See the 4 answer words debuted by Evan Park.
| I | N | C | A | S | A | H | A | B | J | O | C | K | S | O | S | |||||
| T | E | M | P | E | H | C | E | N | A | E | U | R | O | S | Y | N | C | |||
| S | W | I | T | Z | E | R | L | A | N | D | T | R | E | A | S | U | R | E | R | |
| S | A | N | S | P | A | S | T | U | R | E | S | A | L | I | B | A | B | A | ||
| A | G | O | T | A | J | M | A | R | K | S | M | A | N | S | H | I | P | |||
| D | E | R | B | Y | A | T | F | P | R | I | U | S | G | I | S | T | S | |||
| A | R | C | H | E | R | Y | S | S | N | P | E | D | ||||||||
| M | U | R | A | L | S | U | E | R | O | A | R | E | D | |||||||
| U | N | C | U | P | L | I | T | S | T | A | R | R | S | E | A | S | ||||
| D | E | A | D | B | E | A | T | V | I | A | A | C | H | C | N | N | ||||
| S | P | A | R | R | O | W | F | R | I | S | K | T | H | E | B | I | G | A | ||
| A | I | R | E | W | E | U | A | E | E | Y | E | E | X | A | M | S | ||||
| W | E | T | S | N | E | L | L | Y | P | A | E | S | E | G | U | T | ||||
| H | E | R | E | S | Y | A | B | E | S | I | S | S | Y | |||||||
| N | O | R | I | A | M | R | O | S | S | I | N | I | ||||||||
| S | C | A | T | S | E | N | D | E | D | W | H | O | H | T | T | P | S | |||
| S | H | O | O | T | I | N | G | S | T | A | R | L | S | D | R | A | W | |||
| H | A | R | V | E | S | T | P | A | R | A | S | I | T | E | C | U | R | E | ||
| A | F | T | E | R | L | I | F | E | W | I | L | L | I | A | M | T | E | L | L | |
| P | E | A | R | A | R | E | A | I | M | O | K | M | O | R | T | A | L | |||
| E | D | S | M | E | E | K | N | I | T | S | P | L | O | Y | S |
Jeffrey Martinovic and Evan Park are fellow students at Western University in London, Ontario. They became friends over cards (bridge, the Korean game Mighty) and intramural sports (ultimate Frisbee, water polo, softball, and others).
This puzzle started when Evan observed that the two shaded words in the grid could intersect. Together, they brainstormed theme answers related to that crossing, then filled the grid and composed clues over a month of video calls.
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| T | R | O | L | L | S | H | I | N | O | T | I | S | ||
| R | E | S | E | A | H | A | D | A | B | L | A | S | T | |
| I | T | T | S | C | A | R | P | E | E | R | S | |||
| A | S | S | I | S | T | F | B | I | L | A | B | |||
| D | A | R | N | I | N | T | R | U | D | E | ||||
| O | H | M | E | L | E | A | K | S | Y | R | I | A | ||
| L | E | A | S | T | I | S | I | T | S | E | T | |||
| A | R | K | I | N | L | I | N | E | A | T | M | S | ||
| F | R | E | S | N | O | A | I | R | E | D | ||||
| I | T | E | M | S | S | N | A | K | E | S | ||||
| S | T | R | A | I | N | B | E | D | S | L | A | T | ||
| S | U | P | E | R | N | O | V | A | S | T | A | G | E | |
| P | L | O | P | E | R | A | S | I | R | U | L | E | ||
| Y | U | P | E | T | C | H | T | A | S | E | R |