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9 puzzles by Sophia Maymudes
with Editor comments

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Sophia Maymudes
Puzzles constructed by Sophia Maymudes by year
POW Fri 2/24/2023
ALIBIBYAIR
PIECESGRUDGE
NOMAKEUPMAKEUP
MOPEDTRESSLAP
ERSEALECTINE
NUTSNEAKERHEAD
USABLEMANOR
SHROOMSTACOBAR
STIEGCHEAPO
MATCHALATTELOB
ERRSEYESALLY
ZEELICITETHAN
CONTENTCREATOR
ALDEANOILRIG
LAYERNSYNC
Fri 6/24/2022
ACTSINCASOFT
FREAKNOODLEBAR
TIARAPROVOLONE
TRANSAMIVLINE
STINGERALESIS
PENANTESRATE
ARTUROSHISH
SORORITYSQUAT
GOAPEHUMVEE
SEEPSEPTAIDE
APUOVOCARTALK
BIGSURBURRATA
AREACODESELISE
TINYHOUSELLOSA
ETESMOORSNOT
Fri 7/16/2021
FRAMEUPSPRIMP
AEROSMITHDECAL
CLEOPATRAACELA
TINNYFORSADLY
INDYYALTAPART
SETBULLETSNAE
PULLSREACTS
ZIPTIESHOLIEST
ONEALLPAPER
OFTTOTINOSTDS
MOPSGRADSOHIO
BREADANYAURAL
OMEGAMOMFRIEND
MAVENPLAINJANE
BLESSANTEATER
Sat 6/19/2021
TRASHTALKSAMSA
RIDEORDIEILIED
ICEDLATTETONER
XANADUPASTIME
NOMESHOSSN
MICPAPAANGELA
AWARECARSOREL
RANONORALUIGI
INNSATOMATEIN
ONEARMNEWSSTE
PADIMSNOEL
ALCOPOPORATES
ROOTSADULTSITE
TORTASAVEASEAT
YKNOWMEANGIRLS
Thu 6/3/2021
ADSACACABBOT
NANLOBECOSAVY
OTOMANSLITEBER
DEREJADEDTERA
ESENELOSSES
TAPOUTPINTA
AYCARAMBASNARF
REALLYLSDGAL
GAPALEOAXACA
USEMEIDIOMATIC
STRAYCOMMON
RESEWSSALAM
ATICONNOWDOGO
ARAIGNSREFUGES
REMERGERNAINS
PESUSDYTDATY
Fri 4/2/2021
ANIMALFARMBAKU
BONGJOONHOARES
IVEMOVEDONLOAM
TACBESOILANA
SEWSRUNNERUP
TITLEARNETT
ATALLSARAHBUS
RESELLSELEMENT
AMYDAUBSHORDE
FORMATELIOT
DEBUNKEDBIEN
ELATEIDIGGPA
GENZLEDERHOSEN
ACTESWEETTREAT
STUDDEATHSTARE
Sun 2/23/2020 RESOLVED
DESPAIRDRJSEPTORME
ENCARTAYOOTRIONEIL
EGOTRIPSKYRINGCYCLE
REPRESSYOURLUCKHMONG
LEIAHENIOCISEVEY
ORIELSDAKSEALE
EMITRELATETOTHEPARTY
VIDASTALKHUHDOUGIE
EXACTSTAINTEALRILE
TOPITEMUNITARDS
AIRRESENTPACKINGLAH
THELORAXSARAGIS
PACEFLEDLIMOSFELIX
AVENGECEOMERITCONE
RESTOCKSANDBONDSOWNS
SORTATYRAICAHN
IMPGOTHOYSTAEDAM
NOOSERETURNTHETABLES
SNOWSKIERUIESIDEONE
UGLIINLANNEARTSALE
MOSTRASPSOLROOTFOR

Sophia Maymudes is a senior at Carleton College in Minnesota, studying computer science and math. This is her third crossword for The Times. Her father, David Maymudes, is a senior staff software engineer for Google in Seattle. After years of being Sophia's test solver, he decided he wanted to construct, too.

They write: "We presume there have been other father/daughter co-constructors, but we were wondering if there have been any others where the daughter was the one who introduced the father to constructing." I can think of just one other father/daughter pair, from 1998. I believe this is the first one in which the daughter is the veteran puzzlemaker.

Sun 3/17/2019 THAT'S ANOTHER STORY
LISAFINKPOOPLEST
ECIGOLSONSHRUBOTTO
SELAMARLEYANDMEROEG
CEMENTALITOPERDUE
GONEGIRLTPSLIFEOFPI
ARTOOAASGOTOFFED
REEFSTITOALOUSTENO
PSSTSERIFNAPPYHESS
HBOSEMIDRYOWE
SCROLLGIMMESKIFFS
STOODOUTCOEOPENLATE
CANNYNIKENINEDIJON
ACMESGPANYCFEINT
RHESUSSPANDEXFASTER
YENREPOTHERFORARE
AFAREWELLTOARMS
GANGSTERRIMSHOTS
OBIEATRIABLAREAVIA
THEONCEANDFUTUREKING
HOTLYETDSFROSLUNGE
ERODENAYEREFREES

Sophia Maymudes is a junior at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., studying computer science and math. She's been making crosswords since high school. For this one, her first Sunday puzzle, she teamed up with fellow Seattle resident Jeff Chen, who writes a daily crossword blog, XWordInfo.com. They jointly brainstormed theme examples. Jeff laid out the grid. Sophia did the fill. They each wrote half the clues. Sophia says, "The entire puzzle took nearly a hundred emails back and forth to create."

Thu 12/6/2018
CTLECAPRAFATC
ARESAIREDALEC
LINTLOATHGASH
OATWILTDAINTY
GLORIFIESRNA
ADOIBMRBI
LITTERBOXESKIT
ALASNAFTAAIDE
ILKKITTYCORNER
DYENAEHOE
NEEDONTPANIC
SHOVELLOOSEMO
NOVAENDOWCHAP
OPENNOISEARMY
CERSSTEELMUSC
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