This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.

Laura Taylor Kinnel author page

6 puzzles by Laura Taylor Kinnel
with Jim Horne comments

TotalDebutLatest
612/22/201912/11/2022
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
5001000
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
411.585963%
Laura Taylor Kinnel

Laura Taylor Kinnel is a math teacher and the director of studies at a Friends boarding school in Newtown, Pa.

Sun 12/11/2022 Step on It!
ABATINGSLRSCADSLED
LATERALTEAMGAMEPEPE
PYTHAGOREAHEOREMAGIN
HOARNEOANDSARAL
AURASHALDREICELEB
NITEELIABOVEREPR
DESIGEDDRIVERMATISSE
ONAURGEOARDISOBEYS
WATERMELONWAITON
EMOTESIBSILASESSAY
LOUTCELTNOTLIME
SRTASBASESNOMROLES
PURSEDSEMIWEEKLY
PATOOTIEOUIITOOBIO
ANEMONEINSPECTORCLAU
INLIKEFNNNSCEDGY
DULCEELSASONSCRAM
LARDTEAKBTWLARA
ALLOLUDWIGVANBTHOVEN
REINONESEEDSCHINESE
IDESWADROSYHOPENOT
Sun 12/19/2021 SEASON TO TASTE
ACTSARIPJSHAITIAN
THRUBUSROUTEUNNERVE
PEANUTBBUTTERDEGREES
FINNANIARPNORA
SLITSSNICKERHDOODLE
INITSMOSDEFDRYAD
GINGERTSNAPLETSORG
ENGATANYTOLLAHOUSE
ANATDANEREMTOAD
RAWRARCKERNSPETS
STAUBTHINSMINTETHER
EYEROTOESORBTELE
SAGSTWAFRAUABES
FIGENEWTONOLEICENO
ILECLEOSHORTCBREAD
DINAHLOGJAMSELES
OATMEALMRAISINRACKS
RADSYESMEASINE
COINOPSCOOKIECUTTERS
DRFAUCIONIONDIPAERO
CRYSTALSLOYDSLSAT

We don't exactly duplicate the grid here. If you have an NYT Games Subscription, you can view the PDF which uses images of the cookie-cutter shapes — an elegant idea.

I don't get to pick the POWs around here, but this is my favorite crossword of the week. The gimmick is seasonal and pretty and apparently obvious, until the deeper levels reveal themselves. It's unique and clever, yet easy to understand. That seems perfect for a group solve around the kitchen table after overindulging in a family holiday meal.

POW Sun 7/5/2020 TO-DO LIST
TSPPSASMECCABARE
APUSOAPTIDOLSTAMER
RETHONEYMEMOSICING
DESSERTSCENESTEASES
IDLYMAFIASEAHORSE
SOIREEATMHOTHAND
PUPSQUAREFOOTITCH
RESPECTAREARSSIOU
INTEARTOOLTATTICUS
AVOWRAMISTLOHUNKS
SENIORPROMHERDEDCATS
LASSOINONTOYTALEE
TOPHATSSTASHLEDLAE
EPIYAKEDIEATEITUP
LEGONORELATIONASH
UNDRESSSVUUNLESS
ARTISTICBORONABUT
BLACKTMARTYRFARMORE
RETROPAPUAINTROXFL
ORIONAGENTENEMYEEL
STOPWEDGESENSSRA
Wed 3/25/2020
RACECAPOBRAG
PLUMROMANSREDO
MARMEEMARCHIMHO
LARVATAUTENED
TESSAFILCHARP
ICUAPRILKEPNER
COPAPLEATATS
MELINDAMAY
LEIAIMISSYOU
JUNECLEAVERUPS
INTHORSEMALIA
CARRYOUTEAGLE
ABATSPRINGROLLS
MANEETALIANOEL
ARTSSLEDEGGY
Sun 3/8/2020 WHAT'S SHAKING?
CROWSARTHUROPALS
BAABAAMOROSELADLE
RUBNINTHEWOUNDDREAM
AGRODIOSTRAFFICNIP
ILESROILSLEEDESI
SEREPEKOETSARPERON
ERASMUSWITHAGRAINOFN
EATSALARYINNSTE
SPICESUPAXEISNT
WACOOARSCAPNOODLES
IRONNWATERTAFFYRAVE
GANDHITUNETARAIMAX
ONESDDTNONEVENT
IAMVIMDRIESTCUE
NLAKECITYUTAHPERUSES
ULCERLIENSODASPURL
MOLYBINMEWEDATNO
PTACRAYOLAOUTSWUSS
TITLETHENOFTHEEARTH
ENSUEITSELFANGLES
DEKEDMOSSESIDOLS
Sun 12/22/2019 DOWN FOR THE COUNT
LCDALELOPNAW
ORESSCALPMINSKROBE
MULTIPLICATIVEINVERSE
BLOUSERAGWEEDECHECK
ALUNSERPEONSMERMAID
RESURIAVASSA
DREWTEETOTALERSPOSY
ISDONEMACHSIXARENAS
USCGNURSEGIRL
PORKCHOPLEEPASSEDGO
AMOBABIESRUSEEK
SAGABRIOALMSILSA
THETHEORYOFRELATIVITY
EARMARKSNOEAIRWAVES
FAIREMAULSNOONE
OHENRYFORREALSNARFS
NODPARRAMESYON
AMENTUTTIFRUTTIERNE
JAROMIROVINEALAMODE
AGENDERNAVELGLAMOUR
GERALDSSLEDSSESAMES

RegEx can indeed be helpful. Here are some words with exactly three, four, or five Ts.

Click Help on our Finder page for some helpful RegEx web links.

XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2024, Jim Horne
78 ms