Bruce Sutphin author page
3 puzzles by Bruce Sutphin
with Constructor comments
See the 10 answer words debuted by Bruce Sutphin.
| S | A | N | T | A | N | A | N | E | T | F | L | I | X | |
| C | H | U | N | N | E | L | O | X | I | D | A | T | E | |
| A | I | R | T | A | X | I | S | P | R | A | Y | E | R | |
| L | T | S | G | U | M | S | H | O | E | A | M | O | ||
| D | U | E | T | S | O | L | O | S | T | W | I | X | ||
| E | N | R | O | N | N | O | W | G | R | A | Z | E | ||
| D | A | Y | L | I | L | Y | S | P | L | A | Y | E | D | |
| K | E | Y | D | I | P | |||||||||
| E | T | A | I | L | E | D | I | Q | T | E | S | T | S | |
| N | O | T | E | S | I | N | C | Z | Z | T | O | P | ||
| C | O | E | N | I | V | I | E | S | E | U | R | E | ||
| A | S | I | A | M | O | E | B | A | S | N | N | E | ||
| M | O | N | S | T | E | R | A | M | I | S | T | A | D | |
| P | O | T | O | M | A | C | T | O | R | P | E | D | O | |
| S | N | O | C | O | N | E | H | A | I | R | D | O | S |
When I went to refresh my memory about this particular puzzle last week, I wasn't sure what I would find. I have written and published puzzles elsewhere since this was accepted, and I like to think I have improved as the years have progressed. The only entries I flat-out don't care for are EURE, ANAG, ASI, and IMEAN (especially duplicating the I). Having said that, Will did change my original KEG/LGE (ugh!) crossing to KEY/LYE. I would hope that I wouldn't make that same mistake now.
Since there are no entries longer than 7 letters, I tried to put some good stuff in the 7's and keep the nonsense to a minimum. While there aren't any jaw-dropping entries among them, my favorites are TRAPEZE, AIRTAXI, TOOSOON and GUMSHOE. Piling ALIMONY right on top of DIVORCE was also fitting I thought. Overall, I am pleased with the outcome.
| I | N | S | T | A | M | A | T | I | C | T | H | A | N | |
| D | O | O | R | T | O | D | O | O | R | R | E | P | O | |
| I | M | P | A | T | I | E | N | C | E | Y | A | P | S | |
| G | E | S | I | S | L | E | D | E | F | T | L | Y | ||
| T | R | E | E | R | E | W | O | V | E | |||||
| A | G | R | E | E | S | S | E | N | O | R | I | T | A | |
| G | O | O | N | S | S | P | E | C | K | S | I | P | ||
| A | T | T | N | S | T | I | L | E | T | I | N | T | ||
| S | H | O | A | P | R | E | S | R | E | O | I | L | ||
| P | A | R | A | L | L | E | L | T | E | E | N | S | Y | |
| M | O | C | K | U | P | M | E | D | S | |||||
| E | C | O | C | A | R | D | O | F | F | Z | I | P | ||
| S | I | T | U | G | U | I | L | L | O | T | I | N | E | |
| S | T | E | S | E | A | S | T | O | R | A | N | G | E | |
| E | Y | R | E | S | E | C | O | N | D | G | E | A | R |
| L | A | P | D | A | R | A | B | O | F | F | E | R | ||
| A | R | E | A | R | E | N | O | R | A | L | L | Y | ||
| W | I | N | D | I | N | G | T | O | A | C | L | O | S | E |
| S | A | N | D | S | I | Z | Z | Y | S | P | A | S | ||
| Y | E | A | S | E | R | I | E | |||||||
| I | M | H | O | S | T | O | R | E | F | R | O | N | T | |
| M | A | I | S | E | E | K | S | N | I | P | E | R | ||
| A | R | T | I | E | R | E | W | O | B | A | M | A | ||
| P | I | E | C | E | S | M | E | A | T | R | E | P | ||
| C | O | M | E | D | Y | G | O | L | D | E | T | A | S | |
| T | Y | R | A | L | A | I | D | |||||||
| O | S | L | O | I | Z | O | D | V | W | B | U | S | ||
| F | O | U | N | T | A | I | N | O | F | Y | O | U | T | H |
| F | U | N | G | I | N | E | N | E | O | R | N | O | ||
| S | P | A | S | M | G | L | E | E | D | Y | E | D |