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Robyn Weintraub whirls us around the dance floor. Craig Ebel of the Craig Ebel & DyVersaCo band performed in 2006 at the Wisconsin State Polka Festival, a four-day event held in Sullivan, Wis.Credit...Darren Hauck, via Getty Images July 8, 2021 FRIDAY PUZZLE — Just look at this puzzle by Robyn Weintraub. It’s gorgeous, and I don’t attribute attractiveness to crossword puzzles on the regular. When I say that it’s gorgeous, what I mean is that there is a plethora of exciting entries. They don’t have to be debuts, they just have to be fun to write into the grid. There should be little...

Sheldon Polonsky makes his New York Times Crossword debut.

Trenton Charlson buries us in black and white squares.

Key to Advancing One’s Writing “Movement started by Tarana Burke.” In 2002, a poet wrote in a notebook before a poetry slam at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City.Credit...Spencer Platt, via Getty Images April 21, 2021 THURSDAY PUZZLE — I love seeing young people take up crossword puzzle solving and constructing. Not only does it give me hope that this pastime of ours will live on long after we are gone, but including their world in the puzzles is infinitely refreshing to me. It’s like spraying room freshener in the musty corners of a house. (Yes, I know you’...

When Clocks ‘Spring Forward’ “Rapper who’s half of Run the Jewels.” In 1946, a woman checked alarm clocks at S Smith and Sons clock factory in Cricklewood, London.Credit...Eric Harlow/Keystone, via Getty Images April 20, 2021 WEDNESDAY PUZZLE — When we last saw Brandon Koppy, he was busy explaining the life cycle to us, but today he offers us a foray into a story that should be very familiar to a majority of solvers. You may not go through as many stages of realization as I did in order to fully appreciate this theme, but I guarantee that you will go through at l...