S | C | O | O | P | S | C | H | A | T | T | Y | |||
T | O | P | T | H | I | S | T | E | A | T | R | E | E | |
A | C | E | H | I | G | H | H | O | R | R | O | R | S | |
G | O | N | E | N | O | S | E | M | A | U | R | A | ||
E | N | T | R | S | W | A | P | N | I | N | ||||
D | U | O | E | R | E | B | C | C | E | D | ||||
T | E | A | S | E | R | T | R | A | I | L | E | R | ||
H | O | T | C | O | F | F | E | E | ||||||
T | R | E | A | S | U | R | E | T | R | O | V | E | ||
S | H | E | M | P | R | I | C | O | D | S | ||||
H | O | W | T | A | T | E | S | T | A | T | ||||
A | R | O | A | R | A | L | F | A | M | E | M | O | ||
F | E | R | R | A | R | I | I | M | M | O | R | A | L | |
T | A | K | E | T | E | N | T | E | E | T | I | M | E | |
S | U | S | S | E | D | S | W | E | D | E | N |
Ta-da! Totally thrilled to toss this "T" theme to the Times! 'Twas tricky to tackle the teeming T's that this Tuesday theme took. Truthfully, the talented Times team tailored top-notch transformations to the tiresome text. Thanks to them, the terms trending towards terrible trash turned to twinkling treasure. This tongue-twisting type thus terminates the traditional theme talk. Therefore, time to tell the thesaurus, "Take that! Torpedoed! Toast!"
Phew! That's a lot of Ts. Tons, you might say. This puzzle was inspired by William I. Johnston's wonderful L-themed puzzle from 2002.
Thanks to my friends Adrienne, Elly, and Nikki for their feedback on my many drafts. I hope everyone had as much fun solving this puzzle as I had creating it!