See the 6 answer words debuted by Ariela Perlman.
W | E | B | B | V | I | C | E | V | E | R | S | A | T | I | L | L | ||||
A | W | O | L | M | A | C | A | R | O | N | I | A | R | T | A | G | U | A | ||
R | E | D | O | U | P | U | P | A | N | D | A | W | A | Y | K | E | R | I | ||
D | R | Y | W | I | N | E | B | S | M | E | T | E | R | |||||||
S | L | I | N | G | A | R | I | G | A | T | O | M | U | T | T | S | ||||
A | N | S | S | M | A | L | L | T | O | W | N | S | H | H | ||||||
S | N | I | T | H | O | M | E | A | L | O | N | E | T | E | A | S | ||||
C | O | G | N | A | T | E | A | N | N | A | L | W | A | S | H | T | U | B | ||
A | B | U | T | A | C | E | E | D | S | H | B | O | I | A | G | O | ||||
L | E | A | H | T | A | R | O | B | O | I | L | G | L | A | M | |||||
L | I | G | E | R | T | I | N | Y | H | O | U | S | E | S | H | O | R | E | ||
S | T | E | W | I | E | E | M | A | I | L | M | E | M | A | R | T | Y | R | ||
I | N | R | E | E | L | V | E | S | B | O | G | O | ||||||||
S | H | I | N | D | I | G | S | L | E | S | G | E | T | S | A | T | A | N | ||
T | E | N | D | V | O | L | T | J | O | S | T | D | A | L | E | |||||
A | R | K | H | O | T | A | I | R | B | A | L | L | O | O | N | P | L | S | ||
N | E | W | D | O | P | L | A | Y | G | O | D | A | U | D | I | S | ||||
W | E | E | L | A | S | S | B | R | A | M | I | N | I | V | A | N | ||||
H | E | L | L | Y | E | A | H | A | N | T | I | D | A | R | E | N | O | T | ||
U | G | L | I | O | N | O | T | E | E | N | E | S | A | C | N | E | ||||
B | O | S | S | N | E | T | E | A | T | S | E | E | D |
Rebecca Goldstein is a research scientist living in the Bay Area with her partner Ariela Perlman, an educational therapist.
This is Rebecca's 18th puzzle for the Times, and Ariela's first. Ariela set Rebecca down the path of crossword constructing back in May of 2020, when she (strongly) suggested Rebecca find a hobby to fill her newly-found free time. This puzzle's theme was inspired by a surprise 40th birthday gift from Ariela.