See the 6 answer words debuted by Vaibhav Srikaran.
O | K | E | D | B | E | E | R | S | G | A | M | E | ||
N | O | R | M | A | R | G | O | N | E | D | E | N | ||
T | O | E | S | B | I | G | D | O | M | A | D | D | ||
A | K | C | A | Y | E | E | B | B | M | I | O | |||
P | A | T | C | H | Y | B | O | W | S | A | W | |||
B | O | O | H | O | O | T | I | B | I | A | S | |||
E | U | R | O | D | I | V | A | S | I | P | A | S | ||
D | R | S | C | A | L | I | P | H | S | P | V | C | ||
G | R | E | T | A | S | E | E | H | A | L | V | A | ||
E | A | T | E | R | Y | B | O | L | E | Y | N | |||
N | O | E | L | M | E | W | L | |||||||
D | O | U | B | L | E | R | A | I | N | B | O | W | ||
F | O | M | O | E | V | E | N | T | E | R | A | S | ||
L | U | A | U | N | I | N | O | S | E | C | R | U | ||
U | R | N | S | A | S | T | R | O | F | A | M | E |
VAIBHAV: I am so excited to have my first puzzle published in the Times. My name is Vaibhav (go by Vaibs) and I am based out of Brooklyn. I have been doing X-words with my mom since middle school and super excited to see one of my own puzzles in print!
As someone with two V's in their name, I was almost certain the VV stack would be the trickiest part. Knowing my forays through the dictionary as a middle schooler, there are very few words with two Vs in them (my name not included).
I would like to thank Matthew for all of his wisdom in the constructing process and for helping me turn my seed of an idea into a full-fledged grid.
If you haven't had a chance to see the original video, hopefully, it can be a great addition to your day!