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15x15 grids with the Most Words in the Modern Era

NYT guidelines specify that word (or clue) counts should not exceed 78 for themed puzzles or 72 for themeless ones. Sometimes, unusual themes or gimmicks require more.

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Joe Krozel Patrick Blindauer Kevin G. Der Tim Croce Joanne Sullivan Stephen Hiltner Peter Koetters Joe Hansen Sidney L. Robbins Chet Currier A. J. Santora
Tue 12/23/200886
TEDSATRATER
ILEENIDTARARA
MINDIDIRETRAP
EDISONAMOPTS
REMANSPITON
SAILEDNONET
ERIEDARLAMINA
TESNOVVONSET
ANIMALRADEIRE
TENONDELIAS
NOTIPSNAMER
STPOMANOSIDE
PARTERIDIDNIM
ARARATDINEELI
RETARTASDET
Thu 9/11/2014 CHANGE OF HEART84
MOOSEAGOPEACH
AVAILLEACURIE
TAKESPARTPRIDE
VIEAHSSEL
GREETERASNER
FOECADGLO
LOTBARONALOHA
ADAATTOSSFOX
BEGETHUNCHAVE
DHLPERGED
TRYSTSTATLER
BEERAWPOL
INTERFIREWATER
GORMETNNEMERY
DROIDAGAROXIE
Thu 10/15/201584
HOEDSPAMAMS
ITEESULNELEIE
TOSCASNAILSHEL
OTSTRCAOIK
YLELOGGLDES
ACESSATREV
RATFITTWLC
FLMBWILOORALY
NESAEITLAA
ROKPEETASY
SHDDRMILKWA
AMIMIDSTEO
GUGENHEIMGAUZS
AGSGATNAEMRLA
DTSDRYSSLAW
Tue 6/22/202184
SCARABRAPTAFT
LOLITAALAOBOE
IMAGEDZITTORE
MESHESOHEAVEN
TIGERSSLEW
CROLGAEYEBAR
RAVELHEARTORO
ODERBOWLSSANA
SIRSAREAPARED
SOPTISNYEDDS
NASAENTERS
BOSTONESLHELL
RISEEARLEAGUE
ASEAODDERRORS
DESKNESDAISES
Wed 3/18/199882
WRAPSFLATSTIT
HORAESURESCAR
OUIJATTENROME
ATLASTEATSABE
MOETSHORTST
CILANTROSAY
LAPTRONARECAP
EGGAUTSYAHA
FOAMYTONETPER
BARFEARSOME
TDRAWERRHEE
SAONCAASICKEN
IZODTIPTGRIPE
DEFTOTISNEWER
ESTSSTAYSTIED
WordsDateAuthorBlocks
86Tue Dec 23, 2008Joe Krozel45
84Thu Sep 11, 2014Patrick Blindauer47
84Thu Oct 15, 2015Kevin G. Der54
84Tue Jun 22, 2021Matt Frederick38
82Wed Mar 18, 1998Susan Smith40
82Mon Jul 20, 1998Mary E. Brindamour42
82Tue Jun 17, 2003Susan Harrington Smith40
82Tue Jan 14, 2014Tim Croce40
82Tue Feb 3, 2015Joe Krozel42
82Thu Sep 8, 2016Joanne Sullivan41
82Mon Mar 14, 2022Stephen Hiltner38
82Tue Sep 27, 2022Peter Koetters38
82Tue Jun 6, 2023Daniel Jaret48
82Tue Sep 24, 2024Kevin L. Shellito38
81Tue Apr 14, 2020Joe Hansen38
80Mon Nov 29, 1993Sidney L. Robbins42
80Wed Jan 5, 1994Chet Currier38
80Tue Feb 1, 1994Robert Zimmerman38
80Mon May 16, 1994Ed Pegg Jr.37
80Mon Aug 1, 1994Thomas W. Schier36
80Tue Jun 27, 1995Diane C. Baldwin36
80Wed Dec 13, 1995Ernie Furtado38
80Tue Apr 9, 1996M. E. Skolsky36
80Wed May 15, 1996A.J. Santora36
80Tue Nov 5, 1996Jeremiah Farrell33
80Wed Nov 6, 1996M. E. Skolsky36
80Wed Dec 4, 1996M. E. Skolsky36
80Tue Jul 8, 1997Stephanie Spadaccini38
80Mon Sep 8, 1997Robert Goldberg38
80Mon Jan 5, 1998Mark Moldowsky34
80Wed Oct 27, 1999Chris Sallade42
80Thu Feb 3, 2000Thomas W. Schier38
80Thu Dec 14, 2000Peter Gordon34
80Tue Jan 16, 2001Peter Gordon46
80Mon Apr 29, 2002Holden Baker38
80Wed Feb 5, 2003Ron O'Hair35
80Tue May 27, 2003PAtrick MErrell38
80Thu Aug 21, 2003Patrick Merrell37
80Tue Sep 9, 2003Robert Zimmerman40
80Thu Sep 11, 2003Patrick Merrell40
80Tue Dec 23, 2003Mike Torch40
80Mon Nov 15, 2004Alison Donald40
80Wed Mar 23, 2005Mike Shenk36
80Thu Mar 24, 2005Dan Reichert38
80Mon Oct 10, 2005Holden Baker40
80Mon Dec 19, 2005Richard Hughes38
80Wed Dec 21, 2005David J. Kahn38
80Wed Jan 25, 2006John Farmer42
80Tue Jan 31, 2006Patrick Merrell40
80Tue Jun 27, 2006Damon J. Gulczynski36
80Wed Oct 18, 2006John Farmer44
80Fri Feb 2, 2007David J. Kahn38
80Wed Jul 4, 2007Patrick Blindauer44
80Tue Oct 30, 2007Gary Steinmehl40
80Tue Jan 22, 2008Adam G. Perl38
80Thu Feb 14, 2008David J. Kahn36
80Mon Apr 14, 2008Christina Houlihan Kelly40
80Tue May 6, 2008Gary J. Whitehead37
80Tue Dec 8, 2009Joe Krozel44
80Thu Sep 2, 2010Patrick Blindauer and Andrea Carla Michaels42
80Thu Mar 17, 2011Anna Shechtman38
80Wed May 18, 2011David J. Kahn38
80Tue Apr 24, 2012Adam G. Perl36
80Mon Jun 4, 2012John R. O'Brien42
80Thu Aug 23, 2012Mark Feldman38
80Mon Dec 10, 2012Michael David42
80Tue Dec 18, 2012Adam G. Perl38
80Tue Apr 23, 2013Severin T. Nelson38
80Tue Jun 4, 2013Kristian House38
80Thu Jul 25, 2013Patrick Blindauer48
80Mon Sep 16, 2013Ed Sessa38
80Thu Jan 23, 2014Michael Hawkins40
80Tue Feb 18, 2014David Steinberg38
80Thu Jul 3, 2014Luke Vaughn42
80Thu Oct 9, 2014Joel Fagliano40
80Thu Dec 4, 2014Kacey Walker and David Quarfoot38
80Tue Oct 13, 2015Patrick Berry39
80Tue Nov 3, 2015Brendan Emmett Quigley and Joel Fagliano46
80Wed Aug 10, 2016David C. Duncan Dekker40
80Mon Mar 20, 2017Neil deGrasse Tyson and Andrea Carla Michaels44
80Sat Apr 1, 2017Howard Barkin38
80Tue Mar 13, 2018Carl Worth38
80Thu Dec 6, 2018Sophia Maymudes38
80Tue Mar 12, 2019Jules Markey38
80Thu May 23, 2019Alex Vratsanos37
80Thu Aug 1, 2019Patrick Merrell36
80Thu Aug 22, 2019Emily Carroll34
80Thu Jan 30, 2020Emily Carroll34
80Mon Oct 12, 2020Joe Hansen36
80Thu Nov 25, 2021Chase Dittrich36
80Thu Jun 30, 2022Samuel A. Donaldson and Doug Peterson40
80Tue Aug 16, 2022Sue Fracker40
80Thu Dec 22, 2022David Steinberg42
80Wed Jan 11, 2023Victor Barocas38
80Thu Feb 2, 2023Elise Corbin36
80Wed Feb 15, 2023Sean Ziebarth38
80Wed Mar 8, 2023Miranda Kany40
80Thu Jun 15, 2023David Harris38
80Wed Oct 11, 2023Miranda Kany40
80Thu Oct 19, 2023Colin Ernst40
80Thu Apr 11, 2024Dan Caprera40
80Wed Nov 20, 2024Robert S. Gard36
80Tue Dec 24, 2024Sarah Sinclair40
79Tue Aug 8, 2006Ed Early42
79Tue Mar 22, 2016Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel37
79Tue Jun 25, 2019Alex Eaton-Salners39
79Wed Sep 4, 2019Patrick Blindauer42
79Wed Jan 26, 2022Michael Schlossberg41
79Tue Mar 1, 2022Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen45
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