| Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
| 23 | 12/16/2002 | 1/29/2017 | 1 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Variety |
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Circle | Scrabble | Fresh |
| 3 | 1.58 | 51% |
21 daily crosswords
by Jim Hyres
Sun 1/29/2017 HIT THE DECK
| P | L | A | Y | E | R | | T | O | O | L | B | A | R | | D | E | A | L | E | R |
| O | E | U | V | R | E | | V | A | M | O | O | S | E | | A | R | C | A | D | E |
| T | E | R | E | S | A | | S | K | A | B | A | N | D | | L | I | T | M | U | S |
| T | W | O | S | T | R | I | P | E | R | | S | E | R | V | I | C | E | A | C | E |
| E | A | R | | | | M | O | N | E | Y | T | R | E | E | | | | Z | E | N |
| D | Y | A | N | | L | O | T | | P | O | I | | W | E | S | | B | E | S | T |
| | | O | B | I | | | S | P | U | N | K | | | U | F | O | | | |
| T | H | R | E | E | B | E | A | R | S | | G | I | V | E | M | E | F | I | V | E |
| C | O | O | L | B | E | A | N | S | | | | D | A | Y | T | R | A | D | E | R |
| B | R | O | | E | L | S | E | | E | L | F | | I | R | O | N | | O | N | O |
| Y | A | M | S | | | T | W | E | N | T | Y | O | N | E | | | A | N | T | S |
| | T | A | F | T | | | S | E | R | I | F | | | L | I | L | T | | |
| B | A | R | R | A | C | K | S | | | | F | A | C | E | T | I | M | E | |
| S | I | X | D | E | G | R | E | E | S | | C | A | S | H | I | S | K | I | N | G |
| A | T | E | I | T | | A | N | N | T | A | Y | L | O | R | | F | E | N | D | I |
| Y | E | S | | F | O | Y | T | | E | G | G | | F | I | F | I | | D | O | G |
| | | A | U | T | O | | M | I | E | N | S | | S | I | N | S | | | |
| J | A | C | K | L | O | N | D | O | N | | E | L | I | T | E | E | I | G | H | T |
| A | F | A | R | | O | B | E | S | E | | T | A | K | I | N | | D | R | E | I |
| M | E | M | O | | L | O | N | E | R | | S | T | E | A | D | | E | A | R | N |
| I | W | I | N | | E | X | T | S | | | | S | A | N | S | | B | U | S | T |
JIM: I contacted David after solving his superb "Out of this World" puzzle last year. I enjoy solving and constructing game-related crosswords and thought he might like to collaborate on a blackjack-themed puzzle. I had been fumbling with a few ideas for several months (years?), but they were generally straightforward and most likely would have been rejected. Fortunately, David was receptive to the idea and proposed several theme concepts. We finally settled on creating a puzzle simulating a blackjack game between player and dealer. The puzzle layout lent itself perfectly to left-right symmetry, which was coincidentally used for "Out of this World" as well. I think the final puzzle turned out well, and I hope everyone enjoyed solving it!
On a personal note, this puzzle completes the "cycle" for me, in fact, David and I considered naming the puzzle "Hitting for the Cycle," but the joke was too "inside" for sure. Sadly, my dad wasn't able to see this puzzle in print, as he passed away late last year. He was an avid Times crossword solver for many years and was my inspiration to begin constructing crosswords several years back. I'd like to think he's smiling down on the puzzle today, sipping on a very dry martini.
DAVID: It was a pleasure working with Jim on this puzzle! As he mentioned, we discussed numerous other spins on a blackjack theme before settling on this one. In fact, we even thought of doing something with JACK BLACK/BLACKJACK (along the lines of Ed Sessa's masterpiece from earlier this month!). Once we decided on simulating a blackjack game, the next challenge was filling the grid. The theme proved very constraining, so we ultimately picked a slightly smoother/zippier 142-worder over our original 140-worder. Jim is an excellent clue writer, so we were ready to submit soon after settling on a fill. We hope you enjoy our puzzle! And who knows, we might just be back with more game-themed crosswords in the future :).
Wed 9/2/2009
| A | B | B | A | | | | D | I | R | T | | F | A | X |
| C | A | R | U | S | O | | I | N | A | W | H | I | L | E |
| A | D | O | R | E | R | | S | C | H | A | E | F | E | R |
| R | E | W | O | V | E | | C | A | S | | C | T | R | S |
| | | R | E | O | P | E | N | | S | H | H | | |
| C | L | E | A | N | S | E | R | | V | I | E | W | E | D |
| H | E | I | S | T | | A | N | N | E | X | | H | A | R |
| A | V | G | | H | O | C | | O | T | T | | E | G | O |
| N | E | H | | D | R | E | A | D | | H | E | E | L | S |
| T | E | T | R | A | D | | N | E | T | S | A | L | E | S |
| | H | A | Y | | A | N | S | W | E | R | | | |
| S | S | N | S | | S | R | O | | O | N | H | I | R | E |
| C | H | O | P | S | U | E | Y | | A | S | A | S | O | N |
| O | U | T | S | H | I | N | E | | M | E | R | M | A | N |
| T | E | E | | A | T | A | D | | | | T | Y | R | A |
Tue 1/27/2009
| C | A | P | P | | T | E | A | S | E | T | | F | S | U |
| A | L | O | U | | A | C | T | O | N | E | | I | T | S |
| M | I | L | L | E | B | O | R | N | E | S | | R | Y | E |
| A | N | K | L | E | S | | A | I | R | T | A | S | E | R |
| Y | E | A | R | N | E | D | | A | G | E | N | T | | |
| | | A | S | T | O | R | | I | R | O | B | O | T |
| D | O | W | N | Y | | Z | A | L | E | S | | O | K | S |
| E | R | I | K | | D | E | M | O | S | | T | R | I | P |
| M | S | N | | B | E | N | I | N | | M | A | N | E | S |
| S | O | D | D | E | D | | S | E | D | A | N | | | |
| | B | E | L | I | E | | R | A | G | T | O | P | S |
| P | R | O | W | L | C | A | R | | B | O | R | R | O | W |
| E | A | R | | J | A | S | O | N | B | O | U | R | N | E |
| S | I | N | | A | T | T | L | E | E | | M | I | Z | E |
| O | D | E | | R | E | S | E | E | D | | S | N | I | P |
Tue 5/29/2007
| L | A | S | S | O | | | D | A | D | S | | H | O | T |
| Y | A | L | T | A | | M | U | S | I | C | | O | L | A |
| C | H | A | R | T | T | O | P | P | E | R | | P | I | N |
| R | E | B | A | | A | D | E | S | | I | T | S | O | K |
| A | D | S | P | A | C | E | | | E | P | I | C | | |
| | | | B | E | L | L | B | O | T | T | O | M | S |
| S | A | C | H | E | T | | E | R | N | | H | T | M | L |
| O | B | O | E | S | | B | A | R | | M | E | C | C | A |
| A | L | D | A | | S | E | R | | M | I | S | H | I | T |
| K | E | E | P | A | N | E | Y | E | O | N | | | | |
| | N | E | L | L | | | M | U | D | B | A | T | H |
| P | R | A | D | O | | I | M | I | T | | A | L | V | A |
| R | I | M | | N | O | N | E | T | H | E | L | E | S | S |
| I | C | E | | Z | O | O | M | S | | B | E | R | E | T |
| X | E | S | | O | H | N | O | | | W | R | O | T | E |
Tue 3/28/2006
| R | E | P | O | T | | I | S | T | S | | P | S | A | T |
| A | R | E | A | S | | B | E | E | T | | A | C | T | I |
| J | A | C | K | H | A | M | M | E | R | | T | R | I | M |
| A | S | K | S | I | N | | I | N | I | T | I | A | T | E |
| | | | R | U | G | | S | C | A | N | T | | |
| E | M | B | I | T | T | E | R | | T | R | A | C | T | S |
| L | A | R | K | S | | T | A | B | L | E | | H | A | H |
| T | R | E | E | | M | O | N | E | Y | | S | P | U | R |
| O | L | A | | M | A | N | T | A | | S | H | A | P | E |
| N | O | D | E | A | L | | O | U | T | M | O | D | E | D |
| | B | A | S | I | S | | T | W | A | | | | |
| D | O | O | R | K | N | O | B | | I | S | H | T | A | R |
| E | L | A | N | | G | R | E | E | N | H | O | U | S | E |
| F | I | R | E | | E | T | A | L | | E | R | R | O | L |
| T | O | D | D | | R | A | N | K | | D | A | F | F | Y |
Wed 3/22/2006
| S | P | A | D | E | | F | L | E | W | | P | S | I | S |
| K | O | R | E | A | | L | A | V | A | | A | O | N | E |
| I | C | E | B | R | E | A | K | E | R | | N | U | D | E |
| P | O | S | T | D | A | T | E | | R | E | T | R | I | M |
| | | | R | T | S | | J | A | N | | G | A | S |
| C | A | C | T | U | S | | S | A | N | D | E | R | | |
| B | L | O | O | M | | L | A | I | T | | M | A | C | H |
| E | L | L | S | | T | E | L | L | Y | | B | P | O | E |
| R | I | D | E | | A | P | T | S | | P | E | E | V | E |
| | T | A | B | K | E | Y | | M | O | R | S | E | L |
| S | T | U | | Y | E | W | | D | A | T | | | | |
| T | A | R | G | E | T | | K | E | R | O | S | E | N | E |
| P | E | K | E | | H | E | A | V | Y | M | E | T | A | L |
| A | B | E | L | | A | L | T | O | | A | E | T | N | A |
| T | O | Y | S | | T | M | E | N | | C | R | E | A | M |
Tue 2/28/2006
| M | A | S | S | E | | J | F | K | | A | S | S | A | D |
| G | R | I | M | M | | A | A | A | | A | L | E | R | O |
| M | R | N | I | C | E | G | U | Y | | H | E | R | T | Z |
| | | L | E | A | R | N | O | F | | E | V | I | E |
| M | E | L | E | E | S | | | S | O | A | P | I | E | R |
| E | R | A | S | | I | N | D | | P | R | E | C | | |
| S | E | T | | S | E | E | I | T | | T | R | E | A | D |
| A | C | T | | T | R | I | C | E | P | S | | A | G | E |
| S | T | I | L | E | | L | E | R | O | Y | | C | O | P |
| | C | E | L | L | | Y | A | P | | A | E | R | O |
| P | R | E | S | A | G | E | | | A | I | M | S | A | T |
| A | I | W | A | | A | L | B | E | R | T | O | | | |
| S | L | O | B | S | | C | E | N | T | E | R | I | C | E |
| T | E | R | R | E | | I | T | D | | M | A | D | A | M |
| A | S | K | E | W | | D | A | S | | S | L | O | T | S |
Sat 1/7/2006
| O | C | T | A | N | T | S | | S | T | E | R | E | O | S |
| P | L | A | T | O | O | N | S | E | R | G | E | A | N | T |
| P | O | R | T | R | A | I | T | P | A | I | N | T | E | R |
| O | O | Z | E | D | | V | A | T | | S | T | Y | L | I |
| S | T | A | N | | B | E | G | I | N | | S | O | A | P |
| E | I | N | | T | E | L | E | C | O | M | | U | N | E |
| R | E | T | O | O | L | E | D | | M | I | T | R | E | D |
| | H | H | O | U | R | | S | I | N | G | H | | |
| B | O | E | I | N | G | | A | U | N | T | I | E | E | M |
| O | R | A | | S | A | L | I | N | E | S | | A | R | I |
| T | I | P | I | | S | A | R | R | E | | S | R | A | S |
| A | N | E | R | A | | R | I | O | | M | A | T | S | U |
| N | O | M | O | R | E | I | L | O | V | E | Y | O | U | S |
| I | C | A | N | T | S | A | Y | F | O | R | S | U | R | E |
| C | O | N | S | I | S | T | | S | W | E | A | T | E | D |
Mon 10/31/2005
| H | A | N | G | | E | P | S | O | M | | I | H | O | P |
| O | N | E | A | | P | O | P | P | A | | G | U | L | L |
| S | T | A | R | | I | C | E | I | N | | U | R | G | E |
| S | I | T | B | A | C | K | A | N | D | R | E | L | A | X |
| | | L | P | S | | K | E | Y | E | S | | | |
| M | I | M | E | O | | P | O | D | | L | S | A | T | S |
| E | W | E | | | R | E | F | | M | I | S | C | U | E |
| D | O | W | N | F | O | R | T | H | E | C | O | U | N | T |
| I | N | L | A | I | D | | H | A | G | | | R | E | A |
| A | T | S | I | X | | R | E | D | | B | L | A | S | T |
| | | L | I | M | E | D | | O | O | O | | | |
| C | O | M | E | T | O | T | E | R | M | S | W | I | T | H |
| A | X | E | D | | L | I | V | E | N | | E | D | A | M |
| S | E | M | I | | T | R | I | N | I | | N | I | N | O |
| K | N | O | T | | S | E | L | E | S | | D | O | G | S |
Tue 6/28/2005
| O | T | B | S | | B | E | A | D | | A | L | C | O | A |
| N | O | O | N | | A | L | L | I | | G | I | R | L | S |
| T | W | O | E | G | G | S | O | V | E | R | E | A | S | Y |
| A | N | E | A | R | | | T | O | T | E | | Z | E | E |
| P | E | R | K | I | N | S | | T | H | E | R | E | N | T |
| | | E | L | E | N | A | | E | T | E | | | |
| F | O | U | R | L | E | A | F | C | L | O | V | E | R | S |
| G | U | S | | | | F | O | O | | | | G | U | T |
| S | I | X | F | I | G | U | R | E | I | N | C | O | M | E |
| | | U | N | O | | E | U | B | I | E | | | |
| T | O | R | N | A | D | O | | R | E | C | R | O | O | M |
| E | L | I | | S | O | P | S | | | H | E | N | N | A |
| E | I | G | H | T | T | R | A | C | K | T | A | P | E | S |
| M | V | I | I | I | | A | L | A | I | | L | O | G | O |
| S | E | D | E | R | | H | E | R | D | | S | T | A | N |
Fri 6/3/2005
| S | C | O | T | | C | A | P | R | A | | A | C | T | S |
| A | R | C | O | | O | L | E | A | N | | F | L | U | E |
| D | E | E | P | | L | O | O | S | E | | T | A | N | G |
| D | E | L | I | C | O | U | N | T | E | R | | R | A | M |
| E | P | O | C | H | S | | | A | L | E | W | I | F | E |
| R | S | T | | A | S | I | S | | | M | A | N | I | N |
| | | | R | E | M | O | L | D | | W | E | S | T |
| L | I | E | D | U | N | D | E | R | O | A | T | H | |
| T | I | N | T | | M | O | A | N | E | R | | | | |
| O | M | I | T | S | | | S | O | N | S | | A | S | P |
| R | A | T | E | C | A | P | | | C | E | S | S | N | A |
| O | B | I | | I | D | L | E | C | H | A | T | T | E | R |
| N | E | A | R | | L | A | T | H | E | | A | R | E | S |
| T | A | T | E | | I | N | N | E | R | | G | A | Z | E |
| O | N | E | S | | B | E | A | R | S | | E | Y | E | D |
Mon 5/9/2005
| F | S | T | O | P | | O | T | T | E | R | | S | I | G |
| O | H | A | R | A | | C | H | I | N | O | | H | O | R |
| P | O | L | A | R | I | C | E | C | A | P | | O | N | E |
| S | P | E | C | T | R | U | M | | B | I | G | W | I | G |
| | | L | I | A | R | | F | L | E | A | B | A | G |
| L | L | B | E | A | N | | S | E | E | S | T | O | | |
| O | I | L | | L | I | T | E | R | | T | E | A | R | S |
| O | N | U | S | | S | O | N | A | R | | S | T | O | W |
| T | E | E | T | H | | A | D | L | I | B | | E | V | A |
| | B | O | A | R | D | S | | F | L | O | R | E | T |
| S | N | O | O | Z | E | S | | A | L | O | U | | | |
| P | A | N | D | A | S | | E | V | E | N | T | U | A | L |
| R | M | N | | R | O | L | L | E | R | D | E | R | B | Y |
| E | E | E | | D | R | E | A | R | | E | A | S | E | L |
| E | S | T | | S | T | O | N | Y | | S | T | A | T | E |
Sat 3/19/2005
| B | A | L | T | I | C | | | S | T | R | A | F | E | S |
| A | M | A | R | N | A | | J | E | R | E | M | I | A | H |
| H | O | T | E | L | S | | I | G | U | E | S | S | S | O |
| A | R | E | N | A | S | | G | A | D | S | | S | E | R |
| M | I | N | D | L | E | S | S | L | Y | | M | I | S | T |
| A | S | E | | A | R | E | A | S | | C | E | L | I | A |
| S | T | D | | L | O | E | W | | E | L | L | E | N | |
| | | J | A | L | A | P | E | N | O | S | | | |
| B | E | E | N | E | | U | N | C | S | | I | S | P |
| B | U | S | E | D | | O | Z | Z | I | E | | N | E | O |
| I | G | O | R | | R | A | Z | O | R | S | H | A | R | P |
| C | A | B | | B | I | R | L | | C | H | A | L | E | T |
| A | B | E | B | E | A | M | E | | L | A | N | I | N | A |
| R | O | S | E | T | T | E | S | | E | V | E | N | E | R |
| B | O | O | L | E | A | N | | | D | E | S | E | R | T |
Thu 1/27/2005
| C | U | R | D | | S | H | A | R | P | | J | A | Z | Z |
| U | L | E | E | | C | A | N | E | R | | O | B | O | E |
| E | T | D | S | | O | D | D | F | E | L | L | O | W | S |
| B | E | R | K | E | L | E | Y | | C | A | L | L | I | T |
| A | R | I | | R | D | S | | D | I | L | A | T | E | S |
| L | I | B | R | A | S | | L | A | N | A | | | | |
| L | O | B | O | | | F | A | N | C | L | U | B | | |
| R | O | U | L | E | T | T | E | T | A | B | L | E | |
| | N | E | E | D | L | E | S | | | E | A | T | A |
| | | | N | M | E | X | | B | A | R | C | A | R |
| O | P | E | N | T | O | E | | S | E | N | | K | I | A |
| M | I | N | I | O | N | | A | C | I | D | C | E | L | L |
| E | V | E | N | S | T | E | V | E | N | | A | Y | E | S |
| G | O | R | E | | O | W | I | N | G | | G | E | R | E |
| A | T | O | R | | N | E | S | T | S | | E | S | S | A |
Mon 10/11/2004
| D | I | S | C | | S | M | A | S | H | | A | S | P | S |
| U | T | A | H | | E | S | T | E | E | | S | P | A | M |
| C | O | M | E | O | N | D | O | W | N | | S | I | N | E |
| | | A | M | O | O | N | | P | L | U | N | G | E |
| B | U | T | T | E | R | S | | C | A | I | R | O | | |
| A | T | H | E | N | S | | B | A | R | T | E | R | E | D |
| D | O | E | R | | | N | O | R | T | H | | S | S | E |
| E | P | A | | G | O | O | D | B | Y | E | | O | P | S |
| G | I | N | | O | B | O | E | S | | | A | L | I | A |
| G | A | S | M | A | S | K | S | | M | A | R | V | E | L |
| | W | I | P | E | S | | F | O | R | R | E | S | T |
| C | R | E | M | E | S | | E | A | T | M | E | | | |
| H | E | R | O | | S | U | R | V | E | Y | S | A | Y | S |
| I | B | I | S | | E | A | S | E | L | | T | R | A | Y |
| N | A | S | A | | D | R | E | S | S | | S | K | Y | S |
Tue 6/29/2004
| A | T | B | A | T | | G | O | L | F | S | | I | C | E |
| M | O | O | L | A | | A | W | E | E | K | | S | O | D |
| B | R | A | I | N | F | R | E | E | Z | E | | O | L | D |
| E | S | T | | G | I | R | D | S | | T | O | S | A | Y |
| R | O | S | E | L | L | E | | | A | C | D | C | | |
| | | M | E | L | T | E | D | C | H | E | E | S | E |
| W | H | A | M | S | | | A | I | R | Y | | L | I | D |
| R | O | B | E | | M | A | S | S | E | | D | E | L | I |
| A | U | S | | S | A | L | E | | | A | I | S | L | E |
| P | R | E | T | T | Y | P | L | E | A | S | E | | | |
| | N | O | R | A | | | S | C | H | M | E | A | R |
| G | O | T | T | A | | T | O | P | I | C | | L | S | U |
| A | P | E | | F | L | O | R | I | D | A | K | E | Y | S |
| Z | E | E | | E | A | G | L | E | | N | O | N | E | T |
| E | L | S | | S | T | A | Y | S | | S | P | A | T | S |
Mon 4/5/2004
| J | A | M | S | | M | A | Y | O | R | | S | E | L | F |
| O | B | O | E | | A | R | E | W | E | | T | R | I | O |
| T | E | N | C | O | M | M | A | N | D | M | E | N | T | S |
| S | T | O | O | L | I | E | | | D | A | V | I | E | S |
| | | N | E | E | D | E | D | | R | E | E | S | E |
| E | G | A | D | S | | | X | E | D | I | N | | | |
| C | L | U | E | | P | A | P | U | A | N | | M | B | A |
| H | U | N | D | R | E | D | A | C | R | E | W | O | O | D |
| O | T | T | | U | S | E | N | E | T | | H | A | Z | E |
| | | G | L | O | P | S | | | H | I | T | O | N |
| F | A | I | R | E | | T | E | A | M | U | P | | | |
| A | C | C | O | R | D | | | G | A | L | L | O | P | S |
| T | H | O | U | S | A | N | D | I | S | L | A | N | D | S |
| E | O | N | S | | F | E | I | N | T | | S | C | A | T |
| D | O | S | E | | T | O | N | G | S | | H | E | S | S |
Wed 1/28/2004
| M | A | K | E | | A | L | O | O | F | | I | H | O | P |
| A | V | I | V | | M | E | L | B | A | | N | U | D | E |
| G | A | R | A | G | E | S | A | L | E | | S | M | O | G |
| M | I | O | S | I | S | | | O | R | A | T | O | R | S |
| A | L | V | I | N | | I | G | N | I | T | E | R | | |
| | | V | O | L | T | A | G | E | S | P | I | K | E |
| A | P | S | E | | E | L | M | | | E | S | S | A | Y |
| A | L | P | | M | I | L | I | T | I | A | | T | R | E |
| R | E | E | S | E | | | E | A | T | | S | S | T | S |
| P | A | C | K | A | G | E | S | T | O | R | E | | | |
| | T | E | N | A | N | T | S | | A | R | I | S | E |
| A | N | A | L | Y | S | T | | | E | Z | I | N | E | S |
| M | I | T | T | | M | I | D | D | L | E | A | G | E | S |
| O | T | O | E | | E | R | R | O | L | | L | O | D | E |
| K | E | R | R | | N | E | S | T | S | | S | T | Y | X |
Mon 4/28/2003
| A | D | E | P | T | | A | M | I | S | | P | S | S | T |
| P | A | Y | E | E | | T | O | R | I | | A | H | O | Y |
| O | N | E | A | M | | B | O | A | R | D | W | A | L | K |
| P | A | R | K | P | L | A | C | E | | A | N | G | I | E |
| | | | L | A | T | H | | E | N | E | | | |
| F | A | B | L | E | S | | | S | N | I | D | E | S | T |
| E | R | L | E | | T | O | P | P | L | E | | P | H | I |
| R | E | A | D | I | N | G | R | A | I | L | R | O | A | D |
| M | A | N | | S | A | L | O | N | S | | A | C | M | E |
| I | R | K | S | O | M | E | | | T | I | T | H | E | S |
| | | A | B | E | | S | T | E | N | | | | |
| S | C | A | L | A | | S | H | O | R | T | L | I | N | E |
| L | U | X | U | R | Y | T | A | X | | R | A | C | E | R |
| O | B | I | T | | A | L | L | I | | A | M | O | C | O |
| E | A | S | E | | K | O | L | N | | Y | A | N | K | S |
Thu 4/3/2003
| I | S | L | E | S | | N | A | T | C | H | | T | A | J |
| B | O | A | S | T | | E | M | O | R | Y | | A | L | A |
| M | U | S | T | A | C | H | I | O | E | D | | M | O | W |
| S | P | H | E | R | O | I | D | | P | R | O | B | E | S |
| | | E | R | R | S | | B | E | A | N | O | | |
| B | R | E | M | E | N | | P | A | S | T | E | U | P | S |
| L | O | X | | D | E | C | A | Y | | E | A | R | L | Y |
| A | G | H | A | | A | E | I | O | U | | L | I | E | N |
| N | E | A | R | S | | D | R | U | N | K | | N | B | C |
| C | R | U | M | P | L | E | S | | R | E | C | E | S | S |
| | S | O | L | O | S | | G | O | T | O | | | |
| M | E | T | R | I | C | | P | R | O | T | R | A | C | T |
| A | R | I | | C | A | U | L | I | F | L | O | W | E | R |
| Z | O | O | | E | L | T | O | N | | E | N | O | L | A |
| E | O | N | | R | E | E | D | S | | S | A | L | T | Y |
Mon 12/16/2002
| L | A | S | | A | N | G | L | E | R | | S | T | U | B |
| I | S | P | | T | I | R | A | D | E | | P | E | R | U |
| E | L | L | | O | N | E | I | D | A | | H | A | N | G |
| S | E | I | S | M | O | G | R | A | P | H | E | R | | |
| T | E | N | P | I | N | | | | S | E | R | I | A | L |
| O | P | T | I | C | | R | A | M | | P | E | N | T | A |
| | | C | A | V | E | M | E | N | | | T | O | W |
| S | I | Z | E | L | I | M | I | T | A | T | I | O | N | S |
| E | S | O | | | M | I | S | R | E | A | D | | | |
| E | L | O | P | E | | T | H | O | | N | E | S | T | S |
| R | E | T | O | R | T | | | | A | G | A | T | H | A |
| | S | I | G | H | S | O | F | R | E | L | I | E | F |
| N | O | U | N | | A | T | T | A | I | N | | L | Y | E |
| E | X | I | T | | N | U | T | L | E | T | | T | V | S |
| B | Y | T | E | | K | N | O | L | L | S | | S | E | T |
2 Variety puzzles by Jim Hyres
Sun 7/12/2009
| A | R | E | N | A | | | | R | E | V | S | | | | | |
| N | O | D | I | C | E | | B | I | R | C | H | | | | | |
| Y | O | U | L | L | B | E | S | O | R | R | Y | | H | M | S | |
| | | S | U | B | M | I | T | | S | A | M | O | A | N | |
| | | | | | A | D | E | S | | W | E | T | R | A | G |
| | | L | A | R | G | E | R | T | H | A | N | L | I | F | E |
| | | I | M | U | S | | | R | A | Y | S | | N | U | N |
| | S | E | E | N | | B | E | A | R | | | V | A | S | T |
| | T | O | N | G | U | E | T | W | I | S | T | E | R | | |
| Y | A | R | N | | | T | A | S | S | | T | A | T | A | | |
| E | R | A | | U | T | E | S | | | Q | U | I | T | | | |
| S | T | I | R | S | U | P | T | R | O | U | B | L | E | | | |
| M | I | N | U | E | T | | S | O | M | E | | | | | | |
| S | E | L | D | O | M | | O | N | E | I | D | A | | | |
| T | R | E | | R | U | N | N | I | N | G | A | R | I | S | K |
| | | | | E | R | I | E | S | | O | N | E | S | E | T |
| | | | | D | K | N | Y | | | | G | A | M | E | S |
Sun 8/27/2006
| | | | | | F | A | S | T | | | | | | | |
| | A | D | M | | A | L | O | O | F | | | K | I | A | |
| B | R | E | A | S | T | B | O | N | E | | | A | N | D | Y |
| R | E | T | I | R | E | E | | N | I | T | | | T | E | E | S |
| E | N | D | S | I | T | | S | Y | N | C | | B | E | R | L | E |
| A | H | E | M | S | | T | H | I | G | H | M | A | S | T | E | R |
| L | U | C | | A | T | R | A | | | | E | S | P | | | |
| R | O | O | | A | I | R | Y | | A | R | I | A | | | |
| | | C | H | I | C | K | E | N | F | E | E | D | | | |
| | | T | O | C | K | | S | O | I | L | | E | B | B | |
| | | A | S | H | | | | D | R | Y | S | | I | L | E |
| W | I | N | G | T | I | P | S | H | O | E | | T | U | N | E | R |
| O | L | I | O | S | | A | T | O | Z | | J | O | R | D | A | N |
| M | I | N | N | | | L | E | A | | M | A | R | K | E | T | S |
| B | A | J | A | | | L | E | G | W | A | R | M | E | R | S | |
| C | A | L | | | S | P | I | E | S | | S | L | Y | | |
| | | | | | | S | E | E | K | | | | | | |
