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14 puzzles by Daniel Bodily
with Jim Horne comments

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Daniel Bodily

Daniel Bodily, of Woodbury, Minn., is a robotics research engineer.

Thu 6/12/2025
EVASTAGEPOD
WIDEWILOWPEVE
ADHDIRATEOWEN
NEONMECASLERY
OCAMGETSOFT
AGOCLASACTOHS
HAMSOUPSUPTRU
AMISAGATEOBOE
SETOFESEDLAWS
SERSHALS
TUBSSUBJ
QUADRUPLEDOUBLE
ULTAFIELDWAIT
INOTFRAMEOMEN
PAPASONARNASA

This puzzle should be featured on ACCESS HOLLYWOOD.

Other options include GREEN GODDESS DRESSING, TENNESSEE VALLEY, and CHATTANOOGA CHOOCHOO.

cf.: Previous quadruple double.

Wed 4/2/2025
FIFEPAWNWED
ICONCANOEAPE
NEATWINDOWTRIM
IBMREAIRTULSI
SEPIATONEDPOTS
HEARTSORACLE
RDACARJACKED
RACCOON
BUDGETCUTNBA
ASIAGOSCOURS
REAMPERFECTFIT
IDLESBOILSFAR
SPORTSBUFFBONO
TONARENABONN
ATETODDSNAG
Thu 12/12/2024
POSEJAMMUCHO
JOHNUNAARROZ
SPOTSTRANGERS
SWEETSIXTEEN
BRADAIR
SAORONSALONS
IGATIERANEW
CATCHTWENTYTWO
EVESTUBAHBO
MEDICIPANASP
RNSSECT
AREAFIFTYONE
TRATTORIADORA
LATTEERRETAS
CLEARDMSSESH

Spelled-out numbers in the theme answers must be replaced by the answers at that grid number.

  • 19-Across is SWEET SIXTEEN, and 16-Across is SPOT, so "Part of a bat that produces the best contact" is SWEET SPOT.
  • 36-Across is CATCH TWENTY-TWO, and 22-Across is AIR, so "Get serious hang time, as a skateboarder" is CATCH AIR.
  • 52-Across is AREA FIFTY-ONE, and 51-Down is CODES, so "Three-digit numbers in parentheses" is AREA CODES.

Grid numbers 16, 22, and 51 are circled.

Tue 9/10/2024
SEISMGAZESABER
RASTAOVENADELE
OCEANNOTVYEAST
HEMINGWAYESQUE
PAYLSU
EXECUTIVEBOARD
GRADKAMALATEEM
NIXEDLUISLETGO
ACEJFKPLAZARAM
WASABIESPOSA
CONSONANTS
MOTTOTWIXWYATT
ABOUTANTIICHOR
TORAHFERNSHAME
HEELSFROGHOBBY

"Find three entries from a word list that, between them, include every consonant exactly once." That's an interesting software challenge. If I were still conducting interviews at Microsoft, I'd use it as a whiteboard design problem.

Of course, I had to try myself, looking for sets of three such entries from Jeff's list, counting Y as a vowel. (Daniel Bodily counted it as a consonant.) Most results include weird words like pyrzqxgl or six-pack bezique, but here are a few I found:

  • fax equipmentglazed overwhack jobs
  • flapjackTV quiz showmixing board
  • have a good tripWolfman Jacksqueeze box
  • privatizedqualifying examwhack jobs

Because I loved I Claudius and I got to see the star in person in a play at the Barbican, I also like:

  • exemplifyingTV quiz showDerek Jacobi.

As you can see, TV quiz show and whack jobs are nearly as useful as six-pack bezique. (That's a sentence that has never before been written in the history of the English language.)

Mon 7/8/2024
POLLSPAULACRY
ADIEUIDSAYROE
COLORSCHEMEUMA
TRYPESOSANER
BRACOMICCON
CAPRISPERTH
AREASREELTAO
SKATEBOARDTRICK
TSKAGRAHOMER
SMILECAMERA
BEESTINGZIP
JEANSORALSTU
ORSWHATARACKET
RIOAUDITNOISE
KENRESTSDONTS
Tue 6/4/2024
PUMAPSAKIBAMA
AHABLOGINIMAX
CAMERALENSONCE
TUBICEDELSE
LATTESRCASUB
YAMWETPAINT
ASPAURASNAFU
ELECTRICFENCE
FRIARBETOLSD
LIMBOBARRAE
YESWINSTRESS
DINGSUITTIE
ATONCRIMESCENE
KIWIAIMATOPAL
CANTTOUCHTHIS
Sun 5/5/2024 From the Astronaut's Logbook
ISHTRYCABOJSOPT
STAYCOOLAGOOKAYSURE
LOVEMEDOKEWVIBRATOS
AMISASPENTREELOOT
MANBAGTOPTIERFLUFFY
GOYAITAKEITLOTT
TWASNTNUNSCHONEHIT
WEBSHISSHERASEGA
OILPERPMUTEBUM
BRAARIAMOOONITLAP
IDSDISCAPROWNSUNO
TOTSNEELEENAGDEAN
EGGSRANGEYOLO
SPEEDOCTALNEWTS
MILIEUCHANTANNEAL
PLANKSSKIBOOTIDTAGS
GONGTILENEAROKED
ESTCATSAJARSEE
PESTOEMMYROTIMATCH
OCEANICABASHSTARTLE
SHARONANIXONTORTLAW
HOTSWAPLENANTHEMS
Tue 11/7/2023
METSHATCHSTAB
ABBAIVBAGEBAY
ZOOMMEANTRANT
DONUTMRTTILDE
AKERSALLSOLES
SATRIOHUG
STIRIFSISLE
MAEAMATEURORB
GRAMPASTEVIE
MAKESITDECREED
NANAOMAR
ACTNEXTGENALI
DREADTOTNONOS
ZUMBAIPOOWNUP
EXPELPSYNEEDY
Thu 10/5/2023
HITBAILPSYCH
ATAGLANCEOPERA
JOBMARKETTONYS
LOTSABEST
RESETTESHESP
BUSROMACORNEA
INCHOOPSTODAY
SARALEECHOSLO
ETAILTRUEFUEL
CAPRISEDAMPGA
TBSNYPDDEMOS
MESAASTIN
MAFIACLIPONTIE
SWINGAUDIOTOUR
GENIESVENPDA
Thu 1/19/2023
PALSNATOORCAS
ESAUBOWLTARDY
TOYPIANOSSPOOF
FIESTSETBABY
TRIESNEGATE
PROAAHSANT
HENCHMANSUTRA
DEMOMACLUIS
LEMMASUBGENRE
BARSBINUSA
DEARTHAGASP
PASTSRIBROAD
ONTAPESCALATOR
SCENEWENTMAZE
HERTZDENSIBEX
Sun 10/23/2022 To Be Continued
ANTIQUESTORESAROMA
LOOMURGESTAXICAPED
LIONENOCHODINHYENA
OCTOPUSTIMETCBYNAG
WESTIEMIRACLEONICE
ALSIOTAHARPONES
SACRACONSNONEARG
ALOOFACEHYPEMUSCAT
GARBAGEDUMPSCREEDS
ANNODINISPYBRARDA
BETWEENTHELINES
PERFARPALSNOBIMUS
HATTERKALEIDOSCOPE
INHOMEIRISNEDDENTE
ETATAKEBDAYRAYON
ACMEMESAPOORHON
DRAMALESSONSUNDOCK
MAREXEDFIREFRESHEN
INKEDCOVEISAIDLADE
NIECEONCESISALORAL
SATONMARTHASTEWART
Wed 8/3/2022
ORALADZMOMS
TACOSCUEREVEL
INASCRABBLEGAME
SKITRIPRIVALED
PIMPABIT
SEEPELFEROS
WHATTILEISWORTH
OARSSLASHNORI
ONTBAAHUPMAN
STARRYTAKEIT
HYGIENEVISIONS
TWOPOINTS
STRAPODDEMBER
UHURUDIELEAKY
RANDBECOSTREE
Sun 5/29/2022 A Monumental Centennial
TVADSPANGOGHSASH
HOBOKEPTTROUTUTU
ANEWBIRTHOFFREEDOM
INTERNETEARCLIPS
LINCOLNMEMORIAL
MASSEYSOULSCRAGGY
EVAFDADOZENFADRAE
LOVESICKBAGBENSTEIN
TWIGPERSKYRUEHANS
ORRDOCNODSET
BUREAUCASHCOWSTRESS
EGOTISMBEARDBOOMMIC
ELFLAPAGREEATVANA
PITASHONESTABEERNST
HOPSWARHEROSPEC
CELLARSPACIFIC
CHUICUTAPPOM
LENGTHSPSEOREGANO
AVIATESRINMAHATMA
WROTETOEDTSBALOAN
SENORSSTERNS
Thu 3/17/2022
ICONSQUABSPUB
NOVAAUNTIERNA
TREKLITTLEROCK
OGREOPIENABLE
WILDROSESICEES
OLINHATE
STOICASAPSUP
TAKEOUTTHETRASH
UPSNAYSWANED
ODORLOTT
RETROIOWASTATE
ATHENSRIPASIS
SHOOTCRAPSILLS
TENGOATEELADE
ARGOWNERSSPEX
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