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5 puzzles by Ben Pall
with Jeff Chen comments

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Ben Pall
Puzzles constructed by Ben Pall by year
Mon 10/11/2021
CONCHSAMCLOUT
AKIRATIOHENNA
TAKEITORLEAVEIT
EYEDROPENLIST
TOGAGEN
LOVEITORHATEIT
ANISETAGSCUE
LEDETABLEBALM
APENONOFARSI
MOVEITORLOSEIT
OWLKEEL
BOWSERDADBODS
MAKEITORBREAKIT
EARLEWOORHINE
GLASSSEXSTEEP

Surprised to discover that there are so few X IT OR Y IT phrases out there. I could only think of "eat it or wear it," from "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing," involving a snubbed bowl of cereal dumped over Fudge's head. Ha ha, I would never actually do that!

But a guy can dream.

It's a shame that MAKE IT OR BREAK IT isn't as sparkly as the others, with "make or break" sounding more convincing. Ah well, the quartet is still solid, and it's a minor miracle that Ben could find enough phrases with this exact pattern.

A couple of bonuses, this guy doing a lot of pull-ups and push-ups these quarantine days to combat DADBOD. (My daily hour-long erg workout is a USE IT and LOSE IT proposition.) HAIR TIE, CHALETS, REDBOX, Muriel BOWSER, ARTBOOK — nothing flashy, but above-average use of mid-length slots.

I'd go far, far out of my way to avoid BAAL, especially given the potential traps crossing BOWSER and EARLE. Tough vocab for me as a seasoned solver. For newbs, things like ESE and LALA are so much easier to fill in.

I had the pleasure of hanging out with Ben years back at the ACPT. He was just a teen back then, and it's neat to see him continue his construction career.

Thu 9/6/2012
ACTEDVEGREAMS
HIRESALIEABBIE
AVANTPIZZAJOINT
BIDROTARY
LEISUREARANTXA
BUNTSAPES
ENSUESSOSIBM
LIENOAHUBARI
LOCKTEENAMEN
ANTPORDABSAT
AHSOBEAKS
EGOTRIPGOESMAD
SPLITSECONDPAW
HAIRSADANO
SAENSKNEEMARCO
ESSAYESTINTEL
Sun 7/10/2011 BODY ENHANCEMENT
HOLLOWCLODATTAINED
EROICAFRODOMOISTURE
COUNTSNOISESANTIETAM
SEAHORSEUTILSCSI
COINLIMPSERVICEFRET
RUNSTOISEEDORA
ENGRABBITPEARSPACES
ECUIDEASEASEKEA
PEPSCHICKENFLINGERS
WORKSHONESDEARIE
SOMEDAYDIVOTGENUSES
EVADEDSALICLEADS
TAKESONTHECHAINSFPD
ATESNEEGRETAROE
TESLABROWNBEATENERI
GINABEAUASSETS
IDOLFACETPOWDEREAST
ROOALLOYYEARLONG
INDICATEPSALMREADERS
SHOWEREDAUNTSSHINES
HONORERSLETSSUNTAN
Sun 12/5/2010 ON A ROLL
QUAFFSOMAHASAPPIER
ANGOLAASEVERINAHOLE
TERRORCUTONBOLDLINES
AVEPARTENSRVSLIME
REEKJESTSONEOFZEN
INDOEBONSAPORIDENT
INVENTHURTEXISTS
NAMAOLBONAIDES
OPENSSHADETHECIRCLES
DONOTOMARVETOLLA
OLDSSEPOYBOOTSLAPD
FLEEOROCASKNOMAD
FOLDALONGDASHESERASE
IVESLINKAGOSON
PEEVESCORDOOLONG
RULERPHOTOONTOASPS
ERESCRAMSHREDGELT
SAVEAIRJAIURNSWAR
USETAPEONEDGESENLACE
MINUTESOHOHOHSIEGES
EASIESTBUSTSSPEEDS
Mon 11/23/2009
RAJDIGINABBEY
ONOIRATEQUOTE
POIPOLEVAULTER
EDNANAMETAG
RETYPESOSIRIS
HELDMANNEST
THESELAICGATE
WANBEATLESDOW
ELALLIESTRIOS
RAVITRYNEON
PSYCHODAMAGED
EARPLUGDREW
AGENTORANGEORE
WORSEOWNEDOIL
LORESSNORTMEL
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