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17 puzzles by Susan Gelfand
with Constructor comments

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Susan Gelfand
Puzzles constructed by Susan Gelfand by year
Mon 8/27/2018
BLURBSHIMHEAL
RUNTOPUZOACRE
INDEXANONGOYA
TKOKIRKDOUGLAS
FITSSPLINT
AERATEPEKOE
STEVEMARTINSAX
KALECIAHIVE
STYJAMESTAYLOR
BENESENDOWS
AMBIENRATE
BILLRUSSELLSLO
AMOKIHOPEQUAL
BIKETODORUMBA
ACEDYEASSASSY
POW Mon 6/19/2017
HOPIGALLSSLOG
ALANABOUTWAVE
JIGSLEONEIMAN
IVEROTTENAPPLE
SETTERSCUE
URGETHINSKIN
PARISSHALTETE
LYNXDUETSBLEW
OLEGRIMEBALMS
PARFAITSBONY
LILVINEGAR
URBANLEGENDRTE
VOOMBLINGDEAL
EASEISSUEJERI
ARCSTETESSNIT
POW Mon 3/6/2017
FDACASKCLIOS
ARCARIAGLANCE
TARCITYSLICKER
COOKSHOPLAB
BUBBLEWRAPFINI
BLASEHUGSONIA
SATEFOGBROGAN
SUGARCOAT
CRISPSALTRIBS
DAMESGTOPARES
RIASDUSTJACKET
ANGBALPRESS
CHEVYBLAZEROWL
KARATSSEGOMAO
STYLEPESTEXT
Thu 6/2/2016
JASSAMAJJPOTS
FRATTARACOMBO
RAVEMUSICHOGAN
OBIWANKEEL
SLOLEONINEDIE
TERSERUNSSHORT
ASSETLEADON
SPOTPLEBERONA
ALKALILIRAS
SEATURTLEWHELP
SAYMAHALIARAH
ABLEBRAINO
OVATEBELIEVEIN
FAVOROYEZEPEE
FLAPJXENACARJ
Tue 6/30/2015
JARSCOTAROMA
ABEHOTSGROBAN
BARROCKGARDENS
LOSERABSLAW
POUNDSIGNSBITE
ANTISMAGPOSER
WEEPTAZWILKES
PRICETAGS
ABBEYSLOXTODD
CRETESLOSERIO
RATSFIELDTRIPS
OVAAUFEASEL
BACONSTRIPSNOI
ADAPTSAMOITMC
TOMESOPTSSAY

Money talks. As I recall, seemingly out of nowhere, MONEY TALKS popped into my head. Instead of viewing it as the idiom it is — meaning money can have great influence — I looked at it literally as "the musician Eddie Money talks." I then thought it could be clued as MUSICIAN SPEAKS and it seemed to have possibilities as the start of a theme. From there, I compiled a list of other potential theme entries in which this same type of clueing would work. So although MONEY TALKS never made it into the grid, I guess you could say it was influential in its own way...

POW Tue 1/20/2015
PEROLDHATCMAJ
AXEROWENALANE
JOTCAESARSALAD
ADOSMESPHIAL
MURPHYBEDEMMYS
ASTROODDUZI
AGEENEETES
CRYSTALGEYSER
BAASCUDMOC
EMSCHEYARDS
LEHARROCKOPERA
ROBOTRANEVIL
COMICRELIEFEVA
HOODIRONERREM
ANNESANELYELI
Tue 6/3/2014
NCRTRANSSCREW
AHAVIXENHYENA
PABSTBLUERIBBON
EMBERREINE
SPINALCORDRHOS
YEASERPENT
ABESLOBULKY
LUNATICFRINGE
PERCYTUEKAY
EXPRESSJIB
EASYALPINELACE
POBOYEVIAN
ALLTHETRIMMINGS
RUSESHENCEGEO
KIDDOSSTARERR

I began this crossword by coming up with the revealer, ALL THE TRIMMINGS. Initially, I intended to use words associated with a Thanksgiving Day feast such as turkey, dressing, etc. and to pair each of these words with one other word for the theme entries. However, that did not go too far. But all was not lost... I then changed course and started to focus on things that are used as decorative trim such as fringe, cord, etc. LUNATIC FRINGE was one of the first theme entries I came up with and I did what I could to make sure it ended up in the grid for a couple of reasons. First, there was not much else in two-word combinations that ended in fringe and secondly, I really liked it a lot. So there you have it, the inside scoop with all the trimmings.

Mon 9/23/2013
BRADDUBSOLID
AIDEDASAOBESE
SADIEMENSROOMS
SLICEANDDICE
ETCETCIKEMOP
TOTSTHETHREERS
SIAMELWAY
ITSTIMETOROLL
ACHOORUES
GOOGOOEYESIMAM
ENSDINTAMALE
COSTUMEBALLS
VICEVERSACRAWS
EVADEANNSEWER
TYLERPAXTITS
Mon 1/21/2013
MOLDBAGELSJAW
AREAALEXISISO
LOCKESLOCKSNCO
TOYSDOEEXED
ACUTEPENNSPENS
PHRASESTODDY
TOECADPAC
WRIGHTSRIGHTS
TAOLOTRAY
WHEELBANDAGE
HAMMSHAMSEAVES
ALESARAEINE
MTNLISZTSLISTS
MEDERODESSTAR
YRSDYNAMOHYPO
Mon 10/1/2012
MECCARAJASABE
ATLASALASANON
SCENTFLITFOBS
ABIGAILADAMS
REVERIEORALS
AVERALVINAILEY
HERRIRISYDS
ALANARKIN
MTSORELAERO
ARTHURASHEVLAD
CERESENZYMES
MADETHEALIST
JONGHOARNEROS
OLDEEASTGAELS
BOSSEXESSLEET
Wed 6/13/2012
NAPAJAWASIDES
OMEREXOTHROWN
MANPOWERHOTTEA
AZTECSSPEWMLI
DEALTSTONEWALL
SOYAMARAT
AIMPINTIRAQ
PLAYINGWITHFIRE
BAJAOSSAXED
ORTHOLANG
BIRDHOUSEKELSO
UNEROILSILENT
LOTSOFANTEATER
BUTANEVIATHRO
STEWEDEBBOEDS
Tue 5/15/2012
APEWHAMCAJUN
HEXEONSEOCENE
ARPSWISSCHEESE
GLESSIONPHD
VOODOODOLLPEAL
ALIGNIDOVERDE
TATEMEDTENSED
DARTBOARD
ESTOPSALGUZIS
SPOUTFLAGLENS
TAUTGOLFCOURSE
ETSSICREMOP
FULLOFHOLESIOS
ALEASTMOATNRA
NADIAYOKOGTO
Tue 9/6/2011
TALCMESAATTA
AREAEAGERIRAS
TRAVELCARDRIMS
INGDIEFAIT
JESTERSONCALL
ALLYETCTARP
BIOSCARFREEKS
OTTZONEOUTRAW
TEMPESTOKEINE
ALLSEDUSOYA
SCALEDSLANDER
DAHSLOPETA
EXITDOUBLETIME
CONEOZZIECOAX
ONERMYOBHUGO
Mon 5/3/2010
DREAMSLUMSTEX
EARLYHANOIWAR
FIRSTSTRINGIRA
YDSHEEDGNARLY
JILTPOODLES
MUSICALSCORE
ARUBAPBSSOLD
ZIPLORISESRIO
ESSOUARCRIES
MOTHERTONGUE
STRAUSSEROS
HEARTHEMITDWI
ENSFITTOBETIED
BOPINSETRAVEL
ANYTEASESNAKY
Wed 2/18/2009
ZAPSCATSHIFT
IDEAGOREMANIA
PLANROTCESSEX
PARKCITYUTAH
OILREIMERADO
REVERSESPLIT
QUOTEOEDRANI
LUNGEBAHMOCKS
AIDEDOMPESKY
NEUTRALSHADE
ATEELIALICAB
DRIVEMECRAZY
ADIEUILLSAGUN
LINENABETNERO
GEARSNETGREW
Mon 12/15/2008
APERAMEXPSHAW
TERIMOLEUTICA
LAICPOUNDCAKES
ACCEDELOOKESP
SEAPORTNOEL
UVEASDROWSY
BLADETORANONO
RINDQUAIDDOUG
OMNIUMPSVOLGA
SEANCESETIN
GENTSUNBATH
CDSACROSERBIA
LAMBSHANKSOILY
AZUREITALIDLE
DEGASTONELESS
Mon 11/3/2008
ACRESBRATCALF
CAULKROMAOVAL
EMILYPOSTSYOKE
DENDEWYMEOWED
RIDSWANT
STEVIEWONDERS
SHAVEIRISIKE
ERRSMEDEAAVIV
XESPAGOSWEDE
WINSLOWHOMERS
EATSIDAS
GHOSTSSKISOAT
NEXTHELENHUNTS
AXELOVERESTOP
WANEPAWSROOMS
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