Sat 6/1/2013
| C | R | E | E | P | S | H | O | W | | O | X | B | O | W |
| H | U | R | R | I | C | A | N | E | | L | A | R | G | E |
| O | P | E | N | L | A | N | E | S | | I | N | A | L | L |
| R | E | C | | A | N | D | I | | E | V | A | D | E | D |
| D | E | T | E | S | T | E | D | | X | E | D | | | |
| | O | P | T | | L | A | S | C | R | U | C | E | S |
| B | U | R | I | E | D | | S | T | E | | | O | L | E |
| U | N | S | C | R | E | W | | U | P | R | I | G | H | T |
| R | T | E | | | M | A | B | | T | E | T | R | I | S |
| B | O | T | T | L | E | C | A | P | | T | E | A | | |
| | | V | I | A | | N | E | A | R | M | I | S | S |
| P | O | L | L | E | N | | D | E | M | O | | L | E | I |
| A | R | E | A | S | | B | I | K | I | N | I | W | A | X |
| L | E | A | N | T | | A | T | A | N | Y | R | A | T | E |
| M | O | N | D | O | | S | O | T | O | M | A | Y | O | R |
Sun 6/2/2013 STIR CRAZY
| S | A | M | C | O | O | K | E | | O | L | E | T | A | | | B | E | A | D | S |
| O | L | E | A | N | D | E | R | | S | O | L | O | S | | G | U | S | S | E | T |
| T | A | L | K | E | D | A | B | S | T | R | E | A | K | | U | M | P | I | R | E |
| I | D | E | A | | | | E | R | E | C | T | | C | M | S | | M | I | V |
| | | O | R | R | S | | G | I | L | T | | L | O | S | T | L | O | V | E |
| B | I | N | T | H | E | F | A | C | E | | M | Y | B | H | E | A | V | E | N |
| P | E | R | | H | O | R | A | | H | I | S | O | R | | O | E | D | | | |
| S | E | A | B | | S | U | V | S | | | H | E | I | F | E | R | | I | S | M |
| A | M | E | B | A | | M | O | O | N | D | A | N | C | E | | | E | L | H | I |
| | | A | M | P | | B | B | O | O | K | | | D | R | E | S | S | B | S |
| B | P | E | R | I | O | D | | S | C | R | I | P | | S | U | R | P | A | S | S |
| H | O | P | O | N | T | O | | | A | M | E | A | N | | B | O | A | | | |
| O | N | I | N | | | S | C | E | N | A | R | I | O | S | | O | N | E | B | C |
| T | E | C | | B | B | E | A | R | D | | | B | B | O | Y | | A | M | I | B |
| | | R | A | U | | S | T | O | A | T | | L | U | M | P | | A | G | O |
| S | T | A | Y | S | L | A | T | E | | S | O | M | E | T | H | I | N | G | B | |
| H | I | R | E | A | B | L | E | | A | P | E | A | | H | A | T | E | | | |
| O | S | E | | B | U | B | | T | C | E | L | L | | | | B | A | A | S | |
| B | A | N | G | E | L | | T | H | E | C | O | L | O | R | P | U | R | P | L | E |
| U | N | D | O | E | S | | A | A | L | T | O | | S | A | I | L | B | O | A | T |
| P | E | T | I | T | | | G | R | A | S | P | | A | N | A | L | Y | S | T | S |
Mon 6/3/2013
| C | E | D | A | R | | Z | I | O | N | | P | H | I | L |
| A | M | O | R | E | | I | R | A | E | | R | O | N | A |
| P | I | G | I | N | A | P | O | K | E | | E | G | G | Y |
| E | L | I | E | | E | O | N | | D | A | S | H | E | S |
| S | E | E | T | H | R | U | | O | S | O | L | E | | |
| | | T | O | O | T | A | T | | K | E | A | N | U |
| J | I | H | A | D | S | | T | O | W | | Y | V | E | S |
| U | S | A | | S | O | W | S | E | A | R | | E | R | E |
| D | E | M | I | | L | I | E | | S | O | U | N | D | S |
| D | E | F | O | E | | C | A | R | H | O | P | | | |
| | I | N | I | N | K | | A | T | T | A | C | H | E |
| A | S | S | I | S | I | | G | N | U | | T | A | I | L |
| R | I | T | Z | | P | O | R | K | B | A | R | R | E | L |
| A | L | E | E | | A | R | A | L | | D | E | E | R | E |
| B | O | D | S | | T | O | B | E | | S | E | W | O | N |
Tue 6/4/2013
| C | M | D | R | | R | O | B | O | T | | M | P | E | G |
| R | O | U | E | | E | D | I | T | H | | I | A | M | A |
| A | R | B | S | | A | D | D | T | O | | N | U | M | B |
| B | R | A | E | S | | B | E | E | | I | S | L | A | S |
| S | A | I | N | T | P | A | T | R | I | C | K | | | |
| | | T | U | L | L | | S | R | O | | F | D | A |
| S | C | A | F | F | O | L | D | | E | N | U | R | E | S |
| O | A | H | U | | | S | E | A | | | N | A | S | H |
| I | M | E | L | D | A | | I | R | O | N | D | U | K | E |
| R | E | M | | R | H | O | | M | O | L | E | | | |
| | | S | N | A | K | E | C | H | A | R | M | E | R |
| C | I | N | C | O | | A | N | A | | T | W | I | N | E |
| A | M | A | H | | L | Y | N | N | E | | E | D | D | Y |
| P | A | T | E | | S | E | E | D | S | | A | G | U | E |
| E | Y | E | D | | D | D | A | Y | S | | R | E | P | S |
Wed 6/5/2013
| J | I | B | S | | P | E | R | O | T | | S | H | E | D |
| E | M | U | S | | E | R | I | C | H | | A | E | R | O |
| T | H | E | R | E | S | N | O | T | E | L | L | I | N | G |
| S | I | N | | L | E | E | S | | D | E | E | R | E | S |
| P | O | S | I | T | S | | | O | N | S | | | |
| | | T | H | A | T | S | N | O | T | T | R | U | E |
| P | A | L | A | U | | | H | A | R | | A | U | R | A |
| A | M | O | F | | G | L | A | S | S | | R | E | G | S |
| R | O | L | F | | U | A | L | | | A | G | R | E | E |
| T | I | L | L | N | E | X | T | T | I | M | E | | | |
| | | O | Y | S | | | O | N | A | T | I | P | |
| N | O | F | U | S | S | | G | R | A | N | | S | E | S |
| T | H | E | N | E | W | T | E | S | T | A | M | E | N | T |
| W | I | N | G | | H | A | N | O | I | | L | E | I | A |
| T | O | N | E | | O | B | E | S | E | | B | A | N | G |
Thu 6/6/2013
| E | S | E | | P | I | S | A | | I | S | W | E | A | R |
| C | O | N | C | E | D | E | D | | S | P | E | L | L | O |
| A | R | T | I | C | L | E | S | | L | A | N | D | A | U |
| S | T | R | I | K | E | O | | S | A | W | T | O | I | T |
| H | O | E | | | | U | P | C | | N | O | R | | |
| F | E | R | R | E | T | S | O | | | N | A | P | S |
| | | O | E | D | | S | U | E | T | | D | I | P |
| T | E | E | N | A | G | E | | T | R | I | L | O | G | Y |
| I | R | S | | M | E | S | A | | N | E | A | | | |
| T | A | C | O | | | P | A | P | E | R | B | A | G | |
| | A | R | E | | Y | A | O | | | | N | O | I |
| A | S | P | E | C | T | S | | T | E | A | R | O | O | M |
| C | H | I | L | L | O | | F | A | L | L | I | N | G | O |
| N | A | S | S | A | U | | I | T | O | L | D | Y | O | U |
| E | M | M | E | T | T | | T | O | N | Y | | M | O | T |
Fri 6/7/2013
| C | A | T | S | P | A | W | | E | M | A | I | L | E | D |
| O | N | A | T | E | A | R | | M | I | S | S | I | V | E |
| M | A | K | E | T | H | E | B | E | S | T | O | F | I | T |
| E | G | E | R | | S | N | A | R | E | R | | E | N | O |
| D | R | A | N | K | | | L | Y | R | A | | I | C | U |
| U | A | L | | O | P | E | L | | | L | A | S | E | R |
| E | M | O | | B | E | T | T | Y | S | | I | V | S | |
| | O | V | E | R | T | H | E | E | D | G | E | | |
| T | K | O | | T | E | E | T | E | R | | R | C | T |
| B | R | A | N | S | | | J | I | M | I | | Y | A | O |
| U | A | R | | U | S | N | A | | | B | A | S | R | A |
| M | I | O | | I | C | I | C | L | E | | R | H | O | S |
| P | L | U | M | T | U | C | K | E | R | E | D | O | U | T |
| P | E | N | R | O | S | E | | D | I | V | E | R | S | E |
| O | R | D | E | R | I | N | | S | C | E | N | T | E | D |
Sat 6/8/2013
| I | P | H | O | N | E | A | P | P | | D | C | U | P | S |
| M | R | O | L | Y | M | P | I | A | | E | R | N | I | E |
| P | E | T | E | A | C | H | E | R | | S | E | G | E | R |
| U | M | S | | H | E | I | R | | | | D | A | T | E |
| M | I | T | E | | E | D | S | U | L | L | I | V | A | N |
| P | E | O | N | | | | | N | A | S | T | A | S | E |
| E | R | N | E | | S | P | L | I | N | T | S | | | |
| D | E | E | R | | T | R | I | T | E | | C | O | B | B |
| | | G | R | O | O | V | E | S | | O | P | A | L |
| O | N | L | Y | Y | O | U | | | | | R | E | N | E |
| L | O | A | D | E | D | D | I | C | E | | E | N | N | E |
| I | B | A | R | | | | O | A | S | T | | T | E | D |
| V | A | L | I | D | | C | U | R | S | E | W | O | R | D |
| E | L | A | N | D | | A | S | I | A | N | P | E | A | R |
| S | L | A | K | E | | B | A | B | Y | D | A | D | D | Y |
Sun 6/9/2013 FAST ONE
| P | A | L | P | | A | J | A | | M | E | W | | | | A | T | A | C | K |
| A | U | R | A | L | | R | A | N | | R | O | I | | A | C | H | I | L | L | E |
| P | L | A | Z | A | | I | N | K | L | I | N | G | | S | H | I | R | L | E | Y |
| A | L | B | I | N | O | | I | L | E | S | | M | A | Y | I | | E | T | A | T |
| C | E | L | E | B | R | A | T | E | D | | S | A | V | O | R | | D | I | V | A |
| E | Y | E | R | | T | H | O | | | H | I | K | E | U | P | | O | M | E | R |
| | | | R | E | A | R | S | | O | D | E | R | | S | A | U | E | R | |
| P | E | T | D | O | G | S | | T | A | M | E | R | S | | | Q | T | R | | |
| I | T | H | A | C | A | | D | E | N | E | B | | | T | A | U | | E | S | P |
| C | H | E | F | S | | M | E | E | T | S | | C | A | R | P | A | C | C | I | O |
| O | N | T | O | | S | E | C | R | E | T | A | R | I | A | T | | R | O | M | S |
| T | I | R | E | M | A | R | K | S | | R | E | E | D | Y | | B | U | R | P | S |
| S | C | I | | A | D | V | | | F | E | R | N | S | | W | A | D | D | L | E |
| | P | H | I | | | T | I | L | T | O | N | | J | O | N | E | S | E | S |
| S | L | I | D | E | | E | P | I | C | | A | D | I | O | S | | | | |
| C | H | E | T | | D | E | A | R | T | H | | | I | V | E | | S | W | A | P |
| A | R | C | H | | G | A | M | E | S | | S | U | P | E | R | H | O | R | S | E |
| S | I | R | E | | E | S | O | S | | S | A | H | L | | S | O | R | E | S | T |
| I | N | O | R | B | I | T | | U | S | O | S | H | O | W | | N | B | A | E | R |
| N | E | W | T | O | N | S | | M | E | A | | U | M | A | | D | I | T | T | O |
| O | R | N | O | T | | | | E | A | R | | H | A | G | | A | C | H | S | |
Mon 6/10/2013
| N | I | C | E | | | A | R | T | Y | | C | R | T | S |
| I | M | U | S | | L | O | E | W | E | | L | O | I | N |
| P | A | T | P | A | U | L | S | E | N | | A | U | T | O |
| P | G | S | | S | N | E | E | R | | C | I | G | A | R |
| Y | E | S | | P | A | R | T | P | A | Y | M | E | N | T |
| | H | I | S | | | | | C | B | S | | | |
| A | M | O | R | | C | R | E | A | T | E | | L | O | P |
| P | A | R | A | L | L | E | L | P | A | R | K | I | N | G |
| T | O | T | | L | A | D | I | E | S | | I | K | E | A |
| | | E | A | R | | | | | G | T | E | | |
| P | A | J | A | M | A | P | A | R | T | Y | | I | P | O |
| O | P | E | R | A | | A | D | L | E | R | | C | U | B |
| I | N | S | T | | C | O | M | E | T | O | P | A | P | A |
| S | E | T | H | | E | L | I | S | E | | T | R | I | M |
| E | A | S | Y | | L | O | T | S | | | S | E | L | A |
Tue 6/11/2013
| A | C | C | T | | E | C | H | O | | L | A | P | I | S |
| N | O | L | A | | L | R | O | N | | E | V | E | N | T |
| D | R | U | G | A | B | U | S | E | | T | E | R | S | E |
| R | E | N | A | M | E | | E | D | A | M | | D | I | E |
| E | A | G | L | E | | L | A | G | B | E | H | I | N | D |
| | | O | B | I | E | | E | R | G | O | T | | |
| P | U | B | G | A | M | E | S | | I | O | N | I | Z | E |
| E | V | A | | | S | K | I | E | D | | | O | E | D |
| W | A | R | M | T | O | | B | I | G | B | A | N | D | S |
| | B | L | U | R | B | | N | E | A | T | | | |
| C | R | A | B | G | R | A | S | S | | A | T | A | R | I |
| Y | E | R | | B | Y | T | E | | Z | E | A | L | O | T |
| C | A | I | R | O | | M | I | X | E | D | B | A | G | S |
| L | I | A | N | A | | A | K | I | N | | O | N | E | O |
| E | R | N | S | T | | N | O | N | O | | Y | A | R | N |
Wed 6/12/2013
| P | O | N | C | E | | T | V | A | D | | L | U | S | T |
| A | D | I | O | S | | R | A | M | S | | I | T | T | O |
| C | O | C | O | C | H | A | N | E | L | | M | I | E | N |
| T | R | E | K | | O | D | I | N | | D | E | C | A | Y |
| | | I | M | P | E | L | | O | O | L | A | L | A |
| A | N | G | E | R | S | | L | E | D | G | E | | | |
| G | U | E | S | S | | K | A | T | E | S | M | I | T | H |
| E | D | N | A | | L | A | M | A | S | | O | M | O | O |
| S | E | E | N | O | E | V | I | L | | S | N | O | R | E |
| | | D | I | V | A | N | | B | R | O | K | E | R |
| M | U | S | C | L | Y | | T | H | E | I | R | | | |
| U | S | E | R | S | | N | C | A | A | | A | I | N | T |
| N | A | T | E | | J | O | H | N | D | E | N | V | E | R |
| R | I | T | A | | A | V | I | D | | A | G | A | T | E |
| O | R | E | M | | M | A | P | S | | T | E | N | S | E |
Thu 6/13/2013
| A | D | O | | E | S | P | N | | I | R | O | B | O | T |
| R | I | G | | A | L | O | E | | D | E | J | A | V | U |
| C | A | R | T | R | I | P | S | | E | G | O | Y | A | N |
| Z | E | E | | M | U | T | T | E | R | | O | L | E |
| | | C | U | S | P | | I | S | I | N | F | O | R |
| L | O | C | H | S | | T | L | C | | P | U | F | F | |
| A | P | R | | S | N | O | O | K | I | | B | U | F | F |
| L | E | A | | R | E | A | R | E | N | D | | N | I | A |
| O | N | C | E | | T | S | E | T | S | E | | D | C | I |
| S | K | E | E | | T | N | T | | F | R | Y | E | R |
| G | O | E | S | A | P | E | | O | T | T | O | | | |
| I | U | D | | S | A | R | T | R | E | | L | O | A | |
| G | R | I | P | E | S | | W | I | N | D | O | W | S | 8 |
| O | C | C | U | L | T | | O | D | O | R | | E | T | A |
| T | E | E | N | S | Y | | D | E | N | Y | | D | I | M |
Fri 6/14/2013
| Y | A | W | N | | S | T | A | B | | | L | I | E | S |
| E | C | H | O | | T | O | U | R | | L | A | D | L | E |
| C | H | A | R | L | E | S | D | E | G | A | U | L | L | E |
| C | O | M | M | E | R | C | I | A | L | B | R | E | A | K |
| H | O | S | A | N | N | A | | C | O | O | E | D | | |
| | | R | I | O | | P | H | A | R | L | A | P | |
| D | I | V | A | N | | W | A | I | T | S | | W | E | B |
| E | P | E | E | | C | H | I | N | S | | C | A | N | E |
| W | A | N | | S | L | A | N | G | | D | A | Y | N | E |
| D | E | S | P | I | T | E | | G | E | L | | | |
| | Z | A | L | E | S | | P | A | N | A | C | E | A |
| Y | O | U | C | A | N | T | W | I | N | E | M | A | L | L |
| E | V | E | R | Y | T | H | I | N | G | B | A | G | E | L |
| G | A | L | E | S | | A | N | T | E | | R | E | N | O |
| G | L | A | D | | | T | E | A | S | | I | S | A | Y |
Sat 6/15/2013
| S | A | L | A | D | B | A | R | | B | A | O | B | A | B |
| A | D | E | Q | U | A | T | E | | E | S | S | E | N | E |
| V | U | V | U | Z | E | L | A | | C | A | S | I | T | A |
| E | L | E | A | | Z | I | L | C | H | | O | N | I | T |
| S | T | E | P | S | | | T | R | E | E | | E | S | P |
| | | L | O | U | D | O | U | T | S | | R | E | O |
| D | I | S | A | S | T | E | R | S | | T | O | R | R | E |
| E | M | A | N | U | E | L | | H | E | A | D | O | U | T |
| A | N | N | E | E | | I | C | E | S | T | O | R | M | S |
| R | O | T | | M | U | L | E | D | E | E | R | | | |
| M | T | A | | E | L | A | L | | | S | E | E | Y | A |
| A | H | A | B | | T | H | I | C | K | | A | L | E | R |
| D | E | N | A | L | I | | C | O | N | S | T | A | N | T |
| A | R | N | H | E | M | | A | L | I | M | E | N | T | S |
| M | E | A | N | T | O | | S | A | T | U | R | D | A | Y |
Sun 6/16/2013 QUESTION BOX
| T | T | O | P | S | | H | I | G | H | | B | R | O | W | | | R | O | S | E |
| H | O | P | U | P | | A | M | I | E | | Y | E | A | H | S | | O | P | I | E |
| I | F | A | G | I | R | A | F | F | E | H | A | S | F | O | U | R | T | E | E | N |
| N | F | L | | K | O | S | | T | H | U | M | P | S | | T | A | U | R | U | S |
| | | N | E | T | | E | T | A | L | I | I | | T | R | I | N | A | R | Y |
| M | O | R | E | T | H | A | N | A | W | A | L | R | U | S | A | N | D | | | |
| I | V | A | N | V | | N | O | G | | S | E | E | M | E | | | | H | M | S |
| S | I | Z | E | | D | E | S | | | | | | P | T | A | | R | I | O | T |
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| S | M | A | R | M | | | | A | N | E | R | A | | | | T | O | R | A | H |
| M | A | L | A | B | A | R | | P | A | R | T | S | | P | L | O | T | | | |
| A | R | A | P | A | H | O | | S | M | A | S | H | | A | U | X | | S | A | G |
| S | I | M | S | | A | T | M | | | | | | A | R | C | | Z | E | R | O |
| H | O | O | | | | G | R | A | F | T | | T | N | T | | C | O | R | E | D |
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| R | A | T | S | O | U | T | | G | I | B | E | R | S | | O | R | A | | | |
| O | D | E | S | S | A | | S | U | N | O | C | O | | S | U | V | | T | W | A |
| M | A | N | Y | A | S | A | P | I | G | W | H | A | T | A | R | E | T | H | E | Y |
| A | G | A | R | | I | R | E | N | E | | E | T | A | S | | U | S | O | N | E |
| N | E | M | O | | | K | E | G | S | | R | Y | E | S | | P | O | R | T | S |
Mon 6/17/2013
| T | O | A | S | T | | H | A | R | A | | F | A | D | S |
| I | R | A | Q | I | | Y | V | E | S | | I | C | E | T |
| V | I | R | U | S | | D | I | S | C | | R | I | P | A |
| O | G | E | E | | P | R | A | I | R | I | E | D | O | G |
| | | A | R | E | A | | D | I | G | E | S | T | S |
| J | A | C | K | I | N | T | H | E | B | O | X | | | |
| O | R | O | | O | N | E | A | | E | R | I | C | A | S |
| B | L | O | C | | | S | R | A | | | T | A | M | E |
| S | O | L | O | N | G | | P | V | T | S | | L | O | W |
| | | C | A | R | D | O | O | R | L | O | C | K | S |
| K | O | O | K | I | E | R | | C | O | O | T | | | |
| I | N | T | E | R | N | E | T | A | D | | E | G | O | S |
| T | R | E | Y | | A | W | E | D | | S | L | O | A | N |
| E | Y | R | E | | D | O | N | O | | A | L | O | H | A |
| R | E | I | D | | E | N | D | S | | P | O | P | U | P |
ANDREA:
This is my second collaboration with Johanna Fenimore whom I have still yet to meet face to face. We had a fun add-an-o puzzle Tues 7/5/2011. Now Johanna had come up with a super fun idea of things that "pop up".
We both love puzzles that are visual and peppy. She had PRAIRIEDOG and JACKINTHEBOX (love that J and X) and maybe INTERNETAD. we needed a fourth, as Will felt PINGPONGBALL didn't "pop up" in the same way. It was a bitch coming up with a fourth 12 letter word. I think after a lot of trial and error, Johanna landed upon CARDOORLOCKS! Done!
(If only it were CARDOORLOCKZ we'd have had a pangram!)
I added TOAST at 1-Across and matched it with POPUP as the last word. It was a true collaboration and still so funny that we've never met.
– puzzle by Johanna Fenimore and Andrea Carla Michaels
Tue 6/18/2013
| A | B | B | R | | S | T | A | R | C | H | | Q | E | D |
| S | E | R | A | | E | R | I | E | P | A | | E | A | U |
| T | H | A | W | | R | O | D | E | O | D | R | I | V | E |
| R | A | Y | D | A | V | I | E | S | | | H | I | E | S |
| O | N | S | A | L | E | | | E | L | L | Y | | | |
| | | T | O | S | I | R | | A | T | M | F | E | E |
| A | F | L | A | T | | R | A | I | N | D | E | L | A | Y |
| T | W | O | | | R | A | N | D | D | | | E | R | R |
| R | I | N | G | D | A | N | C | E | | G | R | A | P | E |
| A | W | G | E | E | Z | | H | A | I | L | E | | | |
| | | N | A | R | C | | | M | A | D | C | A | P |
| C | H | A | I | | | R | O | A | L | D | D | A | H | L |
| R | I | V | E | R | D | E | L | T | A | | A | M | M | O |
| U | F | O | | V | I | D | I | O | T | | W | E | E | P |
| Z | I | N | | S | N | O | O | Z | E | | N | O | D | S |
Wed 6/19/2013
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| I | S | E | R | E | | R | A | L | P | H | | G | A | L |
| F | R | A | N | K | L | I | N | I | O | O | | E | R | A |
| | N | A | S | A | | | B | I | O | L | O | G | Y |
| A | B | A | T | | H | A | M | I | L | T | O | N | I | O |
| C | L | U | E | S | | R | R | S | | | T | E | N | N |
| T | O | E | | E | X | A | M | | A | L | T | | | |
| C | L | E | V | E | L | A | N | D | I | O | O | O | |
| | | R | E | D | | G | A | Z | E | | L | G | A |
| O | S | S | O | | | P | O | T | | D | R | I | L | L |
| C | H | A | S | E | I | O | O | O | O | | A | V | E | S |
| C | A | V | E | R | N | S | | | W | A | G | E | | |
| U | K | E | | W | A | S | H | I | N | G | T | O | N | I |
| P | E | A | | I | N | U | I | T | | F | O | Y | E | R |
| Y | R | S | | N | E | M | E | A | | A | P | L | U | S |
Thu 6/20/2013
| P | O | O | R | | P | O | O | L | | | P | O | L | L |
| E | I | R | E | | I | M | N | O | | C | O | K | I | E |
| L | L | B | S | | M | A | T | S | | A | K | E | L | A |
| O | C | A | | C | A | R | O | | F | R | E | Y | A | |
| S | A | C | R | A | | | P | O | L | E | | D | B | L |
| I | N | H | I | B | I | T | | N | O | T | D | O | N | E |
| | | N | O | N | U | S | E | R | | U | K | E | S |
| I | N | S | T | A | N | T | W | I | N | N | E | R | |
| K | N | E | E | | K | N | E | A | D | E | D | | | |
| I | F | O | R | O | N | E | | Y | A | L | E | M | A | N |
| X | I | N | | R | O | L | E | | | L | E | I | C | A |
| N | A | G | A | T | | C | I | T | Y | | D | E | M |
| B | I | T | A | T | | M | O | M | A | | N | O | T | A |
| A | T | A | L | E | | A | L | A | S | | C | R | I | T |
| R | I | L | E | | | R | I | C | E | | R | I | C | H |
Fri 6/21/2013
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| M | I | R | A | C | L | E | G | R | O | | M | A | R | S |
| A | M | Y | P | O | E | H | L | E | R | | A | R | E | S |
| N | E | N | | | A | M | E | N | R | A | | L | G | A |
| | | E | S | T | A | | D | O | N | | M | A | I |
| P | O | S | T | M | E | N | | I | R | T | | O | R | L |
| O | P | E | N | E | D | | I | N | S | I | G | N | I | A |
| R | E | N | A | L | | R | O | G | | B | O | R | O | N |
| T | R | E | S | T | L | E | S | | B | O | W | O | U | T |
| L | A | G | | R | E | A | | O | L | D | N | E | S | S |
| A | T | A | | O | E | D | | P | A | Y | S | | | |
| N | I | L | | E | R | O | T | I | C | | | P | H | D |
| D | O | E | S | | S | N | E | A | K | A | P | E | E | K |
| I | N | S | P | | A | L | L | T | E | R | R | A | I | N |
| A | S | E | A | | T | Y | L | E | R | P | E | R | R | Y |
Sat 6/22/2013
| I | N | S | T | A | M | A | T | I | C | | T | H | A | N |
| D | O | O | R | T | O | D | O | O | R | | R | E | P | O |
| I | M | P | A | T | I | E | N | C | E | | Y | A | P | S |
| G | E | S | | I | S | L | E | | D | E | F | T | L | Y |
| | | T | R | E | E | | R | E | W | O | V | E | |
| A | G | R | E | E | S | | S | E | N | O | R | I | T | A |
| G | O | O | N | S | | S | P | E | C | K | | S | I | P |
| A | T | T | N | | S | T | I | L | E | | T | I | N | T |
| S | H | O | | A | P | R | E | S | | R | E | O | I | L |
| P | A | R | A | L | L | E | L | | T | E | E | N | S | Y |
| M | O | C | K | U | P | | M | E | D | S | | | |
| E | C | O | C | A | R | | D | O | F | F | | Z | I | P |
| S | I | T | U | | G | U | I | L | L | O | T | I | N | E |
| S | T | E | S | | E | A | S | T | O | R | A | N | G | E |
| E | Y | R | E | | S | E | C | O | N | D | G | E | A | R |
Sun 6/23/2013 TWO-BY-FOURS
| D | I | J | O | | P | A | S | S | | S | T | A | L | E | | | P | H | D | S |
| E | V | A | C | | E | X | I | T | | T | O | D | A | Y | | S | H | O | U | P |
| F | O | B | E | T | T | E | R | O | F | O | W | O | S | E | | M | A | N | N | A |
| | | U | R | A | L | | M | O | I | N | E | S | | D | I | S | O | N | S |
| P | A | P | E | R | S | | D | U | E | S | | | C | E | L | E | B | | |
| T | A | L | O | E | D | | U | R | N | S | | O | R | A | T | E | | R | B | I |
| O | R | C | A | S | | G | R | A | D | | T | H | O | M | A | S | | O | E | N |
| P | O | O | H | | S | I | G | I | I | T | H | E | R | A | I | | C | N | E | T |
| E | L | T | O | | A | G | E | | G | U | R | N | E | Y | | M | A | C | R | O |
| D | E | T | E | S | T | E | D | | | N | O | R | M | | B | E | S | O | S | |
| | | Y | E | A | R | | C | H | E | W | Y | | B | O | A | S | | | |
| A | M | M | A | N | | P | O | O | F | | | C | A | R | T | H | A | G | E |
| B | E | A | O | N | | B | O | W | O | U | T | | O | L | D | | E | V | A | N |
| A | R | G | O | | W | E | N | E | K | L | E | M | P | E | E | | F | E | U | D |
| L | I | A | | P | I | E | C | E | S | | N | O | E | S | | B | I | N | G | O |
| L | E | E | | O | P | T | E | D | | S | C | U | D | | M | E | R | G | E | R |
| | T | R | I | E | S | | | A | W | E | S | | F | O | I | S | E | D | |
| D | E | F | E | N | D | | P | A | R | E | N | S | | A | N | G | S | | | |
| A | R | A | A | T | | T | I | S | T | A | T | A | N | D | T | E | O | T | E | R |
| B | I | R | D | S | | A | L | E | U | T | | K | E | E | L | | N | O | A | H |
| S | C | A | Y | | | W | E | A | R | Y | | A | W | R | Y | | E | U | R | O |
Mon 6/24/2013
| E | S | S | E | | B | L | O | B | | | B | A | C | H |
| G | L | E | E | | B | O | N | E | | P | A | U | L | A |
| G | I | R | L | S | C | O | U | T | | A | S | T | I | R |
| S | M | A | S | H | | | S | T | A | N | H | O | P | E |
| | | | A | L | I | | O | B | I | | | | |
| G | R | A | H | A | M | C | R | A | C | K | E | R | S |
| D | I | E | T | | P | A | L | | | S | A | R | E | E |
| I | S | L | E | | S | M | O | R | E | | B | A | N | E |
| S | M | E | A | R | | | T | O | G | | U | T | E | P |
| H | O | T | M | A | R | S | H | M | A | L | L | O | W | |
| | | | T | U | T | | A | D | O | | | | |
| C | H | E | S | T | N | U | T | | | C | E | D | A | R |
| A | U | R | A | L | | C | H | O | C | O | L | A | T | E |
| M | E | R | L | E | | C | R | A | B | | S | H | O | P |
| P | S | S | T | | | O | U | R | S | | E | L | M | S |
Tue 6/25/2013
| G | O | P | R | O | | B | A | R | | S | K | I | C | A | P |
| I | N | F | E | R | | O | R | E | | P | E | L | O | S | I |
| F | A | C | E | B | O | O | K | S | T | A | L | K | I | N | G |
| | | L | I | D | | | C | A | R | | | N | E | G |
| B | E | S | T | D | O | C | U | M | E | N | T | A | R | Y |
| C | A | D | I | Z | | G | R | E | | R | A | M | P | | |
| O | M | E | N | | T | R | I | P | | I | T | Z | H | A | K |
| I | B | N | | T | H | E | M | A | M | B | O | | R | U | N |
| T | I | P | T | O | E | | E | R | O | S | | I | A | G | O |
| | R | A | R | A | | W | T | O | | I | N | S | E | T |
| I | M | A | G | I | N | A | R | Y | N | U | M | B | E | R | |
| T | O | I | | | S | R | I | | | A | F | R | | | |
| W | O | R | D | S | W | I | T | H | F | R | I | E | N | D | S |
| A | R | I | O | S | E | | E | A | R | | N | E | A | R | S |
| S | E | E | G | E | R | | R | H | O | | E | D | G | E | R |
Wed 6/26/2013
| A | S | T | R | A | | H | E | A | V | E | | N | O | G |
| B | E | H | A | R | | A | S | K | E | W | | O | R | E |
| E | X | I | T | R | A | M | P | A | G | E | | R | A | Y |
| | N | E | I | L | L | | | | L | A | W | N | S |
| I | C | K | | D | I | E | T | P | I | L | L | A | G | E |
| K | O | B | E | | | T | H | I | N | | D | Y | E | R |
| E | L | I | X | I | R | | E | L | U | D | E | | | |
| A | G | E | D | I | F | F | E | R | E | N | C | E | |
| | | C | A | P | R | I | | E | L | T | O | R | O |
| B | E | A | U | | E | A | R | P | | | E | N | I | D |
| I | N | S | T | A | N | T | M | E | S | S | | C | E | E |
| O | T | H | E | R | | | | A | P | P | L | E | | |
| N | I | L | | M | U | S | I | C | A | L | P | A | S | S |
| I | R | E | | E | N | O | C | H | | I | G | L | O | O |
| C | E | Y | | D | O | P | E | Y | | T | A | S | T | Y |
Thu 6/27/2013
| B | R | A | N | | B | E | A | T | L | E | | A | D | D |
| R | U | T | S | | A | R | T | H | U | R | | L | E | O |
| A | B | B | Y | | T | I | T | A | N | S | | M | S | N |
| G | I | A | N | T | S | Q | U | I | D | | F | A | M | E |
| S | K | Y | C | A | M | | | | E | N | E | R | O | |
| | | | C | A | R | D | I | N | A | L | S | I | N |
| D | A | D | A | | N | E | A | R | | P | L | A | N | O |
| O | L | I | N | S | | A | K | A | | S | A | L | E | S |
| S | L | A | D | E | | C | A | N | S | | S | A | S | E |
| T | I | G | E | R | S | T | R | I | P | E | | | | |
| S | N | A | F | U | | | | A | X | I | O | M | S |
| K | W | O | N | | P | I | R | A | T | E | S | H | I | P |
| N | E | S | | D | E | V | I | T | O | | L | A | N | E |
| E | L | I | | E | R | E | S | T | U | | E | R | I | N |
| E | L | S | | A | B | S | E | N | T | | T | E | S | T |
This puzzle was born from 20-Across. I noticed the alternate parsing of GIANTSQUID somewhere in my normal (non-crossword) life, and set out to make a puzzle based around it. I originally wanted to include one team from each of the four major sports, but could not for the life of me find a decent two-word term that included an NHL team's mascot with the appropriate number of letters. STARSTRUCK was close, but that's one word; DEVILSTICK was possible, but probably not well-known enough in this context. I eventually gave up that idea and concentrated on baseball teams. I was very worried that TIGERSTRIPE would be a puzzle killer, because the term seemed a little forced and not quite in the language enough, but everything worked out.
Will did ask for a revision to remove two entries: CELIAC at 22-Down and TAE GU at 48-Across. Getting rid of CELIAC was simple, but removing TAE GU meant a complete rework of the southwest corner. When I was finished, I had these entries:
DADD, ALIEN, FLAME, DAFT, DEMEAN, and NERF
…which were later edited to become:
DADA, OLINS, SLADE, DOST, ANDEAN, and SERF.
Pretty interesting stuff, if you ask me. I worked hard on the cluing for this puzzle, and am proud that a slight majority are mine (or very close to mine). However, I am not responsible for 5-Across, which is brutally brilliant.
– puzzle by Sean Dobbin
Fri 6/28/2013
| S | N | A | I | L | S | H | E | L | L | | A | P | E | D |
| H | A | R | R | Y | C | A | R | A | Y | | X | O | X | O |
| E | S | C | A | L | A | T | O | R | S | | E | L | I | A |
| A | S | H | I | E | R | | | Y | E | S | L | E | T | S |
| T | A | I | L | S | | Q | A | N | D | A | | A | L | I |
| H | U | E | S | | S | T | Y | X | | X | A | X | I | S |
| | | | S | P | I | N | | L | O | R | E | N | A |
| B | O | X | S | T | E | P | | W | I | N | F | R | E | Y |
| U | S | E | T | A | X | | Z | A | N | Y | | | | |
| M | O | R | A | N | | T | E | N | T | | R | E | B | A |
| P | L | O | | C | L | U | E | D | | B | E | T | E | L |
| S | E | X | S | H | O | P | | | S | A | S | H | A | Y |
| O | M | I | T | | W | E | B | B | A | N | N | E | R | S |
| F | I | N | D | | P | L | A | I | N | J | A | N | E | S |
| F | O | G | S | | H | O | R | S | E | O | P | E | R | A |
Sat 6/29/2013
| C | H | A | P | | | | | | P | R | I | M | |
| V | O | I | C | E | D | | | | S | E | E | G | E | R |
| L | E | T | T | E | R | C | | S | T | E | A | N | N | E |
| O | U | T | S | K | I | P | | H | U | R | L | I | N | G |
| G | R | I | M | I | E | R | | A | D | S | I | T | E | S |
| S | T | A | N | D | T | O | R | E | A | S | O | N | |
| | E | D | G | A | R | W | I | N | T | E | R | | |
| | | | | P | A | I | N | T | | | | | |
| | H | E | A | R | I | N | G | D | O | G | S | | |
| H | A | N | G | I | N | G | A | R | O | U | N | D | |
| L | A | T | T | I | C | E | | B | I | L | L | E | R | S |
| E | V | E | R | T | O | R | | E | V | I | L | E | Y | E |
| N | O | S | E | A | T | S | | D | E | T | E | R | G | E |
| O | C | T | E | T | S | | | | R | E | T | E | A | M |
| S | O | S | O | | | | | | S | S | R | S | |
My approach to this 50-word puzzle departed radically from my approach to the 52-word puzzle (see 6/1/2012 notes); The seeds here were three ING fragments which are contained in HEARING DOGS, SHARING A BED and HANGING AROUND. The notion was this: I would have over 2000 choices for each ????ING???? and ????ING?????? — and that sort of flexibility would probably offer multiple fills for one or more quadrant.
So, I loaded my word list with items of those patterns using OneLook and a dictionary of phrasal verbs. It felt like I added thousands to my word list, and it certainly paid off in the end.
– puzzle by Joe Krozel
Sun 6/30/2013 MATCHING WITS
| G | M | A | T | | | | | | | | | | | | G | M | C | S | |
| H | E | U | R | E | | E | R | M | A | | T | H | O | M | | L | O | O | T | S |
| A | N | D | R | E | | S | O | O | T | | R | E | P | O | | A | D | L | E | R |
| M | O | D | E | S | | P | L | U | S | | I | R | A | N | | M | E | D | E | A |
| S | A | Y | A | H | | T | O | T | E | M | P | O | L | E | | O | R | A | L | S |
| | W | R | I | T | E | | H | A | I | L | E | | Y | A | R | N | S | | |
| A | B | A | | R | O | S | S | I | | R | E | S | I | S | T | | W | I | K | I |
| M | O | T | | T | O | T | H | E | M | A | X | | T | W | O | F | A | C | E | D |
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Jeff:
Alex came to me with the idea of a giant M and W made of black squares, and I thought it was clever. However, he had been working with a 15x grid which made for an extremely challenging layout. After playing with it for a while, I felt like it was going to result in too many three-letter words and too much compromise in the fill.
I suggested going to a 21x which would be somewhat more flexible plus it would give us a bigger palette with which to work. It proved to be slightly easier than a 15x but was still extremely challenging. The biggest difficulty was finding a way to place enough M-W theme answers without constraining the grid so much that the surrounding fill would be badly compromised. Luckily, we came upon the crossing pattern of MINUTE WALTZ, MIRACLE WORKER, MONEYS WORTH, and MINIMUM WAGE; a small miracle.
It ended up taking us several months of back and forth iterations before we settled upon the final grid. There were many places we had to work and rework in order to attain a reasonable fill we were both happy with. Quite a challenge!
– puzzle by Alex Vratsanos and Jeff Chen