Jill Rafaloff author page
3 puzzles by Jill Rafaloff
with Editor comments
See the 13 answer words debuted by Jill Rafaloff.
| A | B | A | T | E | C | A | N | V | A | S | A | C | I | D | I | C | ||||
| L | O | C | A | T | E | A | T | B | E | S | T | F | O | R | E | M | E | N | ||
| P | R | E | T | A | X | D | E | A | T | H | O | N | T | H | E | N | I | L | E | |
| H | A | L | T | T | I | E | B | A | A | E | D | I | T | E | D | |||||
| A | T | A | L | E | O | F | T | W | O | C | I | T | I | E | S | M | A | B | ||
| I | L | L | S | A | N | O | N | F | R | I | T | R | A | |||||||
| F | A | N | S | P | I | E | S | D | O | A | I | A | N | |||||||
| D | A | N | G | E | R | O | U | S | L | I | A | I | S | O | N | S | O | T | T | |
| R | I | G | A | P | P | T | R | B | I | S | S | I | N | E | S | |||||
| A | T | L | A | N | T | A | M | O | E | T | O | I | L | |||||||
| W | H | E | R | E | T | H | E | W | I | L | D | T | H | I | N | G | S | A | R | E |
| L | A | Y | L | I | C | K | R | E | N | A | M | E | D | |||||||
| D | E | C | O | R | P | L | I | E | M | O | O | N | I | I | I | |||||
| A | D | O | T | H | E | A | G | E | O | F | I | N | N | O | C | E | N | C | E | |
| M | M | M | O | A | R | M | E | M | O | A | L | O | E | |||||||
| P | C | P | T | C | M | I | N | R | I | E | A | R | S | |||||||
| M | A | R | T | H | E | P | R | I | N | C | E | O | F | T | I | D | E | S | ||
| C | A | R | E | E | R | A | L | I | P | S | I | N | O | N | O | |||||
| T | H | E | G | R | E | A | T | E | S | C | A | P | E | R | H | O | N | D | A | |
| R | O | T | A | T | E | D | B | E | A | N | I | E | E | A | R | N | E | R | ||
| N | O | L | E | S | S | E | S | T | O | P | S | H | E | E | D | S |
Jill Rafaloff, of Forest Hills, Queens, and Michelle Sontarp, of Manhattan, are friends who met more than 30 years ago when they happened to join the same law firm at the same time. This is their third crossword collaboration for The Times.
Their starting point was the clue and answer at 31-Across. They brainstormed from there … and laughed a lot as they went.
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| H | A | Z | E | F | L | E | A | O | D | E | O | N | ||
| E | R | A | S | K | I | T | T | E | N | H | E | E | L | |
| A | L | T | O | G | A | R | D | E | N | |||||
| J | O | E | Y | F | A | T | O | N | E | S | A | L | E | |
| A | K | A | F | D | A | D | I | G | I | T | ||||
| Y | E | S | D | E | M | O | B | E | V | E | L | S | ||
| P | U | P | P | Y | L | O | V | E | ||||||
| A | L | C | O | T | T | S | O | S | A | R | I | O | ||
| L | O | O | P | Y | A | O | L | E | N | D | ||||
| A | T | M | S | C | A | L | F | M | U | S | C | L | E | |
| P | I | R | A | T | E | E | T | U | I | |||||
| C | H | I | C | K | F | L | I | C | K | U | S | M | A | |
| H | E | L | L | O | A | C | N | E | B | A | B | Y | ||
| E | P | E | E | S | S | A | N | G | S | L | O | E |
| R | O | P | E | R | A | R | A | S | A | L | O | N | B | O | A | R | D | |||
| U | N | O | S | I | B | A | R | P | L | A | N | E | E | R | N | I | E | |||
| H | T | T | P | G | I | V | E | P | E | A | C | E | A | C | H | A | N | C | E | |
| R | A | T | M | A | T | I | N | E | E | S | T | O | E | L | O | O | P | |||
| O | P | E | N | I | T | N | A | R | C | P | E | W | S | |||||||
| H | E | R | E | C | O | M | E | S | T | H | E | S | U | N | T | O | R | S | O | |
| X | E | N | A | M | A | S | F | E | U | D | ||||||||||
| P | A | R | T | I | N | T | L | L | I | G | H | T | M | Y | F | I | R | E | ||
| S | L | O | T | S | I | S | O | L | A | T | E | R | I | V | E | T | E | R | ||
| S | T | O | O | P | S | A | V | O | N | J | A | D | O | R | E | |||||
| T | O | T | O | H | P | R | E | T | T | Y | W | O | M | A | N | R | I | D | ||
| C | A | N | O | E | S | E | R | A | S | S | N | E | A | K | Y | |||||
| S | T | A | G | G | E | R | P | A | R | S | N | I | P | E | S | T | E | E | ||
| Y | O | U | R | E | S | O | V | A | I | N | D | E | L | A | T | E | A | S | ||
| N | O | S | E | S | I | N | U | R | S | A | ||||||||||
| C | L | E | E | F | D | O | N | T | B | R | I | N | G | M | E | D | O | W | N | |
| A | S | A | P | O | O | N | A | B | M | O | V | I | E | |||||||
| A | L | B | U | M | E | N | I | M | A | C | P | R | O | S | E | C | G | |||
| M | O | R | N | I | N | G | H | A | S | B | R | O | K | E | N | O | R | C | A | |
| E | M | A | I | L | L | A | D | L | E | D | I | N | E | F | L | A | T | |||
| N | A | S | T | Y | E | L | D | E | R | E | N | D | S | T | Y | N | E |
Jill Rafaloff, of Forest Hills, Queens, and Michelle Sontarp, of Manhattan, met when they joined the same law firm directly out of law school more than 30 years ago. They've been friends ever since.
Jill has been solving crosswords since college, Michelle for six years or so. The two began constructing during the pandemic. This is their New York Times debut. The inspiration for the puzzle was 34-Across.