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Puzzles for July, 2005
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Fri 7/1/2005
SKIMPLEAPTAT
PATIOSETTLERS
ABINDSCOUTOATH
MUSICSTANDSBEA
LISAMARIECARP
SIREDSUSIE
TITLEDSMOKED
GENIESSHAMES
SAXONYTHELOT
CLANGARAIL
HAREWMARKFELT
ICKLEAVESALONE
STARGAZERCAMUS
MINSTRELETATS
SCATHEDSENSE
Sat 7/2/2005
SVENGALIADDERS
HAVEATITMAUMEE
ANEWLEASEONLIFE
GENTLEMANCALLER
CROSSERS
AABATTERY
STATUARYFEVERS
HAREBRAINEDIDEA
EDAMESNONEVENT
MGMGRANDS
POTATOES
ITEMONTHEAGENDA
STRIKESABARGAIN
MERGERMARIANNE
OREADSEYEGLASS
Sun 7/3/2005 ALL IN THE PAST
OLAVAPSEAUTISMCUR
PUNCHLINESTRICIAANY
EXTRACTORTRAILERSLTD
SEESTOWOUKTAUTLIE
STDSCOLEEXPORTER
ANDSTRUCKETREDUH
PEACEAILGETSONEAL
EXLAXATTITUDEMONOCLE
TEMPINESSLIVNOLO
PERMISTAIRESPOS
QUICKEXCHANGEARTIST
PUNTIKISTOONTIC
AIDESEVCOENAMANA
SEERESSGARLICEXPRESS
STRIPCARYSHAYULES
SKIMREDSTATESLAW
EXPATPAULSENTADS
NEEHINDLOISGOBACK
ANNEXTENSIONHEADACHE
MODTILSITPROTRACTOR
INSSEETHEEWESHEWN
Mon 7/4/2005
ADAMSSOFAINGE
BADATAWESNEON
ANDCROWNTHYGOOD
SISILOATOM
ESTDEFSRRATED
HOMEOFTHEBRAVE
ASSRHEADEB
BAASHAHPANT
ARTOLINIPO
LETFREEDOMRING
MANIACSUMOAAS
SLABGIGBTU
WITHBROTHERHOOD
ODIERANTABBRS
WANDETTAMOSSY
Tue 7/5/2005
TREKSTACKSECT
EAGLEOBOEINRE
ANGERULNAXDIN
SEANPENNSPENS
NAHTERIIMAGE
BREATHEVIMRED
CELLODENIM
ALANLADDSLADS
SEEDSARRAY
DADDIMPERSONA
AEIOUIMAXPEW
BRADPITTSPITS
SALEBOWSTAHOE
ATITANTESTORM
TENSREFSYATES
Wed 7/6/2005
ABCSDISCELENA
MELTONEAROOFS
OBEYCAPNCRUNCH
KOALATOAST
PRESSGANGIMPS
SHOOSEASALT
AGOCLEOTHROE
LABAIRLIFTIDA
BBGUNETREASK
ULYSSESCAME
MENEPUSHUPBRA
LEECHTBIRD
CHEESECURLIGOR
AMASSOLEONOSE
TORSORAPTGREW
Thu 7/7/2005
ECANSCMDHALFE
BIZETHAIAFOOT
OCULIOKSIRISH
XERRAREBITSTR
ERESWASABILEE
SOSOALARMRARA
LORENTENET
LEAVESEHANDED
CISCOPESTO
ONCEEARPSNEBR
MEAINTOTOECRU
ESPSTOMACHZEN
UMASSDIGOKEMO
PADREDSOHEMEN
ENESTSENONANE
Fri 7/8/2005
ERNSTAGESSALE
SAYHIBELACRUX
ENSORSLITACRE
GETALOADOFTHIS
ADULTERATED
HAUTECUISINE
OPPCTNGRIME
JEANNIEHASSLES
OTTOIMOMEOS
ONELUMPORTWO
RENEGOTIATE
PORTROYALSOUND
AGRIYOGIOBIES
GEOMALEELECAR
ETRENANSENERO
Sat 7/9/2005
BRAGHANDSHACK
LATECOMERHELLO
ATONALITYESTOP
MEMORYMILIEUS
EDSELSTANFORD
SISTERSDEBT
FIRESTARTERGAR
APELATTICEONE
USSEYEINTHESKY
NOONFRAISES
FUELOILSAPSES
HARBURGCLAUSE
OCCURHYPHENATE
STELETIDEDOVER
SOSADSPQRLESS
Sun 7/10/2005 NEW AR-RANGEMENTS
COHOSTAGNATEPATRON
AVANTIDRIVERESSENCE
REVEALDININGALACRATE
AREALMOSTWATER
FRAMERINTHEDELLNORSE
EANRENGADSTROLL
NEDAGAMEOFDRATSLAS
RASPBINTIETOELLE
IPANAEASTECONDIO
DEFENDSOURSANIONME
OROGOTOWRAPSPEEDGIA
SERASENEDITDRAGONS
GMTARAPEDERROUGE
ARUMGOLEMELIANET
SISWELLREGRADEDSTD
ANIMASIRAGAOHEF
PECOSILLEGALRAMSDEAL
RHINOBEANMETRO
PRATINGCOMPANYSOURER
CORONAEPRESTOENCASE
STINGSSIPHONADEPTS
Mon 7/11/2005
ALPSSPECKVASE
SERAWILLAELAN
HAILCAESARLAID
ESCORTWEEVILS
STENOTWELVE
CREEDATLAS
ATMSIRAINFANT
VEILTITANONTO
EXCUSEHUTGASP
STASHMELON
HAZARDAFTER
HOFFMANETOILE
ACLUPURPLERAIN
STANPAIRSTROT
PONDALBEEEATS
Tue 7/12/2005
DOCSSTUMPSTAR
URALRIGOROHIO
FINEWITHMEWARY
FONDAMEANT
ELOLIPSYNCSDI
LETSDOITSTPAUL
CONTACSEGAL
MOORSHRUBPOLS
ASKEWSERIFS
THEWHOALLRIGHT
HAYINSTYLEMIA
DAMUPSKIDS
TAOSSUREWHYNOT
ONKPERICAROUE
EYESSTOODARTS
Wed 7/13/2005
ESSAYWHATSWAP
NEHRUIAGOMAMA
DROPCOFFEEMAKER
EVAABETLUCENT
DELETESTOCK
DAYSOOHABS
ALIGNHOPPOCKET
LOSETIRESLIRA
POPSQUEAKMANGY
SKYURLADAM
KINDSYESIAM
POTATOCHEWCOY
SHOPOFTHEDESERT
SITUFEMASWATH
TOOTSLOTTEXAS
Thu 7/14/2005
LOCOSCRAMMAIM
AVOWCREDOACRE
DARNHINDUKNOT
ELDERBALLPEENS
OREMLEILA
IBNDABSNIFFLE
SUBTOTALREARUP
LILITHEGOCECE
ACETALOPULENCE
SKULLEDAGECIS
ELBOWETCH
NEURALGIAORFEO
ALPOAETNAOLEO
COOLNATTYWARP
LINECRYINEGOS
Fri 7/15/2005
SPANISHAMERICAN
NATIONALAVERAGE
IWANNABESEDATED
PSTIRISTOSS
BALTPIPE
ESAIMALADPI
LANDOCALRISSIAN
INTERNALAUDITOR
TESTSONESMETTLE
ERYETDSBOOM
CREWTOBY
MILOTHUREMU
ANIMALPRESERVES
ITSAZOOOUTTHERE
NOTSOLDINSTORES
Sat 7/16/2005
INQUEUEONLEAVE
SOUNDSLIKEAPLAN
THATSAGOODPOINT
ODEGINKSPEER
RAVENSTENSE
STAMENRHEE
LATERONYEAMAD
ACIDITYEARMARK
MOCZEESTOODIN
MOSTSURELY
ELTONICETEA
SHODROMANIDO
TAKENOPRISONERS
ASAMATTEROFFACT
SAYSYESORTOLAN
Sun 7/17/2005 CELEBRATION
GUESTFEESSADEABBOTT
ANAHEIMCACRITGOALIE
PIRATESOFTHECARIBBEAN
POLEBOOKINSO
TENDERAOLERSLOAMS
RIISWEBLANCEENROL
ENVEXECUTESATEDTUO
INORDERSERBORDLST
COLONSIFSAIRGENIE
EVITAFRATBRETRANK
SEGAHARIYEAHSKEW
NARDATEEFADEMALTA
TRYITESSODEEILEEN
BIDSOOTROYWRESTED
ROENOTERADORERSTRA
ANNEETREVIUARMESS
ESSAYAIDINGMESMER
SLAWZELIGWIT
INDIANAJONESADVENTURE
TALENTINNSONEDOLLAR
THIRDSBEASLATETEENS
Mon 7/18/2005
HOGSISNTLAPPS
ALEESEARATEUP
GLOWREDONORMA
AIRMARATHONMAN
REGGAESOLE
YELLOWLISBON
ANGLEMAVENONO
LOISVIVIDWRIT
ERRGATESCASTE
CALMEDRECANT
ONEARETARD
WONDERWOMANLEO
ARIESAMENABEL
HENRIRENECOVE
LOANSENDSEYES
Tue 7/19/2005
FASTBITEDITCH
LUKEIDOLENOLA
ODINGLOMFATAL
WINSOMELOSESOME
IDAONE
GOODCOPBADCOP
BARNSPAIRSMAT
IRASSTIRSSAVE
OTTSCENTANNEX
HESAIDSHESAID
ARFFIG
ONAGAINOFFAGAIN
MOTELARLOIRMA
NORSEBAERNEAT
IRATESLATGAME
Wed 7/20/2005
MINTSFICAKILN
ASEATADAMWEAR
IMHIPROSAAIWA
NEILARMSTRONG
BUYSAARHST
RESALEANNATHE
ERICBRETTYON
WALKEDONTHEMOON
ASHLISASANTI
REOBETZCARESS
DRUOSOBAEZ
EDWINALDRINJR
SATORILEAPIAN
OCTOAVONTANIA
BEEREYEDENOLS

I was working on a different puzzle when I happened to notice that EDWIN ALDRIN JR was the same length as NEIL ARMSTRONG. Of course, that meant I had a nice theme. I toyed with a bunch of connectors but WALKED ON THE MOON was the most natural phrase that was good for cluing, and it was a 15 to boot. I tried hard to get MICHAEL and COLLINS in there as well (both 7's) but I just couldn't without screwing up the grid.

One of the down entries was I-EIGHTY ONE. I had other choices, but I liked it because of the improbable beginning of IEIG. Will agreed, writing "the entry I EIGHTY-ONE is really 'out there,' since the highway name would never be spelled out this way. But it's amusing and sort of fun as a novelty." Fortunately, it didn't start a trend of long spelled-out highway numbers.

Will accepted this puzzle about nine months before it ran and we discussed a specific date for it to run, the following July 20th. About three weeks before it ran, I dropped Will an email about it. Good thing as he had inadvertently filed it with the regular puzzles. Had it been missed, I would have had to wait another year.

Thu 7/21/2005
MUSTANGCATCALL
INERTIAUSHAPED
STRAINSSTRIPES
SIMPLECIPHER
ADOTRASMENTOR
LYNNPISAROE
EAUNOTARIZE
ZPVCSPLFUIFDPEF
BUCKAROOCTA
ARRINRESPAM
RESEWSIRASOVO
SHIFTALETTER
ROUTINESINATRA
ARRANGEENDLESS
TENSESTDESIRES
Fri 7/22/2005
HALFMOONLOYOLA
AGREESTOALANON
FRONTMENREHANG
TONOILSGOOIER
YOULLBESORRY
ACTEMOIRE
THESEPIGLATIN
MOROCCOEGOTIST
SUNROOFSBELOW
COLASSENT
SCHMOOZEFEST
CHEAPOPLEAERS
REELINTASMANIA
ARLENEIMAMAZED
MISSEDNEWSHOLE
Sat 7/23/2005
UTMOSTCOMEFROM
NEEDLEOVERBORE
CANDORMADESURE
ORAOSWALDSIT
RSTPEALINENS
DIARYTHIEVE
INRESTOODSTILL
ATMSHANDITRUE
LOSESAGAINLOST
LORENZCENTS
ORELSEEVAHAS
NIXCINDEROFT
OFCOURSESPARTA
FLEWSOLOPARSER
FELLOPENALBERT
Sun 7/24/2005 A LOT OF CHOICES
ELECTRAOLEGEMISSIVE
SAMOYEDNOTAACTUATED
SUBURBANBLAZERVENTURE
ODORABARLEMROPER
SWIGREABIGHAIR
CIVICACCORDINSIGHT
HEWJIGKOOSATIEOID
UTEOSLOMUSNILBVDS
SABLECOUGARMYSTIQUE
TOBEOILTEAKNORRIS
LIENORSANSELMEMENTO
ENDORABRAYTIAAMIN
FRONTIERSTANZAQUEST
EPEELAPATONOVANSA
LIEVALETESLLITTOG
INTREPIDRAMCARAVAN
ITSASINASAROBO
BUBBEMOMAREAJUNO
ESCORTMUSTANGEXPLORER
REDSAUCECYANPEEKSAT
GREENBAYHOYAORDEALS
Mon 7/25/2005
JIBESHARIEKED
USESTOXINDELE
SWEPTASIDEAPSE
TETAGESPESTER
SALMONTUNA
OREOAVIDRETRO
BOTANYERICA
UPSPEPTALKTAR
PATTIORDEAL
CLARAROSAEACH
MITTRATTLE
RIPLEYMANXTAD
ONTOPTAMEETING
BRAGEAGERURGE
SEXYSPINSBESS
Tue 7/26/2005
BLOGSTAFFYCIA
ROMEOALICEAMS
ONETWOPUNCHRPI
WINSTIMUMPED
MOONTADPOLE
IMPALESINIGO
MEARATKOLAB
PARTNERSINCRIME
SNLVEERANIN
OWNEDSNAGGED
FORWARDTEMP
LOGICAMOARIA
IMAHUFFANDPUFF
RPMOGLERDELFT
THESHOWYTREYS
Wed 7/27/2005
OSLOTBARPESOS
LEOXRODEENTRE
DEWYYOUCANLEAD
STPIMBEDSARTE
AHORSECMINOR
WRIERGENREORS
SUNSCAVEINS
TOWATERBUTA
DETENTEANAP
SATASSTSSIEVE
EMIGREPENCIL
EPEEYESMANDAT
MUSTBELEADNOTI
ELUTEEMIRATON
DEPOTVINEBERG
Thu 7/28/2005
ASSOCNITSRAFT
STARRALOUEQUI
PATTIZEUSSURE
CHESSMATCHTASS
ALSPARHIYA
HUGELYAUJUS
ESPOSITOSPRINT
DARCCHECKABIE
TRIKESWHOSNEXT
VIXENPEEKAT
YEAHDINEPI
ZINGGRADEDEXAM
ONEANAPAAMIGA
ROOMUSERLILAC
ANNESETSSTENS
Fri 7/29/2005
LAPUPCAMSABAS
ELENASMUTBALL
ASTIRPOSEERLE
DONTSTARTWITHME
SRAEENSEROAT
TAMESTREDAPPLE
ONESRHEENOSED
TRAINTRIP
THREELEVIPISA
SEAEAGLECHANTS
HARTOSSKIDJS
IVEHADITWITHYOU
REBAIDEAMOCHA
THINVERBABANG
SOTSASISNORSE
Sat 7/30/2005
MACAWSAPPETITE
ADROITDROPINON
CHERRYDISPOSED
RENTERUZISEDA
ORNATEPETORAN
SEALANDMESHING
PERIODPIECE
SCRAPYONLOSER
QUESERASERA
UMPIRESYESDEAR
AURAMATCHARRO
DLIGOBIAIRERS
CASTIRONSENSES
ATASLANTTSETSE
RELEASESSTRUTS
Sun 7/31/2005 PUZZLED EXPRESSION
UMPSPAVAROTTIFALL
CERTOVULATIONILEA
STOOPKEEPSATITOSIER
DESPISERSHYLEATHERS
RAPPORTSMERSENNE
SMILEYFHORDEFCREAMS
PACERSMINIONSHOTTIE
CIAENROUTEOCT
ADLIBSWEATBANDLARKS
NOPESMELLIRON
COWSLIPPRYDUSTBIN
EVEDATARIDEENE
DEIFFACTSFUNNYFLTR
ERGSHICCUPSBLED
WHITEFMAULSFSAVER
HATCHETFRELFPOWDERS
OTTCLOCKFFVALUEPAN
BERGSWAMANAPCOCA
BRAIDERASSSGTFAQIR
LEILALDRSTELEUSUAL
EDNASSSTSUSESREELS
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