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6 | 12/27/2023 | 4/6/2025 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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2 | 3 | 1.54 | 43 | 51% |
Sun 4/6/2025 Course Correction
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E | S | T | | E | A | S | Y | | S | A | N | D | S | | S | | S | T | Y | E |
Kareem Ayas is a high school teacher of English Literature in Harlem. He grew up in Syria and Lebanon, where he attended Arabic schools until the fifth grade. He says he learned English from watching The Simpsons ("when my mom wasn't looking") and from reading and rereading the Goosebumps novels.
His favorite part of this puzzle is 102-Down, his favorite food, which, amazingly, has never been an answer in a Times puzzle before.
Sun 1/5/2025 All Things Change
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T | A | K | E | A | P | E | N | N | Y | L | E | A | V | E | A | P | E | N | N | Y |
A | F | O | O | T | | | | O | O | O | | | A | L | G | A | | | | |
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T | U | R | N | O | N | A | D | I | M | E | | | C | U | R | L | Y | | | |
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R | A | M | B | O | | A | T | T | A | B | O | Y | | R | I | O | T | A | C | T |
T | R | A | I | N | | P | E | R | C | E | N | T | | E | N | R | O | L | L | S |
S | I | L | T | S | | P | R | O | T | E | G | E | | | G | E | T | M | A | D |
Kareem Ayas is a high school teacher of English Literature and Film Studies in Harlem. He grew up in Syria and Lebanon, moved to the U.S. in 2014, and started solving the Times crossword with co-workers during lunch break. Soon his puzzle habit led to constructing.
Kareem says he gets his best theme ideas "as I walk my dog at midnight while listening to Duran Duran." Keep your thinking cap on because he adds: "More often than not, I start with the question ‘What crossword rules can I break?'"
Wed 9/4/2024
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O | D | O | M | | A | I | R | A | C | E | | U | Z | I |
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F | L | A | I | L | | N | S | C | | R | O | S | L | K |
A | T | S | T | A | K | E | | E | L | A | N | D | | |
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C | A | M | I | | A | C | T | | M | O | T | I | V | E |
A | G | O | N | Y | | E | A | R | | S | A | F | E | S |
L | E | N | N | O | N | | R | A | F | | R | E | N | T |
C | R | U | I | S | S | S | I | L | E | S | | | | |
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G | E | E | S | E | | I | C | Y | | E | A | G | L | E |
A | Y | N | | S | E | M | I | C | I | R | C | L | E | S |
L | E | T | | A | L | E | T | A | P | | H | E | R | O |
A | D | S | | M | I | S | E | R | S | | A | R | T | S |
Thu 7/18/2024
S | T | A | R | | C | O | M | E | T | | N | O | V | A |
T | I | L | E | | I | N | A | P | P | | B | R | O | S |
E | P | P | S | | G | L | U | E | S | | C | I | T | I |
E | T | A | | O | | O | L | E | | T | | S | E | A |
L | O | C | K | J | A | W | | S | P | Y | R | I | N | G |
S | P | A | C | E | R | | | | T | O | O | T | O | O |
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H | O | W | R | U | | U | V | A | | R | I | F | T | S |
I | D | O | | S | Y | N | A | P | S | E | | L | O | T |
P | A | R | A | M | U | S | | E | O | N | S | A | G | O |
S | Y | M | B | O | L | | C | | A | G | E | G | A | P |
| | H | O | M | E | B | A | N | K | I | N | G | | |
G | E | O | D | E | | A | N | I | | N | O | I | S | Y |
A | R | L | E | N | | I | C | K | | E | R | N | I | E |
B | R | E | S | T | | L | Y | E | | S | A | G | A | N |
Mon 6/10/2024
S | E | T | | | A | S | T | O | | | S | W | A | P |
T | S | O | S | | P | E | S | K | Y | | E | R | G | O |
O | P | A | L | | S | T | A | G | E | | T | I | R | E |
O | N | D | I | S | C | | R | O | N | A | | S | E | T |
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E | X | I | L | E | | S | E | T | | L | A | D | L | E |
T | I | P | O | F | F | | T | U | R | F | | S | E | T |
| S | P | O | R | E | S | | B | A | I | T | | | |
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S | E | T | | E | D | E | N | | C | H | I | P | I | N |
A | N | O | S | | A | W | A | S | H | | R | E | D | O |
I | C | E | E | | L | E | V | E | E | | L | E | G | O |
L | E | S | T | | | D | I | T | S | | | S | E | T |
Wed 12/27/2023
V | I | S | A | | A | F | R | I | C | A | | O | H | S |
A | C | T | S | | L | E | B | R | O | N | | T | O | E |
T | U | F | T | | B | A | S | A | L | T | | T | R | I |
| | R | E | S | E | T | | S | L | I | P | O | N | S |
A | L | A | R | M | I | S | T | | E | G | O | I | S | M |
P | A | N | O | U | T | | A | U | G | E | R | | | |
L | I | C | I | T | | I | B | S | E | N | | T | R | E |
I | K | I | D | | S | P | I | E | S | | P | H | I | L |
T | A | S | | S | C | O | T | S | | T | R | E | V | I |
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M | A | R | T | Y | R | | A | N | N | O | T | A | T | E |
E | R | E | C | T | E | D | | I | S | U | Z | U | | |
R | I | A | | A | D | E | S | T | E | | K | R | I | S |
G | A | L | | L | O | A | F | E | R | | E | U | R | O |
E | L | M | | E | F | F | O | R | T | | R | S | V | P |