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Puzzles for September, 2021
with Editor comments

Wed 9/1/2021
ASHABSBUMDEAL
SIANYUESSENCE
APBDONTYOUFRET
HOAGYRHOIDS
INNIEIANFAQ
EFTSTDELUDE
EARTHESOBLEAT
SCOREMANFINS
PAPEROBEZIGGY
NIECEVISAXL
PEWEGGNEEDS
ASPIEMIRIDSAY
THEPALEFACEINK
AIRTRANSOSADE
BASSETTPOTSYS
POW Thu 9/2/2021
ADDEDODDSAMPLE
DRONELIEOBERON
ZENGARDENWIDEST
AKAASTINDINER
IMIGHTPROSECUTE
CONEYFIONAIPO
ENGAWOLGINS
STABLEMATE
JOTSVINGSRO
YERTPAINUPTON
WEATHEREDAYEAYE
HONDAONEALTSA
IMLATEENDLESSLY
NEUTERACESPEWS
ENCASESENPANEL
Fri 9/3/2021
CLADTIMPROAM
HILOSINERANDO
INCHLEADGUITAR
NEOYOULIEDTOME
ONWHATPLANET
LOLSBINSET
KRILLSOLETITGO
IONSDINOSLOGO
WAGTHEDOGMARON
IDSESEOONA
CLOSEUPMAGIC
APRILTHESESEWE
BEERCOOLERAFAR
UTICAWEREWENT
TENETSRSWETS
Sat 9/4/2021
COMEQUICKACCRA
OVERUNDERSHOAL
PARSIMONYYOUNG
TLCTENTPOLING
OSHAMTETNATET
LEBARONRELO
LISTLESSABADAN
ONALARKBREWING
GAMINSHACIENDA
IMETHAILING
COTFINALSGADS
MONOPOLISTPET
MEYERDESIRABLE
SNORTEATSALIVE
STUDYSHAMPOOED
Sun 9/5/2021 GO UP IN SMOKE
ACTASGNARLSTRIPADES
HAITIMONEYARENASERA
SPELLCASTERDISCILDRS
AERRICARDOUNLEASH
JOHNNYCASHELDERLAW
CLATTEROSTEENETOILE
RIVALRIESANDRISEFROM
EVEEXHALENOMSGANE
WENTAREARCHINAREIGN
WESSGSBUCGUESSED
ASSISTSREHASHERASERS
LAWSUITUNEHONGTI
LIETOAUGERELISEETSY
ODDHTTPSMIDACTHIE
THEASHESBICSEATANGLE
SINGTOELROYSRECOILS
ERUPTIONTALKSTRASH
HOGWASHSCENERYTRE
OREOAIMTOATONESELBOW
SCARNAMEDGHANASCONE
EARNDLINESORERSOWED

Grant Thackray (rhymes with "daiquiri") recently moved from Oregon to Los Angeles, "hopefully to find a job in animation — either storyboarding or character design." He got started constructing crosswords after seeing the 2006 documentary "Wordplay" and thinking "I could do that." The idea for this one came while he was restocking wood for a campfire.

It's Grant's ninth Times puzzle and third Sunday.

Mon 9/6/2021
MMASPURBAGGY
OATLEGITAGREE
CHLOEZHAOFIONA
HEARDTOPFLOOR
ARSECHANELIMAN
OSHAPETS
PRISCILLAYMHA
AOCINVOGUEAIM
DEEPEGGPLANTS
DREWROIL
CELINEDIONBATS
REACTIONKUGEL
UNTIEGUCCIMANE
MITERSIGNSISP
BEERSTINSNET
POW Tue 9/7/2021
AWEDRICCILIDS
MAYOAPRONACRE
PRESSPOUNDBIEL
PLIEISITREAL
IDTAGSAWARDS
NANOSHENED
ACESTARSEONS
HARDWONAYNRAND
ISEEATLASKOI
PATUMPVETS
DEVITORASPED
ERICYUANALLY
VOLTCURRENCIES
IDLEATEUPREAP
LEADNODESOSHA
Wed 9/8/2021
LHASASUMOFEZ
MAISELOPALALE
ONTHEDOUBLETAR
WATTANTECATO
HOBSHAKEALEG
GRENADETIME
RIGRITAGENIES
IPABESTMANMRI
TESLASMELDWIN
IRESTIETACK
LOOKALIVEDOI
ACHELIONOTIS
YEAGETCRACKING
EARAGUESPINET
RNAPOPSHANGS
Thu 9/9/2021
MARSHABANDBS
ALEKEGSCADBURY
KILOMETERSDAVIS
EMIRNOLESSADO
MEETDOLTSLAP
ENDRADIANMILLS
TORISNAIL
NUDESSERVO
MORNSTAFT
GRAMFOOLISHCOP
REMYCAKEHOPI
ODEJOANNEOUTS
CONVERTTOMETRIC
ENROLLSWELLSEE
REALLYDIYERS
Fri 9/10/2021
DATABREACHSKEW
EXTRAEXTRAHAVE
MEYERLEMONOMAN
ILLOGICPERCENT
LETUSSIKH
GONADTOWDEALS
RUBEPARANORMAL
ETADEBRIEFESE
AIRQUALITYPHEW
TEEUPEELTEARS
FIRSRISER
THEBEANSCREWIT
VERBWINTERTIME
PEELALIENATION
GLEESETDESIGNS
Sat 9/11/2021
BURGLARCHAD
RUNARACETRALA
ITSMAGICCOEDIT
STABBEDGAUTAMA
KEVLARSOPRANOS
DEESELIENINE
DOESLUNCHNYT
NAHIMGOOD
REATAXDODGES
ACMEDIONHANS
THUNBERGSEDATE
PESTERSSTANCES
ALERTSSLOVAKIA
COMESFILEMENU
KNEEOPENERS
Sun 9/12/2021 WHAT A CHARACTER!
WINESNOTINIFWEPHIL
ANODEAMIGOSNOOPRIDE
SPOUTSIDLEPAREIDOLIA
PUNCTUATIONMARKCOTTON
STEALSNODICENESTS
TEAEGGSLEAPFROG
VICESIRSSOBAAATEAMS
EMOSEAITSABLURHEN
RONSMIMOSAREESEHALL
BUGABOOHAMROTNOM
STALAGHYPHENATHOME
LEGMMEARIEXHUMES
SHIMCOOLSTREBLEMELT
PANLOWLIFESIVSNEE
FLEABANENEDMOIAFTER
NEWSREELWASSAIL
PHAGECALAISCRETAN
EUGENEROTATECLOCKWISE
SMILEYFACEONAIRIONIA
TILEEDGARNERFSSUGAR
ODESSAURERATOSTEMS

Alex Rosen is a software engineer, formerly of New Jersey, North Carolina, and Boston, but now living in London. His job is to help computer users avoid email-related security mistakes, like clicking on a bad link or accidentally sending an email to the wrong person.

This is Alex's third puzzle for The Times. He describes it as "luck at several different levels" that he got the symmetrical black squares and asymmetrical circles to work out right.

Mon 9/13/2021
STOMPSWAPDVDS
OWNERMONAREAP
HOUSEPARTYAGHA
OSSFARMBAGELS
ZESTSABUT
TSHIRTICEPACK
RIOTALASKABYE
INDIEOILMILAN
EGGSHORESGENY
DEEPSETODESSA
PLEALINER
AROUNDIWINSAT
RODSSEMICIRCLE
GOGHUMPSABATE
OKEYPUSHLIMOS
Tue 9/14/2021
JARSWACKBAT
ALIABELLASOBA
GOBSTOPPERHSBC
RESHOOTARETOO
AWSNANOBOTS
EDGYTHURBAN
ZEUSEERILYPRO
RAEPRESSONOAK
ADSISLETSLPGA
TANERATISAY
SOBSTORYBEN
PHOTOSSOBERUP
IGORKINKYBOOTS
KOKOARBYSUSES
EDSRACYTEST
POW Wed 9/15/2021
TATEPANENTITY
AREAINATOUCHE
GLASSEYEANGERS
SEPTICNIPBOA
UNODENTALCROWN
PETSWOAHEXED
CLIMBASPER
FALSELASHES
DOLCEONION
SOREFIEFTARP
POWDEREDWIGFIR
ERAVOWCOARSE
WORDEDHEADFAKE
ENDUREBARRIEN
DESOTOOREODDS
Thu 9/16/2021
BELLSBACKAGE
UNIONECHOGOAT
LONDONAREAOTRO
LUNEONEALGOWN
EGESTSSPAYJOG
THYMAESUBARU
SILVERPRIME
DNATIPINALS
SEEINLINING
UVULASKEYBFS
ROTYAKSCEDRIC
FIRSYOUREROAR
EDITNORESPONSE
RONIOPENBOCCE
FOXWARESPOON
Fri 9/17/2021
MOHICANSALSO
LEGOMOVIETUTU
WALLTOWALLTSAR
RITESTEACHINS
IDIDBRASSHAT
SSNTOURSITARS
TIGRAGBICNEA
PEPPERSTEADIES
AGORAPEWGOALS
DETACHESEON
GLITTERBOMBS
STREETINRETURN
LIONSMANEAERIE
IROCEDAMRASTA
DEFYNOSYSTEAK
Sat 9/18/2021
AMTSAJARNCAA
COENMEGACHURCH
LMAOATAPREMIUM
BRONZERPALETTE
OLDPROEMPTIED
KOREANWARSAC
IGORPALTIL
ESPGAYPORNTMI
FOYHAOOVEN
ARTPARLORCAR
IMPASSELIBATE
WENTOUTONALIMB
ICEBREAKERTEAM
SHAREDROOMERGO
HALODKNYRASP
Sun 9/19/2021 NEW LOOK
BEEFIERLAPDOGSHAREM
ECLIPSEOHHENRYAMARE
THOROUGHFAIRIESHADES
HONERIOTSMONPANICS
BRASSPANAMAHAITI
ALTOONESAUDANA
DORMICEWILDCARDUTNE
DOUBLEDIARIESCARPOOL
ESTSHYFIDOAROMA
REHUNGAZUREONETOTEN
SHOULDERHAIRINESS
SWEATSITGOTTIOREIDA
TORUSBONEITEEER
YOULOSEBOOKSONTAIPEI
ELMSCLEANUPSGETSORE
PREPTHORLOUPES
POLKAIDIOTSITEMS
EMINEMGPAADREPPAPA
CAMELFRESHPAIROFEYES
KNOLLDARKISHPROCESS
SISTAAMASSESSTETSON

Peter Gordon is a puzzlemaker and editor from Great Neck, N.Y. He has been a puzzle editor for Games magazine, Sterling Publishing and the bygone New York Sun. Since 2010 he has edited Fireball Crosswords, a 45-times-a-year online-only super-challenger.

One of Peter's bugaboos as a constructor is partial phrases — multiword answers that would ordinarily require fill-in-the-blank clues (like "Getting ___ years" for ON IN). He hates them. You won't find any of them here.

Mon 9/20/2021
ROCKSSTATETEN
INLAWOUGHTALE
GLUTENFREECRUST
AYEDEANYENTAS
PENSATTA
SEINEACHELIU
CINQASTEROIDS
ASSUMETHEMANTLE
SQUEEGEEDSHED
TOEGOASSNEER
HAMMWHIT
PAGODACAANSPF
ROTTENTOTHECORE
ANOAISLEPINOT
YESLAKERMAGMA
Tue 9/21/2021
THORARCHSWISS
AIDENORILEONA
PROBONOATTORNEY
SERUMMYTHTIES
KINEARHART
MOVETOSTRIKE
ABOSAKEORGAN
PITAMAMBASOLE
STERNPALLJOE
MOTIONDENIED
OVERRUNODE
CAVEBASSOWENS
CLASSACTIONSUIT
AUNTSAARPORCA
MESSIBRISMOET
Wed 9/22/2021
SARIGASPAWARD
IMONAREAMOTOR
DOTCOMICSENEMY
ESCAPESTARSEE
SEPTAVIATOR
MATHCLASSICS
ALAARTAIMAT
CARPENTERANTICS
SNAFURAPIDK
FRYINGPANICS
CARTOONELLA
ILEPOKYESPANA
SLATEPOPTOPICS
COCOAARGOEDIT
OFTENDEANDESI
Thu 9/23/2021
PDASBIRDSAHIB
HULADANCEAMINO
YELLOWLABRIGID
SLEEPLEIGHTS
EELESTERSOBI
DREWSTYESEAU
YAMAEROBATS
GOINGUFLAMES
ANTNESTSSON
GPSSTOOLCHAP
ANOINDEBTUTA
GROUNSERVERS
LATTEPOTLEAVES
ADOREBLACKSOUT
DEKEDSETHESSO
Fri 9/24/2021
BETENOIREEPSON
ICELANDERNACRE
BOXBRAIDSCRUDE
INTERIORHOTBED
ARMOREDCARS
SPLATSCALE
ELOPEDKIMHAIL
LEAPDAYLEMONDE
LADSTUGTURTLE
FILETLASER
IMAGINETHAT
MAKINGSEMIPROS
AFIREMONOPLANE
MINORAMBULANCE
SASSYREARENDED
Sat 9/25/2021
BARONMARIGOLD
UTEROGREATSOUL
SEVENMNEMOSYNE
KAISERLBSAGA
ESEWUSSESCLAN
REWATCHEDTHIRD
CAKEDAHISEE
CHICXULUBCRATER
HEROESCOTES
ALOSSMEDIAMAIL
LINTRODENTNNE
UPSOOHGENEVA
PAINTBALLNOMAD
ADDITIVESELIDE
SETONENDDICER
POW Sun 9/26/2021 STUDY BREAKS
TACKSEASTCAPSDIT
SWEARINGINSALATTONE
ARCTANGENTAMIGAHITS
RYESTASKELITESTATUS
USERSPATAHITUNA
HASURDUORIGINMOPE
INTERNETCONNECTION
PILAFERRELITREADS
GABRUDESNOWHIC
DUALCITIZENSGPAJEER
ESTEEMSADOASSUAGE
STETOATRACHELMADDOW
KOIDIRETAILEMO
SONOFAIRALYEOGRES
POLITICALACTIVISTS
SVENMEETMETINATAN
STANDUPNADABORN
CANNABISOILLIENOMEN
URIEONEBCLASTINLINE
BESTAGAVEGREATBASIN
ASHTERIAMENANODE

Priyanka Sethy is a management consultant, originally from India, now splitting her time between the Bay Area and New York City. Matthew Stock works for a math education nonprofit in East St. Louis, Ill. The two connected via the Crossword Puzzle Collaboration Directory on Facebook. The theme idea here was Priyanka's. They made the puzzle together via Zoom — including a marathon three-hour session at the start.

This is Matthew's eighth Times puzzle. It's Priyanka's debut.

POW Mon 9/27/2021
NASAANKASHAME
APEXGEARHOGAN
POLEVAULTOVERT
SPFAIRCREOLE
PENNANDTELLER
LEIFLUISDYS
ATTILATACOS
DAYLIGHTSAVINGS
EDGARNONFAT
ORSINESALLY
BOTTLEDEPOSIT
STARESICEEGO
EATITINTHEBANK
STEPHLEEREMUS
SENSELODEESSO
Tue 9/28/2021
ASADAWANEDLES
LEMONERASEILK
BEINGOBTUSEFBI
ADDELDERPLEAD
URDUUNRIG
CASTSBATOXINS
ATEATONTWOVIA
DOTHERIGHTTHING
ENSAISLESONJA
TEAURNELIEGAN
BRAGGAKAS
JULEPALTERFAQ
ANAACUTEACCENT
VIZRAZRSESTAR
AXETRYSTDIALS
Wed 9/29/2021
AMUSESTABASS
RESIGNPAPASHH
ENERGYOPUSMAR
SRITERIHEAVE
OWNCOVERTMRED
REALALEOCEANS
GAMERNUDGER
REVOLUTIONARY
ELOPESSLOOP
LESLEAUSEDCDS
AXLEFEASTSKEY
THEREALEEDHL
HUEMAGIPHIALS
EMTISLESECRET
REYTHENREDDY
Thu 9/30/2021
ADMINDULCEABE
LOAMYASSOCSAP
TWITTERBUZZTIS
ANNODISYESIDO
ASAPINHUMDRUM
ARTSETPAPAS
IRATEKARTUPDO
DOGRINGPOPLAX
AWEDMOESORATE
ORALSBUENAS
LOWROLLHARLEM
ANIMALAILARIE
LIZSOUNDMIXING
ACETUTEEVIDEO
WENSTEWSSNERT
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