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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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answer words debuted by David W. Tuffs.
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David Tuffs
Sun 3/12/2023 This and That
R | E | P | E | L | | S | W | A | P | | | B | O | P | | J | A | B | A | T |
I | R | U | L | E | | P | O | C | O | | C | U | B | A | | O | L | L | I | E |
G | I | R | L | S | C | O | U | T | L | E | A | D | E | R | | S | T | O | R | E |
I | C | E | E | | M | I | N | I | | A | N | D | S | O | | H | O | O | F | |
D | A | B | | F | O | L | D | I | N | G | T | H | E | L | A | U | N | D | R | Y |
| | R | A | I | N | S | | | A | L | I | A | | E | R | A | | B | A | O |
| L | E | I | F | | | F | I | N | E | | | B | E | E | | B | A | N | D |
W | E | D | D | I | N | G | C | R | A | S | H | E | R | | A | T | O | N | C | E |
R | O | D | E | | O | R | C | A | S | | O | P | A | H | | U | R | K | E | L |
A | N | O | D | Y | N | E | | | | C | R | E | V | A | S | S | E | | | |
P | E | G | | H | E | A | V | E | N | O | N | E | A | R | T | H | | H | O | T |
| | | G | E | T | S | E | V | E | N | | | | P | A | Y | H | I | K | E |
C | O | C | O | A | | E | R | I | N | | A | S | S | E | T | | A | G | R | A |
A | B | H | O | R | S | | B | L | A | C | K | F | O | R | E | S | T | H | A | M |
B | A | R | N | | A | B | S | | | A | R | O | D | | | P | E | A | S | |
A | M | Y | | O | I | L | | P | E | S | O | | | I | B | A | R | S | | |
L | A | S | T | P | L | A | C | E | F | I | N | I | S | H | E | S | | A | L | I |
| C | L | O | T | | S | E | T | I | N | | N | E | E | R | | A | K | O | N |
T | R | E | K | S | | T | A | B | L | O | I | D | M | A | G | A | Z | I | N | E |
M | A | R | Y | I | | I | S | E | E | | M | U | I | R | | C | U | T | E | R |
I | T | S | O | N | | T | E | D | | | P | S | S | T | | A | L | E | R | T |
David Tuffs, of Pacific Grove, Calif., is a master's student in Linguistics at the University of California Santa Cruz. He's writing a thesis on negative verb forms in Mixtec, an Indigenous language in Mexico. To find potential theme answers for this puzzle, he used Java and a database of English phrases, then worked to get the most elegant examples. This is David's sixth puzzle, and second Sunday, for The Times.
Wed 11/9/2022
G | R | A | N | | S | K | I | M | S | | J | E | S | T |
O | O | P | S | | T | I | T | A | N | | E | X | P | O |
F | A | T | A | L | A | T | T | R | A | C | T | I | O | N |
A | D | E | | I | R | K | | | G | O | T | T | I | |
S | I | S | T | E | R | A | C | T | | M | A | P | L | E |
T | E | T | E | | | T | A | R | T | | | O | E | R |
| | | T | A | B | | R | E | Y | N | O | L | D | S |
| | T | O | T | A | L | R | E | C | A | L | L | | |
I | C | A | N | T | S | E | E | | O | B | I | | | |
A | L | P | | | S | A | R | A | | | V | A | M | P |
N | A | D | A | L | | D | A | R | E | D | E | V | I | L |
| V | A | N | E | S | | | E | T | E | | I | R | E |
S | I | N | G | I | N | I | N | T | H | E | R | A | I | N |
P | E | C | S | | I | D | A | H | O | | P | R | A | T |
F | R | E | T | | P | A | P | A | S | | M | Y | M | Y |
Thu 8/11/2022
B | L | O | C | | | A | S | A | P | | A | T | A | R | I |
M | A | T | T | | B | R | I | D | E | | M | E | L | O | N |
W | I | T | H | O | U | T | S | I | N | | B | A | I | L | S |
S | C | O | U | R | G | E | | E | N | L | I | S | T | E | E |
| | | L | A | B | | G | U | E | S | T | H | O | S | T |
M | A | T | H | L | E | T | E | | | D | I | O | | | |
O | A | H | U | | A | R | T | O | O | | O | P | A | L | |
T | H | E | | B | R | E | A | D | P | A | N | | D | I | E |
| S | O | L | I | | S | T | O | I | C | | B | E | R | T |
| | | E | G | O | | | W | E | T | N | O | S | E | S |
F | I | R | E | B | R | A | N | D | | F | A | X | | | |
A | D | O | R | A | B | L | E | | O | A | T | C | A | K | E |
C | A | B | I | N | | T | R | A | N | S | L | A | T | E | D |
T | H | I | N | K | | E | V | I | C | T | | R | O | T | I |
S | O | N | G | S | | R | E | D | D | | | S | P | O | T |
Sun 4/10/2022 ORDERING SECONDS
H | O | T | T | A | M | A | L | E | | T | A | F | F | Y | | C | S | P | A | N |
A | S | I | A | M | I | N | O | R | | E | M | I | L | E | | O | P | E | R | A |
R | O | C | K | I | D | O | L | S | | M | O | V | I | E | T | R | O | P | E | S |
E | S | S | E | | W | I | S | E | | P | R | E | P | | O | G | R | E | S | |
| | | M | I | E | N | | | S | T | E | P | S | O | N | I | T | | | |
P | O | W | E | R | S | T | R | I | P | | | M | I | R | Y | | S | A | L | |
I | S | H | | I | T | S | A | M | E | S | S | | D | E | A | D | S | P | O | T |
V | S | I | G | N | | | E | S | C | A | P | E | E | S | | I | H | E | A | R |
O | I | L | P | A | L | M | | | K | N | E | X | | | S | T | O | R | M | Y |
T | E | E | S | | I | M | D | B | | K | L | U | M | | E | S | P | Y | S | |
| | | | P | E | A | N | U | T | A | L | L | E | R | G | Y | | | | |
| J | A | D | E | N | | C | L | A | P | | T | H | O | U | | B | A | M | A |
S | A | V | O | R | S | | | G | R | U | B | | | W | E | T | O | N | E | S |
I | N | L | E | T | | E | G | Y | P | T | I | A | N | | | W | O | O | D | Y |
S | E | A | S | H | O | R | E | | S | T | O | N | E | A | G | E | | D | I | E |
| T | B | T | | D | I | M | E | | | M | I | D | D | L | E | S | E | A | T |
| | | O | P | E | N | S | P | A | C | E | | | R | I | D | E | | | |
| H | I | A | L | L | | T | I | E | R | | I | S | I | T | | T | O | M | E |
M | E | N | T | A | L | L | A | P | S | E | | B | L | A | C | K | S | T | A | R |
P | R | E | E | N | | A | T | E | I | T | | M | A | N | H | A | T | T | A | N |
G | A | Z | E | S | | G | E | N | R | E | | S | T | A | Y | L | O | O | S | E |
David W. Tuffs, of Pacific Grove, Calif., is a fourth-year linguistics student at the University of California Santa Cruz. In his spare time he writes for his school's satirical newspaper, Fishrap Live!
This is his third crossword for The Times, and his first Sunday. Planning the theme involved "manually sifting through endless lists" of words — which sounds tedious, but he enjoyed doing it.
Wed 10/20/2021
E | M | S | | G | A | L | | C | H | I | A | P | E | T |
S | A | I | D | I | D | O | | H | E | N | D | R | I | X |
O | R | L | A | N | D | O | | O | R | A | L | I | S | T |
B | R | E | D | | I | S | P | | O | W | E | N | | |
E | I | N | S | | S | E | A | M | | A | R | G | U | E |
S | E | T | | F | A | N | T | A | S | Y | | L | A | X |
O | D | D | J | O | B | | A | C | T | | M | E | E | T |
| | | O | R | A | N | G | E | R | E | D | | | |
S | H | O | T | | B | A | O | | E | A | S | T | L | A |
T | O | V | | V | A | I | N | E | S | T | | R | A | W |
P | I | E | C | E | | F | I | N | S | | K | A | V | A |
| | R | I | G | A | | A | R | F | | A | V | E | R |
O | R | D | E | A | L | S | | O | R | C | H | A | R | D |
D | I | U | R | N | A | L | | L | E | O | N | I | N | E |
E | M | B | A | S | S | Y | | L | E | X | | L | E | E |
POW Thu 9/2/2021
A | D | D | E | D | | O | D | D | | S | A | M | P | L | E |
D | R | O | N | E | | L | I | E | | O | B | E | R | O | N |
Z | E | N | G | A | R | D | E | N | | W | I | D | E | S | T |
| A | K | A | | A | S | T | I | N | | D | I | N | E | R |
I | M | I | G | H | T | | P | R | O | S | E | C | U | T | E |
C | O | N | E | Y | | F | I | O | N | A | | I | P | O | |
E | N | G | | A | W | O | L | | | G | I | N | S | | |
| | | S | T | A | B | L | E | M | A | T | E | | | |
| | J | O | T | S | | | V | I | N | G | | S | R | O |
| Y | E | R | | T | P | A | I | N | | U | P | T | O | N |
W | E | A | T | H | E | R | E | D | | A | Y | E | A | Y | E |
H | O | N | D | A | | O | N | E | A | L | | T | S | A | |
I | M | L | A | T | E | | E | N | D | L | E | S | S | L | Y |
N | E | U | T | E | R | | A | C | E | | S | P | E | W | S |
E | N | C | A | S | E | | S | E | N | | P | A | N | E | L |