See the 33 answer words debuted by Lance Enfinger.
Lance is a pharmacist who moved to Mint Hill, NC, so his family could be closer to nature, hiking, and adventure. He helps his amazing wife homeschool his three kids. The older kids will be learning crossword solving/constructing, so hopefully, it will be a race to see which of us will appear next!
| C | H | E | R | O | B | E | Y | A | S | P | S | |||
| D | R | A | M | A | C | O | M | E | O | N | M | A | N | |
| R | A | B | B | I | E | X | I | T | R | O | U | T | E | |
| I | S | L | A | N | D | A | I | R | C | I | T | E | S | |
| P | S | A | L | M | O | N | E | T | A | N | ||||
| M | A | A | S | L | Y | T | A | D | A | |||||
| S | H | R | E | K | S | T | O | P | S | L | A | B | ||
| Y | O | U | R | E | I | T | D | O | T | B | O | M | B | |
| N | A | B | R | H | O | D | E | A | E | T | N | A | ||
| E | X | E | S | O | W | E | A | Y | N | |||||
| P | E | P | P | O | P | C | H | A | R | T | ||||
| V | O | I | L | A | C | R | A | B | L | O | U | I | E | |
| O | S | C | A | R | B | A | I | T | O | G | D | E | N | |
| W | H | A | T | N | E | R | V | E | S | A | I | L | S | |
| S | A | N | S | T | E | E | S | E | N | T | S |
| W | I | T | H | D | O | L | T | S | C | U | B | A | M | A | S | H | ||||
| C | H | L | O | E | A | F | O | O | T | A | N | O | N | A | L | O | E | |||
| H | E | L | E | N | O | F | T | R | O | Y | N | I | N | J | A | S | T | A | R | |
| A | R | A | B | S | T | E | N | T | G | I | V | E | O | R | T | A | K | E | ||
| S | E | L | E | N | A | N | E | A | T | H | R | U | S | E | ||||||
| L | A | U | G | H | L | I | E | I | N | S | O | R | C | A | S | |||||
| B | L | O | N | D | E | O | N | B | L | O | N | D | E | I | N | C | O | D | E | |
| L | O | W | E | S | T | E | R | T | E | N | P | M | L | O | I | N | ||||
| T | R | I | M | S | S | W | I | F | T | D | E | E | P | F | A | K | E | S | ||
| S | I | T | U | M | A | D | E | I | R | A | R | E | I | S | S | U | E | |||
| M | A | I | L | O | R | D | E | R | B | R | I | D | E | S | ||||||
| P | I | T | B | O | S | S | E | N | C | L | O | S | E | E | P | E | E | |||
| I | N | A | L | L | C | A | P | S | T | O | U | C | H | A | S | A | D | A | ||
| T | E | T | E | U | S | A | I | D | E | C | I | G | S | R | E | V | ||||
| A | R | A | R | A | T | S | N | A | K | E | S | O | N | A | P | L | A | N | E | |
| S | T | R | A | T | A | S | K | M | O | M | G | R | E | E | D | |||||
| P | E | A | S | O | N | O | F | F | I | R | V | I | N | G | ||||||
| K | E | E | P | I | T | D | O | W | N | T | I | L | T | S | E | D | I | E | ||
| A | R | G | E | N | T | I | N | A | T | E | X | A | S | H | O | L | D | E | M | |
| L | I | A | R | I | D | I | G | E | R | I | K | A | L | U | L | L | S | |||
| E | N | D | S | C | I | T | E | A | S | T | E | R | A | P | E | S |
Lance Enfinger is a community pharmacist at a Publix pharmacy in Charlotte, N.C. John Kugelman, of Gainesville, Va., is a software engineer specializing in cybersecurity.
A year ago, Lance texted John: "Observation in search of a theme — [22-Across]." John liked it. Over the next 10 days they brainstormed hundreds more examples of wordplay like this before choosing their favorites for this puzzle. That's dedication and teamwork.
| L | I | F | E | B | A | R | I | M | P | A | L | A | P | O | S | T | I | T | ||
| O | L | E | S | T | R | A | S | A | I | L | O | N | I | P | H | O | N | E | ||
| C | L | A | S | S | I | C | A | L | C | L | O | W | N | M | I | A | S | M | A | |
| A | G | R | I | I | S | A | Y | S | O | B | L | E | D | S | O | E | ||||
| L | O | S | E | S | T | E | A | M | S | A | R | I | E | N | G | |||||
| C | A | S | H | I | N | T | O | P | I | C | A | L | D | O | G | |||||
| T | W | O | P | A | R | T | I | C | L | E | H | A | R | M | O | N | Y | |||
| H | I | K | E | R | S | M | Y | O | P | E | D | E | B | R | A | |||||
| E | L | B | A | C | A | V | E | R | S | I | R | S | L | E | W | |||||
| A | D | O | R | B | S | A | P | P | S | C | A | B | A | D | S | |||||
| F | O | L | L | I | C | L | E | S | O | N | O | N | E | S | F | A | C | E | ||
| V | I | M | T | A | U | C | O | R | A | P | A | R | K | A | S | |||||
| P | R | E | K | M | E | N | A | K | R | O | N | M | A | R | K | |||||
| S | E | R | I | F | I | N | B | E | D | S | P | O | R | T | Y | |||||
| W | E | R | E | N | A | U | T | I | C | A | L | W | O | R | T | H | Y | |||
| L | Y | R | I | C | A | L | J | E | T | C | A | G | E | I | N | |||||
| L | O | U | B | I | A | S | N | A | S | T | Y | G | R | A | M | |||||
| A | M | N | E | S | I | A | R | E | M | I | S | S | R | E | L | Y | ||||
| M | A | S | T | E | D | B | O | S | T | O | N | P | O | P | S | I | C | L | E | |
| A | M | O | R | A | L | I | N | V | A | D | E | R | O | O | S | T | E | R | ||
| S | A | N | E | L | Y | C | O | P | S | E | S | S | E | X | T | O | Y | S |
Lance Enfinger is a pharmacist from Mint Hill, N.C., near Charlotte. John Kugelman, of Gainesville, Va., is a software engineer specializing in cybersecurity.
Lance started constructing crosswords a few years ago in part to teach his children "the important lesson of taking on new challenges and growing through failure." As this is his third crossword published in The Times, Lance doesn't seem to be teaching failure very well!
| I | T | S | I | N | U | S | A | S | W | A | M | P | ||
| N | E | W | L | Y | P | H | I | T | H | R | E | E | ||
| B | E | E | K | E | E | P | E | R | Y | A | C | H | T | |
| O | N | E | S | G | E | L | A | L | T | |||||
| L | I | T | W | O | R | L | D | B | E | A | T | E | R | |
| D | E | P | A | R | T | R | E | S | T | O | R | E | ||
| O | L | E | B | R | A | T | R | O | S | A | ||||
| A | T | T | E | N | T | I | O | N | S | E | E | K | E | R |
| H | O | A | X | O | R | E | O | M | A | A | ||||
| A | R | T | T | E | S | T | S | I | T | S | K | I | ||
| S | T | O | R | M | C | H | A | S | E | R | H | I | T | |
| E | P | A | C | H | E | T | O | M | S | |||||
| B | A | M | B | I | Q | U | I | D | D | I | T | C | H | |
| F | L | I | E | R | B | R | R | I | D | A | H | O | ||
| F | L | A | K | E | S | A | T | G | E | T | I | T |
| C | U | R | E | A | L | L | S | I | S | P | O | S | E | |
| O | P | E | N | S | E | A | T | F | L | I | P | O | N | |
| S | T | A | Y | S | A | N | E | S | I | N | E | A | D | |
| M | O | M | A | D | A | M | S | D | O | R | K | S | ||
| O | P | S | F | B | I | W | H | I | T | E | ||||
| M | I | A | L | I | O | N | T | R | U | |||||
| I | S | T | I | L | L | D | O | N | T | G | E | T | I | T |
| T | H | R | E | E | L | E | G | G | E | D | R | A | C | E |
| C | O | U | N | T | O | N | E | S | L | O | S | S | E | S |
| H | O | E | M | O | O | S | C | O | T | |||||
| F | L | I | N | T | B | A | R | M | E | L | ||||
| C | R | A | I | G | E | E | L | S | M | E | N | U | ||
| H | E | L | L | N | O | G | U | I | D | E | D | O | G | |
| E | A | S | T | O | N | O | N | N | O | T | I | C | E | |
| F | R | E | S | N | O | S | T | O | M | A | C | H | S |