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55 puzzles by Michael Shteyman
with Jeff Chen comments

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Michael Shteyman

51 daily crosswords by Michael Shteyman

Sat 11/11/2017
SPEARSCHAIQBS
HORRORFLICKURI
TIREBALANCEEOS
ERASEUPTOSEA
TONRMNUGANDA
LTDTAKEANUMBER
SSRNOTABENE
VETERANSDAY
INAPANICFAS
PESTCONTROLAWS
STEAKSARCSET
ILLTWITAMICO
UZIDRAFTANIMAL
FENPUSSYGALORE
ONEIMHOELEVEN

Mini-theme! Sort of. ELEVEN hints at VETERAN'S DAY, because … ah, it's 11/11 on the calendar. And there are ELEVEN answers of ELEVEN letters. It's not my favorite mini-theme ever — I much prefer ones that have maybe two or three long answers slyly connected, with that connection up to you to figure out. But it mostly works.

Some beautiful phrases in those featured ELEVENs, TAKE A NUMBER, PEST CONTROL, DRAFT ANIMAL, MARE NOSTRUM! The fact that "mare" is used in many moon location names, because ancient folks thought there were seas on the moon = trivia gold!

ACCOUNT FOR, TIRE BALANCE (you balance your tires, and you might get a "tire balancing," but a TIRE BALANCE?), HORROR FLICK ("horror movie" sounds so much better to me) … well, they do their job of filling out those ELEVEN-letter slots, if not adding much.

PUSSY GALORE … I used to think that was hilarious when I was younger. Not sure why not anymore. Maybe the joke feels dated now. Or *gasp* I've grown up?

(Nah.)

ELEVEN-letter entries make life tough on crossword constructors, because that length forces a ton of three-letter entries (15 squares wide - 11 letter entry - 1 black square = 3 remaining). That's not a problem in itself unless the three-letter entry count gets too high.

These shorties can mess with solving flow because 1.) the solver has to change to a new entry very frequently, making for a choppy feel, 2.) most three-letter entries have been used so much in crosswords that it's hard to come up with a fresh clue, and 3.) in order to make these fresh clues themeless-level difficult, they sometimes veer into "annoyingly difficult" territory.

Take RMN, for example. It's not a great entry in itself since Nixon wasn't known as RMN (compare to Johnson / LBJ). And when you're stuck in a puzzle, and you hit the ridiculously vague [Presidential inits.] … maddening!

Not every three-letter word will exhibit one of these problems — UFO as a subject of some conspiracies is both figure-out-able and fun — but when you have 26 (!) of them, you're bound to get some pain. I think somewhere in the teens is about as high as a constructor should go.

It's a concept I haven't seen before, and I like that. But I wanted a much bigger a-ha moment to make up for the costs I had to pay as a solver.

Sat 11/4/2017
MOJOCADRECARP
ARESAMOURRHEA
OPELRANTSEMTS
THROUGHTHEYEARS
AAAPOLAELDER
INTWORCPTTAU
ANTIGUAJETS
BUTTERNUTSQUASH
ANETEKESOUT
STNSXSWISLAM
SIEVEISLEONO
STRETCHTHETRUTH
OLINAAHEDUCLA
LEFTLIMBOPHEW
ODESCLEANPERK

THROUGH THE YEARS, BUTTERNUT SQUASH, DON'T ARGUE WITH ME all share the fact that they STRETCH THE TRUTH, i.e., they contain the letters T R U T H, (quasi) spread out.

Interesting choice to run a themed puzzle on a Saturday. The theme entries are all colorful phrases, so that was good. Toss in a BASS SOLO and a PASS RUSH, and you have the start of a delightful themeless. But it's tough to work in many other memorable feature entries when you seed a grid with four 15-letter ones — they take up so much real estate.

I often debate if I'm too focused on quantity over quality in themelesses. Sometimes a fantastic 15-letter entry is all it takes for an entire puzzle to stand out in my mind. Heck, even a shorter one like BABY GOT BACK can do it for me.

But it's so tough for me to lavish praise over a themeless with just six great entries. Yes, some MOJO, LIMBO, MOHAWK, the ORPHAN trope in young adult books, that's helpful. And I did like learning what LOUCHE means. I'm going to start using it! (Probably incorrectly. Or I'll misremember it and accidentally insult someone. At least that'll be my story.)

But then when you factor in some ANET, OPEL, PASO, POLA, RCPT, STN … hmm.

Overall, it's a good starting idea to stretch letters across phrases. I can see how it wouldn't work great as a themed puzzle though, as repetitively finding the letters T R U T H — with two letters always stuck together — didn't create a great a-ha moment for me.

Will has a tough job. Not sure what I would have done with this one. Wouldn't quite work as a themed puzzle, nor does it soar as a themeless.

Thu 4/13/2017
IPADSPYSIMBA
BIGOSHOOATEAM
ENIDMOODLHASA
GOTOHEOHERSIDE
SADATLOAN
OTAWAEDKOCH
GAPNALAINSUM
ONEPOATOWOPOATO
STRUTTOONYES
HITMENFLASH
PRIMLIOTA
TRIPLEOVERTIME
CAIROZBAROTOS
UPTOPZESTRECT
BEANSOYEOROS

TRIPLE OVERTIMES = entries with three OT rebus squares apiece. There was something so pleasing about the OT x OT x OT alternation in DOT DOT DOT and HOT TO TROT. Very fun.

GOT TO THE OTHER SIDE … this one didn't hit for me, as it felt like a truncated punchline. With four featured themers, it would have been great to get a little more zip to this one.

A bunch of nice bonus fill, PUMP IRON, SALSA DIP, I THINK NOT, OTTER POPS all excellent. I liked that those last two included some of the OT squares; a nice touch. Often, the crossing answers to rebus themers can be a bit neutral to dull (OTTOS or OTROS, e.g.) so I enjoy when a rebus constructor goes the extra mile to work in snazzy crossing answers.

I finished with an error, AMOCA / OTRAS instead of AMOCO / OTROS. Peeved me at first, but I think it's probably fair — more my being careless than anything. OTRAS / OTROS is ambiguous, but AMOCO was a big company after all … and the CO = company should have been a dead giveaway. SHOOT!

Some blips in the short fill in IGOT OYE ESTS ZBAR (if I as a mechanical engineer struggles with this …), causing me some AGITA. Not unexpected given all the crossing themers.

The only place that I thought really suffered was the lower right, which Mike already called out. Not surprising given the TRIPLE OVERTIME / HOT TO TROT crossing causing so much inflexibility. ESTS / OTTOS / OTROS / AMOCO / RECT ... oof. Perhaps moving the three black squares at the end of FLASH down one row would have helped, but that could have easily created more problems.

As a basketball fan, I liked the solve. Would have been nice to get an extra layer of a-ha, but I'm not sure what that could have been.

Tue 1/3/2017
QUALMTIFFSHAH
TABOOUCLAPALO
REACTNOAMIRAN
ATLANTICTIME
ZIPLOCLAZBOY
IMACDETAILOSS
METALNAPALM
ATHLETICTRAINER
LORAINSKODA
AHHVECTOREGGY
TOOKINKBTOYS
ATOMICTHEORY
NADAHOAXASHEN
DIORELHIKOALA
TROTSLATENJOY

AT&T themers, ATLANTIC TIME, ATHLETIC TRAINER, and ATOMIC THEORY. Since "initialism" type puzzles have been done so much over the years, I appreciate when there's something extra. Certainly harder to find AT* T* phrases than just A* T* phrases, for example. I particularly liked ATOMIC THEORY, as it's so evocative, making me think of people all the way back to the ancient Greeks trying to figure out what makes up our world.

ATLANTIC TIME is decent. Not snazzy to my ear; more workmanlike. ATHLETIC TRAINER is a real phrase, but how many times have you heard your friends say they're going to their ATHLETIC TRAINER vs. to their trainer? (The answer to both is statistically probably "zero," but you get my point.)

I wondered for a long time if I was missing something. Michael is so prolific, having covered every day of the week over his 52 puzzles, that this one felt thin. Just three themers and a short revealer of A T AND T (I'm souring on these entries that are never written out like this in real life) … why not more?

It turns out that it's not as easy to come up with AT* T* phrases as I thought. There's ATTACK TRANSPORT … ATLANTA TOWNSHIP? Even if that were crossworthy, it duplicates ATLANTIC. ATHEISM … TEST? ATTIC ... TILE? Now I see why Michael stuck to just three.

And I did like the bonuses the extra space allowed for MIKE TYSON, LA-Z-BOY / SPITZ, ZIPLOC, even HOODOO. (I can see younger folks asking, "What the heck is a LOCAL CALL?")

I wasn't hot on the TACIT / LORAIN crossing. I always get TACIT / TACET mixed up, and LORAEN looked equally plausible. SKODA I can take, as the crossings are reasonable, although I would have liked some neat trivia in the clue to make it seem more interesting, just like with KB TOYS. Didn't know that one, but I liked how the clue steered me toward the hard-to-get KB.

Given the low theme density, it was a little surprising to see the OSS, IMET, QTR, APT NO kind of crossword glue from someone so experienced, but I did appreciate all the snappy bonus entries.

Wed 2/25/2015
ROLLEDRAMEBAE
ONEEAREDBONERS
CANTLOSEENVIES
WISPTONNE
LANSINGMICHIGAN
ADOPTNOELS
IDEATEICUDISK
LINCOLNNEBRASKA
ANDYSUESORTOF
NORSESTORK
STPAULMINNESOTA
CHARTIOTA
REGIMEWRISTPAD
AMAZESAAVERAGE
MENAGEPENALTY

Very nice construction. Tough to achieve theme interlock, and four crossing themers often creates difficulty in filling a grid. Michael goes all the way down to 70 words, a really tough challenge when four of your themers are locked into place in a fixed skeleton.

And what a great start to the puzzle. That all-important 1-Across slot was so confusing — what could possibly end in –EDR? ROLLEDR looks so crazy awesome in the grid. Well done.

Interesting bit of trivia for ONE EARED. I wasn't sure the entry felt in the language, but I really enjoyed learning that factoid, that the praying mantis only has one ear. Apparently it's the only animal known to normally only have one ear?

Oh where, oh where has your O gone, ameba?

With such a gridwork challenge, it's normal to see a few gluey bits. I'm not a fan of AMEBA / AMEBAS / AMEBAE, as I had only seen AMOEBA / AMOEBAS / AMOEBAE in the real world before doing crosswords. It's something I've learned to live with as a solver, but I do go out of my way as a constructor to avoid it. Not sure why it's evolved (pun intended) to not require the dreaded "variant" tag, as Merriam Webster lists AMEBA as a variant of AMEOBA.

And Trevor ARIZA — do something crossworthy already so all of us constructors can feel fine using you in puzzles! How about trying for my record, which will be "the first 110-year old to play for an NBA team." Steph Curry, your great-great-great-grandsons (and daughters maybe even!) better get ready for competition.

Not sure if I'm missing some layer of cleverness on the theme? I do enjoy the interlock with DES MOINES IOWA serving as a backbone to the puzzle — shout out to Iowans! — but I would have liked some more connection between those four capitals (besides that they locked together nicely).

Finally, a delightful clue for MONTHS. [Their days are numbered], indeed.

Thu 12/19/2013
CATROMANCEBCD
ARREXEDOUTALE
PTACOLORTVNEE
TINFOOLAMP
ACCOSTSTRAINER
ILESULTRAMANE
NESSBROERESTD
LIKEWATERANDOIL
AWEATATIMEURI
SHYHOTWBAGTAB
TEAODESIRLTR
PERIODTOLIFE
ALECLAYERONIT
SINEELATEWENT
SEAWRAZEDWSKI

Whew! Once in a while a puzzle comes along to break all sorts of conventions, and one way or another, it stimulates creativity through both strong positive and negative reactions. Who knows if today's will be looked upon ten years from now as the one that spawned an entire movement using heavy bars? Jim and I (mostly Jim) fixed up the puzzle to reflect the print version, as the Across Lite file seemed not nearly as elegant as print. Hopefully the time Jim and I (okay, 99.9% Jim) spent gives you a nice post-solve experience. And make sure to try the special HTML 5 online solving tool Jim programmed! Or if you're on an iPad or iPhone, you might try out Puzzazz's app.

I enjoyed the idea behind this one, seeded by oil and water not mixing. Perfect for George, who's a professor of chemistry! I had a very rough time with the central entry, because I dropped in LIKE OIL AND WATER with just a few letters and refused to believe it could be anything else. "LIKE WATER AND OIL" actually googlizes better than "LIKE OIL AND WATER" so perhaps this was just my issue (I was glad to hear that George and Michael actually started with OIL AND WATER, which makes me feel less crazy). Also possibly just my issue: the way the top and bottom interlocked, it felt like the oil and the water halves actually *were* mixing (in the central row). Hmm.

Very tough to pull off this construction. Not only do you have the unusual quasi-non-mixing of the top and bottom halves of the puzzle, but there's the rebus factor. George and Michael do well in some of those entries, the lovely HOT WATER BAG and ET VOILA, notably. Rebus entries work best for me when they allow the constructor to work in something unusual, something not typically seen in normal puzzles. But with dense rebus puzzles (or rebus puzzles with high additional constraints), some entries suffered. LOW WATER sounds a bit funny to my ear, and eau de toilette is so much more elegant than TOILET WATER and its slight ick factor.

Lots of good long fill in this one, and the highlight of the puzzle for me: the wonderful clue on MAITRE D'. I was stuck on "two-seater" as a type of car, and was so frustrated I couldn't work my way into that section. But when MAITRE D' (which already looks awesomely weird as an entry) appeared, what a sense of relief + the pleasure of experiencing a great clue. Well done.

Thu 1/24/2013
BANANASPEACOAT
OPENERAADSORBS
FAVICONPITSTOP
FRANKSINATRA
TETEHANSEL
RADIIYOUYOWZA
ENTREENAPSAID
AGRAEXTRATINY
MOANLIEWARNED
ERICSSTDBASSI
RANOUTREAR
NISSANSENTRA
ABUTTALAPAIROF
CARRERADESCANT
EMBASSYARTEMIS
Wed 9/19/2012
ROSTOVFATCAT
ONPAPERORIOLE
LEONTIEFORNATE
ACKNEOLETSON
IRAQIFORMATOP
DONUTSLEERENO
SPEECHMNOTRAP
SHAMEONME
ATITMOTCERISE
DATMEOWEARWAX
WPATONICNAOMI
OILMENCABJOG
MOIETYELECTIVE
ACCTNOFREEMAN
NASSAUGOCART
Thu 4/12/2012
NSAHAMELBARBQ
ATLOLIVEABORT
AOLRANEEDUBAI
CLARABARTONESP
PINETARIDEA
DIMEDESMOND
LABCOATESSENCE
ACERREAL
THROATSLEXICAL
SEISMICEXEC
SILOAERATOR
SPABLOODDONORS
KABULTRIOSNEV
ISUZUENNUIGAP
SATIERESTSADD
Thu 1/20/2011
AGORADMVVODKA
BOSONIIIOPART
CESTAASSGETAT
SOCIALSECURITY
COBSHUIHEAVES
OVUMAPNEASER
DECAFGAFFE
ROYALAIRFORCE
ORIONGIANT
ORCPLANAARGO
THELIPCODALIE
ADMINISTRATION
SEANSAIMATREE
SADIEKOAREFER
ERECTSNLINFRA
Sat 8/30/2008
HEINIECACHEPOT
ARDENTALDAMATO
GOODCHOLESTEROL
MINRERIGEEK
ACTSLOFATREDD
NAFTAMORALRIO
EASTERLECHER
FRENCHONIONSOUP
TALKIEINSITU
LILISAACNASAL
BLIPELGARREPO
KEYLIPIDROW
EBENEZERSCROOGE
PAINPILLHURLER
ARTISTESEMILES
Thu 7/12/2007
ADAGEBROOMS
REPLANFAUXPAS
REPOSESIDELINE
POWERSTEERING
IFIDUOSPIEL
SANDLERSEORE
OTTOIVMAXERNST
WASHCYCLE
AIRDROMEHUMERI
SHEPONYLOCOS
HADJITAOHST
TRUSTMEONTHIS
MEEITHERCREDIT
DISCORDDIANNE
ITSYOUBRAIN
Sat 4/7/2007
ASPERSETHEURGE
THINKINGOUTLOUD
NICCOLOPAGANINI
OAKYELATEASST
CNNCDS
CSTOTSPORCAP
HERESTOMANYMORE
INAPERFECTWORLD
DONTBEASTRANGER
ERSAARSOSISO
SGTVHS
ARCHMAMIEHEAP
GALAPERFORMANCE
EVENINGRUSHHOUR
DEFACTOSYOSSET
Thu 3/15/2007
MAXIXEATESTS
ROPESINSATPREP
AIRRAIDACCRUER
PROXYALPOYESI
SANESTUFAX
SAGXERGAFF
NEAATTUNEALTI
EXTRAMARITALSEX
XMANALYDARERE
TANSJETPIE
ERAAPEMAXI
XINGHEXAABFAB
INGRAINBALLONE
TELESTOSNEERAT
SEGUESTEXMEX
Sat 9/16/2006
MGAMEDIETSODA
BELIEDONCEADAY
ONEDGENOONTIME
XXXIATTNNINE
SLIPMIN
ROADKILLASYLUM
IDEMANDAREMENO
LEISEYEOTIS
ETOMESWITSWITH
YOUNMEINASENSE
OARTABS
GUNKAHSOSKIM
PERFECTMONEIDA
ELLERBEESOTTED
ASSESSESMHEAD
Thu 4/27/2006
LIANASTATBATH
AZTECSOLOEROO
SEVEREGROGPAINS
DOWTREATMENT
CHASSEASSES
HYPTRASHES
ADLAITOADLVII
DRAGCONCLUSIONS
SANEPOKETUGAT
LASORDAELO
AMANAOTELLO
GONEWITHTHED
NOWINSITUATIONS
ELALEMMEANTON
WARSEELSXACTO
Sun 3/19/2006 ALWAYS FELT THIS WAY
PWATCHOPENSEAHOTP
SAHARAERRATUMOLAV
ISOMERNOTRAREOSTE
ZOOMSMOVEITREHEAT
ENTITLEESTEICANSO
ASAAMOCO
SPERMBANKARAESPO
CACAOSNAPOPENZHOU
ALOTOFASOFLEGREST
GENERICBOFFNEARTO
REVISALLEGOREF
PPCSEIGHTBALLAIRP
KIAEMITALTOIDS
NEPALISABEISEENOW
ICERINKFLAPHAVETO
FERNUNCLETOMNEVIN
ESSOTOOSPICERACK
GETITENS
POINTBFOODDATSUNS
INDOORFEVERSHANOI
COLDEDUCATEYELLED
KNEEAERATEDETOILE
PERSKEEPERSPANTSP
Sun 1/22/2006 THE SOUND OF MUSIC
WAIFSETTOCRABLENT
ALTIAFOULSHULACLAY
IDENTIFIEDITASAGSHARP
TORNADOSTRIPESLANCE
THROOAFROI
WROTEITDOWNFROMMEMORY
EUROSDANINONTAO
ESTDFISTSANERSATYR
USEOFTWOHANDSANDANOSE
NEGIRONYODELENT
STANDONLECIDHASIDIM
AGOMASONRAREONO
WHILEPLAYINGBILLIARDS
HADATADOREABLYREOS
OILUSAFSLOSAMOA
AREQUIEMFORHISPETBIRD
UTEMAIELAL
CLEANMOANINGAREARUG
BYTHEROLLINGOFTWODICE
EROOEDGESLOTTAZEST
RANGPEASESSEXENDS
Sun 12/18/2005 WHAT THE PROFESSOR MEANT TO SAY
SOARSSPATTRAMLISAS
ATRIATOURHALEEVERT
SOAPYALDAORCAMANIA
HOMEWORKISDUEONMONDAY
ALIHOTTHOASININE
YESEZRATYRAINTONED
INEEDAVOLUNTEER
AJARKINUSDAATEST
COBALTETTUIBMSOATH
ANYQUESTIONSSALEREE
DESIREDCODASYODELER
ESSEMAGNEXTTIMETYPE
MEETSKIPREARONHOLD
ESSENBENSRIAONES
SEEMEAFTERCLASS
BEASTLYSLABKITHTOM
ATMCASKNBCENOEPA
YOUDONTNEEDTOKNOWTHIS
SILASEENYIDEABARAK
ALERTRENEDENTIRATE
TETESYSERERTEZONED
Thu 11/24/2005
ASECAGFAONICE
MESAFLEXNYLON
ARALREALEMEND
JAILSENTENCE
EISLETSBE
FOURTHDIMENSION
ERNIEEBERTSRS
LARDFTENSLIEU
ITIAREASVISOR
POPULARMAGAZINE
ERESTUALP
TESTERSSHOUT
ASFOREXITANTI
VALUERAGAIMIN
ECARDIMAXRELY
Fri 10/14/2005
ATESTSCPUAFAR
TENPINHANDSOME
WHEREAREYOUFROM
ARMYPAVEDOE
RAYSTREPRIEL
NORMTOSEAGPA
FORMALSCENEI
AUTOMATEDTELLER
ASHTONTROIKA
RTEMERCYTONS
EASTTIARAGUN
TUECMONSUMO
THATSWHATIMEANT
GOTOLDEROSAGES
ITERSRONUMERO
Mon 9/12/2005
RAJSPEWSAGAS
SPURPORETRAMP
VALEAONERAZOR
PREFERREDSALARY
STPETEYOW
RAKESSHIPTO
ATMEELLAANEAR
THANKYOULETTERS
TRICENEINESSO
NONEEDSATYR
PIPREVSUP
JOBAPPLICATIONS
AROMAUNPCELBA
MANICSTATWAIT
BLADEHOSERDS
Thu 8/11/2005
ICBMACSALKA
THAISMPHERIES
SERRAOOOXRAYS
ANGELOUROMAINE
LIEDOWNTROUSER
ILSONTARIOEST
ELIONMUNRO
ENOBLINGOAR
OBIESHONED
CHAONTHEGOIVE
LAPDOGSFLOSSES
AVIATORFORCERS
SEEMEOOOARTIE
PACEDLTRHATER
STESLSTPEST
Wed 7/27/2005
OSLOTBARPESOS
LEOXRODEENTRE
DEWYYOUCANLEAD
STPIMBEDSARTE
AHORSECMINOR
WRIERGENREORS
SUNSCAVEINS
TOWATERBUTA
DETENTEANAP
SATASSTSSIEVE
EMIGREPENCIL
EPEEYESMANDAT
MUSTBELEADNOTI
ELUTEEMIRATON
DEPOTVINEBERG
Sat 7/16/2005
INQUEUEONLEAVE
SOUNDSLIKEAPLAN
THATSAGOODPOINT
ODEGINKSPEER
RAVENSTENSE
STAMENRHEE
LATERONYEAMAD
ACIDITYEARMARK
MOCZEESTOODIN
MOSTSURELY
ELTONICETEA
SHODROMANIDO
TAKENOPRISONERS
ASAMATTEROFFACT
SAYSYESORTOLAN
Wed 1/5/2005
ATESTSOHODCON
CENTSELANEIRE
SAVEAFTERREBATE
AROOTERR
SLAMRFKDEIMOS
TIMEOFFERSEINE
AMERCEEOEFLEX
MIRTIEPINSEFT
ITISTBSCURARE
NEGEVBUYONEGET
ADONISPADCEES
EVENWEAR
NOTSOLDINSTORES
ASECEAVENOONE
YULESKEDOMEGA
Fri 12/3/2004
STASHMAYAGIS
ERITUARESONE
AARONAGAMEMNON
LIBATIONBEARERS
ATATDRAINTADA
NOSSITCIAPET
TREETOADDEERE
EUMENIDES
SLURPADAPTSTO
LONARMTNTWED
OURSEATATFEED
GREEKTRAGEDIANS
AESCHYLUSATRIA
NETAPOPBITER
SDSNENESNORE
Thu 11/11/2004
PRESSESSANDBOX
LARIATSONADARE
EBONICSDOTESON
DESADECADSNO
INTERSECTION
AZTOENOSAW
GOOPRVSMILES
FOURWAYSTOPSIGN
AMTOOWARTOGO
OLDAXISNOB
TRAFFICLIGHT
RAWARKITALIC
INAHOLEONEMORE
EURASIALATENED
SPELUNKALLRISE
Mon 9/6/2004
STEPSONTHELOOP
TAXRATENICEONE
EXPECTANTMOTHER
RILEETESLOT
IWONROWDYLAVE
LADEBOAILES
EYEDBRONXPART
LEROI
PATHAUNTSLEAR
ASEAINBAXLE
TINSREADSLIDO
ESTDBAPAGER
LABORDAYWEEKEND
LIENORSENTENTE
ADDEDUPSTARTER
Wed 4/21/2004
CHOWBAHDOTCOM
SENDEXOTAHINI
PASSFAILSTONED
ORAINLAWNEAT
TYLENOLEKEACE
SEEYAATLASSTR
ELMASPSTEM
RESEARCHPAPER
PERXXIIAYE
ONOAIMTOTAXES
POTMMEHEELTAP
QUIPDAWNSESO
UNZIPSLECTURER
ICETEAALLGRIT
ZESTEDRLSHANS
Thu 1/8/2004
KIEVASSNMKTG
INLETNENEAERO
ADORETREEDYER
SLEEVEDESSE
TAKEKRAZYKAT
ERRSEINEABOUT
MRIMOOTODENSE
PASTEURONATEAR
ONPOSTAPERKBS
STYROSPEDCOLE
KINGKONGOPER
OKRALISTENS
TEEMOTTOASAMI
REMOVOLEGETIN
ONESEWESTENK
Thu 10/23/2003
HABITSAUTHORS
ONEMANALLRIGHT
POTATOLIMETREE
INACIRCLEATEAM
TOWATH
MUSESWHIZEMMA
ESTATEEATROAN
THESUPREMECOURT
RELYOILCHASTE
ORESDODDIDEAS
TSEROT
ALERORIGHTLANE
MAZELTOVERENOW
FREETIMEREVISE
MARTINAEXILES
Fri 7/25/2003
ACMEMREDJOBS
CHEXDEEREOKRA
TATEELGINHIES
AIRCONDITIONERS
SNOUTSSUZYQ
TREATELUDES
BAHIALEANIRAE
OLAVPORTSNASA
ODIERUEROCTET
BALBOADITSY
RATONELAINE
THEARTFULDODGER
SAWNLURIDALAN
ALECESSAYMOTS
ROSHDEERSOOT
Thu 7/10/2003
EQUINECAWORT
LUMMOXOHBEPEA
SEAFOXFLAPJACK
NODTOTOQUE
JAMSNEHRUGURU
EQUIPWEISSESP
DULLESADLIB
ALLTHELETTERS
STOMPAULAIT
WAVYEAHSPIZZA
AVIVSNACKEZER
FACETABHOR
FLUXGATEDAYJOB
LONIGETAREOLA
ENAFEDKENYAN
Fri 5/16/2003
EZRASAFENUMBS
SEAMAIDENOSOLE
LENINGRADSATON
WHITENIGHTS
ENCLASPINESSE
REAIRPACES
APSEDUDESTOO
SAINTPETERSBURG
ELOWASINARAL
DIGINBRITE
ACTONEEDASNER
DRAWBRIDGES
LAINEHERMITAGE
INGODOLEICACID
BEANSPITTRENO
Sat 3/29/2003
LASALLETHIRSTS
IRANIANBAROQUE
POINTOFNORETURN
LUNESRUNESEND
ESTESAKESHERS
SAVHOMESBIZET
SLALOMEDMAKEDO
LOOMSFARED
ODETTEDOORSTOP
MINTSLARRYHAO
IOTATOMEIARKS
CXIUHAULSCOTS
RANATEMPERATURE
ONETIMEGARAGES
NESTLEDSWISHES
Fri 2/7/2003
EGADADDAPEABO
SILENCEISGOLDEN
TRINITROTOLUENE
ALEUTIANISLANDS
DENTFUN
EDBERGBLOTTERS
TIERSZAIRECUT
HAGSRULEDJONI
ONABILLSTALON
SENSUOUSFAZING
EZRFONZ
MAGAZINEARTICLE
ANIMATEDCARTOON
GENERALDEGAULLE
STANDLYTEPALS
Wed 1/22/2003
WHIGSNUBALSO
RETROCASALIEU
AREASZINGASPS
PERSONALADZZIT
SOARSAORTAS
DECNOSEDROP
EROSMETZBARGE
SOMALIAONADIET
COMBOTONESCAN
ORGSRESTERA
DONEINASTRA
ONECATCHSOMEZS
SIZEPOLOJIVES
ECRUABETANENT
DEARTESNONOS
Thu 12/12/2002
CHESTTAMESCAT
ROVERETALHANA
IRAQIROMEADDL
TADCOMPACTDISC
ICEMENSTULOU
CEDEEARSLALOM
TAPPETAMAN
CARMECHANIC
AULDRAILED
ALLSETPSTSPEC
RADNETHETERO
CREATEHAVOCERG
HUSHORCAAPLAN
IMAMFEESSIENA
ESCEFESTHARDC
Tue 10/22/2002
SHOTSCAMPSSHO
HOLSTAGERSLIB
OMAHASURETHING
DEFINITELYINDY
RDSEELSKIN
WAFTUARDOS
ABEZZTOPOASIS
WITHOUTQUESTION
ATEINAURAEPTA
DELERSASAP
PAGODASEAR
ALOUBYALLMEANS
CERTAINLYATSEA
ERGSLOMOSHINY
ROESEDANSAFES
Tue 10/1/2002
AJAXMASHOFUSE
GENEATEERAVED
LUGSDATACLEAN
ODETELTRALALA
WILDWILDWEST
ROTRANOTTO
TYPEBPAVEDION
WEEWILLIEWINKIE
ATETOONSVOILA
SIPSITEZIT
WORLDWIDEWEB
GALILEIAPEOLE
IRENENESSQUIT
MANGOETTUUNDO
PLAYSSEEPEDEN
Fri 9/27/2002
QUOTEDCOMPAQ
UNNAMEDMATTHAU
ALEWIFEORIGAMI
SAPREFRIESSIN
ACADREELSCELT
REGISCDSSHINS
DESPOTSPHONE
PIPSQUEAK
ANENTUSURERS
STILEMAHPREOP
ULESSORESSTLO
SALDIDEROTRAS
INSCALEELOPERS
ETERNALDOGTAIL
QANTASNASDAQ
Thu 9/5/2002
RAECCUTCBARS
ETCHHATHRELIT
DOREARIAONICE
CMULTIPLICATION
MOREADS
COVERTRIMEXAM
TOETAPENENERO
IONHOTCBUNNET
ELALTEEPOCONO
SALAADDLRANAC
USSASIN
CINGTHEATLANTIC
OMAHAASIAOATH
UNDERRENTTUBA
TOADSLACECER
Tue 8/6/2002
APNEAINBBLUM
DRAWLONEAAURA
LABELHUGHGRANT
IDOEPOSAROUSE
BOBBYSHERMAN
ASHEATNSA
ADOSACTIIDEAL
CIVILWARGENERAL
DRACOLENTROBS
CELVOLHOE
JESSEJACKSON
PREAMPPENTANY
HARPERLEEASKIN
ASIAEYERNIECE
THENYESESSEX
Thu 7/25/2002
PETSAJARAMORE
OLEOSEXYROLEX
TENNISSEEEDICT
AMSNATINEVER
TEENSYFLOORIDA
ONDITSOONNAES
TUNALOUIS
PENCILVANIA
TAPIRORIG
STERNONEWARES
WHYOMINGADESTE
IRENESBRAPIA
VILASMARRYLAND
EVILSOLIOOCTO
TEDDYBLOWGEOG
Mon 1/14/2002
FIBSFILLLARA
AGUEONEAKITES
NORAUTAHUBOAT
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
AAAISA
PSALMJACKBAD
ASCAPCOCOSOSA
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
SAMSEINEEUROS
TWOBINSERNST
EONENT
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
EIEIOEERYOBOE
SPINSARAMLANE
TATELOSEARES
Tue 12/4/2001
TOTALBOLTDEW
CAPITAAPSEAME
HITMENDEANTAN
OPIEAGENTAGENT
RENTSAGAMIDAS
DIGITDIGITNATO
MAINREFTEL
PATENTLAREDO
RNADCLMETE
ANKAHELIXHELIX
NOELSDESADORE
DUTCHDUTCHRUIN
INAOOPSUSEDTO
ACKANTIREELIN
LEELEONLADYS
Sat 9/15/2001
JUKEBOXTOASTER
ANALYZEUPSCALE
VISITORRESIDED
ETHENOUNCEPAR
LIMBEXPOTBONE
IVIEDOVIALOW
NEREIDNEWAGER
LAOSRAMP
FRIZZEDSAILOR
LIONEARSPORE
ASTERBAJAENID
USAALIBABAGON
NUTTIERFORSALE
CREASEDFRINGES
HEDGERSATALOSS
Wed 6/27/2001
SEWUPICEDCALM
OSHEAFLEAOPAL
STAYSYARDSISI
OATSLOMOAMATI
WOKEUPINON
TOREATANDSOON
LOUSYHEFTYDOE
OSLOTRILLDOZE
LEDARENASEWER
LAYSLOWTHEEND
OPEDAMANDA
FOULSQUITEMOS
OLGAATTNGUIDE
LIESDIREANNEX
DOTHOPERLEERY
Sat 5/12/2001
WOKENFOAMCCS
ANEMIAOSSAHAS
SEETHROUGHDRESS
TIPSNINOEAST
ELSHOLDONPSIS
SLOMOMIDASTRY
NOONANTABOOS
CHECKINGACCOUNT
RACKETFUHRER
AMODEBARERNST
MMMMRETOLDATA
EPEESHUEIMIT
GRADUATESTUDENT
IANRUEROPENTO
STYODDSNOTSO
Tue 2/13/2001
USSRRAMOSMASS
TINAASIDEAMAT
IZODMAXIENINO
LEWISGISTONTO
FORKINTHEROAD
ALLINVSEQ
QUADEEEUHAUL
UNKNOWNVARIABLE
ATEAMAREMANN
NOTRAJNAT
SPANISHFORAND
MAZEAROWMOOSE
OPUSGORKIINEZ
KARTENTERSEAR
EWESSEEYAEDNA

4 Variety puzzles by Michael Shteyman

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FATE
DERMA
KEAGUISE
SEXCHANGE
PATHOGEN
BENESOB
LACUNARUM
RACISTTRUDGE
ONALERTTIEGS
SOAMIARCHERY
ETCETCIOUS
RIOHARBOR
ANNEREUP
GDAYMATE
AVIATED
ENNA
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HAVEONEKAPUT
TOMATOESNATURAL
ROBKNISHSLID
ADOLFOIMPLEO
IWOULDNRATIL
PIZZASONORANT
SNLWHYDOFOOLS
EKEFOOVALUE
COWLEI
OTHODSL
APRILELI
APPEASECON
RHOPDTEEL
MISLEADIGOTTA
DEITYVIVIEN
DDSENESCO
Sun 7/20/2003
OXBOWCOLON
VOLTAOBESE
EXTOLMIATA
ROSETTANEITHER
DISKACDC
MICKEYMOUSE
NOSPEETRA
EININNREC
WEEDSJOINT
JUSTYETESPOUSE
ATRYMOUSERSWAWA
BIOMOUSETRAPLET
COSITECHYROLL
AMANABERYL
MINNIEMOUSE
MOUSEPADS
NIGHT
Sun 12/22/2002
AWFULAMEBA
TALKATETUXOR
EXURBIAEXAMPLE
AIMSELFOVENOLA
TEMPRELAXESISIS
ROUXXAXISAMEX
XMENXEDEGAD
PREXYEXLAX
OXXXII
EXULTAXONS
ETESREXTSAR
EXODTUXESTROD
OXENBEETLESABES
CPRFOXXSATSELO
HITLISTTYPESUP
ERECTSXOXOXO
REDDSTONER
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