| Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
| 13 | 3/25/2004 | 6/19/2023 | 4 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Rebus | Circle | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
| 1 | 1 | 1.59 | 62 | 54% |
Mon 6/19/2023
| P | E | A | | L | O | S | | S | W | A | B |
| O | V | E | R | I | C | E | | P | O | R | E |
| P | I | R | A | N | H | A | | O | V | E | N |
| S | L | I | C | E | O | F | B | R | E | A | D |
| | A | Y | N | | A | R | T | | | |
| T | I | L | | S | A | R | I | | F | E | D |
| A | M | I | E | | B | E | E | H | I | V | E |
| R | A | S | P | B | E | R | R | Y | J | A | M |
| E | X | T | O | R | T | | | D | I | N | O |
| | | N | A | S | C | A | R | | | |
| O | H | H | I | | | A | B | A | S | E | D |
| P | E | A | N | U | T | B | U | T | T | E | R |
| T | Y | L | E | N | O | L | | E | R | G | O |
| S | S | E | | S | P | E | C | | I | S | P |
| | | S | E | N | | A | U | K | | |
| S | L | I | C | E | O | F | B | R | E | A | D |
| H | A | Z | E | | T | R | I | L | O | G | Y |
| A | V | O | N | | C | E | N | S | U | R | E |
| M | A | D | E | | H | E | S | | T | A | D |
Mr. Liben-Nowell has now hit for the cycle.
Sun 6/23/2019 TAKE TWO
| T | H | E | | | T | W | I | T | | I | C | B | M | | | T | U | N | E | S |
| H | A | N | D | | H | A | N | D | | M | O | R | A | L | | O | M | E | N | S |
| U | S | D | A | | O | R | C | S | | P | L | A | C | E | | P | L | A | C | E |
| G | I | O | V | A | N | N | I | | B | E | I | G | E | S | | C | A | P | E | |
| S | T | R | I | N | G | | S | T | R | I | N | G | | S | C | O | U | T | | |
| | S | E | A | S | H | O | R | E | | | | P | I | R | A | T | I | N | G |
| M | E | S | | | E | R | A | T | | A | L | L | N | E | T | | D | E | O |
| A | I | M | | S | P | A | S | M | | O | L | D | A | G | E | | A | E | R | O |
| I | D | E | A | T | E | D | | P | E | R | S | O | N | | P | E | R | S | O | N |
| W | I | N | N | I | P | E | G | | T | R | O | P | E | | Y | U | M | | | |
| A | S | T | O | R | | R | A | T | E | | R | A | T | E | | C | I | S | C | O |
| | | R | I | N | | B | E | R | R | A | | S | A | Y | H | E | L | L | O |
| B | A | N | A | N | A | | B | A | N | A | N | A | | T | O | R | S | I | O | N |
| I | M | O | K | | G | O | E | S | A | T | | S | P | I | N | E | | D | N | A |
| G | O | V | | L | A | U | R | E | L | | S | T | E | N | | | H | E | E | |
| S | K | I | P | A | N | T | S | | | | H | E | D | G | E | H | O | G | | |
| | T | H | R | O | B | | N | A | T | U | R | E | | N | A | T | U | R | E |
| B | I | A | S | | A | C | E | S | I | T | | S | M | A | R | T | I | E | S |
| C | L | A | S | S | | C | L | A | S | S | | A | T | E | M | | U | T | E | S |
| M | A | T | E | O | | K | A | R | E | N | | B | A | S | E | | B | A | S | E |
| S | T | E | R | N | | | P | S | S | T | | E | L | A | L | | | R | E | X |
Sat 9/15/2018
| C | A | M | P | U | S | M | A | P | | P | A | S | T | A |
| O | H | I | O | S | T | A | T | E | | A | X | I | O | M |
| S | A | M | E | S | E | X | M | A | R | R | I | A | G | E |
| A | B | E | | T | A | E | | R | A | I | N | M | A | N |
| | O | R | E | L | S | E | | G | A | G | | | |
| R | O | G | U | E | S | | Y | E | O | H | | C | E | O |
| A | P | R | I | L | | J | E | R | U | S | A | L | E | M |
| S | T | A | N | | S | P | L | I | T | | G | E | R | E |
| P | I | P | S | Q | U | E | A | K | | A | G | A | I | N |
| S | C | H | | R | I | G | S | | O | V | I | N | E | S |
| | | O | C | T | | H | I | R | E | E | S | | |
| I | M | A | F | O | O | L | | N | A | N | | L | G | A |
| S | E | L | F | D | R | I | V | I | N | G | C | A | R | S |
| M | O | V | I | E | | F | I | N | G | E | R | T | I | P |
| S | W | A | T | S | | T | A | K | E | S | T | E | P | S |
How much I love a Saturday crossword depends on a couple of factors largely outside the control of the constructor or editor. The first criterion is whether I can finish, chiefly affected by the overlap of things the puzzle thinks are worth knowing and things I happen to know. The second is how amused I am by the clues, which says more about my sense of humor than anything else.
What makes today's puzzles satisfying (so, yes, I finished and with an amused smile) is that several common words get nicely diverting clues that at first seem impossible but nicely click into place. I know nothing about college football in 1890, but with a couple of letters in place, "Something STATE" seemed likely, leaving four letters to fill in. Utah or Iowa feels less probable than OHIO. I know little about Islam, but the first letter J pointed right away to JERUSALEM. I speak no Farsi, but STAN seems obvious. I don't play Risk, but SIAM fell easily. That's three fun facts I learned from one puzzle.
SELF-DRIVING CARS is a topical entry. "M" or "Z" is an impressive clue for MOVIE. The Edison clues are fun. Senate coverage isn't DOME at all, but TOGA. ASPS are cousins of garter snakes.
The equation x + 0 = x is indeed an AXIOM. Mathematics (also science, technology, etc.) depends on accepting such things on faith. If one of the famed Peano axioms is found to be untrue, your iPhone will suddenly stop working. If you have a Galaxy, it will catch fire.
Fri 9/2/2016
| F | R | I | S | B | E | E | | S | T | I | C | K | S |
| B | R | A | S | T | R | A | P | | T | U | L | A | N | E |
| G | O | T | L | O | O | S | E | | P | R | E | R | E | Q |
| A | L | I | E | N | A | T | E | | A | N | D | R | E | |
| M | I | N | T | E | D | | | B | U | S | | A | C | E |
| E | C | G | | | W | H | E | E | L | | A | D | A | Y |
| | | G | R | A | I | L | S | | A | P | I | P | E |
| T | H | I | R | T | Y | T | W | O | A | C | R | O | S | S |
| H | E | M | I | S | | M | E | R | I | T | S | | | |
| E | R | I | N | | L | A | S | E | R | | | I | M | S |
| O | H | S | | J | A | N | | | D | A | T | S | U | N |
| O | S | C | A | R | | B | O | R | N | I | N | T | O |
| A | N | Y | O | N | E | | R | I | O | T | G | E | A | R |
| R | O | O | K | E | D | | A | S | P | I | R | A | N | T |
| T | R | U | E | T | O | | D | E | S | S | E | R | T | |
Thu 3/24/2016
| H | A | L | | E | S | T | D | | C | C | U | P | |
| A | P | P | L | E | P | I | E | | S | A | T | I | N |
| L | O | G | I | C | A | L | F | A | L | L | A | C | Y |
| O | P | A | L | | | L | I | V | E | C | H | A | T |
| | | A | D | O | | N | E | W | | | | |
| E | B | E | C | A | U | S | E | C | I | R | C | U | L |
| S | E | X | | Z | I | P | | | S | O | U | S | A |
| N | A | T | | E | J | E | C | T | | T | B | A | R |
| E | C | R | U | | A | D | L | I | B | | A | G | R |
| S | O | A | K | S | | | O | A | R | | N | E | E |
| O | N | S | E | K | A | M | G | N | I | N | O | S | A |
| | | | I | G | O | | T | E | E | | | |
| C | R | A | S | S | E | S | T | | | A | S | T | I |
| B | E | G | T | H | E | Q | U | E | S | T | I | O | N |
| C | E | E | L | O | | U | N | F | R | O | Z | E | N |
| D | R | O | P | | E | A | T | S | | E | D | S |
Jeff feels that BEG THE QUESTION "feels like a tenuous connection" to this theme. The word pedant in me disagrees — that's the answer that made this puzzle sing. While the phrase has come to be (mis)used as a synonym for "raise the question" (this makes no sense to me!) it has traditionally meant "take for granted or assume the truth of the very thing being questioned" which is exactly circular reasoning.
If this feels wrong to you, take comfort in knowing that we word pedants always lose in the long run. "Irregardless" will become standard form, "I could care less" will somehow make sense, and the original (Aristotelean, apparently) meaning of "beg the question" will be lost forever.
Anyway, I love logic puzzles and I love crosswords so a crossword about logic works for me.
Tue 6/7/2011
| P | U | L | S | E | S | | A | C | A | D | | O | A | K |
| O | N | E | C | A | R | | M | L | L | E | | I | L | E |
| S | H | O | R | T | I | S | T | A | L | L | | L | O | G |
| T | I | N | A | S | | A | R | M | Y | | A | C | E | S |
| S | T | A | B | | Q | U | A | D | | T | A | R | | |
| | | B | L | A | C | K | I | S | W | H | I | T | E |
| A | G | I | L | I | T | Y | | P | E | I | | S | A | Y |
| C | I | N | E | M | A | | | | U | N | R | I | P | E |
| A | R | S | | I | R | E | | C | R | E | A | S | E | D |
| B | L | U | N | T | I | S | S | H | A | R | P | | | |
| | M | R | S | | T | W | I | T | | M | A | M | A |
| Z | I | M | A | | M | A | I | L | | D | U | R | A | N |
| I | D | A | | L | I | T | T | L | E | I | S | B | I | G |
| O | E | R | | A | L | E | C | | O | N | I | O | N | S |
| N | A | Y | | M | E | S | H | | S | E | C | R | E | T |
Fri 12/30/2005
| F | R | A | T | H | O | U | S | E | | S | P | A | R | S |
| I | N | T | R | A | N | S | I | T | | T | I | D | A | L |
| N | A | V | Y | S | E | A | L | S | | A | C | U | R | A |
| | | A | B | O | I | L | | A | N | K | L | E | T |
| A | P | R | | E | U | R | | S | O | L | U | T | E | S |
| T | E | A | S | E | T | | S | T | R | E | P | | | |
| B | E | G | I | N | | P | O | U | T | Y | L | I | P | S |
| A | L | E | X | | T | U | R | N | A | | I | N | R | E |
| T | E | S | T | P | I | L | O | T | | O | N | L | O | W |
| | | Y | E | L | L | S | | S | L | E | E | V | E |
| L | A | B | F | E | E | S | | T | H | Y | | T | E | D |
| E | R | R | O | R | S | | P | E | R | M | S | | | |
| I | D | A | R | E | | T | E | L | E | P | A | T | H | S |
| C | E | N | T | S | | A | T | E | D | I | N | N | E | R |
| A | N | D | Y | S | | S | E | X | S | C | E | N | E | S |
Fri 8/19/2005
| S | H | A | L | L | I | | A | T | T | A | G | I | R | L |
| P | I | L | E | O | N | | B | A | R | B | E | C | U | E |
| U | M | L | A | U | T | | S | C | O | O | T | I | N | G |
| R | O | I | S | T | E | R | | T | O | M | S | | | |
| S | M | E | E | | R | E | B | | P | B | A | N | D | J |
| | | S | A | N | T | A | S | | S | H | O | R | E |
| A | G | E | | G | I | A | N | T | S | | I | D | O | L |
| D | O | N | T | A | S | K | D | O | N | T | T | E | L | L |
| D | U | D | E | | T | E | A | M | U | P | | S | L | O |
| T | R | U | S | S | | S | N | A | C | K | S | | | |
| O | D | E | T | T | A | | A | C | K | | T | O | D | O |
| | | C | A | S | T | | H | A | I | R | G | E | L |
| P | T | B | A | R | N | U | M | | W | A | I | L | E | D |
| J | O | U | S | T | I | N | G | | A | M | P | E | R | E |
| S | E | M | E | S | T | E | R | | Y | A | S | S | E | R |
Wed 8/3/2005
| S | L | U | G | S | | B | L | T | | A | B | E | T | S |
| G | E | N | O | A | | L | O | O | | L | E | N | I | N |
| T | W | O | B | Y | F | O | U | R | | L | A | D | L | E |
| | | A | E | O | N | S | | R | E | M | O | T | E |
| H | U | N | D | R | E | D | Y | E | A | R | S | W | A | R |
| I | S | O | | S | S | E | | M | I | G | | S | T | S |
| F | E | T | E | | | | V | I | S | I | T | | | |
| I | D | E | M | A | N | D | A | R | E | C | O | U | N | T |
| | | S | P | O | I | L | | | | O | R | E | O |
| A | T | A | | P | R | E | | S | S | S | | G | A | P |
| T | H | R | E | E | M | U | S | K | E | T | E | E | R | S |
| L | E | M | A | N | S | | C | I | R | R | I | | | |
| A | W | O | R | D | | T | H | E | B | I | G | T | E | N |
| S | H | U | N | T | | H | E | R | | P | H | O | T | O |
| T | O | R | S | O | | Y | D | S | | S | T | E | A | D |
Wed 6/29/2005
| T | H | A | W | S | | C | A | T | | A | S | K | E | D |
| V | I | N | C | I | | A | W | E | | A | C | E | L | A |
| A | S | D | F | G | H | J | K | L | | R | O | Y | A | L |
| | | I | N | T | O | W | | D | O | U | B | L | E |
| A | C | H | E | | S | L | A | M | I | N | T | O | | |
| C | O | U | L | D | | E | R | A | S | | S | A | P | S |
| C | O | N | D | O | R | | D | R | A | B | | R | A | E |
| O | P | T | S | O | U | T | | T | R | E | A | D | L | E |
| R | E | A | | M | B | A | S | | M | A | N | I | A | S |
| D | R | N | O | | E | M | U | S | | V | I | S | T | A |
| | D | R | O | N | E | B | E | E | | S | T | E | W |
| E | X | P | A | T | S | | G | R | E | T | E | | | |
| L | E | E | C | H | | T | O | U | C | H | T | Y | P | E |
| U | N | C | L | E | | H | A | M | | U | T | U | R | N |
| L | A | K | E | R | | E | L | S | | D | E | M | O | S |
Thu 3/31/2005
| M | A | N | | | A | S | P | E | N | | | T | H | Y |
| O | T | I | S | | B | E | A | R | O | N | | H | A | M |
| J | O | N | I | | S | C | R | A | P | E | | R | I | C |
| O | M | E | N | S | | S | A | T | E | S | | E | T | A |
| | D | E | L | I | | D | O | T | T | H | E | I | S |
| G | R | O | W | I | N | T | O | | S | E | E | D | | |
| U | A | W | | P | R | O | X | Y | | A | R | O | M | A |
| L | I | N | K | | E | N | I | A | C | | E | W | A | N |
| F | L | I | E | R | | S | C | R | U | B | | N | I | T |
| | S | P | A | Y | | A | N | D | R | O | I | D | S |
| S | O | F | T | B | O | I | L | | S | A | N | S | | |
| A | H | A | | B | U | M | P | S | | G | E | T | A | T |
| V | A | L | | I | D | E | A | L | S | | A | R | C | H |
| E | R | S | | T | I | T | I | A | N | | L | U | R | E |
| S | E | E | | | G | A | R | B | O | | | E | E | N |
Fri 7/9/2004
| Q | U | E | E | R | E | Y | E | | M | A | R | C | E | L |
| U | P | I | N | A | R | M | S | | A | P | E | R | C | U |
| A | N | N | E | R | I | C | E | | D | O | T | E | L | L |
| | | M | I | C | A | | O | E | D | I | P | A | L |
| C | A | P | I | T | A | | H | U | P | | T | E | T | |
| H | A | L | E | Y | | M | I | T | R | A | L | | | |
| I | R | A | S | | M | I | S | S | O | R | E | G | O | N |
| L | O | N | | R | U | N | S | O | U | T | | U | N | E |
| I | N | T | H | E | F | I | E | L | D | | G | R | O | W |
| | | U | N | F | O | L | D | | M | O | U | N | T |
| F | A | R | | I | N | F | | R | A | I | S | E | S |
| P | O | L | L | E | N | S | | T | E | N | N | | | |
| E | N | L | I | S | T | | W | I | N | D | G | U | S | T |
| A | D | O | N | A | I | | A | V | E | M | A | R | I | A |
| R | A | Y | G | U | N | | D | O | E | S | T | I | M | E |
Thu 3/25/2004
| P | A | P | A | | S | H | A | S | T | A | | I | V | Y |
| O | P | U | S | | T | O | R | P | O | R | | F | A | A |
| W | I | R | Y | | A | E | R | A | T | E | | N | C | O |
| W | E | S | L | E | Y | R | A | D | U | A | T | E | | |
| O | C | E | A | N | | | Y | E | P | | R | E | B | A |
| W | E | D | | D | N | A | | | | F | I | D | E | L |
| | | A | L | Y | S | S | A | | R | A | B | B | I |
| D | I | R | E | C | T | E | D | B | Y | L | E | E | |
| S | I | M | M | S | | I | N | R | A | G | S | | | |
| A | R | I | A | S | | | | Y | A | P | | T | R | E |
| P | E | N | N | | T | H | A | | | A | S | H | E | N |
| | L | I | B | Y | O | V | E | R | N | M | E | N | T |
| A | D | O | | I | G | N | O | R | E | | A | F | A | R |
| N | O | V | | N | U | D | I | S | M | | C | A | M | E |
| T | E | E | | S | P | A | R | E | S | | K | N | E | E |
Across rebus squares are interpreted as YANG, and down ones as YIN.
