See the 11 answer words debuted by Lisa Senzel.
L | I | T | E | R | A | T | I | P | A | D | K | I | N | G | S | T | O | N | ||
L | E | A | V | E | S | T | O | A | N | A | A | D | O | R | A | B | L | E | ||
A | D | D | I | T | I | O | N | N | T | H | B | Y | P | A | S | S | E | S | ||
T | R | A | P | A | D | E | L | E | L | E | N | S | ||||||||
M | A | T | E | O | E | R | A | S | I | N | G | D | Y | L | A | N | ||||
A | H | A | G | R | A | P | E | S | A | G | E | G | A | P | O | B | E | |||
N | E | U | T | R | I | N | O | R | I | D | I | C | U | L | E | |||||
I | M | T | O | A | S | T | P | A | N | E | L | S | M | A | R | T | E | D | ||
O | D | E | A | L | E | V | E | I | N | A | ||||||||||
A | T | E | L | E | S | S | C | A | D | E | T | I | R | O | N | M | E | N | ||
R | O | T | S | T | O | P | I | C | N | E | R | V | E | E | A | S | T | |||
A | N | Y | S | O | N | O | F | A | B | R | A | N | D | O | N | S | A | |||
K | E | M | A | L | S | T | I | R | E | R | S | E | N | I | G | E | L | |||
D | O | O | R | S | S | E | T | T | I | T | R | A | M | E | N | |||||
P | O | L | K | O | C | H | R | E | S | P | A | D | E | O | R | C | S | |||
T | W | O | O | C | H | O | M | E | A | L | S | E | C | |||||||
A | N | G | D | R | O | P | L | E | A | F | T | A | B | L | E | C | S | I | ||
I | D | E | A | S | E | A | L | I | O | N | I | S | L | E | ||||||
R | I | C | O | T | T | A | A | R | T | O | O | A | S | H | A | N | T | I | ||
P | L | A | T | T | E | R | P | L | A | N | T | E | T | A | G | E | R | E | ||
A | L | L | E | S | T | S | Y | R | A | H | S | S | N | S | I | S |
Lisa Senzel is a pathologist at Stony Brook Medicine on Long Island. She's been solving the New York Times crossword in print since 1994. Jeff Chen is a writer in Seattle.
The idea for this puzzle was Lisa's. Jeff wrote a program to generate possible theme answers, then designed the grid and guided Lisa through the fill. "Generous, funny, great people" is how Lisa describes Jeff and the other crossword mentors she's had.
G | A | B | S | B | A | Y | O | U | B | A | R | T | ||
U | V | E | A | A | L | U | M | S | E | V | E | R | ||
M | C | A | T | K | O | R | A | N | N | E | V | E | ||
B | L | T | N | E | U | T | R | A | L | N | O | M | ||
O | U | T | D | O | I | R | U | L | E | |||||
B | O | U | R | B | O | N | S | T | R | E | E | T | ||
M | A | R | D | I | G | R | A | S | ||||||
P | E | E | P | B | A | T | T | Y | I | L | K | S | ||
V | E | T | O | Y | E | S | D | I | O | N | ||||
C | L | O | U | D | S | D | R | E | V | I | L | |||
U | T | E | R | I | G | O | O | S | E | |||||
D | E | F | B | I | G | E | A | S | Y | J | F | K | ||
U | P | F | O | R | L | A | P | A | L | A | I | N | ||
S | E | E | Y | A | O | R | E | L | I | Z | Z | O | ||
K | E | E | L | O | L | D | B | Z | Z | T |