Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
20 | 5/14/2013 | 12/1/2024 | 7 |
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Rebus | Circle | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
2 | 1 | 1.58 | 104 | 59% |
Sun 12/1/2024 Drive Around the Block
B | U | S | S | | D | I | P | | S | I | L | A | S | | M | I | S | C | H | A |
O | H | I | O | | A | D | A | M | S | M | I | T | H | | U | N | C | L | O | G |
S | U | R | F | A | C | E | S | C | R | A | T | C | H | | S | E | R | E | N | E |
C | H | I | T | C | H | A | T | S | | W | H | O | | S | T | R | E | A | K | S |
| | | P | E | A | L | E | | W | A | G | | B | E | A | T | E | N | | |
A | D | D | E | D | | S | L | O | W | R | O | L | L | I | N | G | | S | P | F |
L | O | U | D | | | | | P | E | E | W | E | E | | G | A | T | H | E | R |
D | U | M | A | S | | T | B | S | | | | D | E | S | | S | E | E | T | O |
A | P | P | L | E | P | I | E | | I | C | E | | D | O | C | | S | E | C | S |
| | | | E | R | S | T | | I | C | E | | M | S | U | | S | T | A | T |
S | I | G | N | P | O | S | T | | I | C | E | | O | U | T | L | A | S | T | S |
I | D | L | E | | B | U | Y | | I | C | E | | N | E | U | E | | | | |
L | O | O | N | | E | E | R | | I | C | E | | E | M | P | E | R | O | R | S |
A | N | S | E | L | | S | I | T | | | | D | Y | E | | R | O | B | O | T |
G | O | S | S | I | P | | Z | S | A | Z | S | A | | | | | Y | E | T | I |
E | T | E | | F | R | O | Z | E | N | A | S | S | E | T | | L | A | Y | E | R |
| | S | P | E | E | D | O | | D | M | S | | B | A | S | A | L | | | |
R | O | O | S | T | E | D | | O | R | B | | S | O | U | T | H | B | E | N | D |
I | N | V | A | I | N | | S | M | O | O | T | H | O | P | E | R | A | T | O | R |
F | E | E | L | M | E | | R | A | I | N | M | A | K | E | R | | L | A | V | A |
F | A | R | M | E | D | | I | N | D | I | C | | S | S | N | | L | S | A | T |
Sat 7/23/2022
E | D | W | A | R | D | I | | R | A | W | D | E | A | L |
N | A | R | W | H | A | L | | E | M | I | R | A | T | E |
A | M | I | R | I | T | E | | P | A | N | E | T | T | A |
M | A | N | A | N | A | | | | | O | G | D | E | N |
E | G | G | T | O | S | S | | D | A | R | | I | N | S |
L | E | E | S | | C | O | T | I | L | L | A | R | D | |
S | S | R | | W | I | L | E | Y | P | O | S | T | | |
| | | C | H | E | F | S | K | I | S | S | | | |
| | P | H | O | N | E | L | I | N | E | | N | I | B |
| L | O | G | I | C | G | A | T | E | | C | O | C | A |
S | E | T | | S | E | E | | S | S | H | A | P | E | D |
U | N | F | I | T | | | | | K | A | B | O | B | S |
G | N | A | S | H | E | D | | M | I | S | S | I | L | E |
A | I | R | T | A | X | I | | R | E | T | I | N | U | E |
R | E | M | O | T | E | S | | T | R | O | T | T | E | D |
Jim here, sitting in for Jeff Chen, who will be back mañana.
John Lieb is the co-director (along with Andrew Kingsley) of the Boswords crossword tournament.
Boswords has only been going on for a few years, but it has quickly become one of the most important tournaments in the game. Like Lollapuzzoola (August 27) or ACPT (next March 31 to April 2), they have great puzzles from excellent constructors, but they stand out by having several tournaments a year and for absolutely nailing the online experience. This year you can participate virtually or in person, alone or in pairs. The summer tournament is tomorrow, July 24. Not sure if you should jump in? Go for it!
We have alternating current at our electrical sockets today because TESLA outmaneuvered Edison, who advocated for direct current. The consequences have shaped how electronics work ever since.
Marion COTILLARD is an outstanding talent with equal success in both her native French and in English. Keep an eye on her. DAR es Salaam (or just DAR) is the largest city in Tanzania. LEES is an old word for the sediment at the bottom of a wine barrel.
Slang in crosswords is controversial, AM I RITE? I'm not sure how I feel about that one.
Sat 6/26/2021
P | E | T | S | C | A | N | | A | C | T | S | O | U | T |
I | C | O | U | L | D | E | A | T | A | H | O | R | S | E |
T | H | E | M | U | D | V | I | L | L | E | N | I | N | E |
H | O | S | T | | L | I | D | | C | O | N | G | A | S |
| | | O | R | E | S | | J | U | N | E | | | |
S | O | R | T | E | D | | S | A | L | E | T | A | G | S |
T | R | I | A | L | | M | A | N | U | | | L | E | I |
O | D | D | L | Y | S | A | T | I | S | F | Y | I | N | G |
M | E | G | | | H | I | E | S | | R | A | T | O | N |
P | R | E | S | S | O | N | S | | S | A | M | O | A | S |
| | | L | U | T | E | | C | H | U | M | | | |
A | T | T | E | N | D | | P | R | E | | E | D | A | M |
C | A | R | E | T | O | E | L | A | B | O | R | A | T | E |
D | R | I | V | E | W | A | Y | M | O | M | E | N | T | S |
C | A | P | E | A | N | N | | S | P | A | D | A | Y | S |
Anyone who carries around an NPR totebag is familiar with the phrase DRIVEWAY MOMENTS.
Fri 7/10/2020
S | T | U | N | T | M | A | N | | S | T | A | B | L | E |
H | I | R | O | H | I | T | O | | C | O | N | A | I | R |
I | N | K | W | E | L | L | S | | H | O | I | S | T | S |
N | E | E | | C | H | A | | A | U | N | T | I | E | |
Y | S | L | | H | O | S | E | R | S | | A | L | B | S |
| | | T | R | U | E | W | E | S | T | | I | R | E |
E | N | G | R | O | S | S | E | S | | E | L | C | I | D |
M | A | R | I | N | E | | | | C | R | E | A | T | E |
A | S | A | M | I | | L | A | T | E | R | I | S | E | R |
I | C | Y | | C | H | E | C | H | N | Y | A | | | |
L | A | B | S | | E | T | C | E | T | C | | P | O | P |
| R | E | E | D | I | T | | D | A | R | | A | C | E |
A | D | A | G | E | S | | M | O | V | E | M | B | E | R |
G | A | R | N | E | T | | S | L | O | W | C | L | A | P |
A | D | D | O | N | S | | S | E | S | S | I | O | N | S |
Thu 2/27/2020
| B | A | S | S | | L | S | A | T | | | R | U | N |
W | O | R | T | H | | A | C | L | U | | C | A | P | E |
H | O | M | E | R | | T | H | E | B | O | R | D | E | R |
O | M | | M | I | N | E | R | S | | P | O | I | N | T |
| | | | N | E | R | O | | M | A | S | O | N | S |
A | N | D | R | E | W | | D | I | A | L | S | | | |
W | E | R | E | | B | R | I | A | R | S | | F | E | |
L | A | O | S | | L | I | N | G | O | | M | A | A | M |
| T | O | | G | O | O | G | O | O | | A | S | I | A |
| | | I | L | O | S | E | | N | E | T | T | L | E |
L | E | A | N | E | D | | R | V | E | R | | | | |
A | L | L | E | N | | B | S | I | D | E | S | | T | W |
S | O | M | E | S | P | A | C | E | | C | A | R | E | W |
I | P | A | D | | C | L | A | W | | T | R | U | E | S |
K | E | Y | | | P | I | T | S | | S | I | G | N | |
Sat 2/16/2019
T | H | E | A | M | I | S | H | | | S | H | A | P | E |
H | O | T | L | A | N | T | A | | S | C | A | L | A | R |
A | N | O | I | N | T | E | D | | T | A | L | O | N | S |
W | O | N | | S | E | R | | G | O | B | O | T | S | |
S | R | S | | C | A | N | C | E | L | | S | T | E | W |
| | | M | A | R | O | O | N | E | D | | O | X | O |
S | C | O | O | P | S | | M | I | N | O | T | A | U | R |
Y | A | N | N | I | | C | E | E | | M | E | S | A | S |
B | R | I | A | N | E | N | O | | P | I | C | K | L | E |
I | P | O | | G | R | O | U | P | O | N | S | | | |
L | A | N | G | | A | T | T | I | L | A | | A | F | T |
| C | R | E | A | S | E | | S | E | T | | B | O | A |
I | C | I | C | L | E | | S | T | A | R | W | A | R | S |
L | I | N | K | E | D | | P | I | X | I | E | C | U | T |
L | O | G | O | S | | | F | L | E | X | T | I | M | E |
Tue 8/21/2018
B | I | G | A | P | E | | C | N | N | | A | P | P | T |
C | R | A | N | I | A | | A | C | A | | T | E | R | I |
C | O | P | T | E | R | | P | A | R | T | H | R | E | E |
| N | Y | E | | T | E | N | A | C | I | O | U | S | D |
O | M | E | | K | A | T | | | | A | S | S | A | Y |
D | A | A | L | I | G | S | H | O | W | | | A | L | E |
E | N | R | O | N | | | A | R | M | H | O | L | E | S |
| | | S | T | E | E | L | Y | D | A | N | | | |
C | A | S | S | E | T | T | E | | | S | T | A | B | S |
O | R | E | | | D | A | R | N | T | O | O | T | I | N |
M | E | A | T | S | | | | M | I | N | | E | R | L |
B | O | B | B | Y | D | A | R | I | N | | I | C | Y | |
A | L | L | A | L | O | N | E | | G | O | G | R | A | Y |
T | A | U | R | | J | O | N | | O | N | E | O | N | E |
S | E | E | S | | O | N | O | | D | A | R | W | I | N |
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.)
Sat 4/28/2018
P | O | S | T | T | R | U | T | H | | T | H | A | R | P |
E | S | P | E | R | A | N | T | O | | O | I | L | E | R |
S | T | O | N | E | T | O | O | L | | K | E | L | S | O |
T | E | N | S | E | S | | P | I | X | Y | S | T | I | X |
L | A | G | | D | O | H | | E | G | O | | H | S | I |
E | L | E | V | | | A | G | R | A | | M | E | T | E |
| | | A | B | U | J | A | | M | O | O | R | E | S |
| N | O | P | U | N | I | N | T | E | N | D | E | D | |
S | I | M | O | N | E | | J | E | S | S | E | | | |
A | C | E | R | | V | E | A | L | | | S | A | R | G |
L | E | G | | N | E | V | | E | D | D | | M | E | A |
I | M | A | G | O | N | E | R | | R | E | B | E | L | S |
N | O | D | A | T | | R | A | M | I | M | A | L | E | K |
A | V | O | I | D | | T | R | I | L | O | B | I | T | E |
S | E | G | N | O | | S | E | X | Y | B | E | A | S | T |
POW Wed 8/16/2017
I | N | C | A | N | | M | G | M | | L | O | W | E | D |
M | E | R | R | Y | | A | N | I | | E | X | I | L | E |
S | P | I | D | E | R | M | A | N | | N | O | N | E | T |
O | H | N | O | | E | A | T | S | I | T | | E | M | O |
R | E | G | R | E | T | | S | K | R | I | L | L | E | X |
E | W | E | | A | I | D | | | E | L | A | I | N | E |
| | | A | R | R | I | B | A | | | L | S | T | S |
| M | I | N | N | E | S | O | T | A | F | A | T | S | |
T | A | C | T | | | H | B | O | N | O | W | | | |
O | R | E | I | D | A | | | P | A | R | | K | I | T |
P | A | T | S | A | J | A | K | | C | A | M | A | R | O |
I | D | O | | W | A | S | A | B | I | | I | T | I | S |
C | O | N | A | N | | S | P | I | N | C | L | A | S | S |
A | N | G | L | E | | A | P | T | | A | N | N | I | E |
L | A | S | E | D | | M | A | E | | M | E | A | N | S |
Mon 11/21/2016
S | E | N | S | E | | R | I | M | S | | P | C | P |
U | P | E | N | N | | E | W | O | K | | O | A | S |
Z | E | R | O | V | I | S | I | B | I | L | I | T | Y |
Y | E | O | W | | D | E | S | I | | I | N | S | O |
| | | T | W | O | T | H | U | M | B | S | U | P |
U | N | T | I | E | | | | S | W | E | E | P | |
F | O | U | R | T | O | P | S | | A | L | T | | |
O | G | R | E | | W | R | A | T | H | | T | E | E |
S | O | N | | F | L | O | R | A | | F | I | G | S |
| | S | L | O | | S | I | X | F | L | A | G | S |
| D | I | A | N | A | | | | L | A | S | S | O |
E | I | G | H | T | M | E | N | O | U | T | | | |
R | A | N | T | | U | S | E | R | | S | E | G | O |
A | G | A | I | N | S | T | A | L | L | O | D | D | S |
S | O | L | | S | E | E | R | | I | D | E | A | S |
E | N | S | | A | D | E | S | | T | A | N | Y | A |
Wed 11/9/2016
U | T | A | H | | I | S | L | I | P | | D | O | G | G |
M | A | R | E | | S | O | U | T | H | | O | N | L | Y |
A | S | T | R | | B | O | S | C | O | | N | E | A | P |
| | C | O | U | N | T | T | H | E | S | T | A | R | S |
| T | R | I | G | | | | | B | O | S | L | E | Y |
B | R | I | N | G | T | H | E | H | E | A | T | | | |
R | O | T | | S | O | A | M | I | | P | O | P | U | P |
E | P | I | C | | P | L | O | P | S | | P | O | N | E |
R | E | C | O | N | | A | R | T | O | O | | W | I | G |
| | | C | O | O | L | Y | O | U | R | J | E | T | S |
S | P | L | A | S | H | | | | | C | O | R | E | |
C | A | T | C | H | S | O | M | E | R | A | Y | S | | |
A | R | G | O | | N | A | I | V | E | | O | U | C | H |
R | E | E | L | | A | T | R | I | A | | U | I | E | S |
E | D | N | A | | P | S | A | L | M | | S | T | E | T |
Thu 4/7/2016
S | A | R | A | H | P | I | N | | O | H | S | N | A | P |
O | V | E | R | E | A | S | Y | | P | O | M | I | N | O |
R | E | G | A | T | T | A | S | | S | L | I | C | E | S |
E | R | S | | | I | B | E | T | | I | L | E | N | E |
| | | A | L | A | E | | I | N | S | E | R | T | S |
S | A | Y | H | E | L | L | O | T | O | M | Y | | | |
E | I | E | I | O | | | N | U | N | | S | O | P | |
P | L | S | | S | P | I | E | S | O | N | | N | E | P |
| S | T | P | | A | N | A | | | E | M | C | E | E |
| | | L | I | T | T | L | E | F | R | I | E | N | D |
L | A | D | A | N | S | E | | R | A | F | T | | | |
O | B | E | Y | S | | L | A | I | C | | | L | S | U |
R | A | P | B | U | M | | B | E | E | R | T | E | N | T |
E | L | M | O | R | E | | A | P | P | A | C | H | I | A |
S | L | A | Y | E | D | | S | A | M | S | M | I | T | H |
Sarah Palin has been honored (if that's the right word) in crosswords before but this is the debut for her full name. Why did it take until 2016? Clearly, it's a conspiracy by the NYT and the rest of the lamestream media.
Sat 6/7/2014
S | P | A | M | B | O | T | | W | A | L | K | O | F | F |
M | A | N | C | A | V | E | | A | S | A | R | U | L | E |
I | R | A | Q | W | A | R | | B | E | R | A | T | E | S |
L | A | C | | L | L | A | M | A | | D | U | C | A | T |
E | D | I | T | | S | W | I | S | H | | T | O | B | E |
S | E | N | O | R | | A | S | H | O | T | | M | A | R |
| | | R | E | N | T | S | | M | A | X | E | N | E |
F | E | A | R | N | O | T | | D | E | B | A | S | E | D |
O | U | T | E | A | T | | X | E | R | O | X | | | |
O | P | T | | L | E | G | O | S | | R | I | F | T | S |
S | H | E | A | | S | E | X | E | S | | S | A | R | I |
B | O | S | C | O | | T | O | R | C | H | | K | I | N |
A | R | T | E | M | I | S | | T | H | E | B | E | S | T |
L | I | T | I | N | T | O | | E | M | E | R | I | T | A |
L | A | O | T | I | A | N | | R | O | L | O | D | E | X |
A WALK-OFF HOMER is a home run hit by the home team in the bottom of the ninth or later inning that gives them the lead. The home team gets to walk off the field without finishing the inning. The visiting team walks off in shame and disappointment. Everyone gets to walk off except the batter who still has to run around the bases, probably doffing his hat to the adoring home-town fans who now get to walk off to their homes.
Thu 5/15/2014
N | T | H | | N | E | X | U | S | | S | H | U | S | H |
O | R | U | | E | V | E | N | T | | K | A | R | L | A |
R | I | G | | W | A | N | D | E | R | I | N | G | I | S |
M | A | H | R | E | | O | I | L | Y | | D | E | P | P |
A | L | L | I | S | A | N | D | E | A | R | S | | | |
| | A | T | T | N | | | | N | E | U | R | O | N |
C | R | U | Z | | K | A | T | E | | I | P | A | N | A |
H | O | R | | L | A | Y | I | S | O | N | | Z | I | P |
A | L | I | B | I | | N | E | A | R | | B | O | T | S |
P | L | E | A | T | S | | | | C | A | R | R | | |
| | | B | E | T | T | E | D | A | V | I | S | I | S |
C | O | Z | Y | | A | E | R | O | | E | T | H | N | O |
A | N | I | F | O | R | A | N | E | Y | E | | A | K | A |
M | E | T | A | L | | R | I | S | E | N | | R | E | P |
P | A | S | T | E | | S | E | T | T | O | | P | R | Y |
Mon 4/21/2014
S | T | U | D | I | O | | B | A | B | Y | | L | A | S |
A | S | S | I | S | I | | A | N | T | E | | Y | E | T |
H | O | M | E | P | L | A | T | E | U | M | P | I | R | E |
L | S | A | T | | P | O | I | | | E | R | N | I | E |
| | | | B | A | N | K | M | A | N | A | G | E | R |
R | O | D | M | A | N | | | A | T | I | T | | | |
O | R | E | O | S | | Z | E | R | O | | F | E | M | A |
B | L | A | C | K | J | A | C | K | P | L | A | Y | E | R |
S | Y | N | C | | E | G | O | S | | A | L | E | R | T |
| | | A | S | T | A | | | T | I | L | D | E | S |
C | E | N | S | U | S | T | A | K | E | R | | | | |
A | B | O | I | L | | | D | I | X | | R | A | V | E |
C | O | U | N | T | E | R | E | X | A | M | P | L | E | S |
T | O | S | | A | R | A | L | | C | O | M | B | A | T |
I | K | E | | N | A | P | E | | O | N | S | A | L | E |
Mon 3/17/2014
C | A | R | D | | A | T | T | I | C | | T | S | A | R |
L | E | E | R | | F | R | E | D | O | | H | E | X | A |
I | R | A | E | | G | A | M | E | W | A | R | D | E | N |
N | I | L | S | | H | I | P | | L | I | E | U | | |
G | E | M | S | T | A | T | E | | | M | E | C | C | A |
| | | C | A | N | | | S | E | E | | T | O | T |
M | A | J | O | R | | G | I | M | M | E | F | I | V | E |
A | V | I | D | | R | U | L | E | S | | A | V | E | S |
G | O | M | E | R | P | Y | L | E | | I | N | E | R | T |
N | I | P | | H | I | S | | | A | N | T | | | |
A | D | A | N | O | | | G | U | M | B | A | L | L | S |
| | L | A | D | E | | U | N | U | | S | O | U | P |
G | Y | M | N | A | S | T | I | C | S | | I | F | S | O |
P | E | E | N | | A | I | S | L | E | | E | A | T | S |
A | W | R | Y | | U | L | E | E | S | | S | T | Y | E |
Mon 11/4/2013
O | A | K | | B | R | A | | | S | C | O | F | F | S |
B | E | I | | M | A | X | I | | C | O | L | L | I | E |
G | I | N | | W | I | L | T | | I | N | D | E | N | T |
Y | O | G | I | | D | E | S | K | | S | E | X | E | S |
N | U | A | N | C | E | | R | A | N | T | S | | | |
| | R | U | H | R | | A | L | C | A | T | R | A | Z |
L | O | T | S | A | | N | I | K | O | N | | I | R | E |
U | S | H | E | R | | A | N | A | | T | A | C | O | S |
M | S | U | | L | O | G | I | N | | I | S | H | O | T |
P | A | R | M | E | S | A | N | | I | N | C | A | | |
| | | A | M | O | N | G | | D | E | A | R | M | E |
M | A | Z | D | A | | O | M | N | I | | P | D | A | S |
S | M | U | D | G | E | | E | C | O | N | | I | N | T |
R | E | L | E | N | T | | N | A | T | O | | I | D | O |
P | R | U | N | E | S | | | A | S | S | | I | M | P |
Sat 7/27/2013
M | A | T | T | D | A | M | O | N | | P | A | S | S | E |
S | P | E | E | D | D | A | T | E | | I | N | A | L | L |
R | E | L | A | T | E | S | T | O | | E | N | I | A | C |
P | R | E | K | | N | C | O | S | | C | E | N | T | I |
| | | | R | O | O | M | | S | E | X | T | E | D |
G | E | S | S | O | | T | A | B | O | O | | | | |
I | T | H | A | C | A | | N | U | F | F | S | A | I | D |
S | T | A | R | K | L | Y | | B | T | W | E | L | V | E |
H | U | G | I | T | O | U | T | | C | O | R | D | O | N |
| | | | H | E | M | E | N | | R | E | A | R | S |
G | N | O | M | E | S | | D | U | C | K | | | | |
S | A | W | I | V | | I | T | C | H | | D | U | P | E |
P | I | N | T | O | | M | A | L | E | N | U | R | S | E |
O | V | E | T | T | | P | L | E | A | S | E | S | I | R |
T | E | R | S | E | | S | K | I | P | C | L | A | S | S |
Tue 5/14/2013
C | A | S | I | N | O | S | | L | E | B | A | N | O | N |
T | H | E | W | A | V | E | | O | R | I | G | A | M | I |
R | I | P | O | P | E | N | | B | A | S | E | M | E | N |
| | | N | O | R | | N | O | S | E | | E | G | O |
M | A | N | T | L | E | | A | S | E | C | | D | A | S |
I | C | E | | E | A | R | N | | S | T | A | R | | |
L | E | I | | O | T | I | C | | | | L | O | S | S |
E | L | L | E | N | | O | Y | L | | D | E | P | T | H |
R | A | D | S | | | | D | E | N | Y | | P | A | R |
| | I | S | B | N | | R | O | A | N | | E | V | E |
C | S | A | | R | I | C | E | | T | A | R | R | E | D |
Y | A | M | | A | C | O | W | | U | M | A | | | |
S | N | O | O | Z | E | D | | A | R | I | Z | O | N | A |
T | A | N | L | I | N | E | | L | A | T | E | R | A | L |
S | A | D | D | L | E | S | | P | L | E | D | G | E | S |