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Puzzles for November, 2022
with Editor comments

Tue 11/1/2022
MADAMALTOFDA
ADELESCAREAIR
NEVERBETTERCDS
OLELIMITFETE
RILERIVERBASIN
SNOREDALTIMA
EPICVOLGATEL
COVERBAND
IMSLUTESCITE
HOTPADIHEARD
OVERBUDGETDRNO
PIPEEERIEHUG
EEOLINKINGVERB
SANTRIKEGEESE
ODEDEMOOGLED
POW Wed 11/2/2022
TIDALIDOSBRAT
ABOVEHEHEROTI
FEREOROCHEIGOR
TIMPUPAEBEEME
ASIAMFLYOFF
CRIBLOOSENS
HAWEDLAYUPDAT
ALETBOXERFERY
RUEMOOLAFIECE
EMOBANDHAIR
VACAYSMESAS
AVESENOOBSPAZ
MOHSBORDETERIE
FREEUSEDAMINO
MEETTESSSALTS
Thu 11/3/2022
FUTZBLURSPLAY
INREEATINLOVE
STANASADAISIT
KICKINTHEPANTS
LEONICUTS
ACEINTHEHOLE
AMANANOEARUSC
SINSTURNTBLAH
ACTWAITSPESTO
PAININTHEASS
DELLESTEE
HOLDINCONTEMPT
BETSNOONEVISE
OREOERICAELON
ASSNSALESRENT
Fri 11/4/2022
JFKRAWDATADPT
AREAMOEBICRAE
CEYFERRITEARM
KANSANSDUSTMOP
OKOKSEXESHALO
FITINNEDHATER
ANEMONESGODIVA
LGSTADBARCIR
LAPDOGREDEPLOY
TWEAKCARBUILT
REELCANITNCAA
ASCENDSBASSETT
DOHARTDECONIT
EMEPOLARISSOO
SESEMERITAENO
Sat 11/5/2022
SCRIBESJAMUP
THECATCHIRANI
EASYCHAIRBIGON
WITHOLDASEANCE
ITISSEEPEDEAR
NENEHSAGAITRY
GAGLAWNOTGOOD
FIELDDAYS
MAILBAGCRAPPY
RODEADOSOPERA
IBMCRISPSPOSY
PRIVATEEYESRAT
OUTERSECRETIVE
FLIRTKAVAKAVA
FETASMETONYM
Sun 11/6/2022 Length-ening
ATBATSTEAEGGLOTSPAC
DALLASYAMMERASEAILL
SQUAREENROUTENINTENDO
URNSLETMEAGRELARD
HEROISMHOWENSUITEITIS
ERINITCAMEETASMOAN
LIEOTROOILRIGJOT
MARINEENCORERESETWTO
MADEDODTSHOEDOWN
KEPIURIGOESONEMIL
ENGARDEIANSOFTHEGALAXY
ZEALFATLIPTARMINT
REDEALSTANPOSSES
ALSTAEBOMAKEUPENTREE
BETEWASTEDADSALP
THOUKILNATASTESTOP
CHOPPINGENBLOCURCHINS
ROTIMENTEETELLOOM
ENDTABLETHEROYALENNUI
AGOCULTTAGINEBADASS
MSGLESSERODESSTALKS

Michael Lieberman, of Washington, D.C., is an attorney at Fairmark Partners LLP, a consumer-protection firm. This is his ninth Times crossword in two years. It started when the Billy Joel title "We Didn't Start the Fire" morphed in his head into "ennui didn't start the fire." That didn't make much sense, but it did make him laugh. He went searching for other such transformations to build a puzzle around.

Mon 11/7/2022
SUPERBSEAMSAW
OHISEEALTATWO
BUTTERFLIESEAR
AHAKNEETURKS
BEEINMYBONNET
PARADEDAUDI
ACESENTOBRB
WHATSBUGGINGYOU
NEDIONOEMUS
ECRUABILITY
ANTSINMYPANTS
TOWELAPRSTIP
LIEINMYSTOMACH
AREASIAALTKEY
SETNATSBESETS
Tue 11/8/2022
AREPAISITVEGAS
MANICNOLAERODE
AYECAPTAINLETIN
NORDOLMAPLATED
ANGLESICLAUDIUS
YEMENESME
SAUDIEDGESROCK
IRSAIWEIWEIROE
BEESOMEGADADDY
TOTOYALIE
AYCARAMBATERROR
LEARNSARGONHAI
TERREEYEOPENERS
OSTERNONASHREK
SHADYDUALSLEDS
Wed 11/9/2022
GRANSKIMSJEST
OOPSTITANEXPO
FATALATTRACTION
ADEIRKGOTTI
SISTERACTMAPLE
TETETARTOER
TABREYNOLDS
TOTALRECALL
ICANTSEEOBI
ALPSARAVAMP
NADALDAREDEVIL
VANESETEIRE
SINGININTHERAIN
PECSIDAHOPRAT
FRETPAPASMYMY
Thu 11/10/2022
ABCDEFGHIJKLMN
1LOCOARDORMAO
2ATOMWHEREALP
3STUNTWOMANDOE
4SEPIAMELTEEN
5ORETUBAAOL
6CANINETEETH
7MIMOSAONETIME
8AMENBURTANEW
9LINCOLNRIPENS
10INDONESIANS
11ECOUNPCACT
12PELTORCANDRE
13AXEBREAKSEVEN
14PIEOZONEAIDE
15ATVSOFTYPLOT
Fri 11/11/2022
NASAAPPALLPREP
OVERDAHLIARULE
ROCKDRIFTSESME
ECOFITRESTSTOP
FANTASYSERIES
UDDERBIDSMENU
NOLAAUKAPRONS
DOIWISHLISTTIM
SINGEDINKWHOO
LEIAMAPSSWANK
DREAMSEQUENCE
YARDSALECUBKAY
OLAYTONGUEPYRE
ROKUENDUREBODY
KEEPNESTERRUSE
Sat 11/12/2022
HATNOUSEKOFI
OTRAANNOYIRAN
THATSMYCUEWEDS
WACOTEXASDIODE
ANTMANPAPITIA
RDSLOBAPCHEM
BANANASPLIT
YOGASESSION
ZOOMMEETING
LAURIEANDMEG
OMGTSARGOSOLO
ABOVEGUILTTRIP
DOTEKINDASORTA
UNITALIENPIES
PITSTENSEEST
POW Sun 11/13/2022 Collision Courses
PEDDLESCOOPSLIBIDO
ANORAKAQUANETANACIN
POLICERUSTIERMANANA
ALEVEGOASHORESIGNED
WADERRATNSECLOTSA
LASERTAGTAKEROOT
LEGTEEELLESREDONE
AXEHEADREARUPLIZ
TONESCRIERSTAPIR
ITTYFRANKENFOODNINA
FILMAEROOVUMIRAN
ACERBUMPERCROPSEATS
HARDGPARLORASTRO
JIFSOLOEDNFLTEAM
ATSFLUBAKERIAMDPS
COMATOSESMACKDAB
TRUTHCURLGLOMEETS
INGOODCHIMESINALLAN
VAGARYLOVESTOETOILE
EDESSAIDEATESMENTOR
SORTEDDARTERURGENT

Sam Donaldson is a law professor at Georgia State University, teaching Property to first-year students and Federal Income Tax and Trusts & Estates to upper-division ones. He's been making crosswords for The Times since 2008. Typically his grids have lots of lively vocabulary.

Sam writes, "This is one of those puzzles where solvers might not realize the theme until after they're done, so I wanted the process of getting to the finish line to be as enjoyable as possible."

Mon 11/14/2022
ARABLARAMSTEW
TONESLOMOTHAI
ETTAUPPERCRUST
RAINYEXPLODES
ATMETCHUB
WEAKSAUCEBESTS
TIMEBOMBSCOO
JETTBASILARTS
IREDONTLEAVE
FARGOSAYCHEESE
EGGSHONAP
SPINMOVEYOSHI
PIZZAPARTYWHAP
ALOERISESLORE
TLDRONEALSTAN
Tue 11/15/2022
GREGGGASISNOT
RETIELITCHOIR
ALOFTODELOWLY
DONTHAVEACOW
IEREMUUMUU
HUDDLEEDENS
SHEEPSHEADWAS
BABAALFNOUN
CUBWHITEHORSE
LIANANAENAE
SENORAGIRL
OLDMACDONALD
EIEIOAWLLOOIE
BRANSZOEDENSE
BETTEELFSLEPT
Wed 11/16/2022
SIRACRESWANES
ICICHANTEBILL
TYPOMANIABUCKO
SHEKELARCADE
KONGARCTOPHILE
ITSONMESPADAY
AESOPBEBE
PANTOPHOBIA
GUACDIANE
UNWISESALETAG
MANDUCATESTOGO
STRODEPLATED
OCHREMETROLOGY
SPOILINSETRAE
SAPPYTYKESOPS
Thu 11/17/2022
FOALSKITSFOMO
ANTIINTOWODOR
ICONMELEEMILE
REMEDIALEMENDS
MEADSTUN
LOMEINLETSTALK
CHINSSORESTAN
DANMENORAHETE
TRIOMOMAELATE
VESUVIUSDEEMED
TINTLOLA
IMHOMESOUSVIDE
ROOFNAMESETON
KALICROWEMERV
STATEGGEDEMMY
Fri 11/18/2022
HALOSFACECTRL
THANKSALOTARIA
MONEYCLIPSRASP
LYEDOTTYDESKS
MINETROPHY
ALLOVERTHEMAP
DIANERANCATS
ARKSSPITEKNEE
MEETHATCADRE
HEREWEGOAGAIN
DORIANELSE
GRUMPSHADEPOT
ROSASHORELEAVE
IVESPOMERANIAN
MESHAPEDWORLD
Sat 11/19/2022
MAGICALOKSHOOT
ATONEWITHNATURE
CREATESAMONSTER
AASESPNEWSWIN
WIMPSODS
NARCIMOBORA
DIALSITBACK
SMALLTALK
MOUSEKETEER
DENSSYRDYAD
LIDSETRE
INIDIETFADLIV
MEATALTERNATIVE
ISTHISSEATTAKEN
THEYSAYGEEZERS
POW Sun 11/20/2022 Fan Club
HORSYSCRAMSWRING
ABATETHENILEMARTYR
LOVETRIANGLESONSALE
TEEMANTELATIONLOG
SACKPRIZEDRAWING
PBRREESEYESBOAS
DREAMYOLKSSEWN
FANCYRESTAURANTSHAS
SETTLETEEDUPHELP
SIEGESMADDSORTA
GETOFFONTHERIGHTFOOT
ENSUEIDEASNEERS
NYETSNAPTOWATSON
TATDIGTHEIROWNGRAVE
SUETSLOTHGALES
GENACPUATALLTNT
GOFORTHEGOLDTIES
ESLJAIALAIANNEDGE
SPIGOTLIKECLOCKWORK
SEETHESEETOITEERIE
OLSONSNOOTSGRAND

Joe Deeney, of Melrose, Mass., is a supply chain director for Philips, a health technology company based in Amsterdam. He's been solving crosswords for as long as he can remember.

In 2015 he was solving one he wasn't particularly fond of and thought, "I can do better than that!" This is Joe's 14th Times crossword and his first Sunday. He's now had a puzzle published on every day of the week — a personal goal.

Mon 11/21/2022
RIDSTADCRETE
EMITHOEHUSHUP
VUVUZELAENTIRE
SPACEDFLAWSAN
CLEFEPICWIN
OLEOLEOLEOLEOLE
DAYETALDON
EXECSMAZESTYX
COGNOSYDEF
GOOOOOOOOOOOOAL
HANSOLOSTUN
ATTDIPSELECTS
NEALONWORLDCUP
ARCANEAHIGENA
STYESGMCEDEN
Tue 11/22/2022
PUPALACSPLASH
OHITSYOUTRISHA
LASTPICTURESHOW
LUCIANTHUS
ELECTGIFTOFGAB
RSSSINRANDY
XIANGETRADE
OPENNOTETESTS
GRADEDHINDI
ESSIEERAGIT
MOONDANCESTEPH
ANYABLITHE
TAKINGCREDITFOR
BRIDALDEADLINE
SCRAPESLYETES
Wed 11/23/2022
MTVDEEPMDS
YEAHATTIPOIL
MASTERCARDLOGO
ASSORTEFILES
NEATOPALNASH
TRAFFICLIGHT
LEFTSIDE
WORSEORDER
RNASPRAWLERA
YEWAURAARM
TWISTERMAT
HAHASDRWHO
OLYMPICRINGS
THEYOKRAURAL
RUNEREAMTIKI
EMTSTAMASPAT
Thu 11/24/2022
CHAOSAPOPDDD
HORNYLOLAIII
ALARMSOPENARMS
PALEBLUEDGRAPH
COATIMAC
POLKADDRESSES
HEARSEIOTAEAU
SUEDPOLWARN
BRAPEONSMELLS
CONNECTSTHEDS
ATOPSARI
BLESSDCOMCRASH
DOTTHEISSYDNEY
ARTOMENMANED
YEAPOSYELOPE
POW Fri 11/25/2022
ATLASIRANRICE
LOADEDDICEOGRE
PIZZAROLLSPOOL
SLYLINEUPETSY
WEPTRUINS
GOBADWINESNOBS
IPODMARISATRI
REDSSNOGSSHES
TRYPONCHOPIES
HADABLASTSANDY
HORSYSCUM
POUTMOCHASAPE
RUBSPRAIRIEDOG
ISLEIANFLEMING
MEETALITQUADS
Sat 11/26/2022
BLURBSANTICS
MANHUNTSHOWSUP
WIDESARGASSOSEA
STETGAELSASS
ROTSTUCCO
LOWRYHITORMISS
AMOLIENCOELHO
BARTENDTOOSLOW
ONLINECHANUNE
RIDEORDIEELMER
ALTERSROI
SULKICESONCE
THINGSFALLAPART
AUTOPAYFAKETAN
THATSOMARINA
Sun 11/27/2022 Go Figure
PIPGENTABABAYEA
JAPEALOENOTOKTULL
ITLLBEFUNINNERCIRCLE
GRAVELTERMGIGLAKER
GENIEAUTOBAHNCLIENT
LOTSVCRKEPIBLIND
ENOOPENHEARTRANT
BASKARTSKAYRODS
GRITIAMCESTSIBON
WHIZBANGAGAPEIMPALA
REPRIGHTTRIANGLEMAG
ITSWARAIMEDAREAMAPS
STAINLESSANIROSS
TOWNALTPURRFOES
DANKSUPERSTARBOS
FUSESORZOEEKHEFT
MORPHSPREORDERDENSE
OVATEALENGOSLOATHE
LEMONSQUAREPAVEDROAD
TREYOUTREEWANSUPS
STSNAOMISSNSETE

Adam Wagner, of Oakland, Calif., is a creative lead at the San Francisco-based 1-Down. (Solve the puzzle to find out who!) He's been constructing crosswords for The Times for two years.

This one started with the answers at 85- and 86- Down and branched out, literally, from there. Recently Adam released Anigrams, a free daily online word game that I find almost as addictive as Wordle. — W.S.

Mon 11/28/2022
SOMEAMFARBALD
ICONTABLEODOR
GHOSTCHILIVIDI
EONHAIFASIEGE
PARFUMINGENUES
OLDPALONE
LAVAREARSWHO
SHEBANGRYESEED
DARLOOSEKLEE
DIGTASSEL
AUREVOIRATEASE
TRUCEFIONAINN
AGRAHOPPINGMAD
READBLEATREPO
IDLEODDLYEDEN
Tue 11/29/2022
BICMADRECHAP
IDOOWNEDLOLA
RIOTPEACECORPS
DOLAPSKNOSSOS
STATSRKONEE
SAYWHENDRWHO
BAASRESNOSIER
UFCFEATHERTRY
TRUMANRANCHEX
SOCALSEWEDON
UNCILKONOFF
COMMODEONENIL
URBANAREASDANO
SEEDBROTHMAC
PORESANTAELK
Wed 11/30/2022
GENELEADSQUAD
RAILOLLIEURDU
ARTSSTOREEGAD
STRIKEOUTSEEMS
PHONEINCLAN
OPTTHOUSAND
CHARTSWELLWOE
RARESTEALBERM
ALESHARPAUDIO
BLACKINKTMZ
HINDSWIZZLE
JAPANPOTASSIUM
OMANTITANAPSO
KINGSPRIGWITT
EDGEPEONYSTYE
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