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15x15 grids with the Most Words in the Modern Era
NYT guidelines specify that word (or clue) counts should not exceed 78 for themed puzzles or 72 for themeless ones.
Sometimes, unusual themes or gimmicks require more.
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Tue 12/23/2008
T | E | D | | S | A | T | | | | R | A | T | E | R |
I | L | E | | E | N | I | D | | T | A | R | A | R | A |
M | I | N | | D | I | D | I | | R | E | T | R | A | P |
E | D | I | S | O | N | | A | M | O | | | P | T | S |
R | E | M | A | N | | S | P | I | T | O | N | | | |
| | | S | A | I | L | E | D | | N | O | N | E | T |
E | R | I | E | | D | A | R | | L | A | M | I | N | A |
T | E | S | | N | O | V | | V | O | N | | S | E | T |
A | N | I | M | A | L | | R | A | D | | E | I | R | E |
T | E | N | O | N | | D | E | L | I | A | S | | | |
| | | N | O | T | I | P | S | | N | A | M | E | R |
S | T | P | | | O | M | A | | N | O | S | I | D | E |
P | A | R | T | E | R | | I | D | I | D | | N | I | M |
A | R | A | R | A | T | | D | I | N | E | | E | L | I |
R | E | T | A | R | | | | T | A | S | | D | E | T |
Thu 9/11/2014 CHANGE OF HEART
M | O | O | S | E | | A | G | O | | P | E | A | C | H |
A | V | A | I | L | | L | E | A | | C | U | R | I | E |
T | A | K | E | S | P | A | R | T | | P | R | I | D | E |
| | | V | I | E | | A | H | S | | | S | E | L |
| G | R | E | E | T | E | R | | A | S | N | E | R | |
F | O | E | | | C | A | D | | G | L | O | | | |
L | O | T | | B | A | R | O | N | | A | L | O | H | A |
A | D | A | | A | T | T | | O | S | S | | F | O | X |
B | E | G | E | T | | H | U | N | C | H | | A | V | E |
| | | D | H | L | | P | E | R | | | G | E | D |
| T | R | Y | S | T | | S | T | A | T | L | E | R | |
B | E | E | | | R | A | W | | P | O | L | | | |
I | N | T | E | R | | F | I | R | E | W | A | T | E | R |
G | O | R | M | E | | T | N | N | | E | M | E | R | Y |
D | R | O | I | D | | A | G | A | | R | O | X | I | E |
Thu 10/15/2015
H | O | E | D | | | S | P | A | M | | A | M | S | |
I | T | E | E | S | | U | L | N | E | | L | E | I | E |
T | O | S | C | A | | S | N | A | I | L | S | H | E | L |
| | | O | T | S | | T | R | C | A | | O | I | K |
| Y | L | E | L | O | G | | | | G | L | D | E | S |
A | C | E | S | | S | A | T | | R | E | V | | | |
R | A | T | | | | F | I | T | T | | W | L | C | |
F | L | M | B | | W | I | L | O | O | | R | A | L | Y |
| N | E | S | | A | E | I | T | | | | L | A | A |
| | | R | O | K | | P | E | E | | T | A | S | Y |
S | H | D | D | R | | | | M | I | L | K | W | A | |
A | M | I | | M | I | D | S | | T | E | O | | | |
G | U | G | E | N | H | E | I | M | | G | A | U | Z | S |
A | G | S | G | | A | T | N | A | | E | M | R | L | A |
| D | T | S | | D | R | Y | S | | | S | L | A | W |
Tue 6/22/2021
S | C | A | R | A | B | | R | A | P | | T | A | F | T |
L | O | L | I | T | A | | A | L | A | | O | B | O | E |
I | M | A | G | E | D | | Z | I | T | | T | O | R | E |
M | E | S | H | | E | S | O | | H | E | A | V | E | N |
| | | T | I | G | E | R | S | | S | L | E | W | |
C | R | O | | L | G | A | | E | Y | E | | B | A | R |
R | A | V | E | L | | H | E | A | R | | T | O | R | O |
O | D | E | R | | B | O | W | L | S | | S | A | N | A |
S | I | R | S | | A | R | E | A | | P | A | R | E | D |
S | O | P | | T | I | S | | N | Y | E | | D | D | S |
| N | A | S | A | | E | N | T | E | R | S | | | |
B | O | S | T | O | N | | E | S | L | | H | E | L | L |
R | I | S | E | | E | A | R | | L | E | A | G | U | E |
A | S | E | A | | O | D | D | | E | R | R | O | R | S |
D | E | S | K | | N | E | S | | D | A | I | S | E | S |
Wed 3/18/1998
W | R | A | P | S | | F | L | A | T | | S | T | I | T |
H | O | R | A | E | | S | U | R | E | | S | C | A | R |
O | U | I | J | A | | T | T | E | N | | R | O | M | E |
A | T | L | A | S | T | | E | A | T | S | | A | B | E |
| | | M | O | E | T | | S | H | O | R | T | S | T |
C | I | L | A | N | T | R | O | | S | A | Y | | | |
L | A | P | T | | R | O | N | A | | R | E | C | A | P |
E | G | G | | | A | U | T | S | Y | | | A | H | A |
F | O | A | M | Y | | T | O | N | E | | T | P | E | R |
| | | B | A | R | | F | E | A | R | S | O | M | E |
T | D | R | A | W | E | R | | R | H | E | E | | | |
S | A | O | | N | C | A | A | | S | I | C | K | E | N |
I | Z | O | D | | T | I | P | T | | G | R | I | P | E |
D | E | F | T | | O | T | I | S | | N | E | W | E | R |
E | S | T | S | | S | T | A | Y | | S | T | I | E | D |
Words | Date | Author |
86 | Tue Dec 23, 2008 | Joe Krozel |
84 | Thu Sep 11, 2014 | Patrick Blindauer |
84 | Thu Oct 15, 2015 | Kevin G. Der |
84 | Tue Jun 22, 2021 | Matt Frederick |
82 | Wed Mar 18, 1998 | Susan Smith |
82 | Mon Jul 20, 1998 | Mary E. Brindamour |
82 | Tue Jun 17, 2003 | Susan Harrington Smith |
82 | Tue Jan 14, 2014 | Tim Croce |
82 | Tue Feb 3, 2015 | Joe Krozel |
82 | Thu Sep 8, 2016 | Joanne Sullivan |
82 | Mon Mar 14, 2022 | Stephen Hiltner |
82 | Tue Sep 27, 2022 | Peter Koetters |
82 | Tue Jun 6, 2023 | Daniel Jaret |
82 | Tue Sep 24, 2024 | Kevin L. Shellito |
81 | Tue Apr 14, 2020 | Joe Hansen |
80 | Mon Nov 29, 1993 | Sidney L. Robbins |
80 | Wed Jan 5, 1994 | Chet Currier |
80 | Tue Feb 1, 1994 | Robert Zimmerman |
80 | Mon May 16, 1994 | Ed Pegg Jr. |
80 | Mon Aug 1, 1994 | Thomas W. Schier |
80 | Tue Jun 27, 1995 | Diane C. Baldwin |
80 | Wed Dec 13, 1995 | Ernie Furtado |
80 | Tue Apr 9, 1996 | M. E. Skolsky |
80 | Wed May 15, 1996 | A.J. Santora |
80 | Tue Nov 5, 1996 | Jeremiah Farrell |
80 | Wed Nov 6, 1996 | M. E. Skolsky |
80 | Wed Dec 4, 1996 | M. E. Skolsky |
80 | Tue Jul 8, 1997 | Stephanie Spadaccini |
80 | Mon Sep 8, 1997 | Robert Goldberg |
80 | Mon Jan 5, 1998 | Mark Moldowsky |
80 | Wed Oct 27, 1999 | Chris Sallade |
80 | Thu Feb 3, 2000 | Thomas W. Schier |
80 | Thu Dec 14, 2000 | Peter Gordon |
80 | Tue Jan 16, 2001 | Peter Gordon |
80 | Mon Apr 29, 2002 | Holden Baker |
80 | Wed Feb 5, 2003 | Ron O'Hair |
80 | Tue May 27, 2003 | PAtrick MErrell |
80 | Thu Aug 21, 2003 | Patrick Merrell |
80 | Tue Sep 9, 2003 | Robert Zimmerman |
80 | Thu Sep 11, 2003 | Patrick Merrell |
80 | Tue Dec 23, 2003 | Mike Torch |
80 | Mon Nov 15, 2004 | Alison Donald |
80 | Wed Mar 23, 2005 | Mike Shenk |
80 | Thu Mar 24, 2005 | Dan Reichert |
80 | Mon Oct 10, 2005 | Holden Baker |
80 | Mon Dec 19, 2005 | Richard Hughes |
80 | Wed Dec 21, 2005 | David J. Kahn |
80 | Wed Jan 25, 2006 | John Farmer |
80 | Tue Jan 31, 2006 | Patrick Merrell |
80 | Tue Jun 27, 2006 | Damon J. Gulczynski |
80 | Wed Oct 18, 2006 | John Farmer |
80 | Fri Feb 2, 2007 | David J. Kahn |
80 | Wed Jul 4, 2007 | Patrick Blindauer |
80 | Tue Oct 30, 2007 | Gary Steinmehl |
80 | Tue Jan 22, 2008 | Adam G. Perl |
80 | Thu Feb 14, 2008 | David J. Kahn |
80 | Mon Apr 14, 2008 | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
80 | Tue May 6, 2008 | Gary J. Whitehead |
80 | Tue Dec 8, 2009 | Joe Krozel |
80 | Thu Sep 2, 2010 | Patrick Blindauer and Andrea Carla Michaels |
80 | Thu Mar 17, 2011 | Anna Shechtman |
80 | Wed May 18, 2011 | David J. Kahn |
80 | Tue Apr 24, 2012 | Adam G. Perl |
80 | Mon Jun 4, 2012 | John R. O'Brien |
80 | Thu Aug 23, 2012 | Mark Feldman |
80 | Mon Dec 10, 2012 | Michael David |
80 | Tue Dec 18, 2012 | Adam G. Perl |
80 | Tue Apr 23, 2013 | Severin T. Nelson |
80 | Tue Jun 4, 2013 | Kristian House |
80 | Thu Jul 25, 2013 | Patrick Blindauer |
80 | Mon Sep 16, 2013 | Ed Sessa |
80 | Thu Jan 23, 2014 | Michael Hawkins |
80 | Tue Feb 18, 2014 | David Steinberg |
80 | Thu Jul 3, 2014 | Luke Vaughn |
80 | Thu Oct 9, 2014 | Joel Fagliano |
80 | Thu Dec 4, 2014 | Kacey Walker and David Quarfoot |
80 | Tue Oct 13, 2015 | Patrick Berry |
80 | Tue Nov 3, 2015 | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Joel Fagliano |
80 | Wed Aug 10, 2016 | David C. Duncan Dekker |
80 | Mon Mar 20, 2017 | Neil deGrasse Tyson and Andrea Carla Michaels |
80 | Sat Apr 1, 2017 | Howard Barkin |
80 | Tue Mar 13, 2018 | Carl Worth |
80 | Thu Dec 6, 2018 | Sophia Maymudes |
80 | Tue Mar 12, 2019 | Jules Markey |
80 | Thu May 23, 2019 | Alex Vratsanos |
80 | Thu Aug 1, 2019 | Patrick Merrell |
80 | Thu Aug 22, 2019 | Emily Carroll |
80 | Thu Jan 30, 2020 | Emily Carroll |
80 | Mon Oct 12, 2020 | Joe Hansen |
80 | Thu Nov 25, 2021 | Chase Dittrich |
80 | Thu Jun 30, 2022 | Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson |
80 | Tue Aug 16, 2022 | Sue Fracker |
80 | Thu Dec 22, 2022 | David Steinberg |
80 | Wed Jan 11, 2023 | Victor Barocas |
80 | Thu Feb 2, 2023 | Elise Corbin |
80 | Wed Feb 15, 2023 | Sean Ziebarth |
80 | Wed Mar 8, 2023 | Miranda Kany |
80 | Thu Jun 15, 2023 | David Harris |
80 | Wed Oct 11, 2023 | Miranda Kany |
80 | Thu Oct 19, 2023 | Colin Ernst |
80 | Thu Apr 11, 2024 | Dan Caprera |
80 | Wed Nov 20, 2024 | Robert S. Gard |
79 | Tue Aug 8, 2006 | Ed Early |
79 | Tue Mar 22, 2016 | Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel |
79 | Tue Jun 25, 2019 | Alex Eaton-Salners |
79 | Wed Sep 4, 2019 | Patrick Blindauer |
79 | Wed Jan 26, 2022 | Michael Schlossberg |
79 | Tue Mar 1, 2022 | Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen |