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Puzzles for May, 2019
with Editor comments

Wed 5/1/2019
SUCHVIEWTHING
AGHAEMMAEATER
MAILFRAUDMUSTI
INSLANGUPLAST
ADENEEDNOUGAT
MALESORKPILE
VITAMINSRED
STATECAPITALS
RAHENLISTED
EMIRSUNROVED
PARADESILORYE
ANTIUSHAIRGEL
STELEBLONDEALE
THEEUROPEEMIT
SANDPOWESLEDE
Thu 5/2/2019
OBJAPPSSLAIN
LEEKBLEUCANOE
ALDACARBOOSETS
FAIRSCITITWAS
LUGELOIS
SOORANKENSTEIN
BEEBTUMONTE
IRASOANDOPISA
BURMASETAMP
IMMIGRATIOOICE
LOUTGEAR
SATENOSHLAYUP
PERSOOAITHNOSE
ARIALSLOEIDEA
SOOTYTONYART
Fri 5/3/2019
ADSPACESAFARIS
TRUEDATINAHAZE
LOSTARTPARADOX
APPMOONPIEIMP
NOESBRAYSLOBE
TUCKSESCNADIR
ATTILATURBOJET
POMPPACT
BADAPPLESTICKS
AROSEALAVALUE
LEGSSYSOPNANA
LOBCODEREDMGS
ALIBABATRIMSPA
DATASETACCRUAL
SEEHEREEYESPOT
Sat 5/4/2019
MAYAPSOTHE4TH
ORETHEUNIVERSE
PROCEDUREMANUAL
PIMASSTOICNAP
EVENTSENDINGE
DENTBIASSNEER
ABEAMSTERNS
MCKUENWRIEST
BOOERSCHARD
ADLIBLOOSALAN
BEETMAULOHARA
YRSSIDLELUTES
BALANCEDBUDGETS
ITALIANWINELOA
BEWITHETONYOU
POW Sun 5/5/2019 PAPER WORK
CARATALCOHOLSPRAWLS
EVITABEGUILETRAMWAY
LOTTERYTICKETREMAINS
SWANKESTHERWINELIST
WASURANUS
ANCHORBUILDINGPERMIT
MORANEMMAPTASHADE
BOARDINGPASSORGODOR
LDSOLEOSELANTRAELI
ELHILENERASABBA
RECORDDEALSHEETMUSIC
YUGODISHDVISPAR
CAMSIGHSATSWANSLGE
REBATRASEATINGCHART
ORALBERSEDENHOSEA
COLLEGEDIPLOMASOTHEN
DONATEMAO
CONTRACTTSKBELLYRUB
ONEIOTABREAKFASTMENU
TURTLERAIRLIFTICEIN
SPOOLEDSEABASSEASTS

Samuel A. Donaldson is a law professor, specializing in taxes and estates, at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Doug Peterson is a professional crossword constructor in Pasadena, Calif. They met at the 2008 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, became friends and started making puzzles together — working back and forth by email. Doug attended Sam's wedding in 2012. They are prolific contributors both individually and with others.

Mon 5/6/2019
SEAPESTLEWISP
APTARARATANNA
TITTEXASRANGER
IDAHOWHEWEEK
REGIONALCRAZE
EMITTEDADMIRER
SIRTRADEON
CLOTHESHANGER
PREPPEDDIN
AFFAIRSRESTIVE
DEALSMERCUTIO
ARKHOBOAXMEN
PRETAMANGERERA
TERIAYEAYENAT
STYXRHYMESUSE
Tue 5/7/2019
JADECFOSCREPE
ALESRAMPLOWER
MONTANNOTATORS
BUYAPIGINAPOKE
DASGUST
EXOTICPETINCH
ITTONTOGLORY
THISISSPINALTAP
ZINCSODORONE
ACAISUNSTROKE
ELANAER
FINISHINGTOUCH
BROCASAREAMORE
TOWERNORIEMIR
UMASSDCONOOPS
Wed 5/8/2019
ULNAMAMETRAMS
NEERATARIICET
HAWKROXIEOHMY
IVSIMPINGEION
PECANSSEVERE
BARKONAEAVE
ESCADELEREX
TABLETENNIS
DOIGOA
SOBERERFIENNES
PLUSONEANATOLE
EDSNAPSTERNSW
DEMITORTENOTI
ULANESTERINON
PINGDEARSPONG
Thu 5/9/2019
AMANASSLAMS
BALONEYSKETCHY
ENTITLETIEATIE
TIERSSHELLENA
TARSSNAILLETS
ICEIFORGETROT
NAGANOBETON
GLOBEFIRNEURO
URBANATONOF
ASHTANGELOPDF
STETSTEPSDIES
YEARSARIMOCHI
OPTIMASCLUNKED
UPEARLYSOTHERE
EDDIEATODDS
Fri 5/10/2019
TOTESETOFFIDS
OVALPOODLENEW
PESOUNMOORDUO
IRTSRSRONRICO
CLEATSBEDSORES
SABREDIALSASH
PURPLESTATE
DEPECHEMODE
SENIORPRANK
APPTAMPSPLANB
BREECHESBIEBER
SANDLOTTEDLEA
CNNARETHATECH
ACEINROADCRAM
MEDMESONSUSPS
POW Sat 5/11/2019
TRIPSSOSONCIS
BORATCROCBONE
STICKSHIFTANNA
POSTITNOTETEL
STRINGTHEORY
TEATATSUMUP
OVERSIZEDBARED
MIRONEVISIMAY
BLINGLASTPLACE
GADOTPORPED
HELOVESMENOT
ANISCARECROWS
LISPLETSSEENOW
LUTEANTESACRA
ESSASEEDSTEEP
Sun 5/12/2019 MEASURE FOR MEASURE
TONIWONTBAUMSTOLE
ATITMACROALSOHADAT
MINERALHARDNESSAVERS
POTLUCKSCOAXSOMEDAY
ASHENSHUNOCCUR
ESSTEMPERATURENATS
THEROADATALLNHL
SPOILERSISMBOOSTER
TARPINAALUMSTOPIT
ENOLCONNOBISSNAPUP
RSTUWINDSPEEDDADS
PIERCESERTAAAHEPOS
MCCOYSWEIRSUITART
RETHREWEATTINFOILS
TOETREESSECTION
ENDSEARTHQUAKESRAG
BASRAAUNTGETUP
IMPARTSFLAKTIAMARIA
BIERSONASLIDINGSCALE
ENEROFIVESERGEHITS
XENONFLAYTWEEDNYE

Victor Barocas is a professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Minnesota. He is married with two teenage children. He says that crossword constructing "reminds me of the research I do for my day job because I'm trying to do something that I don't know is possible. The constraints that my idea places on the puzzle may be too much. That uncertainty is somehow gratifying."

This puzzle, whose many circled letters appear in words across, down and diagonally (not easy to do!), must have been especially satisfying to create.

Mon 5/13/2019
LAPSHARDSMANE
ACEAULAITEKES
DHLAWRENCETICS
SETSDEVIANCE
HOMERSIMPSON
CAMELOTASH
OLEERUPTOPED
DIAMONDJIMBRADY
ETTAESTEEAGE
MOIENSURED
BATMASTERSON
AVIATORSUSED
SEEMMITTROMNEY
TROIENAMORARK
ETNARISINGPOE
Tue 5/14/2019
LISTSDEBTMACRO
ATEUPAREAALGER
THEMEANINGOFLIFE
KAYCITEBIO
ECOCIDESPLAYING
AURASCOLASTEM
LOLTONEDCOO
JACKIEROBINSON
TOTTHEMEEAU
WHETCERAVAULT
ONRUSHESBIRDDOG
SHESEAMNOE
PRESIDENTCLINTON
AISLEBEAKSABLE
DOPESBONYSHEDS
POW Wed 5/15/2019
RECESSFTCHER
EROTICCREATURE
TANTRARANSOMED
JAILHOUSEROCK
EMOIOSERTE
HAILCAESARMEN
SONARDAUNTED
DUDERANCH
SKYDOMEAETNA
SANRUSSIANMOB
USEDSENOWE
THEITALIANJOB
RIPSOPENIODINE
AMASSINGEVILER
SIDSATSINEWS
Thu 5/16/2019
SOPANGLEREF
SHOOSUPERSLOMO
WALLSTAGEACTOR
AZALEASICCHU
GALAXYDOTANDA
MACHKENBIDON
KUNGFLAMAZE
UGHMOBILESSEW
GOOBERLEASE
LOLLSKEGEARS
IFYOBRRSTRATI
DANJOTATAMIS
STATIONARYCPLS
KEYSTROKESHULA
YESKRAFTEPS
Fri 5/17/2019
FRIGGACRUSADES
LOGOUTHARPSEAL
INLASTUNGULATE
NCOHUGGEDDEE
GOODSENSEEARP
ROARGREG
MAJORLEAGUEGAME
PRIVATEPRACTICE
GENERALAUDIENCE
GOERBETS
ATONTABLETOPS
TRIEMBRYOHET
WASHROOMUNEASY
ANTIGONEPATROL
RESTOREDENCASE
Sat 5/18/2019
AFCAGENTMAT
CLAMDRIERCOLE
CASABLANCAUCLA
ESTREETKISSCAM
SHORTRIBNEPALI
SYRIANOUSESON
ATVENTICING
TIGERPROOFING
HERESHOWPIT
ALITEXANCAPOS
NESTEARELATETO
GCHORDSMARINER
MOSSSOMEPEOPLE
AMESELIASNALA
NSATONNELOT
Sun 5/19/2019 HOOK-UPS
TBSCITYIMPSBOLAS
BRAHOBOEMOLEAPART
COOLEDDOWNSTORMSURGE
PAULSIMONCOLDFISSION
ARTMOOKBARESNLEAST
WHIRLTREYYEASTY
CROONLEGUPDESI
LARGETYPEMOIRASATIN
ASKSEDENAUGURTRULY
PHOPALEDGRUBMAINLY
USEMEELISEPANDA
DRIERSCROCSWIFTCOT
IONICTHERESAKISAMS
YEESHAUDITSTEAMPUNK
SANGRIOTSAEGIS
GROUPSTWINDENCH
SIOUANHEADSSPITWEB
AVOTRESANTEFOURALARM
BETAGAINSTCANNERYROW
LIEGEFOOLERICARES
ENDEDTIRELECHYES

Natan Last, 28, is a founding member of the International Rescue Committee's innovation lab and a researcher and advocate for refugee resettlement and humanitarian aid. A frequent contributor — he sold his first crossword to The Times when he was 16; this is his 29th for the paper — Last says this puzzle's theme germinated while watching people fish in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn.

Mon 5/20/2019
AGAPEPACTSCAN
RELAXOLLIELIE
DEBTCEILINGADO
ONEHOPNEWSMEN
RAEPATTIAUS
HACKYSACK
ROLFTARASSURE
OTOEHITITECIG
TOWNIEAREDEBS
CHECKMARK
RENCESARSPA
GODSENTPISTIL
AGEWESTERNWALL
TECINURNSAMOA
EEKTEPIDEMPTY
Tue 5/21/2019
TESLAATITTAGS
GRIEGCEDEDROP
IGNORETHATPETE
FOGERIEDANTE
LEAVESUNSAID
MALAISEIRAS
ICEINUGGUAE
CHANGESTHEWORLD
EEKDYEEASED
GAINFANTASY
ARMYRECRUITS
WHOMEATMSMAO
MOORBONUSTRACK
ANNAODORABLER
NESTGENEGILDA
POW Wed 5/22/2019
GRAMMOJOWAKE
AURAAVECCABIT
UBERKETTOVENS
LEATHERWALLET
HISANAIS
BROADWAYTICKETS
OARADSKIRIN
OPTFROICYADA
BAHAIORATAR
STOPDROPANDROLL
PEACHTIE
ALLWHEELDRIVE
KAUAIELMOUNIX
INDUSRIISNINA
MAIDSATESTEM
Thu 5/23/2019
PACMANTEDPLOT
INHALEIREJOGS
NEEDLEPRESSURE
ADOSPADEVAT
BITWEWINNERDS
ADDSTANDOXEYE
LEAPUGGMRT
LAYODDSDEARGOD
WEEBRAAURA
GORESGRADETNT
UTERIROGENPEA
FIBSTEWSCLU
FOURTEENPOINTS
ASTASCICRECHE
WESTTEETENHUT
Fri 5/24/2019
SLAPDASHHOARD
STAREINTOEDGER
LENDANEARLINDY
ALDOTWINDEUCE
SMARMNEWTSHY
HOUSEMDROADIE
MAITAIPEND
QUEENVICTORIA
OUSTTEXTED
PASCALEREADER
ETEGEARSLOMO
NONCEBETSPRAY
BRAUNRURITANIA
AZTECASIRECALL
REEDYMEXICANS
Sat 5/25/2019
LAPELMICDASHIT
ONALEASHARMANI
ANIMATORDRIVEL
TINDELISTEXT
HEEDASPREAPS
ESCTROUBEA
HAWAIIANSHIRT
CATEBLANCHETT
MICHELINGUIDE
INKTEAMENE
DEALSDIMRIME
RATASNAPECAN
ASHMANGLADHAND
STOPGOLINGERIE
HENSONEASYREAD
Sun 5/26/2019 BUZZ CUT
DIANACRABATHOSSTAB
EMBERRICECHASEHELL
JURYOFYOURPIERCEOLGA
ASAMOPREEDDATAPLAN
STARTDATESCRODMED
LEIATIETATIILRE
TWOPIECEINAPODTEENER
DENIMPLOBIEBRHODA
RIBMEATSCRAMALIG
HOWGRANNIERABBITS
ERAHISSANDHEARSECOO
PIRATESYUPPIESERN
COMOFIRESESPORTS
ALARMFUMEVOLOPART
TENTERDOWNONALLFORCE
DARAITSAUAEOMAN
OAFGIMMECANDYCANE
BRUCELEEORLEOHMNEE
ALSOCANTBELIEVEMYICE
MESSARTIEOGLEAMAHL
ANYARASPYWHIRNANOS

Ruth Bloomfield Margolin, of Westfield, N.J., began constructing crosswords after having an "I can do that!" reaction to a puzzle she solved. It took some time (and a couple of what she calls "polite rejections") before she got her first acceptance. This is now her 10th crossword for The Times.

In her non-puzzling life, Ruth serves on several community nonprofit boards and tutors in an adult literacy program.

Mon 5/27/2019
JIMHOBOSSTAB
AREBEAUTAUDI
CORPORATEWORLD
KNEEONOBEE
WORDFORWORD
LETSDIENAB
ECOOOMPHLOFT
TORONTORAPTORS
ONCDSNORESEA
HOGSPATTER
HORRORSTORY
EVEBOAPSST
MULTIPLECHOICE
ALASEERIETAR
NEYOSMEARHMM
Tue 5/28/2019
ARDENPMSSTRUT
LEAVERAEHEATH
BUMAROUNDALTER
USNDUNGEONERE
MEREREARWINDOW
IAMSEAU
ANGSTPAWNTINS
BEHINDTHESCENES
ETTERAIDELTON
SPADOLE
BOTTOMLINEARAL
ENERAINOUTFDA
ASSETBUTTHEADS
DELLARIMUNCLE
STALLATESTEER
Wed 5/29/2019
NOSHFLABSIZE
OREOELATEIDOL
PANSROMANGOOF
UTTERRUBBISH
LOTUARCOTTON
PROUSTCOIFADO
STATEMOTTOES
BASELEENPASSE
EXPRESSLINES
ALISOSOODESSA
DETOURALAAMI
SPEAKVOLUMES
PIMAARIESROLL
JPEGREARSISLE
SATEMASTSASS
Thu 5/30/2019
DIPBEELINECHE
ERAATECROWAOL
JACKSONHOLEMMA
ASKSINANIBEEP
HUNTIMEFLIES
AVEMAMAFENCE
BEATBOXNALA
OXTAILTACKED
STEPPOTHEAD
IRATEASAPNUS
POWERPLAYWES
HAASLANVESTED
ORRPADDLEBOARD
NEDAMIRITERIA
EDSSENATORREY
Fri 5/31/2019
STANDPATHITJOB
OHREALLYYSHAPE
FREEMIUMDEEDEE
TENDAMPEREELF
GETSONAMOI
WHATSNEXTFAM
SKEETAIRYGILA
ANALYSTALSORAN
KELPPHILPOESY
EELBROADSIDE
RIMSENDASH
ACTONESECOTTO
COACHKUBERGEEK
EARFULMADEGREE
STOOGEENEMYSPY
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