Hi! I’m Enrique, a data scientist and crossword constructor, and this is my little corner of the internet for sharing crosswords and comments on the puzzleverse x data science.
My crosswords appear regularly in publications such as the New York Times, Apple News+, and USA Today. Other venues where my crosswords have appeared include the Atlantic, New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, and Los Angeles Times, as well as the Boswords tournament, commercial campaigns for T Brand, and the books New Grids on the Block and Grids Just Wanna Have Fun. Elsewhere in the crossword space, I’ve edited midi crosswords for Lil AVC X and co-maintain Spread the Wordlist, a free and accessible wordlist resource for constructors.
Please do get in touch for collaborations, commissions, mentorship, or any other crossword inquiries!
Published Crosswords
2024
“The Other Side” — Grids Just Wanna Have Fun, 3/26/2024
“Work Commitments (Cryptic)” (w/Ali Gascoigne) — Puzzles 4 Abortion, 3/15/2024
“Rack ‘Em Up” (w/Matthew Stock) — New York Times, 3/10/2024
“@#$% Words” (w/Chandi Deitmer) — Modern Crossword, 2/24/2024
“What’s Your Fantasy” — Puzzmo, 2/22/2024
“Business Units” — Apple News+, 2/14/2024
“Morning Rush” — Puzzmo, 1/2/2024
2023
“Lunch Money” — Apple News+, 12/17/2023
Themeless — Los Angeles Times, 12/9/2023
“Millennium Approaches” — New Grids on the Block, 11/14/2023
“The Seventh Sense” — AVCX+, 11/3/2023
Themeless — Apple News+, 10/30/2023
Themeless — Modern Crossword, 10/22/2023
“Dual Core PCs” — Apple News+, 10/20/2023
“The Kids Are All Right” — USA Today, 10/19/2023
Themeless — Apple News+, 10/15/2023
Themeless — Apple News+, 10/5/2023
“3LW” — USA Today, 10/5/2023
“Fun with Bestie” — USA Today, 8/28/2023
Themeless — Apple News+, 8/17/2023
“What the Hell, Make It a Double” — AVCX+, 7/28/2023
“Moving Parts” — Los Angeles Times, 7/23/2023
“It Takes Two” (w/Brooke Husic) — USA Today, 7/14/2023
“Backs Away Slowly…” — USA Today, 6/18/2023
“Power of Three” — USA Today, 5/24/2023
Untitled (w/Brooke Husic) — Los Angeles Times, 5/24/2023
“A Revolutionary Puzzle” (w/Brooke Husic) — Modern Crossword, 5/20/2023
“Hidden Figures” — Los Angeles Times, 5/14/2023
Untitled — New York Times, 5/12/2023
“Something in the Air” — New Yorker, 4/21/2023
“Latte Art for Beginners” — USA Today, 4/15/2023
“Start Buttons” — USA Today, 4/7/2023
“Turns of Phrase” — Modern Crossword, 3/25/2023
“Turn Up the Volume!” — AVCX, 3/15/2023
Untitled — Los Angeles Times, 3/10/2023
Untitled (w/Matthew Stock) — New York Times, 3/7/2023
“Inner Clarity” — Universal, 2/22/2023
Untitled — Los Angeles Times, 2/15/2023
“Blast Off!” — Boswords Winter Wondersolve, 2/5/2023
“Jarring Ends” — USA Today, 1/28/2023
Themeless — Modern Crossword, 1/22/2023
“All the Things You Are” — USA Today, 1/20/2023
“All Star Cast” — USA Today, 1/7/2023
“Around We Go” — Universal, 1/5/2023
2022
“Rocky Starts” — USA Today, 12/27/2022
“Primary Funds” — USA Today, 12/2/2022
“Pardon the Interruption” (w/Chandi Deitmer) — AVCX, 11/16/2022
“Left Shark” — USA Today, 11/11/2022
Untitled — New York Times, 11/8/2022
“Pre-Orientation” (w/Brooke Husic) — USA Today, 11/1/2022
“Rear Seats” (w/Nate Cardin) — USA Today, 10/18/2022
“love u, byyyeee” — Lil AVC X, 10/17/2022
“A/S/L” — USA Today, 10/15/2022
Themeless — Los Angeles Times, 10/15/2022
“Star Fruit” — USA Today, 10/11/2022
“Among Friends” — USA Today, 9/27/2022
“ABA Song Form” — USA Today, 9/10/2022
“Migration Patterns” (w/Steve Mossberg) — Crosswords Club, 9/1/2022
“Codebreakers” — USA Today, 8/19/2022
Untitled — New York Times, 7/27/2022
Untitled — Los Angeles Times, 7/23/2022
“Spread It On Thick” — Lil AVC X, 6/13/2022
“All Over the Place” — USA Today, 6/7/2022
“On the Rocks” (w/Mark Valdez) — USA Today, 6/1/2022
“Let’s Start a Group” — USA Today, 5/20/2022
“Taste Makers” — USA Today, 3/23/2022
“Strange Notions” — Universal, 3/21/2022
Themeless — Universal, 3/19/2022
Untitled — The Atlantic, 3/6/2022
“Fair & Right” — These Puzzles Fund Abortion Too, 3/1/2022
Themeless — Universal, 2/19/2022
“Tree Trunks” (w/Brooke Husic) — USA Today, 2/18/2022
“Tight Fit” — Lil AVC X, 2/15/2022
“Three Wishes” — USA Today, 2/10/2022
“Cash Out” — USA Today, 1/24/2022
“Paving the Way for the Future” (w/Brooke Husic) — AVCX, 1/17/2022
“Internet of Things” — USA Today, 1/6/2022
2021
“Southern Cross” — USA Today, 12/27/2021
Untitled — The Atlantic, 12/19/2021
“So So Good” — USA Today, 12/9/2021
Untitled — New York Times, 11/29/2021
“Sink or Swim” — Crosswords Club, 11/23/2021
“Promise Me This” — USA Today, 11/18/2021
“Go Out With A Bang” — Universal, 11/3/2021
“Above It All” — Universal, 10/27/2021
“B&B Listings” — USA Today, 10/26/2021
“Stars In The Sky” — USA Today, 9/25/2021
“Playing Around” — USA Today, 9/11/2021
“Spread the Word(List)” (w/Brooke Husic) — Spread The Wordlist, 9/1/2021
Untitled (w/Steve Mossberg) — Los Angeles Times, 8/11/2021
“Animal Rescue” (w/Ross Trudeau) — Wall Street Journal, 8/7/2021
“Numerical Expressions” — USA Today, 7/29/2021
“Call Me By Your Name” (w/Brooke Husic) — USA Today, 7/20/2021
“Tru North” — USA Today, 7/13/2021
“Flying High” — USA Today, 6/23/2021
“Mixed Messages” — Universal, 6/20/2021
“Gay Outreach” — USA Today, 6/1/2021
“Mixed Grains” — Universal, 5/4/2021
“From On High” — Wall Street Journal, 4/27/2021
“Splitting Up” — USA Today, 4/6/2021
“Time Frame” — Universal, 4/4/2021
Untitled — Los Angeles Times, 3/17/2021
“Level Up” — Universal, 3/15/2021
“Here You Are Again” — Newsday, 3/5/2021
“Mexican Picnic Basket” (w/Steve Mossberg) — Square Pursuit, 2/3/2021
“Litter Collection” — AVCX, 1/20/2021
2020
Untitled — New York Times, 12/8/2020
“Guess Who?” — Spyscape, 8/22/2020
“Led Astray” — Brain Candy, 7/26/2020
“The Very End” — Happy Little Puzzles, 7/20/2020
“Swirling The Glass” — Universal, 7/17/2020
“Smashing!” — Square Pursuit, 7/11/2020
“Turn Of Events” — Spyscape, 6/5/2020
“Dress For Success” — Universal, 4/29/2020
Pangram Midi — Sid’s Grids, 4/20/2020
“Is This Thing On?” — Universal, 2/27/2020
“Holding Court” — AVCX, 1/1/2020