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Crossword Innovators

Modern Era constructor debut word counts sorted by count

Patrick Berry Manny Nosowsky Elizabeth C. Gorski Byron Walden David J. Kahn Joe DiPietro Brendan Emmett Quigley Rich Norris Randolph Ross Jeff Chen Nancy Salomon Frank Longo Cathy Allis David Steinberg Alan Arbesfeld Mark Diehl Peter A. Collins Erik Agard Peter Gordon Matt Gaffney Harvey Estes Jim Page Paula Gamache Fred Piscop Joe Krozel Patrick Merrell Sam Ezersky Joel Fagliano Bob Klahn Martin Ashwood-Smith Robert H. Wolfe Richard Silvestri Barry C. Silk

This table shows the number of new answer words introduced by each constructor.

Only Modern Era constructors with at least 30 debut words are shown here.

Click any constructor name for the complete list of still-unique and since-reused words.

RankConstructorDebutsPuzzles
1.Patrick Berry1842227
2.Manny Nosowsky1613246
3.Elizabeth C. Gorski1514219
4.Byron Walden1281101
5.David J. Kahn1237189
6.Joe DiPietro1236138
7.Brendan Emmett Quigley1164177
8.Rich Norris1115189
9.Randolph Ross1050115
10.Jeff Chen940160
11.Nancy Salomon908185
12.Frank Longo68669
13.Cathy Allis65784
14.David Steinberg654110
15.Alan Arbesfeld618123
16.Mark Diehl59266
17.Peter A. Collins587120
18.Erik Agard55579
19.Peter Gordon529109
20.Matt Gaffney52458
21.Harvey Estes522116
22.Jim Page50570
23.Paula Gamache50489
24.Fred Piscop502106
25.Joe Krozel49787
26.Patrick Merrell49391
27.Sam Ezersky48947
28.Joel Fagliano47065
29.Bob Klahn46560
30.Martin Ashwood-Smith45680
31.Robert H. Wolfe43660
32.Richard Silvestri43084
33.Barry C. Silk40292
34.Will Nediger39852
35.Jeremy Newton38828
36.Kevin G. Der38242
37.Nancy Nicholson Joline37948
38.Zhouqin Burnikel37281
39.Brad Wilber35460
40.A. J. Santora34068
41.Trip Payne33843
42.Mike Nothnagel33350
43.Lynn Lempel331100
44.Ross Trudeau31454
45.Matt Ginsberg31246
46.Andrea Carla Michaels31187
47.Patrick Blindauer30259
48.Bruce Haight29763
Bob Peoples29739
50.Ian Livengood29455
51.Peter Wentz29340
52.Sam Trabucco29126
53.David Quarfoot29041
54.Natan Last28341
55.Ryan McCarty27230
56.Doug Peterson26354
Timothy Polin26355
58.Alex Eaton-Salners25452
59.Tom McCoy25335
60.Charles M. Deber25220
Michael Shteyman25251
62.Robyn Weintraub24750
63.Samuel A. Donaldson24640
64.Chuck Deodene24242
65.Eric Berlin23942
66.Tony Orbach23127
67.Gregory E. Paul230116
68.Randall J. Hartman22974
69.Tracy Gray22837
70.Victor Fleming22347
71.John Guzzetta22040
72.Caleb Madison21835
73.Sherry O. Blackard21653
74.Henry Hook21125
Bryant White21129
76.Matthew Stock20330
77.Tim Croce20033
78.Ed Early19553
Frances Hansen19540
Christina Iverson19531
81.Paolo Pasco19327
82.Damon J. Gulczynski18948
83.Finn Vigeland18721
84.David Levinson Wilk18226
85.Andy Kravis18026
86.Edward Sessa17944
87.John Farmer17633
Karen M. Tracey17632
89.Kameron Austin Collins17324
90.Dan Schoenholz17229
91.Gary Cee16340
92.Julian Lim16226
Wayne Robert Williams16238
94.Sarah Keller15653
95.Trenton Charlson15237
Adam Wagner15222
97.Raymond Hamel15127
98.James Mulhern15025
99.Mary Lou Guizzo14929
100.Dana Motley14831
101.Michael Hawkins14724
Jacob Stulberg14734
103.Victor Barocas14620
104.joon pahk14525
105.Joe Deeney14323
Andrew Ries14326
107.Brooke Husic14221
Sid Sivakumar14218
Andrew Zhou14218
110.Ned White14125
111.Dean Niles13715
Lou Sabin13729
113.Richard Hughes13635
Ashish Vengsarkar13619
115.Martin Schneider13513
116.Lee Glickstein13425
117.Pete Muller13318
118.Tyler Hinman13122
Josh Knapp13124
120.Stephanie Spadaccini12636
121.Myles Callum12522
Derrick Niederman12510
123.Michael Lieberman12320
124.Fran Sabin12025
125.Richard Chisholm11932
126.David Woolf11817
127.David Kwong11724
128.Brandon Koppy11619
129.Michael Ashley11511
Daniel A. Finan11515
131.Evan Kalish11419
132.Rand H. Burns11321
Simeon Seigel11316
134.Jonathan Schmalzbach11231
135.Rafael Musa11116
136.Gerald R. Ferguson11022
Michael Torch11019
Dave Tuller11014
139.David Phillips10820
140.Craig Kasper10715
Lois Sidway10718
Jeffrey Wechsler10719
143.Kristian House10622
144.Adam Aaronson10514
Rebecca Goldstein10520
146.John Lieb10420
147.Alex K. Justin10314
Allan E. Parrish10339
Bill Zais10315
150.Greg Staples10225
151.Nelson Hardy10011
Bruce Venzke10019
153.Gilbert H. Ludwig9818
154.Charles E. Gersch9717
Grant Thackray9713
156.Kyle T. Dolan9517
157.Daniel C. Bryant949
158.Mel Rosen9314
159.Janet R. Bender9227
Con Pederson928
Adam G. Perl9230
Stella Zawistowski9221
163.Caitlin Reid9116
164.Ruth B. Margolin8915
Sidney L. Robbins8950
Carolyn W. Stewart8921
167.Oliver Hill8816
John Kugelman889
Aimee Lucido8817
Tom Pepper8816
171.Todd Gross8718
Katie Hale8711
Nancy Kavanaugh8726
Andrew Kingsley8723
Stanley Newman8723
John Westwig879
177.Ethan Cooper8615
Nancy S. Ross8622
179.Kyle Mahowald8518
180.Kevan Choset8427
Kevin Christian8419
182.Adam Cohen8219
Francis Heaney8210
Alex Vratsanos8219
185.Jim Hyres8021
Michael Schlossberg8014
187.Freddie Cheng7917
Barbara Lin7915
Thomas W. Schier7917
190.Adam Fromm788
Jules P. Markey7822
Todd McClary7812
Michael Vuolo7814
194.Ashton Anderson7714
Emily Carroll7719
196.Raymond C. Young768
197.Seth A. Abel7514
Wyna Liu759
Hemant Mehta758
Merl Reagle757
Matthew Sewell7512
202.Karen Young Bonin7411
203.Christopher Hurt7311
204.Hoang-Kim Vu7212
205.Ernie Furtado7112
Kate Hawkins7116
Daniel Raymon7117
208.Derek Bowman7010
Chandi Deitmer708
Mark Feldman7011
Jason Flinn7014
Jake Halperin7010
Ben Tausig709
214.Milo Beckman6910
Roy Leban6913
216.Kelsey Blakley688
Michael S. Maurer6819
218.Amanda Chung6713
Karl Ni6713
220.Gareth Bain6615
221.Kelly Clark6515
Rich Proulx6510
Lewis Rothlein6510
224.John R. Conrad6411
225.Norman S. Wizer6314
226.David Liben-Nowell6213
227.Peter Abide618
Bernice Gordon6121
Sophia Maymudes6110
230.Howard Barkin6012
Michael Blake6014
232.Levi Denham5910
Laura Taylor Kinnel596
Corey Rubin598
235.Adrian Johnson5810
Daniel Larsen5811
Brian Thomas5814
Xan Vongsathorn589
John Wolting5814
Yacob Yonas5811
241.George Barany5710
Garrett Chalfin579
Gene Newman5715
244.Billy Bratton5610
Sam Buchbinder5612
Don Gagliardo5612
Alan Olschwang5610
248.William I. Johnston5515
Patrick Jordan5516
Pamela Amick Klawitter557
Mike Shenk557
Susan Harrington Smith5510
253.Alex Bajcz547
Yaakov Bendavid546
Robert Dillman5416
John Lampkin5411
257.Mike Buckley5313
Shannon Burns5310
Jim Hilger5315
260.Holden Baker5216
Spencer Leach526
Jacob McDermott5211
Randy Sowell5222
264.Christopher Adams518
Ella Dershowitz5112
Robert Malinow519
Kurt Mueller517
Stu Ockman5113
269.Trent H. Evans5011
Susan Gelfand5017
271.Daniel Bodily4813
Mark Danna486
Olivia Mitra Framke4812
Daniel Grinberg488
Chris A. McGlothlin487
Amanda Rafkin4810
277.Evan Birnholz478
Jim Peredo479
Michael Sharp477
Norma Steinberg4717
281.Robert W. Harris467
Roland Huget4612
Daniel Mauer467
Mark Elliot Skolsky4613
Nam Jin Yoon469
286.Dan Feyer454
Margaret Seikel459
Brad Wiegmann459
289.James R. Leeds448
Bob Sefick448
291.David Distenfeld437
Neville Fogarty4312
John Greenman4312
Paul Hunsberger438
Mel Taub4310
Erica Hsiung Wojcik436
297.William S. Cotter427
Joseph Greenbaum425
Elizabeth A. Long4213
Blake Slonecker428
Nancy Stark427
Bill Thompson4210
303.Andrew Chaikin414
Rachel Fabi418
Scott Hogan414
Evan Mahnken4111
Hal Moore4110
308.Tracy Bennett405
Evans Clinchy407
Lloyd E. Pollet403
311.Jem Burch397
Malaika Handa397
Daniel Kantor3913
Alfio Micci3911
Robert Ryan393
Arthur S. Verdesca3914
Leonard Williams398
318.Chase Dittrich389
Jonah Kagan386
Sharon Klahn383
Gary Larson389
Gary J. Whitehead3815
323.Diane C. Baldwin378
Alex Boisvert3711
Scott Earl375
John Hawksley374
Sarah Sinclair378
328.Bill Ballard3610
Caleb Emmons366
Steve Kahn367
Zachary David Levy368
Kevin McCann367
Stephen McCarthy364
Jean O'Conor367
David Poole369
Daniel R. Stark3616
Jeff Stillman369
Alan Jay Weiss367
339.Enrique Henestroza Anguiano358
Royce Ferguson354
Jeremy Horwitz357
Ellen Leuschner359
Aaron M. Rosenberg356
344.Peter Broda343
James E. Buell346
Gail Grabowski3413
Taylor Johnson346
Rich Katz346
Robert Logan345
Herre Schouwerwou348
Zoe Wheeler346
Michael Wiesenberg345
Leslie Young346
354.Kareem Ayas335
Marjorie Berg339
Ricky Cruz337
John Ewbank336
Nick Grivas339
David Pringle339
Kathy Wienberg338
361.Paul Coulter327
Michael J. Doran327
Juliana Tringali Golden326
Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr.323
David Ainslie Macleod327
John Scott Marrone327
Kurt Mengel3210
Meghan Morris325
Claire Rimkus327
Gary Steinmehl329
371.Alan DerKazarian315
John Dunn318
Pawel Fludzinski317
R. Max Hopkins313
Norma Johnson317
Jay Kaskel3112
Jeffrey Martinovic3110
Jennifer Nutt319
379.Jessie Trudeau305
Luke Vaughn304
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