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18 puzzles by Kyle Mahowald
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| F | L | A | P | J | A | M | A | S | W | A | B | |||
| L | E | N | I | E | C | O | L | I | M | A | L | E | ||
| E | M | I | T | S | M | A | L | L | W | O | R | L | D | |
| E | M | M | Y | S | E | T | L | O | G | G | E | R | ||
| T | O | U | P | E | E | S | F | D | R | A | Y | E | ||
| O | N | S | A | L | E | B | A | R | D | M | C | S | ||
| R | B | I | O | V | I | M | E | A | T | |||||
| D | A | T | A | S | C | I | E | N | T | I | S | T | ||
| T | I | N | Y | E | A | T | K | I | N | |||||
| R | A | D | U | N | D | O | T | R | E | N | D | S | ||
| U | P | S | P | B | S | J | O | E | C | O | O | L | ||
| S | E | C | E | D | E | B | E | T | R | I | G | A | ||
| T | R | E | V | O | R | N | O | A | H | A | D | E | N | |
| M | E | N | A | G | O | N | N | A | F | E | A | T | ||
| E | D | E | N | W | E | S | T | T | A | R | S |
| P | O | N | I | A | R | D | S | M | A | C | P | R | O | |
| I | M | O | N | F | I | R | E | U | P | R | O | A | R | |
| S | I | G | H | T | G | A | G | S | T | A | R | V | E | |
| A | T | O | E | S | M | E | L | T | F | O | A | L | ||
| A | R | M | A | R | A | B | T | U | G | S | ||||
| T | H | R | E | A | D | S | L | E | T | S | S | E | E | |
| O | H | E | N | R | Y | T | A | N | S | |||||
| W | H | A | T | S | N | E | W | W | I | T | H | Y | O | U |
| H | A | L | O | C | R | E | E | P | S | |||||
| M | A | R | R | Y | M | E | R | E | A | D | S | T | O | |
| A | Q | U | A | I | N | T | O | P | O | W | ||||
| D | U | M | B | C | A | R | D | S | N | E | M | O | ||
| R | I | B | B | E | D | A | M | E | R | I | C | A | N | |
| I | N | L | I | E | U | C | A | S | H | S | A | L | E | |
| D | O | E | S | S | O | I | N | S | O | M | N | I | A |
| N | E | I | G | H | S | C | A | B | E | N | D | S | ||
| A | R | N | I | E | A | L | F | A | V | E | E | P | ||
| K | O | A | L | A | Y | A | R | D | A | W | A | Y | ||
| E | D | W | A | R | D | S | N | O | W | E | D | I | N | |
| D | E | E | D | U | H | O | X | E | N | |||||
| J | O | D | I | E | F | R | O | S | T | E | R | |||
| M | O | T | I | F | S | T | O | D | D | O | R | O | ||
| R | A | H | M | C | H | E | T | W | I | X | ||||
| S | H | E | A | P | S | E | B | O | U | N | C | Y | ||
| C | U | R | T | C | H | I | L | L | I | N | G | |||
| E | V | E | R | U | N | A | E | P | A | |||||
| B | A | R | R | Y | C | O | L | D | W | A | T | E | R | |
| P | O | L | O | G | A | L | L | H | I | H | A | T | ||
| E | L | M | O | I | S | L | E | I | D | O | L | S | ||
| P | O | E | M | A | T | A | D | M | E | S | S | Y |
| L | O | O | K | A | T | T | H | A | T | B | E | T | S | |
| E | X | H | I | L | A | R | A | T | E | E | X | E | C | |
| D | O | G | L | I | C | E | N | S | E | N | E | E | R | |
| R | O | C | K | E | D | T | E | M | P | O | ||||
| P | R | O | B | E | S | J | S | H | A | P | E | D | ||
| A | I | W | A | P | A | L | E | T | T | E | S | |||
| Y | O | U | R | E | T | O | O | M | U | C | H | |||
| S | T | P | P | A | N | G | A | E | A | M | A | O | ||
| T | H | I | S | O | L | D | T | H | I | N | G | |||
| S | C | O | U | R | G | E | S | I | S | N | O | |||
| A | I | R | B | O | A | T | H | A | T | R | E | D | ||
| L | T | G | E | N | F | L | E | C | H | E | ||||
| E | R | A | T | S | P | E | A | R | H | E | A | D | S | |
| M | O | N | O | I | T | S | D | O | O | R | D | I | E | |
| S | N | A | P | E | A | S | Y | D | O | E | S | I | T |
Jill Denny notes:
Well, would you LOOK AT THAT — challenging Friday puzzle to start the weekend.
The partitions make this feel like three separate mini-puzzles, with only YOU'RE TOO MUCH and THIS OLD THING to help you squeeze through the door into the corners. I started off (over)confidently, dropping in LOOKIE HERE before backtracking to just LOOK. Even with that misstep, the NW corner unfolded first, perhaps because I had just ROCKED a baby to sleep before attempting the puzzle.
The SE corner came next, courtesy of Mao, a Magic 8 Ball, and excellent high school history and French teachers (thanks, Messrs. Kivela and Satterlee!). The DOOR in the middle of IT'S DO OR DIE briefly gave me pause, but the best MISREAD entry in that section was parsing HI THERE as HIT HERE, which would of course be clued as "Sign on nerd's back?"
My momentum stalled in the river flowing from NE to SW, with only a few tiny stones to step on. THE CAT and ORGANA were likely gimmes for some, but not for me. As Jeff will attest, my knowledge of all things Star Wars/Trek is shamefully scant (Jeff: "Who said, 'Live long and prosper?' " Me: "Benjamin Franklin?"), and my knowledge of 1960s TV series is even scanter. The Nora EPHRON clue about Deep Throat was a fun factoid, and I particularly liked TAIGA crossing with PANGAEA — two geography terms with uncommon vowel patterns.
The number of colloquialisms was on the high side for my taste. I'd put LOOK AT THAT, YOU'RE TOO MUCH, THIS OLD THING, IT'S DO OR DIE, and EASY DOES IT into this category. The zestiest of those was THIS OLD THING, though I tend to think of it as false modesty, in a Blanche Devereaux sort of way.
My favorite answer: 46A. Without FLECHE, there would be no "Fletch", (and definitely no Fletch F. Fletch), and I'm not sure that's a world I want to live in. He is actually six-five, with the Afro, six-nine.
| S | P | F | S | H | A | M | M | N | I | C | A | D | ||
| H | E | A | P | A | L | A | R | O | S | A | G | E | ||
| A | R | M | E | S | T | R | I | P | P | O | K | E | R | |
| Q | U | I | C | K | F | I | X | L | A | N | E | S | ||
| L | I | E | U | I | N | U | I | T | ||||||
| L | A | Y | M | E | N | S | I | R | N | O | S | I | R | |
| A | D | R | E | P | I | M | E | A | N | A | N | A | ||
| M | O | O | N | S | E | T | C | L | O | S | I | N | G | |
| P | R | O | A | G | A | V | E | G | E | N | I | E | ||
| S | E | M | I | N | O | L | E | P | A | R | T | E | D | |
| N | E | I | L | S | L | I | E | D | ||||||
| T | R | E | Y | S | S | C | A | N | N | E | R | S | ||
| J | E | T | S | E | T | T | E | R | S | A | N | A | T | |
| A | R | E | S | O | A | L | U | M | D | I | M | E | ||
| R | I | S | E | N | U | S | D | A | E | S | P | N |
| F | I | N | N | F | E | M | M | E | L | I | S | A | ||
| B | R | I | E | A | L | A | R | M | U | N | I | X | ||
| I | A | L | W | A | Y | S | T | H | O | U | G | H | T | I |
| S | N | E | E | Z | Y | N | E | A | T | O | ||||
| H | A | P | P | Y | O | D | E | D | L | E | M | |||
| O | N | L | E | A | S | E | E | L | O | P | E | R | ||
| P | E | E | R | E | N | T | N | E | A | |||||
| W | A | S | I | N | D | E | C | I | S | I | V | E | ||
| O | S | E | D | O | N | D | E | A | D | |||||
| M | E | N | A | C | E | G | O | K | A | R | T | S | ||
| H | E | X | Y | A | L | E | A | V | A | S | T | |||
| A | D | I | O | S | A | L | U | M | N | I | ||||
| B | U | T | N | O | W | I | M | N | O | T | S | U | R | E |
| I | S | E | E | O | N | E | I | L | I | Z | O | D | ||
| T | A | D | A | N | E | R | V | E | T | I | E | S |
| S | T | O | M | A | C | H | A | C | H | E | S | T | E | |
| T | E | X | A | S | H | O | L | D | E | M | O | R | R | |
| I | N | C | I | N | E | R | A | T | E | D | R | A | N | |
| N | S | A | O | A | R | S | A | S | C | I | I | |||
| G | E | R | M | T | I | K | I | S | C | E | N | E | ||
| S | R | T | A | S | D | A | R | K | H | O | R | S | E | |
| D | U | B | N | E | E | R | E | E | L | |||||
| G | L | E | E | F | U | L | D | E | S | E | R | T | S | |
| O | O | N | A | R | A | G | P | U | P | |||||
| D | V | D | B | U | R | N | E | R | M | A | D | A | M | |
| S | E | G | E | R | D | R | I | P | D | R | N | O | ||
| G | R | A | T | A | M | F | R | S | O | K | S | |||
| I | B | M | N | A | T | A | L | I | E | C | O | L | E | |
| F | O | E | U | P | O | N | E | S | A | L | L | E | Y | |
| T | Y | S | S | T | R | E | S | S | T | E | S | T | S |
| R | O | M | S | T | I | T | M | A | T | T | ||||
| V | I | N | Y | I | A | N | E | A | L | O | H | A | ||
| A | T | A | N | S | P | I | E | T | I | G | L | I | G | |
| N | I | J | A | S | G | N | A | T | E | K | E | |||
| E | T | A | H | O | W | E | R | A | R | A | L | |||
| S | I | G | I | I | T | H | E | R | A | I | A | G | O | |
| F | E | T | A | L | S | T | A | N | ||||||
| B | A | L | E | S | M | A | C | S | E | E | I | G | ||
| Y | S | E | R | I | A | R | U | T | ||||||
| H | I | T | I | T | H | E | B | E | G | I | N | I | G | |
| E | A | T | S | R | A | I | C | A | A | B | E | |||
| A | M | I | I | A | G | O | R | A | M | O | N | |||
| R | I | G | A | D | I | G | D | I | G | N | E | X | T | |
| T | O | G | A | E | L | E | N | I | T | I | E | S | ||
| R | O | A | R | E | S | S | O | E | T | S |
| M | O | P | E | D | O | N | E | S | E | C | G | I | R | L | M | R | I | |||
| O | C | U | L | I | R | E | C | A | L | L | A | D | I | A | Y | E | N | |||
| B | A | L | L | E | T | B | A | R | R | I | O | P | L | A | Y | G | O | L | F | |
| I | N | L | E | T | S | T | U | G | S | W | E | E | T | I | E | P | I | E | ||
| L | A | T | S | H | R | E | T | E | E | A | N | T | I | C | S | |||||
| E | D | A | Z | I | O | N | M | A | S | T | E | R | S | T | O | A | S | T | ||
| A | B | S | O | R | B | E | L | K | S | A | L | O | O | F | ||||||
| T | O | T | E | B | A | G | A | H | A | B | F | L | A | P | ||||||
| S | L | A | M | R | O | L | A | I | D | S | B | E | R | M | U | D | A | |||
| S | P | A | T | G | T | O | R | O | T | E | R | A | Y | G | U | N | ||||
| C | U | R | I | O | F | O | R | T | H | E | C | O | M | M | O | N | C | O | L | D |
| A | R | I | O | S | O | S | E | A | N | B | A | N | A | S | T | A | ||||
| L | O | A | N | E | R | S | S | T | E | P | D | A | D | P | S | I | S | |||
| A | N | T | I | C | P | A | S | L | O | R | E | L | E | I | ||||||
| S | T | E | E | L | R | E | E | L | F | A | N | O | U | T | ||||||
| A | N | G | L | O | C | A | M | E | R | A | L | I | O | N | S | S | O | T | ||
| M | O | R | A | Y | S | O | D | E | A | R | D | S | H | A | H | |||||
| E | V | E | N | S | T | E | V | E | N | F | O | G | R | A | T | E | D | R | ||
| L | E | A | D | R | O | L | E | O | L | D | G | R | A | Y | M | A | R | I | O | |
| I | N | T | U | N | I | T | S | A | I | L | E | D | A | L | I | E | N | |||
| A | A | S | S | E | A | S | E | X | C | E | E | D | T | E | N | S | E |
| C | R | A | G | T | O | J | O | I | N | A | W | E | ||
| H | O | R | A | S | T | A | R | C | E | S | A | R | ||
| E | A | R | S | K | R | Z | Y | Z | E | W | S | K | I | |
| F | R | O | M | A | T | O | Z | S | C | E | N | E | S | |
| W | A | R | S | A | G | A | R | S | ||||||
| S | C | H | I | C | K | G | A | Z | E | T | T | E | S | |
| A | R | E | N | T | M | E | N | S | A | E | D | U | ||
| D | O | A | S | I | D | O | G | A | M | B | L | E | D | |
| A | N | D | C | E | R | T | S | S | A | L | M | A | ||
| T | E | S | T | C | A | S | E | N | O | R | M | A | N | |
| H | I | R | E | D | E | D | G | E | ||||||
| D | E | S | E | R | T | D | I | S | A | R | M | E | D | |
| A | N | T | I | C | H | R | I | S | T | A | O | N | E | |
| S | N | A | R | L | B | E | L | L | P | R | O | P | ||
| H | E | S | S | E | I | S | E | E | H | E | L | P |
| A | T | T | N | A | M | A | Z | E | G | R | I | P | ||
| T | H | E | O | R | E | M | I | T | R | E | A | R | ||
| T | E | N | T | E | R | A | T | O | O | L | D | E | ||
| A | W | N | W | A | I | T | I | N | G | G | A | M | E | |
| C | H | I | C | E | S | T | A | S | T | I | N | |||
| H | O | S | E | D | S | L | A | P | S | I | T | E | ||
| L | G | E | A | L | L | A | V | I | D | |||||
| T | E | L | E | V | I | S | I | O | N | S | E | T | ||
| Y | O | Y | O | I | R | E | T | E | A | |||||
| E | R | E | C | L | A | R | K | A | M | A | S | S | ||
| S | T | E | R | N | E | A | T | I | N | T | O | |||
| M | I | X | A | N | D | M | A | T | C | H | Y | A | W | |
| A | L | A | N | E | A | R | T | H | L | O | C | H | ||
| A | L | M | A | E | M | I | L | E | A | N | K | A | ||
| M | A | S | T | D | A | Z | E | D | B | E | S | T |
| L | A | P | U | P | C | A | M | S | A | B | A | S | ||
| E | L | E | N | A | S | M | U | T | B | A | L | L | ||
| A | S | T | I | R | P | O | S | E | E | R | L | E | ||
| D | O | N | T | S | T | A | R | T | W | I | T | H | M | E |
| S | R | A | E | E | N | S | E | R | O | A | T | |||
| T | A | M | E | S | T | R | E | D | A | P | P | L | E | |
| O | N | E | S | R | H | E | E | N | O | S | E | D | ||
| T | R | A | I | N | T | R | I | P | ||||||
| T | H | R | E | E | L | E | V | I | P | I | S | A | ||
| S | E | A | E | A | G | L | E | C | H | A | N | T | S | |
| H | A | R | T | O | S | S | K | I | D | J | S | |||
| I | V | E | H | A | D | I | T | W | I | T | H | Y | O | U |
| R | E | B | A | I | D | E | A | M | O | C | H | A | ||
| T | H | I | N | V | E | R | B | A | B | A | N | G | ||
| S | O | T | S | A | S | I | S | N | O | R | S | E |
| L | O | A | N | S | O | H | M | S | N | A | R | C | ||
| O | W | N | U | P | L | E | A | D | A | L | E | E | ||
| L | E | T | T | E | R | D | A | Y | S | V | E | E | S | |
| N | Y | P | D | S | E | R | B | S | ||||||
| L | O | B | S | T | E | R | S | K | E | L | T | O | N | |
| A | L | O | P | O | S | C | A | R | S | K | A | |||
| S | E | L | E | C | T | H | U | L | A | S | ||||
| H | O | T | C | H | I | L | I | P | E | P | P | E | R | S |
| S | O | P | O | R | S | E | A | G | A | L | ||||
| O | T | B | P | I | N | T | A | N | A | V | E | |||
| H | E | R | R | I | N | G | B | L | O | O | D | E | D | |
| S | T | E | I | N | C | A | A | N | ||||||
| U | R | A | L | E | Y | E | S | P | E | C | I | A | L | |
| R | I | S | E | G | E | N | E | A | I | N | G | E | ||
| E | S | T | S | O | A | T | S | M | A | K | E | S |
| A | M | O | R | A | V | I | D | E | J | E | C | T | ||
| R | O | L | E | D | I | N | O | V | A | L | O | R | ||
| I | T | S | D | E | J | A | V | U | E | Z | I | N | E | |
| A | T | E | S | T | L | O | B | E | Z | A | N | Y | ||
| S | O | N | T | A | G | L | L | A | M | A | ||||
| A | L | L | O | V | E | R | A | G | A | I | N | |||
| T | S | A | R | A | W | E | T | S | E | T | S | E | ||
| E | L | I | D | S | L | S | H | H | O | A | T | |||
| R | A | D | I | U | S | E | T | D | I | N | N | S | ||
| I | T | S | D | E | J | A | V | U | A | L | L | |||
| C | L | A | R | O | Y | A | L | I | E | S | ||||
| M | E | G | A | W | I | L | D | V | E | R | V | E | ||
| E | X | E | R | T | O | V | E | R | A | G | A | I | N | |
| S | P | A | D | E | S | E | E | D | A | T | A | D | ||
| H | O | R | S | E | O | D | D | S | L | E | N | S |
| X | A | M | O | U | N | T | W | H | I | Z | K | I | D | |
| G | R | A | P | P | L | E | H | A | V | E | O | N | E | |
| A | C | C | U | S | E | R | I | R | O | N | O | R | E | |
| M | A | R | S | R | E | N | T | E | R | L | A | P | ||
| E | D | A | I | S | S | U | E | S | C | A | N | E | ||
| S | E | M | I | S | A | M | O | A | L | I | G | N | ||
| S | E | N | O | R | B | U | S | R | I | D | E | S | ||
| S | P | A | R | E | T | I | R | E | ||||||
| S | C | H | O | O | N | E | R | M | E | N | S | A | ||
| A | H | O | L | D | L | O | S | S | T | A | R | R | ||
| N | A | T | E | L | A | N | C | E | T | R | T | E | ||
| J | R | S | P | I | P | E | R | S | M | A | S | C | ||
| O | L | E | M | I | S | S | I | T | S | A | L | I | E | |
| S | E | A | T | T | L | E | P | E | E | W | E | E | S | |
| E | S | T | A | T | E | S | T | E | A | S | E | R | S |
| R | A | S | T | A | S | B | A | S | H | E | D | B | R | E | A | K | U | P | ||
| A | L | L | O | U | T | I | L | L | I | N | I | R | E | D | T | A | P | E | ||
| G | L | I | N | D | A | G | M | I | N | O | R | I | M | E | A | N | I | T | ||
| G | E | N | E | I | N | A | B | O | T | T | L | E | B | I | N | D | S | |||
| E | L | K | S | L | E | N | S | E | X | A | D | D | ||||||||
| D | E | Y | S | O | U | N | D | B | A | R | R | E | R | C | A | S | I | O | ||
| F | I | R | M | A | W | A | R | E | P | A | S | C | A | L | ||||||
| B | A | D | E | G | G | S | S | C | A | N | S | I | L | L | W | I | L | L | ||
| A | L | I | E | N | S | S | T | O | I | C | A | R | A | F | A | T | ||||
| T | O | N | T | O | P | E | I | N | T | H | E | S | K | Y | N | Y | P | D | ||
| C | N | N | R | E | R | U | N | A | H | E | A | D | C | H | E | |||||
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