| Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
| 3 | 11/28/2022 | 1/10/2024 | 2 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Circle | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
| 1 | 1.54 | 11 | 18% |
Wed 1/10/2024
| M | I | C | S | | R | A | G | U | | O | H | S | A | Y |
| I | M | A | C | | U | R | A | L | | N | O | T | D | O |
| T | A | M | I | N | G | O | F | T | H | E | C | R | E | W |
| T | Y | P | E | O | | A | F | R | O | S | | I | L | L |
| | | N | O | G | R | E | A | T | C | A | K | E | S |
| S | I | C | K | O | | | | S | O | M | E | | |
| T | U | N | E | | B | O | N | E | | O | P | T | E | D |
| W | I | T | | G | I | F | T | C | O | P | | H | A | I |
| O | T | H | E | R | | T | H | O | R | | C | A | R | P |
| | A | L | A | I | | | | C | U | L | T | S | |
| G | E | T | S | I | N | T | O | C | A | P | E | | | |
| E | T | C | | N | O | O | N | E | | S | A | M | O | A |
| S | H | A | R | I | N | G | I | S | C | A | R | I | N | G |
| T | A | S | T | E | | A | C | A | I | | E | L | L | E |
| S | N | E | E | R | | S | E | R | A | | D | A | Y | S |
Mon 8/7/2023
| O | N | T | A | P | | M | O | M | A | | A | S | I | A |
| M | E | R | C | I | | E | R | I | C | | T | A | N | S |
| N | O | O | N | E | | M | A | S | C | | O | I | N | K |
| I | N | T | E | R | N | E | T | T | R | O | L | L | | |
| | | | R | O | S | E | | U | P | L | O | A | D |
| P | O | I | S | E | D | | | B | E | E | | R | N | A |
| A | C | M | E | | S | P | E | E | D | D | E | M | O | N |
| S | C | A | L | P | | A | Y | E | | S | T | O | I | C |
| S | U | G | A | R | F | I | E | N | D | | T | O | N | E |
| E | P | I | | I | L | L | | | A | G | E | N | T | S |
| D | Y | N | A | M | O | | B | O | D | Y | | | | |
| | E | N | E | R | G | Y | V | A | M | P | I | R | E |
| J | P | E | G | | E | Y | R | E | | R | A | D | A | R |
| A | I | R | S | | T | R | O | N | | A | R | E | N | A |
| W | E | S | T | | S | O | N | S | | T | E | S | T | S |
A theme that is Alissa's own,
Of vexing creatures, widely known.
Chloe is Alissa's niece,
And thus this is a family piece.
This puzzle is our very first,
We hope it doesn't prove our worst.
Another one may soon appear,
It's been accepted, so we hear.
We know the where but not the when,
It's in the New York Times again.
-Alissa Revness
Mon 11/28/2022
| S | O | M | E | | A | M | F | A | R | | B | A | L | D |
| I | C | O | N | | T | A | B | L | E | | O | D | O | R |
| G | H | O | S | T | C | H | I | L | I | | V | I | D | I |
| E | O | N | | H | A | I | F | A | | S | I | E | G | E |
| P | A | R | F | U | M | | I | N | G | E | N | U | E | S |
| | O | L | D | P | A | L | | O | N | E | | | |
| L | A | V | A | | | R | E | A | R | S | | W | H | O |
| S | H | E | B | A | N | G | | R | Y | E | S | E | E | D |
| D | A | R | | L | O | O | S | E | | | K | L | E | E |
| | | D | I | G | | T | A | S | S | E | L | | |
| A | U | R | E | V | O | I | R | | A | T | E | A | S | E |
| T | R | U | C | E | | F | I | O | N | A | | I | N | N |
| A | G | R | A | | H | O | P | P | I | N | G | M | A | D |
| R | E | A | D | | B | L | E | A | T | | R | E | P | O |
| I | D | L | E | | O | D | D | L | Y | | E | D | E | N |
I've been solving crosswords long and loudly enough that everyone in my life knows about it. In 2019, one of those friends, Pierre-Alexander Low, invited me to see a live crossword show starring Will Shortz and Joel Fagliano in San Francisco. Before the show, Pierre told me a group of Bay Area crossword constructors was having dinner around the corner. Did I want to crash it? (I did). The people I met there were universally friendly, funny, and wicked smart. I'd never thought about making crosswords before. But after that night, I knew I wanted to be part of this community.
Three years, one pandemic, and countless stops-and-starts later...here I am! This is my 3rd published puzzle and my first in the Times. To any other underrepresented folks interested in making crossword puzzles, check out Erik Agard's Crossword Puzzle Collaboration Directory group on Facebook. It's where I met two of my incredible crossword mentors, Ross Trudeau and Paolo Pasco (I met a third, the marvelous Andrea Carla Michaels, through Pierre that night in 2019!).
