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1 | 1 | 1.56 | 54 | 65% |
Lewis Rothlein lives in Asheville, North Carolina, where he teaches yoga. His work life has taken a winding course, from being a journalist, to a syndicated newspaper columnist, to teaching elementary school, to owning a yoga studio. He began solving crosswords after seeing the movie WordPlay, and several years later, he began making puzzles, where his favorite part is coming up with clues that make him go "Yes!"
Sun 4/30/2023 Name Dropping
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D | E | T | O | X | E | S | | S | C | O | O | B | | H | E | R | O | I | Z | E |
A | V | E | N | U | E | Q | | H | E | L | L | O | | E | A | R | G | A | S | M |
| | | S | D | S | U | | E | N | D | O | W | | A | M | O | S | | | |
| A | C | T | E | | A | C | R | E | | S | A | D | D | | R | I | F | F | |
A | T | H | O | S | | R | I | M | S | | S | N | O | T | | S | T | I | L | E |
T | R | A | P | | B | E | T | A | | | | D | I | R | T | | S | N | O | W |
O | A | R | | G | R | O | I | N | S | | S | A | T | I | R | E | | E | R | E |
M | I | D | I | R | O | N | | T | A | T | E | R | | P | I | N | A | T | A | S |
| N | O | J | O | K | E | | A | R | O | A | R | | S | C | Y | T | H | E | |
| | N | U | K | E | | S | N | A | P | S | O | N | | K | A | M | A | | |
B | A | N | S | | T | R | E | K | | | | W | I | S | E | | C | N | B | C |
T | H | A | T | | H | E | N | | U | P | S | | P | I | N | | A | K | I | N |
W | A | Y | A | H | E | A | D | | B | O | O | | A | N | D | E | R | S | O | N |
| | | T | A | L | C | S | | E | L | F | | T | B | I | R | D | | | |
| F | L | E | W | A | T | | F | R | O | T | H | | I | N | A | S | E | C | |
S | R | A | | S | W | E | L | L | S | | G | O | I | N | G | S | | L | O | W |
T | A | D | A | | | D | I | Y | | | | T | P | S | | | G | I | S | H |
I | C | Y | H | O | T | | E | F | F | A | C | E | S | | K | O | O | Z | I | E |
R | A | M | O | N | A | | D | I | A | B | O | L | O | | U | R | B | A | N | E |
| S | A | Y | O | K | | | S | N | E | E | R | | | B | R | I | B | E | |
Lewis Rothlein is a yoga instructor and jazz piano enthusiast in Asheville, N.C. Jeff Chen is a writer and professional crossword constructor in Seattle. This is their third collaboration for The Times.
The theme idea was Lewis's. To find the best examples, Jeff wrote code and sifted the results from the database at XWordInfo.com, which has about 200,000 answer words from past Times crosswords.
Thu 10/13/2022
C | O | D | A | | N | B | A | | F | A | B | L | E | S |
A | D | A | M | | O | E | D | | L | I | A | I | S | E |
R | E | B | U | T | T | E | D | | O | L | D | M | A | N |
B | A | S | S | O | | B | L | A | R | E | D | O | U | T |
| | | E | G | O | | | L | A | D | E | N | | |
N | O | R | M | | B | B | A | L | L | | A | C | T | |
C | H | E | E | R | I | E | S | T | | A | L | E | R | T |
I | F | C | | Y | E | A | H | I | G | H | | L | I | E |
S | U | I | T | E | | H | O | M | E | S | A | L | E | S |
| N | P | R | | M | E | T | E | D | | T | O | S | S |
| | R | A | D | A | R | | | S | E | E | | | |
P | R | O | V | O | L | O | N | E | | S | I | L | O | S |
R | E | C | A | N | T | | S | K | I | P | T | O | W | N |
E | L | A | I | N | E | | F | E | D | | U | G | L | I |
P | O | L | L | E | D | | W | D | S | | P | O | S | T |
Thu 1/27/2022
S | I | N | K | | G | A | U | S | S | | P | U | B | S |
I | S | E | E | | U | P | S | E | T | | O | N | I | T |
N | O | W | W | H | E | R | E | W | E | | E | D | G | E |
B | L | T | | A | R | E | S | | R | E | M | O | T | E |
A | D | O | | R | N | S | | H | E | R | | S | A | P |
D | E | N | A | L | I | | G | E | O | R | W | E | L | L |
| | | L | E | C | A | R | S | | | I | N | K | Y |
| | N | O | M | A | N | I | S | L | A | N | D | | |
B | L | A | H | | | S | T | E | E | L | E | | | |
R | O | M | A | T | O | E | S | | G | U | S | H | E | R |
A | T | E | | A | I | L | | A | R | M | | A | X | E |
I | T | G | I | R | L | | E | V | E | N | | N | A | P |
S | E | A | R | | R | I | D | E | S | A | D | D | L | E |
E | R | M | A | | I | N | E | R | T | | A | L | T | A |
D | Y | E | S | | G | E | N | T | S | | P | E | S | T |
Sun 5/31/2020 WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN
E | T | C | | | S | P | E | C | K | | I | C | E | D | | | S | H | U | I |
G | O | E | S | | H | E | L | L | O | | M | I | L | E | | | C | E | N | T |
G | E | L | T | | E | N | I | A | C | | P | A | I | L | | C | E | L | L | O |
| T | I | A | R | A | S | | S | H | O | O | | T | I | E | O | N | E | O | N |
M | O | B | R | A | R | I | E | S | | J | U | V | E | N | Q | U | E | N | C | Y |
I | T | A | L | Y | | O | P | S | | S | N | O | | E | U | R | | A | K | A |
N | O | T | I | | S | N | A | I | L | | D | A | D | A | I | S | T | | | |
T | E | E | N | P | O | P | | Z | E | A | L | | I | T | P | E | O | P | L | E |
| | | G | I | L | L | | E | N | D | O | R | S | E | | C | L | U | E | S |
A | T | E | | E | T | A | S | | A | Z | T | E | C | | | R | E | M | A | P |
M | E | D | I | C | I | N | T | S | | | | C | O | M | M | E | T | A | R | Y |
O | P | I | N | E | | | R | O | P | E | S | | S | U | E | D | | S | Y | S |
N | E | C | C | O | | S | A | B | R | I | N | A | | H | A | I | L | | | |
G | E | T | A | F | L | A | T | | O | N | I | T | | A | N | T | E | D | U | P |
| | | S | P | Y | F | I | L | M | | T | O | M | M | Y | | G | E | N | E |
F | A | R | | A | S | A | | S | E | N | | N | A | M | | M | A | T | T | E |
I | N | O | P | P | O | R | T | U | N | T | | E | L | A | B | O | R | A | I | L |
N | O | B | L | E | L | I | E | | A | H | E | M | | D | A | M | M | I | T | |
A | R | B | O | R | | H | E | R | D | | R | E | L | A | Y | | O | N | L | Y |
L | A | I | D | | | A | M | I | E | | A | N | G | L | E | | R | E | E | D |
E | K | E | S | | | T | S | P | S | | S | T | A | I | D | | | D | D | S |
Lewis Rothlein is a yoga instructor and onetime journalist in Asheville, N.C. He teaches a popular course on "The Art of Solving Crosswords" for senior citizens at the University of North Carolina in Asheville. Jeff Chen is a writer in Seattle. They exchanged over 100 emails, back and forth, just brainstorming this puzzle's theme.
Lewis has had five previous puzzles in The Times, all Thursdays. Jeff is a regular contributor here.
Thu 5/9/2019
A | M | A | N | A | S | | | | S | L | A | M | S | |
B | A | L | O | N | E | Y | | S | K | E | T | C | H | Y |
E | N | T | I | T | L | E | | T | I | E | A | T | I | E |
T | I | E | R | S | | S | H | E | L | | L | E | N | A |
T | A | R | S | | S | N | A | I | L | | L | E | T | S |
I | C | E | | I | F | O | R | G | E | T | | R | O | T |
N | A | G | A | N | O | | B | E | T | O | N | | | |
G | L | O | B | E | | F | I | R | | N | E | U | R | O |
| | | U | R | B | A | N | | A | T | O | N | O | F |
A | S | H | | T | A | N | G | E | L | O | | P | D | F |
S | T | E | T | | S | T | E | P | S | | D | I | E | S |
Y | E | A | R | | S | A | R | I | | M | O | C | H | I |
O | P | T | I | M | A | S | | C | L | U | N | K | E | D |
U | P | E | A | R | L | Y | | S | O | T | H | E | R | E |
| E | D | D | I | E | | | | A | T | O | D | D | S |
POW Thu 4/4/2019
B | O | A | S | | | B | Y | O | B | | H | E | R | A |
A | R | N | E | | S | A | U | N | A | | O | N | E | G |
Y | C | A | N | T | T | A | K | E | I | T | W | I | T | H |
| | C | A | R | A | | S | A | L | A | | G | I | A |
T | W | O | T | E | R | M | | | B | J | A | M | E | S |
K | A | N | E | | L | O | T | T | | | N | A | S | T |
O | L | D | | Y | E | S | W | E | C | A | N | | | |
| D | A | S | I | S | A | Y | N | O | T | A | S | I | |
| | | O | N | S | I | L | E | N | T | | N | A | P |
K | O | P | F | | | C | A | T | E | | C | A | G | E |
N | M | E | A | N | S | | | S | H | O | O | K | O | N |
B | E | N | | A | L | V | A | | E | A | V | E | | |
B | A | C | K | T | O | S | Q | U | A | R | E | O | N | E |
E | R | I | E | | G | O | U | R | D | | R | I | G | A |
D | A | L | Y | | S | P | A | N | | | S | L | O | T |
Thu 7/13/2017
I | M | P | | D | O | C | | | G | A | S | L | I | T |
F | A | R | | I | N | A | X | | A | G | E | O | N | E |
S | T | I | F | F | A | R | M | | G | U | E | S | T | X |
| | X | O | F | T | E | A | | R | A | N | T | A | T |
S | A | F | E | | E | E | R | I | E | | | I | K | E |
O | U | I | | | A | N | K | L | E | B | I | T | E | R |
D | E | X | I | S | M | | S | I | L | O | S | | | |
A | L | E | P | H | | U | T | A | | S | U | T | R | A |
| | | A | W | A | S | H | | E | S | P | R | I | T |
O | U | T | D | A | M | N | E | D | X | | | A | F | T |
N | N | E | | | B | A | S | I | E | | X | I | F | Y |
E | T | A | L | I | I | | P | E | N | C | I | L | | |
C | U | R | A | T | E | | O | C | E | A | N | M | A | P |
U | N | E | V | E | N | | T | U | M | S | | I | D | A |
P | E | D | A | N | T | | | T | Y | E | | X | O | N |
Thu 3/30/2017
M | R | I | | O | T | R | O | | | L | A | P | P | E |
B | E | N | | B | R | A | N | | M | I | C | R | O | N |
A | L | K | A | L | I | N | E | | U | P | H | O | L | D |
B | A | L | S | A | M | I | C | | L | I | S | T | E | N |
A | B | I | T | | S | N | A | R | E | D | | E | M | O |
N | E | N | E | | | T | R | O | D | | G | A | I | T |
E | L | G | R | E | C | O | | B | E | Y | O | N | C | E |
| | | O | L | D | | | | E | E | N | | | |
S | C | R | I | M | P | S | | F | R | E | E | D | O | M |
K | O | E | D | | L | I | M | O | | | G | E | R | I |
I | M | A | | Z | A | B | A | R | S | | I | N | D | C |
M | I | C | K | E | Y | | I | M | P | O | R | T | E | D |
O | C | T | A | N | E | | L | I | A | R | L | I | A | R |
F | A | T | T | E | R | | E | C | C | E | | S | L | O |
F | L | O | O | R | | | R | A | Y | S | | T | S | P |
Thu 6/11/2015
I | T | L | L | | C | E | D | E | | | A | L | O | E |
N | E | A | P | | A | C | E | R | B | | C | A | P | T |
D | A | Y | S | | L | A | R | G | E | M | O | U | T | H |
U | L | T | | O | G | R | E | | D | A | R | R | I | N |
L | E | O | | D | O | D | G | E | M | O | N | A | C | O |
G | A | R | D | E | N | | | E | A | R | S | | | |
E | V | E | N | S | | P | A | R | T | I | | B | A | H |
M | E | S | A | | E | R | N | I | E | | D | A | L | I |
E | S | T | | A | S | I | D | E | | W | O | R | L | D |
| | | A | N | T | S | | | M | A | R | R | E | D |
G | R | U | D | G | E | M | A | T | C | H | | I | V | E |
R | E | S | A | L | E | | S | A | G | S | | S | I | N |
I | M | A | G | E | M | A | K | E | R | | S | T | A | G |
P | A | G | E | | S | H | E | B | A | | F | E | T | E |
E | X | E | S | | | A | R | O | W | | O | R | E | M |