See the 11 answer words debuted by Emily Sharp.
M | E | N | S | S | P | U | D | A | S | S | A | M | S | K | I | N | ||||
I | M | O | K | K | A | R | O | F | R | O | Y | O | U | T | I | L | E | |||
D | I | V | I | S | I | O | N | O | F | L | A | B | O | R | S | A | L | O | N | |
G | R | A | D | U | A | L | F | A | A | P | R | E | M | I | S | E | ||||
E | S | C | P | R | O | D | U | C | T | O | F | T | H | E | T | I | M | E | S | |
A | G | E | E | E | S | E | C | E | O | N | O | N | A | |||||||
U | M | N | O | A | I | M | S | E | T | T | L | E | A | N | T | |||||
F | A | C | T | S | R | O | O | T | C | A | U | S | E | J | A | M | ||||
C | O | Y | O | T | E | S | D | A | R | N | S | T | A | G | S | A | L | E | ||
O | I | L | P | I | L | E | M | U | S | I | C | R | O | W | ||||||
D | I | F | F | E | R | E | N | C | E | O | F | O | P | I | N | I | O | N | ||
F | I | N | A | L | C | U | T | N | G | O | S | A | G | A | ||||||
I | M | A | R | E | T | S | C | H | E | E | R | O | N | E | T | E | R | M | ||
R | E | P | S | Q | U | A | R | E | D | U | P | R | I | S | K | S | ||||
S | A | C | C | O | U | R | T | S | S | I | S | C | O | O | S | |||||
S | H | O | E | I | V | E | M | G | M | H | E | A | T | |||||||
I | N | T | E | G | R | A | T | E | D | C | I | R | C | U | I | T | E | L | I | |
M | O | L | E | R | A | T | E | S | O | M | E | T | E | R | E | D | ||||
A | R | I | S | E | A | D | D | E | D | C | O | M | P | L | E | X | I | T | Y | |
C | A | F | E | S | R | A | I | T | A | V | I | E | D | E | C | O | L | |||
S | H | E | D | I | N | N | E | R | E | N | D | S | C | A | N | S |
Emily Sharp, of San Jose, Calif., is an ecologist who does habitat restoration and environmental education. Her partner, Kunal Nabar, is a software engineer in Brooklyn.
They met when they lived next-door to each other during their freshman year at Vanderbilt. Together they brainstormed this puzzle's theme answers during a road trip through Oregon last summer.