Tue 5/1/2018
H | E | F | T | S | | D | T | S | | O | A | S | I | S |
A | L | L | O | T | | I | O | U | | B | L | I | N | I |
S | L | A | V | E | | N | U | E | V | O | L | E | O | N |
H | I | S | | R | E | A | R | | L | E | A | G | U | E |
| S | H | A | N | G | R | I | L | A | | N | E | T | S |
| | L | I | S | A | | S | O | D | A | | | | |
C | P | A | S | | D | A | T | A | | P | A | S | T | A |
A | I | M | L | E | S | S | | T | R | E | E | T | O | P |
R | E | P | E | L | | A | C | H | E | | T | R | O | T |
| | | | S | O | M | E | | T | O | N | I | | |
P | A | I | D | | R | I | V | E | R | B | A | N | K | |
O | F | N | O | T | E | | I | L | Y | A | | G | N | U |
R | O | A | D | B | L | O | C | K | | M | I | T | E | R |
T | O | N | G | A | | P | H | I | | A | L | I | E | N |
S | T | E | E | R | | T | E | N | | S | L | E | D | S |
Wed 5/2/2018
J | A | V | A | | S | A | T | S | | | | F | E | D |
O | V | I | D | | T | U | R | N | S | | F | A | I | R |
L | E | N | A | | A | E | I | O | U | | A | L | G | A |
T | R | O | P | H | Y | R | O | O | M | | A | S | H | Y |
| | | T | I | E | | S | T | A | B | | E | T | S |
P | A | W | | D | D | E | | | C | O | O | P | S | |
A | D | A | T | E | | N | A | P | | O | N | A | I | R |
P | O | L | K | A | | S | T | A | | K | E | N | D | O |
A | L | L | O | W | | E | L | I | | C | R | E | E | D |
| E | S | S | A | Y | | | R | C | A | | L | D | S |
E | S | C | | Y | O | G | A | | A | S | P | | | |
E | C | O | N | | W | I | N | E | C | E | L | L | A | R |
R | E | N | O | | L | A | T | C | H | | A | I | D | E |
I | N | C | H | | S | N | O | R | E | | N | A | Z | I |
E | T | E | | | | T | N | U | T | | T | M | E | N |
Thu 5/3/2018
A | C | C | L | A | I | M | | A | I | L | | O | A | R |
F | R | A | I | L | T | Y | | R | N | A | | P | R | O |
F | U | M | M | I | E | S | | M | A | N | D | E | L | A |
| | | A | I | M | E | D | | W | E | A | N | E | D |
D | I | D | O | | S | L | I | C | E | | L | A | D | D |
I | C | A | H | N | | F | R | O | | D | I | N | G | E |
G | E | N | I | U | S | | T | I | E | R | | D | E | R |
| | C | O | M | P | A | C | T | C | A | R | S | | |
O | R | E | | B | A | T | H | | O | M | A | H | A | N |
L | E | A | R | S | | O | E | D | | A | D | U | L | T |
D | A | R | E | | S | M | A | U | G | | I | T | C | H |
S | L | O | V | A | K | | P | L | A | T | S | | | |
A | B | U | S | E | R | S | | L | E | A | S | H | E | S |
W | O | N | | R | E | P | | E | S | P | O | U | S | E |
S | Y | D | | O | A | F | | S | T | E | N | G | E | L |
Fri 5/4/2018
H | A | C | K | T | I | V | I | S | M | | A | C | I | D |
I | M | P | R | E | S | A | R | I | O | | F | A | D | E |
S | T | A | Y | C | A | T | I | O | N | | C | R | O | C |
| | | P | S | Y | | S | U | E | | W | A | L | K |
T | R | O | T | | | | | X | Y | L | E | M | | |
R | E | N | O | | F | A | T | | T | A | S | E | R | S |
O | P | E | N | W | I | D | E | | A | T | T | L | E | E |
Y | E | S | | R | E | D | E | A | L | T | | C | D | T |
E | N | T | A | I | L | | T | A | K | E | S | O | F | F |
S | T | O | N | E | D | | H | A | S | | E | R | I | E |
| | P | A | R | T | Y | | | | | A | N | N | E |
F | A | S | T | | R | E | F | | W | E | S | | | |
I | M | H | O | | I | N | E | L | E | G | A | N | C | E |
L | O | O | M | | A | T | L | O | N | G | L | A | S | T |
E | S | P | Y | | L | E | T | S | D | O | T | H | I | S |
POW Sat 5/5/2018
S | N | U | G | | A | D | A | M | | H | E | E | D | S |
P | O | G | O | | S | O | B | A | | I | N | N | I | E |
U | T | A | H | | H | O | D | G | E | P | O | D | G | E |
M | O | N | A | D | | M | U | O | N | | S | T | E | |
E | N | D | L | E | S | S | L | O | O | P | | I | R | E |
D | E | A | F | E | N | | | | | A | W | M | A | N |
| | | S | P | A | R | K | Y | | R | H | E | T | T |
I | S | A | I | D | G | O | O | D | D | A | Y | S | I | R |
T | O | M | E | I | | W | A | S | A | B | I | | | |
C | R | A | S | S | | | | | R | O | O | S | T | S |
H | E | R | | H | I | G | H | F | A | L | U | T | I | N |
| H | E | F | | D | A | Y | O | | A | G | A | P | E |
G | E | T | U | P | A | N | D | G | O | | H | Y | P | E |
M | A | T | Z | O | | G | R | U | B | | T | I | E | R |
A | D | O | Z | E | | S | A | P | S | | A | N | D | S |
Excellent puzzle.
– puzzle by Damon Gulczynski
Sun 5/6/2018 LET'S PLAY TWO!
A | B | E | A | M | | | I | T | S | T | I | M | E | | P | H | O | B | O | S |
B | O | X | T | O | P | | N | A | T | A | L | I | E | | L | O | N | E | L | Y |
B | A | T | T | L | E | S | H | I | P | R | I | S | K | | A | W | A | R | D | S |
A | T | R | A | | R | A | E | | A | S | A | | | S | I | T | I | N | | |
| | A | C | Q | U | I | R | E | T | I | C | K | E | T | T | O | R | I | D | E |
M | A | C | H | U | | L | I | B | | | | I | L | O | | | | E | R | E |
O | S | H | E | A | | S | T | R | O | | A | D | H | O | C | | O | M | A | N |
T | H | E | S | I | S | | S | O | R | R | Y | D | I | P | L | O | M | A | C | Y |
R | O | E | | L | I | D | | | D | I | E | | | S | U | N | O | C | O | |
I | R | S | | | B | A | M | A | | O | A | T | S | | E | C | O | | | |
N | E | E | | M | E | M | O | R | Y | T | R | O | U | B | L | E | | R | B | S |
| | | N | I | L | | I | T | O | O | | W | E | R | E | | | Y | A | M |
| B | L | I | N | I | S | | | G | U | S | | | A | S | S | | A | G | O |
C | R | A | N | I | U | M | T | W | I | S | T | E | R | | S | I | N | N | E | R |
H | A | V | E | | S | I | G | H | S | | Y | V | E | S | | E | A | G | L | E |
I | V | E | | | | T | I | O | | | | A | C | U | | G | R | O | S | S |
C | O | N | N | E | C | T | F | O | U | R | C | H | E | C | K | E | R | S | | |
| | D | O | L | L | Y | | | R | O | O | | I | R | A | | A | L | M | A |
F | I | E | F | I | E | | T | A | B | O | O | O | P | E | R | A | T | I | O | N |
E | R | R | A | T | A | | A | T | A | S | K | E | T | | O | P | E | N | T | O |
Z | E | S | T | E | R | | B | A | N | T | E | R | S | | | E | D | G | E | S |
Mon 5/7/2018
M | T | F | U | J | I | | D | A | T | A | | G | A | L |
P | O | L | L | E | N | | O | W | E | N | | O | L | E |
G | R | O | U | N | D | S | C | R | E | W | | R | V | S |
| E | E | L | | E | A | S | Y | | A | E | G | I | S |
| | | A | W | E | D | | | O | R | L | O | N | |
| E | A | T | A | P | E | A | C | H | | S | N | A | P |
A | S | S | E | T | | | P | A | N | E | | Z | I | T |
S | P | H | | T | O | O | L | B | O | X | | O | L | A |
T | A | B | | S | U | P | E | | | P | A | L | E | S |
I | D | L | E | | S | T | A | Y | S | A | W | A | Y | |
| R | O | G | E | T | | | E | T | T | A | | | |
R | I | N | G | S | | S | O | A | R | | S | K | A | |
O | L | D | | T | U | N | A | S | A | S | H | I | M | I |
A | L | E | | E | M | I | T | | T | A | I | L | O | R |
D | E | S | | R | A | P | S | | I | G | N | O | R | E |
Tue 5/8/2018
P | A | C | K | | A | T | L | A | S | | M | A | P | S |
I | C | O | N | | H | A | I | T | I | | E | V | I | L |
S | U | R | E | W | H | Y | N | O | T | | M | A | X | I |
A | P | N | E | A | | | U | N | C | L | E | S | A | M |
| | | C | R | O | S | S | C | O | U | N | T | R | Y |
T | A | B | A | S | C | O | | E | M | I | T | | | |
W | R | A | P | | H | O | P | | | G | O | O | F | S |
I | L | L | | B | O | N | J | O | V | I | | R | I | O |
N | O | L | I | E | | | S | H | E | | H | A | L | L |
| | | R | E | B | A | | O | T | H | E | L | L | O |
B | A | C | K | T | O | S | C | H | O | O | L | | | |
G | U | E | S | S | W | H | O | | | D | P | L | U | S |
A | R | C | O | | S | T | A | R | T | A | F | I | R | E |
M | A | I | M | | T | O | T | H | E | | U | C | L | A |
E | L | L | E | | O | N | I | O | N | | L | E | S | S |
Wed 5/9/2018
F | R | O | G | | C | L | A | S | P | | B | E | A | C | H |
L | E | N | A | | H | A | T | C | H | | I | M | D | U | E |
I | S | A | Y | | A | M | O | R | E | | L | I | V | E | R |
P | E | D | | A | M | A | Z | I | N | G | G | R | A | C | E |
T | R | I | T | I | P | | | P | O | P | E | | N | A | S |
O | V | E | R | R | I | C | E | | M | A | R | | C | R | Y |
P | E | T | E | | O | A | R | S | | | A | W | E | D | |
| | | V | E | N | T | I | L | A | T | T | E | | | |
| P | R | I | X | | | S | I | G | H | | B | A | I | L |
L | O | U | | P | O | M | | D | E | E | P | E | N | D | S |
A | W | L | | O | M | E | N | | | F | O | R | G | E | D |
S | E | E | I | N | G | D | O | U | B | L | E | | E | A | T |
E | R | O | D | E | | A | T | R | I | A | | A | L | M | A |
R | U | N | O | N | | L | I | S | T | S | | M | O | A | B |
S | P | E | L | T | | S | T | A | S | H | | P | U | N | S |
Thu 5/10/2018
I | R | A | T | E | | B | L | A | H | S | | L | A | M |
R | E | F | I | T | | E | E | R | I | E | | E | A | R |
K | A | R | M | A | | A | F | T | R | A | | N | T | H |
S | L | A | B | | O | N | T | H | E | M | O | N | E | Y |
| S | I | R | E | N | | F | U | R | Y | R | O | A | D |
M | O | D | E | R | A | T | O | R | | | I | N | M | E |
L | O | S | | I | B | A | R | | T | E | E | | | |
K | N | O | C | K | E | M | | O | R | A | L | I | V | E |
| | | R | A | T | | B | E | E | S | | F | A | N |
E | R | S | E | | | S | E | R | V | E | D | O | U | T |
N | I | C | E | I | D | E | A | | O | D | O | U | L | |
D | E | A | D | C | E | N | T | E | R | | O | N | T | V |
I | S | P | | A | B | O | D | E | | E | D | D | I | E |
V | E | E | | M | U | R | A | L | | G | L | I | N | T |
E | N | S | | E | G | A | D | S | | G | E | T | G | O |
Fri 5/11/2018
S | O | U | P | S | U | P | | | P | E | R | S | I | A |
T | O | P | T | I | E | R | | B | I | G | T | I | M | E |
I | H | E | A | R | Y | A | | I | N | G | E | M | A | R |
F | L | A | M | E | | I | G | L | O | O | | I | W | O |
F | A | R | E | | | S | U | I | T | | S | L | A | B |
E | L | L | E | N | | E | M | O | | S | N | A | R | E |
D | A | Y | T | O | N | | M | U | D | T | I | R | E | S |
| | | I | V | O | R | Y | S | O | A | P | | | |
S | P | I | N | A | W | E | B | | C | L | E | R | I | C |
M | A | N | G | E | | C | E | O | | K | R | O | N | A |
A | I | D | S | | W | H | A | M | | | R | A | F | T |
L | S | U | | S | H | E | R | E | | S | I | D | L | E |
L | A | C | O | N | I | C | | G | U | L | F | W | A | R |
O | N | T | R | A | C | K | | A | M | I | L | A | T | E |
J | O | S | E | P | H | | | S | A | D | E | Y | E | D |
Counting Variety puzzles, this is crossword #24 for Sam, and he won't be 23 years old until later this month. David is only 21 and this is his puzzle #80.
– puzzle by Sam Ezersky and David Steinberg
Sat 5/12/2018
A | K | I | T | A | S | | | | C | H | A | S | T | E |
V | E | R | O | N | A | | | H | O | E | D | O | W | N |
A | R | O | U | N | D | | L | O | W | L | I | F | E | S |
L | O | N | G | S | | F | O | R | | M | O | T | E | L |
O | U | C | H | | F | R | O | S | T | | S | I | Z | E |
N | A | H | | B | E | A | K | E | R | S | | E | E | R |
| C | E | M | E | N | T | S | H | O | E | S | | | |
| | F | A | L | S | E | B | O | T | T | O | M | | |
| | | R | E | T | R | A | C | T | I | O | N | S | |
G | O | T | | M | E | N | C | K | E | N | | E | A | U |
A | C | E | S | | R | A | K | E | D | | A | M | I | N |
S | E | A | L | E | | L | O | Y | | C | L | O | D | S |
C | A | P | I | T | A | L | N | | M | O | O | N | I | E |
A | N | O | M | A | L | Y | | | O | R | O | I | D | E |
N | O | T | E | L | L | | | | D | E | F | C | O | N |
POW Sun 5/13/2018 LOVE AT FIRST SITE
N | B | A | J | A | M | | P | S | A | S | | S | W | A | M | | | B | A | T |
S | A | T | I | R | E | | R | U | N | T | | I | A | G | O | | S | O | L | E |
F | R | E | N | C | H | C | O | N | N | E | C | T | I | O | N | | E | A | T | S |
W | R | A | P | S | | O | N | R | E | P | E | A | T | | O | P | E | R | A | S |
| E | L | I | | O | C | T | A | | | O | R | S | O | | H | Y | D | R | A |
E | L | O | N | | B | O | O | Y | A | H | | | | D | R | E | A | M | | |
P | E | N | G | U | I | N | | | S | E | A | N | B | E | A | N | | E | R | A |
A | D | E | | S | T | U | D | F | I | N | D | E | R | | H | O | M | E | E | C |
| | | B | E | S | T | I | E | | R | U | B | B | E | R | M | A | T | C | H |
| A | W | E | D | | | B | E | R | Y | L | | | N | A | S | T | I | E | S |
| P | E | T | | P | A | S | T | A | | T | R | I | S | H | | R | N | S | |
F | A | S | T | C | A | R | | | M | A | S | O | N | | | B | O | G | S | |
A | C | T | I | O | N | I | T | E | M | S | | F | L | I | P | O | N | | | |
C | H | E | E | S | E | | O | P | E | N | F | L | A | M | E | S | | M | E | T |
E | E | R | | T | R | I | N | I | D | A | D | | | M | O | N | D | A | V | I |
| | N | A | N | A | S | | | | P | A | C | T | E | N | | A | K | I | N |
A | Z | U | R | E | | M | I | M | E | | | H | E | N | S | | T | E | L | |
M | I | N | E | R | S | | T | O | O | T | S | I | E | S | | P | A | I | G | E |
A | P | I | N | | O | R | G | A | N | I | C | C | H | E | M | I | S | T | R | Y |
S | P | O | T | | R | O | U | T | | C | A | L | E | | O | N | E | S | I | E |
S | O | N | | | T | O | Y | S | | K | N | E | E | | B | A | T | O | N | S |
Mon 5/14/2018
L | E | E | R | | O | B | L | A | | P | O | U | L | T |
A | R | T | E | | F | U | E | L | | L | U | C | I | E |
B | I | T | E | V | A | L | V | E | | A | T | L | A | S |
S | C | U | B | A | | K | I | C | K | S | T | A | R | T |
| | | O | R | B | S | | | E | M | O | | | |
L | I | L | K | I | M | | D | I | Y | | W | A | I | L |
A | N | O | | E | O | S | I | N | | T | I | N | N | Y |
S | C | R | A | T | C | H | A | N | D | S | N | I | F | F |
S | U | R | L | Y | | E | L | S | I | E | | S | E | T |
O | R | E | L | | P | A | S | | E | L | D | E | R | S |
| | | O | T | C | | | A | M | I | E | | | |
P | U | N | C | H | B | O | W | L | | O | U | G | H | T |
A | R | O | A | R | | F | I | G | H | T | C | L | U | B |
P | L | U | T | O | | F | R | A | U | | E | E | L | S |
A | S | N | E | W | | S | E | E | M | | S | N | A | P |
Tue 5/15/2018
A | T | A | R | I | | | J | P | O | P | | A | D | D |
T | I | M | E | D | | B | U | O | N | O | | F | R | O |
I | G | I | V | E | | A | R | G | O | T | | L | I | E |
L | E | G | | A | P | B | I | O | | A | G | A | V | E |
T | R | O | L | L | E | Y | S | | S | T | A | C | E | Y |
| | | I | M | D | B | | D | O | O | R | D | I | E |
| | A | L | A | | L | A | I | T | | F | U | N | D |
| S | T | A | N | D | U | P | C | O | M | I | C | S | |
W | E | E | B | | J | E | R | K | | E | E | K | | |
O | R | A | N | G | E | S | | T | F | A | L | | | |
R | E | W | E | L | D | | G | R | A | N | D | A | M | S |
S | N | A | R | E | | O | R | A | N | G | | S | U | E |
H | A | Y | | A | S | P | I | C | | I | R | A | T | E |
I | D | A | | M | O | U | S | Y | | R | U | N | T | S |
P | E | T | | S | Y | S | T | | | L | E | A | S | T |
Wed 5/16/2018
T | O | P | I | C | | S | T | A | T | S | | L | A | Y |
A | N | O | D | E | | U | R | I | A | H | | A | B | U |
J | E | W | E | L | S | V | E | R | N | E | | N | Y | C |
| | E | D | I | E | | N | E | D | | D | E | S | K |
G | R | R | | C | L | O | D | D | E | B | U | S | S | Y |
R | U | T | | A | L | T | | | M | E | L | | | |
A | M | O | S | | T | I | P | | | A | U | D | R | A |
T | O | O | L | O | O | S | E | L | A | U | T | R | E | C |
A | R | L | E | N | | | G | A | T | | H | I | G | H |
| | | A | C | S | | | I | T | S | | V | I | E |
B | L | A | Z | E | P | A | S | C | A | L | | E | S | S |
R | I | L | E | | A | L | A | | C | A | S | T | | |
A | T | L | | F | R | E | N | C | H | T | W | I | S | T |
N | E | O | | A | S | P | E | R | | E | A | M | E | S |
D | R | Y | | N | E | H | R | U | | S | P | E | A | K |
This is Mr. Schmalzbach's 31st NYT crossword, but his first in 20 years. Here's his previous one from 1998.
– puzzle by Jonathan Schmalzbach and Bill Albright
Thu 5/17/2018
C | L | A | P | | A | G | A | V | E | | S | A | M | E |
H | E | R | O | | W | E | W | O | N | | I | L | Y | A |
A | M | E | S | | N | E | W | O | R | L | E | A | N | S |
D | O | N | T | A | S | K | | D | O | O | R | M | A | T |
S | N | A | I | L | | | N | O | N | P | R | O | | |
| | | T | A | T | T | O | O | | | A | D | A | M |
R | A | J | | R | I | O | T | | | | S | O | R | E |
E | T | A | | M | A | Y | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | M | E | L |
D | A | Z | S | | | | B | U | L | B | | E | A | T |
A | D | Z | E | | | R | I | P | S | A | W | | | |
| | B | A | S | S | E | T | | | L | A | S | T | S |
I | N | A | W | O | R | D | | B | I | L | L | N | Y | E |
S | A | N | A | N | T | O | N | I | O | | L | I | L | I |
I | N | D | Y | | A | N | I | O | N | | O | D | E | S |
S | A | S | S | | S | E | N | S | E | | P | E | R | M |
For the second day in a row, my note is about a puzzle from 20 years ago. Green Eggs and Hamlet is near the top of my most memorable puzzles list.
This is the third appearance of 8BALL in NYT puzzles. The first was back in 1956.
– puzzle by David J. Kahn
POW Fri 5/18/2018
I | M | A | C | O | P | | L | A | W | | L | O | B | O |
N | O | T | O | N | E | I | O | T | A | | I | R | A | N |
S | T | A | R | T | E | R | S | E | T | | M | I | N | E |
A | I | R | P | O | P | S | | | E | S | P | O | S | A |
N | O | U | S | E | | | C | A | R | T | | N | H | L |
A | N | N | E | | W | A | R | S | T | O | R | I | E | S |
| | | P | R | I | D | E | P | A | R | A | D | E | |
| | S | O | U | N | D | M | I | X | E | R | S | | |
| T | O | S | S | E | S | A | S | I | D | E | | | |
O | W | L | E | T | M | O | T | H | S | | J | E | E | Z |
H | O | V | | L | A | N | E | | | M | E | N | L | O |
S | P | A | C | E | K | | | S | A | Y | W | H | E | N |
T | A | B | U | | I | N | T | E | R | W | E | A | V | E |
O | I | L | S | | N | A | M | E | C | A | L | L | E | R |
P | R | E | P | | G | M | C | | H | Y | S | O | N | S |
Sat 5/19/2018
S | L | O | T | C | A | N | Y | O | N | | A | P | P | S |
A | I | R | B | A | Z | O | O | K | A | | S | H | O | P |
F | L | E | A | M | A | R | K | E | T | | L | O | W | E |
E | T | S | | B | R | A | E | | T | E | E | T | E | R |
| | | R | E | I | D | | R | E | D | W | O | R | M |
C | A | M | E | R | A | | C | A | R | E | | B | E | D |
A | T | O | M | S | | W | A | T | E | R | P | O | L | O |
L | A | N | I | | C | A | S | E | D | | L | O | I | N |
A | B | S | T | R | A | C | T | S | | M | O | T | T | O |
B | A | T | | E | L | K | S | | N | E | T | H | E | R |
A | D | E | P | T | L | Y | | R | O | E | S | | | |
S | T | R | O | D | E | | B | O | C | K | | K | E | G |
H | I | H | O | | D | O | U | B | L | E | T | E | A | M |
E | M | I | R | | I | F | Y | O | U | S | A | Y | S | O |
S | E | T | S | | T | A | S | T | E | T | E | S | T | S |
The idiom "of a piece" (or "all of a piece") means "of the same kind."
– puzzle by John Guzzetta
Sun 5/20/2018 RHYMES, SCHMYMES
B | U | G | B | I | T | E | | I | G | L | O | O | | T | I | P | S | T | E | R |
A | F | R | I | C | A | N | | B | R | O | O | D | | I | M | A | L | I | V | E |
B | O | O | Z | E | S | C | H | M | O | O | Z | E | | A | P | P | A | R | E | L |
A | S | K | | P | E | R | U | | U | K | E | | C | R | E | A | M | E | R | Y |
| | | B | O | S | O | M | | T | O | O | | A | A | A | | | | | |
T | A | G | U | P | | A | O | L | | N | U | T | S | S | C | H | M | U | T | Z |
I | G | O | R | | S | C | R | E | W | | T | E | T | | H | E | I | N | I | E |
D | E | E | R | S | C | H | M | E | A | R | | A | R | T | E | F | A | C | T | S |
Y | E | S | S | I | R | E | E | | V | E | E | | A | I | D | | M | O | L | T |
| | | | R | O | D | | D | E | S | P | I | T | E | | H | I | R | E | S |
| M | A | C | E | D | | N | O | S | C | H | M | O | | M | U | S | K | S | |
B | O | G | U | S | | T | E | C | H | I | E | S | | W | I | M | | | | |
A | R | A | B | | D | E | W | | I | N | S | | S | I | X | P | A | C | K | S |
R | E | S | I | D | E | N | C | E | | D | U | C | K | S | C | H | M | U | C | K |
B | A | S | S | O | S | | O | L | E | | S | P | I | E | D | | E | B | A | Y |
Q | U | I | T | S | C | H | M | I | D | T | | A | B | C | | S | N | A | R | E |
| | | | | H | O | E | | A | H | I | | A | R | M | E | D | | | |
B | A | S | E | P | A | I | R | | M | E | N | | G | A | Y | E | | B | U | C |
O | U | T | R | U | N | S | | H | A | L | T | S | S | C | H | M | A | L | T | Z |
S | N | I | G | L | E | T | | A | M | O | R | E | | K | A | T | R | I | N | A |
S | T | R | O | L | L | S | | D | E | T | O | X | | S | T | O | P | P | E | R |
Mr. Nediger is near the top of our Scrabbliest Constructors list. This is the Scrabbliest Sunday puzzle, breaking the record set by, yes, Mr. Nediger.
– puzzle by Will Nediger
Mon 5/21/2018
J | E | A | N | | P | A | L | M | | H | A | S | N | T |
O | R | B | S | | I | P | S | O | | O | C | H | O | A |
B | A | B | Y | A | L | B | U | M | | T | R | A | M | S |
S | T | A | N | C | E | | | | A | F | I | R | S | T |
| | | C | H | I | L | D | P | R | O | D | I | G | Y |
E | B | B | | | T | O | R | I | N | O | | | | |
T | E | E | N | V | O | G | U | E | | T | O | A | S | T |
C | A | R | E | E | N | | | | S | I | M | I | L | E |
H | U | M | O | R | | A | D | U | L | T | S | W | I | M |
| | | | M | O | D | U | L | E | | | A | P | P |
S | E | N | I | O | R | M | O | M | E | N | T | | | |
A | C | O | R | N | S | | | | P | E | E | W | E | E |
G | O | T | A | T | | G | H | O | S | T | T | O | W | N |
E | L | A | T | E | | T | E | R | I | | R | O | O | D |
S | I | X | E | R | | O | X | E | N | | A | S | K | S |
Tue 5/22/2018
C | O | D | A | | I | D | E | S | | B | A | B | E | L |
L | A | I | R | | N | O | M | E | | I | N | U | R | E |
U | R | S | A | M | A | J | O | R | | G | O | T | A | T |
E | S | O | B | E | S | O | | G | O | D | D | E | S | S |
| | B | Y | T | E | | T | E | R | I | | N | E | G |
G | E | E | | | C | H | E | | S | P | E | E | D | O |
A | R | Y | A | N | | O | N | D | O | P | E | | | |
L | A | S | S | O | | L | A | O | | E | N | O | L | A |
| | | E | R | R | A | N | D | | R | Y | D | E | R |
T | R | E | A | T | Y | | T | O | P | | | O | O | F |
W | O | N | | H | E | S | S | | E | L | O | N | | |
E | N | M | A | S | S | E | | S | C | O | R | N | E | D |
E | D | I | C | T | | G | R | E | A | T | B | E | A | R |
T | E | T | R | A | | E | A | R | N | | I | L | S | A |
S | L | Y | E | R | | L | Y | E | S | | S | L | E | W |
Our Visual Puzzles page collects grids you draw on. The earliest is this STAR rebus from 1996.
– puzzle by Jeff Stillman
Wed 5/23/2018
B | U | M | S | | H | A | H | A | | P | A | L | E |
A | L | O | E | | O | P | E | N | | O | P | E | C |
S | T | R | E | E | T | A | R | T | | N | E | M | O |
I | R | A | | F | R | I | O | | G | Y | R | O | |
C | A | L | I | F | O | R | N | I | A | K | I | N | G |
| | | P | O | D | | | G | H | E | T | T | O |
S | P | E | A | R | | L | A | G | | G | I | R | L |
C | O | X | | T | I | E | D | Y | E | | F | E | D |
A | W | O | L | | Z | O | O | | N | O | S | E | S |
L | E | N | O | V | O | | | A | M | I | | | |
P | R | E | S | I | D | E | N | T | E | L | E | C | T |
| P | R | E | P | | P | A | S | S | | M | O | O |
B | O | A | S | | S | O | U | T | H | P | A | R | K |
A | S | T | I | | E | C | R | U | | T | I | D | Y |
M | E | E | T | | T | H | U | D | | A | L | S | O |
Thu 5/24/2018
D | I | S | H | | M | A | R | C | O | S | | T | R | O | T |
A | C | T | I | | A | R | T | H | U | R | | H | E | R | E |
W | H | I | N | N | Y | M | E | E | T | S | | E | R | I | N |
S | A | R | G | E | S | | | E | E | L | | W | O | O | D |
O | B | I | E | S | | J | E | R | R | Y | C | E | L | L | O |
N | O | T | | S | H | O | T | S | | | H | E | L | E | N |
| D | U | D | | D | E | C | | L | E | A | K | | | |
| | P | A | S | T | Y | H | O | O | D | I | N | G | | |
| | | R | E | V | S | | N | R | A | | D | A | D | |
S | T | A | K | E | | | I | T | E | M | S | | R | I | G |
P | A | Y | G | R | O | U | P | O | N | | H | A | R | S | H |
A | C | E | R | | U | N | H | | | C | A | L | I | C | O |
D | O | S | E | | S | P | O | O | N | E | R | I | S | M | S |
A | M | I | E | | T | E | N | D | E | D | | B | O | A | T |
Y | A | R | N | | S | N | E | E | Z | E | | I | N | N | S |
Echoing the constructor notes, the 62-Down clue is outstanding.
– puzzle by Erik Agard and Andy Kravis
Fri 5/25/2018
I | M | S | T | U | C | K | | D | E | E | P | F | A | T |
H | A | T | E | S | O | N | | I | N | D | I | A | N | A |
O | N | A | D | A | R | E | | A | D | U | N | I | T | S |
P | O | R | N | | S | E | A | L | E | | E | R | I | E |
| A | B | U | | E | L | D | E | R | | S | S | N | |
S | M | U | G | | T | S | A | R | S | | C | H | O | W |
H | A | R | E | | | | | | | | E | A | V | E |
U | N | S | N | A | R | L | | T | H | A | N | K | E | D |
N | O | T | T | R | U | E | | H | O | S | T | E | L | S |
| | | | T | N | T | | E | T | C | | | | |
A | H | B | L | I | S | S | | V | R | O | O | M | E | D |
N | U | C | L | E | A | R | F | O | O | T | B | A | L | L |
D | E | C | O | | T | O | R | I | C | | A | C | T | I |
E | V | E | S | | A | L | A | C | K | | M | O | O | N |
S | O | D | A | | B | L | U | E | S | | A | N | N | E |
POW Sat 5/26/2018
P | O | P | A | P | I | L | L | | L | E | T | S | B | E |
A | M | A | Z | O | N | I | A | | I | V | O | T | E | D |
T | E | S | T | S | F | O | R | | D | E | N | A | D | A |
A | L | T | | T | O | N | G | A | | N | E | R | T | S |
K | E | E | L | | | S | O | L | I | | | B | I | N |
I | T | S | O | D | D | | | E | N | D | G | A | M | E |
| | | C | R | O | W | D | P | L | E | A | S | E | R |
| P | L | A | Y | T | H | E | P | O | N | I | E | S | |
T | H | E | L | E | G | O | M | O | V | I | E | | | |
H | O | M | E | R | O | W | | | E | S | T | R | U | S |
E | N | O | | | V | O | L | E | | | Y | E | T | I |
C | E | N | T | S | | N | O | T | C | H | | H | O | T |
U | S | T | O | U | R | | W | H | A | T | S | A | P | P |
R | E | E | L | I | N | | E | A | S | T | A | S | I | A |
E | X | A | L | T | S | | S | N | A | P | C | H | A | T |
Sun 5/27/2018 21
| C | O | A | S | T | | A | T | A | T | I | M | E | | C | H | I | T | A | |
M | A | N | T | L | E | | T | R | I | S | T | A | N | | H | O | T | E | L | S |
A | G | E | F | O | R | D | R | I | N | K | I | N | G | L | E | G | A | L | L | Y |
Y | E | T | | B | R | E | A | S | T | | S | C | R | I | E | S | | E | T | D |
A | S | I | A | | O | M | I | T | | | | H | A | M | S | | E | X | O | N |
N | U | M | B | E | R | O | N | E | A | L | B | U | M | B | Y | A | D | E | L | E |
S | P | E | L | L | | | | | P | O | E | | | | | D | I | D | D | Y |
| | | A | R | A | B | S | | P | C | T | | T | E | N | L | B | | | |
G | U | N | S | I | N | A | M | I | L | I | T | A | R | Y | S | A | L | U | T | E |
O | N | E | T | O | O | M | A | N | Y | | E | L | I | E | W | I | E | S | E | L |
O | C | C | | | | B | L | T | | | | O | P | T | | | | T | R | I |
F | A | C | S | I | M | I | L | E | S | | M | A | L | E | F | I | C | E | N | T |
S | P | O | T | S | O | N | A | L | L | S | I | D | E | S | O | F | A | D | I | E |
| | | R | I | T | A | S | | I | N | N | | S | T | E | N | S | | | |
S | H | O | U | T | | | | | W | C | S | | | | | O | E | S | T | E |
W | I | N | N | I | N | G | B | L | A | C | K | J | A | C | K | T | O | T | A | L |
I | S | A | K | | E | U | R | O | | | | E | L | L | E | | F | A | V | A |
L | P | S | | H | A | V | A | N | A | | S | T | I | E | R | S | | R | E | P |
L | E | T | T | E | R | S | I | N | T | H | E | S | E | A | N | S | W | E | R | S |
S | E | A | G | A | L | | N | O | N | A | G | O | N | | E | T | H | A | N | E |
| D | R | I | L | Y | | S | L | O | G | A | N | S | | L | S | A | T | S | |
This sets a record for fewest words in a Sunday grid with 126. Here are the other low word count Sundays. There's one (now two) at 128 and a few at 130.
– puzzle by Andrew Chaikin
Mon 5/28/2018
| T | R | A | M | P | S | | C | H | A | R | T | S | |
A | R | A | M | A | I | C | | A | I | L | E | R | O | N |
P | U | T | O | N | A | H | A | P | P | Y | F | A | C | E |
H | E | R | S | | N | O | T | I | T | | S | U | L | U |
I | D | A | | P | O | O | L | T | O | Y | | M | O | T |
D | A | C | H | A | | L | A | O | | A | B | A | S | E |
S | T | E | A | L | | D | S | L | | W | I | S | E | R |
| | | D | A | T | A | | D | A | N | G | | | |
B | R | E | A | K | I | N | T | O | A | S | M | I | L | E |
R | E | A | M | | S | C | A | M | S | | O | N | E | S |
A | C | R | E | S | | E | R | E | | R | U | F | F | S |
| O | C | A | L | A | | | | P | E | T | I | T | |
F | U | L | L | O | F | G | O | O | D | C | H | E | E | R |
E | P | I | | G | R | O | W | L | A | T | | L | Y | E |
E | S | P | | S | O | A | N | D | S | O | | D | E | B |
Tue 5/29/2018
O | D | D | D | U | C | K | S | | A | B | R | A | M | S |
P | A | R | A | N | O | I | A | | N | O | O | G | I | E |
A | L | A | N | A | L | D | A | | D | H | A | R | M | A |
L | E | I | A | | | F | R | E | E | E | M | A | I | L |
S | S | N | | D | H | L | | R | A | M | | | | |
| | | S | U | E | A | N | N | N | I | V | E | N | S |
W | A | R | H | O | R | S | E | | | A | I | L | E | Y |
A | L | O | U | | S | H | A | P | E | | P | S | A | S |
S | A | U | N | A | | | L | A | T | T | E | A | R | T |
P | I | T | T | T | H | E | E | L | D | E | R | | | |
| | | | I | A | M | | M | S | N | | C | A | M |
D | R | E | S | S | S | I | Z | E | | | H | U | G | E |
R | A | D | I | S | H | | E | D | U | C | A | T | E | S |
A | V | E | N | U | E | | S | O | N | A | T | I | N | A |
B | I | N | G | E | S | | T | R | I | D | E | N | T | S |
The XWord Info Regex search capability is very useful when trying to construct puzzles like this. Here are the words in our database with triple letters. Many are bogus (thematic) but there are several good entries in the results list. (The number of entries you see depends on your account level.)
– puzzle by John Lieb
Wed 5/30/2018
L | I | P | S | | A | C | E | T | A | T | E | | C | H | I | P |
O | K | R | A | | M | O | R | A | L | E | S | | R | A | N | G |
B | E | E | B | | P | L | A | Y | E | R | S | | O | R | C | A |
| A | P | O | L | L | O | | | | M | I | A | S | M | A | |
| | | T | E | E | N | A | | T | I | E | R | S | | | |
R | E | S | E | T | | I | S | L | E | T | | R | O | M | P | S |
U | N | C | U | T | | S | T | I | L | E | | A | V | I | L | A |
B | A | R | R | E | | T | I | L | E | S | | N | E | X | U | S |
| B | A | S | R | A | | N | I | X | | O | G | R | E | S | |
A | L | B | | S | U | M | | | | P | R | E | | D | S | T |
G | I | B | E | | J | U | M | B | L | E | D | | A | B | I | E |
U | N | L | V | | U | S | R | O | U | T | E | | H | A | Z | E |
A | G | E | E | | S | T | I | N | G | E | R | | A | G | E | S |
Thu 5/31/2018
T | A | P | | M | A | T | E | Y | | G | H | A | N | A |
A | L | A | | A | M | U | S | E | | A | A | R | O | N |
B | E | T | A | P | I | E | T | A | | L | I | N | E | N |
A | P | T | S | | | | E | S | C | A | R | O | L | E |
C | H | I | P | S | I | Z | E | T | A | X | I | | | |
| | | S | E | C | Y | | | B | Y | E | N | O | W |
L | A | M | | L | A | N | D | S | | | S | O | H | O |
I | T | S | A | L | L | G | R | E | E | K | T | O | M | E |
N | O | R | M | | | A | S | I | D | E | | N | Y | S |
E | Z | P | A | S | S | | | K | A | R | O | | | |
| | | T | H | E | T | A | O | M | I | C | R | O | N |
F | I | R | E | E | X | I | T | | | | T | A | Z | O |
O | N | C | U | E | | L | A | M | B | D | A | T | A | U |
E | C | A | R | D | | T | R | E | A | D | | O | W | N |
S | A | S | S | Y | | S | I | N | G | S | | N | A | S |
Crosswords are such a personal experience. I would expect the vast majority of NYT readers would know Seiji Ozawa "off the top." Neither Jeff nor I know for sure.
– puzzle by Dominick Talvacchio