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Freeway
Los Angeles Freeway————————Friday,October 10, 2014Puzzle by David Steinberg / Edited by Will ShortzThree puzzles connected by a single letter each, the center section containing a series of eight words...
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The Saturday Crossword
Saturday, October 11, 2014Puzzle by Evans Clinchy / Edited by Will ShortzAcross — 1. Quite cheaply, AT WHOLESALE; 12. Green piece, SOD; 15. Guinness record-setter for “highest-rated TV series” (scoring...
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Inner Workings
Sunday, October 12, 2014"Inner Workings," Puzzle by Pawel FludzinskiEdited by Will ShortzSeven word(s)-within-word(s) phrases constitute the interrelated group of this very pleasant Sunday...
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Game Seven
Monday, October 13, 2014Puzzle by Greg Johnson / Edited by Will ShortzGAME SEVEN(20D. Playoff series finale… or an apt title for this puzzle considering the number and length of its theme entries), and...
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Job Descriptions
Hedda Hopper, Distortion, ca 1955, Diapo centro fotografico————————Tuesday, October 14, 2014Puzzle by Adam G Perl / Edited by Will ShortzNoun phrases with the first word being used as a verb to form a...
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Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry, who will be 84 this week, October 18th, 2014Photo: Robert Altman / Ochs Archives / Getty Images————————Wednesday, October 15, 2014Puzzle by David Poole / Edited by Will ShortzCHUCK...
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Repeat
Posthumous Portrait of Shelley Writing Prometheus Unbound, Joseph Severn, 1845————————Thursday, October 16, 2014Puzzle by John Farmer / Edited by Will ShortzREPEAT(69A. What three-letter words do in...
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The Friday Crossword
Le Bassin aux Nymphéas, 1919, Claude Monet ————————Friday, October 17, 2014Puzzle b Michael Ashley / Edited by Will ShortzAcross — 1. Something running on a cell, MOBILE APP; 10. “The Waltons” co-star...
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Saints Alive!
St. Stephen, 1474, Carlo Crivelli————————Saturday, October 18, 2014Puzzle by Evan Birnholz / Edited by Will ShortzAcross — 1. Some military settings?, MESS KITS; 9. Pants part, CROTCH; 15. Part of a...
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Why Not?
Celtic letter monogram, Kristen Fox, Fine Art America ———————— Sunday, October 19, 2014Puzzle by David Phillips / Edited by Will ShortzSubstituting other letters for the letter "Y" in nine common...
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Elephant Company — the Acrostic
Photograph by Byron Jorjorian ————————Sunday, October 19, 2014ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry RathvonEdited by Will ShortzThis Sunday’s remarkable if tough acrostic draws a quotation from...
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Ten
Jean Harlow————————Monday, October 20, 2014Puzzle by Patrick Blindauer / Edited by Will ShortzSPLIT-SECOND (17A. Instant), MINUTE RICE (26A. Product that competes with Uncle Ben’s), THE WITCHING HOUR...
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Time
Tuesday, October 21, 2014Puzzle by Patrick Blindauer / Edited by Will Shortz"TIME" is the clue for three 15-letter across answers, MARATHONERS STAT, PARTNER OF WARNER and WHAT PRISONERS DO, of this...
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Face Time
Avatar, Portrait, 2013 ———————— Wednesday, October 22, 2014Puzzle by Patrick Blindauer / Edited by Will ShortzA sort of “face” roughly formed by black squares, FACE / TIME(32A and 33A. Meeting with...
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Times Square
Thursday, October 23, 2014Puzzle by Patrick Blindauer / Edited by Will ShortzTIME TIME (56A. Where the ball drops on New Year’s Eve … as depicted literally in four places in this puzzle), along with...
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Time Out
Friday, October 24, 2014Puzzle by Patrick Blindauer / Edited by Will ShortzWhat’s to say?Of interest — ADAM BEDE (3D. Title carpenter of an 1859 novel), AZALEA (44D. Rhododendron relative), GANJA (51D....
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A Sign of the Times
Saturday, October 25,2014Puzzle by Patrick Blindauer / Edited by Will ShortzIf you do the Times crossword on a daily basis you have probably noted the brouhaha surrounding this week of puzzles...
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Winner's Circle
David and Goliath by Caravaggio, circa 1600————————Sunday, October 26, 2014Puzzle by Caleb Emmons / Edited by Will ShortzNote: When this puzzle is completed, the eight circled letters, starting in the...
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DVD
Monday, October 27, 2014Puzzle by Stanley Newman / Edited by Will ShortzDVD RECORDER(53A. TV hookup option … or what you are by solving this puzzle?), DICK VAN DYKE (21A. Eponymous star of a 1960s...
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