Dylan Schiff author page
5 puzzles by Dylan Schiff
with Jim Horne comments
Dylan Schiff is a middle school science teacher in Millsboro, Del.
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| P | Φ | N | G | P | A | D | D | L | E | F | E | D | E | X | P | U | R | R | ||
| O | B | E | L | I | R | O | O | T | A | L | I | A | M | A | Z | E | S | |||
| F | I | R | E | C | H | I | E | F | C | R | Φ | S | S | P | U | Z | Z | L | E | |
| F | A | Y | T | O | A | S | T | E | R | C | O | I | N | |||||||
| D | U | N | N | M | O | E | T | N | U | R | S | E | S | |||||||
| S | A | P | Φ | R | E | S | T | P | A | Φ | D | S | O | Φ | S | T | S | |||
| A | L | O | N | E | S | O | Φ | A | S | K | I | P | E | N | T | R | E | |||
| W | I | I | G | T | E | M | P | T | I | D | S | A | Y | G | R | I | P | |||
| E | N | D | A | W | A | S | H | N | A | C | R | E | V | A | C | |||||
| A | N | T | I | D | E | L | H | I | G | N | A | T | S | O | N | T | O | |||
| P | A | S | T | S | D | I | A | Z | I | C | R | Y | L | I | G | E | R | |||
| S | T | A | C | H | E | A | P | E | N | E | D | P | A | C | E | R | S | |||
| E | T | H | E | N | E | E | D | I | T | W | I | S | E | |||||||
| E | Y | R | E | P | O | D | C | A | S | T | A | C | E | |||||||
| F | L | Φ | P | S | A | N | D | A | L | S | O | H | T | H | A | T | S | O | K | |
| A | L | L | A | H | E | D | G | Y | P | L | O | T | C | R | A | N | E | |||
| C | A | B | S | A | S | I | A | N | H | Φ | P | A | R | T | I | S | T | S | ||
| E | M | I | T | S | T | E | R | N | I | N | I | G | O | B | E | E | B | |||
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Phee PHI pho phum...
The Greek letter Φ — spelled out as PHI — looks like an I superimposed on an O, often depicted with serifs as represented in the grid. In this puzzle, Φ sometimes means PHI and sometimes means the first part of the answer has an I and it loops back and is then repeated as an O. Answers below the grid are fixed up.
The app at the Times takes PHI or IO or OI or O or I or various other combinations as correct.
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| C | A | T | H | E | T | E | R | T | A | P | I | R | E | R | R | A | N | D | ||
| O | B | S | O | L | E | T | E | A | T | A | R | I | N | E | E | D | T | O | ||
| B | E | E | S | S | A | R | G | E | S | O | P | E | N | B | A | I | R | |||
| B | R | A | I | A | R | A | C | T | E | R | I | S | H | A | P | S | E | |||
| R | O | O | T | L | E | G | A | H | O | R | S | O | ||||||||
| A | D | D | I | N | G | E | S | C | A | P | E | O | N | I | S | T | E | P | ||
| P | E | R | S | E | U | S | A | S | S | U | R | E | D | T | I | M | E | |||
| E | M | I | T | E | X | T | O | L | G | A | D | O | T | D | I | G | ||||
| S | O | L | I | D | S | H | A | L | O | M | F | I | B | E | R | S | ||||
| L | A | Y | W | O | R | M | H | O | L | E | S | F | O | P | ||||||
| S | C | E | N | E | S | E | M | U | O | I | L | F | R | O | T | H | ||||
| W | A | D | S | H | A | K | A | S | O | D | O | M | N | O | H | O | ||||
| A | S | I | F | I | N | F | R | A | M | E | P | E | D | A | L | E | R | |||
| N | A | N | A | R | I | C | E | T | I | S | T | S | G | A | G | S | O | N | ||
| C | A | T | O | Y | E | S | O | T | T | A | W | A | ||||||||
| C | A | E | N | N | S | A | S | T | A | Y | I | N | G | I | I | L | D | |||
| M | A | C | B | T | E | S | T | M | A | N | D | M | S | A | C | A | I | |||
| U | P | T | I | L | T | A | M | O | C | O | I | S | O | P | R | E | N | E | ||
| C | R | O | N | E | S | G | O | O | U | T | E | U | L | O | G | I | E | S | ||
| H | A | N | G | R | Y | S | P | R | E | E | D | E | E | P | E | N | D |
Play both Badly Misspelled Signs and More Badly Misspelled Signs by today's constrictor.
Answers that hit WORM HOLES continue at the same colored circle in the same direction. A 2024 puzzle had a similar idea.
| M | B | A | C | R | A | G | C | A | B | I | N | D | I | S | C | S | ||||
| O | R | C | A | O | N | E | A | D | E | L | E | T | A | N | T | R | A | |||
| H | A | T | E | M | A | I | L | N | E | A | L | E | I | S | R | A | E | L | ||
| S | N | I | P | E | R | C | O | D | S | U | R | F | T | H | E | N | E | T | ||
| D | O | I | T | G | A | L | O | O | T | S | I | L | I | A | D | |||||
| L | I | N | C | O | L | N | P | A | R | K | A | C | R | E | S | T | A | B | ||
| U | S | P | S | E | A | S | Y | F | U | G | U | E | T | O | R | T | A | |||
| C | H | O | T | O | W | W | I | S | E | R | D | E | N | I | A | L | ||||
| Y | E | S | Y | E | S | S | P | E | N | D | T | I | E | R | A | L | E | |||
| S | E | E | D | T | H | E | D | E | A | E | A | S | C | R | O | L | L | S | ||
| T | A | P | O | U | T | P | I | N | K | E | R | |||||||||
| E | M | A | I | L | A | T | T | A | C | H | M | E | N | T | N | E | S | S | ||
| M | O | S | L | I | S | T | C | A | R | E | S | S | C | O | T | C | H | |||
| C | U | T | M | E | N | E | B | E | R | T | B | A | E | O | R | E | ||||
| E | N | R | O | N | P | R | A | D | A | U | P | O | N | C | L | E | F | |||
| E | T | O | N | D | U | S | T | S | P | R | E | A | D | S | H | E | E | T | ||
| L | I | V | E | R | A | S | S | I | S | T | S | P | E | N | N | |||||
| B | R | O | K | E | N | L | I | N | K | P | A | S | A | R | A | B | I | A | ||
| R | O | G | E | R | S | B | E | I | G | E | P | O | P | U | P | A | D | S | ||
| A | V | E | R | S | E | M | Y | L | A | R | A | V | E | C | S | O | O | |||
| T | E | R | S | E | S | E | L | L | S | S | A | X | E | E | L | F |
| T | R | O | P | E | M | A | A | M | T | V | M | O | M | ||
| R | E | P | E | L | A | L | T | O | R | E | I | K | I | ||
| A | N | T | E | D | K | E | E | N | A | N | N | A | L | ||
| C | A | I | R | O | M | E | X | I | C | O | C | I | T | Y | |
| E | M | O | R | A | D | T | H | A | T | O | T | C | |||
| R | E | N | T | A | C | O | P | E | R | S | R | H | O | ||
| A | D | A | E | R | R | S | E | E | N | ||||||
| O | H | I | O | W | A | S | H | I | N | G | T | O | N | ||
| O | V | A | L | S | T | Y | O | R | E | ||||||
| R | E | V | D | J | S | S | O | D | A | P | O | P | S | ||
| G | R | E | R | A | T | S | C | U | D | W | O | E | |||
| P | A | N | A | M | A | L | I | T | H | U | A | N | I | A | |
| E | A | T | U | P | T | O | N | E | A | G | I | N | G | ||
| A | S | I | D | E | E | M | I | T | T | O | N | T | O | ||
| U | S | T | E | D | D | O | T | S | E | G | G | E | D |
| A | T | H | O | S | H | A | D | E | S | J | O | G | ||
| T | R | A | C | T | E | X | A | L | T | U | V | A | ||
| T | O | N | T | O | A | L | L | I | E | K | E | G | ||
| S | U | G | A | R | F | R | E | E | A | Y | E | R | S | |
| I | N | E | R | T | Y | O | K | O | ||||||
| I | S | N | T | I | M | S | S | T | U | D | I | O | ||
| M | A | D | C | O | U | P | S | A | R | O | N | G | ||
| A | L | E | R | O | R | U | B | R | E | U | S | E | ||
| G | E | N | E | V | A | R | A | G | E | B | E | E | ||
| E | S | T | E | E | M | T | R | Y | B | L | T | S | ||
| F | R | A | T | A | R | G | U | E | ||||||
| I | P | A | S | S | R | E | B | O | U | N | D | E | D | |
| F | A | Q | I | S | U | Z | U | A | G | O | R | A | ||
| F | L | U | O | N | E | R | S | R | E | W | O | N | ||
| Y | E | A | N | O | R | A | H | D | E | N | S | E |
A simple RegEx will find plenty of DOUBLE DOWNs, but here's a more restricted search that looks at internal duplications, i.e., ones ignoring the first two and last two letters.