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9 puzzles by Lewis Rothlein
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Lewis Rothlein
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Collaborator: Jeff Chen
Alternate name for this constructor:
Lewis E. Rothlein
Puzzles constructed by Lewis Rothlein by year

Lewis Rothlein lives in Asheville, North Carolina, where he teaches yoga. His work life has taken a winding course, from being a journalist, to a syndicated newspaper columnist, to teaching elementary school, to owning a yoga studio. He began solving crosswords after seeing the movie WordPlay, and several years later, he began making puzzles, where his favorite part is coming up with clues that make him go "Yes!"

Sun 4/30/2023 Name Dropping
PRUNESSSNREDCOD
DETOXESSCOOBHEROIZE
AVENUEQHELLOEARGASM
SDSUENDOWAMOS
ACTEACRESADDRIFF
ATHOSRIMSSNOTSTILE
TRAPBETADIRTSNOW
OARGROINSSATIREERE
MIDIRONTATERPINATAS
NOJOKEAROARSCYTHE
NUKESNAPSONKAMA
BANSTREKWISECNBC
THATHENUPSPINAKIN
WAYAHEADBOOANDERSON
TALCSELFTBIRD
FLEWATFROTHINASEC
SRASWELLSGOINGSLOW
TADADIYTPSGISH
ICYHOTEFFACESKOOZIE
RAMONADIABOLOURBANE
SAYOKSNEERBRIBE

Lewis Rothlein is a yoga instructor and jazz piano enthusiast in Asheville, N.C. Jeff Chen is a writer and professional crossword constructor in Seattle. This is their third collaboration for The Times.

The theme idea was Lewis's. To find the best examples, Jeff wrote code and sifted the results from the database at XWordInfo.com, which has about 200,000 answer words from past Times crosswords.

Thu 10/13/2022
CODANBAFABLES
ADAMOEDLIAISE
REBUTTEDOLDMAN
BASSOBLAREDOUT
EGOLADEN
NORMBBALLACT
CHEERIESTALERT
IFCYEAHIGHLIE
SUITEHOMESALES
NPRMETEDTOSS
RADARSEE
PROVOLONESILOS
RECANTSKIPTOWN
ELAINEFEDUGLI
POLLEDWDSPOST
Thu 1/27/2022
SINKGAUSSPUBS
ISEEUPSETONIT
NOWWHEREWEEDGE
BLTARESREMOTE
ADORNSHERSAP
DENALIGEORWELL
LECARSINKY
NOMANISLAND
BLAHSTEELE
ROMATOESGUSHER
ATEAILARMAXE
ITGIRLEVENNAP
SEARRIDESADDLE
ERMAINERTALTA
DYESGENTSPEST
Sun 5/31/2020 WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN
ETCSPECKICEDSHUI
GOESHELLOMILECENT
GELTENIACPAILCELLO
TIARASSHOOTIEONEON
MOBRARIESJUVENQUENCY
ITALYOPSSNOEURAKA
NOTISNAILDADAIST
TEENPOPZEALITPEOPLE
GILLENDORSECLUES
ATEETASAZTECREMAP
MEDICINTSCOMMETARY
OPINEROPESSUEDSYS
NECCOSABRINAHAIL
GETAFLATONITANTEDUP
SPYFILMTOMMYGENE
FARASASENNAMMATTE
INOPPORTUNTELABORAIL
NOBLELIEAHEMDAMMIT
ARBORHERDRELAYONLY
LAIDAMIEANGLEREED
EKESTSPSSTAIDDDS

Lewis Rothlein is a yoga instructor and onetime journalist in Asheville, N.C. He teaches a popular course on "The Art of Solving Crosswords" for senior citizens at the University of North Carolina in Asheville. Jeff Chen is a writer in Seattle. They exchanged over 100 emails, back and forth, just brainstorming this puzzle's theme.

Lewis has had five previous puzzles in The Times, all Thursdays. Jeff is a regular contributor here.

Thu 5/9/2019
AMANASSLAMS
BALONEYSKETCHY
ENTITLETIEATIE
TIERSSHELLENA
TARSSNAILLETS
ICEIFORGETROT
NAGANOBETON
GLOBEFIRNEURO
URBANATONOF
ASHTANGELOPDF
STETSTEPSDIES
YEARSARIMOCHI
OPTIMASCLUNKED
UPEARLYSOTHERE
EDDIEATODDS
POW Thu 4/4/2019
BOASBYOBHERA
ARNESAUNAONEG
YCANTTAKEITWITH
CARASALAGIA
TWOTERMBJAMES
KANELOTTNAST
OLDYESWECAN
DASISAYNOTASI
ONSILENTNAP
KOPFCATECAGE
NMEANSSHOOKON
BENALVAEAVE
BACKTOSQUAREONE
ERIEGOURDRIGA
DALYSPANSLOT
Thu 7/13/2017
IMPDOCGASLIT
FARINAXAGEONE
STIFFARMGUESTX
XOFTEARANTAT
SAFEEERIEIKE
OUIANKLEBITER
DEXISMSILOS
ALEPHUTASUTRA
AWASHESPRIT
OUTDAMNEDXAFT
NNEBASIEXIFY
ETALIIPENCIL
CURATEOCEANMAP
UNEVENTUMSIDA
PEDANTTYEXON
Thu 3/30/2017
MRIOTROLAPPE
BENBRANMICRON
ALKALINEUPHOLD
BALSAMICLISTEN
ABITSNAREDEMO
NENETRODGAIT
ELGRECOBEYONCE
OLDEEN
SCRIMPSFREEDOM
KOEDLIMOGERI
IMAZABARSINDC
MICKEYIMPORTED
OCTANELIARLIAR
FATTERECCESLO
FLOORRAYSTSP
Thu 6/11/2015
ITLLCEDEALOE
NEAPACERBCAPT
DAYSLARGEMOUTH
ULTOGREDARRIN
LEODODGEMONACO
GARDENEARS
EVENSPARTIBAH
MESAERNIEDALI
ESTASIDEWORLD
ANTSMARRED
GRUDGEMATCHIVE
RESALESAGSSIN
IMAGEMAKERSTAG
PAGESHEBAFETE
EXESAROWOREM
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