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2 puzzles by Ben Zimmer
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Constructor (2)Editor (1)Jeff Chen (2)Jim Horne (1)Hide commentsSee the 10 answer words debuted by Ben Zimmer.
Collaborator: Brendan Emmett Quigley
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| H | A | R | S | H | A | C | T | A | ||||||
| P | U | S | S | Y | C | A | T | W | A | D | E | S | ||
| O | P | T | S | U | N | A | G | I | ||||||
| S | T | O | N | E | P | R | E | S | E | A | S | O | N | |
| I | W | O | M | E | A | G | A | I | N | N | C | O | ||
| T | O | P | S | E | C | R | E | T | T | R | A | C | I | |
| I | N | T | R | O | A | F | A | R | ||||||
| G | O | R | D | O | N | O | S | E | E | U | M | S | ||
| T | R | I | O | A | S | H | E | N | ||||||
| H | A | L | C | Y | O | N | M | I | D | D | L | E | C | |
| I | S | E | C | O | N | D | A | K | I | H | I | T | O | |
| S | P | R | O | U | T | S | N | O | N | S | T | O | P |
| S | O | C | K | O | A | G | O | G | B | A | S | S | S | T | O | L | I | |||
| A | B | O | I | L | D | E | A | R | U | S | M | A | T | O | K | E | N | |||
| H | O | U | N | D | S | H | A | K | E | D | I | E | M | A | L | I | E | N | ||
| L | E | N | S | H | E | R | N | E | D | F | L | O | U | N | D | E | R | S | ||
| T | H | E | I | R | H | A | R | I | T | A | B | L | A | |||||||
| A | A | M | I | L | N | E | E | D | G | E | D | N | I | E | L | S | E | N | ||
| S | H | I | P | M | E | N | Y | E | S | S | E | S | D | E | L | U | X | E | ||
| I | O | S | T | A | J | F | A | D | P | E | C | |||||||||
| S | Y | S | T | E | M | C | O | U | N | S | E | L | E | D | C | H | E | C | K | |
| A | N | O | M | E | N | T | O | R | R | E | A | I | R | S | ||||||
| S | M | U | D | G | E | T | E | L | U | N | A | R | M | S | ||||||
| S | T | E | R | E | O | S | I | S | T | E | R | L | L | B | ||||||
| M | O | U | S | E | M | A | R | K | E | T | I | N | G | T | O | O | F | A | R | |
| A | R | A | D | O | O | L | E | I | A | L | I | |||||||||
| Y | E | R | T | L | E | W | A | S | A | B | I | M | A | G | P | I | E | S | ||
| I | N | T | E | A | R | S | L | O | B | E | S | A | V | E | R | R | E | D | ||
| Q | U | I | T | E | L | I | N | T | M | E | D | O | C | |||||||
| T | R | O | U | N | C | E | S | T | A | T | E | E | A | R | P | O | S | T | ||
| R | A | B | I | D | E | T | O | N | F | U | Z | Z | Y | M | O | U | T | H | ||
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Ben Zimmer is the language columnist for The Wall Street Journal, a contributing writer for The Atlantic and a former language columnist for The New York Times. Brendan Emmett Quigley is a professional crossword constructor. They met some 12 years ago when Brendan began contributing crosswords to the Visual Thesaurus, where Ben was the executive editor.
The making of this puzzle — brainstorming the theme, filling the grid and writing the clues — was a full collaboration. Brendan has had many puzzles in The Times. This is Ben's debut.