Thu 1/1/2026
| T | H | I | S | | R | A | S | P | | T | U | N | E | R |
| H | O | S | T | | A | C | T | E | D | A | L | O | N | E |
| R | U | S | E | | W | H | A | T | O | U | T | B | O | B |
| U | S | U | A | L | | S | T | Y | X | | A | L | L | A |
| M | E | E | M | A | W | | E | T | E | S | | E | A | R |
| | | | U | N | C | L | E | S | A | M | | | |
| P | A | P | E | R | B | O | Y | | | T | A | M | P | A |
| T | H | E | R | E | A | M | | S | P | I | N | A | A | P |
| A | S | I | A | N | | | R | E | L | A | X | A | N | T |
| | | S | C | O | P | E | O | U | T | | | | |
| E | P | I | | E | V | A | L | | M | E | D | U | S | A |
| G | A | N | G | | E | R | I | N | | D | E | M | O | N |
| A | N | S | W | E | R | K | E | Y | S | | B | A | L | I |
| D | E | T | E | C | T | I | V | E | S | | I | M | A | M |
| S | L | A | N | G | | T | E | T | E | | T | I | R | E |
Fri 1/2/2026
| A | R | F | | | | W | H | A | T | I | S | A | R | T |
| D | E | I | G | N | | H | A | B | A | N | E | R | O | S |
| A | P | B | I | O | | I | C | A | N | T | L | O | O | K |
| M | O | O | N | W | A | L | K | | D | E | F | A | T | S |
| S | S | N | | W | W | E | | B | O | R | E | R | | |
| | A | F | E | W | | B | O | O | N | S | | | |
| R | E | C | U | R | | T | A | X | R | E | T | U | R | N |
| E | M | C | E | E | | O | S | U | | T | E | P | E | E |
| G | U | I | L | T | T | R | I | P | | F | E | A | S | T |
| | | T | A | H | O | E | | D | A | M | N | | |
| | P | A | L | E | S | | P | A | M | | D | A | X |
| C | L | U | N | K | Y | | M | O | N | O | G | A | M | Y |
| A | I | R | K | I | S | S | E | S | | U | N | T | I | L |
| V | E | G | E | N | A | I | S | E | | S | C | E | N | E |
| E | N | E | R | G | Y | B | A | R | | | | M | O | M |
Sat 1/3/2026
| B | A | D | A | P | P | L | E | S | | S | P | A | D | E |
| I | C | E | P | A | L | A | C | E | | T | O | B | E | Y |
| L | A | S | T | D | A | N | C | E | | A | M | B | L | E |
| L | I | K | E | L | I | K | E | D | | P | E | R | E | S |
| | | S | O | N | Y | | M | U | L | L | E | T | |
| R | O | T | C | | | M | O | R | E | O | V | E | R |
| M | I | N | S | K | | B | O | N | D | | S | I | T | E |
| A | C | E | | S | P | I | C | E | U | P | | A | H | I |
| H | E | M | I | | E | B | A | Y | | L | E | T | I | N |
| I | C | A | N | H | E | L | P | | | A | G | E | S | |
| O | N | T | A | P | E | | D | I | N | G | | | |
| S | O | B | E | R | | C | L | I | C | K | H | E | R | E |
| O | K | A | N | D | | A | U | N | A | T | U | R | E | L |
| S | E | N | S | E | | M | N | E | M | O | N | I | C | S |
| O | R | D | E | R | | P | A | R | E | N | T | E | S | E |
Sun 1/4/2026 Base Pairs
| R | I | B | C | A | G | E | | O | S | I | R | I | S | | A | M | A | | |
| N | I | T | R | A | T | E | S | | S | E | S | A | M | E | P | L | A | C | E | |
| A | P | L | U | S | S | E | S | | S | T | O | P | I | T | Y | O | U | T | W | O |
| M | A | L | T | A | | N | E | O | | | M | I | N | | M | E | N | T | O | R |
| | B | U | B | B | A | | H | A | D | E | N | | | | G | A | W | K | S |
| C | A | E | S | A | R | | I | G | N | O | R | E | S | | T | E | L | O | S | |
| A | L | F | | S | U | B | M | E | N | U | | | P | A | O | L | O | | | |
| M | A | U | D | | T | Y | P | E | A | B | | A | L | I | T | | A | S | I | S |
| P | I | N | E | N | U | T | S | | P | L | A | C | A | T | E | D | | C | F | C |
| | | N | O | S | E | | P | O | E | T | R | Y | | M | U | F | A | S | A |
| A | U | R | I | C | | | F | I | L | C | H | E | S | | | E | R | R | O | R |
| S | G | T | M | A | J | | S | P | I | R | E | S | | J | U | L | Y | | | |
| A | L | E | | P | U | S | H | E | S | O | N | | P | O | P | S | U | G | A | R |
| P | I | S | H | | D | R | A | T | | S | I | N | T | E | R | | P | A | V | E |
| | | A | D | A | I | R | | | S | A | Y | S | Y | O | U | | L | O | S |
| J | E | S | U | S | | P | R | E | E | N | E | D | | A | S | L | A | N | T |
| C | U | R | A | D | | | | H | A | D | S | T | | B | R | E | A | D | | |
| A | D | O | B | E | S | | N | Y | S | | | S | I | E | | C | U | R | I | E |
| L | A | T | E | B | L | O | O | M | E | R | S | | A | G | R | A | R | I | A | N |
| S | I | E | R | R | A | L | E | O | N | E | | G | O | O | S | E | E | G | G |
| | C | F | O | | K | I | D | N | A | P | | O | T | H | E | L | L | O | |
Gene Louise De Vera is a data scientist in Quezon City, Philippines.
One night when he couldn't sleep he was browsing the internet and stumbled on a crossword — which he liked. Soon, he subscribed to The Times's crossword. Then he discovered he enjoys making puzzles even more than solving. This is his fifth one for the paper and first Sunday, and it features an unusual theme.
– puzzle by Gene Louise De Vera
Mon 1/5/2026
| W | O | R | T | H | | A | S | H | | | H | A | L | O |
| E | N | N | U | I | | T | I | E | | P | A | R | E | R |
| B | O | A | R | D | R | O | O | M | | A | I | R | E | D |
| | | K | E | A | N | U | | A | T | T | I | R | E |
| M | R | T | | | T | A | X | I | D | R | I | V | E | R |
| C | O | U | N | S | E | L | | G | O | O | | E | D | S |
| A | S | S | E | T | | | N | O | B | L | E | | | |
| T | A | K | E | O | F | F | F | R | O | M | W | O | R | K |
| | | D | W | E | L | L | | | A | A | R | O | N |
| E | B | B | | A | T | A | | P | E | N | N | A | M | E |
| F | L | Y | S | W | A | T | T | E | R | | | L | E | E |
| F | I | L | I | A | L | | B | R | I | C | E | | | |
| E | M | I | L | Y | | T | O | U | C | H | D | O | W | N |
| T | E | N | T | S | | I | N | S | | I | G | L | O | O |
| E | Y | E | S | | | S | E | E | | C | E | D | E | D |
Tue 1/6/2026
| U | H | U | R | A | | S | I | G | M | A | | O | T | S |
| L | E | T | A | T | | I | L | I | A | D | | N | E | O |
| T | H | E | R | E | S | N | O | T | W | O | | I | M | S |
| R | I | R | I | | A | B | S | | | L | D | O | P | A |
| A | M | I | N | O | R | I | T | Y | O | F | O | N | E | |
| | | | P | A | N | | O | D | O | R | S | | |
| P | H | A | S | E | | | R | Y | E | | I | K | E | A |
| S | E | T | I | N | O | P | P | O | S | I | T | I | O | N |
| I | M | A | N | | M | A | G | | | D | O | N | N | Y |
| | L | E | V | A | R | | A | D | E | | | | |
| N | O | W | I | N | S | I | T | U | A | T | I | O | N |
| D | O | W | S | E | | | B | L | M | | R | O | M | O |
| A | C | E | | W | A | Y | S | A | B | O | U | T | I | T |
| D | A | B | | A | L | O | E | S | | M | C | A | T | S |
| A | P | B | | S | T | U | N | T | | G | E | S | S | O |
Wed 1/7/2026
| J | A | D | A | | H | E | A | L | S | | A | P | E | S |
| E | P | I | C | | E | N | R | O | N | | W | O | A | H |
| T | I | N | K | E | R | B | E | L | L | | A | W | R | Y |
| L | E | E | | A | S | A | P | | | A | R | E | N | A |
| A | C | I | D | S | | N | A | N | C | Y | D | R | E | W |
| G | E | N | E | T | I | C | | O | O | O | | T | S | A |
| | | F | E | D | | S | S | N | | C | I | T | Y |
| | D | O | R | O | T | H | Y | G | A | L | E | | |
| S | M | O | G | | T | A | O | | E | M | O | | | |
| T | A | G | | F | O | R | | P | E | T | S | P | A | S |
| E | L | L | E | W | O | O | D | S | | R | E | E | S | E |
| A | W | O | R | D | | | P | A | P | A | | S | H | E |
| L | A | V | A | | H | E | L | L | O | K | I | T | T | Y |
| T | R | E | S | | A | L | U | M | S | | A | L | O | O |
| H | E | R | E | | M | I | S | S | Y | | M | E | N | U |
Thu 1/8/2026
| B | E | L | | A | B | C | S | | A | R | B | U | S |
| A | M | A | | D | R | I | P | | Y | O | I | N | K |
| H | I | G | H | D | I | V | E | | P | O | N | Z | I |
| T | R | U | E | | T | I | A | N | A | | G | I | N |
| | N | A | E | | C | R | O | P | T | O | P | S |
| T | H | I | R | D | S | | | V | I | E | | | |
| O | A | T | | G | E | N | I | E | | A | F | R | O |
| G | R | A | D | E | I | N | F | L | A | T | I | O | N |
| A | P | S | E | | Z | E | S | T | Y | | F | S | U |
| | | A | X | E | | | Y | E | N | T | A | S |
| O | V | E | R | B | O | O | K | | S | A | Y | | |
| A | I | L | | O | N | S | E | T | | S | C | O | T |
| K | O | T | E | X | | A | L | I | S | T | E | R | S |
| E | L | O | T | E | | G | L | E | E | | N | C | O |
| N | A | N | A | S | | E | Y | R | E | | T | A | S |
Fri 1/9/2026
| P | U | P | P | Y | L | O | V | E | | | T | A | B | S |
| O | N | A | H | E | A | T | E | R | | | U | R | L | S |
| C | I | G | A | R | B | O | X | E | S | | B | E | A | N |
| O | X | E | S | | | H | E | C | K | Y | E | A | H | |
| | T | E | L | L | | S | T | I | E | S | | | |
| C | P | U | | O | U | I | | | | N | O | T | M | E |
| A | I | R | M | A | R | S | H | A | L | | C | R | A | P |
| B | E | N | E | F | I | T | S | P | A | C | K | A | G | E |
| I | C | E | E | | D | O | N | T | S | A | S | S | M | E |
| N | E | R | T | S | | | | S | E | T | | H | A | S |
| | | C | U | T | I | N | | R | E | A | P | | |
| C | R | U | S | A | D | E | D | | | N | A | P | S |
| B | O | O | T | | M | R | R | I | G | H | T | N | O | W |
| I | D | L | E | | | I | V | E | N | O | I | D | E | A |
| Z | E | E | S | | | S | E | T | U | P | C | A | M | P |
Sat 1/10/2026
| Y | O | U | L | O | O | K | F | A | B | | R | A | F | T |
| W | A | T | E | R | H | O | R | S | E | | A | C | A | I |
| C | R | A | I | G | S | L | I | S | T | | T | I | N | G |
| A | S | H | | A | N | N | E | E | | S | I | D | L | E |
| | | N | S | A | | N | T | H | P | O | W | E | R |
| | V | A | M | P | E | D | | O | R | N | A | T | E |
| R | I | B | S | | C | O | Y | L | Y | | S | T | Y |
| D | I | T | S | | N | O | F | E | E | | R | H | E | E |
| A | D | A | | R | A | N | D | O | | B | E | E | R | |
| M | E | L | L | O | N | | O | H | C | R | U | D | | |
| N | O | S | E | H | A | I | R | | Z | I | P | | | |
| D | R | I | V | E | | S | O | N | E | S | | R | E | B |
| E | D | G | E | | A | T | T | A | C | K | M | O | D | E |
| S | I | N | E | | N | O | H | T | H | E | A | T | E | R |
| T | E | S | S | | Y | O | Y | O | S | T | R | I | N | G |
Sun 1/11/2026 It's All Greek
| R | A | F | A | | C | H | U | | | | | | N | T | H | | T | A | M | P |
| I | M | I | N | | P | A | N | A | M | | A | D | O | R | E | | O | B | O | E |
| P | Φ | N | G | P | A | D | D | L | E | | F | E | D | E | X | | P | U | R | R |
| O | B | E | L | I | | R | O | O | T | | A | L | I | A | | M | A | Z | E | S |
| F | I | R | E | C | H | I | E | F | | C | R | Φ | S | S | P | U | Z | Z | L | E |
| F | A | Y | | T | O | A | S | T | E | R | | | C | O | I | N | | | | |
| | | D | U | N | N | | | M | O | E | T | | N | U | R | S | E | S | |
| S | A | P | Φ | R | E | | S | T | P | | A | Φ | D | | S | O | Φ | S | T | S |
| A | L | O | N | E | | S | O | Φ | A | | S | K | I | P | | E | N | T | R | E |
| W | I | I | G | | T | E | M | P | T | | I | D | S | A | Y | | G | R | I | P |
| E | N | D | | A | W | A | S | H | | N | A | C | R | E | | V | A | C | |
| A | N | T | I | | D | E | L | H | I | | G | N | A | T | S | | O | N | T | O |
| P | A | S | T | S | | D | I | A | Z | | I | C | R | Y | | L | I | G | E | R |
| S | T | A | C | H | E | | A | P | E | | N | E | D | | P | A | C | E | R | S |
| E | T | H | E | N | E | | E | D | I | T | | | W | I | S | E | | | |
| | | | E | Y | R | E | | | P | O | D | C | A | S | T | | A | C | E |
| F | L | Φ | P | S | A | N | D | A | L | S | | O | H | T | H | A | T | S | O | K |
| A | L | L | A | H | | E | D | G | Y | | P | L | O | T | | C | R | A | N | E |
| C | A | B | S | | A | S | I | A | N | | H | Φ | P | A | R | T | I | S | T | S |
| E | M | I | T | | S | T | E | R | N | | I | N | I | G | O | | B | E | E | B |
| S | A | N | E | | S | O | S | | | | | | N | E | W | | E | T | S | Y |
Dylan Schiff is a middle school science teacher in Millsboro, Del.
This is his fifth crossword for The Times and the first to include "grid art": The pattern of black squares in the middle of the diagram is a hint to the puzzle's theme. Dylan's favorite part of the construction is the fortuitous stacking of 29- and 32-Across.
– puzzle by Dylan Schiff
Mon 1/12/2026
| P | S | Y | C | H | | S | W | O | O | P | | S | H | E | D |
| A | L | O | H | A | | N | I | T | R | O | | C | O | D | A |
| S | A | Y | I | T | D | O | N | T | S | P | R | A | Y | I | T |
| S | T | O | P | | E | C | O | | O | P | E | R | A | T | E |
| | | S | O | M | A | N | Y | | I | L | Y | | | |
| C | P | R | | N | O | P | A | I | N | N | O | G | A | I | N |
| E | L | U | D | E | S | | | P | A | S | | O | M | N | I |
| L | U | B | E | S | | E | L | S | E | | C | O | N | A | N |
| E | M | I | L | | O | R | E | | | I | O | D | I | N | E |
| B | E | K | I | N | D | R | E | W | I | N | D | | O | E | R |
| | | C | O | D | | K | I | S | S | E | D | | | |
| M | Y | F | A | U | L | T | | S | A | P | | E | D | E | N |
| Y | O | U | S | N | O | O | Z | E | Y | O | U | L | O | S | E |
| O | G | R | E | | T | R | E | S | S | | S | H | I | S | O |
| B | A | Y | S | | S | E | E | T | O | | S | I | T | O | N |
Tue 1/13/2026
| L | A | G | | T | H | E | T | A | | B | A | L | I |
| A | L | E | | C | O | L | A | S | | E | X | E | C |
| W | I | N | | H | O | L | L | A | | A | I | D | E |
| N | E | O | N | A | T | A | L | N | U | R | S | E | |
| S | N | A | I | L | | | | A | R | C | | | |
| | | C | L | I | O | S | | A | U | R | A | |
| M | E | C | H | A | N | I | C | A | L | B | U | L | L |
| C | L | U | E | | C | L | O | D | S | | N | I | A |
| A | L | T | | C | A | R | N | E | | B | A | N | D |
| T | E | C | T | O | N | I | C | P | L | A | T | E | S |
| N | O | I | R | | G | E | T | A | T | | | |
| | | M | G | S | | | | P | I | T | C | H |
| W | E | W | I | L | L | R | O | C | K | Y | O | U |
| J | A | V | A | | O | M | A | H | A | | P | U | N |
| O | V | A | L | | P | A | I | N | T | | E | L | K |
| G | E | N | Z | | S | O | L | O | S | | A | D | S |
Wed 1/14/2026
| P | A | L | E | D | | G | U | C | C | I | | T | W | O |
| A | I | O | L | I | | R | E | A | R | M | | A | H | I |
| B | R | O | A | D | W | A | Y | M | U | S | I | C | A | L |
| A | S | K | | O | E | D | | | S | C | O | O | T | S |
| | I | N | K | S | | P | S | H | A | W | | | |
| I | S | E | E | | T | E | A | T | | R | A | T | E | S |
| N | I | L | E | | E | N | C | O | R | E | | O | U | T |
| L | E | O | | O | R | D | E | R | E | D | | E | R | A |
| E | G | O | | K | N | I | C | K | S | | G | T | O | S |
| T | E | S | S | A | | V | A | S | T | | R | A | S | H |
| | | H | Y | P | E | R | | S | L | O | P | | |
| P | E | T | I | T | E | | | B | O | A | | P | H | O |
| S | T | E | P | H | E | N | S | O | N | D | H | E | I | M |
| I | N | N | | E | L | I | O | T | | L | A | R | V | A |
| S | A | D | | N | E | X | U | S | | E | S | S | E | N |
Thu 1/15/2026
| M | O | O | S | | S | W | E | A | T | | G | R | E | C | O |
| A | N | N | A | | S | E | N | S | E | | A | I | M | E | D |
| S | E | E | K | A | N | D | Y | H | A | L | L | F | I | N | D |
| A | N | I | S | E | | G | A | Y | | U | L | T | R | A | S |
| L | I | L | | R | B | I | | | I | C | E | S | | | |
| A | L | L | D | A | V | E | R | Y | D | A | Y | | T | S | A |
| | | Y | T | D | | E | O | N | S | | S | E | N | D |
| I | R | E | N | E | | F | I | D | O | | K | E | E | L | S |
| N | O | T | E | | C | A | K | E | | A | R | M | | | |
| C | D | S | | F | A | M | I | L | Y | G | A | I | G | H | T |
| | | G | A | P | E | | | A | O | K | | O | U | I |
| S | N | O | O | Z | E | | C | E | L | | E | A | T | M | E |
| C | O | N | F | I | R | M | A | T | I | O | N | B | I | A | S |
| A | N | T | O | N | | A | F | T | E | R | | U | M | N | O |
| R | E | O | R | G | | T | E | A | S | E | | T | E | E | N |