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06.26.15 — Hot Wax
"Babel Upturned," hot wax (encaustic) painting byGrace Carol Bomer ————————Saturday,June 27, 2015Puzzle by Tim Croce / Edited by Will ShortzOf interest — AMEX CARD (36D. Plastic that’s often green);...
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06.28.15 — The Final Word
Sunday, June 28, 2015“Getting in the Final Word” — Puzzle by Jeremy NewtonEdited by Will ShortzIn this Sunday afterthought crossword, the final word of a phrase is formed by ignoring the first...
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06.28.15 — Fields of Blood — the Acrostic
Battle is joined between Crusaders and Muslims (Bridgeman Art Library)———————— Sunday, June 28, 2015ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry RathvonEdited by Will ShortzThis Sunday’s acrostic draws a...
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Movement
Spinners flying, an iconic and influential futuristic vehicle designed by Syd Mead.———————— Monday, June 29, 2015Puzzle by Todd Gross and Andrea Carla MichaelsEdited by Will ShortzModes of movement,...
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Activities
Chris Rock———————— Tuesday, June 30, 2015Puzzle by Susan Gelfand / Edited by Will ShortzFive surnames of well-known individuals double as the first word of two-word phrases in this Tuesday...
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Daffineth
Wednesday, July 1, 2015Puzzle by Ned White / Edited by Will ShortzSubstituting TH in common phrases usually beginning with S, giving each a daffy clue, is the main feature of this Thursday...
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07.02.15 — Ink
Thursday, July 2, 2015Puzzle by Timothy Palin / Edited by Will ShortzINVISIBLE INK (67A: What six of this puzzle's clues have been written with?) along with the six answers, single-letter clues and the...
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07.03.15 — The Friday Crossword
"Quaker guns" (logs used as ruses to imitate cannons) in former Confederate fortificationsat Manassas Junction March 1862———————— Friday, July 3, 2015Puzzle by Brandon Hensley / Edited by Will ShortzOf...
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Independence Day
Saturday, July 4, 2015 — Independence Day Puzzle by Sam Ezersky / Edited by Will ShortzOf interest — AT THE ZOO (41A. Where “giraffes are insincere,“ in a Simon & Garfunkel hit); BABAGHANOUJ (13A....
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Heads of State
Sunday, July 5, 2015“Heads of State”, Puzzle by Elizabeth C. GorskiEdited by Will ShortzThe main feature of this perfect Independence Day weekend Sunday crossword is HOME OF MOUNT RUSHMORE (15D. What...
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Java Monday
The gibbon's ability to stand and walk upright made Eugène Dubois believe it was closely related to humans. This is one of the reasons why he once claimed that Java Man looked like a "giant gibbon" ~...
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ILL
Ill Met by Moonlight, Mathies———————— Tuesday,July 7, 2015Puzzle by Daniel Raymon / Edited by Will ShortzFive answers contain ILL twice in this agreeable Tuesday crossword:CADILLAC SEVILLE(3D. Luxury...
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Hidden
A 19th-century painting of three children playing hide and seek in a forest. (Friedrich Eduard Meyerheim)———————— Wednesday, July 8, 2015Puzzle by Ryan Milligan / Edited by Will ShortHIDDEN IN PLAIN...
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Q
Thursday, July 9, 2015Puzzle by John Guzzetta / Edited by Will ShortzRIGHT ON CUE (61A. Prompt … or a hint to entering five answers in this puzzle), along with the five answers, constitutes the main...
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The Friday Crossword
Friday,July 10, 2015Puzzle by Barry C. Silk / Edited by Will ShortzOf interest — AARE, ABRA, ACNE, ACRO, ARABS, ARCH, AREOLE, ARILS, ARI ONASSIS (5A. Tycoon with the middle name Socrates); BEER O’CLOCK...
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The Saturday Crossword
Cast in the musical “Hair”at the Biltmore Theater, NYC, 1967———————— Saturday, July 11, 2015Puzzle by Joe DiPietro / Edited by Will ShortzOf interest — CANDIDE(1D. Source of the line “If this is the...
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07.12.15 — Start Again
From the film “Cuckoo!” , Mike Birkhead Associated———————— Sunday, July 12, 2015Puzzle by Patrick Berry / Edited by Will ShortzRepeated syllable sounds at the beginning of seven common phrases...
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07.13.15 — facebook
Monday, July 13, 2015Puzzle by Zhouqin Burnikel / Edited by Will ShortzFACEBOOK BUTTONS(62A. What the first words in 17-, 29- and 48-Across are), along with LIKE, COMMENT and SHARE constitutes the main...
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Seuss
Tuesday, July 14, 2015Puzzle by Kevin Christian and Brad WilberEdited by Will ShortzSEUSS (54D. Author of the books quoted at 17-, 219-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across) and those quotes constitute the main...
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Top Row
Wednesday, July 15, 2015Puzzle by Bruce Haight / Edited by Will ShortzTOP / ROW and TYPEWRITER (10A. With 66-Across, place on a keyboard to find all the letters in 16-, 28-, 45- and 60-Across),...
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