V | I | P | S | C | P | O | S | S | H | A | R | I | ||
A | B | L | E | U | R | A | L | H | E | R | O | N | ||
S | O | A | P | O | P | E | R | A | E | Y | E | O | N | |
C | O | N | T | R | O | L | S | T | H | E | J | A | M | |
O | K | S | A | L | I | I | S | O | ||||||
F | L | A | M | E | S | T | H | E | F | A | N | |||
D | E | V | I | L | S | T | I | S | A | D | O | |||
R | A | I | N | Y | P | H | D | R | I | Z | Z | O | ||
A | C | C | W | I | I | E | I | L | E | E | N | |||
W | H | I | P | T | H | E | C | R | A | C | K | |||
R | E | A | U | S | O | A | V | A | ||||||
Q | U | E | S | T | I | O | N | T | H | E | P | O | P | |
A | U | R | A | L | S | W | I | M | S | U | I | T | S | |
S | I | G | M | A | L | E | N | A | R | A | R | E | ||
S | T | E | P | S | A | S | S | N | O | N | E | S |
With this puzzle, 18-year-old Kelsey Boes became the youngest female constructor in the Shortz Era, and probably in NYT crossword history.