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Puzzles for October, 2023
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Sun 10/1/2023 Film Adaptations
TULIPSALPACAAHMAD
ONEFLEWGOAWOLMOORED
THECUCKOOSNESTATTICA
MOSTTOILSOVER
SOHOSORIONNIAENT
IMONTHEEMPIRESEKIRTS
PANACEAMAINACTEAR
THELANDTIMECHITUBA
EASELITSPHOTOGENIC
ASTROPOPTIEUNESOT
TRANSLOSTLATION
BISIREIDALETTUCES
CLOSESHAVETMIAMINO
DEFTABEREADINGBURN
HEMNODDERSEASEDIN
JEOPARDYJEOPARDYRACY
ACRTEEESSIEMSDOS
MARRIEDUPFRAU
BROILSCROUCHINGTIGER
STRODELARVAESETMENU
ESTASATBATSESFEET

Jeffrey Lease, of Granite Bay, Calif., designs printed circuit boards for cellphones at Google. He writes, "The process of designing a board and getting all the connections to fit is its own type of puzzle, so perhaps it's not surprising that my job and hobby overlap." Crosswords are his favorite puzzles to do, but he's also a fan of Wordle and Connections.

This is Jeff's first crossword for The Times. Another has been accepted and he's already working on a third.

Mon 10/2/2023
ALPSATLASTAB
SEALWHOOPRACE
KILODAILYHIGHS
SAMURAISONSET
CAROWNS
BEHINDBLUEEYES
FAXEDSUDSYADO
LIARCHESSSLID
ELLMOANAAKITA
ASTHECROWFLIES
ATOPIMS
ASIDEFINALIZE
INDISGUISEODOR
DIETARLESPOOR
SPASLEETELMS
Tue 10/3/2023
STOODMEHVMA
MAUDEVESTIGIAL
ELTONINSTRUCTS
ALFRESCOPICT
REIBOARSSCORE
SRTADRATSIRAS
DNAHANSIMP
ONESOCKRETRAIN
GEMDANAALA
RIPSNORSKGODS
ELENABAMBANET
RASPMAYBELLE
COOKIEJARALIEN
BOREFRUITCANTO
SOSETCKNEES
Wed 10/4/2023
ASTERSWBAACME
PAWNEEHAMCHER
OTIOSEASPTILE
PICKINGLISTPEC
NEINAILASSET
YARNPOT
OAHUDIGSELITE
PRINCESCODICIL
TITHEHAULDKNY
TILPLED
CARPESOLEAST
LEIBILLSOFFIRE
ARCSREOPARTIV
MIKEKEGAMOEBA
PESTSPYLESSEN
Thu 10/5/2023
HITBAILPSYCH
ATAGLANCEOPERA
JOBMARKETTONYS
LOTSABEST
RESETTESHESP
BUSROMACORNEA
INCHOOPSTODAY
SARALEECHOSLO
ETAILTRUEFUEL
CAPRISEDAMPGA
TBSNYPDDEMOS
MESAASTIN
MAFIACLIPONTIE
SWINGAUDIOTOUR
GENIESVENPDA
Fri 10/6/2023
TYKESELIEPDF
BUNGEEJUMPFREE
SMOGALERTSLIMA
PAWWACKOFAVOR
FETTBURIALS
ASHLEEELNORTE
BOOEDTRAINESC
CURESHEMTHESE
SRSALICERAYON
GETLOSTFOMENT
PRORATEMOWS
RAPIDNEARSROB
OPECADVICEGURU
MEREGUINEAPIGS
SSAEPEETANSY
Sat 10/7/2023
HEDGEMAZEIMPS
AXELFOLEYSLEEK
MXMISSILEHOMEY
MOODQEDSOVERY
NNEUNAWARE
EMERGESOUTLIER
LOTSONOCHANCE
OBIBADIDEATHA
PIZZABOXICHOR
ELEANORBARRELS
NAVYVETIWO
ENCINOINTSECT
TYPEAYODASPEAK
CRASSELECTEDTO
HOSTWARHORSES
Sun 10/8/2023 Tones of Voice
MOCHASCACAOROAMS
ADPAGESGALOSHEASIER
VERMONTWETRAGCHANCE
GOLDENOPPORTUNITY
TALCREINDOI
AVIATIONREDEYEFLIGHT
SEESITRETILEYOWLED
SHEAFADONISBOARS
PALEORAMONESBLEND
BROWNIEMIXDEFROST
SEWLEILAGBUS
VESSELSGRAVYBOATS
ONSETACREAGEOLDEN
PALESBRIBESRAIMI
CHICASOAFISHPLEDGE
PINKYPROMISEPOPSCENE
YAKHAULSAUL
COLORFULCHARACTER
ARABIAIROBOTOPENERA
REROLLSOLIDSFANEDIT
ODELLTWITSYODUDE

Sid Sivakumar is an M.D./Ph.D. student at Washington University in St. Louis, training in biomedical engineering and neuroscience. This is his 16th crossword for The Times since 2020.

Sid says his favorite theme ideas come to him randomly, like when he's sitting in traffic, cutting vegetables or showering. Because of his work/study schedule, he constructs puzzles in segments. "If I haven't made satisfactory progress in 30 minutes, I pause and do something else."

Mon 10/9/2023
GRAMPAAMIDBRR
PILEONKILOLIU
AMAZONBASINOTS
CLUEHANGOUT
IKEAMETACARPAL
VILLATAPISLE
SNLPALMYUM
APPLEPEELER
ESPELANAWE
NADAAREASKEW
UBERMENSCHCEDE
DIPLOMATACO
IDOTECHSTARTUP
SETERIEEVENSO
MDSLYNXRESTED
Tue 10/10/2023
SASSMOSTFEDUP
HULAEXPOADOBO
ATOMGEEKNUDES
GOGODANCERSORE
ARTNUMB
GALJOJORABBIT
PLOTNEMOSARAH
ALLAHENTSSDSU
YOYOTRICKSSEE
JERKISH
TWONONONANETTE
RINSEOVERLARS
INEPTDATEICES
MESASELSAXOXO
Wed 10/11/2023
AJARSAMIBARRE
ROCKMUSICONION
ANDOUILLESTRUT
BICSTALESMIX
AEONTWA
PEPPERCAYENNE
ATOPSEALEDALE
CHASMAJOSNIDE
TICISSUESOVEN
CHICKENCELERY
TAIKOLA
MEHNOWNOWVAN
LUCASWHITERICE
STOCKLIFESAVER
DELAYSPEDYARD
Thu 10/12/2023
LAILAALIASHIP
APGERMANBROOME
YEARBOOKAMOUNT
OYSSWEETS
CPLUSFAOTHETA
HOAXJACKSIMAS
RPSMCQSIGNORS
TFORRAGT
METOOERPEPHBO
ODOMWOWEDMEOR
SALESLIZTARTT
ENCALLBRR
MIATASLALAKERS
ELVERSBLACKOPS
SLEDSEASTASIA
Fri 10/13/2023
MATCHESMOSAICS
THEHELPONANDON
VANILLASCREAMO
VOICETEACHER
OBSESSEDDOTE
BINCOSTCO
ADASTRACHATGPT
MERMAIDREFEREE
ATLARGEEYESORE
LOATHEWIN
ORALINSTALLS
PORTAPOTTIES
RUBICONENRAGED
ATOMANTSASHIMI
HEREIGOTIEITUP
Sat 10/14/2023
MANSEAHABPUMP
ALBUMREGULATES
KOALAMARZIPANS
ENDUREPIZZAHUT
UEYKEGKAY
PANZEROTTIAGTS
GAITORALBOHO
EASTERNILLINOIS
WITREICEREDS
WNYCGEENADAVIS
AHATLCSSW
THESAUCEFACEME
MIDAUGHTSLIVID
EYEBLEACHLAINE
NANADOHASOLES
Sun 10/15/2023 Doing Doughnuts
ODESMOBSTARDOMBOSC
PIRIPIRIASTAIREALTA
EVIDENCEYESICANUDON
CAKESTANDMELDSFOO
BOSSAISLEBETAAPP
EDGESMITTENSZIPSBY
MELTFROSTEDTIPREHAB
BRASLADYSTEFRILE
LIZFUMESAPSROCOLD
EVEOVERRIDESMRSUN
MEDCINNAMONTOASTENT
EMIRSHORNSINONDEW
FIXEUHHNEELEOSILE
UNPCSOAPISNTMDSE
NARCOPLAINTRUTHAEON
KNEADSTRIPHOPTRANS
MISSINGSIRENADOS
UMSNORUNSUGARBUZZ
SAILCASITASFANTASIA
ITOOADSPACEOTTERPOP
CENTPERSISTSEESSNS

Jeff Chen is a writer in Seattle and a frequent crossword contributor to The Times. Juliana Tringali Golden is an editor in Oakland, Calif., making her fourth appearance here.

The idea for this puzzle was Juliana's. She says she always wanted to create a crossword with a doughnut theme, and when Jeff showed her some blank grids he'd made with interesting patterns, this one, with a torus shape in the middle, "screamed ‘doughnut' to me!"

Mon 10/16/2023
DOMESZIPSSLIM
OZONEOBOEPAPA
JASONMOMOAASAP
ORADIMFLARE
SKITLIVENTREE
CHANNINGTATUM
OLETUSHART
BYGUMMRTEGGOS
OARACAIIMO
DWAYNEJOHNSON
ENDEARLADDORM
UNCAPZITNIA
FLATMOVIEBUFFS
DATAISEESTALK
AXESCHERPETES
Tue 10/17/2023
KILTHEAPMETRO
IDEAANTIASHEN
DOTDOTDOTSTUNG
APEMAZENEO
ALBARIERODED
DOUBLEDOGDARE
SARIAIWATARS
DINGDONGDITCH
SEALMESOELAN
DRESSDOWNDAYS
SHAYNENNEPSA
PALDECIATE
ANIMA3DPRINTER
NOVELPERUVIVA
SIEGEOMENYEET
Wed 10/18/2023
RIPAHIFEEANI
ERACONTORTROD
FORTHEFIRSTTIME
UNTIEEBWASANA
SEEDURBANKNOT
EDDYSNARESAME
REORDER
BIBLEEWING
ONEIDAAVATAR
STATESPETSPA
NOMEATPREMED
ABRACADABRA
RAZEILLERSGTS
ALEERAISEKIWI
TLDREMAILICON
Thu 10/19/2023
UTONILLAVIGDA
SUNUSAININFRM
HRDCLUEDBARIE
ANEALEDCITREN
TEPEERCESKDS
DORICIONTO
MRSDIESSLUGS
REIDSCHMEENOS
IDTAGASORLIN
KARNAEATAT
IDBRATEESTAD
SETERSBOOKCLU
INHRETROLLHOL
ASFSTLONGUEND
HERESCODASSEW
Fri 10/20/2023
ASISATRIASPAR
MOTELROOMSAHME
PLEXIGLASSFOIL
MOMBUENOBENDY
DEETSMOTE
SEDERSGOODYBAG
AQABAPARTYFOUL
MURALERRDIODE
SANTABABYORKIN
ALTEREGOFUSSES
OTTERDEBT
SHOESAVAILFOP
IOTAEVILGENIUS
GRIMGELINSERTS
HANSGLESSWEST
Sat 10/21/2023
REPAIRSHOPS
SECONDOPINION
STILLNOTAPLAYER
CANALMUSTYLSU
ALITVENMOFATS
BENSENDSKITES
COREACENTRE
EMBARGOWANNEST
YOUSEEVOIDS
ENTERMAORIWEB
LOTSGORDOPINA
IPOMERITDUNES
DONTINTERRUPTME
DISCRETIONARY
TAKEMYMONEY
Sun 10/22/2023 You're Onto Something
MGSIGUANASSPECSVIE
ARPDOGRACEHADATIMP
DOESNTGIVEAFIGURENAH
CUCKOOSTHINEDEARME
ACTIALOOFVIPROOM
PHOWASHINGTONPOSTURE
SORDIDTALEENOSIGOR
AIDYDEEDSHEENA
PASTURECARINGFEES
OBOEREADGOALTEND
TELALLURETOOWELLCEO
STOOLIESINREERAT
FEEDNOMEANFEATURE
SCLASSTUBEOLGA
BOONFADSCOURSELOAD
ADVENTURECALENDARREA
LEERIERERODEMIRY
OBLATEDUNNOCESSNAS
ALIENDUREONAHIGHNOTE
NUNRISENLETITGOCON
SEESELLSDYETESTORD

Robert Ryan, of London, is an economist for the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority. This is his third crossword for The Times — all Sundays.

Although he grew up solving cryptics (and loves their wordplay), he doesn't create them. He has only ever submitted crosswords here. "Once I discovered the American crossword, I was completely sold."

Mon 10/23/2023
COPEMODEMLALA
OPALOBAMAORAL
PERMANENTRECORD
ANTMAYAALASKA
IDOLCOTES
MASKINGTAPE
BELLSOLOESTAB
RATATOMSOWE
ALOOFCREEAMEN
HIGHYIELDCD
SCENEDOOR
APEMANITLLUSA
SINGLESTREAMING
ARTEVICESTSAR
POSEASHESVEGA
Tue 10/24/2023
COLDSPAMCOWL
BAMAALLINOAHU
STAYCLASSYSKIT
YOURENOTMYTYPE
SAMPEA
TIMEFORACHANGE
ANYTRILLZINC
FURBYODEMAZDA
TIREJERRYMOP
THESPARKISGONE
ROOGTO
LETSWRAPTHISUP
IVANTCHOTCHKES
NEROSTENONECK
KNOBIWINOSSA
Wed 10/25/2023
TRONDRJJARGON
COMETRUEONEIDA
MEGWHITEHAMMER
COPARENTLUC
ORGANBIEBAIMS
DOURRANSOMS
IMSDIGGNASSER
SESTINAWHITTLE
TOYINGSIAMOMA
EGOTISMCUED
BBQSSECTLITRE
YOUSTAKEOUT
GRAMMADRUMROLL
UNDOERAIRPORTS
MESMERYASNEED
Thu 10/26/2023
SCENEAHABMAID
HONEYWAVEONLY
ESTEEARISTOTLE
BIRDBIRDSTONE
AGEADDINSANE
NEALEYOLKTEN
PLACEPLACEAT
HOPOARART
BITTENSHYSHY
ALTBETSOASES
MOOCOWEDULOP
MANMANMANBABY
UPANDATEMTAPER
SENDTROYELSIE
ETSYHANSDEETS
Fri 10/27/2023
SLIMESTITCHES
SPATESOHBEHAVE
CATSATBESEATED
ARENTCELESTENG
RENOHERONRTE
SUITYOURKISS
STEEPPALED
EASELXENON
STRIPIONIC
TAYEVEALTHAT
DRSMECCAWINE
RICEBOWLSTALIA
AVEMARIAMONISM
MINIBARSRINSES
SADLYYESSLATE
Sat 10/28/2023
LAMBEDPAMFMRI
ARIADACAPOLOAN
NONCITIZENABIT
DUCKFATSAYSNO
USEBYMATSCHI
PERUTOILETSEAT
TWITTERRANT
STARTERHOME
CHOKEARTIST
CORNELWESTHAVE
ARIMEADPERIL
TREXESFOISTED
BIKESMARTPHONE
EDENLABORPAINS
DADAYESAIMSAT
Sun 10/29/2023 Fabric-ations
RAPDUOCTRLZEBRAFISH
ELOISEAREAADAPTEDTO
GINGERBREADBINGEREAD
ANDESORALBABESRANG
LESSIPADPURLSHESSE
TONICPERSEBOT
SENATESEATASSENT
SPADEREARJDATEMOE
ARIOMELETWARDSOPTS
MIDFOCUSDALAIPRATT
CUTFROMTHESAMECLOTH
DENISTPAINPAULAHEN
ECCEHAIRSMESSESIRA
CALTEXASBANAMAZES
OPENERERRORPRONE
INSGENIEARENT
LACEDPRUDESTIRIDOL
ETALBLOCSAPTSCHILE
ARMSREACHCREAMCHEESE
FIREEATERUGLIVERGED
SAYNOMOREPOLLSWOONS

Alina Abidi, of Pittsburgh (moving to Brooklyn next month), works as a software engineer at Duolingo, an educational software company, where she's a member of its Club Crossword. Every day after lunch the group crowds into a conference room to solve that day's New York Times puzzle together, shouting out answers as the clues are announced. Alina loves her job.

Mon 10/30/2023
OTISMOCHAUSES
LAVAAPRILTEAK
AXELSTUPIDEASY
FIRSTAIDIRATE
ARLOCHAIN
GUIDEANIMALELK
ANNIEMOWSMOI
LAMPPRANKTORO
AGESLOGBONDS
SIMHIDEANDSEEK
OBIESNEAT
AFROSEGGYOLKS
BRIGHTIDEANONO
BEAUINERTEVEN
ATMSMANSESEES
Tue 10/31/2023
ATMSHIPSNEATO
CHIAACRERAWER
HALLOWEENASANA
TIKTOKSTSTROT
HESOUTTHERE
BALMSPAPAYA
ELOIARKSCREAM
ROUNDLYVIOLATE
GETOUTATSEVAN
REPOSEOMENS
DONTLOOKNOW
AMAHPCSPIANOS
RADIOYOURENEXT
CHIRPTUNAAREA
YARDSETCHLONG
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