See the 8 answer words debuted by Ralph Sharaga.
| B | I | C | S | A | R | I | T | A | G | S | C | A | R | P | S | |||||
| M | E | N | U | T | I | E | R | W | R | A | P | A | L | E | R | T | S | |||
| O | F | F | R | O | A | D | V | E | H | I | C | L | E | R | E | V | E | R | E | |
| T | O | L | L | F | R | E | E | A | T | H | L | E | T | E | S | F | E | N | ||
| T | R | U | S | T | R | A | M | S | A | D | O | S | B | E | A | D | ||||
| S | E | X | T | A | R | S | U | S | N | E | W | S | H | O | C | K | S | |||
| M | I | S | S | E | D | E | T | R | E | A | R | T | S | |||||||
| L | O | W | E | M | I | S | S | I | O | N | S | S | L | A | T | E | ||||
| O | R | A | T | E | S | N | E | E | D | R | E | D | A | C | T | |||||
| V | A | N | E | S | S | C | A | M | P | I | M | A | C | S | N | O | R | |||
| E | N | T | S | B | U | C | K | E | T | S | E | A | T | S | N | O | D | E | ||
| I | G | O | F | A | R | S | I | U | P | S | E | T | F | E | I | G | N | |||
| T | E | N | D | O | N | N | A | N | A | I | R | O | N | E | D | |||||
| R | I | S | E | S | K | E | Y | L | E | S | S | E | N | T | R | Y | ||||
| T | H | I | S | V | I | S | A | O | V | U | L | E | S | |||||||
| Q | U | I | E | T | R | I | D | E | P | R | I | M | A | L | S | I | M | |||
| U | R | L | S | I | C | E | E | P | H | I | L | O | M | A | N | I | ||||
| A | F | L | A | C | T | T | H | R | E | E | D | E | B | A | C | L | E | S | ||
| S | W | A | T | C | H | R | E | A | R | W | H | E | E | L | D | R | I | V | E | |
| H | A | R | A | R | E | I | R | I | S | M | A | L | E | A | V | E | R | |||
| R | Y | D | E | R | P | E | L | E | S | D | S | U | E | A | R |
Ralph Sharaga, of Belmont, Mass., is "a mostly retired comedy writer." New York Jets fans may know his name from the Jets podcast he and a couple of friends have been doing for 20 years. (He says that's "more frustrating than filling a tough grid.")
This is Ralph's first crossword for The Times, which he made in collaboration Times veteran Doug Peterson, of Pasadena, Calif. Weirdly enough, Ralph is making his crossword debut in the Los Angeles Times today, too.