See the 18 answer words debuted by Paul Steinberg.
N | S | A | C | H | U | M | D | L | I | S | T | E | R | ||
E | N | S | H | R | I | N | E | I | A | S | S | U | M | E | |
P | O | S | E | I | D | O | N | A | R | T | E | M | I | S | |
T | W | I | N | E | D | U | N | D | O | M | N | O | |||
U | P | S | R | E | G | I | N | A | P | I | E | R | |||
N | E | T | N | U | M | B | R | E | L | E | N | T | |||
E | A | S | E | A | S | U | A | V | A | S | T | ||||
G | R | E | C | O | R | O | M | A | N | ||||||
S | C | R | A | M | D | D | S | B | I | B | I | ||||
S | P | E | E | D | O | E | E | L | S | M | A | D | |||
P | A | R | T | C | A | N | O | E | S | P | C | S | |||
I | R | A | A | P | E | D | A | L | P | A | C | A | |||
D | E | M | E | T | E | R | M | E | D | I | A | S | H | Y | |
E | M | I | R | A | T | E | D | I | O | N | Y | S | U | S | |
R | E | C | E | D | E | S | S | N | O | G | E | S | O |
R | E | A | P | G | R | A | D | B | R | A | S | |||
H | A | L | O | S | H | A | D | E | L | E | G | O | ||
O | U | T | O | 4 | H | A | N | D | S | U | T | E | S | |
H | 8 | E | N | S | E | R | R | A | N | O | ||||
I | P | A | C | L | A | N | L | I | B | I | D | O | ||
F | O | R | M | A | L | O | P | E | C | N | A | N | ||
S | P | O | O | F | S | T | A | C | O | S | ||||
O | U | S | T | I | 2 | N | T | H | U | R | T | |||
P | E | T | I | T | S | 4 | S | S | E | A | S | |||
O | R | A | L | B | A | T | H | O | M | E | ||||
A | V | A | I | K | E | A | S | O | I | R | E | E | ||
N | O | L | O | S | E | D | R | I | P | G | R | R | ||
G | O | T | T | H | A | T | A | T | 1 | D | ||||
E | D | I | T | C | R | E | D | I | 2 | R | T | H | Y | |
R | O | M | E | A | U | R | A | S | O | B | O | E | ||
S | O | A | R | B | E | A | R | P | A | W | S |
M | D | P | H | D | B | R | O | P | O | L | W | H | I | M | ||||
A | E | R | I | E | I | A | N | E | R | A | T | H | I | N | E | |||
S | T | O | P | S | I | G | N | S | R | E | V | E | R | E | N | C | E | |
C | O | G | S | I | N | C | H | S | O | A | M | I | G | U | T | |||
A | X | E | P | I | E | H | O | L | E | C | O | P | I | E | R | S | ||
R | E | N | A | L | W | O | R | E | A | T | O | P | ||||||
A | S | Y | L | U | M | S | E | T | C | K | E | N | O | S | H | A | ||
T | M | I | S | H | O | E | S | P | A | S | ||||||||
D | E | P | O | S | I | T | I | O | N | T | O | R | N | |||||
A | M | O | R | C | O | R | N | I | C | E | E | R | O | D | E | |||
R | A | G | E | B | O | N | Y | R | E | L | E | V | A | N | C | E | ||
A | N | T | G | E | R | L | T | E | F | A | D | |||||||
N | O | R | E | G | R | E | T | S | A | S | I | A | N | U | S | E | ||
C | H | E | S | S | R | E | A | C | T | T | O | S | L | E | D | |||
I | M | A | C | A | N | I | M | A | T | I | O | N | S | |||||
N | A | T | S | P | L | A | T | S | R | I | ||||||||
I | N | S | I | D | E | R | A | R | K | C | H | A | P | T | E | R | ||
C | E | C | E | O | A | T | H | T | E | R | R | A | ||||||
B | O | D | Y | A | R | T | I | N | S | H | A | P | E | I | M | P | ||
A | P | E | R | E | R | U | N | H | E | R | R | S | L | I | P | |||
R | E | V | O | L | T | I | N | G | M | I | L | E | S | T | O | N | E | |
B | R | I | N | Y | A | D | O | I | R | E | P | A | G | E | R | |||
S | A | L | E | L | O | T | R | S | S | A | B | Y | S | S |
David, Karen, and Paul Steinberg live in Pacific Grove, Calif. David is the puzzles and games editor for the Andrews McMeel Universal media company. Karen and Paul are his parents — also longtime puzzle enthusiasts.
The idea for this one was Paul's. David wrote a program to generate possible theme entries. When the standard 21 x 21-square grid couldn't be made to work for the theme, Karen suggested changing the grid size, which was successful.
Karen and David did the fill and Paul look the lead on the clues. This is the Times's first all-family crossword collaboration.