Stephan Prock author page
3 puzzles by Stephan Prock
with Jim Horne comments
See the 8 answer words debuted by Stephan Prock.
| E | V | A | A | R | T | E | L | B | O | W | S | |||
| L | I | L | W | E | R | E | R | O | O | K | I | E | ||
| U | N | L | A | W | F | U | L | R | E | P | A | S | T | |
| D | E | A | D | I | C | E | S | A | W | Y | E | S | ||
| E | S | T | A | R | E | V | E | N | E | D | ||||
| I | M | A | C | A | D | D | I | P | A | S | ||||
| M | E | N | S | C | H | T | A | B | M | I | R | E | ||
| E | G | G | K | I | M | O | N | O | S | Z | I | T | ||
| S | O | L | O | C | A | R | Y | O | W | Z | A | H | ||
| S | T | E | W | K | I | M | S | A | R | A | ||||
| N | O | C | L | U | E | R | A | J | A | S | ||||
| R | P | M | B | O | S | S | E | D | T | O | T | E | ||
| E | L | I | X | I | R | I | N | A | W | H | I | L | E | |
| D | E | L | E | T | E | C | I | T | E | N | A | Y | ||
| O | D | E | S | S | A | E | A | T | T | S | A |
The elevator music goes up and down.
| S | K | A | S | I | N | C | E | A | B | A | S | H | ||
| P | A | L | O | P | E | R | A | D | A | R | L | A | ||
| A | L | B | I | N | O | R | A | T | O | R | I | O | N | |
| N | E | A | T | O | F | I | S | T | I | A | M | S | ||
| S | N | A | F | U | G | U | E | S | S | S | O | |||
| N | A | I | L | A | R | T | P | E | A | T | ||||
| O | L | A | Y | S | A | G | T | A | P | A | S | |||
| P | A | N | B | A | R | O | Q | U | E | A | C | H | ||
| E | D | S | E | L | D | E | N | U | P | T | O | |||
| A | T | M | S | D | I | S | B | A | N | D | ||||
| P | E | R | S | O | N | A | T | A | E | B | O | |||
| S | A | R | A | P | O | P | S | F | R | E | R | E | ||
| L | U | R | C | H | O | R | A | L | E | X | A | M | S | |
| A | L | O | H | A | Z | O | N | E | S | R | A | P | ||
| W | I | R | E | D | E | N | D | I | T | S | L | Y |
The circled baroque musical forms ORATORIO, FUGUE, SONATA, and CHORALE are all baroquen-up by black squares.
| C | E | D | A | R | S | A | A | B | C | C | C | P | ||
| I | L | O | S | E | A | G | R | A | O | R | A | L | ||
| T | O | O | K | N | O | T | I | C | E | M | A | R | A | |
| R | I | M | S | P | A | L | H | E | N | R | Y | |||
| U | S | E | N | I | N | E | T | I | E | S | K | I | D | |
| S | E | R | T | A | I | N | N | S | A | O | ||||
| A | N | I | M | A | L | S | H | I | G | H | ||||
| C | A | R | A | M | E | L | D | E | L | I | T | E | ||
| M | O | S | S | P | L | E | A | T | E | D | ||||
| A | R | T | G | E | O | N | E | R | D | S | ||||
| C | R | E | E | P | I | N | G | O | U | T | O | O | H | |
| H | O | R | A | S | I | R | S | O | N | C | E | |||
| O | D | O | R | C | A | R | B | O | N | D | A | T | E | |
| N | E | I | L | U | G | L | I | T | A | L | O | N | ||
| E | D | D | Y | B | E | S | T | H | Y | D | R | A |
Clever theme. The + in the theme clues means there needs to be a word meaning plus (tie together) added in the shaded squares to match the clues.
Jeff Chen hits a significant milestone with this puzzle. It's his 117th NYT collaboration crossword, moving past the previous record holder Nancy Salomon.
Ms. Salomon was famous for mentoring a huge number of new constructors, including recently retired Wordplay writer and NYT Crossword "It Girl," Deb Amlen. Mr. Chen has mentored even more, collaborating now with 68 different constructors, including yours truly.