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22 puzzles by Michael Lieberman
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Michael Lieberman
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Michael Lieberman, of Washington, D.C., is an attorney at Fairmark Partners LLP, a consumer-protection firm.

15 daily crosswords by Michael Lieberman

Sun 11/26/2023 Growth Spurts
BAESARCADIASBARRO
RUNTTOOSOONBEANIES
EDDYBAITINGBELLYFAT
WELLEARNEDITSALLALIE
SNEERYCROCAMUSEERR
SINDHSHOMETURF
DISCOBRALICITPILLOW
ARLOLOCANKLESNYASA
MUONUNHITCHROTCTHY
ELIAREINHAIDAHLIAS
SENDSDNCIMDBBIEN
COPEGAILEATNECCO
ATHEISTSNLABABAHAR
SHOREUPTALLYHOHERE
TIPPIBILOXIBIBOSLO
INSONGNOTIPUTAHUTES
ICOSAGONAMIESC
OVAHAITIGASPFRERES
SANDALTANSSKIPACKAGE
ANTENNASICANNOTEZRA
KEISTERMONOCLEYEET
ASSISTSWATHESSSTS

Adam Wagner, of Oakland, Calif., is a creative lead at Patreon, the crowdfunding site for content creators. Michael Lieberman, of Washington, D.C., is an attorney at Fairmark Partners, a consumer-protection firm.

They're also both dads of fast-growing toddlers, which is what inspired this puzzle. Adam sent the title to Mike, who sent back what became 3- and 13-Down … and they were off and running.

Mon 10/16/2023
DOMESZIPSSLIM
OZONEOBOEPAPA
JASONMOMOAASAP
ORADIMFLARE
SKITLIVENTREE
CHANNINGTATUM
OLETUSHART
BYGUMMRTEGGOS
OARACAIIMO
DWAYNEJOHNSON
ENDEARLADDORM
UNCAPZITNIA
FLATMOVIEBUFFS
DATAISEESTALK
AXESCHERPETES
Fri 9/22/2023
STOATSLSDOPEN
CARROTCAKEROMA
OXYMORONICGOOD
TIXBABARYALTA
LIPSEVONNE
ECIGSPSEUDO
ALOFTSHOTHOOPS
PALEOPORANDOR
ENDOFRANTDOLMA
FRANCECORES
BUDICEDENS
EASELREUSELID
ASIAJAMESJOYCE
RIOTACTSNORMAL
PENHYESABSENT
Wed 8/23/2023
BASESGAGSARES
ADAPTROOKLENT
BALSAMICVINEGAR
EMTTANNOVICE
ISUREDOTENTS
MONTECRISTOASS
TREESALANA
VASEBALOODRAW
PEELEREUSE
OOPPEACHMELBAS
BRAVOSTOOGES
INSIDETRUISH
WESTERNOMELETTE
AREAMALIARIES
NYSEAVECRANTS
Tue 3/21/2023
MECCAFLAGSPAM
ATALLLAPELRBI
TABOOBOOBOOOUR
LATERMEMBER
TREKTEPEEOSLO
BUCQATARTARTAR
SNAFUSWERVE
PERIODYESSIR
STENTSDOULA
DACHACHACHAPLY
ALOEALCOAMESS
PASSEDUMBER
PSILEMURMURMUR
EKGKNAVEGRAPE
RANSTEADSYNCS
Sun 1/1/2023 In Play
TREEJAPANSPAMSACTS
YENSAIOLIAERIELOIN
RECTANGULARPRISMELMO
ALERTRELOSIMPLER
LOVEWILLTEARUSAPART
DRAGNOTEDOESCOB
AIDETWOSWINGATOPA
MOUNTAINSTATESOUTRUN
ETSHIEPARFINEART
TELDOCTORDOLITTLE
AXIOMTOOKZEROCRESS
GETBACKINSHAPEGOA
INSIGHTERRSURPAT
LONNIEBREAKOUTINSONG
ENOMANUALSNANASTI
BBSLAICSOLELEIF
FRIENDSINHIGHPLACES
LEGROOMSUREDINAR
URGEPICTUREINPICTURE
BAITETHOSSNEEREDEN
SNESSHINESEDGEMEAT

Adam Wagner, of Oakland, Calif., is a creative lead at Patreon, the crowdfunding site for content creators. Michael Lieberman is an attorney in Washington, D.C. Rafael Musa, of San Francisco, is a software engineer at Airbnb. They met through crossword posts on Twitter and now play on the same team in a weekly Zoom trivia night.

The idea for this puzzle was Michael's. Rafael and Adam added to the theme. They all collaborated on the grid and clues.

Sun 11/6/2022 Length-ening
ATBATSTEAEGGLOTSPAC
DALLASYAMMERASEAILL
SQUAREENROUTENINTENDO
URNSLETMEAGRELARD
HEROISMHOWENSUITEITIS
ERINITCAMEETASMOAN
LIEOTROOILRIGJOT
MARINEENCORERESETWTO
MADEDODTSHOEDOWN
KEPIURIGOESONEMIL
ENGARDEIANSOFTHEGALAXY
ZEALFATLIPTARMINT
REDEALSTANPOSSES
ALSTAEBOMAKEUPENTREE
BETEWASTEDADSALP
THOUKILNATASTESTOP
CHOPPINGENBLOCURCHINS
ROTIMENTEETELLOOM
ENDTABLETHEROYALENNUI
AGOCULTTAGINEBADASS
MSGLESSERODESSTALKS

Michael Lieberman, of Washington, D.C., is an attorney at Fairmark Partners LLP, a consumer-protection firm. This is his ninth Times crossword in two years. It started when the Billy Joel title "We Didn't Start the Fire" morphed in his head into "ennui didn't start the fire." That didn't make much sense, but it did make him laugh. He went searching for other such transformations to build a puzzle around.

POW Mon 9/12/2022
DATAANTSGAMES
ERRSBOHOUNITE
ACAIEARNENACT
FONDATHEATRE
SEWATONCBS
AHIWANDAVISION
PETSGASCONDO
ALIASESCHAUCER
CLONEIOULOGE
HONDAACCORDDAD
ESSSTYEUSE
SHONDARHIMES
ARGUEITRYGALA
PEARLCECEHYMN
EXPELSASSTOOK
Thu 6/2/2022
BACKMILANTLC
ETNAADAGECHAR
SHOTTHEBOWRAKE
TOTAAASGOATEE
SEOULEILISH
KNOCKDRAGOUT
IDIOTRAILNRA
NICKSENTARMOR
CSAMAYOLIENS
HANDSAMERICA
STAINSCOLBY
STENCHELEVRIM
WEVEUPSIDECAKE
ARESNAOMIUKES
MSNTYSONBESS
Tue 3/15/2022
ESTEQUOTEPAWS
ITSYUNBOXERAS
GREENOLIVEDERN
HOTDATEJAYZ
TBSCASINOFLOOR
YEESHSNACKUNO
LOAASHCOED
NASCARTRACK
EBAYTRUEMU
TONROASTEPSOM
CONCERTHALLIRE
BYOBRAISMAN
MACSITSTHEPITS
IMAMRABATALEC
CAMOATARIMESH
Thu 10/21/2021
IRANSTATCOBB
NORAPOTHOLDER
GOONPRIMEVIDEO
OKCORRALTEN
TSKBEYPARKOUR
LOGSTABSAMA
SPINSKULLSTAG
HIVEUNTIEAHME
AXISROUNDSTIR
WINWETSRISE
NEGLECTLILSHY
OARPINKYTOE
GOFORAWALKVISA
BOOTYCALLEFTS
SHESKNEESYST
Sun 6/20/2021 FAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS
TAROTOGREBARREHTML
ALARMORELFLEASAHOY
CONCONFUSESFUSESVICE
OHBABYBEATSMELARKS
SAYILKANONATIONS
ELONELONGATESGATES
LEAVENEDREOELANTRA
ARIAANSACUMENRAT
MANMANDATESDATESCASE
ESTATEATEMEDMOPED
ROTCYCLOPSION
CUMINAHSMMADOGMAS
OPIEANAANAGRAMSGRAMS
BTSADSITEIRAANON
ROSSSEABYUELECTORS
APPAPPRAISESRAISES
ELITISMSEEATVFAA
AFLACSOANDSOEIDERS
LOLAPROPROCURESCURES
POEMGOREYAMEXHENNA
ODDSAETNARESTESSAY

Michael Lieberman is an appellate attorney in Washington, D.C., currently on parental leave after the birth of his first child.

Although this puzzle isn't Father's Day-themed, he says it's nice that his first Sunday puzzle will run on his first Father's Day as a father. About five years ago he and his wife started solving the Sunday Times crossword together, first on paper, then on a tablet. Michael now does the Times puzzle every day. His wife, though, favors the Spelling Bee.

Mon 5/31/2021
FANCYSIRIPBJS
AREASEPICERIE
LITTLEROCKLIVE
LASSREDOROGEN
GAINTUSH
BLACKANDWHITES
BLAMEODORITO
RAREJORTSADHD
AIGPARTOBEYS
DRESSREHEARSAL
PASSSLOT
STILTONCEROLO
ORZOCOCOCHANEL
BOZOCZARACTED
STANSEATSTOKE
Tue 4/13/2021
APPSTRAYSWISS
IRANOHSOTONIC
DOPEROADRUNNER
PEELEHEEDARE
HORRORFILMETRE
WSJTOOAEGEAN
YEASRISING
MOUNTAINDEW
FRIENDDAVY
NAPALMEMTKEA
ERASBALBOAPARK
AERMULEPOINT
ROCKYSTARTEDIT
BLEAROREORAGU
YALTASNAPSNOB
Mon 3/1/2021
MOBASTROSECHO
OURSTEALSMOOD
LSUSPACENEEDLE
ETTUASKSXRAYS
ENSUESTY
EIFFELTOWERATE
SNORESOCALLED
PUREEPCOTALPS
NICEIDEAESTEE
UTEFERRISWHEEL
BONNEWER
SNAILACDCDRAB
WORLDSFAIRSAXE
ALOEPARCELILL
GADSFRATTYNET

7 Variety puzzles by Michael Lieberman

Sun 4/14/2024
HARTDUIABIDED
OVERHANGDERIVE
POSEIDONMASSES
SWINGSOMITORC
TENTHORANGRYE
ODSDOWELENDON
GERELENIENT
MCCAFEMETRES
ELATIONSIRE
DAMONEBOLAEDD
DREICEESTHEIR
LITTADAPIERRE
ENOKISCOLONIES
REBOOTOPENNESS
STEINSNSAARTY
Sun 12/24/2023
GRAPHITESWAPS
REPLICASORNATE
APPARENTPATROL
CLONEGAPPETRA
EASTDETERSIMP
DYEKINETICSIS
PASTSPOKANE
COMETSPRONGS
OVARIESPLEA
MEDENEMIESHEP
PREPTRAMSCANE
APSESFOERANGE
CAUCUSINTERNAL
TIRADESTONEAGE
DENSETOGETHER
Sun 10/2/2022
SUPPOSECARPET
DISARRAYAMELIE
REUSABLESATURN
AVASTTIMEZONES
YELPPINEERG
ORANGESTETE
APPRISETHYBON
DELTASRAMROD
DEALETMANUALS
SKINSAYINGS
NEODESKTASK
MATERIALSPASTA
ASIDESLIVECHAT
TEFLONOVERHERE
SAFESTWETTEST
Sun 2/20/2022
PRETTIESTDEEDS
REPRODUCEREMIT
IMHONOREDERASE
MARTSANDWINCE
ADOSASTIREARP
LENANISEEDTEE
ETTASPINETS
SPHERETEASET
LOOKINGHITS
UPSANIMALSMAG
GUTSAGAVECARL
FLAKEANAVOILA
EAGERBARTENDER
STEERINTERVENE
TESTSTAILBONES
Sun 12/26/2021
STOPPINGINGEST
AIRLINERNAUSEA
INNOVATEFASTER
LEADONDENTIST
EATTENSEROMAN
DREWSECANTAWE
ASTERORATES
SMARTDABOPEDS
HONDASWRITE
INCBEDLAMDUBS
NAIRVASSALPRE
GLEAMEDGALLON
LINGEREDITIONS
ESTATEGENERATE
SASSEDGRENADES
Sun 10/31/2021
IMPASSESEASTER
CORLEONEDIWALI
ISOLATEDGRIPES
CANALMEMENECK
LITSPIREVENTI
ECONSESAMEARE
EDYSTUXEDOS
CITRICRELENT
ATROPHYSASH
SEASEAGALIRAS
AMIGOWALSHACT
NITEUNITASPCA
OZONESNITRATES
VERITEENVELOPE
ASSESSDESSERTS
Sun 9/5/2021
ABSORBEDRASHAD
REUNIONSILLINI
RESEARCHBLASTS
ETSSOLARSYSTEM
SLEDNORAHOLA
TEXASSPINSROY
KITENOTRIPE
CARAFETRACED
ALERTEDLEAD
RICSMOKEWOMBS
NEARPUMANARC
INNERDEMONSREO
TATTOOANTEATER
ATEASEIDEALIZE
SEDGESLESSENED
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