Wed 10/1/2025
| B | E | G | S | | S | T | O | R | M | | L | I | S | T |
| O | R | A | L | | C | A | M | E | O | | A | N | E | W |
| A | R | M | Y | R | A | N | G | E | R | | I | C | E | E |
| | E | D | A | M | | | S | E | A | L | A | N | E |
| A | B | B | O | T | | P | A | E | L | L | A | P | A | N |
| C | R | A | G | | W | E | B | S | | M | A | S | T | S |
| E | E | L | | A | I | D | A | | S | O | L | | | |
| A | L | I | E | N | I | N | V | A | S | I | O | N | |
| | | M | R | S | | D | E | F | T | | N | O | D |
| A | S | A | H | I | | D | O | T | E | | G | L | U | E |
| M | A | N | O | A | M | A | N | O | | F | L | Y | N | N |
| S | H | A | O | L | I | N | | | W | O | O | F | | |
| T | A | C | K | | S | U | M | M | E | R | R | A | I | N |
| E | R | I | E | | E | B | B | E | D | | I | N | F | O |
| L | A | N | D | | R | E | A | D | S | | A | S | S | T |
Thu 10/2/2025
| Y | E | A | H | | E | T | C | | A | B | A | C | U | S |
| I | A | G | O | | N | I | L | | R | E | G | A | L | E |
| P | R | O | M | N | T | L | Y | | M | A | R | I | N | E |
| | | M | O | W | E | D | | A | R | E | N | A | S |
| F | A | M | | H | I | S | E | M | N | C | E | | | |
| R | E | C | K | O | N | | | A | I | L | | P | A | T |
| A | G | R | A | | E | T | A | L | | A | W | A | R | E |
| N | E | A | L | E | | I | L | L | | W | A | T | C | H |
| C | A | F | E | S | | N | O | M | E | | G | E | A | R |
| E | N | T | | C | D | T | | | A | G | E | N | D | A |
| | | G | O | E | S | I | N | T | O | | T | E | N |
| P | O | I | R | O | T | | M | O | A | N | S | | | |
| U | P | D | A | T | E | | M | S | W | E | E | P | E | R |
| P | E | E | P | E | R | | N | I | A | | L | I | V | E |
| U | N | D | E | R | M | | T | R | Y | | F | E | E | D |
Boom!
– puzzle by Aidan Deshong
Fri 10/3/2025
| S | A | N | D | S | | | P | O | D | C | A | S | T | S |
| K | N | E | E | S | | E | L | D | E | R | C | A | R | E |
| I | O | W | A | N | | R | E | D | C | A | R | P | E | T |
| P | T | S | D | | E | R | A | S | | V | I | S | E | S |
| H | A | L | F | A | S | S | | G | E | D | | | |
| E | L | I | O | T | | E | W | E | S | | M | D | S |
| A | R | E | N | A | S | | B | E | T | | T | O | O | T |
| W | O | R | K | L | I | F | E | B | A | L | A | N | C | E |
| A | N | T | S | | T | A | P | | N | E | X | T | U | P |
| Y | E | S | | P | U | M | A | | G | A | L | E | S | |
| | | R | E | P | | T | E | R | R | A | C | E | |
| S | A | T | E | D | | L | I | L | Y | | W | A | R | M |
| C | R | Y | B | A | B | I | E | S | | S | Y | R | I | A |
| A | S | K | A | N | Y | O | N | E | | E | E | L | E | D |
| B | E | E | R | T | E | N | T | | | A | R | O | S | E |
Sat 10/4/2025
| A | L | G | E | B | R | A | | | | M | C | F | L | Y |
| R | O | A | D | R | A | S | H | | | V | A | L | O | R |
| M | R | S | M | A | I | S | E | L | | P | R | O | N | E |
| R | E | C | O | I | L | | S | A | C | | L | U | N | K |
| E | L | A | N | D | | P | A | T | A | G | O | N | I | A |
| S | E | N | D | | A | L | I | E | N | R | A | C | E | |
| T | I | S | | G | L | A | D | S | T | O | N | E | | |
| | | B | A | B | Y | S | T | E | P | S | | | |
| | R | I | D | E | S | H | A | R | E | | H | I | S |
| G | A | G | O | R | D | E | R | S | | L | U | C | E |
| F | I | R | S | T | T | E | S | T | | H | O | M | E | R |
| A | V | E | C | | A | A | A | | D | E | S | I | C | A |
| R | E | B | E | L | | D | I | V | V | I | E | D | U | P |
| R | U | I | N | S | | | D | A | D | S | T | O | B | E |
| O | P | T | E | D | | | | C | S | T | O | R | E | S |
Sun 10/5/2025 All Too Wise
| B | I | L | L | Y | G | O | A | T | | | | A | R | A | B | | I | M | P | S |
| C | L | E | A | R | A | S | M | U | D | | | R | I | G | A | | N | O | O | K |
| C | L | A | S | S | Y | M | A | T | E | Y | | G | O | O | D | Y | C | O | P | Y |
| S | S | N | | | B | O | S | S | F | I | G | H | T | | C | O | U | R | S | E |
| | | S | P | A | N | S | | Y | E | A | | | D | A | U | B | | | |
| | C | H | A | R | D | | F | I | L | M | R | E | E | L | | I | M | A | Y |
| C | R | A | P | S | | H | A | N | D | Y | B | E | L | L | Y | | O | R | A |
| S | H | A | K | A | | D | A | N | G | | | I | K | E | | A | M | U | C | K |
| P | I | N | E | | N | A | D | A | | B | A | S | S | | S | W | A | T | H | E |
| I | N | K | | | O | V | E | R | H | O | T | | | I | T | S | A | H | I | T |
| K | E | Y | S | | F | O | R | T | Y | W | O | R | T | H | Y | | M | Y | M | Y |
| E | S | C | A | P | E | S | | | D | E | M | E | R | O | L | | | H | E | S |
| B | E | A | N | I | E | | C | H | E | R | | V | A | P | E | | T | A | D | A |
| A | T | S | E | A | | P | O | I | | | L | O | C | S | | F | O | R | E | X |
| L | E | E | | F | I | S | H | Y | H | O | O | K | Y | | B | O | O | P | S | |
| L | A | Y | S | | C | A | N | O | O | D | L | E | | C | U | R | L | Y | | |
| | | A | S | K | S | | | D | O | C | | S | A | G | E | S | | | |
| S | H | A | N | T | Y | | S | T | A | R | A | P | P | L | E | | | J | O | B |
| C | O | C | K | Y | P | I | T | Y | | S | T | E | A | M | Y | I | R | O | N | Y |
| O | M | N | I | | O | R | I | G | | | S | C | R | E | E | N | T | I | M | E |
| T | E | E | N | | O | K | R | A | | | | S | E | X | S | C | E | N | E | S |
Mon 10/6/2025
| B | A | D | E | | C | L | A | S | S | | R | A | S | H |
| F | R | O | G | | A | A | R | O | N | | E | C | H | O |
| F | I | N | G | E | R | R | O | L | L | | G | O | I | N |
| S | A | T | | D | R | A | M | A | | A | G | R | E | E |
| | G | E | N | E | | A | R | M | C | A | N | D | Y |
| N | E | P | A | L | I | | F | A | T | E | | | |
| S | E | T | I | | | C | E | L | I | E | | H | A | T |
| K | N | U | C | K | L | E | S | A | N | D | W | I | C | H |
| Y | E | P | | N | A | D | E | R | | | E | D | I | E |
| | | T | E | V | A | | E | A | R | N | E | D | |
| T | O | E | B | E | A | N | S | | P | I | T | Y | | |
| E | U | R | O | S | | C | H | A | P | S | | H | B | O |
| A | T | O | N | | P | E | O | P | L | E | F | O | O | D |
| R | I | D | E | | E | R | A | S | E | | A | L | S | O |
| S | E | E | S | | I | S | L | E | S | | B | E | E | R |
I'm very excited to have my second Monday puzzle published!
Some puzzles are a grind to construct, and some come together like magic. This was one of the latter. This puzzle idea originally emerged from KNUCKLE SANDWICH, then TOE BEANS and ARM CANDY quickly fell into place. If a theme is primarily horizontal, I always try to add some long vertical entries for spice. When I saw ICE DANCERS and SOLAR FLARE fit in the middle section, I knew this puzzle was going to work out.
I hope you enjoy the puzzle! My cat, Julius, a possessor of 47A, wishes you good luck.
– puzzle by Hannah Binney
Tue 10/7/2025
| G | U | T | S | | | L | I | L | A | C | | I | C | E |
| I | B | E | T | | M | A | D | A | M | A | | N | A | T |
| L | O | V | E | | S | T | E | P | O | N | | S | P | A |
| D | A | Y | I | N | T | H | E | S | U | N | | T | U | T |
| S | T | E | N | O | | | | E | R | O | T | I | C | |
| | | | R | O | O | T | | | L | I | G | H | T |
| D | E | N | | I | N | T | O | T | H | I | N | A | I | R |
| U | V | E | A | | T | O | T | E | D | | E | T | N | A |
| D | O | W | N | T | O | E | A | R | T | H | | E | S | P |
| E | L | I | T | E | | | L | A | V | A | | | | |
| U | N | I | Q | U | E | | | | S | T | A | L | L |
| O | T | T | | U | N | D | E | R | T | H | E | S | E | A |
| R | I | O | | I | C | A | R | U | S | | S | L | A | T |
| C | O | W | | L | A | M | I | N | A | | C | A | F | E |
| A | N | N | | A | P | S | E | S | | | O | N | Y | X |
Wed 10/8/2025
| A | G | A | R | | D | Y | E | S | | C | E | R | A | |
| R | E | D | O | | A | M | S | T | E | R | D | A | M | |
| M | Y | S | O | U | R | C | E | S | S | A | Y | N | O | |
| E | S | P | | P | E | A | | | A | B | S | O | R | B |
| N | E | E | D | S | | | G | R | U | | | V | A | C |
| I | R | A | N | | O | D | I | E | | A | D | E | L | E |
| A | S | K | A | G | A | I | N | L | A | T | E | R | | |
| | | K | A | T | E | | A | H | A | B | | | |
| | W | I | T | H | O | U | T | A | D | O | U | B | T |
| A | B | A | T | E | | U | S | E | S | | S | P | U | R |
| D | I | R | | | P | T | A | | | V | E | R | N | E |
| D | O | R | E | M | I | | | A | P | E | | O | D | E |
| M | A | G | I | C | E | I | G | H | T | B | A | L | L |
| E | N | G | R | O | S | S | E | D | | O | R | E | O |
| S | T | Y | E | | L | O | S | S | | P | S | S | T |
Thu 10/9/2025
| M | A | N | | S | P | R | I | G | | A | R | A | B | S |
| A | P | E | | O | B | E | S | E | | R | I | F | L | E |
| N | O | W | A | Y | J | O | S | E | | C | D | R | O | M |
| U | L | T | R | A | | | U | Z | I | | | A | N | T |
| A | L | O | E | | I | N | E | E | D | A | R | I | D | E |
| L | O | Y | A | L | T | O | | R | O | L | O | D | E | X |
| | | | A | C | R | E | | | M | A | S | S | |
| | N | O | T | H | I | N | G | T | O | D | O | | |
| L | O | K | I | | | G | R | I | N | | | | |
| D | E | B | O | N | E | D | | A | N | D | T | H | E | N |
| W | O | R | K | S | F | O | R | M | E | | H | O | N | E |
| A | N | A | | | T | H | E | | | C | O | L | A | S |
| R | O | D | I | N | | A | L | L | T | H | U | M | B | S |
| F | R | A | M | E | | R | A | I | S | E | | E | L | I |
| S | A | Y | S | O | | M | Y | L | A | R | | S | E | E |
Fri 10/10/2025
| H | A | G | A | R | | O | P | E | N | S | P | A | C | E |
| A | D | E | L | E | | L | I | P | F | I | L | L | E | R |
| R | U | N | A | T | | S | C | A | L | L | I | O | N | S |
| P | E | E | K | A | B | O | O | | T | E | N | E | T | |
| | T | A | P | I | N | | T | E | N | T | | | |
| S | E | I | Z | E | D | | B | E | A | C | H | B | U | M |
| I | N | C | A | S | | F | L | A | M | E | | L | S | U |
| G | R | I | M | | R | O | O | M | S | | F | O | E | S |
| M | O | S | | L | A | R | G | O | | B | I | O | M | E |
| A | N | T | F | A | R | M | S | | H | O | R | D | E | S |
| | | E | V | E | S | | B | O | O | E | D | | |
| C | E | L | E | B | | D | R | U | M | S | O | L | O |
| B | A | R | T | R | I | V | I | A | | M | A | N | I | A |
| O | N | I | O | N | R | I | N | G | | I | L | O | S | T |
| K | I | C | K | E | D | A | S | S | | C | E | R | T | S |
Sat 10/11/2025
| M | A | S | T | E | R | S | W | I | T | C | H | | L | C | D |
| I | P | H | O | N | E | C | A | M | E | R | A | | P | H | I |
| F | R | O | M | E | A | R | T | O | E | A | R | | R | O | E |
| F | I | T | | | L | O | T | | | D | E | F | E | C | T |
| S | L | A | M | B | I | D | | F | A | L | S | E | C | U | T |
| S | T | A | R | S | | T | I | N | E | | S | O | L | I |
| | | N | O | T | R | A | C | E | | P | T | R | A | P |
| | D | I | E | S | E | L | H | Y | B | R | I | D | | |
| S | O | A | P | Y | | P | E | T | E | R | I | V | | | |
| A | N | T | E | | T | O | N | E | | A | N | A | C | T | |
| H | E | A | D | B | U | T | T | | O | U | T | L | A | Y | S |
| A | N | T | I | U | V | | | A | H | H | | | B | R | A |
| R | A | Y | | L | A | M | A | R | J | A | C | K | S | O | N |
| A | M | P | | B | L | O | W | Y | O | U | R | M | I | N | D |
| N | E | E | | S | U | B | W | A | Y | S | Y | S | T | E | M |
Sun 10/12/2025 Make No Mistake
| M | A | P | | B | A | D | D | O | G | | | A | R | M | S | | A | R | G | H |
| A | L | A | | E | X | H | A | L | E | D | | B | E | E | P | | T | O | R | O |
| M | I | N | E | A | L | L | M | I | N | E | | B | A | R | I | S | A | X | E | S |
| B | A | I | T | | | | N | O | T | F | R | O | M | C | N | T | R | A | T | E |
| A | S | C | E | T | I | C | S | | | | E | T | S | | R | E | I | N | E | R |
| | | R | O | L | O | | S | E | A | M | | | M | O | R | S | E | L | S |
| F | E | N | N | E | L | B | U | L | B | S | | S | W | O | O | N | | | | |
| T | R | E | A | T | | | T | O | W | H | O | M | I | T | M | A | Y | C | R | N |
| W | E | E | L | A | S | S | I | E | | | R | I | T | E | S | | A | H | O | Y |
| | | | P | O | L | L | | S | H | E | L | | | | | W | I | L | Y |
| M | E | A | S | U | R | E | T | W | I | C | E | C | U | T | O | N | C | E | |
| H | Y | M | N | | | | | R | I | S | K | | O | S | H | A | | | | |
| U | N | I | T | | B | L | A | I | R | | | S | L | E | E | K | N | E | S | S |
| G | A | L | I | L | E | O | G | A | L | I | L | E | I | | | D | A | M | U | P |
| | | | I | N | T | E | L | | S | T | A | N | D | R | E | M | O | N | Y |
| N | O | V | O | T | E | S | | | P | H | D | S | | E | A | S | E | | | |
| E | V | E | N | E | D | | A | D | D | | | | Z | E | N | K | O | A | N | S |
| W | E | N | T | F | I | F | T | Y | F | I | F | T | Y | | | | F | L | E | A |
| D | R | E | A | M | C | A | R | S | | C | D | I | N | G | D | E | F | E | A | T |
| A | D | E | S | | T | R | I | O | | E | N | D | G | A | M | E | | P | T | A |
| D | O | R | K | | S | E | A | N | | | Y | E | A | H | S | O | | H | O | N |
Mon 10/13/2025
| E | Y | E | | T | O | D | A | Y | | A | P | R | O | N |
| S | O | L | | S | H | O | N | E | | N | A | I | V | E |
| Q | U | I | C | K | O | A | T | S | | D | E | T | E | R |
| U | L | T | A | | | S | E | I | S | | L | E | N | D |
| E | L | E | V | A | T | E | | K | O | O | L | | | |
| | | I | N | S | T | A | N | T | R | A | M | E | N |
| P | A | L | A | T | E | | M | O | O | D | | A | K | A |
| U | T | E | R | O | | Y | E | W | | A | L | L | E | Y |
| S | T | D | | N | E | O | N | | F | I | E | L | D | S |
| H | A | S | T | Y | P | U | D | D | I | N | G | | | |
| | | E | M | I | T | | I | T | S | A | B | O | Y |
| S | W | A | N | | C | H | E | M | | | T | O | D | O |
| L | O | T | U | S | | F | A | S | T | F | O | O | D | S |
| I | V | O | R | Y | | U | S | U | A | L | | M | E | H |
| M | E | M | E | S | | L | E | M | M | A | | S | R | I |
Tue 10/14/2025
| E | S | P | Y | S | | T | O | R | E | | T | R | I | S |
| S | C | O | U | T | | O | B | E | Y | | H | I | N | T |
| S | U | M | M | E | R | L | O | V | E | | A | G | R | A |
| A | B | E | | R | I | D | E | S | | O | T | H | E | R |
| Y | A | S | S | I | F | Y | | | C | O | S | T | S | |
| | | A | L | F | A | L | F | A | H | O | N | E | Y |
| S | C | E | N | E | | | A | I | R | S | | E | R | A |
| E | A | R | S | | N | O | T | E | D | | R | S | V | P |
| E | M | U | | L | O | R | E | | | E | A | S | E | S |
| M | E | D | I | A | D | A | R | L | I | N | G | | | |
| R | I | N | D | S | | | O | D | D | S | A | R | E |
| S | A | T | A | Y | | S | K | U | L | L | | W | A | G |
| A | S | I | S | | B | E | A | N | I | E | B | A | B | Y |
| S | H | O | E | | F | A | N | G | | S | C | R | I | P |
| S | Y | N | C | | F | L | E | E | | S | C | E | N | T |
Wed 10/15/2025
| B | M | W | | L | I | B | R | A | | C | P | L | U | S |
| B | O | W | | I | N | R | U | N | | R | O | O | F | S |
| Q | U | I | T | E | A | B | I | T | | A | K | R | O | N |
| E | L | I | H | U | | | N | E | R | F | E | D | | |
| D | I | V | E | | J | I | G | G | E | T | Y | J | I | G |
| N | E | T | F | U | L | | G | O | B | | I | R | A |
| | T | U | R | T | L | E | | | E | A | M | E | S |
| | | B | O | S | S | L | E | V | E | L | | | |
| I | B | S | E | N | | | S | T | A | R | T | S | | |
| A | R | E | | T | M | C | | O | N | S | T | A | R | |
| M | O | D | E | L | P | L | A | N | E | | E | V | E | R |
| | A | M | I | G | A | S | | | E | X | I | L | E |
| A | P | R | O | N | | W | H | A | T | A | T | O | O | L |
| W | R | I | T | E | | A | E | G | I | S | | R | C | A |
| L | O | S | E | S | | T | N | O | T | E | | S | K | Y |
Thu 10/16/2025
| A | I | N | T | | B | E | N | T | O | | O | D | E | S |
| B | O | O | R | | O | S | C | A | R | | F | O | M | O |
| S | E | T | I | N | S | T | O | N | E | | F | A | U | N |
| C | R | A | V | E | S | | | G | O | T | H | S | | |
| O | R | B | I | T | | P | R | Y | | H | O | I | S | T |
| N | O | L | A | | R | O | E | | P | R | U | D | E | S |
| D | R | E | | W | E | N | D | | A | U | R | O | R | A |
| | | R | E | A | D | P | A | L | M | S | | | |
| G | O | C | O | L | D | | I | V | E | S | | A | M | P |
| O | R | A | C | L | E | | L | E | O | | S | P | A | R |
| P | A | N | K | O | | S | L | R | | I | T | P | R | O |
| | A | S | K | I | N | | | D | U | R | E | S | S |
| P | A | S | O | | N | E | E | D | E | D | A | N | A | P |
| E | T | T | U | | H | E | G | E | L | | I | D | L | E |
| N | E | A | T | | D | R | O | L | L | | T | S | A | R |
Fri 10/17/2025
| J | E | S | T | | M | O | S | S | | W | I | C | C | A |
| A | N | N | E | | I | S | E | E | | E | C | H | O | S |
| C | H | A | R | L | I | X | C | X | | B | E | A | U | S |
| C | A | U | S | E | S | | R | I | C | E | W | I | N | E |
| U | N | S | E | T | | B | E | E | R | D | A | R | T | S |
| S | C | A | R | | R | E | C | R | U | I | T | | | |
| E | E | G | | T | I | N | Y | | S | T | E | M | | |
| D | E | B | U | T | S | | C | H | O | R | E | S | |
| | S | E | R | A | | B | A | E | R | | N | U | T |
| | | S | N | O | C | A | P | S | | H | O | P | I |
| S | I | S | T | E | R | A | C | T | | C | O | P | E | D |
| A | N | E | C | D | A | T | A | | V | O | L | A | R | E |
| L | U | N | A | R | | B | R | A | I | N | D | U | M | P |
| E | R | A | S | E | | E | D | E | N | | I | S | A | O |
| M | E | T | E | D | | D | I | R | E | | T | E | N | D |
Sat 10/18/2025
| | F | A | C | E | T | A | T | | F | R | O | T | H |
| M | A | R | I | N | A | R | A | | I | N | A | W | E |
| L | A | T | E | S | T | F | A | D | | R | A | T | E | D |
| A | D | H | O | C | | F | L | A | R | E | | B | A | G |
| U | F | O | L | O | G | Y | | | E | B | R | A | K | E |
| R | O | M | A | | O | P | E | N | D | O | O | R | S | |
| A | R | S | | H | A | U | L | E | D | A | S | S | | |
| | | W | E | L | L | S | O | R | T | A | | | |
| | H | E | L | P | L | I | N | E | S | | P | D | F |
| R | A | D | I | O | S | E | T | S | | R | A | U | L |
| B | A | S | S | O | S | | | E | S | S | E | N | C | E |
| W | I | G | | S | T | I | N | T | | M | A | L | T | A |
| A | D | A | P | T | | T | O | R | N | A | D | O | E | S |
| N | E | M | E | A | | S | T | A | Y | S | M | A | D | |
| A | D | E | P | T | | Y | E | S | C | H | E | F | | |
Sun 10/19/2025 Same Difference
| S | M | A | S | H | | | C | L | O | S | E | | A | N | E | W | | D | N | A |
| P | O | L | K | A | S | | H | A | N | K | Y | | L | O | V | E | B | E | A | D |
| I | R | A | I | S | E | | U | N | T | I | E | | O | P | E | N | U | P | T | O |
| C | O | M | P | A | N | Y | C | A | R | D | | C | O | U | N | T | R | I | E | S |
| E | N | O | | B | O | O | K | I | I | | R | O | F | L | | D | S | L | | |
| | | D | A | R | N | S | | A | L | U | M | | P | A | R | T | A | K | E |
| A | P | R | I | L | | | | C | L | O | S | E | T | | S | Y | S | T | E | M |
| L | O | O | M | L | A | R | G | E | | W | H | O | O | S | H | | | E | N | T |
| A | P | S | E | | R | E | A | L | M | E | | U | P | H | E | R | E | | | |
| R | A | T | | O | L | D | S | T | E | R | | T | S | A | | A | C | E | D | |
| M | R | R | O | B | O | T | O | | R | C | A | | P | L | A | Y | O | F | F | S |
| T | A | K | I | | A | L | A | | A | A | C | E | L | L | S | | F | L | O |
| | | S | T | E | P | I | N | | S | H | R | E | W | D | | L | U | A | U |
| P | J | S | | | L | E | N | A | P | E | | I | D | E | A | L | I | S | T | S |
| B | L | E | N | D | S | | E | G | O | I | S | T | | | | O | D | E | S | A |
| S | O | R | O | R | A | L | | R | U | S | E | | H | A | J | I | S | | | |
| | O | T | O | | A | J | A | R | | C | R | O | N | U | T | | R | H | O |
| A | N | T | I | V | E | N | O | M | | T | R | A | I | N | D | E | L | A | Y | S |
| G | A | Y | M | E | C | C | A | | W | R | E | N | S | | G | R | I | M | M | S |
| A | P | P | E | A | R | E | D | | H | I | T | I | T | | Y | E | M | E | N | I |
| R | A | E | | T | U | T | S | | O | M | E | N | S | | | D | E | N | S | E |
Mon 10/20/2025
| I | P | A | D | | A | T | B | A | T | | B | D | A | Y |
| C | A | F | E | | M | E | R | C | I | | A | R | L | O |
| E | R | R | S | | B | R | I | D | E | | Z | U | L | U |
| C | O | O | K | I | E | S | N | C | R | E | A | M | | |
| A | L | E | | G | R | E | G | | | O | A | S | E | S |
| P | E | D | A | L | | R | O | C | K | N | R | O | L | L |
| | | L | O | B | | N | U | N | | | L | O | O |
| R | A | V | I | O | L | I | | P | O | P | S | O | N | G |
| A | G | E | | | A | C | T | | B | R | O | | | |
| S | U | R | F | N | T | U | R | F | | E | X | T | R | A |
| H | A | Y | A | O | | | A | S | K | S | | R | E | D |
| | S | C | R | A | T | C | H | N | S | N | I | F | F |
| F | R | A | T | | N | I | H | A | O | | O | V | E | R |
| L | I | M | O | | A | L | E | R | T | | T | I | R | E |
| U | B | E | R | | L | E | A | P | S | | E | A | S | E |
Tue 10/21/2025
| A | N | G | L | E | | A | F | R | O | | | N | O | M |
| R | O | L | E | X | | S | O | U | P | | G | I | V | E |
| T | R | E | A | T | | T | R | E | E | | A | C | E | S |
| I | N | F | R | A | R | E | D | C | A | M | E | R | A |
| | | L | E | G | O | | | | C | U | L | T | S |
| B | A | S | E | M | E | N | T | P | A | R | T | Y | | |
| L | A | T | T | E | | O | R | A | T | E | | D | O | E |
| O | R | E | S | | A | M | U | S | E | | B | O | W | L |
| G | P | A | | I | D | E | S | T | | H | A | N | E | S |
| | L | A | S | E | R | T | A | G | A | R | E | N | A |
| S | U | S | H | I | | | | S | E | R | B | | | |
| A | S | H | O | T | I | N | T | H | E | D | A | R | K | |
| B | U | O | Y | | S | O | R | E | | A | C | O | R | N |
| R | A | M | S | | S | O | U | L | | S | O | L | I | D |
| A | L | E | | | A | B | E | L | | S | A | L | S | A |
Wed 10/22/2025
| C | A | F | E | S | | R | I | S | E | | | G | P | A |
| B | R | U | T | E | | I | D | I | N | A | | R | O | N |
| D | O | S | A | N | D | D | O | N | T | S | | O | R | G |
| O | U | I | | S | U | E | | G | E | T | C | U | T | E |
| I | S | O | M | E | R | | F | I | R | E | O | P | A | L |
| L | E | N | A | | A | B | I | T | | R | A | I | L | S |
| | | J | I | B | E | S | | P | O | L | E | S | |
| | W | O | R | L | D | S | E | R | I | E | S | | |
| M | A | R | I | E | | I | P | O | D | S | | | |
| S | U | I | T | S | | S | O | A | P | | C | R | A | W |
| O | T | T | O | H | A | H | N | | B | R | E | A | T | H |
| M | A | R | M | I | T | E | | L | E | E | | P | L | Y |
| A | T | E | | S | E | I | Z | E | T | H | E | D | A | Y |
| L | E | S | | M | A | L | E | S | | A | M | U | S | E |
| I | D | S | | | M | A | N | S | | B | O | O | T | S |
Thu 10/23/2025
| W | O | M | B | S | | O | O | F | S | | K | P | O | P |
| A | R | I | A | L | | U | N | D | O | | A | L | D | O |
| N | I | N | J | A | S | T | E | R | S | | R | E | D | S |
| N | O | T | E | P | A | D | S | | A | T | E | A | S | E |
| A | L | E | X | | N | O | T | I | | H | E | S | | |
| E | R | I | N | | | A | R | G | U | M | E | N | T |
| | | C | O | A | T | R | O | O | M | | G | O | V |
| L | A | T | O | S | C | A | | C | A | B | O | O | R | S |
| B | M | I | | H | A | L | F | S | T | E | P | | | |
| J | A | M | P | A | D | E | R | | | X | E | N | A | |
| | Q | E | D | | S | E | C | S | | R | O | S | H |
| J | O | U | L | E | S | | S | U | N | B | A | T | H | E |
| U | R | A | L | | P | I | C | K | L | E | B | A | L | L |
| M | E | R | E | | A | L | O | E | | G | O | L | E | M |
| P | O | E | T | | T | E | S | S | | A | X | L | E | S |
Fri 10/24/2025
| P | A | R | E | R | | A | L | P | S | | T | R | A | Y |
| E | D | U | C | E | | P | A | R | A | C | H | U | T | E |
| P | A | N | Z | A | | A | R | T | F | O | R | G | E | R |
| S | P | E | E | D | S | | G | E | E | S | E | | | |
| I | T | S | M | Y | T | R | E | A | T | | E | M | A | J |
| | | A | S | I | A | | M | Y | S | P | A | C | E |
| L | A | P | | E | C | I | G | | S | K | I | R | T | S |
| I | D | O | N | T | K | N | O | W | C | A | N | Y | O | U |
| M | I | R | A | G | E | | B | A | H | T | | I | R | S |
| B | E | T | T | O | R | S | | R | O | E | G | | | |
| O | U | S | T | | S | T | E | N | O | P | O | O | L | S |
| | | E | T | H | E | R | | L | A | S | H | U | P |
| P | A | T | R | I | O | T | I | C | | R | O | Y | C | E |
| T | C | H | O | T | C | H | K | E | | K | L | E | I | N |
| S | E | E | N | | K | O | A | N | | S | O | S | A | D |
Sat 10/25/2025
| R | A | M | A | D | A | N | | B | P | L | U | S | E | S |
| I | H | A | V | E | T | O | B | E | H | O | N | E | S | T |
| B | I | D | E | N | P | R | E | S | I | D | E | N | C | Y |
| S | T | A | R | T | | S | T | O | L | E | | S | A | L |
| H | U | M | S | | G | E | T | T | O | | H | O | P | E |
| O | N | E | | D | A | M | E | S | | C | A | R | E | T |
| T | A | X | F | I | L | E | R | | P | O | I | S | E | S |
| | | I | C | A | N | T | T | A | L | K | | | |
| B | O | S | S | E | S | | H | I | N | D | U | G | O | D |
| A | R | C | H | Y | | B | A | N | D | S | | E | N | O |
| D | D | A | Y | | S | A | N | K | A | | B | A | S | E |
| M | E | L | | N | U | R | S | E | | P | U | R | E | E |
| O | R | E | G | O | N | T | E | R | R | I | T | O | R | Y |
| J | U | N | I | O | R | E | X | E | C | U | T | I | V | E |
| O | P | E | N | B | A | R | | R | A | S | S | L | E | D |
Sun 10/26/2025 Talkin' 'Bout My Generation
| S | C | R | A | P | | P | A | S | T | A | | E | P | I | C | | G | A | B | E |
| L | O | O | S | E | | A | R | R | A | Y | | P | A | R | R | | E | T | O | N |
| R | I | G | H | T | O | N | T | I | M | E | | S | T | R | E | E | T | R | O | D |
| N | E | T | T | L | E | S | | | S | K | I | T | | S | T | R | I | K | E |
| | R | O | I | D | S | | C | H | I | L | L | I | N | T | H | E | A | I | R |
| | | N | E | D | | T | H | E | R | M | O | | A | S | I | A | | | |
| A | T | T | | S | E | R | V | E | R | | | N | O | M | | O | L | A | F | |
| G | H | O | S | T | B | U | S | T | E | R | S | | B | E | E | P | | M | I | B |
| E | X | P | O | | T | E | T | | | A | C | A | I | | N | I | B | B | L | E |
| | B | U | C | | F | A | B | F | O | U | R | | A | V | A | R | I | C | E |
| S | T | A | N | L | A | U | R | E | L | | F | L | Y | B | Y | N | I | G | H | T |
| K | E | N | D | O | L | L | | S | E | A | F | O | O | D | | S | T | U | | |
| Y | E | A | S | T | S | | S | T | A | Y | | | R | U | B | | O | I | L | S |
| S | U | N | | H | O | L | E | | S | N | A | C | K | C | O | U | N | T | E | R |
| P | A | C | E | | Y | E | A | | | C | H | I | T | O | N | | Y | E | S |
| | | A | S | T | I | | T | E | E | N | I | E | | T | S | A | | | |
| S | H | I | P | P | I | N | G | L | A | N | E | S | | W | I | C | C | A | | |
| P | O | R | T | I | A | | S | A | R | I | | | T | I | E | R | A | C | K | |
| U | N | I | O | N | R | E | P | S | | S | P | L | I | T | S | E | C | O | N | D |
| M | O | N | S | | A | L | O | E | | L | E | A | P | T | | W | I | R | E | D |
| E | R | A | S | | S | I | T | S | | E | E | N | S | Y | | S | A | N | E | R |
Mon 10/27/2025
| F | R | Y | | B | A | N | F | F | | L | E | W | I | S |
| L | E | E | | F | L | I | E | R | | O | P | I | N | E |
| U | P | S | | F | A | L | L | E | Q | U | I | N | O | X |
| F | E | N | S | | | L | I | E | U | | T | E | N | |
| F | L | O | O | R | W | A | X | | A | M | A | S | | |
| | | R | O | I | | | A | D | A | P | T | E | R |
| B | E | S | T | O | F | A | L | L | | R | H | O | D | E |
| O | U | T | | F | I | R | E | F | O | X | | R | N | S |
| T | R | A | I | T | | M | I | A | M | I | H | E | A | T |
| S | O | R | R | O | W | S | | | A | S | A | | | |
| | R | E | P | O | | F | O | R | T | K | N | O | X |
| R | E | P | | L | O | I | S | | | A | O | N | E |
| S | I | D | E | E | F | F | E | C | T | S | | T | I | N |
| A | S | I | A | N | | F | R | A | M | E | | E | C | O |
| L | E | N | T | O | | S | Y | R | I | A | | D | E | N |
Hey everyone! This is my third puzzle for The New York Times, which I made in the first weeks of 2025 and which was accepted (to my surprise!) in late March.
But today I don't want to talk about this puzzle. Let me take you back to November 9, 2024 - the end of a full-day high school marching band competition, when I felt exhausted on the bus ride home. Midway through, I got a surprise email from someone named Joel Fagliano. I instantly recognized his name as one of the Games editors at The Times. My heart was already racing from the competition, but I opened the email nonetheless. It turned out he was asking me to write a crossword for a Times-branded puzzle book titled Puzzle Mania!. I couldn't contain my excitement. Just a year earlier, I could never have imagined having a puzzle in The Times newspaper, but now the editor himself was inviting me to contribute to a book - an opportunity I never expected in my lifetime.
Fast forward to October 21, 2025: the book has been released, complete with my byline! It's available in most bookstores across the country. I am eternally grateful to Joel Fagliano for giving me the chance and platform to write a puzzle (and I believe I am the youngest constructor in the book!!).
With that aside, my first few months as a freshman at San Diego State University have been truly wonderful. I've made many friends and joined several biomedical and cultural organizations. Being a psychology/neuroscience honors student on the pre-med track has opened up countless avenues on campus, but I'm still looking for more ways to make a tangible impact on my community. I am currently in the midst of a clinical volunteering/internship/research/shadowing search in the San Diego area, and I hope any would-be employers enjoy this puzzle!
I'd love for you to reach out to me at tarunlive@live.com or on Instagram at @thetarunkrish to collaborate on crosswords, discuss potential biomedical opportunities, chat about the state of the world, or just talk about anything else.
And, as always, thanks for solving!
P.S. I am working on another big project with the Games team- stay tuned in 2026 :)
– puzzle by Tarun Krishnamurthy
Tue 10/28/2025
| T | E | R | M | | | S | I | R | I | | O | W | E | S |
| A | L | O | E | | O | N | S | E | T | | P | A | T | H |
| Z | E | B | R | A | C | O | L | T | S | | E | C | H | O |
| O | M | E | L | E | T | B | A | R | | I | N | K | E | R |
| | | I | R | A | | S | O | F | A | F | O | R | T |
| R | E | M | N | A | N | T | | | A | N | A | | | |
| A | V | A | | T | E | A | P | O | T | | C | A | P | T |
| P | I | X | I | E | | C | H | O | | D | E | C | O | R |
| S | L | I | M | | S | T | O | P | M | E | | A | R | I |
| | | S | I | T | | | S | O | B | B | I | N | G |
| T | O | G | O | C | U | P | S | | B | T | U | | | |
| B | R | O | D | Y | | R | A | T | I | O | N | A | L | E |
| O | C | H | O | | J | E | W | E | L | R | Y | B | O | X |
| N | A | A | N | | E | S | T | E | E | | A | L | D | I |
| E | S | M | E | | T | S | O | S | | | N | Y | E | T |
Wed 10/29/2025
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| A | B | A | S | E | | O | R | E | O | | M | E | H |
| R | I | G | H | T | O | F | F | T | H | E | B | A | T |
| E | T | A | | E | S | T | | I | O | D | I | N | E |
| | N | U | C | L | E | I | | | I | B | I | S |
| L | I | G | H | T | O | N | H | I | S | F | E | E | T |
| I | C | O | N | | | S | O | N | N | Y | | | |
| F | E | D | O | R | A | | P | E | A | | S | T | P |
| E | T | S | | E | N | D | | S | P | H | E | R | E |
| | | S | A | T | U | P | | | I | W | I | N |
| U | P | O | N | R | E | F | L | E | C | T | I | O | N |
| N | A | N | O | | | F | A | L | L | E | N | | |
| T | R | E | B | L | E | | C | I | O | | G | R | U |
| R | A | I | S | E | T | H | E | S | T | A | K | E | S |
| O | D | D | | S | T | U | B | | H | A | I | L | S |
| D | E | A | | S | U | M | O | | S | A | T | Y | R |
Thu 10/30/2025
| D | E | S | K | | P | A | M | P | A | | I | M | A | M |
| A | T | O | N | | A | R | I | E | L | | W | A | K | E |
| S | H | U | E | | D | R | A | N | O | | O | K | R | A |
| H | O | T | W | I | R | E | | N | O | O | N | E | O | N |
| I | S | H | | R | E | S | T | A | F | F | | A | N | T |
| | E | L | K | | T | A | M | | A | B | C | | |
| S | P | R | E | E | | S | U | E | | G | R | A | M | P |
| C | A | N | A | D | A | | | | B | E | A | M | E | D |
| A | C | E | S | | T | A | H | O | E | | N | E | R | F |
| M | E | R | E | | T | R | E | K | S | | D | O | C | S |
| | | | P | A | R | A | G | O | N | | | | |
| B | O | S | S | Y | | A | R | O | | O | R | C | A | S |
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