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4 puzzles by Stephen McCarthy
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Stephen McCarthy, originally from Vancouver Island, B.C., is a Ph.D. student studying transportation modeling in Stockholm, Sweden.
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| R | I | O | A | V | A | T | A | R | Y | A | H | W | E | H | I | P | O | S | |||
| E | G | O | R | E | B | E | L | A | L | L | I | A | N | C | E | T | A | R | A | ||
| T | H | R | E | E | R | S | S | O | A | N | D | S | O | L | O | C | U | S | |||
| A | N | D | E | R | S | R | O | E | G | S | U | N | N | I | N | E | S | S | |||
| P | O | O | L | H | A | N | S | O | L | O | P | D | A | S | T | H | Y | ||||
| E | O | N | S | T | E | E | L | A | P | P | G | R | A | P | H | ||||||
| S | N | O | W | M | A | N | Y | A | R | D | S | A | L | E | S | R | E | I | N | ||
| T | H | E | I | S | M | R | O | Y | Y | E | A | A | F | R | O | ||||||
| S | T | E | A | K | A | S | I | A | W | E | A | R | C | L | I | O | S | ||||
| S | A | H | A | R | A | S | T | A | R | T | R | E | K | S | H | I | N | N | Y | ||
| A | B | E | T | S | W | H | O | S | R | I | S | E | N | A | N | A | S | ||||
| S | I | R | I | H | E | R | P | A | S | D | I | E | S | E | L | ||||||
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| I | S | L | E | T | S | I | R | B | I | O | R | E | R | E | A | ||||||
| I | M | S | G | R | I | M | M | R | S | P | O | C | K | C | O | R | K | ||||
| D | O | N | T | B | E | S | A | D | H | U | E | Y | D | O | N | N | I | E | |||
| B | L | O | A | T | T | S | E | L | I | O | T | P | R | I | N | T | A | D | |||
| E | T | T | U | T | H | E | F | E | D | E | R | A | T | I | O | N | I | L | L | ||
| T | E | R | N | M | A | R | I | N | E | I | S | I | T | O | K | E | L | I | |||
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Stephen McCarthy, originally from Vancouver Island, B.C., is a Ph.D. student studying transportation modeling in Stockholm, Sweden. This is his third Sunday Times crossword and his fourth Times puzzle overall.
There is a little trick to this one, as you'll discover, and your solution may not match everyone else's. The middle part of the grid was the most challenging to construct.
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| E | A | S | E | N | A | I | L | I | T | E | G | O | ||
| A | C | H | R | I | S | T | M | A | S | C | O | R | A | L |
| N | E | E | D | N | O | T | C | H | R | O | M | E | ||
| S | H | R | I | M | P | E | D | G | E | S | ||||
| E | R | I | C | A | E | U | R | O | S | |||||
| V | I | T | A | L | A | R | G | O | N | S | I | N | E | |
| E | A | S | T | E | R | C | O | T | T | O | N | |||
| R | A | Y | S | C | A | F | F | E | M | A | C | H | O | |
| L | O | Y | A | L | E | T | H | O | S | |||||
| A | M | O | R | E | S | T | A | P | L | E | ||||
| S | O | N | A | T | A | T | H | E | H | E | A | T | ||
| T | A | K | E | S | T | W | O | T | O | T | O | N | G | A |
| O | N | E | B | O | W | M | E | N | O | D | O | R | ||
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| M | O | A | T | I | F | S | O | R | A | D | A | R | E | N | A | C | T | |||
| O | N | M | E | M | A | I | D | I | R | U | L | E | X | E | N | O | N | |||
| M | E | A | N | G | I | R | L | S | G | R | E | A | S | E | P | A | I | N | T | |
| S | U | N | D | A | N | C | E | S | H | A | N | H | L | E | R | |||||
| P | A | R | S | E | N | T | I | T | Y | B | O | I | L | C | A | T | ||||
| I | K | E | T | O | R | O | S | E | O | S | S | H | I | A | ||||||
| M | A | G | L | E | V | T | R | A | I | N | C | A | T | E | C | H | I | S | M | |
| A | L | L | S | T | A | R | T | U | C | S | O | N | L | I | L | L | E | |||
| N | E | O | S | N | U | G | S | U | L | A | O | L | I | V | I | E | R | |||
| E | X | A | M | I | L | S | E | A | C | H | T | I | M | E | ||||||
| D | A | T | I | N | G | S | I | T | E | W | H | I | T | E | B | R | E | A | D | |
| Z | O | O | M | B | O | M | B | K | E | A | S | E | T | I | ||||||
| A | M | A | Z | O | N | S | K | I | L | O | S | W | A | Y | N | W | A | |||
| L | A | D | E | N | M | E | R | E | L | Y | A | S | O | C | I | A | L | |||
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| O | N | U | S | T | N | N | B | R | I | E | F | O | W | E | ||||||
| W | E | T | D | I | E | U | A | Y | E | S | I | R | I | A | T | E | ||||
| B | L | E | E | P | N | E | S | L | E | S | S | T | H | A | N | |||||
| C | A | L | L | I | G | R | A | P | H | Y | G | I | F | T | H | O | R | S | E | |
| O | N | I | O | N | A | G | A | M | E | E | N | I | D | R | E | E | L | |||
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Stephen McCarthy, a native of Vancouver Island, B.C., is a Ph.D. student studying transportation modeling in Stockholm, Sweden. He got his start in puzzles by solving cryptic crosswords with his grandfather in Toronto's Globe and Mail. Last year he began constructing American-style puzzles, incorporating some of the wordplay sensibility of cryptics in his themes and clues. This is a good example.
Stephen's last Times crossword was Maple Leaf in June.
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| O | R | W | O | R | S | E | E | M | I | L | E | A | R | C | H | F | O | E | ||
| H | O | I | S | T | E | D | S | P | E | A | R | B | Y | T | U | R | N | S | ||
| S | Y | N | C | S | I | N | T | U | R | M | O | I | L | S | T | E | E | P | ||
| N | A | T | S | S | C | R | I | P | S | I | D | E | B | S | E | T | I | |||
| A | L | E | A | P | I | A | N | S | O | H | O | T | H | O | E | |||||
| P | E | R | L | E | N | G | E | T | E | M | O | B | O | E | N | S | ||||
| I | N | D | E | E | D | L | A | C | R | C | C | O | L | A | ||||||
| M | U | C | H | A | C | H | O | E | T | H | U | K | U | L | E | L | E | S | ||
| O | P | E | L | H | A | H | C | O | O | N | E | T | A | T | R | A | ||||
| U | S | H | E | R | T | A | U | T | O | L | O | G | Y | A | S | H | E | N | ||
| S | T | O | R | E | S | P | R | I | O | R | F | A | T | C | A | T | ||||
| S | A | T | M | E | H | D | E | I | N | C | A | N | A | D | A | A | D | A | ||
| E | T | E | S | Q | U | I | N | C | E | A | N | E | R | A | W | R | E | N | ||
| S | E | L | L | S | E | D | D | A | T | G | I | F | C | I | E | R | A | |||
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| O | L | D | P | R | O | S | E | A | R | S | H | O | T | |||||||
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| L | E | I | A | S | A | T | A | Y | I | L | H | A | N | O | L | I | N | |||
| E | W | E | S | B | L | I | G | E | F | L | I | T | S | P | L | U | S | |||
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Stephen McCarthy, originally from Vancouver Island, B.C., is a Ph.D. student studying transportation modeling in Stockholm, Sweden. He made this puzzle last September, about a month after moving. "I was homesick, and this was a way of connecting to my home." In his spare time, Stephen plays Ultimate Frisbee, sings in the Stockholm Gay Chorus, and makes and solves crosswords.
This is his first published puzzle.