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80 puzzles by Zhouqin Burnikel
with Constructor comments

Zhouqin Burnikel

Total	Debut	Latest	Collabs
80	11/13/2012	10/4/2024	24

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
6	27	22	7	5	10	3

Rebus	Circle	Scrab	Debut	Fresh
2	8	1.56	363	38%

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9 collaborators: Doug Burnikel Anthony J. Caruso Agnes Davidson Don Gagliardo D. Scott Nichols Tom Pepper Dennis Ryall Harry Smith Ron Toth

Fri 10/4/2024
M	W	A	H		I	P	A	D			R	B	I	S
P	I	N	O	T	N	O	I	R		B	O	O	T	H
H	I	D	E	Y	H	O	L	E		L	A	N	A	I
			S	P	A	R		A	S	A	R	U	L	E
B	I	O		E	N	I	G	M	A	S		S	I	R
U	N	R	E	A	D		L	G	B	T	Q	I	A
S	I	G	N	S		H	E	I	R		U	S	N	A
E	T	A	T		C	I	A	R	A		A	S	H	E
D	I	N	E		H	T	M	L		B	L	U	E	S
	A	I	R	B	A	S	E		N	U	M	E	R	O
L	L	C		L	O	A	D	S	O	F		S	O	P
A	H	B	L	I	S	S		P	D	F	S
T	E	E	U	P		N	O	I	S	E	L	A	W	S
C	R	E	S	S		A	U	N	A	T	U	R	E	L
H	E	F	T			G	I	S	T		G	E	N	Y

Sat 2/10/2024
A	T	M	F	E	E				O	K	I	S	E	E
R	E	C	A	L	L	S		S	H	E	P	A	R	D
Y	E	A	R	O	F	T	H	E	D	R	A	G	O	N
A	N	T		T	H	E	A	T	E	R		A	S	A
			T	E	A	R	S	T	A	I	N
W	O	R	E		T	E	N	O	R		A	B	C	S
A	R	E	A	S		O	T	S		L	I	L	A	C
R	A	C	K	E	D				G	E	L	A	T	O
S	N	L		M	E	G	A	C	O	N		C	D	T
A	G	E		I	S	E	C	O	N	D		K	A	T
W	E	A	N		I	N	A	N	E		P	H	D	S
		G	O	N	G	X	I	F	A	C	A	I
T	A	U	R	I	N	E		E	W	A	L	L	E	T
S	N	E	A	K	E	R		R	O	T	E	L	L	E
K	O	S	H	E	R				L	E	S	S	O	N

Fri 10/6/2023
T	Y	K	E	S		E	L	I	E			P	D	F
B	U	N	G	E	E	J	U	M	P		F	R	E	E
S	M	O	G	A	L	E	R	T	S		L	I	M	A
P	A	W		W	A	C	K	O		F	A	V	O	R
			F	E	T	T		B	U	R	I	A	L	S
A	S	H	L	E	E		E	L	N	O	R	T	E
B	O	O	E	D		T	R	A	I	N		E	S	C
C	U	R	E	S		H	E	M		T	H	E	S	E
S	R	S		A	L	I	C	E		R	A	Y	O	N
	G	E	T	L	O	S	T		F	O	M	E	N	T
P	R	O	R	A	T	E		M	O	W	S
R	A	P	I	D		N	E	A	R	S		R	O	B
O	P	E	C		A	D	V	I	C	E	G	U	R	U
M	E	R	E		G	U	I	N	E	A	P	I	G	S
S	S	A			E	P	E	E		T	A	N	S	Y

Mon 9/4/2023
I	R	S			B	L	O	O	P		A	G	A	R
T	O	T	S		F	O	N	D	A		T	Y	P	O
W	O	R	L	D	F	O	O	D	S	U	M	M	I	T
A	T	E	A	M	S			E	S	P		B	E	T
S	L	U	M	S		L	O	S	E	S	F	A	C	E
M	E	S	S		D	O	N	T			A	G	E	D
E	S	E		S	O	R	E		I	F	S
	S	L	I	P	P	E	R	Y	S	L	O	P	E
			D	Y	E		O	I	L	Y		E	T	A
E	R	I	E			D	U	P	E		P	E	C	S
N	A	V	A	L	B	A	S	E		T	A	K	E	S
A	M	P		A	L	T			I	M	L	A	T	E
M	O	U	N	T	A	I	N	C	L	I	M	B	E	R
O	N	M	E		S	N	A	R	K		S	O	R	T
R	E	P	O		E	G	G	O	S			O	A	S

Mon 12/12/2022
C	A	B	I	N		P	A	N	S			B	U	M
U	S	I	N	G		F	L	O	P		R	O	P	E
B	A	L	L	O	F	F	I	R	E		E	N	D	S
I	D	L	E		I	T	S	M	E		C	E	O	S
C	A	S	A	B	A		T	A	C	T	I	C
			F	E	S	T			H	I	P	H	O	P
C	D	S		A	C	I	D	S		G	E	I	C	O
H	I	T		G	O	F	E	T	C	H		N	H	L
A	R	I	A	L		F	A	U	L	T		A	O	L
D	E	C	R	E	E			N	O	E	L
		K	I	S	M	E	T		S	N	A	F	U	S
B	A	T	S		O	L	I	V	E		B	O	N	A
A	L	O	E		P	A	P	E	R	T	R	A	I	L
I	B	I	S		O	T	I	S		S	A	L	T	S
T	A	T			P	E	N	T		A	T	S	E	A

TONY: It's always a treat to work with my x-word mentor, C.C. She can grid like nobody's business. C.C. probably remembers better, but this started as Play Fetch, and we went a few tries with her honing the grid and me playing with the cluing.

C.C: I enjoy brainstorming with Tony. He has many fun ideas and is quick and creative with theme entry selections. We settled down on a conservative grid, with no fill longer than the shortest theme entry. Probably unnecessary since we have * in the clue entries.

Mon 8/22/2022
O	W	L				S	T	R	I	P		T	O	S	S
T	H	A	I		G	U	I	A	N	A		A	C	T	I
S	U	B	W	A	Y	S	A	N	D	W	I	C	H	E	S
	P	S	A	L	M	S			I	N	D	O	O	R	S
			S	O	N		S	W	E	E	T		A	N	Y
M	E	T	R	O	A	R	E	A		D	A	D
Y	U	R	I		S	O	L	I	D		G	O	T	T	A
T	R	I	G		T	O	E	T	A	P		G	A	R	Y
H	O	O	H	A		S	C	O	U	R		G	L	E	E
			T	U	B		T	U	B	E	S	O	C	K	S
A	S	A		G	U	E	S	T		L	E	N
M	A	N	D	E	L	A			E	U	R	E	K	A
U	N	D	E	R	G	R	O	U	N	D	F	I	L	M	S
S	T	E	W		E	T	R	A	D	E		T	U	M	S
E	A	S	Y		S	H	O	E	S				M	O	E

This puzzle had a revision in the left part. We originally had ALAI (32A) crossing MAPO (26D). Tracy and the team felt it was tough for a Monday.

Boomer was an avid golfer and bowler (20 perfect games). Now he can't do either due to cancer. He enjoys solving, blogging, and brainstorming crosswords with C.C.

Tue 2/1/2022
P	A	P	A		S	A	N	G		P	R	I	M
A	L	U	M		A	R	E	A		R	O	M	A
S	P	R	I	N	G	F	E	S	T	I	V	A	L
T	O	R	S	O					A	G	E	N	T
				S	C	R	I	P	T
	R	O	S	H	H	A	S	H	A	N	A	H
R	E	N	O		A	F	A	R		O	B	E	Y
E	T	A	L		M	A	Y	A		W	O	R	E
G	A	L	L		P	E	N	S		R	U	B	S
I	K	E	A		S	L	O	E		U	T	E	S
M	E	R	L	E					A	Z	U	R	E
E	S	T		C	E	A	S	E	D		S	T	S
			S	O	N	G	K	R	A	N
B	E	A	K		T	I	E	R		E	V	E	N
T	A	X	I		E	L	I	E		R	I	L	E
S	T	E	P		R	E	N	D		D	E	F	T

I originally had AZERA for 47-Across, the Z crossing might have created a tricky spot for some solvers. Wyna helped me tweak that area.

2022 is the Year of the Tiger. Gong Xi Fa Cai!

POW Tue 9/7/2021
A	W	E	D		R	I	C	C	I		L	I	D	S
M	A	Y	O		A	P	R	O	N		A	C	R	E
P	R	E	S	S	P	O	U	N	D		B	I	E	L
	P	L	I	E			I	S	I	T	R	E	A	L
		I	D	T	A	G	S		A	W	A	R	D	S
N	A	N	O		S	H	E		N	E	D
A	C	E		S	T	A	R	S		E	O	N	S
H	A	R	D	W	O	N		A	Y	N	R	A	N	D
	I	S	E	E		A	T	L	A	S		K	O	I
			P	A	T		U	M	P		V	E	T	S
D	E	V	I	T	O		R	A	S	P	E	D
E	R	I	C	Y	U	A	N			A	L	L	Y
V	O	L	T		C	U	R	R	E	N	C	I	E	S
I	D	L	E		A	T	E	U	P		R	E	A	P
L	E	A	D		N	O	D	E	S		O	S	H	A

This theme came to me while I was brainstorming a Carnegie Great Immigrants theme for Crosswords With Friends, edited by Amy Reynaldo and Trip Payne. ERIC YUAN was one of the 2020 honorees.

Chinese has different tones, so YUAN can be a surname or Chinese currency. It can also mean "distant" or "backyard". See this full YUAN list.

POW Mon 5/10/2021
I	M	A	C		S	E	L	L	S		N	O	V	A
B	O	C	A		P	L	E	A	T		A	R	I	D
M	A	N	D	A	R	I	N	O	R	A	N	G	E	S
	T	E	R	R	I				A	M	A	S	S
			E	G	G	W	H	I	T	E	S
M	E	H		U	S	H	E	R	I	N		B	O	P
E	R	A	S	E		I	L	K		D	E	E	R	E
D	I	S	K	S		L	E	I		S	M	E	A	R
A	C	H	Y		D	E	N	N	Y		O	T	T	O
L	A	B		V	I	S	A	G	E	S		G	E	T
		R	E	A	D				S	P	A	R
S	P	O	R	C	L	E		P	L	A	C	E	B	O
H	E	W	N		A	D	O	R	E		H	E	I	R
U	R	N	S		P	I	L	O	T		O	N	E	S
T	E	S	T		S	T	E	M	S		O	S	L	O

My husband does not have a robust appetite due to cancer. He does love a small bowl of fruit salad every day. MANDARIN ORANGES are the #1 ingredients and inspired this puzzle.

I feel this grid design works nicely for a 15/9/10/10 theme set, as long as you don't mind not having fill longer than 9.

Mon 4/5/2021
D	O	G		O	A	K				C	H	I	E	F
E	R	R		P	I	N	A		A	G	E	N	D	A
A	C	I	D	T	R	I	P		W	I	I	F	I	T
N	A	M	E		S	T	E	A	M		S	I	T	E
			R	A	P	S		C	A	S	T	E
I	N	C	I	T	E		R	E	N	O		L	C	D
P	O	O	D	L	E	C	U	T		D	R	D	R	E
A	D	U	E		D	E	N	I	M		A	H	A	T
S	E	N	D	S		L	O	C	A	L	D	I	V	E
S	S	T		M	A	I	N		L	O	I	T	E	R
		Y	O	U	I	N		P	A	P	A
P	U	S	H		D	E	F	E	R		N	U	N	S
S	L	E	A	Z	E		T	A	K	E	T	H	A	T
S	T	A	R	E	S		C	R	E	W		O	N	E
T	A	T	E	R				L	Y	E		H	A	M

Intersecting theme entries often makes filling easier, but it also creates knotty spots at times. Quite a few compromises in this grid's left & right middle sections.

Tue 7/21/2020
A	S	K		N	E	T	S			S	T	A	L	E
C	N	N		I	C	E	T		D	I	A	L	E	D
T	I	E	S	C	O	R	E		I	M	G	L	A	D
S	P	E	A	K		M	A	C	E			F	R	I
			N	E	W	S	M	A	G	A	Z	I	N	E
D	A	W	D	L	E			P	O	W	E	R
U	G	H		S	A	V	E	R		E	R	E	C	T
D	R	A	G		R	A	T	I	O		O	D	O	R
E	A	T	U	P		S	A	S	H	A		U	S	A
		A	R	E	A	S			H	U	M	P	T	Y
V	I	S	U	A	L	A	C	U	I	T	Y
I	S	H			I	R	A	S		O	M	B	R	E
A	N	A	L	O	G		L	E	A	P	Y	E	A	R
L	O	M	E	I	N		L	U	K	E		S	K	I
S	T	E	E	L			S	P	A	N		T	E	N

I initially thought of YEAR OF THE RAT for [2020], but could not find a workable set. So I settled on the current one with a short first and last theme entry.

Tue 5/12/2020
R	A	F	T	S		U	N	I	T		S	I	S	I
O	R	I	O	N		N	A	N	O		E	T	O	N
M	A	R	B	L	E	C	A	K	E		N	A	B	S
A	R	M	Y		M	A	C			H	O	L	S	T
N	A	E		T	O	P	P	R	I	O	R	I	T	Y
S	T	R	A	W				U	R	N		A	O	L
			C	O	R	T	A	N	A		I	N	R	E
	T	H	I	S	I	S	N	O	T	A	T	O	Y
C	O	E	D		F	A	N	F	E	S	T
E	T	A		S	L	R				H	Y	P	E	S
R	A	T	T	L	E	S	N	A	K	E		H	U	H
E	L	W	A	Y			S	R	I		M	O	R	E
A	L	A	S		Y	O	Y	O	D	I	E	T	E	R
L	I	V	E		I	N	N	S		S	M	O	K	Y
S	E	E	D		P	A	C	E		P	E	N	A	L

C.C.: I originally had a set of entries where each theme entry is clued as [This is not a toy], [This is not a joke], etc. Will and his team liked the core idea, but my set was full of issues. I emailed Tom, who came up with a consistent "This is not a toy" approach and all the theme entries. Joel helped us finesse the final set. I then took a first crack at the grid design. Tom liked it and proceeded to fill the whole grid. It was just a fun and easy collaboration with my caring friend.

TOM: It was a privilege and treat to work on this puzzle with my friend, C.C. She's as delightful as her puzzles are.

I was a little disappointed that SLINKY DRESS didn't make the cut because, as the old Slinky jingle went, "for fun it's the best of the toys." But thanks, as always, to the editing team for making the puzzle better.

We hope the puzzle spurs a memory of your favorite toy!

Thu 3/5/2020
D	E	F	A	C	E	S		W	E	B	S	T	E	R
O	C	A	N	A	D	A		A	M	I	L	A	T	E
N	O	T	A	B	I	T		G	I	G	O	L	O	S
N	R	A			E	T	C			O	W	E	N
A	P	L	U	S		E	S	T	A	T	E
			S	E	S	S	I	O	N		D	R	A	W
	C	L	A	R	E	T		O	T	B		E	R	A
S	T	I	F	F	S				L	A	D	I	E	S
A	R	C		S	A	D		S	E	L	I	N	A
C	L	E	F		M	E	T	H	R	E	E
			A	M	E	L	I	A		R	U	B	I	N
	A	L	D	I			O	R	D			E	S	O
S	T	A	I	N	E	D		P	A	N	G	R	A	M
T	O	W	N	C	A	R		E	M	P	O	R	I	A
L	I	N	G	E	R	S		I	N	R	O	A	D	S

This puzzle had a revision. I goofed big in the filling process. I accidentally changed 1A to DEFACED and 40A to SNIFFS. Grateful to the editing team for giving me the second opportunity.

Thanks for including me in this special week.

Fri 12/20/2019
	S	I	T	I	N		R	O	D	E		K	A	M	A
M	O	N	A	C	O		E	N	E	R	G	Y	B	A	R
A	N	N	O	Y	S		D	E	M	I	M	O	O	R	E
R	Y	E		S	H	A	H		S	T	A	T	U	E
C	A	R	S	T	E	R	E	O		R	I	O	T	S
			L	A	S	E	R	P	E	E	L		T	N	T
N	U	C	O	R		A	R	E	N	A		R	H	E	A
O	S	A	G	E		M	I	N	D		C	O	A	S	T
R	U	N	S		N	A	N	T	Z		O	U	T	T	A
M	A	Y		L	O	N	G	H	O	R	N	S
	L	O	G	A	N		S	E	N	A	T	E	B	I	D
	F	U	R	M	A	N		D	E	V	O		E	V	E
M	A	N	O	A	M	A	N	O		A	U	S	T	I	N
P	R	O	G	R	E	S	S	O		G	R	A	T	E	S
G	E	T	S		S	T	A	R		E	S	P	Y	S

Mon 10/28/2019
O	S	C	A	R			C	A	R	B		O	T	S
P	H	O	T	O		T	O	N	Y	A		N	I	T
T	A	K	E	A	G	A	N	D	E	R		I	M	O
S	H	E		D	A	T	A			B	R	O	I	L
			A	R	I	A	N	A	G	R	A	N	D	E
K	A	P	L	A	N			P	L	A	N	B
I	S	A	A	C		S	A	N	E		G	A	L	L
N	E	V		E	S	T	R	E	E	T		G	O	O
G	A	L	A		P	U	M	A		I	N	E	R	T
		O	R	I	O	N			A	M	U	L	E	T
C	O	V	E	N	T	G	A	R	D	E	N
I	M	S	A	D			D	A	H	L		I	M	P
T	E	D		O	U	T	O	F	D	A	N	G	E	R
E	G	O		O	P	A	R	T		G	O	O	S	E
S	A	G		R	I	P	E			S	T	R	A	Y

Mon 9/2/2019
S	P	A				A	H	A		O	H	A	R	E
T	E	N	S		E	G	A	D		M	A	D	A	M
R	A	C	K		G	O	R	D	O	N	J	U	M	P
I	C	H	I	N	G			T	R	I		L	I	T
P	H	O	T	O	S	H	O	O	T		E	T	S	Y
			S	C	O	U	R		H	E	W	S
A	M	S		A	N	T	I		O	N	E	W	A	Y
B	E	N	I	N		U	G	G		C	R	I	M	E
S	H	O	N	D	A		A	U	T	O		M	A	P
		W	O	O	S		M	A	O	R	I
R	A	F	T		C	H	I	C	K	E	N	R	U	N
I	R	E		K	O	I			E	S	C	A	P	E
P	E	N	T	A	T	H	L	O	N		A	N	T	S
I	N	C	U	R		A	I	D	S		S	C	O	T
T	A	E	B	O		T	E	E				H	P	S

POW Wed 6/26/2019
B	E	B	E		A	P	P			F	A	R	M	S
O	V	E	R		M	A	I	D		A	R	I	A	L
B	E	E	R	M	A	K	E	R		N	I	N	J	A
	S	N	O	O	T		C	O	B	B		S	O	B
		T	R	U	E	B	E	L	I	E	V	E	R	S
A	S	H		S	U	E		L	O	L	L
T	H	E	N	E	R	V	E		S	T	O	P	I	T
T	O	R	O			Y	T	D			G	O	S	H
S	W	E	D	E	S		C	A	M	I	S	O	L	E
			O	N	T	V		T	A	D		R	E	M
J	A	Z	Z	G	U	I	T	A	R	I	S	T
O	W	E		A	N	D	Y		S	N	E	A	D
L	A	B	O	R		A	P	P	R	A	I	S	E	R
T	I	R	E	D		L	O	S	E		S	T	A	Y
S	T	A	R	E			S	A	D		M	E	R	E

POW Wed 5/15/2019
R	E	C	E	S	S			F	T	C		H	E	R
E	R	O	T	I	C		C	R	E	A	T	U	R	E
T	A	N	T	R	A		R	A	N	S	O	M	E	D
		J	A	I	L	H	O	U	S	E	R	O	C	K
E	M	O			I	O	S				E	R	T	E
H	A	I	L	C	A	E	S	A	R			M	E	N
S	O	N	A	R			D	A	U	N	T	E	D
			D	U	D	E	R	A	N	C	H
	S	K	Y	D	O	M	E			A	E	T	N	A
S	A	N			R	U	S	S	I	A	N	M	O	B
U	S	E	D				S	E	N			O	W	E
T	H	E	I	T	A	L	I	A	N	J	O	B
R	I	P	S	O	P	E	N		I	O	D	I	N	E
A	M	A	S	S	I	N	G		E	V	I	L	E	R
S	I	D		S	A	T			S	I	N	E	W	S

I originally had J-ROD for 55-Down slot. Will felt it was too ephemeral, so I re-did the lower right corner.

Lots of clue changes for this puzzle. I guess I had Monday in mind when cluing this grid, totally forgetting to consider the word count. The central crossing dictated the 72-word grid and created a few tough spots.

Tue 3/26/2019
S	U	N	G		S	P	A	C	E			C	A	P
O	P	I	E		P	L	I	E	S		H	A	V	E
M	O	N	T	E	C	A	R	L	O		I	R	A	N
E	N	O		R	A	N	G			B	R	A	I	N
	E	S	S	O		T	U	E	S	B	E	L	L	E
			I	D	O		N	A	U	S	E	A
S	T	A	R	E	R		S	S	N			R	B	I
W	E	D	I	D	I	T		T	H	U	R	M	A	N
F	A	B			E	U	R		A	N	I	S	E	S
		L	E	A	N	T	O		T	E	D
F	R	I	A	R	T	U	C	K		V	E	S	T
L	O	T	S	A			K	I	T	E		I	R	T
O	O	Z	E		O	P	E	N	I	N	G	D	A	Y
R	T	E	S		L	A	T	T	E		P	E	C	K
A	S	S			D	O	S	E	D		S	A	T	E

POW Mon 3/18/2019
S	A	I	N	T		K	E	D	S		I	C	E	D
A	P	N	E	A		T	A	I	L		M	A	R	A
P	L	A	I	N	T	O	S	E	E		P	R	I	M
S	I	N	G		E	W	E		U	S	O	P	E	N
	T	E	H	R	A	N		S	T	A	L	E
			S	A	M		L	A	H	D	I	D	A	H
L	T	S		G	O	B	A	G	S		T	I	N	A
O	H	A	R	E		E	R	A		D	E	E	T	S
L	A	N	E		P	I	C	N	I	C		M	E	H
A	I	M	S	H	I	G	H		D	O	T
		A	C	U	T	E		F	A	N	A	R	T
S	P	R	I	G	S		D	O	H		M	O	O	D
O	L	I	N		T	H	E	R	O	Y	A	L	W	E
F	O	N	D		O	U	S	T		E	L	L	E	N
T	W	O	S		P	E	K	E		S	E	E	D	S

I sent in this puzzle last April without much hope. I feared the theme might be too light for Will and his team, with only 38 squares, but I could not find one more workable theme entry. I was so happily surprised to get an email with a "Crossword — Yes" subject line.

Fri 3/1/2019
F	I	N	A	L	S	A	L	E		C	L	I	P	S
O	D	O	R	E	A	T	E	R		H	O	W	I	E
X	I	J	I	N	P	I	N	G		A	S	A	N	A
C	O	E	D		O	L	D		P	O	S	S	E	S
U	T	A		A	R	T	E	M	I	S		H	O	I
B	I	N	E	T			R	A	T		M	A	I	D
	C	S	P	A	N		S	I	T	S	I	D	L	E
			I	R	I	S		L	E	W	D
H	Y	A	C	I	N	T	H		D	I	S	C	S
I	O	N	S		J	O	E			S	T	A	L	E
T	U	T		P	A	P	Y	R	U	S		R	O	N
B	R	I	B	E	S		J	O	N		G	A	V	E
A	U	G	E	R		F	U	L	L	T	I	M	E	R
C	L	U	E	S		A	D	L	I	B	B	I	N	G
K	E	A	N	E		R	E	S	T	S	E	A	S	Y

Fri 1/25/2019
S	C	A	M	A	L	E	R	T			D	A	T	A
T	R	U	E	T	O	S	I	Z	E		O	D	E	S
E	A	G	L	E	S	C	O	U	T		N	O	T	I
I	M	U	S		T	O	T		S	T	U	P	E	S
N	P	R		B	O	R	E	S		A	T	T	A
			R	A	N	T	R	A	C	K		A	T	M
E	L	C	I	D			S	W	E	E	T	P	E	A
M	E	A	G	A	I	N		S	O	C	I	E	T	Y
M	A	L	A	P	R	O	P			A	N	T	E	S
A	D	P		P	A	R	A	D	E	R	S
	S	H	E	L		I	N	A	N	E		N	E	C
S	T	A	V	E	D		T	B	A		P	O	L	O
C	O	L	A		I	C	E	S	C	R	A	P	E	R
A	R	O	D		S	E	N	A	T	E	R	A	C	E
R	Y	N	E			L	E	T	S	P	A	R	T	Y

Sun 1/6/2019 BREAKING NEWS
E	L	M	I	S	T	I				P	A	S	H	A		A	B	O	D	E
T	O	O	G	O	O	D		E	V	E	N	N	O	W		C	U	R	E	L
H	O	L	L	Y	W	O	O	D	E	N	D	I	N	G		E	G	G	E	D
	N	E	O		S	L	U	G	S			D	E	E	P		B	A	R	E
		S	O	B			S	E	T	I		E	Y	E	O	P	E	N	E	R
A	S	K	S	A	L	O	T		S	P	A				R	D	A
C	H	I		L	I	K	E	D		A	R	C	T	I	C	F	R	O	N	T
R	I	N	G	L	E	A	D	E	R		A	L	A	N	I	S		X	I	I
O	V	E	R	P	A	Y		N	O	B	L	E	M	E	N		O	I	N	K
			E	A	T		S	I	M	I			E	P	I	S	O	D	E	I
A	S	P	E	R		J	U	M	P	S	T	A	R	T		C	H	E	S	S
B	L	A	C	K	C	O	D			O	E	D	S		L	E	O
H	A	R	E		O	R	D	A	I	N	E	D		C	U	P	O	J	O	E
O	T	C		A	N	G	E	R	S		S	T	O	L	E	T	H	I	R	D
R	E	H	A	B	C	E	N	T	E	R		O	S	A	G	E		M	A	D
			B	L	O				E	E	C		A	M	O	R	A	L	L	Y
A	N	Y	S	E	C	O	N	D		F	L	A	K			S	L	O
M	E	E	T		T	R	I	O			I	S	A	A	C		E	V	E
I	X	N	A	Y		D	E	A	R	J	O	H	N	L	E	T	T	E	R	S
C	U	T	I	E		E	C	L	I	P	S	E		I	D	E	A	L	L	Y
A	S	A	N	A		R	E	L	O	G				T	E	M	P	L	E	S

POW Tue 11/20/2018
A	R	C	S			S	A	G	E	T		C	P	A
P	O	L	O	S		A	F	L	A	C		L	O	U
P	O	U	L	T	R	Y	F	A	R	M		E	U	R
	M	E	A	R	A		A	R	T		N	A	N	A
			R	A	Z	Z	I	E	A	W	A	R	D	S
L	O	L		P	O	O	R		G	A	G	A
A	P	E	D		R	O	S	S		R	A	S	P	S
V	A	M	O	O	S	E		O	P	E	N	M	I	C
S	L	O	T	H		Y	M	C	A		O	U	T	A
		N	E	H	I		E	A	R	P		D	A	B
B	O	W	L	I	N	G	A	L	L	E	Y
A	B	E	L		G	U	N		O	N	E	A	L
L	E	D		W	E	S	T	E	R	N	A	S	I	A
M	S	G		M	A	T	T	E		E	S	T	E	R
S	E	E		D	R	O	O	L			T	O	N	E

Fri 9/21/2018
C	H	I	D	E		C	R	I	M	E	B	O	S	S
O	A	S	E	S		D	U	D	E	R	A	N	C	H
S	T	U	B	S		S	T	A	L	I	N	E	R	A
S	E	P	I	A					T	E	A	S	E	R
E	M	P	T	Y	W	O	R	D	S			I	E	D
T	A	O	S		A	C	N	E		N	E	E	D	S
S	I	S		A	V	O	C	A	D	O	S
	L	E	A	V	E	N		D	R	E	A	M	S
			C	O	R	N	M	E	A	L		R	I	D
P	I	S	A	N		O	I	N	K		N	O	L	E
A	N	O			T	R	A	D	E	M	A	R	K	S
S	T	U	C	C	O					A	T	A	R	I
T	A	T	A	M	I	M	A	T		M	A	N	O	R
I	C	E	P	A	L	A	C	E		A	L	G	A	E
S	T	R	E	S	S	A	T	E		S	E	E	D	S

Tue 6/26/2018
B	B	C			E	N	D	U	P		P	E	T	S
A	R	E	A		L	I	E	T	O		O	R	E	O
B	I	N	S		I	N	L	A	L	A	L	A	N	D
Y	E	T	I	S		E	T	H	A	N	E
	F	R	A	I	D	S	O		N	I	C	K	E	L
		A	N	D	A		R	A	D		A	U	R	A
H	A	L	A	L	F	O	O	D		A	T	A	R	I
A	M	A		E	T	D		A	I	R		L	O	L
Z	U	L	U	S		I	A	M	M	A	L	A	L	A
E	S	P	N		I	N	N		A	B	E	L
D	E	S	I	G	N		O	M	N	I	B	U	S
			C	A	V	I	T	Y		A	R	M	E	D
A	L	T	O	G	E	T	H	E	R		O	P	I	E
R	E	A	R		S	H	E	R	A		N	U	K	E
C	O	R	N		T	E	R	S	E			R	O	D

I originally thought of using the grid-spanning MALALA YOUSAFZAI and ROYAL ALBERT HALL, but the latter has an extra AL, so I went with the current set. Was very happy when the intersection worked, as I had very limited theme entry choices.

POW Mon 6/4/2018
T	O	D	D		L	S	D			B	A	S	R	A
O	D	O	R		A	C	A	I		A	N	T	I	C
T	E	N	D		B	A	L	D	E	R	D	A	S	H
		T	O	P		M	I	A	M	I		B	E	E
A	R	B	O	R	S			H	U	S	K
D	E	L	M	O	N	I	C	O	S	T	E	A	K
U	F	O		P	A	L	O			A	R	M	E	D
L	E	W	D		G	L	A	D	S		R	E	N	O
T	R	I	E	S			C	I	A	O		N	N	E
	S	T	E	A	L	T	H	F	I	G	H	T	E	R
			T	R	I	O			D	R	O	O	L	S
E	S	C		A	V	O	I	D		E	A	T
D	O	U	B	L	E	T	R	E	E		R	H	E	A
I	S	S	U	E		S	I	L	L		D	A	R	N
T	A	S	T	E			S	I	S		S	T	A	Y

Thu 2/22/2018
A	D	D	M	E		A	G	E	S		F	O	G	S
D	R	O	O	P		N	O	R	A		O	R	A	L
L	A	N	O	I	T	A	N	A	T	S	U	G	U	A
E	N	T		C	O	L	D	S		P	L	A	N	B
R	O	P	E		T	O	O		H	A	U	N	T
		A	R	B	E	G	L	A	E	R	P
A	N	N	O	Y			A	I	R			A	M	Y
T	R	I	S	E	C	T		L	E	I	S	U	R	E
M	A	C			U	M	P			M	I	N	I	S
			S	R	E	Z	I	T	E	P	P	A
	A	C	H	E	D		C	A	L		S	T	A	B
F	L	O	R	A		D	A	R	E	D		U	S	E
R	E	V	E	R	S	I	N	G	C	O	U	R	S	E
A	X	E	D		A	N	T	E		C	R	E	E	P
T	A	N	S		M	E	E	T		K	I	L	T	S

Will and the team helped me with the current theme set. I originally had SOUP OR SALAD (later on CAESAR SALAD/CHICKEN SOUP), they gently let me know that those were dishes rather than courses.

Mon 1/15/2018
S	T	P			C	I	T	G	O		O	D	O	R
I	H	O	P		O	N	I	O	N		L	E	N	O
N	E	W	R	E	L	E	A	S	E		I	N	T	O
	O	D	E	S		P	R	O		A	V	I	A	S
		E	L	K		T	A	X	E	X	E	M	P	T
M	E	R	L	I	N				L	E	O
I	C	K		M	E	M	O	R	Y		I	R	K	S
T	H	E	C	O	A	S	T	I	S	C	L	E	A	R
T	O	G	O		R	U	B	B	E	R		A	L	A
			S	E	E				E	A	G	L	E	S
B	E	G	P	A	R	D	O	N		V	I	D
E	X	A	L	T		A	R	I		A	R	E	A
G	I	L	A		F	R	E	E	A	T	L	A	S	T
A	L	L	Y		R	I	C	C	I		S	L	A	B
N	E	S	S		I	N	K	E	D			S	P	A

Tue 1/2/2018
C	O	M	A		O	R	C	A	S		P	R	E	P
S	L	A	M		N	E	A	L	E		C	O	M	E
T	A	K	E	I	T	S	L	O	W		S	O	A	R
	V	O	L	G	A		L	E	N	S		K	I	T
			I	N	P	E	N			P	A	I	L
S	I	N	A	I		M	O	V	E	A	H	E	A	D
A	H	A		T	A	I	W	A	N		L	Y	L	E
R	A	P		E	G	G		L	D	S		E	E	L
A	D	A	M		E	R	N	E	S	T		A	R	T
H	A	V	E	A	S	E	A	T		A	O	R	T	A
	B	A	T	S			I	S	B	N	S
A	L	L		K	I	E	V		O	Z	A	W	A
B	A	L	D		S	T	E	A	L	A	K	I	S	S
U	S	E	S		P	A	T	I	O		A	R	I	A
T	T	Y	L		S	L	E	D	S		N	E	A	P

Tue 12/5/2017
A	B	C	S		S	A	U	N	A		C	H	I	P
P	L	O	T		U	R	G	E	S		H	A	R	E
P	O	P	E	Y	E	T	H	E	S	A	I	L	O	R
S	C	A	R	A	B				A	C	C	E	N	T
			O	R	E	O		R	I	T	A
M	A	R	I	N	E	B	I	O	L	O	G	I	S	T
I	P	O	D	S		O	R	B		R	O	M	E	O
C	I	A			L	E	A	S	T			N	E	T
S	A	D	D	A	Y				A	L	G	O	R	E
		C	I	G	N	A		A	B	O	R	T
	A	L	L	E	N	G	I	N	S	B	E	R	G
A	W	O	L			A	N	O			Y	E	O	W
H	A	S		H	A	T	T	I	P	S		A	T	E
A	R	E		O	H	H	E	N	R	Y		D	Y	E
B	E	D		W	H	A	R	T	O	N		Y	A	K

C.C.: This puzzle was made last April. Immediately after Will introduced us, Harry sent me a few ideas. We eventually settled on today's theme set, with Will's help.

Harry was so warm, quick and creative. I was also surprised that he speaks some Chinese. He knows pijiu (beer), mei wen ti (no problem), etc. It's such an honor to work with a news legend.

Fri 11/17/2017
C	I	T	I	B	I	K	E	S		L	O	G	I	C
A	S	I	F	I	C	A	R	E		D	O	O	N	E
D	O	N	O	T	I	R	O	N		S	H	O	E	D
S	K	O	R		E	A	S	T			O	G	E	E
			G	I	R	T		H	A	R	O	L	D
F	E	L	O	N		S	T	O	P	A	H	E	A	D
F	R	E	T	A	T		I	M	A	N		P	R	U
L	A	T		T	R	I	B	E	C	A		L	I	V
A	S	S		R	A	C	E		E	T	R	A	D	E
T	E	S	L	A	C	A	R	S		A	S	Y	E	T
	R	E	O	P	E	N		H	U	B	S
S	M	E	W			W	A	R	T		F	I	F	E
C	A	N	E	S		A	N	A	L	G	E	S	I	A
A	T	O	L	L		I	N	N	E	R	E	A	R	S
N	E	W	L	Y		T	O	K	Y	O	D	O	M	E

Fri 10/13/2017
D	A	M	A	S	K				S	C	A	R	A	B
I	M	A	L	O	N	E			I	L	L	I	N	I
G	E	R	A	N	I	U	M		T	O	O	B	A	D
I	R	K	S		F	L	O	T	S	A	M
T	I	E		G	E	E	S	E		K	A	P	O	W
A	C	T	O	R		R	U	N	S		R	I	P	E
L	A	W	Y	E	R		L	O	W	S		L	E	N
D	N	A	L	A	B	S		R	A	P	P	O	R	T
A	D	T		T	I	P	S		B	A	R	T	A	B
T	A	C	H		S	I	P	S		M	O	S	H	E
A	D	H	O	C		L	O	I	N	S		C	O	R
			T	O	R	T	O	N	I		C	R	U	S
G	I	J	A	N	E		L	E	G	R	A	I	S	E
O	R	E	I	D	A			W	H	I	S	P	E	R
P	A	T	R	O	L				T	S	K	T	S	K

Tue 9/19/2017
A	D	D	S		O	M	I	T		H	O	P	E	D
P	R	O	W		F	O	R	E		A	N	O	D	E
A	L	G	A		F	R	O	S		G	O	R	S	E
C	A	M	P	A	I	G	N	S	I	G	N	S
H	U	E		N	C	A	A		N	I	E	C	E	S
E	R	A		G	E	N	G	H	I	S	K	H	A	N
S	A	T	I	E			E	O	N		N	E	R	O
			D	R	I	B		S	K	E	E
V	O	T	E		M	A	A			R	E	S	T	S
W	R	O	N	G	A	N	S	W	E	R		O	A	T
S	O	N	T	A	G		H	I	L	O		A	K	A
		S	I	L	E	N	T	P	A	R	T	N	E	R
S	P	I	K	E		E	R	I	N		H	D	T	V
O	S	L	I	N		L	E	N	D		I	S	E	E
P	A	S	T	A		L	E	G	S		S	O	N	S

C.C.: Don came up with the idea. We settled down on our current approach after explored a few other options. This puzzle was accepted in July 2016. Our theme reveal clue did not specify G/H/W.

DON: It was quite a while ago, so the exchanges with Zhouqin are foggy. But we had a few e-mails to go by. This puzzle started out as something else. We considered making a puzzle where all the silent letters are missing. That seemed overwhelming for a number of different reasons, but in the process, one of us noticed a phrase where the silent letters were the same in each word of a phrase. That seemed interesting, so we went with it.

Silent letters are tricky, because people can interpret them differently as to what is really silent. We felt lucky enough to come up with three answers that worked. We had other possibilities, but answer length and uncertainty limited our choices.

Tue 8/15/2017
I	N	S	E	A	M		S	T	A	B		P	H	D
T	A	T	A	M	I		O	H	H	I		H	O	E
A	T	A	R	I	S		P	A	S	S	P	O	R	T
L	E	N			S	I	S	I		T	E	N	S	E
		D	U	E	T	O			P	R	A	Y	E	R
G	U	I	N	N	E	S	S	B	O	O	K
O	F	N	O	T	E		I	R	I	S		B	T	U
B	O	G	S		N	I	X	O	N		B	I	A	S
I	S	O		M	U	S	E		T	O	O	T	L	E
			C	A	S	H	R	E	G	I	S	T	E	R
P	A	G	O	D	A			P	U	L	S	E
I	L	I	A	D		P	I	S	A			R	T	E
P	A	S	T	A	B	A	R		R	E	P	E	A	L
E	M	T		S	A	C	K		D	A	U	N	T	S
S	O	S		H	A	T	S		S	U	N	D	A	E

I started with two 12s in Row 4 and Row 13, but the grid was quite crowded. So I changed direction.

Initially 6-Down and 27-Down were broken up with a pair of 8's alongside STANDING O and BITTER END.

Sat 7/22/2017
C	L	A	S	S	I	C				A	T	B	A	R
L	A	T	T	E	A	R	T		C	L	A	I	R	E
E	N	T	E	R	N	O	W		L	U	S	T	R	E
A	D	A	P	T		S	I	C	E	M		M	O	B
T	H	I	S		A	S	T	R	O		L	O	G	O
S	O	N		C	R	E	T	E		K	O	J	A	K
			E	R	E		E	P	I	C	W	I	N	S
	F	R	I	E	N	D	R	E	Q	U	E	S	T
L	O	O	S	E	T	E	A		U	P	S
E	A	S	E	D		E	L	V	I	S		C	A	P
T	M	E	N		S	P	E	L	T		L	A	M	A
S	H	A		B	A	S	R	A		M	I	R	E	S
L	A	N	C	E	T		T	S	A	A	G	E	N	T
I	N	N	A	T	E		S	I	G	N	H	E	R	E
E	D	E	N	S				C	E	N	T	R	A	L

Tue 7/11/2017
P	A	S	S		J	D	A	T	E		A	T	I	T
A	R	T	I		P	I	N	O	N		F	I	N	I
P	E	A	C	H	E	S	A	N	D	C	R	E	A	M
A	N	N		A	G	A		I	O	U		S	W	E
Y	A	C	H	T		S	A	C	R	E	D	C	O	W
A	S	H	E		A	T	V				N	O	R	A
			R	O	M	E	O		H	O	A	R	D	S
		P	O	W	E	R	C	O	U	P	L	E
P	E	R	I	L	S		A	P	N	E	A
E	L	O	N				D	U	G		B	A	N	D
A	C	T	E	D	C	O	O	L		E	S	S	I	E
T	H	E		O	A	F		E	O	S		P	E	C
B	A	C	K	G	R	O	U	N	D	C	H	E	C	K
O	P	T	O		P	L	A	C	E		I	C	E	E
G	O	S	S		I	D	L	E	S		P	T	S	D

I tried to remove OPE, but I did not like any of the versions I had in the upper right corner. Quite a few hesitating moments when I filled this grid, including EL CHAPO, who was just recaptured when I made this grid. I did not have circles in my submission.

Fri 6/16/2017
T	W	I	S	T	S				B	A	T	T	E	D
R	A	N	C	H	O			S	O	T	H	E	R	E
A	R	T	I	E	R		B	O	O	T	C	A	M	P
C	T	R		Y	E	S	I	C	A	N		T	I	E
T	H	U	D		L	E	G	I	T		M	A	N	N
S	O	D	O	I		C	I	A		F	A	X	E	D
	G	E	N	D	E	R	F	L	U	I	D
		S	A	L	V	E		M	R	R	E	D
			H	E	A	T	S	E	N	S	O	R	S
A	N	G	U	S		S	A	D		T	U	P	A	C
R	A	R	E		Y	A	S	I	R		T	E	S	H
O	P	I		B	A	U	H	A	U	S		P	H	I
M	A	L	L	O	R	C	A		S	L	I	P	I	N
A	L	L	G	O	N	E			S	A	V	E	M	E
S	M	E	A	R	S				O	V	E	R	I	T

Tue 5/23/2017
H	I	T	O	N			A	L	E		S	I	L	T
A	D	O	R	E		A	L	E	C		O	B	I	E
T	O	N	G	U	E	L	A	S	H		C	E	L	T
P	I	G		T	A	D		S	O	C	K	E	Y	E
I	D	A			R	E	M	O		L	E	N
N	O	N	P	C		N	A	N		E	T	H	E	R
			A	O	R	T	A		D	A	S	A	N	I
I	M	I	N	A	W	E		B	O	R	E	D	O	M
P	A	N	T	R	Y		T	R	O	U	T
O	T	R	O	S		P	O	E		P	S	Y	C	H
		E	M	E		A	I	W	A			E	O	E
S	A	T	I	N	O	N		S	H	H		M	R	I
P	L	U	M		H	A	S	K	I	T	T	E	N	S
O	G	R	E		O	M	N	I		T	E	N	E	T
T	A	N	S		K	A	L			P	A	I	R	S

I wish I could remove the black squares between 24A & 26A and its symmetrical spot (REMO / LEN & EME / AIWA). I tried to give the grid more flow but failed. The theme entry choices were rather limited.

POW Mon 5/8/2017
G	P	A		M	A	G	O	O		S	C	O	W	S
O	L	D		C	L	O	T	H		I	O	N	I	A
B	A	D		E	L	L	E	F	A	N	N	I	N	G
I	N	L	A	W			R	U	N		C	O	D	E
G	E	E	Y	A	T	H	I	N	K		E	N	C
			E	N	Y	A			H	A	R	S	H
A	N	T	S		P	R	O	M		I	N	O	I	L
S	E	E		B	E	E	B	A	L	M		U	M	A
K	I	T	T	Y		S	I	L	O		A	P	E	X
	L	E	A	S	E			I	N	S	T
	Y	A	K		T	E	A	K	E	T	T	L	E	S
N	O	T	E		T	L	C			A	N	G	L	E
C	U	E	T	H	E	M	U	S	I	C		B	I	C
A	N	T	E	S		S	T	A	R	K		T	O	T
A	G	E	N	T		T	E	X	A	S		Q	T	S

I was hesitant putting MALIK in 36D spot, afraid that he might stump some. That was a knotty area. Quite a few unexpected knotty spots in this grid.

Mon 4/3/2017
E	G	O	S		V	A	P	O	R		I	R	I	S
B	E	R	T		I	R	A	T	E		N	A	T	L
B	E	E	R	B	A	T	T	E	R		E	C	H	O
S	K	O	A	L			E	R	A	S		H	A	T
			P	U	M	P	K	I	N	C	O	A	C	H
S	K	I		R	O	E				R	H	E	A	S
O	I	L	S		N	A	S	A		A	F	L
B	A	L	L	P	A	R	K	F	I	G	U	R	E	S
		B	A	E		S	A	L	T		N	A	P	A
A	L	E	V	E				A	C	T		Y	A	P
W	A	T	E	R	P	I	T	C	H	E	R
N	T	H		S	U	M	O			R	E	A	M	S
I	T	E	M		C	E	I	L	I	N	G	F	A	N
N	E	R	O		K	A	L	E	L		A	R	I	A
G	R	E	W		S	N	E	A	K		L	O	N	G

AGNES: Prior to December 2015, my only experience with crossword puzzles was solving them, a pastime that I've enjoyed since the late 1970's. Through C.C.'s generous invitation to collaborate, I'm enjoying the challenges and rewards of the nuts and bolts of construction. Most of all, I'm enjoying working with C.C. whom I consider both a friend and mentor. I'm very excited about our New York Times debut.

C.C.: This puzzle was accepted last Sept. Agnes and I were fairly conservative in our grid design due to theme entry length. I started making puzzles with Agnes in Dec. 2015 and we've had a few puzzles published by Rich (Jeff: Rich Norris, the LA Times editor). Agnes was eager to learn, and she learned so fast. She also works incredibly hard and is unfailingly kind, patient and accommodating of my background. I enjoy very much working with her.

Mon 2/27/2017
C	A	N	D	O		L	I	M	A		E	P	P	S
B	L	E	A	K		A	P	O	P		A	L	O	E
S	T	A	R	E	S	D	O	W	N		T	A	P	E
	A	T	T	E	N	D	S		E	A	S	I	E	R
			S	F	O			F	A	D		N	Y	E
A	R	P		F	U	D	G	E		A	M	P	E	D
P	E	A	C	E	T	I	M	E		M	A	A
E	X	P	O		S	E	A	L	S		U	P	O	N
		E	L	I		T	I	M	E	P	I	E	C	E
R	E	R	A	N		E	L	E	N	A		R	T	E
E	X	P		S	A	D			S	I	M
D	O	L	A	P	S		S	E	E	N	O	T	E
S	T	A	G		D	O	W	N	S	T	A	I	R	S
E	I	N	E		O	V	I	D		E	N	E	M	Y
A	C	E	S		I	A	M	S		R	A	D	A	R

Mon 1/30/2017
D	E	E	M	S		L	A	Y		A	B	H	O	R
E	X	P	A	T		A	P	E		N	O	I	R	E
U	T	I	C	A		S	T	A	G	N	A	T	E	D
C	O	C	K	T	A	I	L	H	O	U	R
E	L	F			S	K	Y		O	L	D	V	I	C
		A	C	E	S			A	D	S		I	P	O
	L	I	E	T	E	S	T	S			A	P	A	L
B	U	L	L	E	T	P	R	O	O	F	V	E	S	T
O	N	U	S			R	E	F	R	A	I	N	S
H	A	R		A	M	Y			A	N	A	T
O	R	E	I	D	A		M	S	T			R	U	B
			B	U	C	K	E	Y	E	S	T	A	T	E
M	A	L	E	L	E	A	D	S		P	I	N	T	A
B	L	O	A	T		R	I	O		A	R	C	E	D
A	L	U	M	S		L	A	P		S	E	E	R	S

I don't normally stack themers when there are five or more overlapping letters, afraid of iffy crossing fill. But sometimes this setup seems to work better than unstacked grid, especially when there is a central spanner.

Sat 12/17/2016
T	W	I	T	T	E	R	B	O	T		S	P	A	T
V	O	G	U	E	P	A	R	I	S		A	R	N	E
D	O	U	B	L	E	T	A	L	K		G	O	Y	A
A	H	A		L	E	N	D	S		R	A	M	I	N
D	O	N	E		S	E	L	L		S	N	I	D	E
S	O	A	R	S		R	E	I	N	S		S	E	C
			R	A	N		E	C	O	F	R	E	A	K
	M	O	O	L	A	H		K	N	E	A	D	S
S	E	R	R	A	N	O	S		E	E	K
O	D	D		M	O	T	H	S		D	E	P	T	S
F	I	E	R	I		S	A	M	P		D	A	R	T
A	C	R	E	S		P	L	E	A	T		R	I	O
R	A	N	G		H	E	A	L	T	H	P	L	A	N
A	T	O	I		A	L	L	T	H	E	R	A	G	E
S	E	W	S		G	L	A	S	S	Y	E	Y	E	D

I'm not good at themeless and seldom venture out of the standard grid layouts. As friendly as this grid setup was, I still had a tough time finding nice answers for these bridging slots: 33A / 39A (ECOFREAK / SERRANOS) and 21D / 27D (RSSFEED / SALAMIS) — I had filled and locked the two triple-stacked 10s earlier on.

Mon 11/14/2016
C	A	M	P		S	P	U	R	S		I	D	L	E
A	V	E	O		T	O	R	A	H		D	C	O	N
M	O	N	K	E	Y	I	N	G	A	R	O	U	N	D
I	N	D	E	X			S	E	M	I		N	E	S
			R	E	I	N			A	N	T	I
L	O	P		M	O	U	S	I	N	G	O	V	E	R
A	W	E		P	U	T	I	N			G	E	N	E
L	E	A	S	T		M	R	T		K	A	R	T	S
A	T	R	A			E	E	R	I	E		S	E	T
W	O	L	F	I	N	G	D	O	W	N		E	R	S
		S	E	G	O			S	O	N	S
T	A	B		O	P	T	S			Y	E	M	E	N
S	Q	U	I	R	R	E	L	I	N	G	A	W	A	Y
P	U	C	K		O	R	A	T	E		R	A	S	P
S	A	K	E		B	I	G	O	T		S	H	E	D

Thu 10/13/2016
R	E	P	O	R	T	S		R	W	A	N	D	A	N
A	T	H	E	A	R	T		A	R	G	O	N	N	E
W	H	O	O	P	I	E		G	A	R	B	A	G	E
B	I	N		S	P	F	S		T	O	O	T	E	D
A	C	E	D		E	A	R	T	H		D	E	L	I
R	A	M	I	S		N	A	T		D	Y	S	O	N
S	L	E	E	P	Y		S	O	H	O		T	U	G
			M	A	D	E		P	A	L	E
O	C	S		T	S	A	R		G	O	L	E	M	S
R	A	I	L	S		C	O	P		R	E	M	A	P
I	R	M	A		S	H	O	U	T		M	E	T	E
G	A	M	B	L	E		F	R	E	E		R	I	C
A	V	E	R	A	G	E		I	N	S	T	A	N	T
M	A	R	A	C	A	S		S	T	A	N	L	E	E
I	N	S	T	Y	L	E		T	H	U	N	D	E	R

While doing a search, Don saw the phrase GARBAGE BAG, and noticed how the BAG was repeated in sequence and together in the preceding word. Having already seen a similar phrase, it gave him hope that there would be more examples. Don asked Zhouqin to help in the search, and both came up with enough phrases to make it work. This was all completed before a similar puzzle was published in the NYT in May.

Sun 10/2/2016 PAPER JAM
		H	A	S	T	E			P	A	I	D		B	O	A	S	T	S
	B	U	R	I	A	L		B	O	C	C	E		E	L	I	R	O	T	H
F	R	E	E	D	O	M	O	F	T	H	E	P		H	D	R	A	D	I	O
L	A	Y	S			S	A	L	T	E	D		D	I	S		S	O	R	E
I	C	L	O	U	D		S	A	Y		L	A	U	N	C	H
T	E	E		B	E	R	E	T		J	A	N	E	D	O	E		T	P	S
S	S	W		E	T	E	S		P	U	T	T		T	R	Y		H	A	W
		I	N	R	E	D		P	A	S	T	I	C	H	E		B	E	T	A
S	A	S	E		C	O	L	E	T	T	E		A	E	S		I	C	O	N
A	R	A	R	A	T		A	S	I	F		A	T	T		H	O	H	O	S
L	E	N	D	T	O		S	T	O	O	D	I	N		C	A	M	E	T	O
S	A	D	I	E		W	T	O		R	O	M	A		A	N	A	C	I	N
A	C	T	E		A	H	I		S	T	R	A	P	O	N		S	K	E	G
B	O	H	R		S	A	N	T	A	H	A	T		T	U	T	S	I
A	D	E		A	I	T		R	I	E	L		A	R	C	O		S	E	G
R	E	N		P	R	I	S	O	N	R		T	E	A	K	S		I	D	O
				T	E	N	A	N	T		A	A	S		S	H	O	N	D	A
M	Y	S	T		C	T	N		N	O	P	R	O	B			U	T	I	L
D	E	L	I	L	A	H		F	I	R	S	T	P	A	S	T	T	H	E	P
S	W	I	N	D	L	E		M	C	G	E	E		L	E	V	E	E	S
	S	M	A	L	L	W		S	K	Y	S			D	E	A	D	M

In my first submitted grid, the papers were jammed all over the place — some in the start of the theme entry, some in the middle, some in the end. Will helped me picking up new theme entries and tightening up the approach. Each paper is now jammed in the end and all long theme entries contain the article THE.

Mon 9/19/2016
E	N	D	S		M	A	M	B	A		S	C	R	A	M
R	O	O	T		A	N	D	E	S		R	H	O	D	E
N	I	N	E	M	O	N	T	H	S		S	I	M	O	N
	R	U	P	P				A	I	L		N	E	R	D
		T	H	E	F	O	U	R	S	E	A	S	O	N	S
B	A	H		G	L	E	N		T	I	L	T
A	M	O	I		A	N	D				O	R	D	E	R
H	O	L	L	Y	W	O	O	D	S	Q	U	A	R	E	S
A	K	E	L	A				I	C	U		P	E	R	V
			A	L	S	O		N	A	I	F		S	O	P
S	I	X	T	E	E	N	C	A	N	D	L	E	S
T	R	E	E		T	I	A				A	L	E	S
A	U	R	A	L		O	N	E	F	I	N	E	D	A	Y
G	L	O	S	S		N	I	X	O	N		N	U	D	E
S	E	X	E	D		S	T	E	R	N		A	P	E	S

For the original grid I sent in, I used a Left/Right grid with four broken pieces. Will & Joel found the theme entry split-up off-putting.

Felt sheepish about OENO and a few other entries in the revised grid. Just could not get a cleaner grid due to the themer lengths.

Mon 8/8/2016
M	I	A	M	I		A	P	P	S		E	G	G	S
U	R	B	A	N		D	A	R	N		T	R	E	E
G	R	A	N	D	H	O	T	E	L		V	E	N	N
			D	I	S	N	E	Y		H	O	A	R	D
L	A	S	A	G	N	A			S	U	I	T	E	S
A	C	U	T	E		I	G	N	O	B	L	E
R	E	P	E	N	T		I	A	N		A	S	H	Y
V	I	E		T	I	T	A	N	I	C		C	O	E
A	T	R	A		L	E	N		C	A	B	A	L	A
		S	T	R	E	E	T	S		L	O	P	E	S
O	T	I	T	I	S			T	A	L	L	E	S	T
D	A	Z	E	D		V	I	O	L	A	S
O	R	E	M		B	I	G	P	I	C	T	U	R	E
R	O	M	P		B	L	O	B		A	E	S	O	P
S	T	E	T		C	A	R	Y		B	R	A	T	S

When I sent this idea to Don, there was no TITANIC. Don is always looking for ways to enhance a theme, and one is to cross theme answers in the center. He realized soon after GIANT was proposed for the center by me that TITANIC could cross it. Creating puzzle themes works well with our collaboration, because it encourages much exploration of ideas, which leads to creative thought. We draw inspiration from the process.

Joel redid our lower right corner, as it had a few unfriendly Monday entries.

Fri 6/17/2016
E	S	P	N	R	A	D	I	O		T	E	B	O	W
S	T	O	N	E	C	O	L	D		E	M	O	T	E
T	A	K	E	S	H	O	L	D		R	I	O	T	S
A	T	E		T	O	M	B		K	I	T	K	A	T
D	I	A	N		O	S	I	R	I	S		S	W	E
O	C	T	E	T			T	I	M		A	C	A	N
			V	O	I	C	E	C	O	M	M	A	N	D
	C	O	A	R	S	E		O	N	I	O	N	S
W	I	N	D	O	W	S	P	H	O	N	E
R	A	S	A		E	A	R			T	B	A	R	S
A	B	C		N	A	R	I	T	A		A	S	H	E
P	A	R	L	O	R		M	O	D	S		S	O	N
S	T	E	A	K		C	A	R	D	I	G	A	N	S
U	T	E	R	I		A	T	M	I	N	S	I	D	E
P	A	N	D	A		B	E	E	T	S	A	L	A	D

This puzzle was accepted in Feb 2015. Since then I've learned not to be obsessed with packing grids with never-seen-before entries for themeless grids. Cleanness should always be the #1 priority, then freshness. Otherwise, junk fill will follow me wherever I go. I doubt this puzzle would be accepted with Will's high standards these days: two partials, one plural name, etc.

POW Wed 5/18/2016
A	V	A		F	A	M	I	N	E		S	A	M	E
M	O	C		O	C	E	L	O	T		T	R	A	Y
A	N	T	A	R	C	T	I	C	C	I	R	C	L	E
Z	A	I	R	E		H	A	H		R	E	S	T	S
E	G	O	I	S	M		D	E	F	O	E
D	E	N		E	E	L			O	N	T	A	P	E
			S	E	N	A	T	O	R		R	H	E	A
T	H	A	T	S	A	M	O	O	T	P	O	I	N	T
H	A	I	R		C	A	R	R	I	E	D
E	N	D	I	V	E			T	E	N		F	A	T
			K	E	S	H	A		S	I	M	O	N	E
I	R	K	E	D		O	R	E		T	O	R	T	S
F	A	N	T	A	S	Y	B	A	S	E	B	A	L	L
S	N	O	W		P	A	Y	S	I	N		Y	E	A
O	T	T	O		A	S	S	E	R	T		S	R	S

I normally avoid 3/6/4 edge breakup, but the theme intersection in this grid made the design necessary. It gave me the smoothest fill.

Mon 4/11/2016
C	A	R	G	O		E	P	S		P	A	N	T	S
A	B	H	O	R		N	E	O		A	C	U	R	A
S	L	O	P	E		C	R	U		R	O	D	I	N
K	E	M	O		C	H	O	R	E		R	I	P	E
		B	O	W	L	I	N	G	L	A	N	E
			F	O	U	L		R	A	P	S
T	S	P		R	E	A	L	A	L	E		P	T	A
A	T	O	L	L		D	I	P		S	W	I	R	L
M	O	O	E	D		A	T	E		U	N	T	I	L
P	A	L	A	C	E	S		S	K	I	B	A	G	S
		T	H	U	R				A	T	A	B
B	R	A		P	O	C	K	E	T	S		R	A	T
L	A	B	S		I	R	I	S	H		L	E	N	O
U	G	L	Y		C	A	N	T	I		O	A	T	S
R	U	E	D		A	W	G	E	E		O	D	E	S

RON:

Though not a great solver, I've been a puzzle enthusiast for a long time. Early in 2009 I discovered C.C.'s Crossword Corner blog, and by the end of the year I was a contributing blogger. I now post there two Wednesdays per month. A couple of years ago she invited me to work on a puzzle with her, and we've done a few collaborations since. She's been an inspiring and generous mentor to me and several other partners in puzzle construction.

I'm a retired Materials Engineering manager from a major car company. My lovely wife Gloria and I have 11 wonderful, talented grandchildren, and following their various activities help keep us busy.

I love word play of all kinds and occasionally amuse myself by writing haiku and limericks. My other love is music. I'm an active amateur musician, playing trombone in two local jazz bands, a concert band and a symphony orchestra. The jazz bands have been willing to play some music I wrote and arranged.

C.C.:

Will & Joel asked us to remove NLE (15A) from our original grid. They also felt that PHO/OTRA (24A/36D) crossing might be hard for a Monday grid. The puzzle was officially accepted on May 6, 2015. I had fun fiddling this grid with Ron. He's incredibly patient and creative.

Tue 3/22/2016
B	O	M	B		A	T	A	L	L		A	T	M	S
O	D	I	E		D	E	T	O	O		C	O	O	K
B	O	C	A		D	E	F	O	G		H	O	J	O
O	N	A	D	I	E	T		S	I	S	E	N	O	R
				T	R	I	B	E	C	A
K	O	A	L	A		M	E	N		P	I	Q	U	E
A	M	I	E		S	E	N	S	E		D	U	L	L
T	A	R	G	E	T				D	A	S	A	N	I
O	R	S		T	O	V		W	A	X		Y	A	Z
			H	O	M	E	G	A	M	E	S
S	P	C	A		P	S	A	T	S		A	M	F	M
L	E	A	S	T		P	I	K		F	L	O	R	A
A	L	P	H	A	B	E	T	I	Z	A	T	I	O	N
S	L	E	E	P	E	R		N	O	W	O	R	S	E
H	A	R	D	E	E	S		S	O	N	N	E	T	S

Don: There is no memorable inspiration for this puzzle. It probably grew out of thinking about alphabetic order. Why not just order the consonants? The "how" of it proved to be more challenging than one might first imagine.

It was decided to confine alphabetically-ordered letters in sequences of words that fill entire rows. We did not know how many rows this would take. It turns out that three were enough. Designing a grid was a challenge. We ended up having to use a grid with right-left symmetry.

An experienced solver can tell just looking at the grid that we're up to something difficult, since there are not many long answers and the top corners are very simple in design. The word ALPHABETIZATION worked well as a reveal answer for the theme, a nice 15 to cross the grid.

C.C.: We accidentally put SRS in 44-Across spot (where ORS is) in our submitted grid. Thankfully Will & Joel caught our goof and redid that section of the grid.

Thu 2/11/2016
E	B	B	S		P	R	O	N	G		O	I	L	S
R	E	A	P		S	A	U	C	E		K	N	O	W
M	A	R	I	E	A	N	T	O	I	N	E	T	T	E
A	M	S	T	E	L				C	O	Y	O	T	E
			T	O	M	A	R	N	O	L	D
	T	R	A	C		N	E	O		L	O	L	A
A	M	O	K		A	D	M	I	T		K	I	N	K
L	A	Y	E	T	T	E		S	I	L	E	N	T	E
E	N	O		A	M	A		E	M	O		D	E	N
		R	O	B	I	N		S	E	R	T	A
L	E	B	R	O	N				S	E	R	E	N	A
O	M	I	G	O	S	H		M	I	N	I	V	A	N
C	O	S	A		I	O	W	A	N		P	A	N	G
A	T	O	N		D	R	A	N	K		U	N	O	S
L	E	N	S		E	A	S	E	S		P	S	S	T

POW Tue 1/12/2016
L	O	N	G		B	A	R	E	D			E	B	A	Y
O	B	O	E		E	M	O	T	E	S		L	I	R	A
F	A	R	M	A	N	I	M	A	L	S		S	T	I	R
A	M	T		L	E	D	A		A	T	E		T	A	D
T	A	E	B	O		S	N	O	W	A	N	G	E	L	S
			O	M	I	T		P	A	R	L	O	R
M	U	S	C	A	T		P	E	R			O	E	D	S
I	N	T	E	R	I	O	R	D	E	S	I	G	N	E	R
R	E	E	L			S	E	S		T	O	L	D	Y	A
		A	L	S	A	C	E		R	U	N	E
R	A	D	I	O	R	A	N	G	E		I	D	S	A	Y
A	M	Y		S	Y	R		I	S	L	A		A	A	A
D	O	J	O		A	N	K	L	E	I	N	J	U	R	Y
A	R	O	D		N	O	O	D	L	E		A	T	O	M
R	E	B	S			D	I	A	L	S		G	E	N	E

This puzzle was accepted on Sept 6th, 2014. As you can see from my original grid, Will removed the circles and re-did the upper left corner. Maybe he did not like ADOBO (26-A) on a Tuesday?

Mon 12/28/2015
S	I	N	S		W	A	L	L	E	T		T	A	P
O	B	O	E		I	C	E	A	X	E		E	R	R
S	E	A	L	T	E	A	M	S	I	X		L	G	A
O	T	H	E	R			M	E	S		G	L	U	T
			S	I	L	V	E	R	T	E	A	S	E	T
I	R	A		B	E	E				L	E	T
L	A	N	A		A	T	O	M		S	L	A	T	E
S	I	N	B	A	D	T	H	E	S	A	I	L	O	R
A	L	A	R	M		E	S	A	I		C	E	N	T
		B	O	O				T	L	C		S	E	E
S	P	E	A	K	T	O	O	S	O	O	N
C	O	L	D		E	L	O			G	O	R	G	E
O	I	L		S	T	E	M	T	O	S	T	E	R	N
U	S	E		T	R	O	P	I	C		C	L	A	D
T	E	E		S	A	S	H	E	S		H	O	M	S

This is my oldest puzzle in Will's queue. It was made when the movie "No Easy Day" was just released, and accepted in Feb. 2013. Thanks to SEAL TEAM SIX, I was able to get five entries with different middle words.

As you can see from my original grid, Will and Joel quietly did their job and removed a few crosswordese entries from a few spots, notably LST (31A), ENARM (43A) and HODS (71A).

POW Sun 12/27/2015 BINARY CODE
S	I	P	O	N			A	B	A	S	E	S			T	E	A	M	O
U	N	L	O	A	D		N	A	T	A	S	H	A		A	V	I	A	N	S
S	H	O	P	P	I	N	G	C	E	N	T	E	R		G	A	R	R	E	T
S	A	W		A	G	E	L	O	N	G		R	U	T	S		F	R	A	Y
E	L	M			I	R	O	N		R	H	Y	M	E		C	A	I	R	N
D	E	A	D	E	N	D	S		D	I	A	L		S	P	A	R	E	M	E
	S	N	O	R	T	S		I	N	T	L		E	L	A	T	E	D
			M	A	O		N	C	A	A	F	I	N	A	L	S		C	O	T
	B	L	O	T		F	O	E	S		C	B	S		A	U	R	O	R	A
L	E	E		O	S	L	O			A	A	A		S	T	P	A	U	L	S
I	C	A	N		W	I	N	D	O	W	F	R	A	M	E		S	P	E	E
S	O	D	A	P	O	P		C	H	E			M	U	S	H		L	A	D
L	O	O	T	E	R		B	O	G		A	L	O	T		E	V	E	N
E	L	F		O	N	I	O	N	R	I	N	G	S		G	I	L
		F	A	R	I	N	A		E	N	T	S		C	A	N	A	L	S
A	D	D	L	I	N	G		B	A	A	S		J	A	Z	Z	D	U	E	T
B	O	O	L	A		O	D	E	T	S		R	U	D	E			D	V	R
B	L	U	R		P	T	A	S		E	V	E	R	E	S	T		D	E	Y
A	L	B	I	N	O		M	I	N	N	E	S	O	T	A	T	W	I	N	S
S	A	L	S	A	S		E	D	A	S	N	E	R		T	O	O	T	A	T
	R	E	E	S	E			E	V	E	N	T	S			P	O	E	M	S

DON:

What started me on this theme was ONION RINGS — I just happened to notice that the O's were described by RINGS. I thought if we simply write OO, one could literally say they are ONION RINGS. I started to think of other possibilities. DD came easily, DEAD ENDS. Enlisting the help of a co-constructor is very profitable in this situation. Zhouqin came up with some great ones, like AA: NCAA FINALS, NN: MINNESOTA TWINS.

We got too ambitious with the grid design. With nine theme answers, one needs to be very careful. We had too many short answers that were unacceptable. The puzzle was accepted for the theme, but we needed to clean it up. We decided the best route was to start over completely. It paid off well because in a reasonably short time we were able to construct a grid that was acceptable. This is another case where having a co-constructor is ideal, because starting over completely may seem overwhelming by oneself, but much easier with some assistance.

C.C.:

I love when Don's theme proposal clicks with me immediately! I had fun finding LEADOFF DOUBLE, NCAA FINALS, JAZZ DUET & WINDOW FRAME. The other few (MARRIED COUPLE, SHOPPING CENTER & MINNESOTA TWINS) are just there waiting for us.

Don designed both our grids. I still have difficulty making 140-worder (maximum word count) happen.

Thanks for the new title, Will and Joel!

Sun 11/1/2015 FRAME JOB
S	P	A	R	E	M	E		J	O	B	C	U	T	S		F	A	R	G	O
W	I	R	E	T	A	P		A	R	A	L	S	E	A		A	L	E	R	T
A	N	I	M	A	L	S	A	N	C	T	U	A	R	Y		A	L	L	O	T
G	E	D	S		L	O	N	E				F	R	E	T		G	A	P	E
				D	E	N	T		B	A	R	B	A	R	A	B	O	X	E	R
A	S	C	I	I			F	A	U	N	A				R	A	N
D	I	L	L	S		H	A	R	D	E	N		S	W	O	R	E	A	T
A	L	E	E		S	O	R	A	S		T	H	E	R	I	O		M	R	I
P	L	A	T	E	N	U	M	B	E	R		M	A	I	L	F	R	A	U	D
T	Y	R		P	A	S			L	E	D	O	U	T			O	Z	M	A
	G	A	R	A	G	E		R	I	T	E	S		L	I	S	B	O	A
R	O	S	E			H	O	A	G	I	E			A	S	I		N	N	E
C	O	M	I	C	B	O	O	K		P	R	I	O	R	A	R	R	E	S	T
A	S	U		H	E	L	P	E	D		T	E	N	G	O		O	C	H	O
	E	D	W	A	R	D	S		O	H	I	S	E	E		M	A	H	O	N
			T	I	E				C	A	C	T	I			C	R	O	W	S
C	L	E	A	N	A	N	D	J	E	R	K		O	F	F	S
L	O	F	T		L	I	R	A				E	T	A	L		S	M	U	T
O	R	I	O	N		C	O	P	A	C	A	B	A	N	A	B	E	A	C	H
V	A	L	U	E		E	M	E	R	I	T	A		C	R	U	E	L	L	A
E	X	E	R	T		R	E	D	A	R	M	Y		Y	E	S	D	E	A	R

Will changed quite a bit of the 88A/93A area, which was also the part I fought the hardest in the filling process. Elsewhere, 26A & 70D have new answers also.

I admire those constructors who go low on Sunday puzzles. I still struggle with 144-word grids for Rich & Patti. I try my best not to waste long slots and avoid those wobbly fill, but sometimes the grid won't cooperate.

POW Tue 10/6/2015
I	N	F	O			C	S	I	S		D	O	G	S
P	A	R	R		T	R	I	T	E		R	A	N	I
O	P	E	D		W	E	N	T	T	O	O	F	A	R
D	A	N	E	C	O	O	K		I	L	O	S	T
		C	R	Y		L	I	O	N	E	L
R	A	H		N	O	E	N	D		S	O	C	A	L
I	G	O	T	I	T		G	O	V		V	A	S	E
C	A	P	E	C	O	D		R	O	B	E	R	T	A
E	V	E	N		H	E	F		C	U	R	L	E	D
S	E	N	D	S		F	E	D	E	X		O	R	S
			E	A	S	T	E	R		O	K	S
	S	T	R	U	T		L	E	T	M	E	S	E	E
S	T	E	A	L	A	K	I	S	S		S	L	A	V
P	A	N	G		G	I	N	S	U		H	I	R	E
A	N	T	E		E	D	G	Y			A	M	P	S

POW Mon 9/14/2015
M	A	P			O	N	A	I	R			R	U	B
A	R	A	B		H	E	I	D	I		C	A	S	E
L	O	S	A	N	G	E	L	E	S	K	I	N	G	S
I	D	O	T	O	O				K	I	T	K	A	T
			B	U	D	W	E	I	S	E	R
P	U	T	O	N		H	A	N		V	I	A	L	S
A	S	H	Y		F	O	R	T	E		C	N	E	T
G	M	A			R	O	L	E	X			D	O	E
O	A	T	S		O	P	E	R	A		S	R	T	A
D	R	I	V	E	S				M	R	C	O	O	L
A	S	S	E	S		R	E	Y		C	O	I	L	S
	H	A	L	L	M	A	R	K	C	A	R	D	S
S	A	L	T		A	D	A	N	O		N	O	T	E
E	L	I	E		R	A	T	O	N		S	N	O	W
E	S	E			C	R	O	W	N			E	Y	E

Joel said, "We're interested in your CROWN puzzle if you can revise the fill a bit. In particular, we'd really prefer if the weirdly spelled TFAL could be removed. Aim for Monday-level vocabulary, as that's probably what this would be."

I removed T-FAL, then decided to add a cheater to remove NE-YO (65-Across) as well. I was concerned that his name was not Monday-friendly either.

I love Will's USGA clue. I had a boring "121-year-old course server: Abbr." there. Will changed a ton of my clues. I just don't seem to get better as my clues.

And I'm a HAN (28-Across), like over 92% of the Chinese. I'm guessing Jeff Chen is a Han too. Maybe Kevin Der as well.

Sun 8/16/2015 AS IT WERE
A	F	F	I	A	N	C	E	D		B	R	E	L				G	U	A	M
R	A	I	N	D	A	N	C	E		A	T	R	I	A		L	A	N	Z	A
M	I	N	K	S	T	O	L	E		S	E	A	T	T	L	E	S	L	E	W
S	T	E	P			T	A	P	A	S		S	T	R	A	N	G	E	R	S
			A	T	H	E	I	S	T	I	C		L	A	S	O	R	D	A
L	A	N	D	H	O		R	E	L		H	E	E		T	R	I
I	V	E		O	U	T		T	A	K	E	N	B	Y		E	L	D	E	R
P	O	W	E	R	S	A	W		W	I	E	N	I	E	S		L	O	N	E
O	N	Y	X		E	R	N	E		D	R	A	T	T	E	D		G	S	A
		O	P	S		O	B	L	A	D	I			I	N	C	O	L	O	R
H	A	R	O	L	D		A	L	P	I	N	E	S		T	O	N	E	R	S
A	W	K	W	A	R	D			P	E	G	G	E	D		N	O	G
L	A	M		T	O	O	T	A	L	L		G	A	R	P		F	L	E	A
O	R	E	O		P	R	O	T	E	I	N		M	A	R	K	F	E	L	T
S	E	T	H	S		S	K	E	P	T	I	C		Y	E	N		F	A	T
			P	T	S		Y	E	A		T	O	S		S	U	B	T	L	Y
	G	A	L	I	L	E	O		Y	A	R	D	W	A	S	T	E
H	O	M	E	C	O	U	R	T		S	O	F	A	S			A	L	A	S
B	R	E	A	K	G	R	O	U	N	D		I	N	T	H	E	P	A	S	T
A	M	A	S	S		O	S	T	E	O		S	E	R	E	N	A	D	E	R
R	E	N	E				E	S	A	I		H	E	A	R	T	L	E	S	S

A theme like this instantaneously reveals itself. Don noticed a phrase, MINK STOLE, where the last word doubles as a noun and the past tense of a verb not related to the noun. This is a quirky sort of aspect of our language that we thought would be interesting for the crossword puzzle solver.

We intuited that there are many similar examples, and that such a theme had the potential for a Sunday-sized puzzle. To find such phrases, it was helpful to look at a list of verbs and their past tense forms. We did find quite a large number of examples — it is not often that we 1.) have quite a few theme entries to choose from and 2.) make the intersection of two theme answers possible.

Don created a grid design that did not fill easily. Zhouqin finished off the design, and that was when she noticed two pairs of theme answers could cross. After we were done inserting theme answers, Don saw that there was still space to enter one more down the middle at 45D.

It is risky to have so many theme answers and still be able to come up with good surrounding fill. We give great credit to Will Shortz and Joel Fagliano for encouraging us to find better fill in the NE and SW corners after our submission. Those were difficult areas to fill, and we thought we had exhausted the possibilities before. But having a fresh start on it, we were able to improve the areas greatly.

We will admit that sometimes we force a fill because we like certain words or phrases, and that may have been the case here. It is difficult to admit to oneself that the fill is not good enough, and to better keep looking — we are glad that we have editors who cared enough to point this out.

This was a puzzle where the title came after the fact (sometimes the title drives the theme idea). Don came up with AS IT WERE almost immediately, without thinking much about it. It just sounded right!

Mon 7/27/2015
R	E	C	A	P		R	A	T	E	D		G	E	T
E	C	O	L	I		I	G	I	V	E		E	R	A
M	O	N	I	C	A	S	E	L	E	S		O	R	R
			M	A	V	E	N		N	I	M	R	O	D
	A	D	O	R	E		T	O	S		U	G	L	Y
G	R	A	N	D	E			N	O	L	T	E
R	O	R	Y		N	A	M	E		A	T	T	A	R
A	M	Y		Y	O	K	O	O	N	O		E	G	O
B	A	L	S	A		R	E	N	U		G	N	A	T
		H	I	P	P	O			D	A	R	E	M	E
O	M	A	N		I	N	S		G	R	A	T	E
B	A	N	G	O	R		P	A	E	A	N
A	N	N		P	A	L	I	N	D	R	O	M	E	S
M	I	A		A	T	O	N	E		A	L	A	M	O
A	A	H		L	E	P	E	W		T	A	R	O	T

SCOTT: We made this puzzle last August and it was accepted on Oct 3, 2014. We were happy to give YOKO ONO such a place of prominence after all the help she has given constructors through the years, not that we had better choices for a central entry.

Mon 7/13/2015
A	R	L	O		A	H	A	B		S	N	A	C	K
C	O	A	T		D	A	R	E		U	P	T	O	N
L	I	K	E	W	H	I	T	E	O	N	R	I	C	E
U	S	E	R	I	D			T	V	S		T	O	E
		G	I	L		E	I	L	E	E	N
O	N	E		C	O	M	M	E	N	T	C	A	V	A
D	O	N		O	D	I	E			S	A	L	O	N
O	R	E	S		D	R	A	M	A		A	M	I	D
R	A	V	E	N			N	A	P	A		O	L	E
S	H	A	R	E	P	R	I	C	E	S		N	A	S
			T	W	E	E	T	S		S	T	D
S	H	E		S	S	T			P	E	O	R	I	A
F	A	C	E	B	O	O	K	B	U	T	T	O	N	S
P	H	O	T	O		R	E	A	R		A	C	T	I
D	A	N	D	Y		T	A	M	E		L	A	O	S

Mon 5/4/2015
D	O	H	A		P	E	S	O	S		A	L	A	S
A	V	E	R		E	N	E	R	O		R	I	S	E
H	A	M	A	N	D	E	G	G	S		C	O	I	L
L	L	A	M	A		M	A	Y	O	R		N	F	L
	S	N	A	P	P	Y				C	I	T	I
			I	L	O		D	R	E	A	M	A	C	T
T	R	A	C	E	R		O	A	R		O	M	A	R
A	A	H		S	T	E	P	M	O	M		E	R	E
D	D	A	Y		I	L	E		I	A	G	R	E	E
S	A	M	A	D	A	M	S		C	R	O
	R	O	M	A				F	A	C	E	T	S
I	B	M		N	A	D	I	R		I	S	A	A	C
F	L	E	X		I	A	M	A	C	A	M	E	R	A
S	I	N	E		D	R	A	M	A		A	B	I	T
O	P	T	S		S	E	X	E	D		D	O	S	E

Sun 4/19/2015 DOUBLE DOWN
C	H	E	A	P		M	K	T			C	H	I	N		T	H	I	G	H
E	A	T	S	A	L	O	N	E		W	H	A	M	O		H	O	S	E	A
D	I	R	T	Y	I	N	E	N		H	E	A	R	T	A	R	M	I	N	G
E	G	E	R		F	R	E	E	R	A	N	G	E		R	O	O	S	T	S
			A	S	T	O		T	E	T	E		A	L	B	E	E
U	R	I		H	E	E	L		S	A	Y	I	D	O			R	I	F	T
S	O	M	M	E	R		A	J	A	M		N	Y	U	K		E	N	D	O
A	T	P	A	R		E	B	O	N	I	E	S			A	R	C	S	I	N
G	O	O	D	A	T	U	R	E	D		F	I	N	A	L	O	T	I	C	E
E	R	R			O	R	A	L	S		S	N	I	P		B	U	N
	S	T	R	A	Y	E	D						P	R	E	S	S	U	P
		Q	U	M		K	O	A	N		S	A	P	O	R			A	L	F
L	A	U	N	C	H	A	R	T	Y		E	V	E	N	I	N	G	T	A	R
A	L	O	N	S	O			R	E	S	E	E	D	S		B	E	I	G	E
R	O	T	I		T	I	T	I		E	S	S	A		R	A	T	O	U	T
D	E	A	N			B	A	A	B	A	A		T	R	E	E		N	E	S
			G	O	R	E	N		A	S	W	E		E	A	R	L
M	I	K	A	D	O		T	A	C	O	S	A	L	A	D		A	T	R	A
S	T	A	T	I	O	N	A	G	O	N		P	A	P	E	R	R	A	I	L
R	O	Y	A	L		I	R	O	N	S		O	V	E	R	A	C	T	E	D
P	R	O	B	E		T	A	N	S			E	A	R		G	H	A	N	A

DON: The German physician Franz Mesmer inspired this theme. The name MESMER has always intrigued me, and I noticed that it nearly repeats itself except for the last letter. I started looking for other similar words. Then I came up with the theme idea to introduce the words into a puzzle. I asked Zhouqin to join me in the search. I can't remember who or how, but we decided to have half of the down theme words repeat the first two letters of a six-letter word, and half would repeat the last two letters. This made it much easier to find down theme answers and to fill the grid. Funny thing is, MESMER did not make it into the puzzle.

ZHOUQIN: I remember we rebooted several times in the filling process because of the dupes. So easy to dupe those little three words in our Down theme entries.

Wed 4/8/2015
T	R	I	B		E	S	L		T	E	M	P	O
R	O	T	E		E	L	I		O	R	W	E	L	L
A	T	R	A	P	L	U	S		U	G	A	N	D	A
C	A	I	R	O		M	A	W	R		H	E	L	M
E	T	E		S	E	P		E	I	S		L	A	O
S	E	D	G	E	S			A	S	S		O	T	T
			O	R	C	H	E	S	T	R	A	P	I	T
A	R	E	A			O	R	E			L	E	N	A
B	E	S	T	R	A	P	A	L	B	U	M
C	D	C		A	C	S			A	S	S	I	S	T
N	S	A		T	C	I		A	R	R		C	O	E
E	T	R	E		E	N	D	S		D	I	A	N	A
W	A	G	G	E	D		I	T	S	A	T	R	A	P
S	T	O	G	I	E		D	I	E		A	U	T	O
	E	T	O	N	S		O	N	E		L	S	A	T

This puzzle was accepted in June 2013. I was not fond of having a 8-letter entry as a reveal. They force stacked 6's immediately (in the SW and NE corners) and way too many 3-letter entries for my skill level back then. Will saved me again with a clearer clue for the reveal entry.

Mon 12/15/2014
S	L	A	P		B	E	T	T	E		C	R	A	W
E	U	R	O		U	S	H	E	R		R	A	G	E
A	C	T	I		S	T	A	N	L	E	Y	C	U	P
S	K	I	N	N	Y	D	I	P		S	P	E	N	T
	Y	E	T	I				M	E	H	T	A
			A	L	A	E			L	A	S	H	E	S
B	R	A	T		T	V	S	T	A	R		E	M	U
L	I	L		S	K	I	T	R	I	P		A	M	P
O	F	F		O	I	L	P	A	N		P	D	A	S
W	E	A	P	O	N			M	E	M	O
		R	A	T	S	O				E	R	O	S
E	P	O	C	H		S	T	E	E	L	T	R	A	P
S	U	M	M	E	R	C	A	M	P		A	B	L	E
A	R	E	A		O	A	K	I	E		L	I	V	E
I	R	O	N		C	R	E	T	E		S	T	O	P

C.C.:

Dennis and I made this puzzle in the spring of 2012 when he finally settled down in Florida. Will changed the middle & lower right corners and removed a few icky entries (see right). He also changed most of the clues and cleared up our vague reveal entry clue.

DENNIS:

As most new constructors collaborating with Zhouqin will tell you, she does most of the heavy lifting. I'm shocked and grateful that our first submission of an NYT puzzle was accepted, albeit with Will's deft "adjustments."

Wed 9/17/2014
T	E	R	I		R	E	D	O	S	E		S	T	P
B	E	E	F		I	M	E	A	S	Y		W	E	E
I	R	I	S	H	C	O	F	F	E	E		E	N	T
R	I	G		E	E	R	O			B	E	E	N	E
D	E	N	S	E		Y	E	S	M	A	S	T	E	R
			U	P	N			H	E	L	O	T	S
E	C	C	E		O	R	D	E	A	L		A	S	H
L	A	O	S		H	O	S	E	D		P	L	E	A
M	M	M		S	E	L	L	T	O		O	K	E	D
	B	E	E	T	L	E			W	A	G
P	R	O	S	E	P	O	E	M		F	O	R	A	Y
R	I	F	L	E			L	O	S	T		A	T	E
E	D	A		P	O	L	L	I	N	A	T	I	O	N
E	G	G		E	L	O	I	S	E		I	S	N	T
N	E	E		D	E	L	E	T	E		P	E	E	L

C.C.:

I'd like to share the first email exchanges I had with Don regarding this theme:

C.C.: "Don, can we put BEE? words on top of various flowers and have POLLINATION as title?

Don: "You are too funny. Are we talking weekday or Sunday puzzle? Better yet, find flowers that can be masked, like ASTER in EASTER, etc. This may require circles. I suppose we should look at a list of flowers first to see if that is possible. There is IRIS in IRISH, ROSE in PROSE. Maybe that is all we need. I don't think we can do a big puzzle with this theme. Having three flowers embedded with BEE words above and POLLINATION in the grid is enough. Want to give this a try? ..."

This is how Don rolls, always improving on a simple idea I have and making things happen.

DON:

I will add that there seems to be a synergy to collaborating on an idea. Most likely, neither of us would have come up with this idea, but by throwing it around, we see things that we otherwise would not see.

Wed 8/20/2014
H	A	R	D	G		L	I	L	A	C		R	A	G
A	B	H	O	R		A	M	I	S	H		E	S	L
R	R	A	T	E	D	M	O	V	I	E		D	I	A
M	A	P		W	E	A	K			S	S	T	A	R
		S	E	W	E	R		U	P	S	T	A	G	E
T	R	O	W	E	P	R	I	C	E		E	G	O	S
S	I	D	E	A			F	L	A	T	S
A	M	Y		R	E	L	E	A	S	E		C	E	O
			S	Y	R	I	A			A	L	L	A	H
O	N	T	V		L	F	R	A	N	K	B	A	U	M
F	O	R	E	S	E	E		L	O	E	S	S
N	S	Y	N	C			F	I	S	T		S	A	E
O	H	S		E	S	T	R	E	E	T	B	A	N	D
T	E	T		N	O	M	E	N		L	U	C	K	Y
E	D	S		E	S	S	E	S		E	S	T	A	S

Will tweaked a few entries (32A, 35A, 67A & 68A) of my original submission and changed lots of clues. He probably needs extra strong coffee to edit my grids.

The reason 8 is considered LUCKY (66A) in China (Japan as well) is because its pronunciation is similar to an image meaning "Prosperity".

4, on the other hand, is profoundly unlucky. It sounds like Chinese character for "death". So, you might not find 4th or 14th floor in some Chinese buildings.

Tue 7/15/2014
L	A	B	S		S	C	A	M		B	A	J	A
E	L	I	A		U	N	D	O		O	D	E	L	L
T	E	D	T	U	R	N	E	R		R	A	F	T	S
B	R	E	E	Z	E			O	V	E	R	F	E	D
E	O	N		B	C	E		S	I	D	E	B
			D	E	A	R		E	D	O		E	T	S
Y	E	S	I	K	N	O	W		A	M	A	Z	O	N
S	T	A	R			S	E	A			S	O	F	A
E	N	M	E	S	H		B	R	E	A	K	S	U	P
R	A	W		C	A	P		M	V	P	S
		A	E	R	I	E		S	O	P		A	L	E
W	A	L	M	A	R	T			L	L	A	M	A	S
O	N	T	O	P		S	T	E	V	E	J	O	B	S
E	N	O	T	E		I	O	N	E		A	R	E	A
	O	N	E	S		T	O	T	S		R	E	L	Y

This puzzle was accepted in August 2012. I was inspired by ELON MUSK, but could not make him work due to the short letter count.

Tue 6/17/2014
S	A	P		P	R	E	Z		P	S	Y	C	H	O
C	F	O		R	E	D	O		I	H	E	A	R	D
H	O	W		E	M	I	R		L	O	A	T	H	E
W	R	E	C	K	I	T	R	A	L	P	H
A	E	R	O			M	O	M	A			J	A	M
		P	L	A	N	E		P	R	O	P	O	S	E
E	E	L		L	E	N	S			M	E	H	T	A
D	J	A	N	G	O	U	N	C	H	A	I	N	E	D
G	E	N	O	A			L	O	A	N		G	R	E
A	C	T	R	E	S	S		A	L	I	T	O
R	T	S			P	A	S	T			E	O	N	S
			K	N	I	G	H	T	A	N	D	D	A	Y
A	M	B	I	E	N		A	R	N	O		M	I	R
B	O	O	T	I	E		R	E	N	O		A	L	I
S	I	L	E	N	T		K	E	E	N		N	S	A

As you can see from my original submission, Will did major surgery on the grid and greatly improved the fill.

Brad Wilber sent me this link explaining why the D is silent in Django Unchained.

Wed 4/30/2014
M	O	B		I	M	M	A	D			O	P	T	S
E	T	A		S	A	U	C	E		A	N	O	U	K
S	T	R	I	P	C	L	U	B		R	E	P	R	O
H	O	R	N		A	C	R		S	M	A	C	K	S
			N	E	W	H	A	R	T		L	U	S	H
B	A	S	I	N	S			D	R	O	L	L
O	S	H	E	A			C	A	A	N		T	U	B
N	I	A		M	A	C	V	S	P	C		U	S	O
E	A	R		E	R	A	S			A	S	R	E	D
		P	A	L	I	N			B	L	U	E	S	Y
M	A	C	E		L	I	P	B	A	L	M
I	T	U	N	E	S		A	R	T		A	C	A	I
L	O	R	E	N		T	R	U	M	P	C	A	R	D
E	L	V	I	S		O	S	C	A	R		R	E	O
S	L	E	D			T	E	E	N	Y		P	A	L

I had quite a few PC & MAC candidates to choose from, so gridding was not as challenging as I had imagined. Still a bit tricky at spots. I hope foodies and food bloggers spread "pomegranate arils" & "acai bowl" quickly so ARIL will not be treated as crosswordese, and ACAI will not be just a a trendy berry that often stumps some on our blog.

Thu 2/20/2014
C	H	I	P		S	T	O	C	K		P	I	L	E
L	E	N	O		L	A	D	L	E		A	D	O	S
A	A	R	P		A	R	O	A	R		D	O	R	M
P	R	E	D	A	T	O	R	Y		A	R	N	I	E
			I	C	E	S		C	O	S	E	T
C	A	R	V	E	R		W	O	R	K		B	I	N
A	G	U	A			G	A	U	Z	E		U	N	E
R	O	B		W	O	O	D	R	O	W		Y	A	W
O	R	I		A	D	I	E	T			S	I	N	E
M	A	N		W	I	N	D		C	U	T	T	E	R
		S	L	A	N	G		R	O	N	A
T	A	T	A	S		O	R	I	G	I	N	A	L	S
O	N	E	S		E	V	A	D	E		C	R	O	P
O	K	I	E		T	E	T	O	N		E	C	R	U
L	A	N	D		C	R	A	F	T		S	H	E	D

ZHOUQIN (C.C.):

This idea occurred to me when I put WOODROW in a down slot one day & misread it as the two-word WOOD ROW. Don did all the hard work on the grid design. I initially used a 5 & 5 & 3 word break on the very top & bottom rows. Simply could not make the grid work, not to mention including a few long downs.

DON:

This idea places a burden on the construction, because we were stuck using lengths of words that must work out to rows and be symmetrically arranged. And then sticking WOOD ROW in the center made it even more difficult.

CC and I share filling and cluing. On a personal note, I was happy to get RUBINSTEIN into the grid. That was on my half of the grid. Way back when I was a senior in high school (1972), Rubinstein came to Cleveland to perform a recital of all Chopin music. I was in heaven, being a Chopin fan and a Rubinstein fan. I was witness to an extraordinary event. Other than that answer, it is not a very exciting grid for us to design, because we both like more complexity, with some longer entries. The theme really limited what we could do.

Mon 1/6/2014
O	B	E	Y	S		R	I	D	E		S	K	I	P
H	A	V	O	C		E	M	I	R		M	E	S	A
M	N	I	G	H	T	S	H	Y	A	M	A	L	A	N
S	E	L	A		N	E	O			A	L	L	O	T
			M	B	U	T	T	E	R	F	L	Y
G	O	K	A	R	T			L	E	I		G	A	M
A	N	I	T	A		L	E	I	L	A		R	P	I
V	C	R	S		X	A	C	T	O		T	E	A	L
E	L	K		M	E	R	G	E		T	H	E	R	E
L	E	G		I	N	A			P	L	E	N	T	Y
		I	A	M	A	M	E	R	I	C	A
A	M	B	L	E			B	I	N		L	A	U	D
V	I	S	F	O	R	V	E	N	G	E	A	N	C	E
E	L	O	I		A	I	R	S		E	M	I	L	E
R	E	N	E		G	A	T	E		R	O	M	A	N

I normally can handle 60 theme squares, but this one was a bit challenging. Probably because the limited supply of M * & V * candidates & the exact MMXIV order the theme demands. I just could not come up with a cleaner lower right corner.

Happy New Year!

Tue 11/26/2013
E	D	I	C	T		A	R	C	S		A	B	A	B
D	A	N	N	O		H	U	I	T		L	E	N	A
G	R	A	N	O	L	A	B	A	R		I	A	T	E
A	L	P		T	A	B	L	O	I	D	B	U	Z	Z
R	A	T	I	O	N		E	S	P	R	I	T
			D	O	D	O				O	S	I	E	R
C	A	S	E		S	A	M	U	E	L		F	L	U
E	S	C	A	L	A	T	O	R	C	L	A	U	S	E
L	A	O		I	T	S	A	G	O		P	L	E	D
S	P	O	C	K				E	T	R	E
		B	L	E	N	D	S		O	A	X	A	C	A
Y	O	Y	O	D	I	E	T	I	N	G		D	O	S
E	N	D	S		T	R	A	D	E	M	A	R	K	S
O	T	O	E		E	M	I	L		A	T	E	I	N
W	O	O	D		S	A	N	E		N	A	P	E	S

Don:

I remember clearly that I was in my car in Columbus, Ohio, listening to a local radio show host, John Corby of 610 WTVN, and the subject was "words that were at one time trademarked but have now become accepted everyday words". It seemed like an excellent topic because I was not aware of many of the entries on his list. I thought that if we could make phrases with some of the words, it would be fun. Many thanks to John Corby.

Beyond that, I can't remember how we approached the construction, but most likely, my resourceful partner, C.C., came up with a thorough list of qualifying words, and we both made phrases from these, and chose the ones we thought worked best. We always share the construction and cluing about 50/50, as we like it to be a complete collaboration.

Zhouqin:

As Don mentioned earlier, we narrowed down our choices to words that were once trademarked but have since lost their legal status. Lots of words that we use generically are still trademarked.

This is actually the first puzzle that Mr. Shortz said "Yes!" to us. Don and I were very excited when we got the "congrats and welcome aboard!" from Paula.

Mon 10/14/2013
T	A	P	E		G	A	P	E			N	A	L	A
N	E	I	N		A	L	O	T		M	O	T	O	R
U	S	A	I	N	B	O	L	T		A	T	T	I	C
T	O	N	G	A		U	S	U	A	L	F	A	R	E
	P	O	M	P	S				B	L	A	R	E	D
		B	A	S	I	N		S	A	R	I
S	E	A	S		B	O	S	C		A	R	T	S	Y
P	A	R		U	S	B	P	O	R	T		A	T	E
A	R	S	O	N		L	Y	L	E		U	L	E	E
			I	R	A	E		D	A	N	S	K
M	I	L	L	E	R				M	O	O	R	E
U	S	E	R	S	F	E	E	S		I	P	A	D	S
G	E	T	I	T		U	S	H	E	R	E	D	I	N
G	R	O	G	S		R	A	I	L		N	I	N	A
Y	E	N	S			O	I	N	K		S	O	A	P

C.C.:

This theme came to me while reading an article on Sergio Garcia's temper tantrums at the 2002 U.S. Open (Bethpage Black). Scott, who blogs for our L.A. Times Crossword Corner on Mondays and Tuesdays, is an avid golf fan, so this was a great project for us to collaborate. Since the theme entries are all rather short, we decided to overlap the top and bottom entries, which gave us the best fill.

SCOTT:

How did I get into constructing puzzles? C.C., she won't take no for an answer...and I'm glad she didn't. I am glad I could help. If I had known how the course at Ardmore would tame the PGA Tour this year, I would have strived to place Merion in the puzzle somewhere. It would have been a unique word.

Tue 9/10/2013
K	U	M	Q	U	A	T		T	Y	P	H	O	O	N
A	T	E	I	N	T	O		H	O	R	M	O	N	E
L	E	T	D	O	W	N		E	D	A	S	N	E	R
E	R	A		S	T	E	A	M	E	D		A	G	O
S	I	L	K				R	E	L	A	Y
			S	A	I	N	T	S			O	A	T	S
	H	Y	U	N	D	A	I		K	O	W	T	O	W
A	A	A		K	E	T	C	H	U	P		O	D	E
G	U	N	G	H	O		H	O	R	A	T	I	O
E	L	K	O			B	O	T	T	L	E
			B	A	R	A	K				C	H	O	W
E	B	B		B	O	R	E	D	O	M		I	M	O
M	A	R	C	O	N	I		C	H	A	T	T	E	R
A	L	A	D	D	I	N		C	O	L	U	M	N	S
G	I	N	S	E	N	G		C	H	I	N	E	S	E

I sifted through all the English words with Chinese roots and came up with the current set. I avoided words with obvious Chinese ties like Mahjong or Feng shui. I also shunned words with controversial origins like Tofu or Ramen.

I found it tricky to work with theme entries of short length. I'm so used to the conventional grids with 4 or 5 long theme entries.

Tue 8/20/2013
I	N	T	O		R	O	S	A		P	A	S	T	A
N	O	R	I		O	B	I	S		A	R	N	E	L
F	I	E	L	D	W	O	R	K		T	R	I	N	I
A	D	A		U	S	E		F	S	T	O	P	S
M	E	T	O	O			H	O	L	Y	W	E	E	K
Y	A	Y	S		T	H	E	R	O	D		D	U	I
			K	A	S	E	M			U	N	A	P	T
		L	A	B	O	R	M	A	R	K	E	T
S	T	A	R	S			I	C	E	E	S
N	O	B		S	O	N	N	E	T		T	E	R	M
L	U	C	K	Y	D	O	G			A	S	T	E	R
	S	O	U	S	E	D		R	A	T		U	G	H
P	L	A	N	T		D	O	U	B	L	E	D	A	Y
B	E	T	T	E		E	V	I	L		M	E	L	D
A	S	S	A	M		D	O	N	E		I	S	E	E

Don: I heard the name Abner Doubleday and thought it was interesting. Knowing how CC feels about baseball, I thought she would enjoy it.

Mon 6/10/2013
N	I	C	E			A	R	T	Y		C	R	T	S
I	M	U	S		L	O	E	W	E		L	O	I	N
P	A	T	P	A	U	L	S	E	N		A	U	T	O
P	G	S		S	N	E	E	R		C	I	G	A	R
Y	E	S		P	A	R	T	P	A	Y	M	E	N	T
		H	I	S					C	B	S
A	M	O	R		C	R	E	A	T	E		L	O	P
P	A	R	A	L	L	E	L	P	A	R	K	I	N	G
T	O	T		L	A	D	I	E	S		I	K	E	A
			E	A	R					G	T	E
P	A	J	A	M	A	P	A	R	T	Y		I	P	O
O	P	E	R	A		A	D	L	E	R		C	U	B
I	N	S	T		C	O	M	E	T	O	P	A	P	A
S	E	T	H		E	L	I	S	E		T	R	I	M
E	A	S	Y		L	O	T	S			S	E	L	A

Tue 11/13/2012
M	E	L	D	S		J	A	Y	S		L	A	M	P
U	M	I	A	K		A	L	E	C		E	R	A	S
S	C	A	R	Y		M	E	T	A	P	H	O	R	S
K	E	N	N	Y	G			I	M	E	A	N	I	T
Y	E	A		V	A	C	S		P	E	R	O	N
			M	O	L	O	K	A	I			F	A	D
I	M	B	A	D		S	Y	R		R	A	S	T	A
D	R	U	N	K		I	F	A		I	N	K	E	D
L	O	T	S	A		G	A	B		S	A	Y	S	O
E	C	T			U	N	L	I	N	K	S
	T	I	L	E	S		L	A	R	Y		Y	E	P
H	O	N	O	R	E	D			A	M	P	E	R	E
O	B	S	E	S	S	I	O	N		O	A	S	I	S
E	E	K	S		U	N	D	O		V	N	E	C	K
D	R	Y	S		P	O	E	T		E	S	S	A	Y

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P	I	N	O	T	N	O	I	R		B	O	O	T	H
H	I	D	E	Y	H	O	L	E		L	A	N	A	I
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C	R	E	S	S		A	U	N	A	T	U	R	E	L
H	E	F	T			G	I	S	T		G	E	N	Y

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K	O	S	H	E	R				L	E	S	S	O	N

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M	O	U	N	T	A	I	N	C	L	I	M	B	E	R
O	N	M	E		S	N	A	R	K		S	O	R	T
R	E	P	O		E	G	G	O	S			O	A	S

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H	I	T		G	O	F	E	T	C	H		N	H	L
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		K	I	S	M	E	T		S	N	A	F	U	S
B	A	T	S		O	L	I	V	E		B	O	N	A
A	L	O	E		P	A	P	E	R	T	R	A	I	L
I	B	I	S		O	T	I	S		S	A	L	T	S
T	A	T			P	E	N	T		A	T	S	E	A

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T	H	A	I		G	U	I	A	N	A		A	C	T	I
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M	E	T	R	O	A	R	E	A		D	A	D
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H	O	O	H	A		S	C	O	U	R		G	L	E	E
			T	U	B		T	U	B	E	S	O	C	K	S
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M	A	N	D	E	L	A			E	U	R	E	K	A
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S	T	E	W		E	T	R	A	D	E		T	U	M	S
E	A	S	Y		S	H	O	E	S				M	O	E

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A	L	U	M		A	R	E	A		R	O	M	A
S	P	R	I	N	G	F	E	S	T	I	V	A	L
T	O	R	S	O					A	G	E	N	T
				S	C	R	I	P	T
	R	O	S	H	H	A	S	H	A	N	A	H
R	E	N	O		A	F	A	R		O	B	E	Y
E	T	A	L		M	A	Y	A		W	O	R	E
G	A	L	L		P	E	N	S		R	U	B	S
I	K	E	A		S	L	O	E		U	T	E	S
M	E	R	L	E					A	Z	U	R	E
E	S	T		C	E	A	S	E	D		S	T	S
			S	O	N	G	K	R	A	N
B	E	A	K		T	I	E	R		E	V	E	N
T	A	X	I		E	L	I	E		R	I	L	E
S	T	E	P		R	E	N	D		D	E	F	T

A	W	E	D		R	I	C	C	I		L	I	D	S
M	A	Y	O		A	P	R	O	N		A	C	R	E
P	R	E	S	S	P	O	U	N	D		B	I	E	L
	P	L	I	E			I	S	I	T	R	E	A	L
		I	D	T	A	G	S		A	W	A	R	D	S
N	A	N	O		S	H	E		N	E	D
A	C	E		S	T	A	R	S		E	O	N	S
H	A	R	D	W	O	N		A	Y	N	R	A	N	D
	I	S	E	E		A	T	L	A	S		K	O	I
			P	A	T		U	M	P		V	E	T	S
D	E	V	I	T	O		R	A	S	P	E	D
E	R	I	C	Y	U	A	N			A	L	L	Y
V	O	L	T		C	U	R	R	E	N	C	I	E	S
I	D	L	E		A	T	E	U	P		R	E	A	P
L	E	A	D		N	O	D	E	S		O	S	H	A

I	M	A	C		S	E	L	L	S		N	O	V	A
B	O	C	A		P	L	E	A	T		A	R	I	D
M	A	N	D	A	R	I	N	O	R	A	N	G	E	S
	T	E	R	R	I				A	M	A	S	S
			E	G	G	W	H	I	T	E	S
M	E	H		U	S	H	E	R	I	N		B	O	P
E	R	A	S	E		I	L	K		D	E	E	R	E
D	I	S	K	S		L	E	I		S	M	E	A	R
A	C	H	Y		D	E	N	N	Y		O	T	T	O
L	A	B		V	I	S	A	G	E	S		G	E	T
		R	E	A	D				S	P	A	R
S	P	O	R	C	L	E		P	L	A	C	E	B	O
H	E	W	N		A	D	O	R	E		H	E	I	R
U	R	N	S		P	I	L	O	T		O	N	E	S
T	E	S	T		S	T	E	M	S		O	S	L	O

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E	R	R		P	I	N	A		A	G	E	N	D	A
A	C	I	D	T	R	I	P		W	I	I	F	I	T
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P	O	O	D	L	E	C	U	T		D	R	D	R	E
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S	E	N	D	S		L	O	C	A	L	D	I	V	E
S	S	T		M	A	I	N		L	O	I	T	E	R
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S	T	A	R	E	S		C	R	E	W		O	N	E
T	A	T	E	R				L	Y	E		H	A	M

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P	I	N	O	T	N	O	I	R		B	O	O	T	H
H	I	D	E	Y	H	O	L	E		L	A	N	A	I
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B	I	O		E	N	I	G	M	A	S		S	I	R
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E	T	A	T		C	I	A	R	A		A	S	H	E
D	I	N	E		H	T	M	L		B	L	U	E	S
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C	R	E	S	S		A	U	N	A	T	U	R	E	L
H	E	F	T			G	I	S	T		G	E	N	Y

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W	O	R	E		T	E	N	O	R		A	B	C	S
A	R	E	A	S		O	T	S		L	I	L	A	C
R	A	C	K	E	D				G	E	L	A	T	O
S	N	L		M	E	G	A	C	O	N		C	D	T
A	G	E		I	S	E	C	O	N	D		K	A	T
W	E	A	N		I	N	A	N	E		P	H	D	S
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T	A	U	R	I	N	E		E	W	A	L	L	E	T
S	N	E	A	K	E	R		R	O	T	E	L	L	E
K	O	S	H	E	R				L	E	S	S	O	N

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B	U	N	G	E	E	J	U	M	P		F	R	E	E
S	M	O	G	A	L	E	R	T	S		L	I	M	A
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P	R	O	R	A	T	E		M	O	W	S
R	A	P	I	D		N	E	A	R	S		R	O	B
O	P	E	C		A	D	V	I	C	E	G	U	R	U
M	E	R	E		G	U	I	N	E	A	P	I	G	S
S	S	A			E	P	E	E		T	A	N	S	Y

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T	O	T	S		F	O	N	D	A		T	Y	P	O
W	O	R	L	D	F	O	O	D	S	U	M	M	I	T
A	T	E	A	M	S			E	S	P		B	E	T
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M	E	S	S		D	O	N	T			A	G	E	D
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O	N	M	E		S	N	A	R	K		S	O	R	T
R	E	P	O		E	G	G	O	S			O	A	S

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I	D	L	E		I	T	S	M	E		C	E	O	S
C	A	S	A	B	A		T	A	C	T	I	C
			F	E	S	T			H	I	P	H	O	P
C	D	S		A	C	I	D	S		G	E	I	C	O
H	I	T		G	O	F	E	T	C	H		N	H	L
A	R	I	A	L		F	A	U	L	T		A	O	L
D	E	C	R	E	E			N	O	E	L
		K	I	S	M	E	T		S	N	A	F	U	S
B	A	T	S		O	L	I	V	E		B	O	N	A
A	L	O	E		P	A	P	E	R	T	R	A	I	L
I	B	I	S		O	T	I	S		S	A	L	T	S
T	A	T			P	E	N	T		A	T	S	E	A

O	W	L				S	T	R	I	P		T	O	S	S
T	H	A	I		G	U	I	A	N	A		A	C	T	I
S	U	B	W	A	Y	S	A	N	D	W	I	C	H	E	S
	P	S	A	L	M	S			I	N	D	O	O	R	S
			S	O	N		S	W	E	E	T		A	N	Y
M	E	T	R	O	A	R	E	A		D	A	D
Y	U	R	I		S	O	L	I	D		G	O	T	T	A
T	R	I	G		T	O	E	T	A	P		G	A	R	Y
H	O	O	H	A		S	C	O	U	R		G	L	E	E
			T	U	B		T	U	B	E	S	O	C	K	S
A	S	A		G	U	E	S	T		L	E	N
M	A	N	D	E	L	A			E	U	R	E	K	A
U	N	D	E	R	G	R	O	U	N	D	F	I	L	M	S
S	T	E	W		E	T	R	A	D	E		T	U	M	S
E	A	S	Y		S	H	O	E	S				M	O	E

P	A	P	A		S	A	N	G		P	R	I	M
A	L	U	M		A	R	E	A		R	O	M	A
S	P	R	I	N	G	F	E	S	T	I	V	A	L
T	O	R	S	O					A	G	E	N	T
				S	C	R	I	P	T
	R	O	S	H	H	A	S	H	A	N	A	H
R	E	N	O		A	F	A	R		O	B	E	Y
E	T	A	L		M	A	Y	A		W	O	R	E
G	A	L	L		P	E	N	S		R	U	B	S
I	K	E	A		S	L	O	E		U	T	E	S
M	E	R	L	E					A	Z	U	R	E
E	S	T		C	E	A	S	E	D		S	T	S
			S	O	N	G	K	R	A	N
B	E	A	K		T	I	E	R		E	V	E	N
T	A	X	I		E	L	I	E		R	I	L	E
S	T	E	P		R	E	N	D		D	E	F	T

A	W	E	D		R	I	C	C	I		L	I	D	S
M	A	Y	O		A	P	R	O	N		A	C	R	E
P	R	E	S	S	P	O	U	N	D		B	I	E	L
	P	L	I	E			I	S	I	T	R	E	A	L
		I	D	T	A	G	S		A	W	A	R	D	S
N	A	N	O		S	H	E		N	E	D
A	C	E		S	T	A	R	S		E	O	N	S
H	A	R	D	W	O	N		A	Y	N	R	A	N	D
	I	S	E	E		A	T	L	A	S		K	O	I
			P	A	T		U	M	P		V	E	T	S
D	E	V	I	T	O		R	A	S	P	E	D
E	R	I	C	Y	U	A	N			A	L	L	Y
V	O	L	T		C	U	R	R	E	N	C	I	E	S
I	D	L	E		A	T	E	U	P		R	E	A	P
L	E	A	D		N	O	D	E	S		O	S	H	A

I	M	A	C		S	E	L	L	S		N	O	V	A
B	O	C	A		P	L	E	A	T		A	R	I	D
M	A	N	D	A	R	I	N	O	R	A	N	G	E	S
	T	E	R	R	I				A	M	A	S	S
			E	G	G	W	H	I	T	E	S
M	E	H		U	S	H	E	R	I	N		B	O	P
E	R	A	S	E		I	L	K		D	E	E	R	E
D	I	S	K	S		L	E	I		S	M	E	A	R
A	C	H	Y		D	E	N	N	Y		O	T	T	O
L	A	B		V	I	S	A	G	E	S		G	E	T
		R	E	A	D				S	P	A	R
S	P	O	R	C	L	E		P	L	A	C	E	B	O
H	E	W	N		A	D	O	R	E		H	E	I	R
U	R	N	S		P	I	L	O	T		O	N	E	S
T	E	S	T		S	T	E	M	S		O	S	L	O

D	O	G		O	A	K				C	H	I	E	F
E	R	R		P	I	N	A		A	G	E	N	D	A
A	C	I	D	T	R	I	P		W	I	I	F	I	T
N	A	M	E		S	T	E	A	M		S	I	T	E
			R	A	P	S		C	A	S	T	E
I	N	C	I	T	E		R	E	N	O		L	C	D
P	O	O	D	L	E	C	U	T		D	R	D	R	E
A	D	U	E		D	E	N	I	M		A	H	A	T
S	E	N	D	S		L	O	C	A	L	D	I	V	E
S	S	T		M	A	I	N		L	O	I	T	E	R
		Y	O	U	I	N		P	A	P	A
P	U	S	H		D	E	F	E	R		N	U	N	S
S	L	E	A	Z	E		T	A	K	E	T	H	A	T
S	T	A	R	E	S		C	R	E	W		O	N	E
T	A	T	E	R				L	Y	E		H	A	M

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80 puzzles by Zhouqin Burnikel with Constructor comments

80 puzzles by Zhouqin Burnikel
with Constructor comments

M	W	A	H		I	P	A	D			R	B	I	S
P	I	N	O	T	N	O	I	R		B	O	O	T	H
H	I	D	E	Y	H	O	L	E		L	A	N	A	I
			S	P	A	R		A	S	A	R	U	L	E
B	I	O		E	N	I	G	M	A	S		S	I	R
U	N	R	E	A	D		L	G	B	T	Q	I	A
S	I	G	N	S		H	E	I	R		U	S	N	A
E	T	A	T		C	I	A	R	A		A	S	H	E
D	I	N	E		H	T	M	L		B	L	U	E	S
	A	I	R	B	A	S	E		N	U	M	E	R	O
L	L	C		L	O	A	D	S	O	F		S	O	P
A	H	B	L	I	S	S		P	D	F	S
T	E	E	U	P		N	O	I	S	E	L	A	W	S
C	R	E	S	S		A	U	N	A	T	U	R	E	L
H	E	F	T			G	I	S	T		G	E	N	Y

A	T	M	F	E	E				O	K	I	S	E	E
R	E	C	A	L	L	S		S	H	E	P	A	R	D
Y	E	A	R	O	F	T	H	E	D	R	A	G	O	N
A	N	T		T	H	E	A	T	E	R		A	S	A
			T	E	A	R	S	T	A	I	N
W	O	R	E		T	E	N	O	R		A	B	C	S
A	R	E	A	S		O	T	S		L	I	L	A	C
R	A	C	K	E	D				G	E	L	A	T	O
S	N	L		M	E	G	A	C	O	N		C	D	T
A	G	E		I	S	E	C	O	N	D		K	A	T
W	E	A	N		I	N	A	N	E		P	H	D	S
		G	O	N	G	X	I	F	A	C	A	I
T	A	U	R	I	N	E		E	W	A	L	L	E	T
S	N	E	A	K	E	R		R	O	T	E	L	L	E
K	O	S	H	E	R				L	E	S	S	O	N

T	Y	K	E	S		E	L	I	E			P	D	F
B	U	N	G	E	E	J	U	M	P		F	R	E	E
S	M	O	G	A	L	E	R	T	S		L	I	M	A
P	A	W		W	A	C	K	O		F	A	V	O	R
			F	E	T	T		B	U	R	I	A	L	S
A	S	H	L	E	E		E	L	N	O	R	T	E
B	O	O	E	D		T	R	A	I	N		E	S	C
C	U	R	E	S		H	E	M		T	H	E	S	E
S	R	S		A	L	I	C	E		R	A	Y	O	N
	G	E	T	L	O	S	T		F	O	M	E	N	T
P	R	O	R	A	T	E		M	O	W	S
R	A	P	I	D		N	E	A	R	S		R	O	B
O	P	E	C		A	D	V	I	C	E	G	U	R	U
M	E	R	E		G	U	I	N	E	A	P	I	G	S
S	S	A			E	P	E	E		T	A	N	S	Y

I	R	S			B	L	O	O	P		A	G	A	R
T	O	T	S		F	O	N	D	A		T	Y	P	O
W	O	R	L	D	F	O	O	D	S	U	M	M	I	T
A	T	E	A	M	S			E	S	P		B	E	T
S	L	U	M	S		L	O	S	E	S	F	A	C	E
M	E	S	S		D	O	N	T			A	G	E	D
E	S	E		S	O	R	E		I	F	S
	S	L	I	P	P	E	R	Y	S	L	O	P	E
			D	Y	E		O	I	L	Y		E	T	A
E	R	I	E			D	U	P	E		P	E	C	S
N	A	V	A	L	B	A	S	E		T	A	K	E	S
A	M	P		A	L	T			I	M	L	A	T	E
M	O	U	N	T	A	I	N	C	L	I	M	B	E	R
O	N	M	E		S	N	A	R	K		S	O	R	T
R	E	P	O		E	G	G	O	S			O	A	S

C	A	B	I	N		P	A	N	S			B	U	M
U	S	I	N	G		F	L	O	P		R	O	P	E
B	A	L	L	O	F	F	I	R	E		E	N	D	S
I	D	L	E		I	T	S	M	E		C	E	O	S
C	A	S	A	B	A		T	A	C	T	I	C
			F	E	S	T			H	I	P	H	O	P
C	D	S		A	C	I	D	S		G	E	I	C	O
H	I	T		G	O	F	E	T	C	H		N	H	L
A	R	I	A	L		F	A	U	L	T		A	O	L
D	E	C	R	E	E			N	O	E	L
		K	I	S	M	E	T		S	N	A	F	U	S
B	A	T	S		O	L	I	V	E		B	O	N	A
A	L	O	E		P	A	P	E	R	T	R	A	I	L
I	B	I	S		O	T	I	S		S	A	L	T	S
T	A	T			P	E	N	T		A	T	S	E	A

O	W	L				S	T	R	I	P		T	O	S	S
T	H	A	I		G	U	I	A	N	A		A	C	T	I
S	U	B	W	A	Y	S	A	N	D	W	I	C	H	E	S
	P	S	A	L	M	S			I	N	D	O	O	R	S
			S	O	N		S	W	E	E	T		A	N	Y
M	E	T	R	O	A	R	E	A		D	A	D
Y	U	R	I		S	O	L	I	D		G	O	T	T	A
T	R	I	G		T	O	E	T	A	P		G	A	R	Y
H	O	O	H	A		S	C	O	U	R		G	L	E	E
			T	U	B		T	U	B	E	S	O	C	K	S
A	S	A		G	U	E	S	T		L	E	N
M	A	N	D	E	L	A			E	U	R	E	K	A
U	N	D	E	R	G	R	O	U	N	D	F	I	L	M	S
S	T	E	W		E	T	R	A	D	E		T	U	M	S
E	A	S	Y		S	H	O	E	S				M	O	E

P	A	P	A		S	A	N	G		P	R	I	M
A	L	U	M		A	R	E	A		R	O	M	A
S	P	R	I	N	G	F	E	S	T	I	V	A	L
T	O	R	S	O					A	G	E	N	T
				S	C	R	I	P	T
	R	O	S	H	H	A	S	H	A	N	A	H
R	E	N	O		A	F	A	R		O	B	E	Y
E	T	A	L		M	A	Y	A		W	O	R	E
G	A	L	L		P	E	N	S		R	U	B	S
I	K	E	A		S	L	O	E		U	T	E	S
M	E	R	L	E					A	Z	U	R	E
E	S	T		C	E	A	S	E	D		S	T	S
			S	O	N	G	K	R	A	N
B	E	A	K		T	I	E	R		E	V	E	N
T	A	X	I		E	L	I	E		R	I	L	E
S	T	E	P		R	E	N	D		D	E	F	T

A	W	E	D		R	I	C	C	I		L	I	D	S
M	A	Y	O		A	P	R	O	N		A	C	R	E
P	R	E	S	S	P	O	U	N	D		B	I	E	L
	P	L	I	E			I	S	I	T	R	E	A	L
		I	D	T	A	G	S		A	W	A	R	D	S
N	A	N	O		S	H	E		N	E	D
A	C	E		S	T	A	R	S		E	O	N	S
H	A	R	D	W	O	N		A	Y	N	R	A	N	D
	I	S	E	E		A	T	L	A	S		K	O	I
			P	A	T		U	M	P		V	E	T	S
D	E	V	I	T	O		R	A	S	P	E	D
E	R	I	C	Y	U	A	N			A	L	L	Y
V	O	L	T		C	U	R	R	E	N	C	I	E	S
I	D	L	E		A	T	E	U	P		R	E	A	P
L	E	A	D		N	O	D	E	S		O	S	H	A

I	M	A	C		S	E	L	L	S		N	O	V	A
B	O	C	A		P	L	E	A	T		A	R	I	D
M	A	N	D	A	R	I	N	O	R	A	N	G	E	S
	T	E	R	R	I				A	M	A	S	S
			E	G	G	W	H	I	T	E	S
M	E	H		U	S	H	E	R	I	N		B	O	P
E	R	A	S	E		I	L	K		D	E	E	R	E
D	I	S	K	S		L	E	I		S	M	E	A	R
A	C	H	Y		D	E	N	N	Y		O	T	T	O
L	A	B		V	I	S	A	G	E	S		G	E	T
		R	E	A	D				S	P	A	R
S	P	O	R	C	L	E		P	L	A	C	E	B	O
H	E	W	N		A	D	O	R	E		H	E	I	R
U	R	N	S		P	I	L	O	T		O	N	E	S
T	E	S	T		S	T	E	M	S		O	S	L	O

D	O	G		O	A	K				C	H	I	E	F
E	R	R		P	I	N	A		A	G	E	N	D	A
A	C	I	D	T	R	I	P		W	I	I	F	I	T
N	A	M	E		S	T	E	A	M		S	I	T	E
			R	A	P	S		C	A	S	T	E
I	N	C	I	T	E		R	E	N	O		L	C	D
P	O	O	D	L	E	C	U	T		D	R	D	R	E
A	D	U	E		D	E	N	I	M		A	H	A	T
S	E	N	D	S		L	O	C	A	L	D	I	V	E
S	S	T		M	A	I	N		L	O	I	T	E	R
		Y	O	U	I	N		P	A	P	A
P	U	S	H		D	E	F	E	R		N	U	N	S
S	L	E	A	Z	E		T	A	K	E	T	H	A	T
S	T	A	R	E	S		C	R	E	W		O	N	E
T	A	T	E	R				L	Y	E		H	A	M