Fri 8/1/2025
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| S | T | R | E | E | T | F | O | O | D | | A | E | R | O |
| S | C | A | M | A | R | T | I | S | T | | M | W | A | H |
| T | H | Y | | W | E | A | R | E | | S | E | R | V | E |
| | | S | E | A | R | | P | A | T | R | E | O | N |
| N | A | P | P | E | D | | B | E | R | E | A | L | | |
| A | P | H | I | D | | H | O | T | C | E | R | E | A | L |
| I | P | O | D | S | | O | R | A | | P | E | A | C | E |
| L | A | T | E | A | P | R | I | L | | L | A | S | E | D |
| | O | R | L | E | S | S | | S | E | D | E | R | S |
| M | A | S | S | A | G | E | | R | A | C | Y | | | |
| A | C | H | E | D | | R | O | U | G | H | | L | O | T |
| M | O | O | N | | C | A | R | N | E | A | S | A | D | A |
| B | R | O | S | | A | C | C | E | S | S | R | O | A | D |
| A | N | T | E | | T | E | A | S | | E | A | S | Y | A |
Sat 8/2/2025
| B | A | T | T | E | D | | A | T | A | N | C | H | O | R |
| A | D | H | E | R | E | | M | A | N | G | I | O | N | E |
| D | R | E | X | E | L | | I | M | D | O | O | M | E | D |
| J | O | N | A | S | | T | R | E | E | S | | E | M | O |
| O | P | E | N | | H | A | I | R | S | | C | M | O | N |
| K | I | X | | K | I | L | T | S | | B | L | A | M | E |
| E | N | T | R | A | N | C | E | | G | E | O | D | E | |
| S | T | B | A | R | T | S | | P | R | E | V | E | N | T |
| H | I | D | E | S | | T | R | I | F | E | C | T | A |
| B | E | G | I | N | | S | W | I | M | S | | O | P | T |
| R | O | T | I | | T | H | E | S | E | | D | O | L | E |
| A | C | H | | H | A | R | E | M | | B | A | K | E | R |
| H | E | I | N | E | K | E | N | | L | A | R | I | A | T |
| M | A | N | I | P | E | D | I | | L | I | K | E | S | O |
| A | N | G | L | A | I | S | E | | C | L | O | S | E | T |
Sun 8/3/2025 Heavenly Voices
| B | O | W | | | T | H | E | E | | | | R | I | S | E | | | Y | U | P |
| A | N | E | T | | A | E | O | N | S | | P | E | D | I | S | | T | O | N | E |
| A | S | H | Y | | M | I | S | T | E | R | S | C | O | T | T | | R | U | D | E |
| S | T | A | P | L | E | R | | E | X | I | S | T | | H | E | R | O | C | O | P |
| A | V | O | W | | | C | R | Y | P | T | O | S | | | A | D | A | B | |
| E | K | E | | O | K | G | O | | | | | | A | R | F | S | | N | U | T |
| M | E | T | | R | E | A | L | I | D | | S | A | V | E | U | P | | A | T | E |
| O | O | O | | D | E | M | O | T | E | | T | R | O | L | L | S | | L | T | R |
| J | U | M | P | | P | E | R | O | N | | P | E | R | I | L | | I | W | O | N |
| I | T | A | L | I | C | S | | O | N | K | E | Y | | C | T | S | C | A | N | S |
| | K | I | L | O | | | K | Y | O | T | O | | | H | U | E | Y | | |
| T | H | E | G | Y | M | | M | A | S | S | E | U | R | | R | E | D | S | O | X |
| W | I | T | H | | P | A | I | R | | | | H | U | L | U | | I | C | B | M |
| A | C | H | T | | O | M | N | I | S | | B | U | S | E | S | | N | O | V | A |
| S | K | I | | A | S | S | I | S | T | | E | R | S | A | T | Z | | U | S | S |
| | S | T | R | U | T | | K | A | R | A | T | | D | E | I | G | N | | |
| S | Q | U | I | R | E | S | | R | I | M | | W | A | R | P | A | T | H | |
| S | W | U | M | | E | R | A | | T | O | M | | A | C | S | | L | O | O | M |
| H | A | I | T | I | | D | Y | E | R | | E | A | S | T | | G | O | N | N | A |
| I | N | C | U | R | | A | N | T | E | | U | N | T | O | | A | R | M | O | R |
| A | S | K | M | E | | M | O | C | K | | P | I | E | R | | B | E | E | R | S |
Mon 8/4/2025
| A | M | F | M | | U | S | T | E | D | | A | G | R | A |
| S | A | R | I | | S | H | O | N | E | | G | O | O | D |
| A | R | I | L | | A | A | R | O | N | J | U | D | G | E |
| D | I | A | L | | B | R | A | | | P | A | N | E | L |
| A | E | R | I | A | L | P | H | O | T | O | | O | R | E |
| | | O | N | E | S | | T | A | P | A | | | |
| G | H | A | N | A | | | A | R | C | | L | U | L | U |
| A | I | N | T | G | O | N | N | A | H | A | P | P | E | N |
| Y | E | A | H | | R | E | Y | | | C | A | C | T | I |
| | | S | H | E | A | | R | O | T | C | | | |
| A | M | O | | A | O | R | T | I | C | V | A | L | V | E |
| W | A | L | T | Z | | | D | D | T | | F | A | I | L |
| A | U | D | R | E | L | O | R | D | E | | A | N | G | I |
| I | D | E | A | | A | D | U | L | T | | R | A | I | D |
| T | E | R | M | | G | E | N | E | S | | M | I | L | E |
Tue 8/5/2025
| S | T | U | B | | S | Y | N | O | D | | S | T | U | D |
| T | A | S | E | | R | E | A | I | R | | A | R | L | O |
| A | C | U | T | E | A | N | G | L | E | | V | I | N | E |
| S | O | R | T | A | | | S | P | A | C | E | B | A | R |
| I | M | P | E | T | U | S | | A | M | O | S | | | |
| S | A | S | | A | S | C | E | N | T | O | F | M | A | N |
| | | S | T | E | A | L | | | P | A | I | G | E |
| B | O | O | T | | S | M | E | A | R | | C | R | E | W |
| R | O | D | E | O | | | C | L | O | S | E | | | |
| A | H | E | A | D | O | F | T | I | M | E | | A | R | T |
| | | M | I | C | A | | T | E | A | T | R | E | E |
| G | A | G | R | E | E | L | S | | | M | A | D | A | T |
| O | R | E | O | | A | C | O | R | N | S | H | E | L | L |
| D | I | N | O | | N | O | L | I | E | | O | N | M | E |
| S | E | E | M | | S | N | O | O | T | | E | T | S | Y |
Wed 8/6/2025
| E | V | I | L | E | Y | E | | | O | P | T | I | M | A |
| L | I | N | E | M | E | N | | | A | O | R | T | A | S |
| S | O | F | A | B | E | D | S | | T | W | I | S | T | S |
| A | L | L | S | E | T | | C | A | S | E | | N | E | T |
| | A | E | R | | B | R | R | | R | I | O | | |
| J | E | T | S | | D | U | E | T | | N | O | T | C | H |
| U | S | A | | P | O | S | E | | C | A | S | T | L | E |
| D | A | B | S | A | T | | N | E | A | P | | H | A | M |
| O | I | L | U | P | | S | P | O | T | | S | A | P | S |
| | E | V | E | | H | A | N | | H | A | T | | |
| D | I | P | | R | Y | E | S | | L | E | T | D | I | E |
| E | R | O | I | C | A | | S | C | A | R | I | E | S | T |
| L | O | O | K | U | P | | | U | N | D | R | E | S | S |
| I | N | L | E | T | S | | | B | A | S | E | P | A | Y |
Thu 8/7/2025
| B | U | M | P | | A | L | O | U | D | | A | S | T | I |
| A | F | A | R | | G | O | D | N | O | | L | O | A | N |
| T | O | P | E | A | R | N | E | R | S | | P | O | R | E |
| | | P | R | A | G | U | E | | L | A | T | T | E |
| H | A | S | A | T | | I | M | P | E | A | C | H | E | D |
| A | V | E | R | S | E | | | | A | G | A | S | S | I |
| Y | A | L | E | | P | U | E | R | T | O | | A | T | T |
| | F | R | U | I | T | L | E | S | S | L | Y | | |
| F | C | C | | P | L | A | S | M | A | | E | E | L | S |
| O | R | O | M | E | O | | | | T | I | G | R | I | S |
| R | O | M | A | N | G | O | D | S | | C | A | S | T | E |
| G | A | M | I | N | | G | R | A | V | E | R | | | |
| E | T | A | L | | P | R | O | B | L | E | M | O | N | E |
| T | I | N | E | | T | E | S | L | A | | O | P | A | L |
| S | A | D | D | | A | S | S | E | D | | R | I | N | K |
Fri 8/8/2025
| S | T | O | W | E | | | T | E | N | T | P | O | L | E |
| L | Y | C | R | A | | B | A | R | T | R | I | V | I | A |
| O | P | T | I | C | | E | C | O | H | O | T | E | L | S |
| G | E | E | T | H | A | N | K | S | | W | A | R | T | Y |
| S | A | T | E | | L | G | S | | W | E | S | T | | |
| | | B | A | B | A | | C | E | L | | U | S | A |
| S | C | A | M | A | L | E | R | T | | C | R | U | X |
| Y | O | U | C | A | N | C | O | U | N | T | O | N | M | E |
| T | U | S | K | | I | A | S | S | U | M | E | S | O | |
| D | R | S | | F | A | T | | A | R | I | D | | | |
| | W | E | A | N | | C | D | S | | S | P | O | T |
| S | T | O | A | T | | S | H | E | E | T | P | A | N | S |
| N | O | R | T | H | S | T | A | R | | W | O | N | K | A |
| U | N | D | I | E | R | U | N | S | | O | R | D | E | R |
| B | E | S | T | R | O | N | G | | | S | T | A | Y | S |
Sat 8/9/2025
| A | C | C | O | S | T | | | | A | S | S | E | T | S |
| W | A | L | U | I | G | I | | | B | L | I | G | H | T |
| C | R | O | S | T | I | N | I | | H | A | N | G | E | R |
| M | O | U | T | H | | E | P | S | O | M | | W | W | I |
| O | L | D | S | | B | E | H | A | R | | S | H | I | P |
| N | E | S | | L | E | D | O | N | | L | A | I | R | S |
| | | C | U | T | A | N | D | P | A | S | T | E | |
| | J | U | S | T | B | E | C | A | U | S | E | | |
| E | A | S | T | E | R | C | A | N | D | Y | | | |
| T | A | M | P | S | | E | A | S | E | S | | C | U | D |
| E | R | A | S | | L | A | S | T | S | | R | O | P | E |
| T | M | I | | Y | O | K | E | L | | H | E | S | S | E |
| R | A | S | T | A | S | | S | E | A | O | T | T | E | R |
| I | R | V | I | N | E | | | S | P | O | R | C | L | E |
| S | K | U | L | K | S | | | | S | P | O | O | L | S |
Many thanks to David P. Williams for showing us that NYT loves accepting this grid shape.
– puzzle by Aidan Deshong and Akshay Seetharam
Sun 8/10/2025 Passing Glances
| E | H | O | W | | U | M | A | | | C | O | R | D | | | C | H | E | W | |
| T | A | X | A | S | S | E | T | | A | I | M | E | E | | S | H | A | N | I | A |
| C | H | E | N | N | E | M | O | U | N | T | A | I | N | | H | O | W | O | D | D |
| A | S | T | O | R | | A | S | G | A | R | D | | P | I | C | K | L | E | D |
| | | O | W | N | | S | O | L | D | | | D | O | N | K | E | A | R | S |
| A | B | U | N | D | A | N | T | | E | E | R | | A | P | E | | | | | |
| D | E | M | | E | M | O | | E | R | L | E | N | M | E | R | F | L | A | S | K |
| J | A | P | A | N | E | S | E | N | | S | T | I | E | S | | R | A | T | T | Y |
| S | U | S | S | | | E | L | S | A | | O | K | S | | G | A | Y | B | A | R |
| | | A | B | I | D | E | | R | O | O | K | | A | A | S | | A | L | A |
| I | S | P | Y | W | I | T | H | M | Y | L | I | T | T | L | E | E | Y | E | |
| S | H | H | | P | I | N | | A | G | E | E | | H | O | A | R | D | | | |
| N | E | U | M | A | N | | S | V | U | | D | I | E | M | | | A | F | A | R |
| O | A | T | E | S | | S | H | O | A | L | | S | M | I | L | E | M | O | J | I |
| B | R | E | R | S | I | C | E | C | R | E | A | M | | Z | O | O | | C | A | P |
| | | | | M | R | E | | D | A | G | | R | E | N | F | A | I | R | E |
| H | O | N | E | A | T | E | R | | | S | E | M | I | | G | N | C | | | |
| U | N | I | B | R | O | W | | L | A | T | O | Y | A | | L | E | E | K | S | |
| B | E | L | A | I | R | | D | O | U | B | L | E | L | L | O | W | L | I | N | E |
| S | U | L | L | E | N | | A | C | R | I | D | | T | O | S | T | A | D | A | S |
| P | A | L | L | | | P | H | A | T | | | O | P | T | | S | A | G | E |
Chandi Deitmer: Been a big fan of Adam's work forever, and was so excited when he asked to collab on this lovely idea. The revealer really felt like it justified the mechanism of the puzzle, and it was also fun to evoke childhood car rides. He also historically has pulled off viciously inventive and difficult-to-construct Sunday grids (think Rainbow Connection and Detours Ahead), so I knew he had the best chops for this structurally ambitious theme.
Fave Adam clue is obvious: 8-Across!
Fave construction moment: When Adam went "off-gridding" and vastly improved our center fill by realizing ARMGUARD could pull things together at 53-D.
Adam Wagner: Chandi's Aural Surgery puzzle lives rent free in my head, so when we finally got in touch I started spamming her with more sound-changey theme ideas. I eventually realized I was basically just pitching her worse versions of the amazing puzzle she already made, so I shifted my suggestions from sound to a different one of the five senses.
It was Chandi's idea to make all of the across EYEs hidden, but have all of the down EYEs be the standalone word. And also to include EYE OF NEWT threaded through two themers. All that on top of eight long rebus entries and a central 19-letter revealer made this grid no small feat to fill, but luckily Chandi and I both live for the challenge. I'm so glad for her ambition, and couldn't be prouder of what we were able to achieve as a result!
Lastly, here's to you ISPY. You've served us well as common crossword fill over the years — we hope you enjoy your well-earned day in the spotlight.
– puzzle by Adam Wagner and Chandi Deitmer
Mon 8/11/2025
| R | I | F | F | S | | | D | E | E | M | | D | R | S |
| A | D | O | R | E | D | | E | L | S | E | | E | E | K |
| F | I | R | E | C | R | A | C | K | E | R | | A | H | I |
| T | O | N | E | | A | C | L | | | C | A | R | E | |
| S | T | O | W | | T | R | A | F | F | I | C | J | A | M |
| S | W | I | G | | E | R | I | E | | H | O | R | A |
| | | F | I | T | | E | S | T | A | | H | S | N |
| M | I | N | I | F | I | G | | H | I | H | O | N | E | Y |
| A | T | E | | T | E | A | S | | D | A | N | | | |
| M | A | T | T | | O | R | E | O | | S | E | C | T | |
| A | L | I | S | O | N | B | R | I | E | | B | R | U | T |
| I | P | A | S | | | P | L | Y | | Y | O | R | E |
| S | A | O | | C | H | E | E | S | E | B | O | A | R | D |
| E | N | T | | A | E | O | N | | D | U | N | K | E | D |
| A | S | S | | R | E | S | T | | | T | E | S | T | Y |
Tue 8/12/2025
| S | K | I | | H | A | R | R | I | E | T | | A | S | H |
| O | O | F | | A | M | O | U | N | T | S | | U | A | E |
| C | A | N | T | H | O | L | D | A | C | A | N | D | L | E |
| A | L | O | H | A | | L | E | S | | R | U | R | A | L |
| L | A | T | E | | C | E | L | E | B | | M | E | D | S |
| | | C | A | N | D | Y | C | A | N | E | | | |
| S | A | T | U | R | N | | | | N | O | R | M | A | L |
| C | R | A | T | E | | B | F | S | | M | O | A | N | A |
| R | E | X | | S | T | R | I | P | E | S | | G | I | S |
| A | W | E | D | | H | A | L | A | L | | P | I | T | T |
| M | E | X | I | C | A | N | A | M | E | R | I | C | A | N |
| B | L | I | G | H | T | | | | M | O | E | S | H | A |
| L | I | L | | A | S | H | A | M | E | D | | H | I | M |
| E | V | E | | T | O | U | C | A | N | S | | O | L | E |
| D | E | S | | | K | N | E | L | T | | | P | L | S |
Wed 8/13/2025
| C | A | L | E | B | | S | T | A | B | | B | O | I | L |
| D | I | A | R | Y | | A | U | N | T | | I | L | S | A |
| C | L | O | U | D | A | T | L | A | S | | G | L | U | T |
| | | D | E | M | O | S | | | A | M | A | Z | E |
| R | A | I | S | I | N | I | N | T | H | E | S | U | N |
| B | E | S | T | I | E | | | O | O | H | S | | | |
| U | N | P | E | G | | S | A | N | D | | S | A | L | E |
| D | E | C | | N | E | W | M | O | O | N | | S | E | A |
| S | E | A | L | | V | E | T | S | | O | T | T | E | R |
| | | I | S | E | E | | | U | S | H | E | R | S |
| N | U | M | B | E | R | T | H | E | S | T | A | R | S | |
| U | B | E | R | X | | | A | L | E | R | T | | | |
| R | O | N | A | | S | K | Y | W | R | I | T | I | N | G |
| S | L | U | R | | A | I | D | E | | L | O | O | F | A |
| E | T | S | Y | | P | A | N | S | | S | O | U | L | S |
Thu 8/14/2025
| A | T | P | | J | U | M | P | | L | I | T | H | E |
| S | L | U | R | | A | S | E | A | | A | S | W | A | N |
| H | E | R | D | | W | H | A | T | I | S | L | O | V | E |
| A | P | B | I | O | | | T | I | N | | A | F | E | W |
| W | H | O | S | T | H | E | B | O | S | S | | O | N | S |
| | | A | C | U | R | A | | T | H | A | R | | |
| O | R | B | S | | L | U | G | S | | O | R | T | H | O |
| W | H | A | T | S | U | P | | W | H | O | S | W | H | O |
| N | O | N | E | T | | T | R | I | O | | P | O | S | H |
| | G | R | E | W | | A | M | O | C | O | | | |
| G | N | U | | W | H | A | T | S | T | H | E | T | E | A |
| R | I | P | A | | A | R | T | | | A | T | O | L | L |
| I | N | J | E | O | P | A | R | D | Y | | I | D | I | E |
| F | J | O | R | D | | B | A | R | E | | C | O | A | X |
| T | A | B | O | O | | S | P | E | W | | A | S | S | |
Fri 8/15/2025
| | R | A | S | T | A | | C | L | O | G | S | | |
| D | O | E | S | N | O | T | C | O | M | P | U | T | E | |
| I | N | T | H | E | N | E | A | R | F | U | T | U | R | E |
| S | T | Y | L | E | S | | S | P | A | S | | B | O | X |
| P | A | P | E | R | | B | E | S | O | | C | H | I | C |
| E | P | E | E | | B | O | D | E | | S | A | U | C | E |
| L | E | D | | M | I | N | I | | V | E | R | B | A | L |
| | | H | E | A | D | S | H | O | T | S | | | |
| F | I | B | E | R | S | | M | A | T | H | | J | O | B |
| A | M | O | R | E | | T | I | M | E | | P | A | N | E |
| U | F | O | S | | B | O | S | S | | D | A | S | H | I |
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