| Total | Debut | Latest |
| 34 | 12/25/2013 | 6/21/2021 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Rebus | Circle | Scrabble | Fresh |
| 7 | 10 | 1.60 | 39% |
Mon 6/21/2021
| A | D | D | U | P | | S | C | A | M | | S | T | E | W |
| M | A | R | T | A | | H | E | R | A | | T | A | M | E |
| B | R | E | A | D | | I | N | C | H | | E | X | I | T |
| L | I | G | H | T | E | R | T | H | A | N | A | I | R | |
| E | N | S | | H | A | T | | | T | A | D | | | |
| | | G | A | S | | I | R | M | A | | C | R | Y |
| H | O | L | I | E | R | T | H | A | N | T | H | O | U |
| B | E | A | U | | | I | C | E | | | H | E | L | M |
| L | A | R | G | E | R | T | H | A | N | L | I | F | E | |
| Y | D | S | | L | A | Z | Y | | E | O | N | | | |
| | | I | L | L | | | J | A | Y | | L | A | Y |
| I | T | S | A | L | L | R | E | L | A | T | I | V | E |
| J | A | I | L | | I | O | U | S | | L | O | B | E | S |
| O | G | L | E | | E | D | I | T | | T | O | R | R | E |
| B | O | L | T | | D | E | N | S | | O | K | A | Y | S |
Sun 3/14/2021 THEY ALL LAUGHED
| M | C | S | | S | A | M | B | A | | L | E | I | C | A | | | W | O | R | M |
| C | H | E | | A | L | A | R | M | | A | N | N | U | M | | F | I | X | U | P |
| G | R | A | F | F | I | T | I | P | R | O | O | F | B | U | I | L | D | I | N | G |
| R | O | S | I | E | | S | O | L | O | | | | I | S | S | U | E | D | | |
| A | M | O | R | | | | C | E | L | S | | O | C | E | L | O | | I | R | T |
| W | A | N | T | S | | T | H | R | E | E | B | L | A | D | E | R | A | Z | O | R |
| | O | H | I | S | E | E | | | A | R | A | L | | | E | N | E | M | Y |
| A | S | P | | D | E | C | | S | O | R | R | Y | | B | I | S | T | R | O | |
| S | P | E | L | L | C | H | E | C | K | E | R | | H | E | N | C | E | | | |
| C | I | N | D | E | R | | R | A | I | D | | L | O | R | D | E | | J | I | B |
| A | C | E | S | | E | L | U | D | E | | F | O | R | G | E | | M | O | N | A |
| P | E | R | | T | T | O | P | S | | K | L | E | E | | T | O | O | B | A | D |
| | | R | H | E | T | T | | S | N | O | W | B | O | A | R | D | I | N | G |
| S | P | E | E | D | S | | S | T | I | E | S | | V | I | A | | N | E | E |
| S | P | U | D | S | | | W | A | I | F | | | B | A | L | L | O | T | | |
| A | U | T | O | M | A | T | I | C | R | E | D | I | A | L | | B | R | E | W | S |
| G | N | U | | U | S | E | R | S | | S | U | C | H | | | | T | R | E | O |
| | P | E | R | O | N | I | | | | M | E | A | L | | C | I | V | I | L |
| A | L | J | A | F | F | E | E | O | F | M | A | D | M | A | G | A | Z | I | N | E |
| L | O | O | T | S | | T | S | A | R | S | | A | A | R | O | N | | E | E | L |
| E | B | B | S | | | S | T | R | A | T | | M | S | D | O | S | | W | R | Y |
Tue 8/4/2020
| J | O | I | S | T | | B | E | B | O | P | | P | B | J |
| A | P | N | E | A | | A | L | O | N | E | | H | O | E |
| P | E | T | E | S | D | R | A | G | O | N | | O | N | E |
| E | N | O | | T | R | O | N | | | C | A | T | E | R |
| | | B | E | A | N | | C | A | I | R | O | | |
| C | H | R | I | S | T | S | C | O | L | L | E | G | E | |
| Y | A | H | O | O | | | O | L | E | | S | E | A | M |
| T | R | I | | F | O | R | S | A | K | E | | N | G | O |
| E | D | N | A | | W | I | E | | | P | R | I | E | D |
| G | O | D | S | L | I | T | T | L | E | A | C | R | E |
| | C | H | E | S | S | | W | O | E | S | | | |
| T | H | E | D | A | | | T | E | R | I | | M | A | D |
| C | A | R | | H | E | A | V | E | N | S | G | A | T | E |
| B | R | O | | A | R | N | A | Z | | T | A | L | O | N |
| Y | E | S | | G | R | A | D | E | | S | L | E | P | T |
Theda Bara was a huge star in pre-code Hollywood. The image above shows she was also a snappy dresser.
Mon 2/24/2020
| S | H | O | D | | S | I | C | K | O | | | B | O | A |
| L | E | V | I | | A | M | A | I | N | | R | U | M | P |
| I | R | A | N | | V | E | R | N | E | | A | R | E | S |
| P | O | L | I | C | E | D | O | G | | H | I | N | G | E |
| | | N | A | M | | B | A | R | I | S | T | A | S |
| M | O | N | G | R | E | L | | L | O | C | I | | | |
| U | B | O | A | T | | E | F | F | S | | N | A | S | H |
| S | O | I | L | | A | G | O | R | A | | G | L | U | E |
| S | E | R | F | | S | A | G | E | | U | T | T | E | R |
| | | R | O | I | L | | D | O | S | H | O | T | S |
| F | A | C | E | O | F | F | S | | W | E | E | | | |
| A | W | A | S | H | | O | P | E | N | S | F | I | R | E |
| N | A | R | C | | C | R | A | T | E | | L | O | O | M |
| T | I | V | O | | A | C | T | O | R | | A | T | O | M |
| A | T | E | | | T | E | E | N | S | | G | A | M | Y |
Wed 1/2/2019
| P | A | L | L | | | M | U | F | F | | | A | G | E |
| I | D | E | A | S | | E | S | A | I | | B | R | A | G |
| S | H | A | R | K | | M | A | R | G | A | R | I | T | A |
| M | O | N | D | A | L | E | | | T | R | A | D | E | D |
| O | C | T | | | O | S | C | A | R | I | I | | | |
| | O | B | I | T | | R | U | E | | N | A | I | F |
| L | A | T | E | N | T | | E | K | E | | L | I | S | A |
| G | R | E | E | K | | A | A | S | | B | E | R | E | T |
| B | E | N | E | | W | C | S | | M | O | S | S | E | S |
| T | A | T | A | | E | E | E | | E | A | S | T | | |
| | | T | S | A | R | D | O | M | | | R | O | E |
| C | O | H | E | I | R | | | D | O | G | B | E | R | T |
| C | H | E | R | R | Y | P | I | E | | P | E | A | C | H |
| T | I | E | S | | O | H | N | O | | A | D | M | A | N |
| V | O | L | | | F | I | N | N | | | E | S | S | O |
Mon 10/8/2018
| E | L | B | O | W | | F | R | O | M | | T | W | I | T |
| B | E | E | N | E | | R | A | V | E | | R | I | T | A |
| B | A | T | T | E | R | Y | T | E | R | M | I | N | A | L |
| S | H | A | H | | E | I | S | N | E | R | | E | L | K |
| | | E | R | I | N | | | | T | A | C | I | T |
| G | O | L | D | E | N | G | A | T | E | | C | O | C | O |
| I | W | I | L | L | | | S | O | A | S | T | O | | |
| G | E | M | | A | I | R | P | O | R | T | | L | P | S |
| | P | R | Y | N | N | E | | | A | D | E | L | E |
| T | C | B | Y | | C | A | N | N | E | R | Y | R | O | W |
| I | L | I | E | D | | | | O | P | E | N | | | |
| P | E | Z | | I | L | L | I | N | I | | A | M | P | S |
| T | A | K | I | N | G | A | B | A | C | K | S | E | A | T |
| O | V | I | D | | B | R | I | M | | A | T | A | R | I |
| P | E | T | S | | T | A | S | E | | T | Y | L | E | R |
Mon 9/10/2018
| I | D | T | A | G | | A | B | S | | R | A | S | T | A |
| F | O | R | C | E | | M | E | W | | E | A | T | O | N |
| F | R | E | E | T | R | A | D | E | | F | R | O | N | T |
| Y | A | K | | B | O | S | S | E | S | | P | O | S | H |
| | | B | U | D | S | | T | H | E | | D | I | E |
| C | H | E | E | S | E | | D | E | A | D | C | A | L | M |
| C | O | M | F | Y | | T | O | N | G | U | E | S | | |
| S | O | B | E | | N | A | M | E | S | | L | I | F | E |
| | A | L | R | O | K | E | R | | S | E | D | A | N |
| B | U | R | L | I | V | E | S | | S | P | R | E | A | D |
| I | N | K | | G | A | S | | P | L | A | Y | | | |
| A | W | E | D | | S | A | V | I | O | R | | L | E | O |
| N | O | D | U | H | | B | I | L | G | E | P | U | M | P |
| C | R | O | N | E | | O | N | E | | M | E | R | I | T |
| A | N | N | E | X | | W | E | D | | E | W | E | R | S |
I do not understand Jeff's objection to BLEU. Like the other circled words, it's a kind of cheese. One might as well complain that some of the cheeses here are from cow milk, but others are from sheep milk. (FETA can, apparently, even include goat milk.)
I love the BURL IVES clue but, Jeff is right, it's less satisfying if you don't know the man. He was a popular folksy singer in his day with a gentle, engaging voice. The "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" reference elevates the entry. When you think of that iconic film, you probably flash to Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman. It takes a few seconds to remember that, oh yeah, Burl Ives played Big Daddy. "There ain't nothin' more powerful than the odor of mendacity!"
Mr. Stulberg is right about 10-Down. "Grp. making after-work plans?" for AARP is sublime.
I'm looking forward to arguing with Jeff this week. Well, we always argue, but this week we'll do it in public. Let's see if we're still friends after seven days. It's been years since I've written regularly about crosswords. This should be fun.
Sun 8/19/2018 LET'S CHANGE THE SUBJECT
| A | S | T | E | R | | I | R | A | T | E | | S | L | U | N | G | | C | B | S |
| S | H | O | N | E | | L | O | M | A | X | | T | O | S | E | A | | A | L | A |
| H | O | W | T | H | E | Y | W | O | N | T | H | E | W | E | S | T | | J | O | B |
| E | R | E | | A | L | A | S | | G | R | O | P | E | D | | E | M | O | T | E |
| S | T | R | E | S | S | | | A | L | A | R | M | | | B | A | Y | L | O | R |
| | | T | H | A | T | D | O | E | S | N | O | T | A | M | U | S | E | U | S |
| P | A | D | | | Y | A | K | | | | M | I | L | O | | E | S | T | |
| A | R | P | | G | O | R | Y | | F | E | W | | N | O | V | E | L | | | |
| N | O | O | N | E | H | A | S | R | A | T | E | D | T | H | I | S | F | I | L | M |
| D | F | L | A | T | S | | P | I | T | S | A | W | | A | E | C | | V | A | T |
| H | A | L | T | S | | F | A | L | L | | R | E | C | S | | A | D | O | B | O |
| O | N | O | | I | S | O | | K | A | I | S | E | R | | S | P | O | R | T | S |
| W | E | I | N | C | L | U | D | E | D | N | O | B | A | T | T | E | R | I | E | S |
| | | A | K | I | R | A | | Y | E | N | | V | O | L | E | | E | S | A |
| G | N | P | | C | A | N | E | | | | S | A | G | | | A | S | T | |
| P | E | O | P | L | E | M | A | D | E | M | I | S | T | A | K | E | S | | | |
| I | N | N | E | E | D | | | I | L | O | S | T | | | R | A | P | P | E | R |
| G | O | U | D | A | | L | A | T | E | S | T | | I | R | I | S | | A | P | E |
| P | E | P | | P | A | S | S | I | V | E | R | E | S | I | S | T | A | N | C | E |
| E | S | L | | A | M | A | T | O | | Y | I | E | L | D | | E | X | T | O | L |
| N | E | E | | T | E | T | O | N | | S | A | L | E | S | | R | E | S | T | S |
I liked this crossword way more than Jeff did. Clever idea, and fun puzzle.
Tue 5/1/2018
| H | E | F | T | S | | D | T | S | | O | A | S | I | S |
| A | L | L | O | T | | I | O | U | | B | L | I | N | I |
| S | L | A | V | E | | N | U | E | V | O | L | E | O | N |
| H | I | S | | R | E | A | R | | L | E | A | G | U | E |
| S | H | A | N | G | R | I | L | A | | N | E | T | S |
| | L | I | S | A | | S | O | D | A | | | | |
| C | P | A | S | | D | A | T | A | | P | A | S | T | A |
| A | I | M | L | E | S | S | | T | R | E | E | T | O | P |
| R | E | P | E | L | | A | C | H | E | | T | R | O | T |
| | | | S | O | M | E | | T | O | N | I | | |
| P | A | I | D | | R | I | V | E | R | B | A | N | K | |
| O | F | N | O | T | E | | I | L | Y | A | | G | N | U |
| R | O | A | D | B | L | O | C | K | | M | I | T | E | R |
| T | O | N | G | A | | P | H | I | | A | L | I | E | N |
| S | T | E | E | R | | T | E | N | | S | L | E | D | S |
Fri 12/15/2017
| A | T | A | N | A | N | G | L | E | | A | S | S | E | R | T |
| T | A | C | O | S | A | L | A | D | | D | E | A | L | E | R |
| L | E | T | I | T | P | A | S | S | | O | E | U | V | R | E |
| | I | S | A | A | C | S | | M | G | M | L | I | O | N |
| R | E | V | E | R | S | I | | R | I | S | E | | R | O | D |
| A | K | A | | | | A | L | E | R | T | | R | A | T | S |
| M | E | T | A | B | O | L | I | C | R | A | T | E | | | |
| S | E | X | A | N | D | V | I | O | L | E | N | C | E | |
| | | E | N | T | R | E | P | R | E | N | E | U | R | S |
| K | A | R | L | | H | I | R | E | S | | | | R | I | O |
| E | R | A | | D | E | F | Y | | H | E | A | V | E | N | S |
| B | A | N | Q | U | E | T | | C | A | L | L | E | D | | |
| A | B | O | U | N | D | | M | O | D | E | L | S | H | I | P |
| B | L | U | I | N | G | | A | R | E | C | A | P | A | L | M |
| S | E | T | T | E | E | | L | A | S | T | N | A | M | E | S |
Thu 10/26/2017
| H | A | S | | O | A | F | S | | G | R | O | W | U | P |
| O | R | C | | F | R | A | T | | M | A | R | I | N | A |
| F | D | A | | F | O | R | E | | C | H | E | S | T | S |
| F | O | R | T | S | U | M | R | | | S | I | D | E | S |
| A | R | E | A | | S | A | N | T | A | | D | O | N | E |
| | | S | T | E | M | | A | S | S | A | M | A | |
| N | E | W | T | O | | | M | O | P | E | | E | B | B |
| A | R | I | E | S | | T | I | S | | T | I | T | L | E |
| S | N | L | | C | R | U | X | | | A | S | H | E | N |
| E | L | G | A | R | T | | A | R | T | S | | | |
| A | S | I | A | | S | U | I | T | E | | U | N | T | O |
| S | T | A | M | P | | | M | T | E | R | E | B | U | S |
| T | I | M | B | O | W | | P | I | K | E | | C | T | A |
| I | N | L | I | N | E | | E | R | O | S | | T | S | K |
| R | E | L | A | Y | S | | L | E | F | T | | V | I | A |
Wed 9/27/2017
| W | A | T | T | | F | L | A | P | S | | S | T | A | N |
| E | L | O | I | | S | E | R | G | E | | W | A | C | O |
| L | O | W | E | | T | O | T | A | L | | E | X | A | M |
| T | U | N | D | R | A | | | | A | F | L | C | I | O |
| | C | Y | P | R | E | S | S | H | I | L | L | | |
| H | A | R | E | M | | M | A | A | | G | U | I | L | E |
| E | R | I | S | | B | O | R | N | E | | P | N | I | N |
| A | C | E | | M | A | T | A | D | O | R | | I | E | D |
| T | H | R | E | E | R | I | N | G | C | I | R | C | U | S |
| | | T | R | I | O | | R | E | D | O | | | |
| A | N | C | | U | N | I | O | N | | K | E | R | |
| D | N | A | | E | M | A | N | U | E | L | | S | O | W |
| E | D | G | E | R | | L | D | S | | A | S | S | A | I |
| G | R | I | F | T | | L | I | E | | T | W | E | R | P |
| S | E | N | S | E | | Y | E | S | | H | E | S | S | E |
Sun 6/25/2017 CROPPED
| S | P | E | N | T | | M | I | C | A | | N | A | R | C | | O | V | A | T | E |
| P | O | L | A | R | | A | C | L | U | | O | V | E | R | | N | I | G | E | L |
| R | I | F | L | E | | R | O | O | T | | P | O | N | E | | S | L | U | N | K |
| A | S | I | A | N | L | O | N | G | H | O | R | N | E | D | B | E | L | E | | |
| Y | E | N | | C | E | O | | S | O | S | O | | | I | L | S | A | | | |
| | | C | H | A | N | T | | R | A | B | B | I | T | T | | N | O | R | A |
| F | O | U | R | C | R | E | R | S | | K | L | I | D | O | S | C | O | P | I | C |
| A | T | S | E | A | | D | E | L | L | | M | O | O | R | | A | V | A | S | T |
| S | H | E | A | T | H | | K | Y | O | T | O | | | | | B | A | L | K | S |
| T | E | R | M | | A | S | K | F | O | R | | T | B | A | L | L | | | | |
| S | R | S | | N | A | T | I | O | N | A | L | A | R | C | I | E | | P | C | S |
| | | | E | S | S | E | X | | D | O | N | A | T | E | | C | A | R | E |
| D | E | T | O | X | | | | | L | E | A | N | N | | S | T | O | N | E | D |
| I | N | E | P | T | | A | A | R | E | | M | I | D | I | | O | R | A | T | E |
| S | Y | M | P | T | M | T | L | O | G | Y | | C | O | S | M | O | R | M | E | R |
| C | A | P | O | | U | N | C | T | I | O | N | | N | O | O | I | L | | | |
| | | N | A | V | E | | | S | K | I | S | | P | O | T | | T | S | A |
| | V | E | G | E | T | A | B | L | E | S | H | O | R | T | E | N | I | N | G |
| A | M | O | N | G | | I | L | Y | A | | S | A | K | E | | A | I | D | A | N |
| G | O | T | T | I | | M | E | E | T | | A | M | E | N | | S | C | A | R | E |
| O | B | E | S | E | | E | S | S | E | | N | U | D | E | | Y | E | L | L | S |
Wed 5/31/2017
| F | A | D | | | C | A | R | P | | | S | I | A | M |
| I | P | O | S | | L | I | E | U | | T | H | I | N | E |
| V | E | N | T | | O | M | A | R | | H | E | I | G | L |
| E | X | T | O | R | T | | L | E | G | A | L | I | S | T |
| | T | O | E | | S | M | E | L | T | | I | T | S |
| T | R | A | L | A | L | A | | D | I | S | C | I | | |
| A | O | K | | P | I | K | E | | M | O | O | I | N | G |
| I | B | E | T | | B | E | B | O | P | | T | I | E | R |
| L | E | T | S | B | E | | B | A | S | S | | I | R | A |
| | H | O | Y | L | E | | T | E | R | R | I | F | Y |
| A | P | E | | P | E | R | C | H | | T | O | I | | |
| L | A | B | R | A | D | O | R | | C | A | V | I | A | R |
| T | R | A | I | T | | D | E | M | O | | E | I | R | E |
| A | M | I | S | H | | E | D | E | N | | D | I | L | L |
| R | A | T | E | | | S | O | L | E | | | J | O | Y |
In 2008, Liz Gorski used a similar string of I's to hold up an arachnid.
Thu 5/18/2017
| O | P | T | S | | B | A | L | E | | | S | M | U | G |
| F | O | R | E | | A | X | I | S | | A | W | A | R | E |
| F | L | I | P | | R | E | N | T | | C | O | N | A | N |
| C | O | F | T | H | E | S | E | A | | C | O | U | N | T |
| B | E | A | U | X | | | T | O | E | N | A | I | L |
| S | A | C | | M | A | N | N | E | R | S | | L | A | Y |
| A | L | T | A | | M | O | E | | E | S | T | | | |
| P | L | A | Y | C | | W | H | Y | | C | W | I | R | E |
| | | E | R | A | | R | E | P | | O | N | E | S |
| N | A | P | | U | N | T | U | N | E | D | | S | N | L |
| A | T | L | A | N | T | A | | | N | O | V | A | E | |
| S | K | E | I | N | | N | O | S | P | R | I | N | G | C |
| S | I | D | L | E | | D | A | T | A | | R | E | A | M |
| A | N | G | E | R | | E | T | A | L | | U | S | D | A |
| U | S | E | D | | | M | S | G | S | | S | T | E | P |
Fri 3/17/2017
| H | A | H | A | | R | A | M | P | S | | G | A | M | E |
| E | T | A | S | | A | T | A | R | I | | A | M | I | S |
| L | T | R | S | | M | A | D | E | T | O | L | A | S | T |
| L | E | D | | S | I | L | L | Y | | V | I | T | A | E |
| O | N | T | H | E | S | L | Y | | J | U | L | E | P | S |
| D | O | I | N | | | | C | O | M | E | U | P | |
| B | A | S | E | S | A | L | A | R | Y | | E | R | R | S |
| A | N | T | | E | M | P | T | Y | | | | F | O | R |
| M | C | A | L | L | I | S | T | E | R | | S | O | P | S |
| E | R | I | E | | | | R | A | P | T | O | R | |
| A | S | B | E | S | T | O | S | | P | A | R | T | I | I |
| S | H | O | | S | A | P | P | Y | | L | A | B | A | N |
| K | E | A | N | | T | R | I | O | S | O | N | A | T | A |
| M | E | R | E | | A | A | N | D | P | | G | L | E | N |
| E | T | D | S | | S | H | E | A | F | | E | L | S | E |
This is only the third NYT crossword with up-down mirror symmetry. Here are the first two.
Tue 2/28/2017
| J | E | A | N | | C | H | I | L | I | | W | H | E | Y |
| A | X | L | E | | T | O | N | A | L | | H | A | L | E |
| V | A | S | T | | A | B | B | I | E | | O | W | N | S |
| A | M | O | N | G | | B | A | N | D | B | | A | I | M |
| | | E | R | R | E | D | | U | R | S | I | N | E |
| B | O | R | G | I | A | S | | E | D | I | T | I | O | N |
| O | N | H | A | N | D | | A | M | I | G | A | | | |
| B | O | O | T | | I | N | D | I | A | | N | A | D | A |
| | | I | N | C | A | S | | B | O | D | I | E | S |
| L | A | T | V | I | A | N | | A | L | L | U | R | E | S |
| A | S | W | E | L | L | | S | L | E | E | P | | | |
| S | P | A | | E | L | V | E | S | | O | G | D | E | N |
| T | I | N | A | | E | A | T | A | T | | U | R | G | E |
| E | R | G | O | | F | L | I | C | K | | Y | O | G | A |
| D | E | S | K | | T | E | N | E | T | | S | P | O | T |
Update: Reader Jordan Cahn caught an error in my previous remarks in this section. HAWAII is, yes, the southernmost state. Alaska is the northernmost. Alaska also stretches out over the 180th Meridian, making it the westernmost and the easternmost state as well. Thanks, Jordan!
Thu 1/19/2017
| S | H | O | C | K | S | | | | S | M | U | T | T | Y |
| T | O | U | P | E | E | S | | T | E | A | T | R | E | E |
| A | R | T | I | E | S | T | | O | X | T | A | I | L | S |
| R | R | R | | P | | E | S | P | | T | | T | E | L |
| D | I | E | T | | A | E | R | O | S | | P | O | P | E |
| O | F | A | | S | | P | I | T | | A | | N | O | T |
| M | I | C | H | A | E | L | | H | O | P | P | E | R | S |
| C | H | E | C | K | E | R | E | D | P | A | S | T | |
| | | T | H | E | C | O | M | E | T | S | | | |
| V | C | R | | A | | H | B | O | | S | | M | O | P |
| I | H | O | P | | S | A | B | R | A | | T | O | L | L |
| C | A | M | | T | | S | Y | N | | P | | I | D | A |
| A | L | A | M | O | D | E | | I | C | E | T | R | A | Y |
| R | E | N | A | M | E | S | | N | O | R | I | E | G | A |
| S | T | O | P | B | Y | | | | G | U | S | S | E | T |
Fri 1/6/2017
| O | V | E | R | T | H | E | M | O | O | N | | D | S | L |
| C | A | M | E | R | A | R | E | A | D | Y | | C | E | O |
| T | I | P | S | O | N | E | S | H | A | T | | C | A | V |
| A | N | I | O | N | S | | S | U | M | | J | O | S | E |
| N | E | R | D | | A | N | Y | | A | L | U | M | N | I |
| T | R | E | | P | R | O | | A | E | O | L | I | A | N |
| | | D | I | P | S | O | S | | W | I | C | K | S |
| A | M | E | S | | I | L | L | | E | A | S | E | |
| C | R | Y | P | T | | L | E | E | A | N | N | | | |
| A | M | P | L | I | F | Y | | E | T | D | | T | S | K |
| S | C | R | O | L | L | | S | P | F | | S | H | U | E |
| T | H | E | Y | | A | L | T | | I | M | P | E | D | E |
| O | A | T | | A | G | E | O | F | R | E | A | S | O | N |
| F | I | T | | B | O | W | L | A | S | T | R | I | K | E |
| F | R | Y | | U | N | D | E | R | T | H | E | S | U | N |
POW Thu 12/15/2016
| D | E | B | U | T | | T | S | K | | | G | R | A | F |
| E | L | I | Z | A | | U | P | I | | C | R | E | D | O |
| F | L | L | I | N | G | F | L | T | | R | A | G | E | S |
| C | E | L | | S | O | T | S | | P | O | P | U | P | S |
| E | N | Y | A | | F | S | H | I | O | N | P | L | T | E |
| | | M | A | R | | | S | W | E | A | R | | |
| P | R | E | E | N | | S | O | L | E | | | G | U | M |
| G | R | A | N | D | F | T | H | E | R | C | L | U | S | E |
| A | S | S | | | J | I | M | S | | A | S | Y | E | T |
| | Y | O | W | I | E | | | A | B | S | | | |
| P | A | R | F | I | T | G | L | S | S | | O | M | A | R |
| A | R | I | S | T | A | | P | A | Y | S | | A | T | E |
| G | O | D | O | T | | F | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| E | M | E | R | Y | | I | N | D | | T | R | Y | S | T |
| D | A | R | T | | | R | D | S | | S | K | A | T | E |
Tue 11/29/2016
| P | E | G | S | | A | T | O | P | | C | O | E | D | S |
| A | L | O | E | | D | O | V | E | | E | R | N | I | E |
| B | I | N | D | | O | R | A | N | G | E | Z | E | S | T |
| S | H | E | A | F | | C | L | I | O | | O | R | C | A |
| T | U | R | K | I | S | H | | T | A | R | | G | O | T |
| | | A | S | P | | R | E | D | E | Y | E | | |
| N | A | S | | H | A | M | A | N | | M | A | T | E | S |
| T | H | E | J | O | Y | O | F | C | O | O | K | I | N | G |
| H | A | N | O | I | | S | T | E | N | T | | C | O | T |
| | D | E | L | T | A | S | | C | E | L | | | |
| A | R | F | | S | R | I | | D | E | L | I | G | H | T |
| L | O | O | K | | E | C | R | U | | Y | A | L | I | E |
| C | O | R | N | R | E | L | I | S | H | | B | O | N | N |
| O | F | T | E | N | | A | L | T | O | | L | O | D | E |
| A | S | H | E | S | | W | E | S | T | | E | M | I | T |
POW Mon 10/3/2016
| O | G | L | E | S | | C | S | I | | W | R | U | N | G |
| F | L | O | A | T | | R | O | O | | E | A | S | Y | A |
| F | A | N | T | A | | A | C | T | I | N | G | O | U | T |
| E | R | G | | N | Y | G | I | A | N | T | S | | | |
| D | E | S | A | D | E | | A | S | T | O | | F | O | X |
| | T | R | O | W | E | L | | R | V | P | A | R | K |
| J | E | A | N | | A | L | A | | E | L | L | I | E |
| C | O | M | B | O | | S | U | P | | R | O | L | O | S |
| A | D | M | I | N | | T | B | S | | T | W | I | N | |
| P | I | E | C | E | D | | R | E | D | H | E | N | | |
| T | E | D | | S | U | Z | I | | H | E | D | G | E | D |
| | | S | H | O | W | C | A | S | E | | D | W | I |
| S | T | A | T | E | S | E | A | L | | D | R | O | O | P |
| P | O | D | I | A | | I | N | S | | G | A | W | K | S |
| A | W | A | R | D | | G | T | O | | E | E | N | S | Y |
In the print version of this puzzle, the clue for 24 Down is: Language in which "hello" is مرحبا
Mon 7/18/2016
| C | O | P | C | A | R | | | S | T | E | W | P | A | N |
| O | R | I | O | L | E | | | C | O | U | R | A | G | E |
| S | E | A | D | O | G | | H | A | Y | R | I | D | E | S |
| T | O | N | | E | A | T | O | N | | O | N | S | E | T |
| | O | H | S | T | O | P | | M | P | G | | | |
| C | A | P | O | | T | E | E | H | E | E | | O | R | S |
| O | D | E | S | S | A | | D | O | W | D | | P | E | T |
| M | O | D | E | L | | H | I | P | | A | L | E | V | E |
| I | R | A | | O | D | E | A | | E | Y | E | D | U | P |
| C | E | L | | P | U | M | M | E | L | | A | C | E | S |
| | | V | E | E | | O | V | E | R | D | O | | |
| B | A | S | E | D | | K | N | A | V | E | | L | C | D |
| A | P | P | R | O | V | E | D | | E | N | D | U | R | E |
| R | O | A | D | W | A | Y | | | N | E | W | M | A | N |
| S | P | R | I | N | T | S | | | S | W | I | N | G | S |
POW Wed 5/4/2016
| L | I | S | Z | T | | A | N | I | T | A | | S | A | N | |
| I | N | T | O | O | | L | O | N | G | F | E | L | L | O | W |
| S | T | I | R | S | | I | N | F | I | L | T | R | A | T | E |
| P | R | E | A | C | H | | S | O | F | I | A | | R | R | S |
| S | O | S | | A | O | U | T | | | C | L | I | M | E | |
| | | | L | I | F | E | R | | K | I | T | B | A | G |
| T | A | M | E | | O | R | U | | E | A | S | E | L | S |
| P | E | L | E | | I | S | O | M | E | R | | O | L | L | A |
| B | A | T | T | E | N | | I | O | S | | O | N | L | Y | |
| A | R | A | R | A | T | | D | R | A | I | N | | | | |
| S | M | O | R | E | | | M | U | S | E | | A | L | T |
| I | T | O | | T | R | A | C | I | | M | U | S | T | E | R |
| M | A | N | Z | A | N | I | L | L | A | | P | O | L | I | O |
| F | I | T | Z | G | E | R | A | L | D | | O | F | A | L | L |
| N | E | Z | | T | E | N | S | E | | N | A | S | A | L |
Longfellow's ode to Seattle, The Rainy Day is a quick read.
POW Fri 2/19/2016
| F | I | A | T | | | A | C | A | I | | C | O | L | A |
| E | N | N | I | S | | H | O | L | D | | O | V | A | L |
| M | O | N | T | E | V | E | R | D | I | | K | E | E | L |
| B | R | A | | N | O | M | D | E | G | U | E | R | R | E |
| O | B | L | A | D | I | | S | R | I | S | | A | T | A |
| T | I | E | R | O | D | S | | S | T | O | U | T | E | R |
| T | E | N | F | O | U | R | | | | T | E | S | S |
| | | O | F | F | E | N | B | A | C | H | | | |
| E | M | I | L | | | | S | Y | L | L | A | B | I | |
| D | A | W | D | L | E | S | | E | C | O | N | O | M | Y |
| I | D | A | | C | L | U | E | | O | N | T | I | M | E |
| B | E | N | E | D | I | C | T | X | V | I | | L | E | A |
| L | I | T | E | | S | C | H | O | E | N | B | E | R | G |
| E | R | I | K | | H | O | A | X | | G | O | R | S | E |
| S | A | N | S | | A | R | N | O | | | Y | S | E | R |
POW Wed 12/9/2015
| W | H | I | Z | | G | N | A | W | | | A | L | E | C |
| E | A | S | E | | R | E | D | O | | A | B | A | T | E |
| E | H | U | D | B | A | R | A | K | | S | E | D | A | N |
| P | A | P | | O | V | U | M | | U | P | T | I | L | T |
| | P | I | L | E | D | | T | I | E | | D | I | E |
| C | H | O | C | O | L | A | T | E | E | C | L | A | I | R |
| N | O | S | E | | | | R | A | S | T | A | | | |
| N | E | E | D | S | | J | A | M | | S | P | E | A | R |
| | | A | L | I | A | S | | | | E | X | P | O |
| B | I | R | M | I | N | G | H | A | M | B | L | I | T | Z |
| E | N | O | | D | T | S | | R | O | U | S | T | | |
| A | F | L | C | I | O | | V | A | S | T | | V | E | E |
| M | U | L | A | N | | L | I | G | H | T | N | I | N | G |
| U | S | I | N | G | | O | B | O | E | | A | S | I | A |
| P | E | N | S | | | B | E | N | D | | M | A | D | D |
Tue 9/8/2015
| M | A | O | | C | M | I | I | | | A | S | P | C | A |
| A | N | S | | A | S | S | N | | S | A | T | I | R | E |
| S | W | A | M | P | G | A | S | | A | R | E | N | A | S |
| C | A | M | P | G | R | O | U | N | D | | P | U | P | |
| R | A | G | U | | | M | E | A | L | | P | G | A |
| | | | N | E | W | | S | T | O | P | G | A | P |
| S | I | K | H | | V | A | S | T | | P | R | I | M | O |
| O | N | E | A | | A | S | K | E | W | | I | R | E | S |
| U | T | E | N | N | | H | I | G | H | | E | L | S | E |
| T | O | P | G | E | A | R | | G | Y | M | | | | |
| H | O | G | | S | P | A | S | | | E | A | R | P | |
| D | O | A | | P | G | T | H | I | R | T | E | E | N |
| W | E | I | G | H | T | | L | I | P | G | L | O | S | S |
| V | E | N | U | E | S | | E | R | S | E | | I | C | E |
| A | P | G | A | R | | | O | T | O | S | | L | I | C |
POW Wed 5/20/2015
| S | A | C | S | | P | E | A | L | | M | A | D | A | M |
| H | E | L | P | | R | A | T | E | | A | R | O | S | E |
| O | R | A | L | | A | R | E | A | | R | I | G | H | T |
| V | I | S | A | V | I | S | A | V | I | S | A | | | |
| E | A | S | T | E | R | | M | E | S | H | | J | A | B |
| S | L | Y | | R | I | G | | | L | A | T | I | N | O |
| | | A | B | E | L | A | B | E | L | A | B | E | L |
| F | L | A | W | | | A | G | O | | | L | E | W | D |
| R | I | D | E | R | I | D | E | R | I | D | E | | | |
| E | R | A | S | E | R | | | E | N | O | | P | S | A |
| T | A | M | | B | A | A | S | | S | N | O | R | T | S |
| | | P | I | E | S | P | I | E | S | P | I | E | S |
| R | A | Z | O | R | | P | U | R | R | | T | O | N | E |
| E | X | I | S | T | | E | M | I | T | | I | R | O | N |
| D | E | P | T | H | | N | E | S | S | | C | Y | S | T |
In only his seventh NYT crossword, Jacob Stulberg has already established himself as an extraordinarily creative constructor. His previous puzzles have included Five Golden Rings and the clever two pints make a quart. He gave us a cubist Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2 and then cracked me up with a reference to the classic Who's on First. He even classed up the puzzle page with a lovely William Carlos Williams poem. Today's theme is yet another innovation. Bravo.
Sun 5/10/2015 LITERARY CIRCLES
| T | K | T | | O | V | U | M | | | V | A | C | | R | O | P | E | W | A | Y |
| U | N | H | | N | A | N | O | | D | E | N | Y | | A | T | E | D | I | R | T |
| L | E | E | | C | U | C | A | M | O | N | G | A | | G | O | G | G | L | E | D |
| I | L | L | T | E | L | L | | O | F | T | E | N | | | | L | I | L | | |
| P | L | O | Y | | T | E | A | R | F | U | L | | G | R | E | E | N | I | N | G |
| | C | P | A | | A | N | T | | R | O | L | L | I | N | G | G | A | I | T |
| G | R | U | E | L | I | N | G | | M | A | S | T | I | F | F | | | M | N | O |
| R | E | S | O | L | D | | E | W | E | | | S | A | L | I | E | N | C | E | S |
| A | C | T | | A | L | B | R | I | G | H | T | | | E | N | D | E | A | R | |
| B | U | T | C | H | E | R | E | D | | Y | A | O | | | | O | A | R | | |
| R | R | R | | | B | R | O | K | E | N | R | I | B | | | T | L | C | |
| | E | O | S | | | | W | I | N | | B | R | A | N | C | H | O | F | F |
| B | E | C | O | M | E | | | N | A | T | I | O | N | A | L | | S | L | R |
| P | R | I | S | C | I | L | L | A | | | C | T | N | | N | O | R | W | A | Y |
| I | O | N | | | D | I | A | G | R | A | M | | E | G | G | W | H | I | T | E |
| L | I | F | E | I | S | S | W | E | E | T | | P | R | O | | N | E | L | | |
| E | L | L | I | O | T | T | S | | M | A | Y | I | S | E | E | | I | L | L | S |
| | O | D | D | | | | D | O | N | U | T | | S | P | A | N | I | E | L |
| R | E | W | E | A | V | E | | O | V | E | R | A | G | A | I | N | | A | A | A |
| E | X | E | R | T | E | D | | R | E | N | T | | S | P | C | A | | M | S | N |
| C | O | R | S | E | T | S | | A | D | D | | | T | E | S | T | | S | E | T |
My kind of puzzle — a fun NORWAY fact, a reference to a great Mike Leigh film, and a poem.
Thu 4/9/2015
| C | H | I | C | | | H | O | P | E | | S | T | A | G | E |
| L | A | N | E | | L | E | P | E | R | | A | H | M | E | D |
| E | T | A | L | | L | A | T | T | E | | T | R | I | M | S |
| A | C | N | E | | O | D | I | E | | L | I | O | N | | |
| T | H | E | B | O | Y | F | C | R | I | E | D | W | O | L | F |
| | | R | A | D | | | O | R | A | L | | A | A | A |
| S | P | R | I | T | | B | L | U | E | P | E | N | C | I | L |
| W | H | E | T | | G | U | E | S | S | S | | E | I | N | S |
| E | A | S | Y | T | A | R | G | E | T | | H | E | D | G | E |
| E | S | E | | O | M | N | I | | | S | A | D | | | |
| T | E | L | L | M | E | S | O | M | E | T | H | I | N | G | T |
| | L | E | T | S | | N | O | S | E | | N | A | I | R |
| N | U | E | V | O | | C | A | U | S | E | | E | D | N | A |
| I | N | R | E | M | | E | R | R | E | D | | S | I | S | I |
| B | A | S | E | S | | L | Y | N | X | | | S | A | U | L |
POW Wed 3/25/2015
| A | T | O | A | S | T | | D | E | L | A | W | A | R | E |
| N | U | D | G | E | D | | E | N | A | M | O | R | E | D |
| O | P | E | R | A | S | | E | S | T | E | E | M | E | D |
| I | D | E | S | | | R | U | I | N | | O | V | A |
| | | E | C | O | | E | E | N | | P | R | E | S |
| A | H | A | | E | N | D | | | | B | A | Y | | |
| S | U | V | | N | E | I | L | | E | E | N | S | Y | |
| A | L | A | | T | O | N | G | A | N | S | | H | O | E |
| U | N | P | E | N | | A | S | I | M | | O | R | B |
| | T | E | D | | | | T | A | I | | W | E | B |
| S | A | G | A | | P | C | T | | C | R | S | | | |
| T | V | A | | C | L | A | W | | | C | A | S | T | |
| A | I | R | P | L | A | N | E | | T | H | R | E | S | H |
| R | A | D | I | A | T | O | R | | R | E | D | N | O | 2 |
| K | N | E | E | D | E | E | P | | I | D | I | D | S | O |
Numerals in the grid are unusual but this is the fifth occurrence of H2O. The first was in a 1964 Sunday puzzle edited by the first NYT crossword editor Margaret Farrar, and constructed by her successor, Will Weng.
Thu 1/8/2015
| I | M | R | E | | M | R | T | O | A | D | | C | A | W |
| S | O | A | R | | F | I | A | N | C | E | | A | D | O |
| L | I | V | I | N | G | P | P | E | R | S | | R | O | W |
| A | R | E | T | E | | W | O | K | | C | H | O | R | E |
| S | A | N | R | E | M | O | | | V | E | I | L | E | D |
| | | E | R | A | | B | L | A | N | C | | | |
| C | O | M | A | | H | A | R | O | L | D | C | C | E | R |
| A | R | C | | T | A | H | I | N | I | S | | I | L | L |
| R | E | G | G | E | R | A | T | E | D | | P | D | F | S |
| | | I | N | I | T | S | | L | U | I | | | |
| K | A | R | A | T | S | | | C | Y | C | L | O | P | S |
| E | X | A | M | S | | E | E | O | | L | E | V | E | L |
| S | I | S | | H | A | L | F | M | E | A | S | U | R | E |
| H | O | P | | O | Y | S | T | E | R | | U | L | E | E |
| A | M | Y | | W | R | E | S | T | S | | P | E | S | T |
Wed 11/19/2014
| R | A | W | | H | O | I | S | T | | W | A | S | T | E |
| A | L | A | | O | C | C | U | R | | I | D | I | O | M |
| M | E | X | | T | H | E | R | E | S | N | O | T | W | O |
| E | R | E | C | T | | | E | M | I | G | R | A | N | T |
| N | O | R | A | E | P | H | R | O | N | | E | R | S | E |
| | | L | A | R | A | | R | E | V | | | | |
| T | H | A | I | | I | M | P | | | I | S | L | E | S |
| N | O | N | P | R | E | S | C | R | I | P | T | I | O | N |
| T | I | T | H | E | | | S | E | W | | P | E | S | O |
| | | | A | S | K | | F | I | F | E | | | |
| D | U | E | L | | N | O | M | I | N | A | T | I | O | N |
| O | K | L | A | H | O | M | A | | | T | E | M | P | O |
| W | A | Y | S | A | B | O | U | T | I | T | | P | E | T |
| E | S | S | E | N | | D | R | O | V | E | | E | R | E |
| L | E | E | R | S | | O | A | T | E | R | | L | A | D |
Wed 12/25/2013
| C | H | A | D | S | | M | U | R | K | | A | D | D | S |
| H | U | L | O | T | | A | S | I | A | | F | E | A | T |
| I | R | E | N | E | | N | U | M | B | | O | M | N | I |
| S | T | E | E | L | I | E | R | | U | P | R | O | A | R |
| | | E | L | L | | P | E | K | O | E | | | |
| O | W | L | | A | L | P | | M | I | S | S | T | E | P |
| F | E | A | R | | D | U | M | B | | E | A | U | D | E |
| F | I | V | E | G | O | L | D | E | N | R | I | N | G | S |
| T | R | A | C | E | | S | S | R | S | | D | I | E | T |
| O | S | S | E | T | I | A | | S | Y | S | | S | R | O |
| | | S | A | C | R | A | | N | Y | C | | | |
| S | H | A | S | T | A | | L | A | C | R | O | S | S | E |
| N | O | R | I | | R | U | I | N | | I | R | A | T | E |
| O | H | N | O | | U | S | E | D | | A | N | G | E | L |
| B | O | O | N | | S | O | N | Y | | C | Y | S | T | S |
