| Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
| 11 | 4/17/1996 | 8/16/2020 | 3 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Variety |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rebus | Circle | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
| 1 | 1 | 1.54 | 82 | 59% |
10 daily crosswords
by Francis Heaney
POW Sun 8/16/2020 ALTERNATIVE CINEMA
| M | A | O | I | S | T | S | | S | T | A | M | P | S | | M | O | R | A | S | S |
| U | N | P | L | A | I | T | | I | A | M | T | O | O | | A | V | E | N | U | E |
| T | W | E | L | V | E | A | N | G | R | Y | M | E | N | | R | A | N | K | E | D |
| E | A | R | | A | R | R | A | N | T | | | | I | C | I | | A | L | D | A |
| D | R | A | W | N | | T | H | E | A | F | R | I | C | A | N | Q | U | E | E | N |
| | | E | T | T | U | | D | R | I | E | D | | P | A | U | L | S | | |
| F | L | A | N | | U | P | I | | | N | I | L | | | R | O | T | O | R | S |
| D | O | C | T | O | R | S | T | R | A | N | G | E | | S | A | T | | C | A | T |
| I | G | E | T | I | T | | D | E | P | E | N | D | O | N | | A | S | K | M | E |
| C | O | R | O | L | L | A | | N | U | Y | S | | P | A | C | | P | S | S | T |
| | | B | Y | E | B | Y | E | | | | B | I | R | D | I | E | | | |
| A | M | I | E | | S | O | O | | S | M | E | E | | E | D | H | E | L | M | S |
| S | A | N | D | L | | U | N | T | H | A | W | E | D | | R | O | D | E | O | S |
| P | T | A | | A | C | T | | W | A | T | E | R | S | H | I | P | D | O | W | N |
| S | A | N | R | I | O | | | Y | R | S | | | L | I | V | | I | N | N | S |
| | Y | E | L | L | S | | L | O | U | I | S | | T | E | V | A | | | |
| T | H | E | L | A | D | Y | V | A | N | I | S | H | E | S | | A | L | U | M | S |
| R | A | V | I | | B | M | I | | | | S | A | V | O | I | R | | S | A | L |
| U | N | E | E | D | A | | A | M | E | R | I | C | A | N | B | E | A | U | T | Y |
| C | O | N | F | I | T | | N | O | L | U | C | K | | G | E | S | T | A | T | E |
| K | I | T | S | C | H | | D | R | I | N | K | S | | S | T | E | E | L | E | R |
Inevitably, when I clue a crossword, there end up being a lot of clues relating to stuff I've been up to recently. Of course, many of those clues ended up getting edited, but here's some peeks at things referenced in the pseudo-diary of the original clues.
Late last year, in the before times, my wife Lorinne and I went to see a good friend of ours perform in the juggling ensemble of the OPERA (3-Down) "Akhnaten," and we rewatched some highlights of it at home when it aired on "Great Performances at the Met." Naturally we also watched Phillipa SOO (75-Across) in the filmed version of "Hamilton" when that made its streaming debut. Honestly there's been a lot of TV-watching; our main binge has been catching up on seasons of "RuPaul's Drag Race" that we hadn't seen (having started watching in season 6), and so I gave the show a shout-out in my clue for LOGO (43-Down), since that was its original network before moving to VH1.
A different thing we've been doing as stay-at-home entertainment is performing play readings with friends over Zoom. Coincidentally, we just did a reading of TWELVE ANGRY MEN (23-Across), though that happened well after this puzzle was clued. We also did a reading of "Peter and the Starcatcher," an imagined origin story for Peter Pan, in which I played Black Stache and Lorinne played my sidekick SMEE (76-Across). I look forward to Lorinne performing onstage again; one of my favorite performances of hers was in a musical adaptation of "A Man of No Importance," based on the movie starring Albert FINNEY (34-Down).
Around the apartment are many products from SANRIO (94-Across), including Hello Kitty figurines and a plush Badtz-Maru, a troublemaking penguin who, canonically, shares my birthday; the Sanrio products, though, are probably outnumbered by our Tokidoki tchotchkes (sadly unrepresented in this grid).
Wed 2/26/2020
| G | R | A | M | M | Y | | O | N | K | P | | K | A | T |
| R | A | D | I | O | S | | R | O | A | R | | O | N | O |
| A | T | O | N | A | L | | A | T | T | E | S | T | T | O |
| B | E | G | U | N | | P | L | A | Y | M | O | B | I | L |
| | | S | E | G | A | | I | D | I | D | | | |
| H | I | P | S | D | O | N | T | L | I | E | | S | K | I |
| E | S | A | I | | P | A | W | | D | R | A | P | E | D |
| L | E | I | G | H | | M | O | D | | S | U | R | L | Y |
| P | E | R | N | O | D | | P | E | P | | T | E | L | L |
| S | M | S | | T | R | O | M | P | E | L | O | E | I | L |
| | | A | F | A | R | | T | R | O | T | | | |
| A | S | Y | O | U | W | I | S | H | | R | U | S | S | O |
| G | O | A | N | D | S | E | E | | B | E | N | H | U | R |
| O | A | K | | G | I | N | A | | O | N | E | A | L | L |
| G | P | S | | E | N | T | S | | B | A | D | G | U | Y |
Brendan Emmett Quigley and I had recently been discussing Billie Eilish's Grammy achievement, a first since Christopher Cross in 1981. (Honestly, I was pulling for Lizzo for Best Album, but them's the breaks.) So her name was on my mind, and I had also just added WHERE'S THE LIE to my database and was wondering if I could work it into a theme. I noticed the letter overlap and the fact that Billie's name broke up nicely into four trigrams and went from there, though in the course of choosing theme entries, I ended up replacing WHERE'S THE LIE with HIPS DON'T LIE, which seemed more appropriate for a pop music puzzle anyway.
The light bonus tie-in of AUTOTUNED (BAD GUY features some Autotuned vocals) was not planned — that just happened to be the option there that led to the best fill.
Sun 1/24/2016 INITIAL TURN
| P | A | R | A | M | U | S | | C | A | R | | T | E | A | L | | R | I | C | H |
| O | L | E | M | I | S | S | | A | B | A | | A | C | L | U | | E | S | A | I |
| S | D | I | A | N | D | N | A | N | C | Y | | B | O | O | M | | A | L | L | Y |
| E | E | N | S | Y | | | N | O | D | E | A | L | | T | B | A | C | O | L | A |
| D | N | A | S | A | V | A | G | E | | | C | E | N | | A | T | T | Y | S | |
| | | I | N | A | L | L | | A | S | T | H | O | U | G | H | | A | H | I |
| S | O | W | N | | N | I | E | | C | P | U | O | F | N | O | O | D | L | E | S |
| C | P | A | G | U | N | S | | C | H | I | P | P | E | R | | L | U | T | E | S |
| A | T | L | | N | A | T | A | L | I | E | | S | E | E | P | | S | O | T | O |
| M | E | L | F | I | | | S | U | E | S | | | | S | H | A | H | | | |
| P | D | A | O | F | P | A | P | E | R | | R | B | I | T | I | C | K | L | E | R |
| | | R | Y | A | N | | | | H | E | F | T | | | H | U | E | V | O |
| A | N | E | T | | H | E | L | M | | A | L | F | O | N | S | O | | T | I | C |
| M | O | N | E | Y | | M | Y | O | P | I | A | S | | G | T | O | M | I | L | K |
| B | T | U | S | E | R | I | O | U | S | L | Y | | S | A | R | | E | T | S | Y |
| I | A | N | | L | E | A | N | N | E | S | S | | T | I | E | R | I | | | |
| S | C | A | L | P | | S | T | U | | | B | Y | O | W | O | N | D | E | R |
| T | M | I | C | O | O | K | | E | D | I | T | O | R | | | A | H | O | R | A |
| M | A | A | M | | S | L | O | T | | B | Y | U | O | N | C | R | E | D | I | T |
| A | N | T | E | | T | E | R | N | | A | N | N | | C | L | A | R | I | C | E |
| N | Y | E | S | | S | E | G | A | | R | E | D | | R | E | T | R | E | A | D |
Thu 8/25/2011
| S | E | N | S | E | | F | O | O | D | | B | S | M | T |
| A | M | O | U | R | | E | L | M | O | | A | W | A | R |
| S | C | R | E | A | M | E | D | A | T | | S | I | S | I |
| S | E | A | T | | O | L | I | N | | C | I | S | C | O |
| Y | E | S | | L | O | S | E | | A | R | C | S | | |
| | | N | E | T | | | C | L | O | B | B | E | R |
| E | A | S | E | S | | S | H | E | S | A | L | A | D | Y |
| K | N | O | W | S | | H | U | R | | T | A | N | I | A |
| C | O | N | E | S | T | O | G | A | | I | C | K | E | S |
| O | N | A | D | A | R | E | | | D | A | K | | | |
| | T | I | L | E | | S | P | I | N | | E | S | C |
| R | A | I | T | T | | W | E | E | P | | E | X | P | O |
| O | M | N | I | | T | R | O | L | L | E | Y | C | A | R |
| C | I | A | O | | S | A | U | L | | D | R | E | C | K |
| A | S | S | N | | K | Y | L | E | | S | E | L | E | S |
Sun 6/13/2010 FLAG DAY
| M | E | T | A | L | S | | E | R | E | N | O | W | | | | L | A | L | A | W |
| R | B | I | M | A | N | | R | O | M | A | N | I | A | | M | O | B | I | L | E |
| | | S | B | E | A | N | C | O | B | A | I | N | | A | G | A | M | A | S |
| | | | S | E | L | E | S | | | | G | Y | M | S | | C | E | N | T |
| M | E | S | T | I | Z | O | S | | H | E | P | | | A | C | Q | U | | | |
| I | N | C | I | T | E | S | | C | A | L | A | M | I | T | O | U | S | | | |
| S | T | A | L | E | S | T | | A | T | A | R | U | N | | T | I | E | S | T | O |
| S | A | R | | | | | I | R | E | L | A | N | D | | | P | S | H | A | W |
| M | I | N | I | | | | S | T | S | | S | C | O | W | L | | | E | L | I |
| E | L | E | C | T | R | U | M | | | D | O | H | | H | E | W | A | B | L | E |
| | | E | E | O | C | | I | T | A | L | Y | | I | S | A | T | | | |
| M | A | L | T | A | S | E | | N | H | L | | | A | R | S | L | O | N | G | A |
| A | V | E | | | E | R | A | S | E | | S | A | N | | | | B | O | U | T |
| L | O | E | B | S | | | R | E | B | U | I | L | T | | | | | K | I | T |
| I | N | K | I | N | D | | F | R | A | N | C | E | | S | I | S | T | I | N | E |
| | | G | O | O | N | S | T | R | I | K | E | | E | N | C | O | D | E | S |
| P | Y | | | | C | S | | | D | S | O | | S | N | A | R | L | S | A | T |
| E | A | S | T | | K | A | P | P | | | | D | E | N | T | I | | | | |
| O | H | M | A | G | E | | D | I | G | | | | E | A | R | B | O | O | K | S |
| N | O | E | X | I | T | | F | E | R | E | N | G | I | | A | E | R | I | A | L |
| S | O | N | I | A | | | | D | O | R | S | E | T | | P | R | E | S | T | O |
Thu 12/17/2009
| E | S | S | O | | A | B | A | | | D | R | I | E | D |
| L | E | E | S | | C | A | T | | S | O | O | N | Y | I |
| B | A | A | L | | C | A | T | | P | O | S | H | E | R |
| A | L | L | O | U | T | | N | O | A | H | S | A | R | K |
| | | | L | S | D | | T | R | A | I | L | | |
| C | A | F | F | E | | O | F | T | E | N | | A | H | H |
| O | H | A | R | E | | C | L | E | M | | I | T | O | O |
| M | O | L | E | | S | T | O | R | E | | L | I | R | R |
| M | O | L | E | | C | O | O | P | | F | L | O | S | S |
| A | T | E | | G | O | R | D | O | | R | E | N | E | E |
| | N | E | A | T | O | | P | B | A | | | | |
| T | W | O | B | Y | T | W | O | | A | N | I | M | A | L |
| R | I | V | O | L | I | | D | O | G | | T | C | B | Y |
| A | D | E | L | I | E | | D | O | G | | L | I | O | N |
| M | E | R | I | T | | | S | H | Y | | L | I | O | N |
Wed 8/28/1996
| A | B | O | R | T | | B | A | B | K | A | | D | A | W |
| L | A | N | A | I | | U | R | I | E | L | | U | T | E |
| S | W | E | E | P | S | T | A | K | E | S | | S | R | A |
| O | D | S | | T | I | N | S | E | L | | S | T | I | R |
| | | T | O | G | O | | | O | N | E | D | A | Y |
| G | O | S | H | E | N | | D | I | V | I | D | E | | |
| A | R | C | E | D | | N | I | N | E | L | I | V | E | S |
| S | E | R | B | | F | A | V | O | R | | T | I | L | T |
| P | O | U | R | S | I | T | O | N | | C | I | L | I | A |
| | B | A | S | S | E | T | | G | L | O | S | S | Y |
| L | I | L | I | T | H | | | D | E | A | N | | | |
| I | R | A | N | | T | A | S | E | R | S | | A | S | I |
| N | O | N | | V | A | C | U | U | M | P | A | C | K | S |
| E | N | D | | A | N | T | I | C | | E | N | L | A | I |
| D | Y | S | | S | K | A | T | E | | R | O | U | T | S |
Tue 8/6/1996
| P | E | D | A | L | | G | A | I | T | S | | S | K | A |
| A | C | U | R | A | | E | A | T | A | T | | P | A | M |
| L | U | C | K | Y | S | T | R | I | K | E | | A | R | E |
| | | S | I | A | M | E | S | E | | I | R | A | N |
| A | U | G | | T | U | E | | | F | A | C | E | T | S |
| S | T | U | P | O | R | | S | P | I | N | E | T | | |
| L | E | T | O | N | | D | E | R | V | I | S | H | E | S |
| A | R | T | E | | A | R | N | I | E | | H | E | X | A |
| P | O | E | T | I | C | I | S | M | | M | O | R | E | L |
| | R | A | V | I | N | E | | R | E | W | O | R | K |
| M | I | S | L | E | D | | | B | A | A | | D | T | S |
| A | N | N | E | | R | E | S | I | G | N | S | | | |
| S | K | I | | B | A | N | A | N | A | S | P | L | I | T |
| H | E | P | | R | I | D | G | E | | I | R | A | T | E |
| A | D | E | | O | N | S | E | T | | T | Y | S | O | N |
Wed 7/3/1996
| D | I | R | E | C | T | | T | O | L | D | | A | B | S |
| E | D | I | T | O | R | | A | V | I | D | | P | O | P |
| A | L | L | A | B | O | U | T | E | V | E | | P | S | I |
| F | E | E | | B | Y | L | I | N | E | | S | L | U | E |
| | | C | L | E | M | | | I | N | T | E | N | D |
| B | A | S | H | E | S | | A | R | T | O | I | S | | |
| I | N | N | E | R | | A | B | O | U | T | F | A | C | E |
| O | K | A | Y | | S | T | A | M | P | | L | U | L | L |
| L | A | K | E | S | T | A | T | E | | N | I | C | O | L |
| | E | N | C | O | D | E | | R | E | N | E | G | E |
| T | U | R | N | I | P | | | D | A | W | G | | | |
| O | P | I | E | | P | A | N | I | C | S | | O | V | A |
| R | E | V | | M | A | D | A | M | I | M | A | D | A | M |
| I | N | E | | A | R | I | D | | N | A | P | O | L | I |
| C | D | R | | E | D | N | A | | E | N | T | R | E | E |
Wed 4/17/1996
| R | E | D | I | D | | S | W | A | P | | A | W | E | S |
| A | P | A | C | E | | T | I | N | A | | B | I | L | L |
| J | A | M | E | S | D | A | N | D | Y | | E | L | L | A |
| | | B | E | I | N | G | | C | A | L | L | I | N |
| M | A | R | R | E | D | | C | H | I | | I | S | T |
| E | I | L | E | E | N | | T | H | E | L | M | A | | |
| A | T | B | A | T | | E | R | I | C | | E | M | M | A |
| T | R | E | K | | S | T | A | N | K | | A | F | A | R |
| S | E | R | E | | P | U | M | A | | A | S | O | N | E |
| | T | R | E | A | D | S | | A | D | U | L | T | S |
| S | O | D | | O | R | E | | O | V | E | R | D | O | |
| C | R | E | A | S | E | | C | R | E | P | E | | | |
| R | A | N | G | | R | O | B | E | R | T | S | L | E | D |
| A | T | T | A | | I | D | E | A | | L | U | A | N | A |
| P | E | E | R | | B | A | R | D | | Y | P | R | E | S |
1 Variety puzzle by Francis Heaney
Sun 5/31/2009
| | | | N | I | C | K | F | A | L | D | O | | | | | |
| | | D | A | N | I | E | L | B | O | O | N | E | | | | |
| | N | A | U | T | I | L | U | S | S | H | E | L | L | | | |
| M | U | N | R | O | | | | | | | S | K | I | M | | |
| K | U | D | Z | U | | P | U | R | G | E | D | | O | N | Y | X | |
| A | S | I | A | | R | A | G | N | A | R | O | K | | K | E | M | P |
| P | I | S | | C | E | P | H | A | L | O | P | O | D | | Y | E | A |
| P | C | T | | B | A | R | | | | S | E | R | A | | E | N | D |
| A | B | C | | S | P | I | R | A | L | | F | E | Y | | | | |
| S | O | A | P | | S | K | A | T | E | | I | A | N | | | | |
| X | M | A | S | | A | P | E | X | | E | N | E | | | | |
| | P | R | O | F | | | | | R | N | S | | | | | |
| | | C | H | A | M | B | E | R | E | D | | | | | | |
| | | | O | C | T | O | P | U | S | | | | | | | |
| | | | | E | V | I | A | N | | | | | | | | |
