Sun 2/1/2026 Comical Mutation
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Mon 2/2/2026
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Tue 2/3/2026
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| S | P | A | | W | E | T | P | A | I | N | T | | A | G | E |
| P | E | D | I | | Y | E | A | R | | | U | N | C | L | E |
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| | L | E | A | S | H | | B | U | R | N | T | | | |
| S | P | E | E | D | O | | F | I | R | E | | H | A | H | A |
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Wed 2/4/2026
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| I | V | I | E | D | | B | O | G | I | E | | N | I | A |
| V | I | S | I | O | N | Q | U | E | S | T | | T | N | T |
| A | L | A | S | N | O | | T | I | C | | G | H | E | E |
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| D | E | F | Y | | T | A | S | | E | R | O | I | C | A |
| O | B | I | | H | E | L | L | O | N | E | W | M | A | N |
| M | A | V | | B | R | I | A | R | | P | E | A | T | Y |
| E | Y | E | | O | S | A | G | E | | A | L | C | O | A |
Thu 2/5/2026
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| O | C | A | L | A | | T | A | S | E | | P | E | T | A |
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| L | E | A | | P | I | N | | | G | U | N | L | A | P |
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| P | A | T | E | | A | E | R | O | | S | H | I | R | E |
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Fri 2/6/2026
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| O | E | N | O | P | H | I | L | I | A | | M | O | O | T |
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| A | N | G | I | | I | M | S | O | S | C | A | R | E | D |
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Sat 2/7/2026
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Sun 2/8/2026 Who's In Charge Here?
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| A | E | R | I | E | S | | S | E | E | N | | E | D | D | I | E | | | | |
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| D | O | R | A | | S | E | L | I | G | | P | A | I | N | | | A | C | A | I |
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| E | Y | E | L | E | T | | P | E | Y | T | O | N | | I | M | A | L | L | I | N |
| S | A | S | S | E | S | | | R | E | E | S | E | | D | I | N | E | D | A | T |
Mon 2/9/2026
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| N | O | W | I | N | | A | R | C | H | | A | L | T | O |
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| O | H | H | I | | U | S | E | | P | U | E | B | L | O |
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| G | O | L | D | N | U | G | G | E | T | | H | A | R | D |
| I | M | O | U | T | | L | O | L | | G | O | R | G | E |
| R | A | S | P | | G | O | A | L | T | E | N | D | E | R |
| T | N | T | | C | A | W | | | E | M | O | | | |
| H | I | C | C | U | P | | S | I | C | | R | I | D | E |
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| T | R | U | E | | E | R | I | E | | N | O | N | E | T |
| E | A | S | E | | A | C | N | E | | A | D | O | R | E |
| A | W | E | D | | R | A | G | S | | | E | W | E | R |
Tue 2/10/2026
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| I | M | A | G | E | | A | B | A | T | E | | I | N | N |
| P | O | K | E | R | P | L | A | Y | E | R | | V | A | T |
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| A | L | V | I | N | | D | A | E | | | D | E | C | O |
| N | A | E | N | A | E | | V | E | N | T | I | | | |
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| M | A | M | A | | | N | I | H | | S | N | O | R | E |
| C | L | A | P | O | M | E | T | E | R | | I | V | A | N |
| P | A | N | E | R | A | | | R | A | N | G | E | | |
| H | S | N | | G | I | V | E | M | E | A | H | A | N | D |
| E | K | E | | A | N | O | D | E | | S | T | L | E | O |
| E | A | R | | N | E | X | U | S | | | | L | E | G |
Meet the Potato Heads!
Sarah: I sure was lucky to have Amie GIVE ME A HAND on this one, because the revealer and two theme answers had been stuck in puzzle purgatory (my Notes app) for over 2 years before her fresh perspective helped get things over the finish line. When she suggested 25-Across, I knew we were cooking! Amie is a dream to collaborate with, and I am honored to appear as her co-potato!
Amie: I'm so happy to be back in the Times with Sarah, one of my best spuddies in puzzles! My favorite clue of hers here is 9-Down.
– puzzle by Sarah Sinclair and Amie Walker
Wed 2/11/2026
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