Andrew Chaikin author page
4 puzzles by Andrew Chaikin
with Editor comments
| A | T | T | A | C | K | R | A | C | E | R | S | T | A | M | E | N | ||||
| L | E | A | G | U | E | R | E | V | I | L | E | S | C | I | M | I | N | O | ||
| P | A | T | I | N | A | O | V | E | R | L | A | P | A | K | I | N | T | O | ||
| A | P | T | L | Y | N | A | M | E | D | C | E | L | E | B | R | I | T | I | E | S |
| C | O | L | E | F | A | L | A | N | I | C | E | Y | O | R | E | |||||
| A | T | E | B | L | I | N | I | S | I | N | G | E | N | O | S | |||||
| W | E | A | R | I | N | G | N | A | M | E | T | A | G | S | ||||||
| S | W | E | E | P | E | A | U | A | L | S | O | R | R | O | W | S | ||||
| G | E | R | A | R | D | G | A | G | O | N | R | E | R | E | A | D | ||||
| R | A | I | N | S | I | M | A | C | U | O | F | A | T | E | S | L | A | |||
| A | W | N | S | U | M | F | A | R | T | I | M | |||||||||
| B | E | G | E | T | H | Y | M | N | F | U | N | K | S | C | E | N | E | |||
| S | E | E | N | A | S | A | S | I | A | N | A | M | A | N | A | S | ||||
| D | R | Y | M | O | P | S | E | N | V | O | S | M | O | N | D | S | ||||
| A | P | P | L | E | S | W | E | A | T | S | H | I | R | T | ||||||
| G | T | S | A | H | E | A | P | A | M | O | R | E | T | V | S | |||||
| O | A | T | H | A | R | U | T | S | K | O | R | C | H | E | T | |||||
| T | H | E | O | N | E | T | O | T | H | E | W | E | S | T | O | F | H | E | R | E |
| H | I | P | P | O | S | O | N | E | V | O | T | E | A | R | O | U | S | E | ||
| A | N | O | I | N | T | M | I | T | E | R | E | D | T | A | S | S | E | L | ||
| M | I | N | N | I | E | K | A | R | E | N | S | T | E | A | D | Y |
Andrew Chaikin is a musician and game inventor in San Francisco. This crossword contains a whodunit.
| S | P | O | I | L | L | A | L | A | W | S | H | U | T | W | A | R | T | |||
| P | U | N | N | Y | A | R | I | S | E | L | A | S | H | I | G | O | R | |||
| C | L | E | A | N | O | U | T | T | H | E | H | O | U | S | E | N | A | M | E | |
| A | L | P | S | U | R | L | D | A | M | E | D | E | E | P | A | K | ||||
| S | E | E | F | R | I | E | N | D | S | M | O | R | E | O | F | T | E | N | ||
| M | A | R | C | I | E | S | A | I | A | T | T | A | ||||||||
| O | H | C | O | O | L | S | N | O | G | S | S | R | S | R | O | |||||
| S | E | E | N | S | A | Y | G | R | O | W | M | Y | N | E | S | T | E | G | G | |
| H | A | N | D | K | O | N | W | E | I | R | C | L | E | A | R | Y | ||||
| E | D | T | M | E | R | E | S | A | L | T | I | H | A | R | L | E | M | |||
| G | I | V | E | U | P | O | L | D | H | A | B | I | T | S | ||||||
| S | H | E | R | R | I | T | E | A | K | S | N | O | D | E | M | B | A | |||
| A | E | R | A | T | E | R | A | M | I | S | O | N | T | E | E | N | ||||
| W | A | T | C | H | W | H | A | T | I | E | A | T | B | A | G | H | D | A | D | |
| L | E | I | A | L | Y | S | C | A | R | S | I | R | I | U | S | |||||
| E | A | R | S | D | R | E | D | L | O | T | T | O | ||||||||
| P | L | A | N | A | P | E | R | F | E | C | T | G | E | T | A | W | A | Y | ||
| S | H | A | L | O | M | D | E | A | D | I | N | K | A | T | I | T | ||||
| W | A | I | L | O | R | G | A | N | I | Z | E | M | Y | O | F | F | I | C | E | |
| I | S | L | E | N | E | E | D | T | A | K | E | I | T | I | V | O | S | |||
| M | E | A | N | A | N | D | Y | S | P | E | N | T | S | T | E | N | T |
Andrew Chaikin, of San Francisco, is an electronic-blues musician who goes by the name Kid Beyond. He has played with such luminaries as James Brown, Ray Charles, Will.I.Am and Sara Bareilles.
This is his third Sunday crossword for The Times. Last January he made a resolution to have another puzzle in the paper by the end of the year. In October, with time running out, he thought, "What's an idea they'd want to publish by December 31?" Voilà!
| C | O | A | S | T | A | T | A | T | I | M | E | C | H | I | T | A | ||||
| M | A | N | T | L | E | T | R | I | S | T | A | N | H | O | T | E | L | S | ||
| A | G | E | F | O | R | D | R | I | N | K | I | N | G | L | E | G | A | L | L | Y |
| Y | E | T | B | R | E | A | S | T | S | C | R | I | E | S | E | T | D | |||
| A | S | I | A | O | M | I | T | H | A | M | S | E | X | O | N | |||||
| N | U | M | B | E | R | O | N | E | A | L | B | U | M | B | Y | A | D | E | L | E |
| S | P | E | L | L | P | O | E | D | I | D | D | Y | ||||||||
| A | R | A | B | S | P | C | T | T | E | N | L | B | ||||||||
| G | U | N | S | I | N | A | M | I | L | I | T | A | R | Y | S | A | L | U | T | E |
| O | N | E | T | O | O | M | A | N | Y | E | L | I | E | W | I | E | S | E | L | |
| O | C | C | B | L | T | O | P | T | T | R | I | |||||||||
| F | A | C | S | I | M | I | L | E | S | M | A | L | E | F | I | C | E | N | T | |
| S | P | O | T | S | O | N | A | L | L | S | I | D | E | S | O | F | A | D | I | E |
| R | I | T | A | S | I | N | N | S | T | E | N | S | ||||||||
| S | H | O | U | T | W | C | S | O | E | S | T | E | ||||||||
| W | I | N | N | I | N | G | B | L | A | C | K | J | A | C | K | T | O | T | A | L |
| I | S | A | K | E | U | R | O | E | L | L | E | F | A | V | A | |||||
| L | P | S | H | A | V | A | N | A | S | T | I | E | R | S | R | E | P | |||
| L | E | T | T | E | R | S | I | N | T | H | E | S | E | A | N | S | W | E | R | S |
| S | E | A | G | A | L | N | O | N | A | G | O | N | E | T | H | A | N | E | ||
| D | R | I | L | Y | S | L | O | G | A | N | S | L | S | A | T | S |
| D | E | W | A | R | F | L | O | W | C | H | A | P | M | A | L | E | ||||
| E | X | I | L | E | R | A | R | E | L | A | B | A | N | I | M | A | L | |||
| C | A | S | A | B | L | A | N | C | A | F | A | L | A | L | A | L | A | L | A | |
| O | M | E | N | O | N | E | S | C | A | N | T | O | D | D | S | O | N | |||
| A | T | O | Z | N | E | A | L | S | S | M | E | E | ||||||||
| T | A | B | L | E | T | B | O | L | T | S | S | T | A | R | W | A | R | S | ||
| B | L | A | D | E | C | L | U | C | E | S | A | R | B | O | T | |||||
| S | O | F | A | T | H | A | T | C | H | O | N | U | P | E | R | D | E | |||
| P | E | T | C | H | O | C | U | L | A | I | D | D | O | D | A | H | L | |||
| A | S | H | E | K | R | O | S | S | M | E | T | R | I | C | A | L | ||||
| A | M | A | N | A | P | L | A | N | A | C | A | N | A | L | P | A | N | A | M | A |
| R | A | W | O | N | I | O | N | K | A | M | E | N | I | P | A | D | ||||
| C | R | A | W | T | U | D | E | T | O | A | D | I | E | S | A | B | S | |||
| H | I | R | E | S | I | T | S | C | A | R | A | T | S | A | B | L | E | |||
| E | N | D | S | A | T | C | H | E | L | S | E | N | R | O | N | |||||
| R | A | S | T | A | M | A | N | I | C | O | S | A | I | S | A | A | C | S | ||
| U | T | E | S | S | L | A | N | T | S | M | O | G | ||||||||
| A | D | O | R | E | S | P | A | I | N | E | G | P | A | R | A | J | A | |||
| M | A | G | N | A | C | A | R | T | A | B | A | L | A | C | L | A | V | A | S | |
| P | Y | R | O | M | A | N | I | A | I | C | E | S | A | M | I | C | I | |||
| M | O | E | N | L | I | M | N | T | E | E | M | O | S | A | K | A |
In 2002 I published a crossword by Patrick Berry in which the only vowel in the entire grid was A, so I wasn't so impressed here that just the theme answers are univocalic. But the twist of the theme clues also having A as the only vowel? Love it! Fourteen theme entries in a Sunday puzzle is impressive, too.