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1 puzzle by Tom Bachant
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See the 1 answer word debuted by Tom Bachant.
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We're so excited to each make our debut and share this otherworldly puzzle! We developed the idea after Laura attended a very strange and intense moon ceremony in Central Park and excitedly shared all the heavenly details with Tom. That week, primed by the talk of space, the phrase CELESTIAL BODIES came into Tom's head and it felt like the perfect 15-letter fill to build our grid around.
The hardest part was the cascading ASTEROID — we had to try so many configurations to get a fillable grid. The pattern we ended up with is maybe not the most recognizable, but at least we were able to avoid fills like AAARGH.
Laura is the cohost of a crossword podcast Cross Talk (with Laura and Colin), a weekly show where we discuss the Thursday puzzle, our favorite constructors, and a lot of irrelevant nerd banter. Tom is a tech-y entrepreneur-y word lover who believes the world would be better if everyone rode bikes and did crosswords (just not simultaneously). Look out for some more Laura + Tom collabs in the future!