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Dear Eric von Coelln,

We, the undersigned, are writing based on our experiences as New York Times crossword enthusiasts, constructors, test solvers, and assistants to the Editor. We write in light of two events: Claire Muscat’s decision to resign as a New York Times crossword test solver and the publication of Natan Last’s “The Hidden Bigotry of Crossword Puzzles” in The Atlantic, the latest in a series of articles about editorial implicit bias at the newspaper that benefits white male crossword constructors and solvers.

Claire left her job as a New York Times crossword test solver in 2019, after a year of work. As you know, she left because she felt tokenized: not only was she told that she was hired to check for content that might be offensive to female solvers, she was also asked not to offer advice or feedback outside of that identity-based purview. She was made to feel like a lesser solver and constructor than her male colleagues; she was told that her “primary role” was to be a female censor and not, in other words, a multifaceted solver like the puzzle’s other (mostly male) employees. Yet even when her feedback was gender-related, it was often met with such skepticism that she began to feel as if her role was essentially nominal; that the most important part of her position was the “diversity” requirement she fulfilled.

Natan’s essay describes the systemic erasure of minority and female voices in crossword puzzles themselves. As I’m sure you know, the crosswords published in the Times are overwhelmingly written by white male constructors. In describing this phenomenon—sometimes euphemized as the puzzle’s “gender problem”—Natan joined a chorus of journalists, academics, and crossword constructors before him who have tried to raise awareness about this field-wide discrepancy.

But Natan’s piece went further, articulating an even more pervasive threat to gender parity and inclusivity in crossword culture: the systematic erasure of minority voices in puzzles written by women, people of color, and queer constructors. This occurs both at the selection stage—when puzzles are disqualified because they include references that are considered unfamiliar to an imagined straight, white, male, and middle-aged audience—and at the editing stage, when clues are changed to cater to this imagined community of solvers. While these edits are often meant to make the puzzle more inclusive—to make them solver-“neutral”—the effect is to neutralize the lexicons and concerns of minority solvers and constructors. MARIE KONDO, BELL HOOKS, and FLAVOR FLAV are all examples of entries that have been deemed too “niche” for mainstream puzzles. And though Natan’s essay kept the names of editors and newspapers anonymous, the vast majority of his examples were drawn from constructors’ experiences working with the New York Times.

We write because Claire’s experience and Natan’s essay are noteworthy but not unique. We all recognize our own experiences in their stories. Our intention is not just to register concern or to chastise an institution that we love, which has thrived under the visionary leadership of Will Shortz. Instead, we are asking for three concrete measures that we think can correct for the blindspots of his system:

  1. We ask that constructors receive access to proofs before their puzzles go to print. This practice is not only consistent with the Times’s editorial workflow in many other departments, it is also standard practice for all public writing. Though we acknowledge that the Times’s editorial team will have final say over entries and clues, we feel strongly that it is our authorial right to know what will be published under our bylines. This change to the Times’s editorial process will have a felicitous secondary effect: the constructor will serve as yet another test solver with the ability to lobby for cultural references that they think merit a place in the puzzle and to register concern over any reference they consider offensive and wouldn’t want attributed to their handiwork.

  1. We ask that women and/or non-binary puzzle lovers comprise at least half of Will’s test solving team. This has often been the case at the Times, but it could be formalized. No one should be asked to serve as a token and proxy for an entire gender, which, after all, accounts for at least half of the Times’s solvers.

  1. We want the Times to make a public commitment to adding diversity to its editorial staff. While many voices contribute to the making of the puzzle, it is nonetheless true that three straight white men are at the editorial helm. Though we’re sensitive both to the uncertainty around hiring in these trying economic times, and to the potential for a “diversity hire” to replicate much of the tokenistic discomfort Claire experienced, we still believe strongly that diversifying the puzzle means diversifying those who most closely shape it.

We hope you take these suggestions under consideration. We love the New York Times crossword puzzle. It continually makes our day and, for some of us, it has made our careers. But in order to feel confident supporting the institution with our work, we want our voices heard and our authorial rights recognized.

Sincerely,

Anna Shechtman                 (NYT xword constructor, former mini test solver, former assistant

to Will Shortz)

Natan Last                         (NYT xword constructor, former assistant to Will Shortz)

Claire Muscat                         (former test solver, NYT crossword constructor)

Phoebe McBee                 (frequent solver, student constructor)

Finn Vigeland                         (NYT xword constructor and solver)

Aimee Lucido                         (NYT xword constructor and solver)

Rebecca Falcon                 (NYT xword constructor and solver)

Erik Agard                         (NYT xword constructor and solver)

Kameron Collins                 (NYT xword constructor and solver)

Patti Varol                         (frequent solver, veteran constructor)

Anna Gundlach                 (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Mary Lou Guizzo                 (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Pamela Feiring

Zoe Wheeler                         (Former NYT xword constructor and current solver)

Jean Xin                        (NYT solver)

Juliana Tringali Golden         (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Robert J. Guizzo

Angela Olson Halsted         (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Ross Trudeau

Natalie Serrino                (NYT solver)

Susan Friedwald                 (crossword solver, student constructor)

Tom McCoy                         (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Kathy Allan                         (crossword solver)

Peter Broda                         (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Christina Iverson

Howard Barkin                 (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Will Nediger

Jim Peredo                         (NYT crossword constructor, solver, and blogger)

Sophia Maymudes                 (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Joon Pahk

Erin Milligan-Milburn                 (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Nate Cardin                         (NYT crossword constructor and solver)j

Evan Birnholz

Brian Cimmet                        (NYT solver, reviewer, podcast host)

Hayley Gold

Olivia Mitra Framke                 (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Matthew Stock                 (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Sid Sivakumar                 (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Ben Smith

Kevin Salat                         (crossword constructor and NYT solver)

Steven W. Golden                 (Crossword constructor and NYT solver)

Christopher Adams                 (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Evan Kalish                        (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Amy Hamilton                         (solver)

Brian Thomas                         (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Marty Miller
Christopher King                 (crossword constructor and solver)

Carl Larson                        (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Adam Aaronson                (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Ori Brian                        (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

David Poole                        (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Paolo Pasco                         (NYT crossword constructor and solver

Scott Earl                        (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Martha Kimes                        (crossword constructor and solver)

Rachel Fabi                        (crossword constructor, reviewer, and solver)

Max Carpenter                (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Jenna LaFleur                        (crossword constructor and solver) ppl

Caitlin Reid

Ricky Cruz                        (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Vicki Eastus                        (NYT solver)

Marc Zigterman                    (NYT solver)

Alex Thibodo                        (NYT solver)

Dave Mackey                        (NYT constructor and solver)

Dan Bernstein                   (NYT solver)

Daniel Mainz                        (NYT solver)

Lena Webb                        (crossword constructor and solver)

Grayson Holmes                (NYT solver)

Rebekkah Wilkin                (NYT solver)

Hoang-Kim Vu                        (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Morgan Tingley                (NYT solver)

Evie Devitt-Rix                (NYT advocate)

Nathan King                        (NYT solver)

Max Trotter                        (NYT solver)

Grace Topinka                        (NYT solver, reviewer)

Chelsea Rowan                (NYT solver, reviewer)

Joe Sampson                      (NYT solver)

Ana Acosta                        (NYT solver)

Ben Pall                        (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Andrea Bornschlegel                (NYT solver)

Adam Moran                        (NYT solver)

Mollie Reznick                        (NYT solver)

Sarah Shreeves                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Courtney Prior                        (NYT solver)

Sirin Botan                        (NYT solver)

Kyle A. Franklin                (NYT solver)

Jake Goldstein                 (NYT solver)

Daniel Jordan Eimer                (seasoned NYT solver)

Adrienne Raphel                (author, Thinking Inside the Box)

Sarah Winawer-Wetzel        (NYT solver)

Nicky Spiva                        (NYT solver)

Dave Stern                        (NYT solver)

Guy Tabachnick                (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Kary Jablonski                        (NYT solver)

Tony Mize

Elaine Sundberg                (NYT solver)

David Maymudes                 (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Celeste Ballard                 (NYT solver)

Sophia Farrar Lear                 (NYT solver, great-granddaughter of Margaret Farrar)

Salonee Bhaman                (NYT solver)

Emily Ackerman                (NYT solver)

Zelda Roland                        (NYT solver)

Ben Imker                        (NYT solver)

Sam Teller                        (NYT solver)

LAlexandra Schwartz                (NYT solver)

Stephanie Ferrone                (NYT solver)

Dan Menssen                        (NYT solver)

Gabriel Gonzalez                (NYT solver)

Sarah Gotwals                (NYT solver)

Cliff Robinson                        (NYT solver)

Ken Stern                        (NYT solver, subscriber, constructor)

Mason Miller-Breetz                (NYT solver)

Andrew Helmers                (NYT solver)

Sam Trabucco                 (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Dan Felsenheld                (NYT solver)

Simon Leek                        (NYT solver)

Susan Ferrari                        (NYT solver)

Ian McInerney                        (NYT solver)

Francis Heaney                (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Todd Gross                        (NYT crossword constructor)

John Ciolfi                        (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Lotta-Liina Salonen                (NYT solver)

Jasper Davidoff                 (crossword constructor and NYT solver)

Adam Cooperman                (NYT solver)

Bob Small                        (NYT solver)

Bradley Herring                (NYT solver)

Verena von Pfetten                (NYT solver)

Eric Nguyen                        (NYT solver)

Brian Tetreault                        (NYT solver)

Emma Holland                (NYT solver)

Brian Lipinski                        (NYT solver)

Allegra Kuney                        (crossword constructor and NYT solver)

Arthur Wang                        (NYT solver)

Jesse Lansner                        (crossword constructor and NYT solver)

Kunal Kamath                        (NYT solver)

Ethan Cooper                        (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Alexis Palmer                        (NYT solver)

David Cole                        (NYT solver)

Michael Morowitz                (NYT solver)        

Tony Mize                        (NYT solver)

Jeffrey Harris                        (crossword constructor and NYT solver)

Caviar Cureton                (crossword constructor and NYT solver)

Grace Murray                         (NYT solver)

Marguerite Murray                (NYT solver)

Jay Johnson                        (NYT solver)

Katherine Kibler                     (NYT solver)

Roy Greim                        (NYT solver)

Peter Gregory                        (NYT solver)

Jonathan Baude                 (NYT solver)

Matt Gritzmacher                (NYT solver)

Matt Jones

Laura Braunstein                (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Zoe Mize                         (NYT solver)

Pegah Moradi

Zach Schutzman                (NYT solver)

Michael Gardiner                (NYT solver)

Michelle Moss                        (NYT solver)

Erin Huneke                         (NYT solver)
Elizabeth Webber                (NYT solver)

Lewis Maday-Travis                (NYT solver)

Alice Liang                        (NYT solver)

Clare McNeely                (NYT solver)

Luke Summerlin                (NYT solver)

Jerome Cohn

Denise Ann Terry                (NYT crossword solver)

Rhys Davis                        (NYT solver)

Grace Dawson                (NYT solver)

Emily Rourke                        (NYT solver)

Thomas Dawkins                (NYT solver)

Susan Schow                         (NYT solver)

Andrea Revy                        (NYT solver)

Trevor Alexander                (NYT solver)

Carol Mack                        (NYT solver)

Ryan Ermey                        (NYT solver)

Heather Zampier                (NYT solver)

Elliot Schwartz                (NYT solver)

Sara Fulton                        (NYT solver)

Craig Colbert                        (NYT solver)

Jo Citro                        (NYT solver of 30+ years)

Adam Fromm                        (NYT crossword constructor and solver)

Wyna Liu

Brooke Husic                        (NYT solver)

Mikhaela Mahony                (NYT solver)

Will Dagger                        (NYT solver)

Cathy Murphy                        (NYT solver)

Cecily Santiago                (NYT solver)

Ed Murphy                             (NYT solver)

Samuel Henager                (NYT solver)

Karen Martucci                (NYT solver)

Merve Emre                        (NYT solver)

Jonathan Brodsky                 (NYT solver)

Tanay Patri                        (NYT solver)

Auriel Haack                        (NYT solver)

Rebecca Slivka                (NYT solver of 40+ years)

John Hatch                        (NYT solver)

Michael Hayes                (NYT solver)

Bethany Angeliu                     (NYT Solver)

Tim Hansen                         (NYT solver)

David Spencer                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Matt Savoie                        (NYT solver and subscriber)        

Arturo Gonzalez                (NYT solver)

Hilary Paul

Lily Croskey-Englert

Russell H. Manning                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Liz Wong                        (NYT solver)

Ben Zercher                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Jeffrey Miller                         ( solver)

Lorraine Goodman                 (NYT solver)

Burak Tekin                        (NYT solver)

Joshua Herzberg        

Mary Josephs Reilly                (NYT solver)        

Joseph Baldwin                 (NYT solver and UVA Law Grad)

Jonah Fried                        (NYT solver)

Maddie Mathie                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Karen Wolny                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Robbie Kubala                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Eugene Chang                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Mercer Borris                        (NYT daily solver, subscriber)

Anders Pers                        (NYT daily solver)

Kerensa Gimre                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Susan McConnell                (NYT solver)

Kelsey Freese                        (NYT solver)

Megan Humes                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Rachel Wheelock                (NYT solver)

Tara Guild                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Mac Brachman                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Elia Forjaz                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Matt O’Neill                        (NYT solver and subscriber & wannabe constructor)

Louise Makrauer                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Zach Sherwin                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Lyndsie Harris                        (NYT solver)

Zach Rogstad                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Nora Rawn                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Marty Noonan                         (NYT solver and subscriber)

Eliot Padzensky                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Ted Wedel                         (subscriber)

Arthur Mitchell                        (everyday NYT crossword solver)

Lanier Benkard                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Eliot Graff                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Amy Crawford                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Dominic Del Bene                (NYT solver and subscriber)        

Zachary Messer                (NYT solver and subscriber)        

Audrey Alasso                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Colton Bentz                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Nathan J. Lamp                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Katja Brinck                        (crossword constructor and NYT solver/subscriber)

Richard Whittall                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Raul Quintana                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Mike Jones                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Joe Kovacs                        {NYT solver and subscriber}

Kelly Reidy                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Meredith McCormack-Mager        (NYT solver)

Beverley Robertson                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Roberta Shapiro                     (NYT solver and subscriber)

Ethan Ackelsberg                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Luke Rohde                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Louis Freese                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Camilo Fontecilla                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Alex Valderrama                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Jennifer Henderaon                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Chad Horner                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Noor Brody                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Sam Guns                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Jason Tinero                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Sean Martindale                 (NYT solver and subscriber)

Michael T. Fournier                (NYT solver)

Nate Gordon                         (NYT solver and subscriber)

Adam Wagner                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Jennifer Gibbins                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Steve Mossberg                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Renato Stopic                        (NYT solver)

Nicole Virdone                        (NYT solver, subscriber)

Wyatt Robertson                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Emma Stanford                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Antonia Washington                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Alexandra van Alebeek        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Jamie Bergey                        (NYT solver)

Robert Zimmermann                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Sammy Chamino                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Zak Martellucci                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Olivia Brooks                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

David Jaffe                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Steven McDonald                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Nancy Ross                        (NYT solver and subscriber, student constructor)

David Harris                        (constructor and NYT solver/subscriber)

James Dark                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Todd Garon                        (NYT solver and subscriber

Joanna Gibson                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Veronica Yurovsky                 (NYT solver and subscriber)

Phil Wells                        (NYT solver)

Jacqueline Jung                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Jack Donovan                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Dan Katz                        (NYT solver)

Eric Levenson                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

John Finkbeiner                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Liz Perez                        (NYT solver)

Michael DiGennaro                (NYT solver)

John Muccino                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

William Lane                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Matthew Huddle                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Sarah Kramer                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Adam Winn                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Mary Chipman                        

Dylan Cascio                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Jennifer Kanjana                (NYT solver)

Scott Weiss                        (NYT solver)

Leah Rosenstiel                (NYT solver)

Jeffrey Cranor                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Brian Hague                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Hal Triedman                        (NYT solver, subscriber, and student constructor; used to work at NYT)

Caroline Sprague                (NYT solver and student)

Kastle Brill                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Lily Cook                         (NYT solver and subscriber)

Astrid Mrkich                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Adam Lipkin                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Eva Verzani                        (NYT solver)

Joseph Stromberg                (NYT solver)

Jane Steinberg                 (NYT solver and subscriber)

Allison Rizzolo                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

David Hornbeck                (NYT solver)

Emily York                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Joanna Rifkin                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Cory Calhoun                        (NYT solver)

Rishi Khakhkhar                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Bruce White                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Kate McKinney                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Kim Scudera                         (NYT solver and subscriber)

Isabelle Smith                        (NYT subscriber)

Yujin Yohe                        (NYT subscriber)

Elaine Moise                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Scott Rush                        (NYT solver)

Jaime Stearns                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Steve Shernicoff                 (NYT solver and subscriber)

Makaila Dyall                        (NYT advocate)                  

Allison Broad                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Barbara Malynn                (NYT solver)

Kyle Mahowald                 (NYT xword constructor and solver)

Thomas Wright                (NYT xword solver and subscriber)

Cindy Hwang                         (NYT solver)

Matthew Kolosick                (NYT solver)

Tolsun Waddle                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Leslye Penticoff                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Linh Bui Renzullo                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Kiersten Kelley                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Kathleen E. Durkin                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Rachel Dicker                                   (NYT solver and subscriber)

Annika Robbin

Kate McAuley                         (NYT solver and subscriber)

Mark Forester                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Alison Ohringer                (NYT xword constructor and solver)

Nicholas Venturelli                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Mitche Manitou                 (NYT solver and subscriber)

Peggy Patel                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Stephanie Ho                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Bart Eric Croes                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Felicia Khoja                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Andrew Sabene                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Matt Lurie                         (NYT solver and subscriber)

AnneClaire Wageman                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Drew Orland                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Peter Bennett                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Molly Gier                         (NYT solver and xword subscriber)

Justin Mullikin                         (NYT Solver and subscriber)

Brenda Topp                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Arthur Klaassens                (NYT solver)

Stephanie Sprague                (NYT solver)

Mary Stewart Kyritsis                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Kitty Donich                         (NYT solver and subscriber)

Caitlin Ayer                          (NYT solver and subscriber)

Katie Cobb                         (NYT solver and subscriber)

Christopher Baker                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Katie Hamill                          (NYT solver and subscriber)

Richard Buckman                 (NYT solver and subscriber)

Christopher W Moriarty         (NYT solver and subscriber)

Terry L Kates                         (NYT crossword subscriber)

Daniel Sprinkle                 (NYT Solver)

Sharon Kapnick                 (NYT solver and subscriber) ENOUGH WITH THE SPORTS CLUES!!!

Douglas Randall                 (NYT solver and subscriber)

Debra Ann Pollack                 (NYT solver and subscriber)

Keith Moser                         (NYT solver and subscriber)

Michele Liguori                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Jarett Weintraub                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Alexa Miller Quinn                (NYT solver and subscriber, amateur constructor)

Cliff Chang                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Margaret Iwanicki                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Sophie Buchmueller                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Kathleen Roach                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Robert Vinluan                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Isabel Erickson                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Nathan Mandi                         (NYT solver and subscriber)

Laura A. Jacobs                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Heidi Brayman                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Judah Levy                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Charles Montpetit                (NYT solver )

Josh Weiner                        (NYT solver)

Ethan Smith-Cohen                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Claire Brinley                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Adam Levine                        (NYT solver and subscriber, crossword constructor)

Eric Gerhardt                        (NYT solver)

Chris Tingue                        (NYT solver, amateur constructor)

Katharine Straub                (NYT solver)

Shauna Slade-Booth                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Matthew Matera                     (constructor and solver)

Jonathan Gibson                (NYT solver)

Frank Mannino                 (NYT solver and subscriber)

Emmy Ham                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Ellie Schaack                        (NYT solver)

Scott McMahon                (NYT solver)

Nora Hill                        (NYT solver)

Davis Doherty                        (NYT solver)

Robin Stears                        (NYT solver)

Alexis Jakobson                (NYT solver)

Julian Blatt                        (NYT solver)

Deb Amlen                        (NYT solver and constructor)

Annelise Beck                        (NYT solver)

Trent Evans                        (NYT solver and constructor)

Alea Goodwin                        (NYT solver)

Leonard Williams                (NYT solver and constructor)

Maddie Purcell                        (NYT solver)

Pam Ross                        (NYT solver)

Dave Samuels                        (NYT solver)

Melissa Hellman                (NYT solver)

Annie Hu                        (NYT solver)

Steve Loh                        (NYT solver)

Emily Muscat                     (NYT solver)

ELIZABETH MARGID                (NYT solver)

Rachel Bird                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Daryl Sng                        (NYT solver)

Mads Blodgett                        (NYT solver)

Mike Koscielny                        (NYT solver and NYT subscriber)

Barbara Nectow                (NYT solver and NYT subscriber)

Jennifer Fishman                (NYT solver)

Erin Ginsburg                        (NYT solver)

Antara Nader                        (NYT solver)

Ross Boehme                        (NYT solver)

Mackey Borg                        (NYT solver)

Alex Ropes                        (NYT solver)

Chris Burke                        (NYT solver and NYT subscriber)

Ken Camara                        (NYT solver)

Margaret Winchell                (NYT solver)

Ray Yuen                        (NYT solver and NYT subscriber)

Sakshi Venkatraman                (NYT solver)

Jessica Ordoyne                (NYT solver)

John Hollis                        (NYT solver)

Sarah Schoenfeldt                (NYT solver)

Jonah Ullman                        (NYT solver)

Jasmine Eucogco                (NYT solver)

Adam Nicolle                        (NYT crossword constructor)

Peter Stover                        (NYT solver)

Jonah Shaw                        (NYT solver)

Raja Krishna                        (NYT solver)

Barry Chapman                 (NYT solver)

Damianne Abel                        (NYT solver)

Dan Chall                        (NYT puzzle contributor and long-time solver)

Janet Morgan                        (NYT solver)

Pierre Folliet                        (NYT solver)

Leah Bott                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Vanessa Barrera                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Sara Solnick                        (NYT solver)

Lindsey Graham                (Player)

Ariana Abedifard                (Solver)

Linnea Mulholland                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Jonah Kagan                        (Former NYT crossword constructor and current NYT solver)

Joseph Wendel                        (NYT solver)

Duncan Malashock                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Allison Uttaro Young                (NYT solver)

Libby Dale                        (NYT solver)

S Luchian                        (NYT solver)

Carl Voss                        (two-time Minnesota Crossword Puzzle Tournament champion)

Reuben Cohen                        (NYT solver)

Tommy Alexander                (NYT solver)

Patrick Nance                        (NYT solver)

Zoe Karp                        (NYT solver)

Alex Irizia                         (NYT solver and subscriber)

Michael Sullivan                (NYT solver)

Aleeda Crawley                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Tina Scott                        (NYT solver)

Ron Verstappen                 (NYT solver)

Sarah Burton                         (NYT solver)

Ben M. Svigals                         (NYT solver)

Susan Mrkich                        (NYT solver)

Otis Reid                        (NYT solver)

Chad Haynes                        (NYT solver)

Nicholas Roberts                (NYT solver)

Chris Stephens                        (NTY solver)

Peggy Xu                                       (NYT solver)

Graham Leuschke                (NYT solver)

Erica Getto                        (NYT solver)

Rebecca Mitchell                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Elizabeth White                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Max Harrison-Caldwell                (crossword constructor and NYT solver)

Stuart Inamura                        (NYT solver)

Clarie Randall                        (NYT solver)

Cody Schwartz                        (NYT solver)

Bailey Jones                        (NY Times subscriber and puzzle enjoyer)

Christina Padilla                (NYT solver)

Peter Strauss                        (NYT solver)

Amy Bemis                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Pearl Li                                (NYT solver)

Whitney Cox                        (NYT solver)

Ryan Jordan                        (NYT solver)

Michael Harrison                (NYT solver)

Tyler Hinman                        (NYT solver)

MacKenzie Stuart                (NYT solver)

Larry Israelson                        (NYT solver)

Emily Merriweather                (NYT solver)

Emma Hiolski                        (NYT solver)

Christopher Fleitas                (NYT solver)

Jack McGrath                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Emily Whalen                        (NYT solver)

Susan Roth                        (NYT solver)

Katherine Welsh                (NYT solver)

Gregory Holt                        (NYT solver)

Dana Fulmer                        (NYT solver)

Cameron Gough                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Gordon Krefting                (NYT solver)

Betsy Bitner                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Brandon Hensley                (NYT crossword constructor)

Barbara Tambussi                (NYT solver)

Ellen Schwartz                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Jennifer Cunningham                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Amy O'Brien                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Elisabeth Gruner                (NYT solver)

Ross Bassett                        (NYT solver)

Mike Mills                        (NYT solver)

Victoria Gilbdert                (NYT solver and subscriber)

David Krakauer                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Steven Elliott                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Candice Tse                        (NYT solver)

Susan Hinely                        (NYT solver)

Nicklas Lasik                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Bonnie Yochelson                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Stephen Swensen                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Erik Pierson                        (NYT solver)

Jay Plett                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Torey Browning                (NYT solver)

Philippa Harding                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Colin Phoon                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

George Stankow                (NYT solver)

John Battles                        (NYT solver)

Brandon Koppy                        (NYT constructor)

Ann Curran                        (NYT solver)

Robin Pollock Daniel                (NYT Solver, Scrabble Master, and Championship Scrabble Commentator)

Sara Dubuque                        (NYT solver)

Hal Tepfer                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Marcy Feller                        (NYT solver)

Laura M. Mac Donald                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Hollie Schmidt                        (NYT solver)

Amy Seidenwurm                 (NYT solver)

Barbara Ginsberg                 (NYT solver and subscriber)

Jennifer Lim                        (constructor and NYT solver)

Vega Subramaniam                (NYT solver)

Jack Cochran                        (NYT solver and constructor)

Rob Gonsalves                        (constructor and NYT solver)

Ann Harmer                         (NYT solver)

Roy Kilgard                        (NYT solver)

Gabrielle Friedman                (NYT crossword constructor)

Barry Evans                        (Long time NYT solver, previously Daily Telegraph and Guardian solver)

Tomás Aguilar-Fraga                (NYT solver)

Tanis Nielsen                        (NYT solver)

Anya Porter                        (NYT solver)

Elizabeth Lucas-Foley                (NYT solver)

Julienne Ho                        (NYT solver)

William McDonald                (NYT solver)

Robert Puentes                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Erika Johnson                        (NYT solver)

Ian Golder                        (NYT solver)

Monique van den Berg                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Zoë Lidstrom                        (NYT solver)

Megan Guy                        (NYT solver)

Hunter Dreidame                (NYT solver)

Jae M. Zimmermann                (NYT solver)

Hendrik Isom                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

cynthia horwitz                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Eric Dickerson                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Brian Bosworth                        (NYT solver)

Will Shandling                        (NYT solver)

Duncan Hendrick                (NYT solver and subscriber)

Gail Falk                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Amy Kotsenas                        (NYT solver and subscriber)

Zoe Nagara                        (NYT solver)

Reshma Mehta                        (NYT solver)

Nathalie Hoffman                (NYT solver & subscriber, 35+ years)

Ellen Sullins                        (NYT solver)

Elizabeth Zhu                        (NYT solver)

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