See the 46 answer words debuted by Nam Jin Yoon.
D | U | E | T | F | R | A | Y | M | M | A | ||||
I | N | L | A | W | P | R | O | M | O | T | I | O | N | |
S | T | E | P | H | R | E | S | C | U | E | D | O | G | |
S | O | C | I | A | L | I | T | E | R | A | G | E | R | |
T | O | T | E | M | S | C | O | M | E | D | Y | |||
P | R | I | C | E | S | T | U | T | U | |||||
R | I | V | A | L | T | O | O | T | H | P | I | C | K | |
A | G | E | S | L | U | R | P | E | E | N | A | E | ||
M | A | S | S | E | U | S | E | S | R | E | T | R | Y | |
L | I | N | K | A | R | C | H | E | S | |||||
P | U | P | U | S | A | D | O | C | I | L | E | |||
O | N | E | I | L | B | O | W | L | G | A | M | E | S | |
S | P | A | C | E | T | I | M | E | H | I | A | L | L | |
T | I | R | E | F | I | R | E | S | T | R | I | B | E | |
S | N | L | T | O | D | D | S | L | A | W |
C | H | A | R | T | S | P | F | O | W | L | S | |||
R | O | M | A | N | A | C | L | E | F | L | E | O | S | |
A | R | E | N | T | W | E | A | L | L | D | I | O | N | |
I | S | N | T | A | N | Y | T | A | K | E | R | S | ||
G | E | T | W | I | T | H | K | I | N | D | E | R | ||
R | O | B | O | T | O | P | E | D | S | E | A | |||
B | A | T | O | N | C | O | R | D | C | O | N | K | ||
T | C | H | O | T | C | H | K | E | C | R | U | D | E | |
S | E | A | T | L | A | Y | A | B | O | U | T | S | ||
S | T | Y | L | E | D | C | O | N | S | |||||
C | I | O | R | H | Y | T | H | M | S | |||||
P | I | L | A | F | R | A | I | S | E | H | E | L | L | |
A | D | U | L | T | S | I | T | E | S | A | D | I | E | |
D | E | C | L | U | T | T | E | R | T | R | I | M | S | |
S | A | Y | P | L | E | D | D | A | Y | S |
If you're looking to read a ROMAN À CLEF, we recommend "Cassandra" by Christa Wolf (Jan van Heurck translation)
If you're in the mood for a sweet rom-com like "To All the BOYS I've Loved Before," we love "Always Be My Maybe" and "The Half of It"
If you're seeking newer R&B music than "SAY My Name," we have "Have Mercy" by Beyoncé protégé Chlöe on repeat
M | O | S | S | P | R | O | V | E | I | T | ||||
C | O | N | E | O | F | S | I | L | E | N | C | E | ||
F | R | I | E | N | D | L | Y | B | A | N | T | E | R | |
M | O | E | S | T | O | I | C | F | A | R | C | E | ||
A | R | M | S | R | I | G | H | T | L | E | A | S | ||
I | G | E | T | B | Y | H | O | Y | A | E | P | A | ||
M | E | D | I | A | S | T | U | R | D | Y | ||||
T | E | L | L | O | N | T | A | M | A | L | E | S | ||
D | A | L | L | O | W | A | Y | N | I | K | O | L | A | |
A | B | A | O | N | P | O | I | N | T | V | I | P | ||
M | O | C | K | S | A | G | G | Y | M | E | S | S | ||
A | U | R | A | S | T | A | U | P | A | P | I | |||
S | T | E | P | I | N | M | A | D | E | R | O | O | M | |
K | I | M | O | N | O | A | N | D | S | C | E | N | E | |
S | T | E | W | E | D | T | A | R | T | M | S | G |
If you're interested in learning more about TERESA Teng, I recommend reading this article and putting on this song.
C | H | E | F | S | K | I | S | S | C | L | I | F | F | |
Y | O | G | A | P | A | N | T | S | H | E | N | R | I | |
B | O | R | N | A | G | A | I | N | I | N | D | E | X | |
E | K | E | Y | A | R | N | A | N | D | I | E | |||
R | A | G | A | N | O | T | E | T | O | S | E | L | F | |
C | H | I | C | K | W | E | L | L | S | B | A | A | ||
A | B | O | D | E | S | D | I | A | S | A | N | K | ||
F | A | U | C | E | T | S | A | S | K | A | N | C | E | |
E | R | S | P | A | R | E | S | A | N | D | E | S | ||
S | I | T | I | N | E | T | S | |||||||
B | I | D | E | T | S | G | O | T | A | S | E | C | ||
A | C | R | I | D | H | A | B | A | N | E | R | O | S | |
S | A | Y | N | O | M | O | R | E | A | R | O | M | A | |
E | L | L | E | W | O | O | D | S | S | I | D | E | D | |
S | L | Y | N | O | F | E | E | F | E | T | E |
This puzzle owes its genesis to Brooke Husic and the puzzles on her blog, which:
Shout out to my parents, who unfailingly turned off my electric fan every night throughout my childhood.
C | L | E | A | T | S | F | I | R | S | T | ||||
T | H | I | S | I | S | A | M | E | R | I | C | A | ||
T | H | E | M | O | R | E | Y | O | U | K | N | O | W | |
P | H | A | S | E | B | L | I | N | D | G | U | N | ||
A | R | T | S | M | A | I | N | E | C | O | R | Y | ||
N | O | H | M | I | S | O | G | Y | N | Y | ||||
G | A | U | N | T | L | E | T | T | A | N | G | |||
T | R | A | I | L | S | B | R | I | D | A | L | |||
T | I | D | E | B | E | E | L | I | N | E | S | |||
F | A | N | B | A | S | E | S | G | T | O | ||||
S | I | B | S | N | E | S | T | S | E | S | T | A | ||
I | N | A | B | I | L | E | S | M | A | T | E | R | ||
M | U | S | I | C | A | L | T | H | E | A | T | E | R | |
M | I | R | A | C | L | E | W | O | R | K | E | R | ||
S | T | A | N | S | D | O | T | E | O | N |
Three bases in one grid; call that a trip.
K | I | L | N | J | A | W | S | P | T | A | S | |||
I | N | E | E | D | A | N | A | P | S | L | A | S | H | |
D | O | N | T | J | U | D | G | E | T | A | K | E | I | |
S | N | O | W | A | N | G | E | L | O | C | E | A | N | |
O | N | T | O | T | A | P | A | S | ||||||
E | N | E | R | G | Y | T | O | P | B | R | A | S | S | |
P | A | N | K | O | E | U | R | Y | D | I | C | E | ||
O | C | D | B | E | A | T | S | M | I | N | ||||
C | H | I | M | N | E | Y | S | L | E | A | F | S | ||
H | O | N | E | Y | B | E | E | B | E | S | T | I | E | |
T | A | M | E | S | P | U | T | T | ||||||
S | C | E | N | E | O | V | E | R | R | A | T | E | D | |
T | O | A | S | T | R | E | A | L | I | T | Y | T | V | |
I | D | R | I | S | E | S | C | A | P | E | P | O | D | |
R | E | S | T | S | T | E | P | S | O | N | S |
The original seed for this one didn't survive the construction, but feel free to put it on anyway for some post-solve vibes.
Recommended book pairings for the puzzle: MIN Jin Lee's Pachinko and OCEAN Vuong's On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous.
H | O | A | G | I | E | D | R | O | I | D | ||||
R | O | C | K | E | T | S | C | I | E | N | C | E | ||
Y | O | U | H | A | T | E | T | O | S | E | E | I | T | |
S | A | Y | N | O | G | R | A | D | D | O | N | E | ||
C | L | A | D | C | O | A | T | E | S | F | E | N | ||
A | T | L | S | U | I | T | E | C | R | U | S | T | ||
B | A | S | E | L | I | N | E | M | O | U | S | S | E | |
P | A | N | G | D | A | U | B | |||||||
C | A | S | I | N | G | K | I | T | T | Y | C | A | T | |
E | X | A | C | T | D | U | S | T | S | A | D | O | ||
R | O | O | S | C | O | N | C | E | K | N | I | T | ||
A | L | I | G | R | O | D | E | C | E | D | E | S | ||
M | O | R | E | P | O | W | E | R | T | O | Y | O | U | |
I | T | S | N | O | W | O | R | N | E | V | E | R | ||
C | L | E | A | T | P | A | S | T | E | D |
I recently passed my one-year mark of constructing themelesses, so I thought this might be a good time to jot down a few things I wish I'd known when I first started.
T | I | M | E | T | R | A | V | E | L | E | S | T | A | |
A | R | E | Y | O | U | G | A | M | E | X | M | A | N | |
P | O | W | E | R | S | U | I | T | S | P | A | S | T | |
S | N | L | T | H | A | N | T | A | R | T | T | |||
T | O | E | B | L | O | T | T | E | R | |||||
F | A | I | R | S | F | A | I | R | M | B | A | |||
D | R | E | S | S | C | O | D | E | S | O | U | P | ||
P | R | O | B | E | O | R | C | S | A | N | D | S | ||
L | O | G | O | A | U | T | O | T | U | N | E | S | ||
A | P | P | P | I | T | Y | P | A | R | T | Y | |||
C | A | R | R | E | L | S | B | E | A | |||||
E | L | I | O | T | G | P | A | S | O | C | T | |||
B | I | N | S | O | V | E | R | S | H | A | R | E | S | |
O | N | C | E | P | I | N | A | C | O | L | A | D | A | |
S | E | E | N | T | E | E | T | O | T | A | L | E | R |
If anyone's looking for a good quarantine read (or re-read), I'm a fan of 21A's The Secret History, which is still the GOAT campus novel.
K | A | M | A | S | U | T | R | A | A | N | G | S | T | |
A | T | I | T | A | G | A | I | N | S | E | R | T | A | |
F | L | A | T | W | H | I | T | E | S | H | O | O | P | |
K | A | T | E | L | A | W | Y | E | R | U | P | |||
A | S | A | N | A | S | E | R | U | P | T | S | |||
D | R | U | M | B | E | A | T | C | H | I | ||||
L | A | M | P | O | O | N | S | T | H | A | N | |||
G | I | N | S | D | U | O | B | O | A | T | ||||
D | A | F | T | B | A | N | K | R | U | P | T | |||
A | L | E | S | O | L | D | I | E | R | S | ||||
B | O | S | S | E | D | P | R | E | G | G | O | |||
S | W | A | N | S | O | N | G | C | H | O | U | |||
S | H | O | T | S | P | E | L | L | G | R | A | N | T | |
E | E | R | I | E | E | Y | E | O | P | E | N | E | R | |
A | S | K | E | D | D | O | N | T | S | T | A | R | E |
Fridays are my favorite crossword days, so I'm excited to see my first puzzle published on one. This one started with the EYE-OPENER / DON'T STARE pairing in the SE and proceeded counter-clockwise from there. As a law librarian, I was particularly happy to be able to work in LAWYER UP and angsty law grad KAFKA along the way. Props to the editorial team for making me look a lot better at this constructing thing than I am.
If you're a member of an underrepresented group in crosswords (regardless of experience level) and would like to collaborate, shoot me an email at njywords@gmail.com.