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| O | L | I | V | E | T | R | E | E | M | O | L | A | R | |
| T | I | L | T | E | D | A | R | C | H | I | P | P | O | |
| U | S | E | R | S | C | A | P | O | H | E | X | |||
| P | E | D | I | P | I | E | T | A | M | A | R | Y | ||
| P | E | O | P | L | E | S | E | L | B | O | W | |||
| M | I | C | A | N | O | S | S | A | L | I | V | A | ||
| A | G | O | U | T | I | S | R | I | V | E | T | E | R | |
| Y | U | P | P | I | E | L | A | T | E | S | R | S | ||
| B | E | Y | O | N | D | P | A | R | O | D | Y | |||
| E | S | P | N | U | R | B | A | N | E | S | T | D | ||
| P | S | A | E | P | I | C | F | L | I | E | R | |||
| I | N | S | T | A | M | O | M | F | R | I | E | N | D | |
| L | O | T | U | S | P | A | I | D | A | C | T | O | R | |
| E | T | E | X | T | S | T | A | R | T | H | E | R | E |
| S | P | L | A | T | T | E | R | S | P | I | N | A | W | E | B | |||||
| T | E | S | T | R | I | D | E | S | E | P | I | C | D | R | A | M | A | |||
| A | T | A | M | I | N | I | M | U | M | S | T | A | T | E | A | I | D | E | D | |
| G | E | T | S | S | C | A | R | E | T | A | C | T | I | C | D | E | E | D | ||
| E | R | S | P | O | T | T | E | R | Y | W | H | E | E | L | S | S | T | Y | ||
| F | A | L | S | E | I | M | P | R | E | S | S | I | O | N | ||||||
| C | U | R | D | S | A | E | E | D | M | I | F | F | ||||||||
| M | O | S | A | I | C | S | N | O | D | B | O | B | S | L | E | D | ||||
| A | R | M | S | D | E | A | L | S | M | O | V | I | E | R | E | E | L | |||
| P | R | A | Y | E | R | M | A | T | S | P | I | N | E | N | E | E | D | L | E | |
| H | O | N | E | S | U | N | R | I | P | E | N | I | N | G | F | L | A | P | ||
| I | B | E | A | M | S | T | O | N | E | A | X | E | S | B | E | O | N | E | ||
| D | O | C | T | O | R | S | K | E | E | T | E | R | L | A | R | T | E | R | ||
| T | I | E | R | E | D | E | S | P | Y | S | C | U | T | E | S | Y | ||||
| R | E | F | E | R | B | U | T | T | E | |||||||||||
| P | S | A | S | I | L | I | C | O | N | V | A | L | L | E | Y | L | O | L | ||
| R | U | S | T | T | E | C | H | N | O | C | R | A | T | S | N | A | N | A | ||
| E | N | T | E | R | T | H | A | T | S | R | I | C | H | H | O | O | E | Y | ||
| F | O | R | T | E | P | I | A | N | O | S | A | K | E | B | O | T | T | L | E | |
| E | C | O | R | E | S | O | R | T | S | O | R | E | L | O | S | E | R | |||
| R | O | S | A | M | U | N | D | P | O | N | Y | K | E | G | S |
| S | O | D | A | A | D | A | M | J | A | W | S | |||
| T | R | E | X | B | O | R | E | D | I | R | A | Q | ||
| A | C | C | E | S | S | C | O | D | E | M | E | N | U | |
| N | A | O | M | I | S | M | A | L | L | A | D | A | ||
| A | R | T | A | L | L | E | Y | C | A | T | ||||
| C | R | A | N | I | U | M | S | A | U | L | ||||
| L | O | L | B | A | I | L | S | M | O | R | E | |||
| A | M | B | U | L | A | N | C | E | C | H | A | S | E | R |
| M | A | U | V | E | Y | E | A | H | E | L | I | |||
| M | E | A | L | H | A | I | R | D | Y | E | ||||
| A | L | C | A | P | O | N | E | I | M | O | ||||
| L | E | O | S | C | O | L | D | A | L | L | O | T | ||
| L | A | V | A | A | L | A | R | M | C | L | O | C | K | |
| A | V | E | C | L | A | T | E | R | E | C | H | O | ||
| H | E | R | S | N | E | W | S | R | O | O | S |
Andrea: Kevin and I were toying around with a nice little initials puzzle idea. I liked that AC is referred to by both its initials as well as the full noun. Plus it's a nod to my name (Andrea Carla) and Kevin loves AC/DC. See our collaboration from Jan 9, 2023.
I wanted to work with Kevin because with his grid mastery he could elevate a simple idea into 6 themers (on a Monday!) including effortlessly getting in two long downs, PLUS a reveal. Not bad!
f only the NYT had run this puzzle in the middle of a summer heatwave!