Pawel Fludzinski currently lives in Denver where he serves as CEO of a biotech startup. He started constructing crosswords in 2011 after meeting Will Shortz at a talk hosted by good friend and fellow constructor Mickey Maurer. His teenage daughter is the light of his life.
Wed 7/19/2017
| R | A | C | E | | S | A | L | U | D | | L | A | T | |
| C | L | A | M | | A | L | I | B | I | | C | M | O | N |
| A | P | P | O | I | N | T | E | E | S | | H | A | R | E |
| | | T | O | Y | O | U | R | H | E | A | L | T | H |
| C | A | S | I | N | O | S | | | | L | I | F | E | R |
| A | L | I | C | E | S | | T | I | R | A | M | I | S | U |
| R | E | M | O | | | A | R | S | O | N | | | | |
| D | R | I | N | K | D | R | I | N | K | D | R | I | N | K |
| | | | N | O | N | E | T | | | E | M | A | C |
| M | A | R | K | E | T | E | D | | G | O | D | I | V | A |
| I | D | E | A | L | | | | M | O | N | S | T | E | R |
| D | O | W | N | T | H | E | H | A | T | C | H | | | |
| S | N | A | P | | O | V | E | R | W | E | I | G | H | T |
| T | A | R | A | | S | E | R | I | E | | R | O | I | D |
| I | D | I | | P | R | O | S | T | | T | O | P | S |
Fri 3/10/2017
| S | E | T | O | F | P | I | P | E | S | | L | E | H | I |
| I | T | A | L | I | A | N | I | C | E | | A | C | A | N |
| C | O | P | E | R | N | I | C | U | S | | B | O | B | S |
| K | I | P | | S | I | G | N | | S | E | E | N | A | T |
| O | L | E | O | | C | O | I | T | | N | O | O | N | E |
| S | E | R | I | F | | | C | O | S | T | U | M | E | R |
| | | D | U | M | P | S | T | E | R | F | I | R | E |
| S | T | E | | T | O | R | | E | E | E | | C | O | O |
| V | I | T | R | U | V | I | A | N | M | A | N | | | |
| E | T | H | E | R | E | A | L | | | T | I | D | E | S |
| T | R | I | B | E | | M | A | L | L | | L | O | T | T |
| L | A | C | A | S | A | | R | O | U | T | | L | E | A |
| A | T | I | T | | G | A | M | E | T | H | E | O | R | Y |
| N | O | S | E | | A | R | E | W | E | A | L | O | N | E |
| A | R | T | S | | S | I | D | E | S | W | I | P | E | D |
Wed 5/11/2016
| R | O | S | A | | A | M | E | S | | S | C | R | E | W |
| E | N | T | R | | M | I | N | T | | T | I | A | R | A |
| D | E | A | R | S | A | N | T | A | | L | A | R | R | Y |
| T | O | B | E | O | R | N | O | T | T | O | B | E | | |
| O | N | L | A | T | E | | M | U | M | | A | B | E | D |
| P | E | E | R | | T | O | B | E | I | S | T | O | D | O |
| | | | A | T | M | S | | | S | T | O | I | C |
| C | A | S | I | N | O | S | | R | E | T | A | K | E | S |
| A | L | I | S | T | | | B | O | Y | S | | | | |
| T | O | D | O | I | S | T | O | B | E | | S | W | A | N |
| S | T | E | T | | I | O | N | | H | O | P | E | T | O |
| | D | O | O | B | Y | D | O | O | B | Y | D | O | O |
| C | H | O | P | S | | C | A | L | L | S | I | G | N | S |
| O | B | O | E | S | | A | G | E | E | | N | I | C | E |
| T | O | R | S | O | | R | E | O | S | | G | E | E | S |
Mon 11/9/2015
| T | A | G | | S | T | I | G | M | A | | N | A | S | A |
| R | P | I | | E | R | R | O | R | S | | A | C | E | D |
| I | R | A | | Q | U | A | L | I | T | Y | T | I | M | E |
| C | O | N | F | U | S | E | D | | R | O | A | D | I | E |
| I | N | T | R | O | S | | | F | O | U | L | | | |
| A | S | S | A | I | | U | S | A | | T | I | G | E | R |
| | Q | U | A | N | T | U | M | T | H | E | O | R | Y |
| I | C | U | | | O | A | S | I | S | | | R | A | E |
| Q | U | I | C | K | T | H | I | N | K | I | N | G | | |
| S | E | D | A | N | | N | E | E | | C | O | O | L | S |
| | | M | E | N | S | | | G | I | N | N | I | E |
| A | L | K | A | L | I | | E | B | E | N | E | Z | E | R |
| Q | U | A | R | T | E | R | T | O | N | E | | O | L | E |
| U | N | T | O | | C | U | T | I | E | S | | L | O | N |
| A | G | E | S | | E | G | E | S | T | S | | A | W | E |
Sun 10/12/2014 INNER WORKINGS
| R | A | W | D | E | A | L | | W | A | T | U | S | I | | C | A | L | A | I | S |
| I | N | H | A | S | T | E | | A | M | I | N | O | R | | O | V | E | R | D | O |
| C | O | A | L | C | A | N | A | R | Y | M | I | N | E | | N | E | A | T | E | N |
| E | N | T | | | R | I | N | D | | | T | A | P | A | S | | T | O | A | D |
| | | R | O | U | N | D | S | Q | U | A | R | E | P | E | G | H | O | L | E |
| M | C | L | E | A | N | | | | U | P | S | | A | T | R | E | E | | | |
| A | L | A | C | K | | R | E | L | I | T | | M | T | E | V | E | R | E | S | T |
| C | A | N | D | Y | K | I | D | S | T | O | R | E | | S | E | S | | A | A | H |
| A | S | A | | | A | V | I | D | | | E | R | A | T | | | A | R | G | O |
| W | H | I | T | E | H | A | T | | S | A | W | I | N | | R | A | P | P | E | R |
| | | M | I | L | L | I | O | N | N | O | T | Y | E | A | R | S | | | |
| N | A | G | A | N | O | | O | R | I | O | N | | T | R | I | F | E | C | T | A |
| E | R | I | N | | | S | N | A | P | | | P | I | U | S | | | O | O | N |
| R | E | F | | C | P | O | | T | E | A | T | E | M | P | E | S | T | P | O | T |
| F | A | T | C | H | A | N | C | E | | B | E | R | E | T | | O | E | S | T | E |
| | | A | U | R | A | L | | R | E | A | | | | O | B | S | E | S | S |
| H | A | N | D | G | O | T | O | H | E | L | L | B | A | S | K | E | T | | | |
| A | M | A | D | | D | A | T | E | D | | | E | D | I | E | | | N | U | S |
| R | A | P | I | N | I | | H | A | Y | N | E | E | D | L | E | S | T | A | C | K |
| S | T | E | E | R | S | | E | V | E | N | U | P | | O | F | F | E | N | S | E |
| H | I | S | S | A | T | | S | E | D | E | R | S | | S | E | C | L | U | D | E |
This puzzle has an interesting history. Pawel and I went back and forth on the theme many times, as he progressively refined the idea and got better examples. In the end I thought it turned out great — very tight, with all familiar, lively phrases. He constructed the grid, I edited it, the puzzle-testers did their thing, etc. And after the puzzle went to the Times and was all set to be published ... I learned from a solver who got an advance copy that I ran a puzzle with the same theme, using two-and-a-half of the same theme entries, three years ago. :-(
Well, at least I'm consistent in what I like!
It's still a fine puzzle, with an expanded theme (Sunday-size rather than daily), and a solid construction besides. Still worth doing, I think, despite the accidental theme duplication. I hope you agree.
Thu 6/26/2014
| A | M | B | S | | H | A | S | | I | S | A | B | E | L |
| L | A | L | O | | A | H | I | | S | T | U | R | D | Y |
| B | R | O | A | C | H | E | D | | S | E | R | U | M | S |
| S | C | R | E | A | M | E | D | | R | I | S | E | |
| T | A | K | E | N | | | B | R | A | N | C | H | E | D |
| A | L | E | R | T | E | R | | U | S | E | L | E | S | S |
| P | A | D | S | | D | O | R | M | S | | E | D | E | L |
| | | | | G | U | E | S | T | | | | | |
| A | B | B | Y | | I | N | B | E | D | | A | B | O | O |
| P | A | R | O | L | E | D | | T | A | B | U | L | A | R |
| B | R | O | K | E | R | E | D | | | I | R | A | T | E |
| N | O | O | N | | R | E | C | K | L | E | S | S | |
| R | A | M | O | N | A | | B | A | L | L | O | T | E | D |
| E | R | E | N | O | W | | I | K | E | | L | E | E | R |
| A | D | D | O | N | S | | T | E | E | | E | D | D | Y |
Thu 7/12/2012
| N | C | A | A | | H | E | M | I | | A | S | I | G | N |
| B | U | R | G | | A | X | O | N | | E | C | O | L | I |
| A | D | O | R | A | T | I | O | N | | N | Y | N | E | X |
| | C | I | R | C | L | E | | C | E | L | I | N | E |
| W | O | K | | T | H | E | D | E | V | I | L | A | N | D |
| A | L | A | | F | E | D | | A | I | D | A | | | |
| T | E | N | H | U | T | | P | S | I | | A | C | M | E |
| T | I | D | A | L | | T | H | E | | I | N | H | I | S |
| S | C | A | R | | G | A | D | | A | D | D | A | M | S |
| | | D | A | U | B | | A | L | E | | R | E | E |
| D | E | E | P | B | L | U | E | S | E | A | | Y | O | N |
| E | A | R | L | A | P | | B | A | R | T | A | B | | |
| E | T | N | A | S | | C | O | N | T | E | N | D | E | R |
| D | E | I | C | E | | A | N | T | E | | N | I | L | E |
| S | N | E | E | R | | D | Y | E | D | | A | S | K | S |
