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Puzzles for September, 2022
with Editor comments

Thu 9/1/2022
PAWSGIGMEAT
ERICEDENULTRA
NINETYONESNOUT
ENOSTWOTIMES
FIFTEENBURN
ACREROTNEONS
ROIDSTOSCAATM
ENDTRIPLEDDAY
DIGRATIOSKATE
CEDEDCOOACEY
REINPLUSONE
EQUATIONDAHL
BURKADOTHEMATH
BADERSHIAIDLE
DUSTOPTRACY
Fri 9/2/2022
ESTATELAWIRAN
CLOSEGAMESNEMO
CARTROUBLEHAUT
OWNERGILLELSE
RASHFRAMED
SINSATOPAVA
WOOPURSEPETAL
ATTHELASTMINUTE
GABONCITEDROT
YONKERIGEMS
SNAKEDANDY
TIMEACTIAMMAN
REIDWHENINROME
ACLUNAMEDNAMES
PEEPSPRAYTANS
Sat 9/3/2022
SSHAPEDOESNT
HEYDAYRAPSTAR
EXPOSEMANIPEDI
LINSUZANNEPIX
BLOCPORKYSIRI
YESESORARINSE
DIRTYMINDED
STEAMEDOPEN
ARMEDFORCES
UNPINELIOATHS
SOONATILTRYAN
UMPHEIFERSIDO
ROGUEONEIATEIT
PRUNINGAMULET
SENORSLETDRY
POW Sun 9/4/2022 Ups and Downs
SCRUBSADOCOBSAGAR
PRESETMEWSINRELARY
OATBARPANTLOOMLARGE
TMIRIMREOARTIELOB
SENECASEDMUNDHSWINE
RANRDRSABTESTACNE
GALOOTSERRWALKER
AKCWASPKAROJOLLY
DEEPLYEVILSBUSES
LINUSSWIPETELECASTS
IRANTTOPSGREETFLAT
BACKDOORSCREEPSEIKO
BATIKLHASASISTER
PARACREINTHUDSIM
CHANELHOTDREAMER
LORDSIOUANERSIAMB
ANTSYMALTOSENASTIES
MOIALFREEINTISNAH
BRATWURSTALASSUTURE
EELSMEETROCKHEATED
DESKPERESTYASTERS

Tracy Gray lives in Hunt Valley, Md. She and her husband have owned and operated a lawn and landscaping business for the past 33 years. She got the idea for this puzzle last Christmas while riding an escalator, up and down, at her local mall, proving again that ideas can come from anywhere if you're alert to them.

This is Tracy's 33rd puzzle (and ninth Sunday) for the paper

Mon 9/5/2022
LABORSMACKUSA
ELUDEPALEONAB
WINDSECTIONHUE
DISSIPATEIDYLL
ADOECIG
BAREXAMINATION
LACEYIELDZERO
ATEDDENET
IHOPRAINSRICE
REFERENCECHECK
CRUXRUM
HELENPOKEBOWLS
EMUDOUBLECROSS
RIBMARIEASWAN
ETSCRETEPESTS
Tue 9/6/2022
SODABRATGOSH
INONAHMADICEE
KENTSEIJIOZAWA
HIJINKSDAMNED
IOUISUZUROADS
STARTSENDSDOE
MANORSRIAPANT
DOTDOTDOT
FETEAASAMALFI
ALEENNUIASIAN
LOMAXAMMANMIA
APPLESBEIJING
FIJIDOLLAROTTO
ENOSDISCIKEEN
LGBTDUKEEDDY
POW Wed 9/7/2022
EREWIKISSHIP
LEXGENOMENONE
IVEGOTTHISANNA
TIMIDLGAIDO
ESPNWISHMELUCK
SETBARTETREI
RINKSCHANT
IDLIKESOMEHINTS
SOAMIWAVED
ATVNESLIDDAD
WHATINHELLBANE
ECOIONWINES
EDAMGOOGLETIME
KEKEMELEESSIR
EWESADAMSHAT
Thu 9/8/2022
ESCAPEEFLOTUS
SHUDOWNIOLANI
TRIAGEDONRECRD
AOCSUPPERBAE
TULIPPOESYOVO
EDENICTNTGWEN
SQUAREHALLE
FOURCORNERS
SMILETASSEL
PALETISALICIA
ILLTOOTHSCARS
REMHANSELPOT
AGELESSLEANONE
LAIESTPINETAR
SENSESSADDENS
Fri 9/9/2022
PERTURBSLADED
EXNIHILOFELIPE
TEAMUPONTAPSIN
RECORDDEALS
HYDRAKGBPEE
EUROBRITAPPS
AGOGTUAHONEST
POPULISMAMWAY
MEANTTSAR
ESPTESTSRIG
SPATROEGSNOG
ALLAHSLRAGER
GUITARSOLODATE
AMNESIASTACHE
SEESPOTSETTER
T
R
I
S
Sat 9/10/2022
ADVERBMIMICS
SUITORBONEDUP
SOMALILOOKHERE
LENBARRYATE
MARXGAMESCLAD
IMAYINATAEGIS
NONETAZOBLANK
TUGONNETSISTA
CREMAACESALIT
OPRAHPLANCAME
IRONBEARONWES
NOVPRESSBOX
SPECIALSADORED
ERRANDSLUXURY
TESLASLHOTSE
Sun 9/11/2022 Opposites Attract
SWATATDOPEDOGFLASH
SOFINEILLSOHOHDITTO
ALFREDNOYESFIFAIGLOO
FLAWERMAPOORRICHARD
AMIDTRAPDOORERATSKS
FACETHEMUSICWEIMAR
TNTARIASLUPESWEARAT
TOEDMYSELFORIOLE
APPOSETAOISRMANURE
PAARPUNJABHIHATTOV
PINHEARTOFROMAINEIKE
ENDEARTHCATERSKNEE
ATOLLSLIBINSCHEERS
SERAPEELECTSSHAY
ERASMUSLEAROTTERPUP
TEPEESFIXBREAKFAST
BEAMTAXMEGAVOLTLYES
ENDODONTICSNELLGARR
GEENACONKKARLABONOFF
EMPTYELIAMDSEANGLEE
MYTHSSTYSUEDHEELED

Derrick Niederman, of Charleston, S.C., is a former teacher of mathematics at the College of Charleston. Currently he's finishing a statistics textbook that incorporates puzzles.

Derrick is one of the longest-running crossword contributors to The Times, spanning 39 years from 1983 to now. This puzzle started when he noticed the curiosity of 114-Across, followed by 24-Across. The other theme examples are the result of a methodical search.

POW Mon 9/12/2022
DATAANTSGAMES
ERRSBOHOUNITE
ACAIEARNENACT
FONDATHEATRE
SEWATONCBS
AHIWANDAVISION
PETSGASCONDO
ALIASESCHAUCER
CLONEIOULOGE
HONDAACCORDDAD
ESSSTYEUSE
SHONDARHIMES
ARGUEITRYGALA
PEARLCECEHYMN
EXPELSASSTOOK
Tue 9/13/2022
DELISECTSTOW
ECONCLEOHORA
FOOTBALLPLAYER
OCKHAMLIENS
RAMENROCKETTE
MRAZCUSSOAR
OBOEFORMA
UNBORNBABY
JAPESOATS
FBIANNETSAR
KANGAROODROVE
ARIESSOURED
HERESTHEKICKER
BAMAHOPITINE
OUSTATATSNOW
Wed 9/14/2022
LOGOHIGHSJACK
AMOKECLATONAN
REFIAHEADHYPO
DALEEVANSWAIFS
ERANETHINDUS
RATEDPSATELO
BUSLOADPASS
HAPPYTRAILS
JOINENTITLE
ENLYENSLATTE
STALEDBAGHAS
TARESROYROGERS
ERIECIRRIMIRA
RITZHEEDSACEY
SOYAILOSENEDS
Thu 9/15/2022
EBBSTERRIMALA
CUJOINCANIMIN
REELNOSWIMMING
UNCORKSEMAILER
TSOCRUEYAY
EPIATTAMVP
GOODNEWSWELTED
GONEMOIRAAONE
OHSNAPNEGATIVE
TREOVERLYS
MAVARTSICE
IRONBARSPARTAN
SOLASTYEARISLE
SMUGUMAMISEAS
YAMSRELICPAST
Fri 9/16/2022
ICECAPSLAURA
MOLASSESALPHA
DRINKITINSATIN
BEADONESECOND
YOUNEVERKNOW
MLSCUPIZE
AUNATURELDEALT
SCANPEALSAXIS
TYPEACREAMSODA
COOGAYNOR
CRAFTPROJECT
HASANIDEAIAMB
ATARISUPERGLUE
MEDICFACEEAST
PROSENOIRISH
Sat 9/17/2022
THERAMFARMS
WHEREDIDIPARK
THESANDSOFTIME
REAMSTESLAMEW
ANTEPENALFITS
CDSBIRDCAGE
YONDERAURORA
NEURALESTATE
WETTIGITLLDO
THETANGOADO
GIFSCAPONSNIP
ONEGOFERPETES
AUDIOVISUALAID
LITTLERASCALS
STOODETHANE
Sun 9/18/2022 Because I Said So!
ALGAEPEATAFTSALPE
MOANAEACHBLUELOIN
ILLTURNTHISCARAROUND
DALIASSENTGOSEEKEA
FOIEAASWINGSPAN
SITUPSTRAIGHTDIETARY
CARRIEOUREAVELON
AGOHUGSEREATOM
DONTUSETHATTONEWITHME
AMARETTONCISEST
OCTUPLESLOTHOROURKE
TOWETTADOUBLEUP
ITOLDYOUAHUNDREDTIMES
SELADROPDISICU
EPASITHFINWHENCE
ATFIRSTYOUREGROUNDED
GETSREALSHEEWES
ELFEERIEUNABLEINIT
LETSPLAYTHEQUIETGAME
MEETINESMULEANDOR
ETASTADAYAKSPSAKI

Katie Hale, originally from Houston, is now a stay-at-home mom in London. This is her fifth Sunday Times crossword since 2021.

She works on puzzles when her girls, 6 and 9, are in school or after they've gone to bed. "I like to try and come up with themes during times when I might otherwise be mindlessly staring at my phone, like on the bus. I think the moments when I'm out in the world, hearing other people talk, but not directly to me, are the best times to find inspiration."

Mon 9/19/2022
ATLASALATOM
PHONEIRASDOPE
PENNECASHBONUS
LIEUDEBTIWISH
ERRATICMEAN
LIARATSTAKE
SHAPEEONSOVID
PATHSADOHAITI
ARMYOMENASSET
MESSUPSEPIC
ISTOARRIVES
ALICECAREEAVE
CONARTISTANNEX
EVILBATHSCENT
SETALIPESTS
Tue 9/20/2022
ATOMALGAARUBA
LACEPELTSIPON
TUTTUTTUTKAPUT
APARTSTAREETS
REDIALCEDAR
CHOWCHOWCHOW
CMASBAHHEAVE
HOTLEDAWAYNIB
ENNUIRIPADDS
ZOOMZOOMZOOM
PALERPROFIT
BIOERASECUOCO
IDIOMCANCANCAN
KENDOLIDSTARO
EATENELSASLEW
Wed 9/21/2022
HIGHABAYOGA
EMMAPLUSHOARS
MOANATRIAUTAH
FIGHTORFLIGHT
FLUESAMUSE
PAYTOPLAY
PABSTEVECSPAN
EGOSPRINTSAXE
PROBANDSOPROW
SAMOSAOCEANS
BACKINBLACK
XHOSANILUSERS
REXTAKEANLEAT
ARESPUTNIKTRY
YESEPOCHSEX
Thu 9/22/2022
TOPSEEMOKARCS
IRLHAVANAHEAT
PLACESABETANTE
SASHAYTSAEPI
INTERAMOUNTWON
EDIEBLINTEASE
ROCKEELDIALER
BLACKJACK
SILOEDDAMEAVE
OMANIDUMPTREX
FACECARDSCTRLP
AGOARYSALIVA
RISEBREAKSEVEN
ANTSYUPPIEETS
SEEPSNAPPYDYE
POW Fri 9/23/2022
LINGOHULAMAMA
OCEANENERGYTAX
FORTEWHITEGAZE
INVESTSNUDES
SECTSSHADY
REPPOLEFAE
LEAPWATERSIGN
MESSAGERECEIVED
BATHTOWELUSES
AKAATOMOPT
STONEWHETS
ASAHIINOROUT
NOCOMMENTRANTO
THEREITISICARE
SORTDALYATLAS
Sat 9/24/2022
CASTOFFSIBET
THREEPEATNAME
LEANEDINTOACES
ANNOYSERBART
UNCLASPMACRAE
DIEDCATSCRADLE
ESSPOLICERAID
SEROTONIN
STATEMOTTOLAP
COUNTBASIEFEMA
AMEDEOARSENIC
BASDAWGPENNE
ALDOREADSALOUD
LIARDELETIONS
SAYSSPELUNKS
Sun 9/25/2022 Take Two
TWERKBRASBABECATS
HAVEITBELTALUMIMHO
ELECTRICALOUTLETLARA
YESICANDUMPSONRAZOR
TACHERASFAKENEWS
LIBERIARECTOEAT
ADONBASHAVINGCREAM
GEOLOGISTSTAVETOSCA
ATOZTIOSELFINTRI
WASARIENETGAIN
USERNAMEANDPASSWORD
SNLSKITDOOMSYD
ABATABOOCLEOLOAD
NONPCRALPHINFLATION
EXTERMINATORSFODUE
AAAFILETWATTAGE
DRIBBLESCLUEENOS
WEARSBOOKONEGOTWISE
ALMAWORKSWITHOUTANET
DESIANTEETESTENORS
ETONDYADDERNRANBY

Meghan Morris is an appellate public defender in Denver, where she lives with her partner and twin kindergarteners. She got into crosswords at the University of North Carolina, where she did them in The Daily Tar Heel.

"I can't promise that I never worked on a crossword in class." She adds, "My college roommate recently reminded me that she and I would bemoan when the crossword was on the fold, because then it was hard to do discreetly."

POW Mon 9/26/2022
AREASREDIDCAP
BURROERODEOIL
CLIMBINGGYMADO
SECRETESLOTTED
ERABALTIC
ALASLAITALLS
FORTINSOPTOUT
ACTMANCAVESIR
RAGLANUSAPETA
LAIRGISTITEM
LEAPATIAN
BOLSTERTOUCHUP
APEHANGINTHERE
TAROCEANOMEGA
SLYNERDSSEDER
Tue 9/27/2022
JAILFIVEMORAY
ALDAEDENACUTE
NEIGHBORSRENEW
EXOORLYVIA
TAMALESMEANJOE
PEZCAENUNA
JAGREASYASNER
ULEESUPASETIN
LOTSAGONGPALS
EFTIMITLEI
STOOLIENOMADIC
CFOLORIEMU
HAITILEVITICUS
AGNESOGEEPOSH
MONTHGOLDARTY
Wed 9/28/2022
STARCARBCAN
EASESAHEADOLE
WILLIAMMACYMIO
ALFREDNEUMAN
RECTORYESPOSA
ALIISAPCNET
PIVOTSGOALSSE
INITIALHERE
SOLCYSTSTANDS
INLAPEPISAY
LAALAAANYNEWS
EDWARDMURROW
NAYCHUCKCHEESE
TREHOLLAOASIS
PERCLAYROMP
Thu 9/29/2022
IAMIMAMSNAZZ
RNANINEJOANIE
ANDTHATSSAYINGA
QUEUEIHOPLASS
LABELAAHS
CALIFORNIATTO
IPASCANSNEER
DAMPEDGERSCAB
EIEIOOLAVHMS
ALOEVERAOTION
PAPASENOR
PEELSNOWTUBED
ITSALOTTOUNPACK
TOPTENOKRANUN
ANNEXHELMDRY
Fri 9/30/2022
CLAMHASTACAST
RILEECLATOCHO
IBEXNEATOLAIR
SEXIESTMANALIVE
PLACATEDEVE
AVENUESCOFF
SWANEENYETARO
HIGHSTAKESPOKER
IDEAHOCCORSET
NESTSNOBARS
DOCNAPTIMES
MORALOFTHESTORY
AKINBLEAKEVER
CROCROSIEMICA
KATEARTSYSETH
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