XWORDS PROBLEM 2: NYTIMES1987
The 78 words from the solution to what
some have called
the most difficult New York Times crossword puzzle. Of course, for this
puzzle pretty much any crossword puzzle would have provided the
same challenge, but I picked a famous one for fun. Here is
a picture of the 15x15 solution to the original puzzle, followed by the best
solution on the 16x32 POTM board found by the POTM entries!
michael found the best solution for NYTIMES1987:
| Z | A | R | F | | A | C | E | S | | G | E | N | S | | | E | L | B | A | | | | | E | R | A | T | | N | E | T
| E | V | I | | E | V | I | | H | A | E | | E | | Z | E | N | | | R | | G | E | N | S | | R | | Z | E | N |
| | N | E | T | | N | E | A | | O | | N | E | T | | E | N | D | | T | O | N | | | E | S | S | O | | E | N | D |
| | O | | E | N | D | | | E | P | O | S | | | E | N | D | | T | O | N | | Z | E | N | O | | N | E | N | E | | R
| | G | | E | | E | N | S | | | | Z | E | N | O | | T | O | N | | N | E | N | E | | Z | | S | | | | E
| F | E | E | T | | N | E | * | E | | | E | | D | | T | O | N | | G | E | N | S | | G | E | N | S | | E | N | S
| E | N | S | | E | S | T | | | N | E | N | E | | T | O | N | | Z | E | N | O | | Z | E | N | | O | S | S | E | T
| E | S | T | | S | | | | Z | E | N | O | | T | O | N | | N | E | N | E | | Z | E | N | O | | | A | S | T | I
| T | | | E | S | T | | G | E | N | S | | T | O | N | | G | E | N | S | | G | E | N | S | | E | S | S | O | |
| | | Z | E | N | O | | N | E | N | E | | T | O | N | | Z | E | N | O | | Z | E | N | O | | | V | | H | | |
| | | E | N | D | | Z | E | N | O | | T | O | N | | N | E | N | E | | Z | E | N | O | | E | R | I | E | | E | N | S
| E | N | D | | G | E | N | S | | T | O | N | | G | E | N | S | | G | E | N | S | | E | V | I | | | A | V | E |
| | P | | | N | E | N | E | | Z | E | N | | Z | E | N | O | | Z | E | N | O | | | R | I | T | E | | R | I | T | E
| S | | Z | E | N | O | | N | | M | | N | E | N | E | | Z | E | N | O | | N | E | A | | E | R | A | T | | | L
| O | | E | N | S | | K | E | L | P | | E | N | S | | | E | N | S | | | E | S | T | | | A | V | E | | | B
| M | E | N | E | | | | T | | E | S | T | | | Z | E | N | O | | E | R | A | T | | R | I | T | E | | N | E | A
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Here is the full 78 word wordlist for NYTIMES1987:
JAWS
ACERB
ZARF
ERAT
VISOR
ERIE
STRIKEASOURNOTE
TEMPE
OMNI
NET
ELBA
END
BALLPARKFIGURES
EVI
LIAR
SMELT
DINK
MOTES
ASTI
ASYOU
SASH
TON
DOUBLEORNOTHING
ENS
OPIE
ZIG
ACES
EPSOM
EVENSUPTHESCORE
NENE
DORAS
ALAN
OSSA
OSSET
TINE
JEST
BEDAD
ZENO
ARTE
AVISO
IVES
WARM
LINYU
GENS
STIPEL
KOBE
NEA
KELP
ULNAS
AVE
BALM
ESCUDO
CIA
ARIOSO
EPOS
ESSO
KATAR
STRS
ROOM
FRESNO
HAE
BRUNEI
SHOP
EST
RINGS
TIES
ZEN
DUMA
HEPCAT
ARON
RESTI
SOLI
RITE
ELTON
ORAN
FEET
STING
MENE
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