See the 5 answer words debuted by Akshay Seetharam.
A | C | C | O | S | T | A | S | S | E | T | S | |||
W | A | L | U | I | G | I | B | L | I | G | H | T | ||
C | R | O | S | T | I | N | I | H | A | N | G | E | R | |
M | O | U | T | H | E | P | S | O | M | W | W | I | ||
O | L | D | S | B | E | H | A | R | S | H | I | P | ||
N | E | S | L | E | D | O | N | L | A | I | R | S | ||
C | U | T | A | N | D | P | A | S | T | E | ||||
J | U | S | T | B | E | C | A | U | S | E | ||||
E | A | S | T | E | R | C | A | N | D | Y | ||||
T | A | M | P | S | E | A | S | E | S | C | U | D | ||
E | R | A | S | L | A | S | T | S | R | O | P | E | ||
T | M | I | Y | O | K | E | L | H | E | S | S | E | ||
R | A | S | T | A | S | S | E | A | O | T | T | E | R | |
I | R | V | I | N | E | S | P | O | R | C | L | E | ||
S | K | U | L | K | S | S | P | O | O | L | S |
Many thanks to David P. Williams for showing us that NYT loves accepting this grid shape.