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Puzzles for June, 2021
with Editor comments

Tue 6/1/2021
SLAMWASHTTP
HEXEDWARPEARS
HALLEBERRYAQUA
PROFESSORPLUM
ITONYAWIIIPO
PASSHOGLATER
ATEJEDIDENOTE
BOREFRUIT
FIGAROTHANIPS
TRIEDSOLCMON
WETAMAISRAEL
PRINCESSPEACH
DEADFIONAAPPLE
ONCELOCOSPREE
ETTAYUKYORK
Wed 6/2/2021
HEADBIRTHGEM
EASTEVERYERIC
ASPSLINUSTOSH
RYEGLEETISSUE
TORCHESFENISR
HUSHESBARKOER
TEENSETIANDY
STONEWALL
CRATPITALAST
OASREDSHOMEEC
RNCONEYESORNO
NARITAOKRARUB
EMITTONNEBARB
ROBSARTOOONEL
KEYBROWNLODE
Thu 6/3/2021
ADSACACABBOT
NANLOBECOSAVY
OTOMANSLITEBER
DEREJADEDTERA
ESENELOSSES
TAPOUTPINTA
AYCARAMBASNARF
REALLYLSDGAL
GAPALEOAXACA
USEMEIDIOMATIC
STRAYCOMMON
RESEWSSALAM
ATICONNOWDOGO
ARAIGNSREFUGES
REMERGERNAINS
PESUSDYTDATY
POW Fri 6/4/2021
KILNJAWSPTAS
INEEDANAPSLASH
DONTJUDGETAKEI
SNOWANGELOCEAN
ONTOTAPAS
ENERGYTOPBRASS
PANKOEURYDICE
OCDBEATSMIN
CHIMNEYSLEAFS
HONEYBEEBESTIE
TAMESPUTT
SCENEOVERRATED
TOASTREALITYTV
IDRISESCAPEPOD
RESTSTEPSONS
Sat 6/5/2021
POPASHOTPIMPLE
EVILLOOKINARUG
GAZPACHOPEKING
ZACKPREGGO
BLACKSABBATH
TAPASLIEGAMMA
ERASPAGELAYOUT
AIRTIMBRESTSE
MATCHPOINTRHEA
STYLEDRUREBUS
UPPEDTHEGAME
SACBEEEVAL
IFICANTHRILLER
PETARDIBELIEVE
SWIRLSLOSEADAY
Sun 6/6/2021 OLIO
ACTORSADREPSCAMPERS
FROMEARTOEARPOWERNAP
LINEITEMVETOAMARETTO
AMENDTOEDPARERPIET
TESSBASSFERRIEDCAL
BRITHOLDONUNITE
SPATIALMELLOWCRANES
HIGHESTBIDDERCOSIGNS
REHABHOGGEDMOOLA
IPADRENNERSAILEDOFF
NASPERNODBARNEYNIL
ENTERTAINWINKEDHALO
COUPEBONDEDDOULA
BIGOTRYFORGETABOUTIT
ALANONBROKERPATRONS
LOGONTEEMEDRHYS
DVRSPEAREDHERSLORE
NEETALTERPEPAMANIA
EYEROLLSASIWASSAYING
SOLARIUMNOTEVENCLOSE
SUSPENSEGLADELEANER

Robyn Weintraub, of Rye Brook, N.Y., is active in local politics and the League of Women Voters. She started solving crosswords 12 years ago. After a few months, she bought some crossword software as a birthday gift for herself and has been constructing ever since.

This is her 35th puzzle for The Times. Robyn's specialty is themeless ones (like this), with colorful, conversational entries and very little obscurity or junk. Oh, and she loves twisty clues. (You've been warned.)

Mon 6/7/2021
ALONGCASEUPCS
LABORHDTVPLOW
PRIVATEEYETARO
ODEHARPFOYER
PAYITFORWARD
SESAMEELON
OWENMALAYAPE
HOTELCALIFORNIA
OKSARNAZONES
ACAIMISERY
HIDDENCAMERA
ADAMSBOOKTAP
LEVIROLLWITHIT
LAIRAXELNERDS
ELSEGORYGLUED
Tue 6/8/2021
SODAPOTSIVBAG
AVEREPICNIECY
KERIRENETBEAM
IRISHSCANNERS
VETOTARA
ICANTNOWSITSAT
VATPARISHMETRO
IBIDAKADEMI
ELVISHLIVESVOL
SEETHESELTZERS
HAWKBUOY
TENNISHANYONE
ACURACHERSUIT
SIRENKARTINCA
PANDASHOOAGES
Wed 6/9/2021
CAMSGASUPVAPE
ADAMAROSEELON
RICOTIREDBLOOD
BACKSEATDRIVER
HEPOLE
IRIDESCESBEBOP
LOACOUCHPOTATO
OUTSARIELARTS
STOOLPIGEONBEE
TESLAESPYAWARD
ETCSIR
ARMCHAIREXPERT
LIONHUNTERELIE
IDOLGAMERULNA
LADYSLEDSPADS
Thu 6/10/2021
HTTPSKARTSACK
IHADNOIDEAALLE
RENAISSANCEFOUR
ESTPISMOAFTER
DEARERACR
MUSICALCHORES
SOONSALUTNUDE
THURAGBIT
AINTJAMESABES
NOTIMETOSPORE
EATANTRUM
SPRAYAWARETSA
THEBADNEWSBORES
DIDONONREADERS
SLOWANDYGEESE
Fri 6/11/2021
DIEDINDIASLAM
INNERPEACECONE
DATAFORMATACID
DRINKDUNNRAMI
LETSTAPTAPVAN
YAYPALEBOLA
PACESETTERS
MRWORLDWIDE
MEANSTREETS
GIMMELEEFAD
ORBDISOWNWEIR
LARANIKETHESE
IMACSTAIRWELLS
VANETOPSTORIES
EXESANISEETSY
POW Sat 6/12/2021
BRIDESPARKLER
TREMORAUTOMAKE
HARPERIMAMAZED
AVERSFDACRED
TELETRICOT
HESDEADJIMBRA
EASINGOUTPOOL
BASMATIRACESBY
TREEPLAYDIRTY
STDSEESREASON
VEGTILINFO
OPENKEGAMPED
IMAGONERALMOND
MACARONICOOPTS
PRESSBOXEENSY
Sun 6/13/2021 MAPLE LEAF
BAUMNATCHTWAS
ORWORSEEMILEARCHFOE
HOISTEDSPEARBYTURNS
SYNCSINTURMOILSTEEP
NATSSCRIPSIDEBSETI
ALEAPIANSOHOTHOE
PERLENGETEMOBOENS
INDEEDLACRCCOLA
MUCHACHOETHUKULELES
OPELHAHCOONETATRA
USHERTAUTOLOGYASHEN
STORESPRIORFATCAT
SATMEHDEINCANADAADA
ETESQUINCEANERAWREN
SELLSEDDATGIFCIERA
AIGISLEELMUG
OLDPROSEARSHOT
GORDIEHOWELESLIEHOPE
LEIASATAYILHANOLIN
EWESBLIGEFLITSPLUS
SESHYESESTENETSAME

Stephen McCarthy, originally from Vancouver Island, B.C., is a Ph.D. student studying transportation modeling in Stockholm, Sweden. He made this puzzle last September, about a month after moving. "I was homesick, and this was a way of connecting to my home." In his spare time, Stephen plays Ultimate Frisbee, sings in the Stockholm Gay Chorus, and makes and solves crosswords.

This is his first published puzzle.

POW Mon 6/14/2021
AWESTVPGSLICE
BANEHEAREASEL
ATTNERIECDROM
CURDSANDWHEY
USEALEADDSTO
SIERRAAIWEIWEI
IAMBICACL
ANCHORSAWEIGH
ODEELNINO
ZIMBABWEIDCARD
SNOOZEEMOSEA
GOYOUROWNWAY
SOLARKNOTAIRS
AWARERIDEPREP
TEXTSAXESALDA
Tue 6/15/2021
CHAPMIMESHADE
ROSHACIDOASIS
AUTOKANEFLIRT
WRITTENINSTONE
OUSTOTS
CURBEDVISARPS
OHIOOPERACLOAK
MAGMAAGOOOMPA
BUBBLEWANDSEAT
SLYLASSOLEOLE
ESCANOS
DEATHLYHALLOWS
DELTAIMETEVIL
EELERACMEEASE
SPANSMASSPLED
Wed 6/16/2021
BRASPSYCHOABBA
LAMEUTERUSTRIM
APEXMYRIGHTFOOT
NANDAMTHEENPR
KNIVESINACACIA
CUTIEEUROSTOCK
DIYERSTINAASS
WESTOFEDEN
SKINEILDREVIL
CHINAALESUNITE
HANGULSTEPDOWN
IKEDUMBBLTLOG
MISDIRECTEDBERT
PRIMENCODEANKH
SASSDUSTERETSY
Thu 6/17/2021
FROGDAMGISH
IOWASISALOSSO
STEMMAPLELENO
HIDEOUSLAPDESK
CATPEOPLE
LABORORRINSTA
ISBNSRICESTES
SPASMACAUPAPA
PELOSIPAIRED
SNLALASKANKEA
INKSTANDS
PERMSTYLITSAR
ARAPAHOESQUIRE
CAMERAHUDSON
STALKASIDE
Fri 6/18/2021
AWALKINTHEWOODS
CALLONTHECARPET
THEBACHELORETTE
GENAMINDSEA
ATLASTAXLICK
CHANDENTAINTS
EOSBEEFLOIN
RUSSIANROULETTE
WARSONGSEST
IMEASYMEHLSAT
SOUPOURBASRA
ARCWORNAIME
ATHLETICAPPAREL
CARETOELABORATE
SLEEVELESSDRESS
Sat 6/19/2021
TRASHTALKSAMSA
RIDEORDIEILIED
ICEDLATTETONER
XANADUPASTIME
NOMESHOSSN
MICPAPAANGELA
AWARECARSOREL
RANONORALUIGI
INNSATOMATEIN
ONEARMNEWSSTE
PADIMSNOEL
ALCOPOPORATES
ROOTSADULTSITE
TORTASAVEASEAT
YKNOWMEANGIRLS
Sun 6/20/2021 FAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS
TAROTOGREBARREHTML
ALARMORELFLEASAHOY
CONCONFUSESFUSESVICE
OHBABYBEATSMELARKS
SAYILKANONATIONS
ELONELONGATESGATES
LEAVENEDREOELANTRA
ARIAANSACUMENRAT
MANMANDATESDATESCASE
ESTATEATEMEDMOPED
ROTCYCLOPSION
CUMINAHSMMADOGMAS
OPIEANAANAGRAMSGRAMS
BTSADSITEIRAANON
ROSSSEABYUELECTORS
APPAPPRAISESRAISES
ELITISMSEEATVFAA
AFLACSOANDSOEIDERS
LOLAPROPROCURESCURES
POEMGOREYAMEXHENNA
ODDSAETNARESTESSAY

Michael Lieberman is an appellate attorney in Washington, D.C., currently on parental leave after the birth of his first child.

Although this puzzle isn't Father's Day-themed, he says it's nice that his first Sunday puzzle will run on his first Father's Day as a father. About five years ago he and his wife started solving the Sunday Times crossword together, first on paper, then on a tablet. Michael now does the Times puzzle every day. His wife, though, favors the Spelling Bee.

Mon 6/21/2021
ADDUPSCAMSTEW
MARTAHERATAME
BREADINCHEXIT
LIGHTERTHANAIR
ENSHATTAD
GASIRMACRY
HOLIERTHANTHOU
BEAUICEHELM
LARGERTHANLIFE
YDSLAZYEON
ILLJAYLAY
ITSALLRELATIVE
JAILIOUSLOBES
OGLEEDITTORRE
BOLTDENSOKAYS
Tue 6/22/2021
SCARABRAPTAFT
LOLITAALAOBOE
IMAGEDZITTORE
MESHESOHEAVEN
TIGERSSLEW
CROLGAEYEBAR
RAVELHEARTORO
ODERBOWLSSANA
SIRSAREAPARED
SOPTISNYEDDS
NASAENTERS
BOSTONESLHELL
RISEEARLEAGUE
ASEAODDERRORS
DESKNESDAISES
Wed 6/23/2021
VAMPSTOOAFRO
IDIOTRUMISLAW
RACERUTAHSTATE
UGHOPSNATIVE
SEAGLASSVINO
EELSHEELROB
UNLESSARNEONO
ROCKTYPEORFID
NORSHOECHATTY
SKIMENULUSH
CRIBPLUMPEST
SHUTUPOEDWOE
HOTSECONDREEFS
ALOEKNEEUSEIT
DENSYESMCKAY
Thu 6/24/2021
PIETAINFODAMP
IDLEDMOONRIVER
NOMADPERSEVERE
HSORTAILSDICEY
OOPSAVON
GATOSHAKINGMYH
OROMEOLEVICOW
TANSYBINONCUE
ABOEMITSNOODS
HSWILLROLLTOOT
NIKIAAAS
ASWANYOUBLOCKH
STAGEHANDOBOES
TOLERANCEHALLE
OPTSTIEDADAPT
Fri 6/25/2021
TAMPSMLSINTOW
ICOULDEATDIANA
LOOKINGUPLABEL
DREAMCARWELLOK
ENDSAGELENO
HAMSRECLOU
METOOMOVEMENT
MALEPRIVILEGE
BIGLITTLELIES
ANITOELSAT
RICAPDACOSI
IMAGESGANGUPON
LOCALCANWETALK
LOTTAHITANERVE
ANSELINSESTER
Sat 6/26/2021
PETSCANACTSOUT
ICOULDEATAHORSE
THEMUDVILLENINE
HOSTLIDCONGAS
ORESJUNE
SORTEDSALETAGS
TRIALMANULEI
ODDLYSATISFYING
MEGHIESRATON
PRESSONSSAMOAS
LUTECHUM
ATTENDPREEDAM
CARETOELABORATE
DRIVEWAYMOMENTS
CAPEANNSPADAYS
POW Sun 6/27/2021 GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
SCAMSEVERGTREEAKITA
HANOIPAPERHATSWAGED
ANNULESOTERICAAZURE
STANLEECREEDUPROARS
TOLDYAHONESIDONOT
ASSMRTRTEARE
MELLOWYOLBEYES
ABBACRIEDWOLFRAFA
BLOODOSILENTUIGIRLS
EARARLOLAAERNOCUP
THEPLAYCONGOODDJOBS
HANDSAWENQUIRE
PRODIGIESBUGGYWHIP
FINSEARTHJAIHOSAME
FCCELOOILSAT
THERPLANETULTRAVRAYS
DELIMESLREELIER
GRADATESTONRAWONION
OUICONTROVERSIALGPA
ATLIUDANEYERYEHES
THYDTSMESSYSSTTNT

Lindsey Hobbs, of Brooklyn, is the head of the Preservation and Conservation department at the New York City Municipal Archives. Ross Trudeau, of Cambridge, Mass., works for a K-12 education nonprofit.

They met virtually through Facebook's Crossword Puzzle Collaboration Directory. Ross suggested the theme idea for this puzzle, which relates to an annual June celebration. It was a joint effort thereafter.

Mon 6/28/2021
SPUDAGAVEMESH
ORSOGOLANECHO
BEETREPORTGOER
SPREEEYEBALLS
LAZEREFILE
ROLLREVERSAL
EWESTAREDODGE
BLAHADOBOPOEM
ASKOFEDENSJAM
MUSSELMEMORY
STREEPSERA
PRECLUDEGROPE
OATHMOUSSECALL
ODIEENRONOHOK
REEFSTOOLSUPS
Tue 6/29/2021
DUOSPINETIBET
ANNPACINOTERI
THEJACKBOXSAGE
AIRACETIMON
STACYTHENIPBUD
ECTOARESLEARY
THEBEWAYJINGLE
LEYSEE
HARRISTHEUPAIR
ICEAXASAPRISE
THEPIESKYTAMIL
FIRSTMINETA
WEEDTHEBACKDAY
EARLEMBARKAGE
BUSYSABRESTOD
Wed 6/30/2021
SCRIPTHABITAT
THESOUPISOMERS
EIGHTBITSIXPACK
WARMEGOSDIAL
SNEAKSSEVENSEAS
GWENISLESOLO
LIENINNUENDO
SHEFIVEGUYSION
PUNTEDONEMTS
ANEWKISSOHMS
THREEPEATJOYOUS
VEVOCUTEARIA
OCANADANINEWEST
HATEDITENMASSE
OVEREATYOYOED
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