See the 20 answer words debuted by Henry Lin-David.
| S | A | F | E | R | S | P | A | T | A | T | D | I | N | A | R | S | O | D | |||
| I | L | L | B | E | K | A | R | A | T | E | I | N | O | N | E | C | P | U | |||
| F | L | U | T | E | S | E | C | T | I | O | N | A | T | L | A | S | M | O | T | H | |
| T | U | G | L | E | D | E | L | P | S | N | E | O | O | A | R | ||||||
| E | R | E | S | L | A | S | S | O | C | A | R | S | E | R | V | I | C | E | |||
| R | E | L | A | T | E | D | P | R | O | M | O | M | E | L | T | G | E | M | |||
| H | Y | U | N | D | A | I | R | A | D | I | I | A | T | E | A | S | E | ||||
| B | R | O | T | A | L | O | N | G | I | A | N | T | S | N | O | W | M | A | N | ||
| A | I | R | S | G | E | N | E | S | T | L | W | E | I | R | D | ||||||
| M | O | N | K | M | O | D | E | S | T | E | M | E | A | R | N | ||||||
| I | A | M | T | A | X | I | N | Y | E | S | P | O | T | ||||||||
| N | O | T | I | C | E | M | E | A | K | I | N | T | S | A | H | A | R | I | |||
| E | V | A | N | Z | E | N | Y | E | T | I | C | U | E | S | I | N | |||||
| V | I | R | G | O | N | D | A | C | L | O | T | H | S | O | S | ||||||
| E | N | T | K | I | T | H | B | O | S | L | A | V | U | T | I | L | E | ||||
| R | E | S | E | R | V | A | T | I | O | N | T | I | M | E | T | R | A | V | E | L | |
| P | A | B | L | O | A | P | P | R | O | P | R | I | A | T | E | ||||||
| T | H | A | I | A | N | T | S | A | R | E | S | A | T | A | S | P | S | ||||
| W | A | Y | T | O | G | O | P | O | R | O | U | S | L | T | E | M | O | E | |||
| I | S | T | O | O | T | A | E | B | O | S | C | A | L | E | D | D | O | W | N | ||
| S | T | O | M | P | E | M | A | I | L | E | O | N | R | E | E | K | E | D | |||
| T | O | N | E | S | S | P | R | E | E | L | T | D | S | N | E | E | R | S |
Frank S. David is a biotech consultant and professor at Tufts University in Medford, Mass. His son, Henry Lin-David, is a writer in Pittsburgh. The two started brainstorming theme entries for this puzzle over the winter holidays two years ago.
The 4 x 4 block of squares in the center looks like it's cut off from the rest of the grid. But everything is connected, as you'll see.
| S | E | T | U | P | C | O | M | I | C | C | A | P | ||
| A | L | O | N | E | A | N | O | N | O | A | D | O | ||
| M | O | O | S | E | T | R | A | C | K | S | N | O | N | |
| L | A | V | E | D | H | U | M | A | N | L | Y | |||
| A | D | R | I | E | N | M | A | P | O | T | O | F | U | |
| W | O | O | D | D | A | I | S | A | T | O | P | |||
| E | G | O | B | A | R | R | J | A | R | |||||
| E | M | P | T | Y | C | A | L | O | R | I | E | S | ||
| A | S | S | M | A | H | I | L | E | D | |||||
| E | D | E | N | L | A | W | N | B | E | E | R | |||
| M | I | N | I | T | W | I | X | C | H | O | P | P | Y | |
| B | A | R | C | A | R | T | S | H | U | S | H | |||
| A | L | I | M | E | A | T | T | O | R | N | A | D | O | |
| L | U | C | P | A | N | S | Y | L | I | N | U | X | ||
| M | P | H | S | K | Y | P | E | S | A | T | B | Y |