See the 12 answer words debuted by Emet Ozar.
W | I | L | T | O | S | C | A | R | N | E | S | S | R | A | E | |||||
A | S | E | A | O | W | E | T | O | Y | U | C | C | A | B | E | L | L | |||
R | A | N | K | H | A | L | O | S | E | T | H | O | S | R | A | P | S | |||
M | O | D | E | M | P | E | N | C | I | L | M | O | U | S | T | A | C | H | E | |
A | H | E | M | B | O | O | T | L | E | E | R | R | I | T | A | |||||
O | P | H | E | L | I | A | F | E | S | S | E | D | Y | E | N | |||||
R | E | A | E | B | A | N | D | M | A | D | V | E | E | S | O | U | T | |||
S | E | N | D | T | E | A | S | E | T | B | A | S | S | T | U | B | A | |||
O | D | D | A | S | S | E | R | T | P | O | T | T | O | T | E | M | ||||
A | W | A | Y | P | O | E | T | R | Y | M | A | R | I | N | E | |||||
D | E | A | C | O | N | L | E | O | M | Y | E | O | O | N | M | E | D | S | ||
R | U | L | E | R | S | P | I | L | O | S | E | G | O | D | S | |||||
E | B | O | O | K | N | G | O | O | R | G | A | N | S | W | S | J | ||||
S | I | N | F | O | N | I | A | H | A | N | S | E | L | M | I | L | E | |||
S | E | E | S | F | I | T | L | O | N | M | A | Y | B | E | N | O | T | |||
P | A | L | P | E | S | T | L | E | S | T | R | A | N | G | E | |||||
K | C | A | R | T | A | G | T | E | A | M | S | D | E | L | I | |||||
B | E | E | D | T | H | E | Q | U | E | S | T | I | O | N | A | P | P | L | Y | |
L | E | D | E | D | R | U | M | S | E | L | B | O | W | R | E | I | E | |||
E | R | E | S | T | R | I | E | S | S | I | E | G | E | E | E | L | S | |||
U | S | D | V | A | N | S | T | A | R | O | T | P | R | O | M |
Have you ever been on an Easter egg hunt? I have not. The idea for this puzzle began with finding an Easter egg of a different sort. I thought first about the video game Easter egg in the Atari game Adventure. That Easter egg was created by game designer Warren Robinett. Translating that into a puzzle didn't work out, so I transitioned to having hidden EGGs, more like a traditional Easter egg hunt.
During first iterations I managed to fit in grid art of an Easter bunny that my wife described as looking like the rabbit from Donnie Darko. Good thing that didn't make it through the editing process as the grid was definitely not meant to horrify anyone.