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4 puzzles by Chandi Deitmer
with Jim Horne comments

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Chandi Deitmer
Puzzles constructed by Chandi Deitmer by year

Chandi Deitmer, of Cambridge, Mass., is an editor for Elevate Labs, a brain-training app. Her crosswords have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and numerous "indie" outlets.

POW Sun 7/23/2023 Aural Surgery
FBIPITASDUCTSSAD
TOGADORNENTRECODE
WHOTOWELVIRALHALE
OTTESSAPOOLSWEMET
ACTONLAUNCHHEIRS
SHASTABURRSTREK
HIGHDOUBTSLAURYN
ECOBUOYEDBULGEASU
ALMSFORKWARTS
TARNAPDESITEENIE
BREAKTHESOUNDBARRIER
OFFICEKINDAMEASS
NEIGHMITTGNAW
DDTALINEBEATLECFO
SPRINGPLAGUEEARL
AGEDSHERASPARED
QUEUEBRUTESESTEE
UMASSLACEDFLATTOP
RATEPOCKSSLOPEOAK
AMIDDWELTHOMERNSA
NITANDESOPEDSYSL
Sun 5/28/2023 U-Haul
MASKINCAGRINERPSST
AGAINROLLIODIDEOHIO
LEISURESITSUITUPFRONT
ADDSTOWOOFTOESINGES
COYSMEESAGETASIS
HUESCLAWLURIDANT
ITSALOSTCASECOLDCAUSE
LAMEFLESHELDERSON
PTRAPSTILTSATOLEBLT
ASAMIBEETLOOSEEPA
CANISTEALYOUFORASECOND
RSSHARDCSOLECORGI
MIADETSARAPESFITTED
INCLUDESTOTEDORGY
CAKEDONTSDONUTDESPAIR
METLUGEDPAINERNE
IAMBBLOATKNEWUSD
EMBERSERAYOKEMARGIN
THISOLDHOSEPANTYHOUSE
RIDEONUSESPLIESALTS
EPEEBADARTSENDMASS
Sun 5/8/2022 Two-by-Two
IBMSGOBUSTPDFSSHOP
SISTERSISTERARIAHOPI
MONACOMONACORANTOMEN
LOGONHOMAGETEENS
FAWNSITHKUDOPIBB
ALMAICEINLOUIELOUIE
TOURBUSAGEEXTRAEXTRA
SONTAGHOTSIRSTET
ERRELKOHNOMPSBONA
ASAPYESNOTSARHORNET
ETCETERAETCETERA
SURPRISESURPRISE
CRIKEYUSERDOSASSERF
LEVYNTHIDESMMALEO
AREAAAAEONAPPALL
NAMESNAMESETDKNEEPAD
KNOCKKNOCKRINGSASIS
VOTEFUELDARTCCED
GRECOGOAWAYIRULE
YODABENDPEOPLEPEOPLE
MOORARGODOUBLEDOUBLE
SSNSAMORWISETOTACK

Seattle traditions are dying. It used to be that every time you were seated at any restaurant here, a waiter would bring ice water and hot sourdough bread to the table before you could even order. No more.

Seventh-inning stretches at Mariners games meant singing Take Me Out to the Ballgame and then (41-Across) Louie Louie, a catchy tune that no two people can agree what the lyrics are. It was great. That 32-year-old tradition ended this year. Now it's some Macklemore song. Bah!

You can't go home again. You can't even stay home again.

Oh, the puzzle? I loved it.

Sun 7/25/2021 STAR SEARCH
ASPSATOASESTOMRDA
*PADPROALEVEANTWERP
LIBRARYKEVIN*NFAVOR
ELLICEY*ELDEUGENE
STONEAGEANDFR*JOLES
K*RINNOELATIN
NORISAND*EGANOATS
BRONTETIREDLYIFF*ER
CATGUTICANSEEDAHL*A
GREECEADSITE
MAJOR*SRAMENPOLAR*S
ALOUETTESIRNATIVETO
COURT*SSARAEPERIL
AULDGNATLANENANO
ODECUOMOSATTILANAS
BASEILANA*MDB
ODIUM*NCOGNITOJOYCE
PROSECCOWEEONEUPPED
RAWDOUBLED*PPERSREI
AKAUPSETSESPRITELF
HENEYELETSUSANSSOY

An astute reader pointed out that 19-Down is easy if you happen to remember The Weavers. They don't make pop hits like this anymore.

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