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6 puzzles by Laura Taylor Kinnel
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Laura Taylor Kinnel
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Laura Taylor Kinnel is a math teacher and the director of studies at a Friends boarding school in Newtown, Pa.

Sun 12/11/2022 Step on It!
ABATINGSLRSCADSLED
LATERALTEAMGAMEPEPE
PYTHAGOREAHEOREMAGIN
HOARNEOANDSARAL
AURASHALDREICELEB
NITEELIABOVEREPR
DESIGEDDRIVERMATISSE
ONAURGEOARDISOBEYS
WATERMELONWAITON
EMOTESIBSILASESSAY
LOUTCELTNOTLIME
SRTASBASESNOMROLES
PURSEDSEMIWEEKLY
PATOOTIEOUIITOOBIO
ANEMONEINSPECTORCLAU
INLIKEFNNNSCEDGY
DULCEELSASONSCRAM
LARDTEAKBTWLARA
ALLOLUDWIGVANBTHOVEN
REINONESEEDSCHINESE
IDESWADROSYHOPENOT

Laura Taylor Kinnel, of Newtown, Pa., teaches math and is the director of studies at a Friends boarding school near Philadelphia. This is her sixth crossword for The Times, most of them Sundays.

For her son's wedding last June, the couple asked Laura to construct a crossword for their outdoor reception. The result was printed on a large foam board and guests worked on it with dry erase markers. The completed puzzle now hangs in the newlyweds' living room.

Sun 12/19/2021 SEASON TO TASTE
ACTSARIPJSHAITIAN
THRUBUSROUTEUNNERVE
PEANUTBBUTTERDEGREES
FINNANIARPNORA
SLITSSNICKERHDOODLE
INITSMOSDEFDRYAD
GINGERTSNAPLETSORG
ENGATANYTOLLAHOUSE
ANATDANEREMTOAD
RAWRARCKERNSPETS
STAUBTHINSMINTETHER
EYEROTOESORBTELE
SAGSTWAFRAUABES
FIGENEWTONOLEICENO
ILECLEOSHORTCBREAD
DINAHLOGJAMSELES
OATMEALMRAISINRACKS
RADSYESMEASINE
COINOPSCOOKIECUTTERS
DRFAUCIONIONDIPAERO
CRYSTALSLOYDSLSAT

Laura Taylor Kinnel is a math teacher and the director of studies at a Friends boarding school in Newtown, Pa. This is her fifth crossword for The Times.

Last New Year's Eve, when Laura got together with some wordplay-loving friends via Zoom, she gave them words from a working version of this puzzle, for which some of the celebrants suggested clues. I wonder if they'll remember any of them now.

POW Sun 7/5/2020 TO-DO LIST
TSPPSASMECCABARE
APUSOAPTIDOLSTAMER
RETHONEYMEMOSICING
DESSERTSCENESTEASES
IDLYMAFIASEAHORSE
SOIREEATMHOTHAND
PUPSQUAREFOOTITCH
RESPECTAREARSSIOU
INTEARTOOLTATTICUS
AVOWRAMISTLOHUNKS
SENIORPROMHERDEDCATS
LASSOINONTOYTALEE
TOPHATSSTASHLEDLAE
EPIYAKEDIEATEITUP
LEGONORELATIONASH
UNDRESSSVUUNLESS
ARTISTICBORONABUT
BLACKTMARTYRFARMORE
RETROPAPUAINTROXFL
ORIONAGENTENEMYEEL
STOPWEDGESENSSRA

Laura Taylor Kinnel, of Newtown, Pa., teaches math and is the director of studies at a Friends boarding school near Philadelphia. Since her last puzzle appeared in March, she has spent lots of time with colleagues developing best methods and new processes for remote teaching.

Laura remarks that she now sits and conducts classes from home in the same spot where she normally makes crosswords!

Wed 3/25/2020
RACECAPOBRAG
PLUMROMANSREDO
MARMEEMARCHIMHO
LARVATAUTENED
TESSAFILCHARP
ICUAPRILKEPNER
COPAPLEATATS
MELINDAMAY
LEIAIMISSYOU
JUNECLEAVERUPS
INTHORSEMALIA
CARRYOUTEAGLE
ABATSPRINGROLLS
MANEETALIANOEL
ARTSSLEDEGGY
Sun 3/8/2020 WHAT'S SHAKING?
CROWSARTHUROPALS
BAABAAMOROSELADLE
RUBNINTHEWOUNDDREAM
AGRODIOSTRAFFICNIP
ILESROILSLEEDESI
SEREPEKOETSARPERON
ERASMUSWITHAGRAINOFN
EATSALARYINNSTE
SPICESUPAXEISNT
WACOOARSCAPNOODLES
IRONNWATERTAFFYRAVE
GANDHITUNETARAIMAX
ONESDDTNONEVENT
IAMVIMDRIESTCUE
NLAKECITYUTAHPERUSES
ULCERLIENSODASPURL
MOLYBINMEWEDATNO
PTACRAYOLAOUTSWUSS
TITLETHENOFTHEEARTH
ENSUEITSELFANGLES
DEKEDMOSSESIDOLS

Laura Taylor Kinnel of Newtown, Pa., teaches math and is the director of studies at a Friends boarding school near Philadelphia. She has been solving crosswords since childhood but just started constructing them a little over a year ago. A cousin who solved a 2018 Christmas puzzle of Laura's encouraged her to make more. She was pleasantly surprised to discover all the help available online to new puzzle makers.

This is her second Times crossword, both Sundays.

Sun 12/22/2019 DOWN FOR THE COUNT
LCDALELOPNAW
ORESSCALPMINSKROBE
MULTIPLICATIVEINVERSE
BLOUSERAGWEEDECHECK
ALUNSERPEONSMERMAID
RESURIAVASSA
DREWTEETOTALERSPOSY
ISDONEMACHSIXARENAS
USCGNURSEGIRL
PORKCHOPLEEPASSEDGO
AMOBABIESRUSEEK
SAGABRIOALMSILSA
THETHEORYOFRELATIVITY
EARMARKSNOEAIRWAVES
FAIREMAULSNOONE
OHENRYFORREALSNARFS
NODPARRAMESYON
AMENTUTTIFRUTTIERNE
JAROMIROVINEALAMODE
AGENDERNAVELGLAMOUR
GERALDSSLEDSSESAMES

Laura Taylor Kinnel, of Newtown, Pa., teaches math and is the director of studies at a Friends boarding school near Philadelphia. She got her interest in crosswords at a young age through her grandmother, who used to solve the Sunday Times puzzle and ask for Laura's "help." The first crossword Laura made was a year-in-review puzzle for a 2018 Christmas letter. This puzzle is her debut in The Times.

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