| Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
| 20 | 4/20/2021 | 5/23/2024 | 4 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Rebus | Circle | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
| 2 | 8 | 1.63 | 133 | 59% |
Adam Wagner, originally of Long Island, New York, is a creative lead at Patreon where he helps creators get paid for their work. He's also a creator *on* Patreon, building a community around his daily puzzle games Order Up and Anigrams. In previous lives, Adam has also been a writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a viral YouTuber, a game show champion, and an applied math major at Brown University.
Adam currently lives in Oakland, CA, with his wife, two kids, and a few thousand honeybees.
Thu 5/23/2024
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| T | O | E | S | H | O | E | | | M | O | V | E | O | N |
| A | G | R | E | E | O | N | | B | A | Y | A | R | E | A |
| B | R | A | E | | S | L | A | T | S | | M | R | T |
| B | E | I | R | U | T | | A | N | T | | F | E | I | G |
| O | D | E | S | | R | I | S | K | | T | O | N | N | E |
| A | S | S | | D | I | M | E | S | | L | E | T | G | O |
| | | B | O | X | B | R | A | I | D | S | | | |
| A | F | T | E | R | | A | S | F | O | R | | F | B | I |
| B | I | O | T | A | | T | H | E | N | | A | R | L | O |
| U | R | N | S | | I | M | O | | S | A | V | E | U | S |
| E | C | G | | S | P | A | W | N | | R | I | S | E | |
| L | O | A | F | P | A | N | | A | T | T | A | C | H | E |
| A | N | N | I | E | S | | | L | A | S | S | O | E | S |
| E | S | T | D | | | | A | N | Y | | S | N | L |
Mon 2/19/2024
| I | M | P | L | Y | | A | W | A | Y | | T | E | R | M |
| G | E | E | S | E | | L | A | N | E | | O | P | U | S |
| O | N | E | U | P | | T | W | O | T | I | M | I | N | G |
| T | S | P | | | L | I | A | R | | N | B | C | | |
| I | C | E | B | O | A | T | | A | D | S | | H | I | P |
| T | H | R | E | E | M | U | S | K | E | T | E | E | R | S |
| | | F | R | E | D | O | | C | A | P | R | I | S |
| C | O | C | A | | | E | L | F | | | H | O | S | T |
| A | D | R | I | A | N | | V | A | P | E | R | | | |
| F | O | U | R | D | I | M | E | N | S | I | O | N | A | L |
| E | R | M | | U | N | I | | B | A | D | N | A | M | E |
| | B | I | B | | S | P | A | T | | | R | A | M |
| S | Y | L | L | A | B | L | E | S | | G | O | N | Z | O |
| H | E | E | L | | R | E | N | E | | O | R | I | O | N |
| E | N | D | S | | A | D | D | S | | B | E | A | N | S |
Tue 1/9/2024
| B | O | C | C | E | | | | W | A | F | E | R | |
| I | S | H | A | L | L | | | E | L | I | D | E | D |
| F | L | I | R | T | E | D | | N | O | L | I | T | A |
| F | O | L | L | O | W | E | D | T | H | E | S | U | N |
| | I | O | N | | M | I | K | A | | O | R | C |
| A | D | O | | | S | O | D | A | | A | N | N | E |
| S | A | I | D | A | H | | I | B | A | R | | | |
| S | O | L | O | M | O | N | N | O | R | T | H | U | P |
| | | R | O | T | O | | O | F | Y | O | R | E |
| O | K | O | K | | P | R | I | M | | | U | N | I |
| A | M | C | | G | U | A | C | | P | A | N | | |
| S | A | T | I | N | T | H | E | F | R | I | D | G | E |
| I | R | O | B | O | T | | T | U | E | S | D | A | Y |
| S | T | P | E | T | E | | | N | O | H | O | P | E |
| S | I | X | E | R | | | | P | A | G | E | S |
Sun 11/26/2023 Growth Spurts
| B | A | E | S | | A | R | C | A | D | I | A | | | | S | B | A | R | R | O |
| R | U | N | T | | T | O | O | S | O | O | N | | | B | E | A | N | I | E | S |
| E | D | D | Y | | B | A | I | T | I | N | G | | B | E | L | L | Y | F | A | T |
| W | E | L | L | E | A | R | N | E | D | | I | T | S | A | L | L | A | L | I | E |
| S | N | E | E | R | Y | | C | R | O | C | | A | M | U | S | E | | E | R | R |
| | S | I | N | | D | H | S | | H | O | M | E | T | U | R | F | | | |
| D | I | S | C | O | B | R | A | | L | I | C | I | T | | P | I | L | L | O | W |
| A | R | L | O | | L | O | C | | A | N | K | L | E | S | | N | Y | A | S | A |
| M | U | O | N | | U | N | H | I | T | C | H | | R | O | T | C | | T | H | Y |
| E | L | I | | A | R | E | I | N | | H | A | I | | D | A | H | L | I | A | S |
| S | E | N | D | S | | D | N | C | | I | M | D | B | | B | I | E | N | | |
| | C | O | P | E | | G | A | I | L | | E | A | T | | N | E | C | C | O |
| A | T | H | E | I | S | T | | S | N | L | | A | B | A | B | A | | H | A | R |
| S | H | O | | R | E | U | P | | T | A | L | L | Y | H | O | | H | E | R | E |
| T | I | P | P | I | | B | I | L | O | X | I | | B | I | B | | O | S | L | O |
| I | N | S | O | N | G | | N | O | T | I | P | | U | T | A | H | U | T | E | S |
| | | I | C | O | S | A | G | O | N | | A | M | I | | E | S | C | | |
| O | V | A | | H | A | I | T | I | | G | A | S | P | | F | R | E | R | E | S |
| S | A | N | D | A | L | T | A | N | S | | S | K | I | P | A | C | K | A | G | E |
| A | N | T | E | N | N | A | S | | I | C | A | N | N | O | T | | E | Z | R | A |
| K | E | I | S | T | E | R | | | M | O | N | O | C | L | E | | Y | E | E | T |
| A | S | S | I | S | T | | | | S | W | A | T | H | E | S | | S | S | T | S |
Adam Wagner, of Oakland, Calif., is a creative lead at Patreon, the crowdfunding site for content creators. Michael Lieberman, of Washington, D.C., is an attorney at Fairmark Partners, a consumer-protection firm.
They're also both dads of fast-growing toddlers, which is what inspired this puzzle. Adam sent the title to Mike, who sent back what became 3- and 13-Down … and they were off and running.
Sun 9/10/2023 Detours Ahead
| L | O | L | | B | G | A | M | E | | | | A | S | H | E | | M | A | S | S |
| A | D | A | | I | N | L | A | T | E | | | T | K | O | S | | O | P | P | O |
| B | O | B | C | R | A | T | C | H | I | T | | B | A | D | A | S | S | E | R | Y |
| R | O | A | D | W | A | Y | | L | A | V | A | | G | U | T | H | R | I | E |
| | R | I | S | E | R | S | | E | L | A | Y | N | E | | A | E | T | N | A |
| | | N | O | D | | | R | E | E | L | | O | P | E | N | | U | G | H |
| J | O | S | E | F | | R | I | A | N | | U | S | B | O | R | D | E | R | S | |
| A | H | A | | P | O | I | N | T | | R | E | O | | D | R | I | V | E | | |
| B | M | W | | R | A | M | S | E | S | I | | B | E | G | O | N | E | | | |
| B | A | R | B | E | T | S | | D | O | T | H | | P | E | R | | N | A | N | S |
| E | M | E | R | Y | | | E | M | U | E | G | G | S | | | X | E | N | O | N |
| D | A | D | A | | S | S | N | | P | A | T | H | | G | O | B | R | O | K | E |
| | | S | H | A | L | O | M | | I | V | O | T | E | N | O | | M | I | A |
| | M | I | A | M | I | | O | E | D | | S | I | L | E | X | | I | D | K |
| F | I | L | M | S | P | E | E | D | | P | T | A | S | | K | V | A | S | S |
| B | A | N | | L | A | N | E | | I | B | I | S | | | B | I | O | | | |
| A | N | I | M | E | | S | L | Y | F | O | X | | B | O | U | N | C | E | | |
| I | N | T | O | T | A | L | | E | Y | R | E | | A | U | R | E | A | T | E | |
| L | I | A | R | S | D | I | C | E | | E | L | A | S | T | I | C | B | A | N | D |
| O | N | C | E | | A | D | D | S | | | S | T | R | E | E | T | | I | V | Y |
| N | G | O | S | | M | E | S | H | | | | L | A | R | D | S | | L | Y | E |
Adam Wagner, of Oakland, Calif., is a creative lead at Patreon, a monetization platform for content creators. This is his 16th crossword for The Times (and fifth Sunday).
Adam is part of a large community of Bay Area puzzlemakers. He speculates that the overlap between tech and crossword construction might be the reason for the concentration. Or maybe it's just something in the water?
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 |
Thu 3/30/2023
| F | A | C | T | | M | E | H | | | M | I | C | R | O |
| A | G | U | A | | E | A | U | | N | A | R | R | O | W |
| R | I | B | R | O | A | S | T | | C | R | E | A | S | E |
| E | L | E | G | A | N | T | | S | O | A | P | P | A | D |
| D | E | S | E | R | T | | A | H | S | | E | S | P | |
| | | T | S | A | P | R | E | | B | A | H | A | I |
| E | G | G | S | | L | U | M | | R | E | T | O | R | T |
| R | O | O | | P | O | T | H | E | A | D | | O | K | S |
| H | I | T | S | A | T | | A | V | G | | E | T | S | Y |
| U | N | C | U | T | | B | I | S | E | C | T | | | |
| G | A | H | | H | E | R | | R | U | I | N | E | D |
| Y | O | U | W | H | A | T | | T | O | S | C | A | L | E |
| I | N | G | E | A | R | | D | R | O | P | K | I | C | K |
| P | C | H | E | L | P | | A | I | M | | E | V | I | E |
| S | E | T | T | O | | | D | M | S | | T | E | D | S |
Wed 2/22/2023
| C | H | E | E | P | | R | O | A | R | | B | A | R | K |
| H | E | A | L | S | | A | N | N | O | | R | A | V | E |
| E | N | V | O | Y | | P | E | T | S | | E | A | S | Y |
| F | R | E | N | C | H | G | U | I | A | N | A | | | |
| S | I | S | | H | O | O | P | S | | A | S | P | S | |
| | | P | E | N | D | | P | A | D | T | H | A | I |
| I | D | L | E | D | | | K | A | L | A | M | A | T | A |
| B | E | A | R | | S | K | I | M | P | | I | S | I | T |
| E | T | H | I | O | P | I | A | | | I | L | E | N | E |
| G | E | T | S | M | A | D | | B | A | L | K | | | |
| R | I | C | A | | S | W | I | L | L | | N | T | H |
| | | O | N | O | M | A | T | O | P | O | E | I | A |
| W | E | L | P | | N | E | X | T | | A | D | A | M | S |
| A | L | O | E | | K | N | E | E | | S | I | T | O | N |
| H | I | S | S | | P | U | R | R | | S | N | O | R | T |
Sun 1/1/2023 In Play
| T | R | E | E | | J | A | P | A | N | | S | P | A | M | S | | A | C | T | S |
| Y | E | N | S | | A | I | O | L | I | | A | E | R | I | E | | L | O | I | N |
| R | E | C | T | A | N | G | U | L | A | R | P | R | I | S | M | | E | L | M | O |
| A | L | E | R | T | | | R | E | L | O | | | | S | I | M | P | L | E | R |
| | L | O | V | E | W | I | L | L | T | E | A | R | U | S | A | P | A | R | T |
| D | R | A | G | | N | O | T | E | | | D | O | E | S | | C | O | B | | |
| A | I | D | E | | T | W | O | | S | W | I | N | G | A | T | | | O | P | A |
| M | O | U | N | T | A | I | N | S | T | A | T | E | S | | O | U | T | R | U | N |
| E | T | S | | H | I | E | | P | A | R | | | | F | I | N | E | A | R | T |
| | | T | E | L | | D | O | C | T | O | R | D | O | L | I | T | T | L | E |
| A | X | I | O | M | | T | O | O | K | | Z | E | R | O | | C | R | E | S | S |
| G | E | T | B | A | C | K | I | N | S | H | A | P | E | | G | O | A | | | |
| I | N | S | I | G | H | T | | | | E | R | R | | S | U | R | | P | A | T |
| L | O | N | N | I | E | | B | R | E | A | K | O | U | T | I | N | S | O | N | G |
| E | N | O | | | M | A | N | U | A | L | S | | N | A | N | | A | S | T | I |
| | B | B | S | | L | A | I | C | | | S | O | L | E | | L | E | I | F |
| F | R | I | E | N | D | S | I | N | H | I | G | H | P | L | A | C | E | S | | |
| L | E | G | R | O | O | M | | | | S | U | R | E | | | D | I | N | A | R |
| U | R | G | E | | P | I | C | T | U | R | E | I | N | P | I | C | T | U | R | E |
| B | A | I | T | | E | T | H | O | S | | S | N | E | E | R | | E | D | E | N |
| S | N | E | S | | S | H | I | N | E | | S | E | D | G | E | | M | E | A | T |
Adam Wagner, of Oakland, Calif., is a creative lead at Patreon, the crowdfunding site for content creators. Michael Lieberman is an attorney in Washington, D.C. Rafael Musa, of San Francisco, is a software engineer at Airbnb. They met through crossword posts on Twitter and now play on the same team in a weekly Zoom trivia night.
The idea for this puzzle was Michael's. Rafael and Adam added to the theme. They all collaborated on the grid and clues.
Sun 11/27/2022 Go Figure
| P | I | P | | G | E | N | T | | | A | B | A | B | A | | | Y | E | A |
| J | A | P | E | | A | L | O | E | | | N | O | T | O | K | | T | U | L | L |
| I | T | L | L | B | E | F | U | N | | I | N | N | E | R | C | I | R | C | L | E |
| G | R | A | V | E | L | | T | E | R | M | | G | I | G | | L | A | K | E | R |
| G | E | N | I | E | | A | U | T | O | B | A | H | N | | C | L | I | E | N | T |
| L | O | T | S | | V | C | R | | K | E | P | I | | B | L | I | N | D | | |
| E | N | O | | O | P | E | N | H | E | A | R | T | | R | A | N | T | | | |
| | | B | A | S | K | | A | R | T | S | | K | A | Y | | R | O | D | S |
| G | R | I | T | | I | A | M | | | | C | E | S | T | S | I | B | O | N |
| W | H | I | Z | B | A | N | G | | A | G | A | P | E | | I | M | P | A | L | A |
| R | E | P | | R | I | G | H | T | T | R | I | A | N | G | L | E | | M | A | G |
| I | T | S | W | A | R | | A | I | M | E | D | | A | R | E | A | M | A | P | S |
| S | T | A | I | N | L | E | S | S | | | | A | N | I | | R | O | S | S | |
| T | O | W | N | | A | L | T | | P | U | R | R | | F | O | E | S | | | |
| | | D | A | N | K | | S | U | P | E | R | S | T | A | R | | B | O | S |
| | F | U | S | E | S | | O | R | Z | O | | E | E | K | | H | E | F | T |
| M | O | R | P | H | S | | P | R | E | O | R | D | E | R | | D | E | N | S | E |
| O | V | A | T | E | | A | L | E | | N | G | O | S | | L | O | A | T | H | E |
| L | E | M | O | N | S | Q | U | A | R | E | | P | A | V | E | D | R | O | A | D |
| T | R | E | Y | | O | U | T | R | E | | | E | W | A | N | | S | U | P | S |
| S | T | S | | | N | A | O | M | I | | | S | S | N | S | | E | T | E | |
Adam Wagner, of Oakland, Calif., is a creative lead at the San Francisco-based 1-Down. (Solve the puzzle to find out who!) He's been constructing crosswords for The Times for two years.
This one started with the answers at 85- and 86- Down and branched out, literally, from there. Recently Adam released Anigrams, a free daily online word game that I find almost as addictive as Wordle. — W.S.
Tue 9/13/2022
| D | E | L | I | | S | E | C | T | | S | T | O | W |
| E | C | O | N | | C | L | E | O | | H | O | R | A |
| F | O | O | T | B | A | L | L | P | L | A | Y | E | R |
| O | C | K | H | A | M | | L | I | E | N | S | | |
| R | A | M | E | N | | R | O | C | K | E | T | T | E |
| M | R | A | Z | | C | U | S | S | | | O | A | R |
| | | O | B | O | E | | | F | O | R | M | A |
| | U | N | B | O | R | N | B | A | B | Y | | |
| J | A | P | E | S | | | O | A | T | S | | | |
| F | B | I | | | A | N | N | E | | T | S | A | R |
| K | A | N | G | A | R | O | O | | D | R | O | V | E |
| | A | R | I | E | S | | S | O | U | R | E | D |
| H | E | R | E | S | T | H | E | K | I | C | K | E | R |
| B | A | M | A | | H | O | P | I | | T | I | N | E |
| O | U | S | T | | A | T | A | T | | S | N | O | W |
Thu 8/18/2022
| A | L | B | S | | E | T | C | H | E | R | | B | E | E |
| B | A | I | T | | C | H | R | O | M | E | C | A | S | T |
| C | U | K | E | | H | E | A | V | E | N | A | R | T | H |
| T | R | I | E | S | O | U | T | | T | V | T | R | A | Y |
| V | A | N | L | A | | S | E | P | I | A | | E | S | L |
| D | I | S | C | S | | | A | C | D | C | | | |
| B | E | N | | S | A | N | D | S | | A | P | I | A | N |
| A | R | E | S | | L | A | E | S | T | | A | N | T | E |
| O | N | S | E | T | | I | C | E | I | T | | B | O | W |
| | | C | O | M | E | | | C | A | R | O | M | |
| R | O | B | | P | A | R | S | E | | M | A | X | I | M |
| A | V | A | T | A | R | | P | A | N | P | I | Z | Z | A |
| J | A | C | U | Z | Z | A | R | T | Y | | S | E | E | N |
| A | L | O | N | E | A | G | A | I | N | | E | R | R | S |
| S | S | N | | S | N | O | T | T | Y | | D | O | S | E |
Thu 5/5/2022
| F | I | B | | K | O | R | U | N | A | S | | G | S | A |
| A | H | A | | A | D | D | S | A | L | T | | O | C | D |
| M | A | T | H | T | E | A | C | H | E | R | | L | I | E |
| I | D | S | A | Y | | | | | C | O | R | D | E | N |
| S | T | I | R | | S | O | O | N | | P | E | E | N | |
| H | O | N | | S | P | I | R | A | L | | O | N | C | E |
| | | C | O | O | L | D | U | D | E | | R | E | X |
| | S | L | I | T | | E | T | O | N | | A | C | C |
| D | E | A | R | | T | R | I | P | S | | T | A | O |
| T | O | Q | U | E | | H | U | L | A | | S | I | M | P |
| E | L | U | D | E | | E | P | I | | T | T | O | P | S |
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Tue 3/22/2022
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POW Thu 2/3/2022
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| T | A | O | | A | O | N | E | | T | E | A | C | U | P |
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POW Sun 11/21/2021 SCREEN SHARING
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Adam Wagner, of Oakland, Calif., is a senior copywriter for an ad agency in San Francisco. He got interested in crossword constructing a few years ago after he saw puzzles by some of his former Brown University classmates appearing in The Times.
The idea for this one came to him one night when he was in bed ("second only to the shower in terms of where my best ideas come"). He got up and spent the rest of the night finding theme examples.
Thu 8/5/2021
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Sun 5/30/2021 GAME OVER
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| W | E | E | | L | E | G | O | S | | I | N | N | S | | T | I | T | L | E | D |
Adam Wagner, of Oakland, Calif., is a senior copywriter for an ad agency in San Francisco. He says his real No. 1 job, though, as of about two months ago, is being a first-time dad.
Adam solves the Times crossword aloud every night with his son cuddled next to him — "so I imagine he's one of the few people alive who can claim that he literally has a lifelong New York Times crossword solving streak."
Thu 4/29/2021
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Tue 4/20/2021
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| A | C | U | R | A | | A | N | I | N | | H | A | H | N |
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| E | G | E | S | T | | B | O | B | B | A | R | K | E | R |
| V | O | L | | L | O | R | I | | R | U | D | E | | |
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