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5 puzzles by Ben Pall
with Jeff Chen comments

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Ben Pall
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 NY Times, Sun, Jul 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 NY Times, Sun, Dec 05, 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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