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Mon 9/1/2025
| B | E | R | G | | S | A | L | E | M | | L | O | F | T |
| I | D | O | L | | A | C | E | L | A | | A | R | E | A |
| N | U | D | I | S | T | C | A | M | P | | P | A | L | L |
| | | B | O | E | R | S | | | B | A | T | I | K |
| A | B | S | | N | E | U | T | R | A | L | Z | O | N | E |
| C | O | L | O | G | N | E | | U | N | I | | R | E | D |
| E | G | O | S | | | | A | E | T | N | A | | | |
| S | O | W | H | A | T | E | L | S | E | I | S | N | E | W |
| | | A | L | E | X | A | | | | P | O | L | E |
| U | M | P | | T | E | E | | S | E | A | S | A | L | T |
| N | U | I | S | A | N | C | E | T | A | X | | H | A | S |
| M | E | T | E | R | | | B | U | G | L | E | | | |
| A | S | I | N | | N | O | O | D | L | E | S | O | U | P |
| S | L | E | D | | A | N | N | I | E | | P | U | R | E |
| K | I | S | S | | Y | O | Y | O | S | | N | I | N | A |
Tue 9/2/2025
| D | O | S | | M | A | S | T | | R | A | M | A | D | A |
| E | K | E | | A | N | E | W | | A | B | O | A | R | D |
| A | B | C | | T | I | T | A | N | I | U | M | R | O | D |
| L | Y | R | I | C | | | N | O | S | | A | P | P | S |
| T | E | E | T | H | I | N | G | R | I | N | G | | | |
| | T | R | A | C | E | | I | N | E | E | D | I | T |
| E | S | P | Y | | E | N | O | | | A | R | U | B | A |
| L | I | L | | P | R | E | T | Z | E | L | | K | I | N |
| I | N | A | W | E | | | S | A | L | | N | E | S | S |
| S | E | N | O | R | A | S | | R | O | S | E | S | | |
| | | R | U | S | S | I | A | N | T | W | I | S | T |
| I | N | U | K | | C | N | N | | | O | T | T | E | R |
| S | E | L | F | I | E | S | T | I | C | K | | O | N | E |
| I | M | T | O | R | N | | E | L | I | E | | U | S | A |
| S | O | A | R | E | D | | L | E | A | D | | T | E | T |
Wed 9/3/2025
| S | C | A | R | F | | A | G | A | R | | N | A | S | H |
| A | I | R | E | D | | T | U | N | A | | A | R | L | O |
| T | A | M | P | A | B | E | I | G | E | | S | T | A | R |
| S | O | S | O | | L | U | L | L | | D | A | M | N | S |
| | | S | K | I | P | T | O | M | Y | L | U | G | E |
| T | A | P | T | A | P | | | | E | E | L | S | | |
| I | L | O | S | T | | P | A | W | N | | Y | E | T | I |
| L | O | P | | Z | H | U | Z | H | U | P | | U | H | S |
| L | O | T | R | | O | N | T | O | | L | O | M | A | N |
| | H | E | L | L | | | | G | U | N | S | I | T |
| T | H | E | D | E | A | D | S | I | E | G | E | | | |
| H | I | H | A | T | | E | A | R | N | | I | D | O | L |
| E | T | O | N | | B | U | C | K | A | R | O | U | G | E |
| M | O | O | T | | A | C | H | E | | A | T | A | R | I |
| E | N | D | S | | R | E | A | D | | P | A | L | E | S |
Thu 9/4/2025
| C | A | R | | T | B | A | R | | E | R | E | C | T | S |
| A | L | E | | E | L | L | E | | N | A | R | N | I | A |
| B | A | B | E | R | U | T | H | | I | C | A | N | S | O |
| I | M | M | U | N | E | | S | A | V | E | S | | | |
| N | O | I | R | | | M | A | L | E | | E | D | G | E |
| | L | E | D | | S | W | A | P | | D | O | O | R |
| B | A | C | K | I | N | G | | S | A | G | | E | M | O |
| A | N | K | A | R | A | | | | R | O | U | S | E | D |
| T | I | C | | T | M | C | | A | G | O | N | I | Z | E |
| I | M | O | N | | R | O | W | S | | F | I | T | | |
| K | A | R | O | | E | N | O | S | | | O | S | H | A |
| | | T | I | D | E | D | | M | I | N | C | E | S |
| A | R | M | A | N | I | | N | O | A | H | S | A | R | K |
| B | I | G | T | O | P | | I | N | T | O | | L | O | U |
| C | O | M | E | T | S | | W | E | E | P | | E | S | P |
Backward answers have a long history, and DOES IT SCALE nicely implies starred Downs have to be read upward, without making it obvious.
– puzzle by Colin Ernst
Fri 9/5/2025
| D | E | N | T | I | S | T | | E | S | C | O | R | T |
| L | O | V | E | N | O | T | E | | S | H | A | V | E | S |
| I | D | I | O | T | T | A | X | | T | O | R | E | U | P |
| E | G | A | N | | A | R | T | M | A | J | O | R | S | |
| S | E | N | T | | | R | B | I | | I | M | S | A | D |
| | | E | M | T | | O | O | P | | | T | B | A |
| | S | T | A | R | N | O | S | E | D | M | O | L | E |
| T | E | R | I | Y | A | K | I | S | A | U | C | E | |
| D | Y | N | A | M | I | T | E | S | T | I | C | K | | |
| I | P | O | | | T | U | X | | O | S | H | | | |
| S | E | R | I | F | | R | A | M | | | A | F | R | O |
| F | I | N | E | B | E | M | A | D | | C | R | O | W |
| R | A | T | E | D | R | | P | L | O | T | H | O | L | E |
| E | C | A | R | T | E | | L | I | M | E | A | D | E | S |
| B | E | S | T | O | W | | E | A | S | E | S | O | N | |
Star-nosed moles are lovely, aren't they?
Bryan Cheong is indeed the youngest NYT themeless constructor, and he slots in at sixth youngest overall.
– puzzle by Bryan Cheong