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4 puzzles by Dan Feyer
with Jeff Chen comments

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Dan Feyer
Puzzles constructed by Dan Feyer by year
Sun 3/15/2015 MAKING CONNECTIONS
PROSPECTFRISCOIGAVE
HISHONORAUSTENORBIT
INLETLIEINSUREENOUGH
SKORTNEARSTRYIT
REEFQUACKSEATSAT
INFIDELCASTROGENOESE
MOONIOBEINBOXSEATS
AFLATPGASPARTASWAT
RUINEDSTSUSMCAGE
INCANOPENERSNOOARED
INJURYTAMPERING
VERSELITINFIELDGOAL
AVERASEANOLORDLY
NEAPCAPERSYOUSODAS
INDUCTTAPEMAYNTEMO
SLUSHIEINTAKECONTROL
HYPHENSCARJOAVEO
BSIDEIEVERCROWE
INFANCYPANTSLINKEDIN
FARCEEARNITSNEERING
SMOKYSLEEPYEGGDONOR

Did you ever watch MAN VS. BEAST? Ultimately it disappointed, but the promise of bizarre matchups like a man trying to outrace a giraffe / a speed-eater racing a Kodiak bear was too good to pass up. So today we at XWord Info bring you …

MAN-MACHINE vs. MACHINE-MAN!

In the blue corner is a computer with heart — you better believe it's smart — trained by a programmer with a whole lotta glamor. Its processor is so fast it once got citations for doing way too many calculations; its ability so fine it'll drive you out of your mind. I give you … DR. FILL!

In the red corner, we have the five-time ACPT champion. Half-man, half-amazing, and half-blazing (yes, he runs at 150%, folks); he towers like Big Ben (and of course, writes in pen). The bookies have had to make up NEW NUMBERS in order to take bets on him this year! Personally, I like the eleventy-pi to negative j odds that our champion will show up the good doctor, especially given that HE'S DOING HIS OWN PUZZLE AS FAST AS HE CAN.

Okay, let's set some ground rules. I'll count any error as a 15 second penalty. Other than that, THERE ARE NO RULES. (Except the ones I'll make up as we go.) I want to see a good dirty fight. Solvers ready? FIGHT!

Dr. Fill comes out with a quick flurry of bytes, his jabs and crosses landing hard. Folks, it looks like the champ is taking a beating! Feyer's on the ropes, taking ONERs to the solar plexus. He's looking POTTED!

But wait! Feyer comes back with a flurry of his own, finishing the puzzle out in 2:48, leaving the good doctor reeling in confusion. The doctor is staggering! Toppling! And the doctor is down! Let's count it out … 16 wrong squares. I declare the winner… the MACHINE-MAN! Er, the MAN-MACHINE!

Straightforward but fun "add two letters" puzzle today. INFANCY PANTS made me giggle. Impressive theme density, and going down to 138 words makes the task even harder. There's some strain with a few partials and gluey bits, but it's neat to see Dan flex his constructing muscles.

(Special thanks to Matt Ginsberg for indulging my bizarre whims. Now, to pit Dr. Fill against a honey badger ...)

Tue 5/28/2013
MAORISKILESTS
ARRIDEINEZOOT
SPACEBARGEROPE
CHARLIECHANGE
BRUISESHEYUL
ROLEWHETPLINY
ABATSARICE
BREAKINGBADGE
WIISALTADD
AZTECSTYEERGO
DUHHIEWANDER
ORIGINALSINGE
RICOEVILTWINGE
ECKOPESOANIMA
SHEDTRAPREACT
Sun 1/6/2013 PUZZLE ENVY
DADASSISTSJACKSNAN
ARATURNPROEBOATUZI
NIGHTVISIONJOULEMEX
COMEASANYBURNERERE
ISAACKNEEPANTSLURID
NORTHVIETNAMESEINI
SEENSSRLENSCAP
ANNSLEDTRIPIGUANA
BIASDROSSANIONBLEW
EXTORTNAPAVALLEYVWS
OILYNOVACANCYUTAH
ANONOWVOYAGERSLALOM
MENSSTAREERODEDUPE
PRAISENYROWENDEEL
MALTESEDPSCOOK
VANNORFOLKVIRGINIA
THERELORDMAYORONEND
AOLSCALARXFLTODATE
GUVCARATNIAVARDALOS
USEEAGLEECLOGUEONT
PETSNEADBOLSTERNEE
Tue 10/4/2011
ACDCSPOCKNDAK
THORTIARAOISE
TAMEUNTILISPY
NIPSINTHEBUD
ESLASSSEERS
SHRILLLEANIN
PAIDIRONEDTAI
RIGAREINAKELP
ERNMAPLESERTE
ADORESEMPTOR
DONENACTITA
JUGGLINGPINS
MAZEAROMAANEW
ALECSEWERCERA
PINTHENRYEDDY
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