| Total | Debut | Latest |
| 20 | 7/17/1969 | 8/12/2019 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Rebus | Circle | Scrabble | Pre‑WS | Fresh |
| 1 | 2 | 1.58 | 1 | 43% |
19 Modern Era daily crosswords
by Jeffrey Wechsler
Mon 8/12/2019
| F | L | A | T | | L | O | C | A | | S | A | G | A | S |
| L | U | S | H | | O | V | I | D | | A | L | I | B | I |
| O | B | I | E | A | W | A | R | D | | P | I | T | O | N |
| P | E | N | P | A | L | | C | O | S | | E | M | M | A |
| | | O | B | I | W | A | N | K | E | N | O | B | I |
| A | C | T | U | A | T | E | | | I | L | S | | | |
| T | U | R | N | | | E | S | T | E | E | | T | L | C |
| O | B | E | D | I | E | N | C | E | S | C | H | O | O | L |
| M | A | X | | C | R | Y | I | N | | | O | R | S | O |
| | | B | O | O | | | E | M | I | T | T | E | D |
| O | B | G | Y | N | D | O | C | T | O | R | S | | | |
| S | L | A | G | | E | C | O | | P | A | T | E | N | T |
| C | A | P | O | N | | O | H | B | E | Q | U | I | E | T |
| A | R | E | N | A | | M | E | A | D | | F | R | A | Y |
| R | E | S | E | T | | E | N | D | S | | F | E | L | L |
Wed 3/13/2019
| D | R | O | S | S | | A | C | T | S | | A | S | S | A | D |
| A | I | S | L | E | | P | L | O | W | | U | T | E | R | O |
| T | A | C | I | T | | H | O | M | E | | R | U | L | E | R |
| E | T | A | T | S | | I | D | E | A | | I | B | E | A | M |
| D | A | R | | I | T | D | | | T | N | G | | S | S | S |
| | | U | N | O | | | | | O | A | F | | | |
| T | W | O | S | | I | N | M | O | S | T | | C | B | G | B |
| O | H | N | O | | L | E | A | G | U | E | | C | A | R | E |
| M | A | E | | S | E | A | C | R | E | S | T | | R | A | E |
| S | T | A | S | H | | T | H | E | Y | | S | A | T | Y | R |
| A | L | L | A | N | | | | | V | A | L | E | S | |
| O | B | L | I | Q | U | E | R | E | F | E | R | E | N | C | E |
| R | O | T | C | | K | R | O | N | E | R | | P | D | A | S |
| B | R | I | E | | E | T | U | D | E | S | | P | E | L | T |
| S | E | E | D | | S | E | E | S | T | O | | O | D | E | D |
Wed 9/12/2018
| A | S | H | E | | P | A | P | A | | B | E | G | A | T |
| S | H | U | N | | E | Y | E | S | O | F | B | L | U | E |
| W | I | N | D | | P | E | T | I | T | F | O | U | R | S |
| I | N | G | O | T | | | E | M | T | | N | E | A | T |
| T | Z | E | | A | D | D | | O | E | D | | S | L | Y |
| H | O | R | S | D | O | E | U | V | R | E | S | | | |
| A | F | T | | L | A | S | | | M | U | I | R | |
| B | O | U | I | L | L | A | B | A | I | S | S | E | |
| E | R | R | S | | | G | U | V | | H | O | C | |
| | | M | I | L | L | E | F | E | U | I | L | L | E |
| T | L | C | | S | A | O | | F | O | G | | A | A | A |
| A | E | R | O | | T | W | O | | | G | E | T | I | T |
| F | R | E | N | C | H | C | H | E | F | | D | I | M | E |
| T | O | W | E | R | S | U | I | T | E | | D | O | E | R |
| S | I | S | S | Y | | T | O | A | D | | A | N | D | Y |
I imagine something I call The Editor's Dilemma. Suppose you're responsible for 365 daily puzzles a year, not just to edit, but to select. How do you choose? Crosswords that rely only on wide-spread knowledge become tedious. Ones that target specialized knowledge risk turning off as many solvers as they please.
If you speak French (being Canadian helps sometimes!) and you love to eat, today's puzzle is a delight. I quickly entered theme answers, all the while realizing that if Mr. Wechsler had targeted literal meanings of, say, Mexican food, my experience would have been less satisfying. Is this fair? Is fair even relevant? We sometimes see puzzles that rely on intimate knowledge of Manhattan geography, Sondheim musicals, or professional tennis. Me? I'm still waiting for a grid with all eight of Brünnhilde's Valkyrie sisters from The Ring. (How do you spell Roßweiße again?)
I agree with Jeff that crossing SHINZO with TZE is rough, especially since those are both transliterations.
"CRY havoc and let slip the dogs of war" is just one of many great lines Mark Antony gets. Trust me; that Shakespeare guy is going to be a household name.
Wed 6/20/2018
| A | L | G | A | | G | R | A | D | | B | A | D | A | T |
| L | O | O | P | | A | U | D | I | | U | V | U | L | A |
| P | R | O | P | E | R | N | U | N | | L | A | M | E | S |
| O | D | D | | E | B | O | L | A | | L | I | B | R | E |
| | F | U | R | O | N | T | H | E | F | L | O | O | R |
| A | F | A | R | | | | | | D | I | S | | | |
| B | O | I | N | G | | S | T | A | I | N | | H | B | O |
| C | U | R | S | E | C | O | R | R | E | C | T | I | O | N |
| S | L | Y | | T | O | X | I | C | | H | O | R | D | E |
| | | S | S | N | | | | | | U | E | Y | S |
| C | U | R | T | R | E | P | O | R | T | E | R | S | | |
| A | M | O | R | E | | E | B | E | R | T | | A | S | S |
| P | A | P | U | A | | P | A | L | A | C | E | C | U | P |
| E | M | E | N | D | | I | M | A | M | | G | A | M | E |
| R | I | S | K | Y | | N | A | Y | S | | G | R | O | W |
I just returned from Scotland where, yes, I hired a car, meaning I rented it for a week. It's a phrase that often amuses Americans.
Thu 7/27/2017
| M | A | S | C | O | T | S | | P | A | S | T | A | | |
| E | C | T | O | P | I | C | | U | N | S | A | F | E | |
| T | R | A | V | E | L | I | N | G | I | N | C | O | M | F |
| R | I | V | E | N | | F | O | E | | | O | R | E | O |
| O | D | E | | E | M | I | T | T | E | R | | E | R | R |
| | | P | R | O | | | | F | U | S | S | A | T |
| F | L | U | | B | E | A | U | F | S | C | A | L | E |
| O | A | R | | R | E | C | T | O | | A | I | D | |
| F | U | N | E | H | U | N | T | E | R | | M | D | S | |
| O | R | D | E | A | L | | | | T | S | P | | | |
| R | D | S | | B | E | D | P | O | S | T | | S | H | E |
| T | O | A | D | | | O | U | R | | P | E | C | O | S |
| H | O | L | D | D | O | W | N | T | H | E | F | O | R | T |
| R | E | A | I | M | S | | H | O | T | T | U | N | A |
| | S | Y | N | G | E | | O | R | E | S | T | E | S |
Thu 4/20/2017
| A | W | A | Y | | S | O | L | I | D | | A | T | I | T |
| S | I | Z | E | | P | L | U | M | E | | B | O | N | E |
| O | N | U | S | | R | A | D | I | I | | R | O | V | E |
| F | O | R | H | E | A | V | E | N | S | S | A | K | E | |
| | | I | V | Y | | | | M | I | D | A | C | T |
| | T | V | A | | M | A | R | | R | E | C | T | O |
| W | H | A | C | K | A | M | O | L | E | | L | I | P |
| S | H | E | S | | I | M | B | U | E | | S | A | V | E |
| P | I | N | | L | A | M | E | E | X | C | U | S | E | |
| A | T | A | L | E | | A | R | S | | H | M | S | | |
| R | E | T | A | I | N | | | | B | E | T | | | |
| R | U | N | F | O | R | T | H | E | R | O | S | E | S |
| G | I | R | D | | F | A | T | A | L | | T | O | K | E |
| N | C | A | A | | A | T | O | L | L | | A | L | E | X |
| C | E | L | T | | T | E | P | E | E | | L | O | S | T |
Wed 3/22/2017
| B | R | A | C | E | | C | L | A | W | | M | I | N | E | R |
| R | E | R | U | N | | R | I | P | E | | S | T | A | V | E |
| O | D | E | T | S | | O | V | A | L | | E | R | R | O | R |
| C | Y | C | L | E | C | Y | C | L | E | C | Y | C | L | E |
| S | H | O | O | E | D | | | E | S | L | | | O | V | A |
| L | I | U | | R | U | M | P | | | L | A | P | S | E | D |
| U | N | I | S | | | O | U | T | H | E | R | E | | | |
| R | A | N | T | R | A | N | T | R | A | N | T | R | A | N | T |
| | | A | E | R | O | S | O | L | | | K | N | O | W |
| P | A | S | T | A | S | | | T | E | A | K | | A | L | I |
| A | N | O | | | O | I | L | | | D | E | A | C | O | N |
| G | O | N | G | O | N | G | O | N | G | O | N | G | O | N | |
| E | M | A | I | L | | A | V | E | R | | K | I | N | G | S |
| R | I | N | S | E | | V | E | R | A | | E | L | D | E | R |
| S | E | T | T | O | | E | D | D | Y | | N | E | A | R | S |
Thu 9/22/2016
| J | O | Y | C | E | | D | O | T | E | | O | L | G | A |
| O | D | I | U | M | | I | C | O | N | | B | I | A | S |
| S | E | P | T | P | I | E | C | E | S | | T | A | S | K |
| E | S | S | | I | N | C | A | | | S | A | M | | |
| | | D | R | E | I | M | A | R | T | I | N | I | S |
| R | E | T | I | E | | | | F | A | R | N | E | S | E |
| E | V | E | S | | S | T | R | I | D | E | | E | I | N |
| S | E | C | H | S | T | H | E | R | A | P | I | S | T | S |
| U | N | H | | A | I | R | I | E | R | | R | O | M | E |
| L | E | S | O | T | H | O | | | | S | I | N | E | S |
| T | R | E | S | E | L | E | M | E | N | T | S | | | |
| | C | C | S | | | T | A | S | E | | F | E | Y |
| Z | E | T | A | | H | U | I | T | F | I | E | L | D | S |
| O | D | O | R | | U | S | D | A | | N | O | O | N | E |
| O | U | R | S | | M | E | A | T | | S | E | G | A | R |
Pronouncing each number in the appropriate language makes: set pieces, dry martini, sex therapist, trace elements, wheat fields.
Thu 1/14/2016
| L | A | P | P | | A | B | B | E | S | S | | R | C | A |
| A | M | E | S | | T | E | L | L | T | O | | A | H | I |
| T | A | R | T | | T | R | A | Y | D | I | P | P | E | R |
| E | R | S | | W | A | R | N | | | T | A | P | E | S |
| P | A | P | E | R | R | A | C | K | B | I | T | E | R | |
| A | N | I | M | A | | | | L | O | S | E | R | S | |
| S | T | R | U | T | | B | E | E | R | | | | | |
| S | H | E | S | H | E | A | V | I | N | G | L | O | A | M |
| | | | | A | T | O | N | | A | I | N | T | I |
| O | R | B | A | C | H | | | | M | E | L | T | S |
| L | E | I | G | H | S | H | O | V | E | S | Y | O | U |
| A | D | D | E | R | | | A | V | E | R | | O | R | S |
| T | H | E | B | E | A | T | L | E | S | | A | N | N | E |
| M | A | Y | | E | S | C | O | R | T | | I | C | E | R |
| S | T | E | | S | H | U | N | T | S | | D | E | Y | S |
Wed 5/13/2015
| A | L | K | A | | I | S | M | | M | O | P | | Y | O | N |
| D | O | I | N | | S | H | A | L | A | L | A | | E | W | E |
| A | S | T | I | | C | I | T | I | Z | E | N | K | A | N | E |
| P | E | T | | T | H | R | E | A | D | | S | H | R | E | D |
| T | H | E | T | H | I | R | D | M | A | N | | A | N | D | Y |
| S | E | N | E | C | A | | | | | E | E | K | | | |
| T | A | I | L | | | H | A | R | R | Y | L | I | M | E | |
| O | R | S | | T | H | E | W | A | R | O | F | | O | R | O |
| T | H | E | W | O | R | L | D | S | | | A | T | O | P |
| | | R | O | O | | | | | M | O | R | I | T | A |
| S | H | I | A | | T | O | U | C | H | O | F | E | V | I | L |
| H | A | S | T | A | | P | R | I | E | S | T | | A | C | E |
| O | R | S | O | N | W | E | L | L | E | S | | E | T | A | S |
| A | P | U | | T | E | N | S | I | L | E | | P | O | R | C |
| L | Y | E | | I | D | S | | A | S | S | | A | R | T | E |
Mon 2/2/2015
| J | U | M | B | O | | P | A | R | E | | | W | S | J |
| O | N | I | O | N | | O | N | E | A | | D | O | T | O |
| T | O | N | Y | C | U | R | T | I | S | | R | U | I | N |
| | | D | E | S | T | I | N | Y | C | A | L | L | S |
| A | W | W | | | E | S | C | | C | A | N | D | L | E |
| M | O | H | A | I | R | | | A | L | L | O | W | E | D |
| Y | E | A | S | T | | B | A | L | I | | | E | R | A |
| | T | H | E | B | I | G | A | P | P | L | E | | |
| W | A | S | | | U | D | O | N | | R | A | V | E | L |
| A | L | M | O | N | D | S | | | V | O | W | E | L | S |
| F | L | Y | R | O | D | | A | C | E | | | R | I | D |
| F | E | L | O | N | Y | C | H | A | R | G | E | | | |
| L | A | I | N | | C | O | M | P | A | N | Y | C | A | R |
| E | R | N | O | | O | L | E | O | | A | R | O | M | A |
| S | S | E | | | P | A | D | S | | W | E | E | P | Y |
Tue 12/30/2014
| P | O | M | P | | | S | A | G | | S | C | R | A | P | S |
| A | D | I | O | S | | C | P | L | | L | A | U | R | I | E |
| R | I | C | O | H | | R | O | O | | I | N | M | I | N | D |
| C | E | E | L | O | | I | L | O | | T | O | P | E | K | A |
| | | P | O | M | P | O | M | S | | O | L | S | O | N |
| A | C | C | U | S | E | | | | E | R | D | E | | | |
| L | O | O | M | | T | A | R | H | E | E | L | | S | C | I |
| L | O | O | P | D | E | L | O | O | P | D | E | L | O | O | P |
| A | L | P | | I | R | O | N | I | S | T | | A | L | P | O |
| | | S | E | S | E | | | | O | R | B | I | T | S |
| C | H | A | N | T | | S | H | O | T | P | A | R | | | |
| R | E | C | O | P | Y | | A | C | E | | L | O | S | E | S |
| A | R | E | O | L | E | | R | E | N | | P | O | N | T | I |
| B | A | L | K | A | N | | P | L | O | | H | M | O | N | G |
| S | T | A | I | N | S | | O | O | F | | | S | W | A | N |
Tue 11/25/2014
| M | A | S | T | S | | B | A | D | G | E | | S | O | S |
| I | C | O | N | S | | E | V | I | A | N | | U | N | H |
| C | E | N | T | E | R | F | I | E | L | D | | S | H | O |
| A | T | A | | | M | O | A | T | | A | S | P | I | C |
| H | I | T | T | I | N | G | | | S | T | R | E | A | K |
| C | A | I | N | | S | A | L | T | | A | N | T | E |
| | | F | I | T | | L | O | A | F | | S | U | R |
| F | I | F | T | Y | S | I | X | G | A | M | E | S | |
| L | I | C | | S | P | A | N | | E | R | E | | | |
| A | N | A | T | | E | W | E | S | | S | U | S | S | |
| Y | A | N | K | E | E | | | C | L | I | P | P | E | R |
| A | L | T | O | N | | F | I | R | E | | | I | M | O |
| W | I | N | | J | O | E | D | I | M | A | G | G | I | O |
| A | Z | O | | O | N | T | O | P | | R | O | O | T | S |
| Y | E | W | | Y | E | A | S | T | | M | O | T | E | T |
Thu 10/10/2013
| S | A | D | | P | A | E | A | N | | | B | A | C | K |
| A | B | E | | E | R | A | T | O | | R | E | P | R | O |
| L | O | S | | D | U | S | T | S | W | E | E | P | E | R |
| I | R | K | | A | M | Y | | T | I | M | | O | D | E |
| V | I | T | A | L | | V | A | R | I | A | T | I | O | N |
| A | G | O | G | | L | I | R | A | | I | A | N | | |
| T | I | P | S | | E | R | E | | | N | U | T | S | |
| E | N | C | | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | | M | I | D |
| E | A | Z | Y | | | O | C | D | | M | E | D | E |
| | L | E | A | | E | N | Y | A | | O | N | E | A |
| S | W | E | E | T | E | N | E | D | | O | C | T | A | D |
| K | I | N | | S | R | A | | I | M | F | | B | I | B |
| U | N | D | R | E | A | M | E | D | O | F | | O | S | O |
| L | E | A | N | N | | E | L | E | V | E | | O | L | D |
| L | Y | R | A | | | L | O | S | E | R | | K | E | Y |
Thu 4/25/2013
| C | O | S | M | O | S | | | M | I | S | F | I | T |
| C | A | S | T | I | L | L | O | | A | P | I | E | C | E |
| O | C | C | A | S | I | O | N | | D | O | N | N | E | D |
| W | H | A | T | S | O | P | E | R | A | D | O | C | | |
| S | E | R | E | | | | H | E | M | | | E | M | S |
| | | | | H | R | O | S | S | P | E | R | O | T |
| G | M | C | | P | E | A | R | | | L | U | A | N | A |
| A | I | R | P | O | R | T | S | E | C | U | R | I | T | Y |
| B | L | A | B | S | | | E | X | A | M | | L | Y | S |
| L | O | B | S | T | E | R | P | O | T | | | | | |
| E | S | A | | | S | O | L | | | | G | E | L | T |
| | P | R | E | S | T | O | C | H | A | N | G | E | O |
| I | M | P | A | L | A | | W | H | O | C | A | R | E | S |
| C | A | L | M | L | Y | | S | A | U | N | T | E | R | S |
| C | R | E | P | E | S | | | W | R | E | S | T | S | |
Wed 6/15/2011
| C | I | A | O | | C | A | L | C | | | I | C | B | M |
| A | M | F | M | R | A | D | I | O | | | M | E | R | E |
| H | A | A | G | E | N | D | A | Z | S | | O | M | E | N |
| N | C | R | | W | I | E | N | E | R | | G | E | E | S |
| | | H | I | D | D | E | N | A | G | E | N | D | A |
| G | L | U | O | N | | | | | | A | N | T | S | |
| R | E | S | I | D | E | N | T | A | L | I | E | N | | |
| R | O | E | | | D | E | E | R | E | | | A | I | M |
| | D | E | N | T | A | L | F | I | L | L | I | N | G |
| A | C | N | E | | | | | | E | U | L | E | R |
| G | R | A | N | D | O | P | E | N | I | N | G | | | |
| A | C | R | E | | B | A | D | E | N | D | | D | S | L |
| L | I | L | A | | I | N | S | I | D | E | D | O | P | E |
| A | N | O | D | | | D | E | L | I | R | I | O | U | S |
| S | G | T | S | | | A | L | L | A | | E | R | R | S |
Fri 6/3/2011
| S | P | A | C | E | A | G | E | | C | A | R | D | E | D |
| W | A | L | L | Y | C | O | X | | O | T | O | O | L | E |
| A | L | O | U | E | T | T | E | | M | E | T | R | I | C |
| P | L | E | B | S | | | R | H | E | A | | I | T | A |
| S | I | R | S | | B | A | T | E | S | M | O | T | E | L |
| O | A | T | | H | A | V | E | A | T | | R | O | S | S |
| U | T | E | | U | S | E | D | T | O | B | E | | | |
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| P | S | S | T | | W | I | N | E | R | Y | | E | E | R |
| R | I | C | H | L | I | T | T | L | E | | S | T | A | R |
| I | M | O | | O | R | Z | O | | | C | I | R | R | I |
| M | O | N | G | O | L | | N | E | M | A | T | O | D | E |
| E | N | C | A | S | E | | I | S | O | T | O | P | E | S |
| D | E | E | M | E | D | | O | P | P | O | N | E | N | T |
Tue 3/9/2010
| T | I | P | O | F | F | | | C | R | A | W | |
| T | U | N | E | D | O | U | T | | A | E | G | I | S |
| A | B | A | N | D | O | N | A | L | L | H | O | P | E |
| F | U | R | S | | | | H | O | M | A | G | E | S |
| F | L | O | | P | R | A | I | S | E | S | | | |
| Y | E | W | H | O | E | N | T | E | R | H | E | R | E |
| | | A | S | I | T | I | S | | | G | E | L |
| D | I | V | I | N | E | | | S | T | A | L | K |
| M | A | N | E | T | | | C | O | M | E | D | Y | |
| I | S | M | | | A | R | A | B | I | C | | | |
| T | H | E | G | A | T | E | S | O | F | H | E | L | L |
| | | H | E | R | S | E | L | F | | M | I | A |
| A | R | S | E | N | I | O | | | | A | B | B | Y |
| D | A | N | T | E | A | L | I | G | H | I | E | R | I |
| A | M | A | T | I | | E | V | E | A | R | D | E | N |
| A | P | O | D | | | S | T | R | E | S | S | |
Tue 3/3/2009
| D | I | S | M | A | Y | | M | A | S | K | | T | R | Y |
| E | L | A | I | N | E | | O | M | N | I | | H | I | E |
| F | O | U | N | T | A | I | N | P | E | N | | A | S | A |
| O | N | C | U | E | | D | E | L | E | | R | T | E | S |
| G | A | Y | E | | M | I | T | E | R | J | O | I | N | T |
| | | T | R | A | | | | S | O | D | S | | |
| A | S | H | | E | M | A | I | L | | C | E | A | S | E |
| C | H | A | M | P | A | G | N | E | C | O | O | L | E | R |
| H | A | L | A | L | | E | N | N | I | S | | L | E | G |
| | F | R | A | U | | | | T | E | L | | | |
| H | O | K | E | Y | P | O | K | E | Y | | I | R | A | N |
| O | W | N | S | | T | U | N | A | | A | N | I | M | E |
| L | E | O | | W | A | T | E | R | I | N | G | C | A | N |
| E | N | T | | O | K | R | A | | T | O | U | C | H | E |
| S | S | S | | N | E | E | D | | S | N | A | I | L | S |
This is the first puzzle for Mr. Wechsler in the Will Shortz era but it is not, in fact, his NYT debut. His previous puzzle was published the day after Apollo 11 launched on its historic mission to the moon in 1969. That's a forty year gap!
1 pre-Shortz crossword by Jeffrey Wechsler
Thu 7/17/1969
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| B | A | N | K | O | N | | H | E | I | N | O | U | S | |
| U | R | S | I | N | E | | I | N | F | E | R | N | O | |
| T | A | P | S | | H | I | N | D | E | R | | R | I | G |
| C | M | I | | A | I | R | | | | | | I | L | E |
| H | E | R | E | S | T | O | Y | O | U | | S | P | E | T |
| L | E | A | H | | N | O | U | S | | W | E | D | S |
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| U | R | G | E | | A | R | E | S | | A | M | I | E | |
| S | E | A | S | | B | E | L | O | N | G | I | N | G | S |
| E | L | L | | | | | | N | E | E | | S | G | T |
| D | I | E | | S | P | O | N | G | E | | A | T | N | O |
| E | N | L | A | R | G | E | | D | I | N | E | O | N |
| F | A | I | R | I | E | S | | E | N | G | A | G | E |
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