THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2020 D 9
Fill In Some Mad Libs
You might be at a loss for words to describe the current era, but, true
to this section’s mission, we’re here to help. All you need is a pen or
pencil, and a way to look up what ‘possessive pronoun’ means.
DEAR ESSENTIAL WORKER,
I’m a/an ____, and I can work from the comfort of
my ____ in my ____. The last time I
put on a/an ____ was ____. But you’ve
had to put on your ____ every day so that I can stay
safe. And I count on you for so much. You’re the ____
worker who ____ that order of ____ to
my door so that I didn’t have to go to ____ to get it.
You’re the ____ employee who ____
my last ____ and mixed my to-go ____.
You’re the ____ clerk who ____ when I
tried to buy ____ ____. (You must see
that all the time.) And you’re also the ____ saving
lives on the front lines, as well as answering my ____
questions. Personally, I think you all deserve a ____.
Sincerely,
JOB
ITEM OF FURNITURE
CLOTHING ITEM HISTORICAL PERIOD
DIFFERENT CLOTHING ITEM
DELIVERY SERVICE
STRESS PURCHASE
STORE NAME
PAST TENSE VERB
FAVORITE COCKTAIL NAME
NUMBER BETWEEN TWO
AND ONE MILLION
PLURAL HOUSEHOLD ITEMS
TYPE OF HEALTH CARE WORKER
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
YOUR NAME
GROCERY STORE NAME PAST TENSE VERB
TAKEOUT ORDER
RESTAURANT NAME
PAST TENSE VERB
ROOM IN THE HOUSE
BREAKING NEWS
For ____, it was another ____ under
lockdown. ____ awoke at ____,
picked up the ____ and learned that one of
____ photos had gone ____ viral on
____. In it, ____ posed with a/an
____, while wearing a/an ____ and
a/an ____ face mask. Thus, the ____
style trend of the pandemic summer was born.
“____,” ____ said, when asked to
explain ____ inspiration. “____.”
____, ____ and ____
have already been spotted rocking the trend — ____
put ____ ____ spin on it by working
in a/an ____ from ____. The trend has
even received its own hashtag — ____ — and is
nearly as famous as ____.
NAME
PERSONAL PRONOUN
PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY
POSSESSIVE PRONOUN
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM
INANIMATE OBJECT
LYRIC FROM “IMAGINE”
POSSESSIVE PRONOUN
CELEBRITY NAME
POSSESSIVE PRONOUN
INANIMATE OBJECT FASHION BRAND
HASHTAG
FAVORITE MEME
ADJECTIVE
POLITICIAN NAME FAMILY MEMBER’S NAME
POLITICIAN NAME
LYRIC FROM A “HAMILTON” SONG
NAME
ADJECTIVE SUPERLATIVE
ARTICLE OF WINTER CLOTHING
PERSONAL PRONOUN
ADVERB
TIME
DAY OF THE WEEK
Show us your completed Mad Libs: Email us at [email protected].
ACROSS
1 “Give me your tired, your poor ...” poet
8 Clothing company named for an
area in South America
10 Astronauts Jessica Meir and
Christina Koch completed the first
all-female one in 2019
11 “___ out!” (ump’s cry)
12 Back-to-school night org.
13 New York island home to a
famous statue
17 Ginger ___
18 Person falsely claiming special
knowledge
24 “Hamilton” song about fighting
adversity in the face of a storm
25 Oscar-winning actress for
“La La Land”
DOWN
1 Place for a mic or a pin
2 Space Invaders console
3 Efron of “Baywatch”
4 Carbon dating determination
5 Word sung three times at the start
of a nursery rhyme
6 Not suitable
7 Like a river delta
8 Rapper behind the viral sensation
“Gangnam Style”
9 Letters before an alternate name
14 Mary ___, C.E.O. of General
Motors
15 New York island that served as
the main arrival point for immigrants
16 Flinch or blink
18 Guevara on hipster T-shirts
19 Sound of a well-tuned engine
20 What a sleeve covers
21 Chinese philosophical ideal
22 Rashida Jones’ character on
“Parks and Recreation”
23 Word before a former name
HEADS
ANSE L
BOCCE
ILIAD
TA I LS
NAT
ATBAT
PLATE
ALTA
SLAM
SWA P S
MA D AM
ATONE
REBEL
TROLL
ST I FF ELL
PACER ROY
ACELA GUN
BITCOIN
FUNHOME
NICEONE
INK UNTAG
NAE S I EVE
ALT EER I E
1234
5
6
7
8
PUZZLE BY TRACY GRAY
ACROSS
1 ___ in the shade
5 Fruit salad ingredient
6 Pool owner’s concern
7 Tackle box items
8 Hathaway of “Ocean’s 8”
DOWN
1 Fruit salad ingredient
2 Fluorescent bulb gas
3 Rapper with the #1 albums “Thank
Me Later” and “Nothing Was the Same”
4 Potato protuberances
5 ___ Men (“Who Let the Dogs
Out” band)
12345
6
7
8
9
PUZZLE BY MILO BECKMAN
ACROSS
1 Red layer of a seven-layer dip
6 White layer of a seven-layer dip
7 Tracy’s wife on “30 Rock”
8 Brown layer of a seven-layer dip
9 Military personnel between sgts.
and capts.
DOWN
1 Protector of regenerating skin
2 Obama education secretary
Duncan
3 Permitted by law
4 Canonized figure
5 “What ___!” (“Don’t you ever clean
this place?!”)
123
45
67
8
9
PUZZLE BY EMILY CARROLL
ACROSS
1 What side planks exercise
4 Compete on “The Voice”
6 Down Under creature
8 Pond gunk
9 Lock unlocker
DOWN
1 Pop, as a question
2 Book jacket blurbs
3 Good-looking person,
in modern lingo
5 Modelist’s need
7 Comedian Schumer
1234567
8 9
10
11 12
13 14 15 16
17
18 19 20 21 22 23
24
25
PUZZLE BY FINN VIGELAND
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There may not be a song of summer yet, but you
can sing these clues out loud to yourself.
EDITED BY JOEL FAGLIANO
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