See the 75 answer words debuted by Wyna Liu.
Wyna Liu is an associate puzzle editor for The Times, which she joined in 2020. She helps select and edit clues for the puzzles that appear in the paper. The thing she loves most about her job is "talking puzzles with other people who love them!" (That would be the rest of us on the games team.)
When Wyna isn't working, she makes jewelry and magnetic objects, teaches yoga and spoils her dog.
M | A | P | S | G | E | O | T | A | G | D | O | T | H | B | R | A | ||||
A | L | O | E | A | N | D | O | N | E | I | D | E | A | B | R | I | M | |||
S | T | O | R | E | F | R | O | N | T | S | S | E | A | R | R | A | V | I | ||
S | O | L | V | E | F | O | R | T | A | C | O | D | E | U | C | E | S | |||
H | E | L | E | N | S | E | A | S | O | N | O | P | E | N | E | R | S | |||
G | L | A | S | S | A | S | T | E | R | R | A | K | E | |||||||
P | A | L | M | T | E | A | M | L | E | A | D | E | R | S | I | S | N | T | ||
S | O | L | E | A | C | N | E | S | I | S | I | H | O | O | ||||||
R | A | P | A | T | P | L | A | T | O | S | O | P | E | R | A | |||||
M | O | V | I | E | P | R | E | M | I | E | R | E | S | C | L | A | I | M | S | |
R | E | I | G | N | E | D | H | E | A | L | S | C | R | A | N | K | I | T | ||
B | U | S | H | E | D | R | O | C | K | E | T | L | A | U | N | C | H | E | S | |
E | V | I | T | A | M | O | S | E | Y | S | I | N | D | I | A | |||||
A | R | T | S | I | A | M | B | R | I | E | K | F | E | D | ||||||
N | E | S | S | F | R | E | S | H | S | T | A | R | T | S | E | A | S | E | ||
U | N | I | T | U | S | E | A | S | E | M | I | T | S | |||||||
N | E | W | B | E | G | I | N | N | I | N | G | S | T | O | T | A | L | |||
A | M | A | D | O | U | A | T | A | D | S | H | A | C | K | S | U | P | |||
R | O | K | U | R | A | M | A | S | H | O | W | E | R | H | E | A | D | S | ||
C | R | E | E | E | V | E | N | U | M | P | I | R | E | U | F | O | S | |||
O | Y | S | D | A | D | S | P | O | S | T | E | D | P | E | N | T |
Chandi Deitmer, of Cambridge, Mass., works for Elevate Labs, a brain-training app. Wyna Liu, of New York City, is a puzzles editor and author of the daily New York Times game Connections.
Chandi is part of the testing panel for the game, sending her weekly feedback to Wyna. Chandi conceived of this theme and thought, what better person to collaborate with than the Connections queen herself!
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L | A | I | T | A | D | A | M | S | A | V | A | G | E | |
L | I | K | E | B | I | S | O | N | B | I | S | O | N | |
F | L | A | M | E | O | U | T | L | E | T | I | T | ||
A | B | C | R | U | M | S | H | E | I | S | R | |||
M | O | H | A | I | R | D | N | A | M | E | T | A | ||
E | X | U | D | E | R | E | A | L | T | O | R | S | ||
A | P | R | I | L | F | O | O | L | ||||||
J | A | M | A | I | S | V | U | P | A | R | S | E | ||
R | I | M | S | F | E | E | B | E | R | E | A | L | ||
O | M | B | D | E | N | B | O | N | G | O | Y | |||
O | B | A | M | A | W | O | O | D | C | U | T | S | ||
M | E | N | I | N | B | L | A | C | K | A | L | O | E | |
B | A | D | S | C | I | E | N | C | E | N | A | M | E | |
A | M | S | T | E | L | B | E | E | R | T | R | E | S |
H | E | R | O | E | S | I | G | U | E | S | S | D | A | M | S | T | Y | |||
A | M | I | L | L | I | B | O | N | S | A | I | T | R | E | E | O | H | O | ||
S | E | R | I | E | S | M | O | D | E | L | T | R | A | I | N | L | I | U | ||
P | R | I | N | C | E | S | S | D | I | A | U | C | O | U | R | A | N | T | ||
E | T | N | A | E | D | E | R | I | O | U | A | R | G | H | ||||||
P | H | O | I | O | W | A | N | C | I | E | N | O | B | E | Y | S | ||||
E | U | P | H | O | R | I | C | R | O | S | E | G | A | R | D | E | N | |||
A | G | A | I | N | N | E | T | T | L | E | S | X | E | D | G | A | T | |||
T | O | L | E | D | O | T | H | E | I | R | D | I | P | S | T | I | C | K | ||
A | S | T | O | R | S | S | P | E | L | L | I | N | T | O | ||||||
C | A | N | D | Y | C | A | N | E | A | L | L | A | C | C | E | S | S | |||
A | M | O | R | E | P | E | E | S | A | S | I | A | N | A | ||||||
B | I | G | S | H | O | T | S | C | A | R | E | W | T | R | O | P | H | Y | ||
O | D | E | A | L | A | C | O | N | T | O | R | T | P | A | L | E | O | |||
N | O | N | A | P | O | L | O | G | Y | A | U | T | O | F | I | L | L | |||
M | Y | T | H | S | L | E | T | S | A | P | B | I | O | E | L | K | ||||
R | E | L | O | L | E | D | S | T | A | T | E | L | L | S | ||||||
T | A | E | K | W | O | N | D | O | G | O | L | D | I | L | O | C | K | S | ||
O | H | M | E | C | T | O | M | O | B | I | L | E | N | A | M | E | I | T | ||
A | N | A | L | A | R | G | E | B | I | L | L | S | G | N | A | R | L | Y | ||
D | O | N | P | L | Y | N | I | C | E | S | T | S | E | D | A | T | E |
Wyna Liu is an associate puzzle editor for The Times, which she joined in 2020. She helps select and edit clues for the puzzles that appear in the paper. The thing she loves most about her job is "talking puzzles with other people who love them!" (That would be the rest of us on the games team.)
When Wyna isn't working, she makes jewelry and magnetic objects, teaches yoga and spoils her dog.
C | C | S | B | A | D | C | E | D | A | R | |||||
H | O | N | E | C | O | L | I | A | N | I | M | A | L | ||
I | N | A | G | A | R | T | E | N | B | E | R | A | T | E | |
C | R | I | T | I | D | A | B | W | E | L | L | S | |||
W | E | L | L | D | U | H | I | B | I | S | G | I | S | ||
A | D | A | L | O | V | E | L | A | C | E | B | A | K | E | |
Y | E | T | W | E | R | E | L | U | M | E | N | ||||
A | N | A | D | E | A | R | M | A | S | ||||||
D | E | S | K | S | N | O | O | N | K | E | N | ||||
U | L | T | A | A | V | A | D | U | V | E | R | N | A | Y | |
V | E | E | E | M | I | R | E | E | L | I | E | S | T | ||
E | V | A | M | E | N | D | E | S | I | B | E | T | |||
T | A | M | A | R | I | E | V | E | E | N | S | L | E | R | |
S | T | U | D | I | O | L | U | N | G | E | O | R | C | ||
E | P | E | E | S | D | O | S | N | S | A |
E | T | S | T | H | E | C | O | P | A | P | A | N | I | C | B | A | R | |||
S | A | R | A | H | E | A | L | S | U | P | I | R | O | N | R | U | L | E | ||
T | R | A | P | P | A | R | T | I | S | T | S | C | C | T | H | E | D | A | Y | |
O | F | S | O | R | T | S | N | I | T | E | S | S | A | D | E | |||||
R | U | H | R | O | H | A | G | E | E | I | C | E | T | G | R | E | ||||
E | L | Y | T | U | M | S | D | I | Z | Z | C | O | N | T | R | O | L | |||
A | I | R | D | U | C | T | D | E | E | Y | A | H | O | O | S | |||||
S | T | R | I | P | T | T | R | E | T | O | U | C | H | B | R | U | T | E | ||
T | R | I | M | S | B | E | N | E | P | H | O | T | O | O | P | |||||
E | A | S | E | O | C | T | A | N | E | S | W | I | R | E | T | A | P | |||
A | L | I | A | M | U | U | M | E | N | T | P | A | R | K | S | H | I | E | ||
M | A | N | O | W | A | R | R | A | P | A | N | U | I | M | I | L | T | |||
G | R | A | N | D | M | A | G | A | B | S | N | O | N | E | T | |||||
T | A | T | E | R | S | O | R | B | E | T | S | C | L | O | C | K | Y | Y | ||
T | R | I | A | D | S | T | M | I | S | T | R | A | I | N | S | |||||
O | L | D | D | S | T | A | T | I | O | N | A | R | K | S | C | O | M | |||
P | O | E | O | B | O | E | O | N | C | E | E | L | A | I | N | E | ||||
L | E | N | A | S | I | D | E | A | D | L | I | S | T | E | R | |||||
G | G | L | O | U | I | S | E | S | U | R | P | R | I | I | P | A | R | T | Y | |
U | P | A | C | R | E | E | K | A | L | T | R | O | C | K | H | O | W | L | ||
S | A | W | H | O | R | S | E | Y | E | S | I | S | E | E | I | N | O |
Wyna Liu, of New York City, is an artist and jewelry designer working with magnets and tensegrity. (You can see examples of her craft at wynaliu.com.) She has been solving crosswords for 10+ years but just started making them recently.
Wyna says 91-Across is a shout-out to her parents, who own and operate a chain of radio channels. They made up the name Wyna (pronounced "WIN-uh") to mimic radio call letters — "Y 'n' A" for the initials of their names, Yvonne and Arthur, and the starting "W" because they're on the East Coast!
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S | A | L | O | N | A | M | E | R | I | C | A | N | O | |
T | R | O | U | T | R | O | G | E | R | T | H | A | T | |
I | T | S | N | O | T | A | R | A | C | E | ||||
E | D | N | A | L | T | D | A | P | R | |||||
A | S | S | M | I | L | L | O | B | O | E | ||||
D | U | H | M | A | D | E | I | T | W | E | I | R | D | |
D | I | A | D | E | L | O | S | M | U | E | R | T | O | S |
S | T | V | A | L | E | N | T | I | N | E | S | U | E | |
T | U | E | S | T | E | T | E | T | S | A | ||||
O | P | S | O | R | G | U | S | S | R | |||||
C | H | E | C | K | P | L | E | A | S | E | ||||
H | E | A | D | T | O | T | O | E | A | G | N | E | S | |
U | P | L | O | A | D | I | N | G | P | U | G | E | T | |
M | A | T | H | L | E | T | E | S | S | E | E | M | E |
D | E | S | P | A | C | I | T | O | H | I | H | A | T | |
A | C | C | O | L | A | D | E | S | A | G | A | M | E | |
W | H | O | L | E | R | E | S | T | L | I | V | E | N | |
G | O | T | O | W | A | S | T | E | O | V | E | N | S | |
P | I | T | T | O | R | G | E | A | T | |||||
R | I | D | O | F | A | L | O | E | H | O | P | |||
I | N | A | N | E | S | W | O | O | N | E | T | A | ||
D | O | R | Y | S | T | A | G | S | B | A | H | T | ||
I | N | N | B | E | R | R | Y | S | A | R | A | H | ||
N | E | T | A | L | E | E | M | I | T | T | S | |||
P | O | O | D | L | E | O | R | A | L | |||||
B | I | O | M | E | T | I | G | E | R | B | A | L | M | |
R | E | T | A | G | M | O | R | A | T | O | R | I | A | |
A | C | I | N | G | A | T | E | D | I | N | N | E | R | |
D | E | N | I | S | P | A | S | S | E | D | O | U | T |
P | O | W | E | R | C | O | R | D | S | S | C | O | T | |
A | T | H | L | E | I | S | U | R | E | H | A | H | S | |
S | T | O | L | E | A | K | I | S | S | A | R | G | H | |
T | O | W | L | O | A | N | H | U | M | E | R | I | ||
E | M | O | J | I | R | O | B | P | E | T | E | R | ||
S | A | R | O | N | G | U | R | L | S | O | A | T | ||
N | E | A | O | N | S | A | L | E | E | T | S | |||
I | N | T | R | O | T | O | T | A | L | |||||
E | S | T | O | D | D | I | T | Y | B | A | D | |||
G | A | B | D | O | U | R | D | A | U | B | E | D | ||
G | R | E | C | O | H | E | M | S | T | O | M | A | ||
W | A | T | U | S | I | S | E | A | T | R | E | V | ||
A | L | T | O | T | W | I | T | T | E | R | A | T | I | |
S | E | E | M | Z | A | G | A | T | R | A | T | E | D | |
H | E | R | O | A | N | N | L | A | N | D | E | R | S |
C | A | T | F | I | S | H | E | S | W | H | A | R | F | |
O | N | I | O | N | T | A | R | T | O | I | L | E | R | |
O | O | P | S | S | O | R | R | Y | O | R | A | T | E | |
S | A | K | E | S | T | H | E | R | I | O | ||||
S | P | L | I | N | E | S | W | O | O | D | M | E | N | |
P | E | E | L | E | D | J | U | N | O | |||||
A | D | V | I | L | M | A | S | K | W | A | T | T | ||
C | R | A | Z | Y | R | I | C | H | A | S | I | A | N | S |
Y | O | R | E | A | L | O | U | A | N | N | U | L | ||
B | Y | O | B | G | L | A | D | T | O | |||||
A | L | L | P | R | O | S | M | O | S | T | E | S | T | |
W | E | A | R | O | N | M | E | T | A | L | ||||
O | W | N | I | T | M | E | L | O | D | I | Z | E | S | |
K | I | D | D | O | G | W | E | N | I | F | I | L | L | |
E | S | S | E | X | S | L | E | E | P | E | A | S | Y |