my bylines
by day, i'm the crossword editor at the atlantic. as a freelance constructor, i have published more than 300 puzzles, with bylines in newspapers, crossword outlets, and tournaments, including defector, usa today, chicago sun-times, los angeles times, the new yorker, and apple news+. my smaller puzzles run twice per week at crossword club.
some of my published puzzles
"musical arrangement", with erik agard (defector, 8/18/2025)
freestyle (apple news+, 8/14/2025)
freestyle, with rebecca goldstein (apple news+, 6/28/2025)
freestyle, with amanda rafkin (apple news+, 4/17/2025)
freestyle (apple news+, 2/8/2025)
"that's how i beat shaq" (freestyle) (usa today, 2/4/2025)
"let her cook" (puzzmo, 1/30/2025)
"crying at the nail salon" (freestyle) (usa today, 1/24/2025)
freestyle (apple news+, 1/21/2025)
"all sizzle, no fizzle" (puzzmo, 1/10/2025)
freestyle (apple news+, 1/1/2025)
"twinkle, twinkle", with erik agard (puzzmo, 12/13/2024)
"you make a good point" (apple news+, 11/20/2024)
"year of the rat" (puzzmo, 11/15/2024)
freestyle (apple news+, 11/7/2024)
"flower arrangement", with erik agard (defector, 10/14/2014)
"definitely not up to something" (usa today, 10/13/2024)
themeless sunday 101 (universal, 9/8/2024)
"my double aquarius made me do it" (puzzmo, 9/6/2024)
freestyle (apple news+, 8/30/2024)
"you know what's cool?" (avcx+, 8/22/2024)
"driving rain", with erik agard (apple news+, 8/16/2024)
freestyle (crossword club, 8/4/2024)
"this is a symbiotic thing" (puzzmo, 6/4/2024)
(untitled), with sarah sinclair (los angeles times, 4/25/2024)
freestyle (apple news+, 4/11/2023)
"down for the count", with kate chin park (defector, 2/12/2024)
"on and on and on" (usa today, 1/24/2024)
"catch 'em if you can", with erik agard (apple news+, 12/25/2023)
freestyle (apple news+, 12/14/2023)
freestyle (apple news+, 12/2/2023)
"early disco" (usa today, 11/26/2023)
freestyle (apple news+, 11/21/2023)
freestyle (apple news+, 11/18/2023)
"dms are open", with amie walker (usa today, 11/9/2023)
freestyle (apple news+, 10/28/2023)
"comedy bang bang", with brooke husic (the new yorker, 8/11/2023)
"birds of a feather" (usa today, 7/28/2023)
freestyle 79 (universal, 7/1/2023)
"fast, casual" (apple news+, 6/27/2023)
themeless 28 (the modern, 6/25/2023)
"it's a wrap" (apple news+, 6/25/2023)
"pop!" (apple news+, 6/19/2023)
"onwards! (freestyle)" (usa today, 5/10/2023)
"bffs", with rafael musa (usa today, 4/18/2023)
"great gowns, beautiful gowns" (avcx+, 2/14/2023)
"blow ya mind" (usa today, 2/10/2023)
"pin ups" (usa today, 1/30/2023)
"3 mcs and 1 dj" (usa today, 1/24/2023)
untitled, with matthew stock (the atlantic, 1/22/2023)
"doubleplusungood", with brooke husic (usa today, 9/20/22)
"somebody" (lil avc x, 9/12/22)
"indeed" (usa today, 7/19/22)
"i was josh safdie's muse" (lil avc x, 7/11/2022)
"you're out" (usa today, 6/28/22)
"hit for the cycle", with erik agard (usa today, 6/20/2022)
"cut a rug" (usa today, 5/9/2022)
"sign o' the times" (lil avc x, 4/25/2022)
"(your school has no gymnastics team) this is a last resort" (lil avc x, 3/28/2022)