Wed 7/1/2026
| T | U | B | E | R | | S | T | A | G | | R | E | B | U | T |
| E | N | O | L | A | | U | R | G | E | | A | L | O | N | E |
| S | P | R | A | T | | S | E | A | T | | T | A | R | P | S |
| L | I | E | N | | T | H | A | T | S | O | | N | E | I | L |
| A | N | D | | W | H | I | T | E | L | I | E | | D | N | A |
| | | S | K | O | R | | | O | L | E | D | | | |
| S | O | F | A | S | | I | M | H | O | | L | E | C | H | E |
| O | R | A | L | | I | C | I | E | S | T | | M | O | O | R |
| L | E | V | I | | T | E | A | S | E | S | | O | N | E | S |
| | O | V | A | L | | | | | A | U | R | A | | |
| P | A | R | A | L | L | E | L | U | N | I | V | E | R | S | E |
| E | V | I | T | A | | V | A | S | E | | R | E | T | A | G |
| A | L | T | E | R | N | A | T | E | R | E | A | L | I | T | Y |
| R | A | E | | M | O | D | E | S | T | L | Y | | S | I | P |
| L | B | S | | S | H | E | | | S | I | S | | T | N | T |
Thu 7/2/2026
| H | A | P | P | Y | | S | I | B | S | | P | S | S | T |
| O | L | L | I | E | | I | D | E | A | | R | H | E | A |
| P | L | A | Z | A | | D | L | E | G | T | I | O | N | S |
| M | I | Z | | P | O | E | T | | I | O | W | A | |
| B | E | N | A | M | I | N | | | P | T | R | O | T | S |
| E | T | A | | A | C | E | S | O | U | T | | F | O | P |
| B | A | N | A | N | A | | T | A | L | E | | F | R | Y |
| E | L | E | C | | | S | A | F | A | R | I | | | |
| | | S | A | B | O | T | S | | | M | C | C | C |
| E | C | G | | B | O | R | E | | C | A | B | A | L | A |
| M | A | O | | U | S | E | N | S | U | S | | R | I | B |
| U | N | T | I | E | S | | | M | D | I | S | O | N | S |
| N | A | V | L | | M | A | C | S | | H | U | G | |
| J | O | H | N | A | N | O | C | K | | M | I | S | S | M |
| O | L | I | O | | I | N | R | E | | O | L | E | T | A |
| B | I | T | E | | S | K | E | D | | C | O | L | O | N |
Fri 7/3/2026
| I | M | P | E | I | | T | A | K | E | S | A | B | O | W |
| M | O | L | T | S | | S | M | I | L | E | L | I | N | E |
| P | R | E | S | I | D | E | N | T | I | A | L | R | U | N |
| U | T | A | | T | O | T | E | | A | M | I | D | S | T |
| L | A | D | E | | A | S | S | N | | Y | E | S | | |
| S | R | S | L | Y | | E | T | A | S | | S | O | D | S |
| E | F | I | L | E | S | | Y | A | P | S | | F | O | E |
| B | I | G | E | A | S | Y | | N | E | T | I | P | O | T |
| U | R | N | | S | N | I | T | | C | A | N | A | R | D |
| Y | E | O | H | | S | P | E | W | | T | H | R | O | E |
| | R | I | M | | S | M | O | G | | D | A | P | S |
| G | O | A | T | E | E | | P | O | E | M | | D | E | I |
| I | K | N | O | W | T | H | E | F | E | E | L | I | N | G |
| B | I | C | U | L | T | U | R | E | | R | O | S | E | N |
| B | E | E | T | S | U | G | A | R | | E | W | E | R | S |
Sat 7/4/2026
| R | A | P | B | A | T | T | L | E | | L | E | G | G | S |
| O | C | E | A | N | A | R | I | A | | A | D | O | R | E |
| B | A | C | K | D | R | A | F | T | | T | E | L | E | X |
| B | I | K | E | R | A | C | E | | V | E | N | D | E | E |
| | | | O | N | T | I | M | E | | S | E | N | D |
| S | C | H | E | M | A | | M | E | N | | | N | B | C |
| T | H | E | R | E | | | I | D | I | G | | C | E | L |
| R | I | L | E | D | | O | T | S | | O | H | A | R | A |
| E | L | I | | A | L | M | A | | | D | O | L | E | S |
| S | I | C | | | A | N | T | | T | H | E | F | T | S |
| S | P | O | T | | P | I | E | R | R | E | | | | |
| T | A | P | I | R | S | | S | O | U | L | M | A | T | E |
| E | S | T | E | E | | P | A | L | M | P | I | L | O | T |
| S | T | E | R | N | | C | R | E | A | M | S | O | D | A |
| T | E | R | S | E | | S | T | O | N | E | T | O | O | L |
Sun 7/5/2026 Boxed Sets
| S | T | I | F | F | E | N | | A | C | C | R | A | | E | S | P | O | R | T |
| C | H | I | N | R | E | S | T | | S | H | O | E | S | | S | A | I | L | O | R |
| B | A | B | E | I | N | T | H | E | W | O | O | D | S | | P | I | N | G | M | E |
| G | R | I | P | | | | | A | A | R | P | | | E | N | D | C | A | P | S |
| B | E | A | T | S | A | R | O | U | N | D | T | H | E | B | U | S | H | | | |
| | | | H | U | E | D | | | | | I | R | S | | H | E | R | O | S |
| P | O | W | E | R | B | E | H | I | N | D | T | H | E | T | H | R | O | N | E |
| K | A | B | A | L | A | | | A | M | O | R | | U | N | O | | | A | C | L |
| E | V | E | R | | L | A | B | R | A | T | S | | | | N | B | A | R | E | F |
| Y | E | A | T | S | | P | R | E | G | O | | S | O | N | N | E | T | | | |
| | H | O | N | O | R | A | M | O | N | G | T | H | I | E | V | E | S | | |
| | | R | I | N | S | E | S | | A | A | R | O | N | | Y | I | E | L | D |
| T | R | E | N | T | A | | | | A | B | R | A | H | A | M | | N | E | A | R |
| A | O | L | | | I | I | I | | L | E | T | T | | | U | S | T | I | M | E |
| T | W | O | B | I | R | D | S | W | I | T | H | O | N | E | S | T | O | N | E | |
| S | E | N | O | R | | Y | A | W | | | | | O | S | H | A | | | | |
| | | R | O | L | L | W | I | T | H | T | H | E | P | U | N | C | H | E | S |
| A | R | S | E | N | A | L | | | O | A | H | U | | | | | L | O | M | A |
| L | A | I | D | O | N | | D | O | W | N | I | N | T | H | E | D | U | M | P | S |
| I | G | N | O | R | E | | O | D | E | O | N | | K | I | L | O | B | I | T | S |
| T | E | E | M | E | D | | E | D | D | I | E | | O | D | Y | S | S | E | Y | |
Rich Katz, of San Francisco, does freelance work in corporate restructuring.
He believes crossword constructing scratches a similar itch to his job of solving complex problems in the world of finance. Each involves finding the best solution to a challenge within a set of constraints. Rich's favorite clue and answer here is 41-Across.
– puzzle by Rich Katz
Mon 7/6/2026
| S | A | G | A | S | | T | I | E | S | | T | S | A | R |
| A | L | A | M | O | | E | L | M | O | | E | M | M | A |
| T | A | L | E | N | T | S | H | O | W | | H | E | A | T |
| | A | N | G | O | L | A | | | G | R | A | Z | E |
| A | S | P | | B | L | A | N | K | S | T | A | R | E | S |
| P | L | A | C | I | D | | | A | V | O | N | | | |
| R | I | G | O | R | | Y | O | R | E | | I | M | O | |
| S | T | O | P | D | R | O | P | A | N | D | R | O | L | L |
| S | S | E | | O | U | S | T | | E | A | R | L | Y |
| | | N | A | A | N | | | M | C | N | A | I | R |
| T | H | E | H | A | N | G | O | V | E | R | | T | E | E |
| A | U | R | A | S | | | P | O | M | E | L | O | | |
| S | M | O | G | | V | O | I | C | E | P | A | R | T | S |
| T | I | D | E | | A | N | N | A | | I | S | I | A | H |
| E | D | E | N | | L | O | E | B | | T | E | A | R | Y |
Tue 7/7/2026
| B | A | B | A | | I | D | L | E | | G | E | T | U | P |
| O | L | A | V | | C | O | A | L | | A | W | A | K | E |
| M | O | J | O | | E | N | Y | A | | M | A | X | E | D |
| B | E | A | C | H | B | U | N | N | I | E | S | | | |
| | | A | B | A | T | E | | D | O | T | G | O | V |
| H | O | T | D | O | G | S | | L | I | V | E | O | N | E |
| O | R | E | O | | | | P | I | N | E | | P | A | R |
| R | A | E | | S | U | N | B | E | A | R | | O | U | T |
| N | C | O | | P | T | A | S | | | | R | O | T | E |
| E | L | F | H | A | T | S | | F | I | R | E | F | O | X |
| D | E | F | A | M | E | | N | A | M | E | S | | | |
| | | W | A | R | M | A | N | D | F | U | Z | Z | Y |
| A | R | I | A | L | | U | N | D | O | | L | E | I | A |
| C | A | T | I | O | | S | N | O | W | | T | R | O | N |
| E | N | D | I | T | | H | Y | M | N | | S | O | N | G |
Wed 7/8/2026
| M | A | P | S | | E | L | A | P | S | E | | E | S | P |
| A | T | I | T | | R | O | U | R | K | E | | A | L | A |
| M | A | K | E | O | R | B | R | E | A | K | | S | A | G |
| B | R | E | A | D | | E | A | S | T | | H | Y | P | E |
| A | I | S | L | O | P | | | T | E | E | U | P | | |
| | | T | R | I | C | K | O | R | T | R | E | A | T |
| I | T | C | H | | N | A | M | | | S | T | A | L | E |
| N | A | H | | A | T | T | A | B | O | Y | | S | O | N |
| C | L | E | A | R | | | R | O | T | | E | Y | E | S |
| H | E | A | D | S | O | R | T | A | I | L | S | | | |
| | T | A | E | B | O | | | S | A | T | I | R | E |
| H | A | M | M | | L | O | F | T | | R | E | S | E | T |
| A | L | E | | L | I | F | E | O | R | D | E | A | T | H |
| N | B | A | | A | G | E | N | D | A | | M | A | R | E |
| G | A | L | | P | E | R | S | O | N | | S | K | O | R |
Thu 7/9/2026
| C | H | I | C | | O | R | C | A | | A | B | C | S | |
| Y | O | G | A | | R | E | A | R | | C | R | A | T | E |
| S | T | U | T | T | G | A | R | T | | C | O | V | E | N |
| T | H | A | N | E | | P | A | L | E | O | D | I | E | T |
| | N | A | T | O | | T | E | L | L | A | L | L | S |
| L | O | O | P | E | R | S | | S | L | A | T | | | |
| O | D | D | S | | E | T | A | S | | D | E | T | E | R |
| C | E | O | | F | O | R | G | O | N | E | | A | P | U |
| H | A | N | O | I | | I | O | N | A | | A | T | I | T |
| | | S | N | A | P | | S | T | O | M | A | C | H |
| B | A | S | S | I | S | T | S | | S | W | I | M | | |
| A | S | W | E | S | P | E | A | K | | E | D | I | T | H |
| M | O | U | T | H | | A | P | I | A | S | A | M | O | A |
| A | N | N | I | E | | S | O | N | S | | L | A | G | S |
| E | G | A | D | | E | R | G | S | | A | T | O | P |
Fri 7/10/2026
| T | A | S | E | R | | I | N | E | | S | A | L | A | D |
| E | S | P | R | E | S | S | O | M | A | C | H | I | N | E |
| N | O | I | S | E | C | O | M | P | L | A | I | N | T | S |
| S | N | L | | L | A | B | O | R | E | D | | E | E | K |
| E | E | L | S | | M | A | R | E | S | | B | O | A | S |
| | E | E | G | | R | E | S | | D | E | F | T | |
| O | R | D | A | I | N | S | | S | M | E | A | R | E | D |
| W | E | T | B | A | R | | | | R | I | V | E | R | A |
| E | N | H | A | N | C | E | | W | I | S | E | A | S | S |
| T | E | S | T | | N | T | H | | M | R | S | | |
| C | A | B | S | | H | A | H | A | S | | S | O | F | T |
| O | L | E | | T | U | B | E | T | O | P | | N | E | W |
| I | C | A | N | O | N | L | Y | I | M | A | G | I | N | E |
| F | A | N | I | N | T | E | R | F | E | R | E | N | C | E |
| S | R | S | L | Y | | D | E | S | | E | D | G | E | D |
Sat 7/11/2026
| P | O | K | E | | S | K | I | P | S | C | L | A | S | S |
| L | A | I | R | | L | E | G | A | L | L | I | M | I | T |
| O | H | N | O | | A | P | U | T | R | I | L | O | G | Y |
| T | U | G | S | | P | I | E | S | | C | A | R | N | E |
| T | H | O | | J | O | S | S | | A | K | C | | | |
| W | A | L | T | O | N | | S | U | N | S | | B | I | B |
| I | W | I | S | H | | E | T | S | Y | | F | O | M | O |
| S | A | V | A | N | N | A | H | B | A | N | A | N | A | S |
| T | I | E | R | | E | R | A | S | | U | R | A | L | S |
| S | I | R | | B | O | L | T | | O | N | E | P | L | Y |
| | | G | I | N | | S | I | B | S | | P | A | P |
| A | S | H | E | S | | E | T | R | E | | B | E | L | A |
| W | H | A | T | T | H | E | H | E | Y | | E | T | O | N |
| L | O | V | E | R | S | L | A | N | E | | A | I | N | T |
| S | E | A | M | O | N | S | T | E | R | | U | T | E | S |
Sun 7/12/2026 Slight Adjustments
| E | N | Y | A | | | P | E | T | S | P | A | | A | B | S | | H | O | L | E |
| L | E | E | K | S | | A | V | A | T | A | R | | B | R | A | | A | R | A | L |
| B | I | T | I | N | G | R | E | M | A | R | K | | S | E | L | T | Z | E | R | S |
| A | N | I | M | A | L | S | | A | S | K | S | | E | A | S | Y | M | O | D | E |
| | | B | F | A | | F | L | E | A | | A | N | K | A | R | A | | | |
| G | R | O | U | N | D | L | E | S | S | A | C | C | U | S | A | T | I | O | N |
| S | U | E | | | C | A | Y | | | | D | E | E | P | | | S | A | V | E |
| K | N | E | E | L | E | D | | A | T | O | D | D | S | | B | R | U | G | E | S |
| I | G | L | O | O | | | D | L | I | N | E | | | B | U | N | I | O | N | S |
| T | H | I | N | L | Y | V | E | I | L | E | D | T | H | R | E | A | T | | | |
| S | O | N | | | A | C | M | E | | | | E | O | I | N | | | S | I | S |
| | | P | A | T | R | O | N | I | Z | I | N | G | C | O | M | M | E | N | T |
| G | F | O | R | C | E | S | | | D | O | M | E | S | | | O | U | I | J | A |
| R | E | P | A | S | S | | G | A | L | O | O | T | | H | A | N | G | T | E | N |
| A | M | E | N | | | K | O | B | E | | | | V | A | C | | | A | S | S |
| B | A | C | K | H | A | N | D | E | D | C | O | M | P | L | I | M | E | N | T | |
| | | C | A | R | E | S | S | | I | C | E | S | | D | A | Y | | | |
| I | T | S | A | T | R | A | P | | A | G | E | D | | F | I | N | E | A | R | T |
| P | O | O | L | S | I | D | E | | B | A | L | D | F | A | C | E | D | L | I | E |
| O | R | A | L | | V | I | E | | B | R | O | L | I | N | | S | O | F | A | S |
| D | I | P | S | | E | N | D | | A | S | T | E | R | S | | | C | A | N | T |
Collin Drown, of Richmond, Va., is a Ph.D. student in Educational Research, Assessment and Evaluation at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is making his Times debut with this pun-themed puzzle.
The theme is indicated by the italicized clues, which, in this case, merely suggest — rather than define — their answers. Some lively, lovely nontheme answers appear at 29- and 98-Across and 14- and 66-Down.
– puzzle by Collin Drown
Mon 7/13/2026
| A | K | I | N | | S | P | U | D | S | | S | L | E | W |
| R | A | C | Y | | M | A | N | I | A | | C | O | N | E |
| E | R | E | C | T | O | R | S | E | T | | A | G | R | A |
| N | A | B | | O | G | R | E | | | I | N | C | A | S |
| A | T | O | L | L | | O | R | A | L | S | T | A | G | E |
| S | E | X | I | E | S | T | | C | O | P | | B | E | L |
| | | A | D | E | | Y | E | S | | R | I | D | S |
| | I | R | O | N | C | U | R | T | A | I | N | | |
| S | I | N | S | | D | A | M | | I | F | S | | | |
| E | S | C | | C | U | R | | S | T | R | E | A | M | S |
| T | U | R | B | O | P | R | O | P | | E | S | T | E | E |
| T | R | I | A | D | | | M | A | S | S | | O | D | E |
| L | E | S | S | | P | L | A | Y | T | H | I | N | G | S |
| E | D | I | T | | H | O | N | E | Y | | S | C | A | T |
| D | O | S | E | | O | X | I | D | E | | H | E | R | O |
Tue 7/14/2026
| B | F | F | | S | H | A | M | | P | A | S | T |
| N | E | A | R | | T | A | D | A | | A | L | L | Y |
| B | A | D | A | P | P | L | E | S | | P | E | E | P |
| C | R | E | P | E | | A | L | A | | E | X | P | O |
| | S | P | O | I | L | E | D | B | R | A | T | S |
| A | L | I | E | N | S | | | A | O | C | | | |
| I | O | N | | | B | E | D | | B | U | S | T | A |
| R | O | T | T | E | N | T | O | M | A | T | O | E | S |
| S | N | O | O | T | | A | X | E | | | M | A | P |
| | | P | S | A | | | R | O | V | E | R | S |
| F | U | N | K | Y | C | H | I | C | K | E | N | | |
| I | S | O | N | | R | E | N | | S | N | E | A | K |
| O | H | I | O | | O | F | F | C | O | U | R | S | E |
| N | E | S | T | | S | T | U | D | | E | V | A | N |
| A | R | E | S | | S | Y | N | C | | S | E | P | |
Wed 7/15/2026
| A | L | L | I | N | | A | T | R | A | | A | P | E | D |
| S | A | U | N | A | | R | O | A | D | | D | E | L | I |
| T | U | R | N | I | N | G | P | R | O | | O | D | I | N |
| O | D | E | | L | O | U | I | E | | O | R | A | T | E |
| | | M | A | D | S | C | R | A | M | B | L | E | S |
| E | M | P | I | R | E | | | | L | I | S | P | | |
| R | O | O | S | T | | O | R | B | I | T | | O | V | A |
| I | C | E | T | | F | R | U | I | T | | A | W | E | D |
| E | S | T | | T | A | K | E | N | | B | L | E | N | D |
| | R | Y | A | N | | | | B | O | A | R | D | S |
| F | L | Y | I | N | G | C | O | L | O | R | S | | | |
| O | A | S | E | S | | O | P | E | N | S | | I | P | A |
| G | U | L | L | | S | P | E | E | D | C | U | B | E | R |
| G | R | A | D | | K | E | R | R | | H | A | I | T | I |
| Y | A | M | S | | I | S | A | Y | | T | E | S | S | A |
Thu 7/16/2026
| P | O | S | H | | S | M | A | S | H | | I | N | L | A | W |
| H | A | H | A | | P | I | N | T | A | | N | O | O | N | E |
| I | R | O | N | M | A | N | T | R | I | A | T | H | L | O | N |
| | V | D | A | Y | | | I | T | C | H | | C | I | D |
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