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Puzzles for March, 2013
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Fri 3/1/2013
CATSCRADLEIGOR
HEATVISIONCANE
IRRESOLUTEENTS
POPEJARSFIGHT
LUANNRINSER
HELENTABORTWA
ANORAKLIREAHI
RASSLESLEBARON
EMSLENDMORALE
MELINLETAMPED
PLEBESCARTS
AWARDFARORIFT
NADADIRTYHARRY
TREFPALACECOUP
SERFSTONEHENGE
Sat 3/2/2013
OLDGEEZERKAPPA
RARINTOGOALOAD
CHILDHOODZEPPO
ARPTIPSSOCCER
POOLFLOURN
ABLEPADDYBLT
IRONMINERPETIT
DONTMAKEMELAUGH
AWGEETREASURER
NILPOEMSTERO
OSSCANOTIS
MULDERDRATDWI
AGARSPOISONOAK
HANNATRAILBIKE
ARDORSALADATEA
Sun 3/3/2013 SEVEN BLURBS FOR SEVEN BIOGRAPHIES
ANTEGGMISREADSCOPE
TEETERONIONDIPCOPAY
THECOOKINGOFJOYARISE
WITGUNNSTOURERDOS
OSOSNEEDORSGETONIT
THEDESTRUCTIONOFEVE
PLAYASKATERAINWEAR
EELERETONHOSEORTS
THESPADESOFJACKNOSEE
CARTSIXILLAID
ORSTHETIMEOFNICKBMW
EDYTARAFRALEE
PARASTHERIGHTSOFBILL
ITISLRONSOLOEDSEL
NAVYPIERCAPOBRUTES
THEDARKNESSOFPRINCE
AURORASALOTHOGTRAP
ABETSSTENORALBPGA
CLOSETHEWARFAREOFART
APAIRAIRINESSALICES
WATTBAYSTATEDONKEY
Mon 3/4/2013
ANGLOCSTBULB
SARANSOLOOSLO
SCOTTTUROWIMAN
OHIOMEGAGLAND
CONQUERINGHERO
URNOARS
MAGIFEIGNHAR
EGYPTIANPHARAOH
HEMADDTOELKO
NELLCUD
CALEYARBOROUGH
BASESROAMSSRO
ERICNEWSBUREAU
TOUTENDSLOUIS
ALMSDAYAMPLE
Tue 3/5/2013
MACKCURSESAKE
ALAIUSEITUNIX
TORTLATTERMATE
CHASKIAOATES
HATCHINGPOST
HENOVARIES
SATYRSALEACUP
OREBATPARTERA
AGRABOERERROR
POMPEIITAU
PATCHPERFECT
ATLASALEFLAW
WHEREITSATABLE
ERIEMATTELOVE
DUALFOYEROWEN
Wed 3/6/2013
RAFTGABSSWISH
ELLAOBOECORFU
AFARHASNOOOMPH
PAPADOCTHREADS
IMUSWED
TOOONESIDEDBEN
OZARKDELSOLO
TAKESITBLEWOFF
EWESDADTALIA
DANZOOOCCUPANT
SETSHAD
BISTROSERECTED
IGLOOOWNERHERO
LEONIAEROARIZ
LTGENMOSTDICE
Thu 3/7/2013
POTATOPEPPER
OPENERADECARLO
CHATTELUPTREND
KERECASHENID
ELISKILTIRANE
TINOIGERMOR
SAGSAAVERAGES
HOTCORNER
TEALEAVESELAM
TALANTISULU
ITISSOTHATNUS
CITIEZINEGMT
KAISERSSTAMINA
ENSTEELSEMINAR
TAMALEDOGGED
Fri 3/8/2013
BAGGAGELABCOAT
EQUIFAXABOLISH
SUNBATHDERALTE
TANREADYTOWEAR
BRISSLOGSADIE
UINTAEGADTURN
DAGAMAEGOSPET
BAABAABAA
MSSSALTYIPPED
OOPSSODSLEILA
BRITAGOATXRAY
BEERGOGGLESAIM
ONLEAVEANTENNA
STEEPERMOOCHER
SORTERSINPHASE
Sat 3/9/2013
NICOLASCAGEBAH
ADOBEREADERALE
WARRENZEVONUTA
RAISASISSYBAR
PELEZEALALIT
BYRNEMRPEEPERS
JOEMATMALA
SUDSESVETOES
PRIGYENNTH
DAIRYFARMASTRA
ALFALOAMCHUM
SPITTOONOBOES
HEMWOODFURNACE
ERAINTERRACIAL
STYGASLANTERNS
Sun 3/10/2013 CONDENSATION
WASPTBARTULIPERMA
IDAHOROMOAMISHLEON
TALONARIAMACHINEGUN
WGATESCANDALOVATE
LIDOTEXSWAPETHELWS
DOESFORPTLRAMANIL
HOLYSEEMIMICTAE
SAVORCARBONATEDW
TRIPTYCHSATTSTEUBEN
EMOSANOSTIESBRINE
PALONTHEWFRONTGTS
IDESTTITUSMELSWIT
NATASHAGUSCATCHFIRE
FRESHWPEARLURGED
TIEIHOPSQUIBBLE
AHHGENELUXLOANERS
BREAKWSSAGACUZCOOK
ATARIBATTLEOFWLOO
AIRBRUSHEDIRASERIKA
ENYOSHAMUCORKUNTIL
DEARBASILSUEYSHES

This one was a long time in the making, largely because each theme answer actually consisted of two interlocking grid entries. Fourteen across theme answers is one thing to deal with, but having half across and half down was another. And while the across answers are symmetrically placed, the WATER/H2O square is not, which led to tough corners like the NE, where you have ELEVENTH HOUR and MOUTHHOLE separated by just one entry. Discovering that the "Snow White" song was spelled "HEIGH HO" was a real boon — that answer kept moving around to wherever I needed it the most.

This puzzle was published on the last day of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, and Will and co. were kind enough to have hard copies of it lying around, since so many solvers, quarantined in the ballroom at the Brooklyn Marriott, were without their laptops or a copy of the dead-tree paper. It was sort of always a fantasy I had when I started constructing crosswords that I'd be on the subway on a day I had a puzzle in the Times, I'd see someone solving it, and, unable to control my excitement, I'd lean over to provide a hint (trying not to sound like a complete tool, of course). Well, that dream more than came true as I witnessed dozens of people solving it during tournament down time. Many came over to pay their compliments in person. A real boost to my ego!

Mon 3/11/2013
HEADSTAFFGERM
OGREPUPILAREA
TOMFOOLERYMOST
TRYSTSDUST
ERESTAGFLATION
MISLAYALANORE
UPTORECKONED
BUCKNAKED
ONCEMOREACRE
RESALITBAYRUM
BULLSESSIONABS
TEASNODICE
PEWSRAMSHACKLE
IRISODETOEELS
ESSONOTSODRAT
Tue 3/12/2013
LAPDARABOFFER
AREARENORALLY
WINDINGTOACLOSE
SANDSIZZYSPAS
YEASERIE
IMHOSTOREFRONT
MAISEEKSNIPER
ARTIEREWOBAMA
PIECESMEATREP
COMEDYGOLDETAS
TYRALAID
OSLOIZODVWBUS
FOUNTAINOFYOUTH
FUNGINENEORNO
SPASMGLEEDYED
Wed 3/13/2013
LONGFACTOSCAN
AJARIGLOOPOGO
MADAMBOUGHTAFLY
PIANOREOADFEE
URSAFLEETS
DEFLATERMOUSE
ALLELEIOUSMEW
BIASLEDONDIVA
SAGOLEODARLIN
BABAOFSEVILLE
LIEFORODIE
OHAREGALASCAP
BORISGOODENOUGH
OPECTONERFLEE
SERAOPERAFLEW
Thu 3/14/2013
SLAPSHYSPAM
PILLSLOEURGE
ABBECAPNMIRA
CREATIVITYMET
EARTHSLAUREL
DSTESSORHODO
DROWSEASTA
ISTHERESIDUEOF
NEROSPINAL
KNITSTESTECU
SOCIALTESLAS
PROWASTEDTIME
OILSSARIAJAR
TTOPSHUNBARI
SARAOLESHOD
Fri 3/15/2013
EGOTISTONMERIT
LOVEMEORLEAVEME
AVERAGEAMERICAN
SERAMANORLAGO
TREHERDSHOPIN
INSTANTSFAMINE
NOTWITHMULETAS
RIOTSPINENUT
MCMIIGUNKYLIC
ELANAREASPAVE
NITBLOBSRATEL
INIMICALSERINE
STOODONONESTOES
CONNIVESAGAINST
INSANERMATISSE
Sat 3/16/2013
STEPSITUPTOQUE
WELLAWAREINURN
ALMAMATERGEIST
MOSTESTFRESCAS
ISTOHERTREK
JARULEABMS
DUCTEDBESTSUIT
MCRAEABEBOCCI
ALANPAGEHANKER
JAZZPARLOR
YAKSYUMLARA
WHINIERMENACED
HADINEXPLETIVE
ATEATCLEAREDUP
THANEDVDBOXSET
Sun 3/17/2013 ANY PUN FOR TENNIS?
NOTATALLLENOREFRANZ
APOLOGIAOPENERROLLE
NETWORKINGEVENTABLER
CREAKERNIEPOETEERO
EASYJADENSAWTORY
SLOBSSPINDOCTORS
MSSEELSHEAROPTSOUT
COURTJESTERSDOSOPDA
RUBATOLUXMMIMOSEY
ISINNOIDEAAMIDOL
BACKHANDEDCOMPLIMENTS
LESSENUNMAKERARE
HOSEARTECASSAUCER
TREVOUSFAULTFINDING
MERGERSCREESARTODE
LOVEHANDLESPLAIT
ETONAIMCURSEIPAD
SRTATORNDEFOESPIRE
OUIJARETURNOFTHEJEDI
SIMONEMOTESITERATES
ONEBCMENAGETOLERANT
Mon 3/18/2013
MICAHSAGSFLOE
IMAGEARRSRIMS
SEMINOLEINDIANS
STETMAAMEERIE
AHEMACAN
STATENISLANDER
SINEWIDSSCAM
TRASIUNITSONA
SEMIGPAASLAN
SECRETIDENTITY
ECRUILSA
USURPRIGARVER
SPLITINFINITIVE
PENNLEFTRULES
SWAKEDYSSPENT
Tue 3/19/2013
ADLIBIDTAGNOB
LEICASIEVEEAU
AFTERDINNERHST
NTHBANAESPRIT
ENRYHENHOUSE
USSWASPDOWN
LOOTPHEWITCHY
NIMPARTYONAAA
ALEPHACNEENCL
LASSNUTCAKE
GREENTEAVIOL
RELATEMARMZAX
ABEOFFICEBLOCK
BEGMARGEEENIE
SLYSNOODREEDS
Wed 3/20/2013
JILTWHOLLSEQS
OHOHRASTAUSTA
JOSEENTRYBARS
OPEDPAGESQUISH
EEKSFOUR
AGAVESCAVEBAT
VIGILMUTESMOP
OVALKYSERKEPI
NEZYAWPSDUBIN
SENORASWOMACK
UGLYCINQ
DEFJAMJONQUILS
UCLAABEADATIT
FRIZROUTETAZO
FUTZXXXIXSLAW
Thu 3/21/2013
ACNEFAKEHAST
SHINLULLISAAK
SANSSERIFGABLE
ATTAXONOHHELL
IREFORESTFIRES
LONERAAHISRO
SODAALEVE
MORTGAGEREFIS
TERSESPEC
ANSNUILOBRAD
BICHONFRISEOTC
UNHURTABIEMBA
TEEMSSTIRFRIES
SAMOAPEDIISLE
MARXADOSBETS
Fri 3/22/2013
CHOOSEONESWORDS
ROCKETTOTHEMOON
EMAILDOMAINNAME
VERNAMIMEDNIE
IDIGVINESFONZ
CINCASASPEKOE
ENAMORLOCHNESS
ORIGNOID
SPRINGATELISSA
THORSSHEDSOPP
EASESORASGILT
RESCOLORELGIN
EDITORIALSTANCE
ORNAMENTALTREES
SAIDONESPRAYERS
Sat 3/23/2013
SELENAGOMEZABS
EMILYBRONTEURI
MESAARIZONARES
IRTLANEALBERT
PSIAMCOLAFI
RONAHOTBUTTON
ONGOALDOESEXE
KNOWITALL
EMSYEWSMYOPES
GOOUTWITHORNE
GONNAEDOETC
SNOOKIWRITTET
APREDDIEARCARO
CIAREALTROOPER
SENSEEDOYSTERS
Sun 3/24/2013 YOU'LL KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT
STARANNASCHAOSACTV
CABOSTENTSUNNIBARE
ABEDTHEGREATDEMOCRAT
BOTHERDIORREINRMS
BUTAVISIONOFREALITY
ELEMENTGILARETRACE
DIDGASPCANAEWOK
AREVOLTAGAINSTFATE
WELLINEVERTREESYES
ITSPATNOVOEXTRA
MATHWHATISARTZOOM
AUDIOHEAPDOUBLE
ABENITREGETMARRIED
SELFISHANDPERVERSE
IAMIEDIESARKADO
FUSSPOTUNASCHUGGED
THEPROPERTASKOFLIFE
WARAPARLIENROUTES
AJEALOUSMISTRESSTARS
GAELSMEARCELIEETTA
EXTSEARNSHOLESNEON
Mon 3/25/2013
SKITAWAYKILTS
AIMSROSEACURA
COOKBOOKSBEGET
SSNIMETEOCENE
KANGAROOCOURT
RUMSCOMB
QUOTAOPELEGAD
VALCAPTAINUSE
CELSSTANOMAHA
CALIBLOC
MORGANFREEMAN
GOVERNROCSMOP
LOEWEHOOKSHOTS
ERNIEATNOALES
NESTSTHENJEST
Tue 3/26/2013
ACDCACEDESILU
THELORAXINTROS
MANALIVESTRODE
FRAMEISPSANG
ETDSTNGEEWHIZ
ESAUAGHASTANO
ROXIEHINGE
LEAPINLIZARDS
DEALTPRANK
OMGINASECSAGS
HOLYCOWAHATUT
NEETEEDGLARE
GLENDABYGEORGE
PAYTONROADKILL
SWEATYOUTISEE
Wed 3/27/2013
BARCARHEHDUMP
AROUSEABOVEPAR
METRICSETAFIRE
ASIAASININE
STOPITSERUMS
OLSONTOTSSPAT
TIEREDNOUNSTP
TARREFEREEATE
ANISPASSPINET
WEEDODORANDRE
ASSESSWAILED
FEIGNEDROSA
UNDERTOWEARWAX
BORABORASPONGE
IBETREYTERSER
Thu 3/28/2013
ASOFSATHEVTS
DONOOTHERBRIN
DFERTRIPSLIED
DARKSTARPOETE
OHSTOREADOR
STOVERESORT
PAVERECURPUM
AMERICANITIZENS
SPNNOTONINDO
STEELEUPTON
CALIENDOORC
ABALLNATIONAL
MCIVSPIRTDICA
EDNAARESOENOY
NEEGSSESSANS
Fri 3/29/2013
MEHTHROBCLAPS
AXENIOBEAERIE
DIMENSIONVETTE
ALANSLEEPERCAR
MENACEFRIAR
MADSCIENTIST
ANGERMACETHE
WORLDDOMINATION
NBAIKEAPACES
SUPERVILLAIN
ETHANDANCER
FISHINGRODIAGO
LOHANGIVEANDGO
ANONOUPENDGOT
GATESNERDSENS
Sat 3/30/2013
SCRIPTSTEAMUSA
PIERROTSAMOVAR
INSTOREPROVERB
ECOMIRYTREADS
LOWKENOSHA
MISUTILIZED
STEINSNEENERO
THEAGINGPROCESS
LILTHAGSHASTE
ONSAFARIOPS
ETERNALDEM
MAKEMELAKEETA
ORIGAMICLAMBAR
PEDALEDRESORTS
SADDENSEYEWASH
Sun 3/31/2013 SPECIAL FEATURES
DUELSATFJAKEDCCAB
ERROLSELHADESERASE
ABASESTAREWARSAORTA
LATTEARGONSNEATWORK
SNOWVOYAGERSHEL
EEKYUPMCMKAI
CAGESTINGININTHERAIN
AWAKEEMERIPOSTENDS
BATEMANFOREVERSAFEST
IRONONSNATURAL
NERDDEBCDCNAYLUSH
CEREBRONATASHA
CACTUSDRAWNOFTHEDEAD
INHOTMIENASIACIRRI
TEENCOMMANDMENTSESPN
EWWOREMYAADS
BAREREGALGENIUS
GRAINMANENRAGEPINTO
LOCKEEASTEREGGOGDEN
ULCERONENDLIUTHING
MEANSNOTASEPSTANS
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