S | T | A | R | R | A | B | I | D | S | H | O | P | ||
L | O | B | E | E | L | U | D | E | A | Q | U | A | ||
A | R | E | A | A | L | O | O | F | I | S | I | T | ||
B | I | L | L | Y | C | R | Y | S | T | A | L | |||
M | E | T | E | S | E | L | L | |||||||
M | A | D | A | M | D | R | U | N | K | D | I | A | L | |
I | R | O | N | E | D | A | S | A | P | T | A | |||
N | U | N | N | U | T | C | A | S | E | T | I | S | ||
A | B | E | R | O | E | A | N | Y | O | N | E | |||
J | A | Z | Z | H | A | N | D | S | D | O | N | O | R | |
N | O | O | B | A | G | O | G | |||||||
N | O | T | O | N | M | Y | W | A | T | C | H | |||
D | U | S | K | O | N | E | U | P | M | A | H | I | ||
V | A | P | E | N | I | N | E | S | A | M | E | N | ||
D | E | A | D | I | T | A | L | Y | T | E | X | T |
M | A | T | H | P | B | J | S | H | A | R | S | H | ||
I | C | E | T | O | R | E | O | A | V | I | L | A | ||
T | H | A | T | N | E | E | D | S | A | T | A | N | ||
C | O | M | P | U | T | E | R | S | Y | S | T | E | M | S |
H | O | P | G | I | S | A | L | A | ||||||
L | O | L | A | P | O | W | E | R | T | I | E | |||
S | C | A | R | Y | C | L | O | W | N | A | D | T | ||
W | A | Y | S | E | L | I | I | L | L | S | ||||
A | V | E | H | O | K | E | Y | P | O | K | E | Y | ||
M | A | R | A | D | O | N | A | E | L | S | A | |||
N | A | S | U | S | E | H | Q | S | ||||||
W | H | A | T | I | T | S | A | L | L | A | B | O | U | T |
R | A | N | I | N | E | T | T | E | A | L | O | E | ||
E | R | E | C | T | T | O | R | T | B | I | T | E | ||
N | E | W | S | Y | S | P | A | S | A | C | E | D |
I'm thrilled to be making my NYT debut! I am a dad with 3 small kids, and I work as an Assistant Controller at a hedge fund in NYC. I came up with the idea for this puzzle while listening to the Hokey Pokey on repeat with my kids (their idea). "What is ‘it' all about?" I thought to myself while dancing around the kitchen. It didn't take long before I had a theme set and the green light from my lifelong friends who I talk puzzles with almost every day.
If this puzzle resonates with you, or if you need help adjusting your Alexa's parental setting, I'd love to hear from you. You can find me at gregxword@gmail.com