's his second appearance in The Times and his first Sunday.
S | A | C | S | C | P | A | T | H | E | N | E | T | ||
P | L | A | N | A | R | C | R | A | V | I | N | E | ||
A | L | J | O | L | S | O | N | A | Z | A | L | E | A | |
Y | O | U | G | O | T | S | E | R | V | E | D | |||
S | Y | N | W | R | Y | H | E | R | E | I | A | M | ||
Y | E | A | S | E | L | D | O | T | E | |||||
A | C | O | U | S | T | I | C | S | W | A | N | |||
F | A | U | L | T | I | N | O | U | R | S | T | A | R | S |
R | I | T | L | U | S | I | T | A | N | I | A | |||
O | R | E | S | N | I | T | S | A | X | |||||
S | O | D | A | C | A | N | S | O | T | F | E | B | ||
L | O | V | E | A | C | T | U | A | L | L | Y | |||
S | A | T | O | R | I | H | A | T | E | M | A | I | L | |
S | T | O | O | G | E | O | R | O | P | I | T | A | ||
T | E | N | N | I | S | Y | E | S | S | L | E | W |