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24 puzzles by Josh Knapp
with Constructor comments

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Josh Knapp
Puzzles constructed by Josh Knapp by year
POW Fri 1/15/2021
BATBOYSCHMALTZ
IPHONEQUEEREYE
GREWUPUSEDCARS
WIRESDAHLSDOT
ICONPITYHENS
GOBFASTSMORE
STOLETHESHOW
STARTERPISTOL
MAIDSOFHONOR
FABLEROTECOE
POLOFINSOAKS
ORCSNAGSJUMBO
EGODEATHMETEOR
MOVIESETCARROT
STEPDADSSNEAKS
Fri 9/7/2018
DISCSAGASAPPS
ONTHECLOCKDRIP
PAPAYATREEVOLE
PHASEROTTIPSE
LOUTSQUICKSAND
ELLELUNCHMONEY
RESSAIDBARER
BOUTDORY
SHAUNROOTTOW
SPELLCHECKWERE
HEADSHOPSJANET
EARPPBRRUSTIC
ARIAABOMINABLE
VENTDIVINGBELL
EDGESTEAKIDYL
Sun 2/26/2017 MIXED FEELINGS
MAMASAWABBOTCADS
OVENVALELAURAMARAT
ROADBIKESSTRUTWORTHY
TINYAXEATTACKONEILL
ADDDEBTACHETOOTSIE
REEFNOODGEPALTAD
DRIPMRISMEDICS
CURBYOURSUNATHEISM
DOSAGEPOURSEARTHY
OROPUTSMCRIBRISES
TALESOFOWEHAVENOFARE
CLINTOPERAYETIGIL
OLDDOGFRITONODOFF
MYSIRELOVESCOMPANY
TENURETHORSECT
SUBTIMCOMMITSHED
ANIMALSHOOPJOESAAA
IMGAMEUPRISERSPARTY
DOWNERWOMANWAITFORIT
SOILSWHOLEANTSNEMO
ORGYWORSTPSYEDEN
POW Sat 7/9/2016
PIRATESHIPIDOL
SHORELEAVEBOHO
HOMEMOVIESSYST
APPSERRONEOUS
WESZINCONUS
FATSUITSMAP
ACTINGTREELINE
CHEEZITARGONNE
MISFIRESSANDAL
ELLBLACKEYE
LAMAOARSHOP
MACARTHURMISO
AXONOUTERBANKS
NEILGREENALGAE
IDLYOLDMASTERS

A few notes that comes to mind:

  • I planned to submit this puzzle to Peter Gordon's Washington Post Puzzler guest constructor contest back in 2014. It had a different NE corner that I wasn't completely satisfied with, so ended up submitting another puzzle instead.
  • I was reluctant to give up USAINBOLT (had a fun clue for him), but TREEHOLE was iffy and IRR/TUTTED no fun, so eventually rebuilt that corner.
  • Spent a lot of time on the clues, since Peter judged the puzzles by solving them instead of looking at the finished grids.

Glad most of my clues survived. A few that Will/Joel changed:

  • BLACK EYE: Hard-hitting evidence, maybe?
  • OLD MASTERS: Martini and Bellini, e.g.
  • HAIRCUT: It might result in a blowout
  • IT GIRL: Magnetic young star
Fri 6/3/2016
SCAGGSSCALPS
CAPULETALCOTT
AVENUEBMARACA
MERCEDESPETRI
PACOYANGSHUN
STUNTMARTSIL
TICCABOOSE
SHERLOCKHOLMES
COLONELSANDERS
ONELOVEMEH
FOGWARSSINEW
FRATLIESCOLE
LANESCRACKPOT
ARTLABFLOORIT
WILLDOSUCROSE
SAYYESDAYBED
Sat 3/12/2016
BROADENSGROSS
BOXSOCIALMELEE
QUESTLOVECODEX
PRYHABITINKS
IKEATENDSLOSH
TESTSGOUTROO
THATSWHATSUP
FAIRLYNOTYET
PENCILPUSHER
ARTNYESDODOS
RAISECOSTLESH
ALDAASHERNPR
SCOLDSHAREWARE
KATEYTOPSEEDED
ITEMSWEEKDAYS
Sat 1/17/2015
BUFFSUPSIDEBAR
APRIORIUPCCODE
SHOGUNSBACKSUP
KELLSASADAPLO
ERIESNITBOOTS
DECAMPROKBRET
FORCEMAJEURE
BBSLIONIZESYD
RICHTERSCALE
AGRORIOKLATCH
SMACKANKHTALE
SOBMUNGONEPAL
HUBBARDJAINISM
ATLARGEACCURSE
THEATERKEEPSAT
POW Sat 12/6/2014
HMSBOUNTYSLIM
EYEOFNEWTTWINE
PLANTFOODHANDM
TOLDACTHANKIE
AVISZOOLANDER
DENMENNENIDES
GODSENDVICK
ALARMVENTI
SOSOBLESSES
POPOBIGCATJAB
KIMJONGILROME
JERSEYWETAVER
ADAMSCANTABILE
MATESOSCARBAIT
BTENTHEXFILES
Sat 9/13/2014
ADEPTCOLUMNIST
TOSEAPRONOUNCE
TWOAMLETTERBOX
ANTHEMINSERT
CHEESEBALLITEM
KERNSINESNARE
ERISCOATING
DECBADGIRLCAT
COLORTVCHIA
IMHIPMAGIBERG
NOUNLEMONGRASS
COMELYGRAPPA
INAMORATAIDEAL
TENACIOUSMINCE
EYESOCKETMOSES
Sat 8/9/2014
KFCDELSSWAMP
NAUTILUSSHAVES
ALBANIANPITONS
PLATEAUPINENUT
SANTASDETER
ASCOTGINSBERG
CLIOVOODOODOLL
KEGLASCAUXBAA
SEASERPENTHESS
PRICIESTFIRST
STALECANTOS
HOTTUBSTANGENT
AWHIRLCORDELIA
ROONEYIMPOSEON
MEMESDEEMEND
Sat 6/28/2014
APRICOTJAMEXAM
GUITARSOLOTRIO
AZERBAIJANCART
SONYANOMEHYPO
NAGOYSVAR
BADSANTAELVISH
FREETABDOESSO
LETGOOCTPRIAM
AYEAYETEEDOGE
TORREYVACCINES
MUMZEDMOD
ASIFMEOWCHILI
JUNEALLOSAURUS
ORESSTARTSMALL
REDSKAFKAESQUE

Built this one a few years ago, with KAFKAESQUE as the seed entry. My original grid had some fun stuff, but a lot of terrible stuff too, and one fatal flaw in PEARL/PEARLE. So I added another block and started over from the SE corner. Once I thought of the clue for GUITARSOLO I had to fit it in somewhere, even if it meant AGAS and APRICOTJAM (which is a pretty undesirable 1-Across, but it's still a thing — my grandma makes chicken with it).

And a quick plug for my puzzle in tomorrow's Washington Post Puzzler, another themeless.

POW Sat 8/31/2013
JIMMYFALLONPBJ
AREYOUREADYALA
KINGSRANSOMROC
ESSOLBSRERACK
SHADSICKTICKS
OSCARSSHAQ
TISSUEPIEKUDU
OTHELLOSAGETEA
GAOLMACMODEST
ALOEATOAST
PITCHSNLOMEGA
ACETICSAWALUM
RIMMAGINOTLINE
TZUORIGINALSIN
YEPMEANSTREETS
Fri 5/31/2013
AMIWRONGJULIE
GAMEOVERSONATA
EXHIBITAONAPAR
NOUSDIVINGBELL
DURSTZITIALIG
ATTACETENSPAR
EPONYMTHINE
AMEXESTEENSY
DAVIDMEOWED
ARESCANNONMAT
PINTONITSLUSH
TAKEFLIGHTARCO
SCENEIMERRYMEN
THECANAQUALUNG
OILERSTEWARDS
Fri 5/17/2013
CRAZIERABBOTS
AUGUSTUSBALBOA
CSIMIAMICMAJOR
ATLASBLTSMELC
OYELAIRMECCA
MAECUTETAS
POSTMODERNISM
DRSTRANGELOVE
DEATHINVENICE
OMGMPAAINK
MOMMAGLEESAC
ITASFELLSMITE
NATTEREITHEROR
OPIATEYOUOWEME
SECRETTOPLESS
Thu 5/2/2013
SCABSEAMSHASTA
HOURAXLETOWARD
IPSOWILLBEBLOOD
NITWITSVAIOTOR
GOESNOTHINGPOPE
LURESEINEGAMES
ESETANGCRIERS
NEITHERNOR
STREAMRENUMEW
CHARDRAIDCHACO
REIDCOMESTHESUN
ERNKOFICOOLCAT
WASANOLDMANDADO
IGOTITSORETRON
TENETSTIEDOARS
Fri 3/29/2013
MEHTHROBCLAPS
AXENIOBEAERIE
DIMENSIONVETTE
ALANSLEEPERCAR
MENACEFRIAR
MADSCIENTIST
ANGERMACETHE
WORLDDOMINATION
NBAIKEAPACES
SUPERVILLAIN
ETHANDANCER
FISHINGRODIAGO
LOHANGIVEANDGO
ANONOUPENDGOT
GATESNERDSENS
Fri 2/1/2013
PLANFORDEMIGOD
AIRFAREIMANAGE
INCLUDEMUTABLE
NETLEDGEFLED
DICTARAGWEED
RACHELMADDOW
UNFEDANOAKMST
SCOWCRAZYLEAR
HEXLITREWILCO
PLAYINGHOOKY
BIODOMERANDR
DOTSCSPOTRAP
ONSTAFFOUTPACE
FEMORALSCHEMES
FRENEMYTHEPAST
Sat 11/24/2012
AFGHANSKIJUMP
MALAWIMENELAUS
BRAZENINSECURE
LINEENTORENEW
ENDPOOHRAGA
DASHINGATFLOG
ACEINTHEHOLE
DAWNOFTHEDEAD
JACKINTHEBOX
ORTCESARRAIGN
SKIMFRIAMOE
ERVINMATTSCAM
POISONEDIMPALE
HOTHOUSESCALIA
MYANMARHITMEN
Tue 8/21/2012
DISHGLAMRAJAH
ABLEDOPEEBOLA
BEERPLUSWEEKLY
STEAMSICEOE
PLEATMYSHORTS
NEWDELHIHOT
OLESPELTHOPI
PLACEOFDIAMONDS
EARLTESLACAL
AAHSCORSESE
PLUNDERTHESEA
IAMVEEHEGEL
PLACIDRAINMANE
EAMESUPDOTIVO
SWINENESTONYX
Sat 8/11/2012
CREEPSHOWSCIFI
HEDGEMAZEAUDEN
ALMODOVARPRESS
NYUSKEWEDTOTO
GONGINAWAYLIL
ENDRUNONELOVE
ANGFLAREGUN
CASTEELFTRYST
ACTIVELYPLO
PHONEMEREUBEN
YINNAVAJOXOXO
BEESGELATONOD
AVANTNEFERTITI
REGANTRAUMATIC
ADEPTHORSERACE
Fri 6/22/2012
BUZZKILLPAPAW
UNIONDUESFLESH
STREETMAPCARTA
TICWAMPUMRIOT
EDOMGOTTIMONA
DYNESXANDYDIG
DUHTIRAMISU
CREAMERKITSCHY
REDLABELBED
ASHCREEDSOFTG
SCABENGELSAUL
HURLWARSAWTVA
PERILCOOKIEJAR
AMINETOTEMPOLE
DESKSMORPHEUS
Sun 9/18/2011 DON'T!
CABALPARCIDIDCOMET
ALEROABELNAVYELOPE
PLAYWITHMATCHESDIVAN
CASSIOSEALLEAVE
JOHNLORISESGETREAL
ALBMESSWITHTEXASMAG
CLAWATICHROILSUCH
OILEDCISSODAPASTE
BELIEVETHEHYPETOMCAT
RAISELOREFIRELIT
DOHDRAMPIUPARTEDO
AMATEURRASPOVERT
GIVENSQUITYOURDAYJOB
AGENTDUBSRTEIRENE
MOATSOILNBASTALIN
ASCQUOTEMEONTHISLCD
HOTWIREOWNGOALAYES
WHETSSCAMADVERB
HUMORTALKTOSTRANGERS
APARTESAUTHEODUANE
GINNYPIMPSEENSENAT
Thu 5/27/2010
MASADABBCOGLE
OPTSSWEARFLIP
HELLOKITTYFOCI
AMUSWAPEROS
WAKEUPEATSDIRT
KNEXOVENOIL
IBSENSPRUCE
SHELEXTRAUSES
MOTELSHUMAN
ATHDEMOADMS
SHEDEVILACTION
HORAOVIDAZO
HUNTWINECELLAR
ISEEEDENSBURT
TETSLESADOPTS
Fri 2/26/2010
THEWHOSCHWAB
PEELOUTPHRASE
SANSKRITORELSE
CLOSERSCRIKEG
HERESYCHESHIRE
ITSFOETANTE
STAGEMANAGER
MEXICANSTANDOFF
BOYMEETSGIRL
CRIBSANDLAU
HISSYFITHOOFIT
UPISILCABRIDE
ROTATECLUELESS
NUMBERHANSOLO
STEAMYINTEND
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