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Puzzles for May, 2019
with Jim Horne comments

Wed 5/1/2019
SUCHVIEWTHING
AGHAEMMAEATER
MAILFRAUDMUSTI
INSLANGUPLAST
ADENEEDNOUGAT
MALESORKPILE
VITAMINSRED
STATECAPITALS
RAHENLISTED
EMIRSUNROVED
PARADESILORYE
ANTIUSHAIRGEL
STELEBLONDEALE
THEEUROPEEMIT
SANDPOWESLEDE
Thu 5/2/2019
OBJAPPSSLAIN
LEEKBLEUCANOE
ALDACARBOOSETS
FAIRSCITITWAS
LUGELOIS
SOORANKENSTEIN
BEEBTUMONTE
IRASOANDOPISA
BURMASETAMP
IMMIGRATIOOICE
LOUTGEAR
SATENOSHLAYUP
PERSOOAITHNOSE
ARIALSLOEIDEA
SOOTYTONYART
Fri 5/3/2019
ADSPACESAFARIS
TRUEDATINAHAZE
LOSTARTPARADOX
APPMOONPIEIMP
NOESBRAYSLOBE
TUCKSESCNADIR
ATTILATURBOJET
POMPPACT
BADAPPLESTICKS
AROSEALAVALUE
LEGSSYSOPNANA
LOBCODEREDMGS
ALIBABATRIMSPA
DATASETACCRUAL
SEEHEREEYESPOT
Sat 5/4/2019
MAYAPSOTHE4TH
ORETHEUNIVERSE
PROCEDUREMANUAL
PIMASSTOICNAP
EVENTSENDINGE
DENTBIASSNEER
ABEAMSTERNS
MCKUENWRIEST
BOOERSCHARD
ADLIBLOOSALAN
BEETMAULOHARA
YRSSIDLELUTES
BALANCEDBUDGETS
ITALIANWINELOA
BEWITHETONYOU
POW Sun 5/5/2019 PAPER WORK
CARATALCOHOLSPRAWLS
EVITABEGUILETRAMWAY
LOTTERYTICKETREMAINS
SWANKESTHERWINELIST
WASURANUS
ANCHORBUILDINGPERMIT
MORANEMMAPTASHADE
BOARDINGPASSORGODOR
LDSOLEOSELANTRAELI
ELHILENERASABBA
RECORDDEALSHEETMUSIC
YUGODISHDVISPAR
CAMSIGHSATSWANSLGE
REBATRASEATINGCHART
ORALBERSEDENHOSEA
COLLEGEDIPLOMASOTHEN
DONATEMAO
CONTRACTTSKBELLYRUB
ONEIOTABREAKFASTMENU
TURTLERAIRLIFTICEIN
SPOOLEDSEABASSEASTS
Mon 5/6/2019
SEAPESTLEWISP
APTARARATANNA
TITTEXASRANGER
IDAHOWHEWEEK
REGIONALCRAZE
EMITTEDADMIRER
SIRTRADEON
CLOTHESHANGER
PREPPEDDIN
AFFAIRSRESTIVE
DEALSMERCUTIO
ARKHOBOAXMEN
PRETAMANGERERA
TERIAYEAYENAT
STYXRHYMESUSE
Tue 5/7/2019
JADECFOSCREPE
ALESRAMPLOWER
MONTANNOTATORS
BUYAPIGINAPOKE
DASGUST
EXOTICPETINCH
ITTONTOGLORY
THISISSPINALTAP
ZINCSODORONE
ACAISUNSTROKE
ELANAER
FINISHINGTOUCH
BROCASAREAMORE
TOWERNORIEMIR
UMASSDCONOOPS
Wed 5/8/2019
ULNAMAMETRAMS
NEERATARIICET
HAWKROXIEOHMY
IVSIMPINGEION
PECANSSEVERE
BARKONAEAVE
ESCADELEREX
TABLETENNIS
DOIGOA
SOBERERFIENNES
PLUSONEANATOLE
EDSNAPSTERNSW
DEMITORTENOTI
ULANESTERINON
PINGDEARSPONG
Thu 5/9/2019
AMANASSLAMS
BALONEYSKETCHY
ENTITLETIEATIE
TIERSSHELLENA
TARSSNAILLETS
ICEIFORGETROT
NAGANOBETON
GLOBEFIRNEURO
URBANATONOF
ASHTANGELOPDF
STETSTEPSDIES
YEARSARIMOCHI
OPTIMASCLUNKED
UPEARLYSOTHERE
EDDIEATODDS
Fri 5/10/2019
TOTESETOFFIDS
OVALPOODLENEW
PESOUNMOORDUO
IRTSRSRONRICO
CLEATSBEDSORES
SABREDIALSASH
PURPLESTATE
DEPECHEMODE
SENIORPRANK
APPTAMPSPLANB
BREECHESBIEBER
SANDLOTTEDLEA
CNNARETHATECH
ACEINROADCRAM
MEDMESONSUSPS
POW Sat 5/11/2019
TRIPSSOSONCIS
BORATCROCBONE
STICKSHIFTANNA
POSTITNOTETEL
STRINGTHEORY
TEATATSUMUP
OVERSIZEDBARED
MIRONEVISIMAY
BLINGLASTPLACE
GADOTPORPED
HELOVESMENOT
ANISCARECROWS
LISPLETSSEENOW
LUTEANTESACRA
ESSASEEDSTEEP
Sun 5/12/2019 MEASURE FOR MEASURE
TONIWONTBAUMSTOLE
ATITMACROALSOHADAT
MINERALHARDNESSAVERS
POTLUCKSCOAXSOMEDAY
ASHENSHUNOCCUR
ESSTEMPERATURENATS
THEROADATALLNHL
SPOILERSISMBOOSTER
TARPINAALUMSTOPIT
ENOLCONNOBISSNAPUP
RSTUWINDSPEEDDADS
PIERCESERTAAAHEPOS
MCCOYSWEIRSUITART
RETHREWEATTINFOILS
TOETREESSECTION
ENDSEARTHQUAKESRAG
BASRAAUNTGETUP
IMPARTSFLAKTIAMARIA
BIERSONASLIDINGSCALE
ENEROFIVESERGEHITS
XENONFLAYTWEEDNYE
Mon 5/13/2019
LAPSHARDSMANE
ACEAULAITEKES
DHLAWRENCETICS
SETSDEVIANCE
HOMERSIMPSON
CAMELOTASH
OLEERUPTOPED
DIAMONDJIMBRADY
ETTAESTEEAGE
MOIENSURED
BATMASTERSON
AVIATORSUSED
SEEMMITTROMNEY
TROIENAMORARK
ETNARISINGPOE
Tue 5/14/2019
LISTSDEBTMACRO
ATEUPAREAALGER
THEMEANINGOFLIFE
KAYCITEBIO
ECOCIDESPLAYING
AURASCOLASTEM
LOLTONEDCOO
JACKIEROBINSON
TOTTHEMEEAU
WHETCERAVAULT
ONRUSHESBIRDDOG
SHESEAMNOE
PRESIDENTCLINTON
AISLEBEAKSABLE
DOPESBONYSHEDS
POW Wed 5/15/2019
RECESSFTCHER
EROTICCREATURE
TANTRARANSOMED
JAILHOUSEROCK
EMOIOSERTE
HAILCAESARMEN
SONARDAUNTED
DUDERANCH
SKYDOMEAETNA
SANRUSSIANMOB
USEDSENOWE
THEITALIANJOB
RIPSOPENIODINE
AMASSINGEVILER
SIDSATSINEWS
Thu 5/16/2019
SOPANGLEREF
SHOOSUPERSLOMO
WALLSTAGEACTOR
AZALEASICCHU
GALAXYDOTANDA
MACHKENBIDON
KUNGFLAMAZE
UGHMOBILESSEW
GOOBERLEASE
LOLLSKEGEARS
IFYOBRRSTRATI
DANJOTATAMIS
STATIONARYCPLS
KEYSTROKESHULA
YESKRAFTEPS
Fri 5/17/2019
FRIGGACRUSADES
LOGOUTHARPSEAL
INLASTUNGULATE
NCOHUGGEDDEE
GOODSENSEEARP
ROARGREG
MAJORLEAGUEGAME
PRIVATEPRACTICE
GENERALAUDIENCE
GOERBETS
ATONTABLETOPS
TRIEMBRYOHET
WASHROOMUNEASY
ANTIGONEPATROL
RESTOREDENCASE
Sat 5/18/2019
AFCAGENTMAT
CLAMDRIERCOLE
CASABLANCAUCLA
ESTREETKISSCAM
SHORTRIBNEPALI
SYRIANOUSESON
ATVENTICING
TIGERPROOFING
HERESHOWPIT
ALITEXANCAPOS
NESTEARELATETO
GCHORDSMARINER
MOSSSOMEPEOPLE
AMESELIASNALA
NSATONNELOT
Sun 5/19/2019 HOOK-UPS
TBSCITYIMPSBOLAS
BRAHOBOEMOLEAPART
COOLEDDOWNSTORMSURGE
PAULSIMONCOLDFISSION
ARTMOOKBARESNLEAST
WHIRLTREYYEASTY
CROONLEGUPDESI
LARGETYPEMOIRASATIN
ASKSEDENAUGURTRULY
PHOPALEDGRUBMAINLY
USEMEELISEPANDA
DRIERSCROCSWIFTCOT
IONICTHERESAKISAMS
YEESHAUDITSTEAMPUNK
SANGRIOTSAEGIS
GROUPSTWINDENCH
SIOUANHEADSSPITWEB
AVOTRESANTEFOURALARM
BETAGAINSTCANNERYROW
LIEGEFOOLERICARES
ENDEDTIRELECHYES
Mon 5/20/2019
AGAPEPACTSCAN
RELAXOLLIELIE
DEBTCEILINGADO
ONEHOPNEWSMEN
RAEPATTIAUS
HACKYSACK
ROLFTARASSURE
OTOEHITITECIG
TOWNIEAREDEBS
CHECKMARK
RENCESARSPA
GODSENTPISTIL
AGEWESTERNWALL
TECINURNSAMOA
EEKTEPIDEMPTY
Tue 5/21/2019
TESLAATITTAGS
GRIEGCEDEDROP
IGNORETHATPETE
FOGERIEDANTE
LEAVESUNSAID
MALAISEIRAS
ICEINUGGUAE
CHANGESTHEWORLD
EEKDYEEASED
GAINFANTASY
ARMYRECRUITS
WHOMEATMSMAO
MOORBONUSTRACK
ANNAODORABLER
NESTGENEGILDA

Evan Kalish, in his notes above, dismisses ANTE-PENULTIMATE as uninteresting. It's a great word! Perhaps he's unfamiliar with Flanders & Swann, whose brilliant song Have Some Madeira M'dear includes this verse every word lover should cherish:

Then there flashed through her mind what her mother had said
With her antepenultimate breath
"Oh my child, should you look on the wine that is red
Be prepared for a fate worse than death"
She let go her glass with a shrill little cry
Crash! tinkle! it fell to the floor
When he asked, "What in Heaven?" she made no reply,
Up her mind, and a dash for the door
POW Wed 5/22/2019
GRAMMOJOWAKE
AURAAVECCABIT
UBERKETTOVENS
LEATHERWALLET
HISANAIS
BROADWAYTICKETS
OARADSKIRIN
OPTFROICYADA
BAHAIORATAR
STOPDROPANDROLL
PEACHTIE
ALLWHEELDRIVE
KAUAIELMOUNIX
INDUSRIISNINA
MAIDSATESTEM
Thu 5/23/2019
PACMANTEDPLOT
INHALEIREJOGS
NEEDLEPRESSURE
ADOSPADEVAT
BITWEWINNERDS
ADDSTANDOXEYE
LEAPUGGMRT
LAYODDSDEARGOD
WEEBRAAURA
GORESGRADETNT
UTERIROGENPEA
FIBSTEWSCLU
FOURTEENPOINTS
ASTASCICRECHE
WESTTEETENHUT
Fri 5/24/2019
SLAPDASHHOARD
STAREINTOEDGER
LENDANEARLINDY
ALDOTWINDEUCE
SMARMNEWTSHY
HOUSEMDROADIE
MAITAIPEND
QUEENVICTORIA
OUSTTEXTED
PASCALEREADER
ETEGEARSLOMO
NONCEBETSPRAY
BRAUNRURITANIA
AZTECASIRECALL
REEDYMEXICANS

I understand Stanley Newman's reticence to avoid well-worn clues, but no sneaky international law reference is going to stop me from being reminded of one of my favorite films, The Prisoner of Zenda. Of course, I mean the 1937 version with Ronald Colman and Madeleine Carroll. There are several other film versions including two previous ones from the silent film era and a near shot-for-shot color remake in 1952 starring Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, and James Mason. The Colman version is best.

The point is, crossword solving is personal, and a single answer that happens to spark joy, even for tangential reasons, can elevate the whole experience. I enjoyed today's puzzle far more than Jeff did. "We are, in fact, amused."

Sat 5/25/2019
LAPELMICDASHIT
ONALEASHARMANI
ANIMATORDRIVEL
TINDELISTEXT
HEEDASPREAPS
ESCTROUBEA
HAWAIIANSHIRT
CATEBLANCHETT
MICHELINGUIDE
INKTEAMENE
DEALSDIMRIME
RATASNAPECAN
ASHMANGLADHAND
STOPGOLINGERIE
HENSONEASYREAD

Well, Jeff, I would consider Howard Ashman famous enough for even an early-week puzzle. It all depends on your personal interests. Here, I'll prove his worth with a sample of his lyrics. If this song doesn't choke you up, you have no heart:

I know Seymour's the greatest, but I'm dating a semi-sadist
So I got a black eye and my arm's in a cast
Still that Seymour's a cutie - well, if not, he's got inner beauty
And I dream of a place where we can be together at last

A matchbox of our own, a fence of real chain link
A grill out on the patio, Disposal in the sink
A washer and a dryer and an ironing machine
In a tract house that we share, somewhere that's green

He rakes and trims the grass, he loves to mow and weed
I cook like Betty Crocker and I look like Donna Reed
There's plastic on the furniture to keep it neat and clean
In the Pine-Sol scented air, somewhere that's green

Between our frozen dinner and our bed-time, nine-fifteen
We snuggle watching Lucy on a big, enormous, twelve-inch screen

I'm his December bride, he's father, he knows best
The kids watch Howdy-Doody as the sun sets in the west
A picture out of Better Homes and Gardens magazine

Far from Skid Row
I dream we'll go
Somewhere that's Green

Sun 5/26/2019 BUZZ CUT
DIANACRABATHOSSTAB
EMBERRICECHASEHELL
JURYOFYOURPIERCEOLGA
ASAMOPREEDDATAPLAN
STARTDATESCRODMED
LEIATIETATIILRE
TWOPIECEINAPODTEENER
DENIMPLOBIEBRHODA
RIBMEATSCRAMALIG
HOWGRANNIERABBITS
ERAHISSANDHEARSECOO
PIRATESYUPPIESERN
COMOFIRESESPORTS
ALARMFUMEVOLOPART
TENTERDOWNONALLFORCE
DARAITSAUAEOMAN
OAFGIMMECANDYCANE
BRUCELEEORLEOHMNEE
ALSOCANTBELIEVEMYICE
MESSARTIEOGLEAMAHL
ANYARASPYWHIRNANOS
Mon 5/27/2019
JIMHOBOSSTAB
AREBEAUTAUDI
CORPORATEWORLD
KNEEONOBEE
WORDFORWORD
LETSDIENAB
ECOOOMPHLOFT
TORONTORAPTORS
ONCDSNORESEA
HOGSPATTER
HORRORSTORY
EVEBOAPSST
MULTIPLECHOICE
ALASEERIETAR
NEYOSMEARHMM
Tue 5/28/2019
ARDENPMSSTRUT
LEAVERAEHEATH
BUMAROUNDALTER
USNDUNGEONERE
MEREREARWINDOW
IAMSEAU
ANGSTPAWNTINS
BEHINDTHESCENES
ETTERAIDELTON
SPADOLE
BOTTOMLINEARAL
ENERAINOUTFDA
ASSETBUTTHEADS
DELLARIMUNCLE
STALLATESTEER
Wed 5/29/2019
NOSHFLABSIZE
OREOELATEIDOL
PANSROMANGOOF
UTTERRUBBISH
LOTUARCOTTON
PROUSTCOIFADO
STATEMOTTOES
BASELEENPASSE
EXPRESSLINES
ALISOSOODESSA
DETOURALAAMI
SPEAKVOLUMES
PIMAARIESROLL
JPEGREARSISLE
SATEMASTSASS
Thu 5/30/2019
DIPBEELINECHE
ERAATECROWAOL
JACKSONHOLEMMA
ASKSINANIBEEP
HUNTIMEFLIES
AVEMAMAFENCE
BEATBOXNALA
OXTAILTACKED
STEPPOTHEAD
IRATEASAPNUS
POWERPLAYWES
HAASLANVESTED
ORRPADDLEBOARD
NEDAMIRITERIA
EDSSENATORREY
Fri 5/31/2019
STANDPATHITJOB
OHREALLYYSHAPE
FREEMIUMDEEDEE
TENDAMPEREELF
GETSONAMOI
WHATSNEXTFAM
SKEETAIRYGILA
ANALYSTALSORAN
KELPPHILPOESY
EELBROADSIDE
RIMSENDASH
ACTONESECOTTO
COACHKUBERGEEK
EARFULMADEGREE
STOOGEENEMYSPY
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