Kunal Nabar author page
3 puzzles by Kunal Nabar
with Constructor comments
See the 25 answer words debuted by Kunal Nabar.
| M | O | V | I | E | T | I | C | K | E | T | S | |||
| O | P | E | N | M | A | R | R | I | A | G | E | S | ||
| B | A | R | E | E | S | S | E | N | T | I | A | L | S | |
| S | H | A | R | K | S | T | E | F | E | E | K | |||
| T | A | K | E | T | E | N | F | E | T | E | ||||
| A | L | A | I | N | A | E | P | U | P | P | Y | |||
| M | A | M | A | B | I | R | D | D | A | R | W | I | N | |
| P | I | N | A | T | L | P | R | Y | E | E | O | |||
| E | D | E | M | A | S | C | L | A | S | S | A | C | T | |
| D | I | S | C | S | H | U | M | C | R | E | E | |||
| U | N | I | S | N | B | A | G | A | M | E | ||||
| P | T | A | G | O | R | P | O | P | E | R | A | |||
| O | C | T | A | V | I | A | E | B | U | T | L | E | R | |
| S | I | L | E | N | T | R | E | T | R | E | A | T | ||
| T | A | L | K | I | N | G | H | E | A | D | S |
| M | E | N | S | S | P | U | D | A | S | S | A | M | S | K | I | N | ||||
| I | M | O | K | K | A | R | O | F | R | O | Y | O | U | T | I | L | E | |||
| D | I | V | I | S | I | O | N | O | F | L | A | B | O | R | S | A | L | O | N | |
| G | R | A | D | U | A | L | F | A | A | P | R | E | M | I | S | E | ||||
| E | S | C | P | R | O | D | U | C | T | O | F | T | H | E | T | I | M | E | S | |
| A | G | E | E | E | S | E | C | E | O | N | O | N | A | |||||||
| U | M | N | O | A | I | M | S | E | T | T | L | E | A | N | T | |||||
| F | A | C | T | S | R | O | O | T | C | A | U | S | E | J | A | M | ||||
| C | O | Y | O | T | E | S | D | A | R | N | S | T | A | G | S | A | L | E | ||
| O | I | L | P | I | L | E | M | U | S | I | C | R | O | W | ||||||
| D | I | F | F | E | R | E | N | C | E | O | F | O | P | I | N | I | O | N | ||
| F | I | N | A | L | C | U | T | N | G | O | S | A | G | A | ||||||
| I | M | A | R | E | T | S | C | H | E | E | R | O | N | E | T | E | R | M | ||
| R | E | P | S | Q | U | A | R | E | D | U | P | R | I | S | K | S | ||||
| S | A | C | C | O | U | R | T | S | S | I | S | C | O | O | S | |||||
| S | H | O | E | I | V | E | M | G | M | H | E | A | T | |||||||
| I | N | T | E | G | R | A | T | E | D | C | I | R | C | U | I | T | E | L | I | |
| M | O | L | E | R | A | T | E | S | O | M | E | T | E | R | E | D | ||||
| A | R | I | S | E | A | D | D | E | D | C | O | M | P | L | E | X | I | T | Y | |
| C | A | F | E | S | R | A | I | T | A | V | I | E | D | E | C | O | L | |||
| S | H | E | D | I | N | N | E | R | E | N | D | S | C | A | N | S |
| P | R | I | O | R | A | G | H | A | S | T | ||||
| M | O | N | O | P | O | L | Y | M | O | N | E | Y | ||
| P | A | L | A | T | E | C | L | E | A | N | S | E | R | |
| S | E | G | O | A | N | K | A | N | E | W | M | E | ||
| T | O | I | O | S | M | O | N | D | D | E | L | S | ||
| E | P | C | O | T | I | N | E | R | T | R | Y | E | ||
| P | L | A | S | T | I | C | R | E | A | D | ||||
| S | E | L | L | E | R | K | O | I | P | O | N | D | S | |
| P | R | O | R | A | T | E | D | E | S | E | R | T | ||
| A | L | E | S | N | E | E | R | E | D | W | I | E | ||
| S | E | A | M | I | M | P | E | L | A | S | E | T | ||
| M | A | L | E | S | P | I | T | V | C | R | S | |||
| A | S | I | D | E | S | T | I | M | E | L | O | O | P | |
| R | E | S | I | N | S | U | N | C | T | U | O | U | S | |
| A | R | M | A | D | A | P | A | S | S | M | T | A |
I first encountered the New York Times crossword puzzle one Saturday in high school. I scanned the clues and guessed a few answers before putting it away. Years later, my partner, Emily, and her mother — both avid crossword solvers — explained the rules to me, and it was then that I began solving the NYT puzzle regularly. During the pandemic, I started constructing my own crosswords, initially just for friends and family. I loved the challenge of it, and I'm so proud to now have a crossword published in the NYT!
I seeded this puzzle with PALATE CLEANSER, which I thought was a refreshing entry. It took me a while to get the upper left to work out, but once I decided on MAGICAL REALISM as the other long entry, PEOPLE PLEASER and MONOPOLY MONEY fell into place pretty quickly. I hope you enjoy this Friday puzzle!