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9 puzzles by John Westwig
with Jim Horne comments

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John Westwig
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John Westwig is a software engineer in Seattle.

Sun 1/21/2024 Funny Business
BUDATWARASSISTSBIB
UTECHILIWATCHITUNO
GOTITOFFTHEGROUNDSTY
OPENREREADANTSCIA
FICUSYEAROUIRANGE
FATIMADIDNTSCALEWELL
TACTDIETSSITSIA
EBBSCOTEGOFLIPSON
POACHEDOUREMPLOYEES
CORRIDORSVALORRCPT
ONEONEPEWNAVTUSHIE
TEENHOMIETEASPOONS
SUFFEREDFROMBURNOUT
LASTROWEREEUROLPS
ACEARTGOODSTIOS
RANOUTOFRUNWAYSTARTS
KITEDRUTONEGSTOOP
BIDIMAYLOCALEYOLO
BOACORNEREDTHEMARKET
OWLATECROWUSAINIDO
PLSBADSEEDMONTYEON
Sun 6/25/2023 Opposites Attracting
SPEEDOHOSTFORREAL
HOWDEDOISLEISAIDNO
INOUTINGSHORTLONGING
NYKAUTOSAPRILTHEE
DIMOUTSOAKIEST
STEALPROCONNINGSNIP
THALIADORFFOAMING
RESENDSLEANHOTPACKS
ICYGOOFELOPERIRE
NAHLABANIMALANTMAN
GPASPRINGFALLINGEAU
SERAPHSIRENSONGAMC
DNASPLATSSILONIL
BRIANMAYBILETENMILE
PUNTSONMARADEANNA
SEGOODDEVENINGTIGER
MINGERADECAPOD
TTYLLEONASHILOPSA
WHOLEPARTINGONOFFING
SEMANASISTOSWEETIE
JABBERSCHIPSWEATS
Sat 6/3/2023
LANDSCAPESAJAK
EXCALIBURABUSE
DEOXIDIZEGASSY
METZCACTUS
NADERLOAKIM
AEROLIMPSNEW
SOMETHINGTOHIDE
ANYTHINGYOUWANT
NOTHINGPERSONAL
AIRSTARSRIMY
RAGEMOSADIE
EFILEDBLED
LINEABLOWAFUSE
BLEATTELEPORTS
AMENSSMARTENUP
Sat 11/5/2022
SCRIBESJAMUP
THECATCHIRANI
EASYCHAIRBIGON
WITHOLDASEANCE
ITISSEEPEDEAR
NENEHSAGAITRY
GAGLAWNOTGOOD
FIELDDAYS
MAILBAGCRAPPY
RODEADOSOPERA
IBMCRISPSPOSY
PRIVATEEYESRAT
OUTERSECRETIVE
FLIRTKAVAKAVA
FETASMETONYM

Jim here, sitting in for Jeff Chen who is making a game-saving CATCH in the World Series.

There used to be only two questions about ear piercing: how much will it hurt, and should I ask mom for permission or forgiveness? Now, you need to decide between industrial, helix, forward helix, rook, DAITH, inner conch, outer conch, tragus, anti-tragus, upper lobe, and standard lobe. (See chart here.) Oh, go for all of the above.

Saturday clues can be amusing even when they're not hard. "Phrase that's often contracted … or suffix for something contracted" is clever and memorable. Sometimes they pull memories from deep in your past. At one time, you knew pocketful of POSY, but if you don't have kids, you haven't heard that in a while.

As always, your personal experience can help or hinder your solve. I live in Seattle, so I'm unlikely to be fooled by "Washington can only mean DC," and I have much familiarity with SEA-TAC. If you live on the east coast, that might be trickier.

We use METONYMs so often that it's easy to forget they're figures of speech. No, the White House didn't literally make a statement, but hearing that it did doesn't sound weird at all.

Crossword clues don't have to always be true. Sometimes true is close enough. Only a tiny wee itsy fraction of IOS APPs are products of Apple Inc, but a few are, and, especially on a Saturday, that's fair game.

NENEH Cherry explained that Buffalo stance is "an attitude you have to have in order to get by. It's not about fashion but about survival in inner cities and elsewhere."

Sat 8/13/2022
MEGAFANAGAINST
ILOVELAWIIMOTE
ACTEDONHMMISEE
HARSHJIMTEEN
SELAADORESSPY
PAIGEIOLANI
APGERMANSOMA
OHGEEZPECANS
TUBADECAFTEA
YUTZESTRICK
PBSSHAFTSAURA
ARABEXTTHINE
TAXICABARIDITY
THEBODYHANSOLO
YESBOSSAPTONYM
Thu 3/10/2022
ADBIZSOSARPMS
CIRCEPSATELON
TRAINARIDEPAVE
EGGDRIESHOSER
DEALASTRIKETAD
OYEZGAYLIB
SCHWAPHYSIQUE
OHOKSTATEBUSY
WERECOOLSIETE
CRYOUTTHUD
SKIPLANEABOARD
CAFESLOSESTUO
ACIDSWITCHJOBS
RUEDPACEOLLIE
ETSYFREDPOLOS
Thu 12/13/2018
SAUTEPANMATCHA
ABSOLUTEONARUN
HOMEBREWDOTIME
ADAARMYMENMAC
REPSSPOOLBEND
ASSAMORBFOLIO
DOSKJJWATT
MALCOLMGOODBYE
CLEARYSBRO
GLASSVETDIDIT
RIDENACRENADA
ENOBOTTOMSGEN
GOFLATIMBATMAN
ONFIREOPENLATE
RESTEDNERDCRED
Tue 5/3/2016
ABEDABAFTABCS
LEVIRIDERLOUT
BEESMOOLAEZRA
ABRAHAMSLINCOLN
GENENUT
HARRISONSFORD
RAZEDREEFOUT
CITEPICOTBABE
ATELEDACORAL
ICHIROSSUZUKI
YESONAN
FREDDIESMERCURY
REARARUBAETAL
OSSONIMESRAGE
STYXSCORESHAM
Mon 7/20/2015
SWABSACREENZO
CAPRIPHATDEAD
AKIOMORITAHUGE
MEEKVOLTFAT
PUCEANDYMURRAY
SPENTARRIVE
IFIMAYINON
MORNINGPERSON
PALOROMERO
TIDBITWARDS
ALMICHAELSGEEK
ONEGLEEEASE
MENSALIMACGRAW
OREOBOZOLAUDE
BRYNSWANUPPER
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