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Puzzles for August, 2013
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Thu 8/1/2013
O	B	S		A	F	I	R	S	T		T	W	I	G
R	A	T		S	L	O	O	P	S		H	O	N	E
C	R	A	C	K	U	N	D	E	R	F	O	R	C	E
A	C	T	A		E	S	S	A		A	R	E	A
S	A	U	R	O	N			K	O	S
	R	E	D	U	C	E	D	I	S	T	A	N	C	E
				T	Y	R	A	N	T		T	I	M	E
H	A	Z	E	S		E	R	G		C	E	C	I	L
E	G	A	D		I	C	E	T	E	A
P	O	P	U	L	A	T	I	O	N	M	A	S	S
				O	N	O			V	O	L	U	M	E
	T	H	U	D		R	A	N	I		O	L	E	S
P	H	Y	S	I	C	S	F	O	R	M	U	L	A	S
C	O	M	E		D	E	T	R	O	P		E	R	E
P	U	N	S		S	T	A	I	N	S		N	Y	X

Tracy Gray's clever "Infractions" puzzle was my creative inspiration here. I loved Tracy's concept of representing a third word by stacking two unrelated words, so I tried to find a new twist on that type of thematic expression.

In general, the fill in most areas of this heavily constrained grid is decent. The SE, NE and SW corners are all pretty nice. Maybe changing LODI to LOKI and re-filling the SW would be a slight upgrade. But it's hard to imagine a way to improve the SE corner, given its triple-stacked, unmovable theme answers. Nor was there anything to be done to eliminate NIC and CMI beneath DISTANCE / TIME.

I did make two indisputable mistakes:

In the NW I messed up by using SAURON at 23a, which produced the entries OBS (ungood) and ACTA (doubleplusungood). Having struggled for so long to finish the trickiness of the rest of the grid, I was slipshod in filling that section and never considered alternatives to the Dark Lord after I saw he'd fit. It evidently didn't take much for me to fall under his evil sway. I would be a terrible Ring-bearer.

The mistake at the grid's bottom (DE TROP instead of BETTOR at 64a) can be chalked up to inexperience. The reason for NOR I instead of NOT I, CDS instead of CBS and MPS instead of MRS was that I was endeavoring not to duplicate the I in DARE I / SAY. These days I wouldn't blink twice at such a repeat. DE TROP is legitimate, but BETTOR would have been a substantial improvement. The kicker to all of this, of course, was that Will ended up cluing NOR I as [Me neither] instead of [Seaweed wrapped around sushi] — creating the very duplication I had contorted the fill to avoid in the first place.

That physics-related ERG hanging out at the center of the grid? Pure happenstance. Some people liked its inclusion there as an easter egg, and others found it inelegant. Tough to say.

– puzzle by Timothy Polin

Fri 8/2/2013
K	I	D	N	E	Y	B	E	A	N		L	A	T	E
A	N	Y	O	N	E	E	L	S	E		E	R	I	S
T	R	E	N	C	H	C	O	A	T		G	E	N	T
Z	E	D				A	I	R	F	R	A	N	C	E
			L	U	L	U		U	L	U	L	A	T	E
S	H	I	I	T	E	S		L	I	S	T
W	A	R	G	A	M	E		E	X	T	E	N	D	S
U	H	O	H								N	C	A	A
M	A	N	T	R	A	S		B	R	A	D	A	W	L
			S	U	V	A		R	E	V	E	R	S	E
S	E	V	E	N	A	M		U	B	E	R
P	L	E	C	T	R	U	M	S				G	W	B
L	E	G	O		I	R	A	Q	I	D	I	N	A	R
I	V	A	N		C	A	Y	U	G	A	L	A	K	E
T	E	N	D		E	I	S	E	N	H	O	W	E	R

Sat 8/3/2013
S	O	T		H	A	B	E	R	D	A	S	H	E	R
W	H	O		O	N	C	L	O	U	D	N	I	N	E
E	P	A		R	I	C	K	Y	N	E	L	S	O	N
E	L	F	M	A	N		H	A	N	S		M	R	T
T	E	A	R	S		B	A	L	E		K	A	M	A
S	A	R	I		W	O	R	F		A	N	S	E	L
O	S	E		W	A	X	T	A	B	L	E	T
P	E	T	M	I	C	E		M	A	E	W	E	S	T
		H	I	T	O	R	M	I	S	S		R	P	I
G	O	E	T	H		B	A	L	K		M	S	R	P
A	R	E	A		O	R	L	Y		T	I	V	O	S
S	S	W		G	A	I	L		W	O	N	O	U	T
L	I	E	D	E	T	E	C	T	O	R		I	T	E
O	N	L	I	N	E	F	O	R	U	M		C	U	R
G	O	L	D	E	N	S	P	I	K	E		E	P	S

BRAD:

The old adage of "good longer stacks start with the stacking of useful shorter stems" was especially true here, as I realized ONLINE went nicely atop GOLDEN, and what remained was to pick compatible tails. Doug liked LIE DETECTOR in the stack and added MALL COP; he's also responsible for those two great clues.

We tried a few design configurations in the middle and realized we'd have to have some long vertical entries too or the word count would tip over into 72 or 74. BOXER BRIEFS won out over other –EFS we tried. I had just been doing some work in the trenches at the end of the alphabet on my word list, so new addition WAX TABLET helped matters a lot, facilitating ___ FAMILY.

And we had to decide whether or not to have the vertical 15s, rather than going with SEWELL or NEWELL or LOWELL or whatever. TO A FARE-THEE-WELL had actually been on my list of possible seed entries. But did we ever take some ribbing for it (fewer people seemed to recognize it than I expected) — and since the puzzle appeared the Saturday before Lollapuzzoola, some of the ribbing was in person! Still, I think this was a grid most solvers were quite happy with.

– puzzle by Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson

Sun 8/4/2013 SHOULD I CALL THE REPAIRMAN?
P	A	C	E	S		A	F	T	S		L	I	L	T			K	E	P	I
U	B	O	L	T		G	A	U	L		A	S	I	A		D	I	C	E	S
R	A	R	E	R		A	R	B	O	R	I	S	T	S		I	N	T	R	A
R	A	N	G	E		K	E	E	P	S	C	U	T	T	I	N	G	O	U	T
		E	Y	E	S	H	A	D	E	S		E	L	I	T	E	S
F	D	R		T	E	A	S				A	R	E	N	A		I	M	P	S
J	U	S	T	W	E	N	T	D	O	W	N			G	L	A	Z	E	R	S
O	B	T	A	I	N			U	N	E	V	E	N			T	E	N	O	R
R	O	O	M	S		H	A	S	S	T	I	L	L	G	O	T	B	U	G	S
D	I	N		E	B	E	R	T		S	L	O	W	L	A	N	E
	S	E	W		A	X	E						E	A	T		D	A	H
			A	D	R	E	N	A	L	S		A	S	S	Y	R		T	A	J
F	A	I	L	E	D	S	O	M	E	T	E	S	T	S		H	E	A	V	E
R	U	B	L	E			T	O	N	N	E	S			M	U	L	D	E	R
A	D	E	P	T	A	T			I	S	O	N	T	H	E	B	L	I	N	K
N	I	T	A		L	A	T	I	N				H	U	L	A		S	T	Y
			P	I	P	P	I	N		E	C	C	E	N	T	R	I	C
D	E	V	E	L	O	P	E	D	A	S	H	O	R	T		B	R	O	O	M
O	Z	A	R	K		I	D	E	N	T	I	C	A	L		P	O	U	R	S
T	R	I	E	S		N	Y	E	T		D	O	M	E		I	N	N	E	R
S	A	N	D			G	E	D	S		E	A	S	Y		E	S	T	O	P

Mon 8/5/2013
A	G	I	T	A		C	L	O	C	K		S	R	A
R	O	G	E	R		R	O	C	H	E		H	E	N
C	O	U	N	T	R	Y	S	T	A	R		A	L	A
A	G	A	S	S	I		E	A	R		E	L	A	L
D	O	N	E		F	O	R	D	G	A	L	A	X	Y
E	L	A	S	T	I	C		S	E	T	T	L	E	S
S	S	S		I	F	A	T			C	O	A	S	T
			K	E	I	T	H	M	O	O	N
C	A	S	A	S			Y	E	P	S		P	S	A
A	S	C	R	I	B	E		N	E	T	G	A	I	N
P	H	O	E	N	I	X	S	U	N		I	R	A	N
S	T	U	N		G	P	A		U	P	T	I	M	E
I	R	R		D	A	I	L	Y	P	L	A	N	E	T
Z	A	G		S	P	R	E	E		A	N	G	S	T
E	Y	E		T	E	E	M	S		N	O	S	E	E

Tue 8/6/2013
A	S	S			D	I	S	C		S	W	I	S	S
D	A	K		S	E	R	T	A		P	I	N	T	A
D	Y	E		T	A	K	E	C	H	A	N	C	E	S
U	N	T	I	E			I	T	A		D	A	M	S
P	O	C	K	E	T	K	N	I	V	E	S
		H	E	R	O	N			E	R	O	D	E	S
E	L	B	A		T	O	R	E		A	R	E	N	A
B	O	O		C	O	P	C	A	R	S		M	V	P
A	L	O	H	A		F	A	T	E		B	O	Y	S
Y	A	K	I	M	A			U	N	I	O	N
			P	I	N	C	H	P	E	N	N	I	E	S
I	R	I	S		N	R	A			U	N	Z	I	P
L	I	F	T	W	E	I	G	H	T	S		I	D	A
L	O	S	E	R		M	A	M	I	E		N	E	T
S	T	O	R	Y		P	R	O	P			G	R	E

Wed 8/7/2013
S	E	I	S		A	B	J	E	C	T		A	R	E
C	Y	S	T		P	R	A	G	U	E		T	A	R
A	R	L	O		R	I	N	G	E	D		S	I	N
R	E	A	L	M	O	N	E	Y		I	T	E	M	S
			E	E	N	Y			K	U	W	A	I	T
C	H	I	N	A			U	M	A	M	I
Z	O	O	M	L	E	N	S	E	S		S	T	N	S
A	L	T	O		L	O	O	S	E		T	O	U	T
R	E	A	M		I	N	N	A	M	E	O	N	L	Y
			E	S	T	E	E			X	F	I	L	E
S	C	O	N	C	E			P	E	A	L
Q	U	I	T	E		K	I	L	L	M	E	N	O	W
U	R	N		N	E	W	D	A	D		M	A	C	H
A	S	K		E	L	A	I	N	E		O	S	H	A
D	E	S		S	I	N	G	E	R		N	A	S	T

Thu 8/8/2013
D	O	G	G	Y	B	A	G		P	A	W	S	A	T
E	R	A	S	A	B	L	E		A	X	I	O	M	S
F	I	S	H	H	O	O	K		L	E	S	S	E	E
L	O	L	A		Y	U	K	S		S	H	O	R	T
A	L	A	R	M			O	O	H		B	R	I	S
T	E	M	P	E	S	T		D	I	V	O	R	C	E
E	S	P		S	O	I	L		T	O	N	Y	A	S
			H	O	R	S	E	S	H	O	E
S	H	R	U	N	K		D	I	E	D		M	A	A
M	A	I	L	S	I	N		P	R	O	F	E	S	S
U	S	D	A		N	O	R			O	I	N	K	S
S	H	A	H	S		T	O	L	D		R	O	S	A
H	O	B	O	E	S		T	I	R	E	I	R	O	N
E	U	L	O	G	Y		C	L	E	A	N	C	U	T
S	T	E	P	O	N		S	T	A	R	G	A	T	E

Fri 8/9/2013
O	M	A	H	A		E	L	M	S		S	E	R	F
H	E	L	E	N		K	I	C	K	B	O	X	E	R
C	A	P	R	I		G	E	R	A	L	D	I	N	E
A	T	H	O	M	E		S	I	T	U	A	T	E	D
L	E	A	N	E	R	S		B	E	E	P
C	A	B	S		R	E	F			B	O	O	S	T
U	T	E		N	A	I	L	C	L	I	P	P	E	R
T	E	T		A	N	N	U	L	A	R		E	L	I
T	R	I	B	U	T	E	B	A	N	D		N	F	C
A	S	C	O	T			S	I	C		P	E	S	O
			A	I	R	S		R	E	O	R	D	E	R
S	C	O	T	L	A	N	D		T	H	E	F	E	D
A	R	T	M	U	S	E	U	M		A	L	I	K	E
K	A	T	E	S	P	A	D	E		R	A	R	E	R
E	B	O	N		S	K	E	W		E	W	E	R	S

Sat 8/10/2013
G	O	D	E	L	E	S	C	H	E	R	B	A	C	H
P	R	I	V	A	T	E	A	U	D	I	E	N	C	E
S	U	M	A	N	D	S	U	B	S	T	A	N	C	E
			D	E	S		G	R	E	A	T
P	A	N	E	S		P	H	I	L		I	N	D	S
O	R	O	S		B	E	T	S		A	F	O	O	T
T	A	K		Z	O	R	A		C	R	I	N	G	E
S	P	O	K	E	O	F	F	T	H	E	C	U	F	F
D	A	M	A	S	K		E	R	O	S		S	O	A
A	H	I	N	T		Z	W	E	I		L	E	O	N
M	O	S	S		D	E	W	Y		P	A	R	D	O
			A	T	A	R	I		A	I	M
O	N	E	S	E	C	O	N	D	P	L	E	A	S	E
P	U	T	S	T	H	E	K	I	B	O	S	H	O	N
S	T	A	T	E	A	S	S	I	S	T	A	N	C	E

Sun 8/11/2013 ADDED SATISFACTION
S	H	A	M	S			F	L	E	A		A	J	A		F	A	R	A	D
C	A	B	O	T		P	O	U	N	D		L	O	G		A	B	I	D	E
R	I	A	T	A		O	U	N	C	E		F	E	A	S	T	U	P	O	N
A	F	T	E	R	A	L	L	A	H		O	R	C		A	T	T	E	S	T
M	A	E		D	L	I			I	M	P	E	A	C	H	E	S
			S	U	B	T	I	T	L	E	S		M	O	A	N		S	P	A
J	U	S	T	S	A	Y	N	O	A	H		R	E	A	R	S		P	A	Y
I	M	O	U	T			S	A	D		V	O	L	T	A		L	O	N	E
B	A	W	D		H	O	T	D	A	T	E	S			S	T	A	N	Z	A
			P	O	E	S	Y			I	D	E	A		M	E	R	G	E	R
	H	O	O	K	A	H	L	I	N	E	A	N	D	S	I	N	K	E	R
B	I	G	K	I	D		E	V	E	R			J	O	L	T	S
S	T	R	E	E	T			A	B	S	O	L	U	T	E		P	E	L	T
I	T	E	R		O	W	E	N	S		V	I	S			T	U	T	E	E
D	E	S		I	T	I	N	A		L	E	F	T	B	A	H	R	A	I	N
E	R	S		M	A	N	O		F	I	R	E	S	A	L	E	S
			U	P	H	O	L	S	T	E	R			T	A	B		C	S	A
C	U	A	T	R	O		A	I	D		A	U	N	T	I	E	A	H	E	M
O	N	T	H	E	E	D	G	E		E	T	H	Y	L		A	C	E	R	B
W	I	R	E	S		R	A	G		R	E	U	N	E		S	T	A	V	E
S	T	I	R	S		E	Y	E		A	S	H	Y			T	I	T	E	R

Mon 8/12/2013
F	O	U	R		A	B	B	O	T		H	U	F	F
D	R	N	O		V	O	L	T	A		E	N	O	L
A	G	H	A		O	N	A	I	R		A	F	R	O
		I	N	H	I	G	H	S	P	I	R	I	T	S
T	U	T		E	D	S				C	I	T	E	S
U	N	C	L	E			S	W	A	I	N
N	I	H	I	L	I	S	T	I	C		G	I	V	E
I	T	E	N		A	H	I	N	T		A	N	O	S
C	E	D	E		G	I	N	G	I	V	I	T	I	S
			D	R	O	N	E			A	D	E	L	A
A	S	T	R	O				S	K	I		N	A	Y
S	T	R	I	N	G	B	I	K	I	N	I	S
K	I	E	V		R	O	B	O	T		L	I	E	D
E	P	E	E		I	S	E	R	E		I	F	S	O
W	E	D	S		T	E	X	T	S		E	Y	E	S

Tue 8/13/2013
S	P	C	A		A	S	H	E	S		P	A	R	E
W	E	A	N		S	W	I	R	L		A	R	E	S
I	T	R	Y		P	A	T	R	O	L	B	O	A	T
G	R	E		T	I	M			W	I	L	L	D	O
S	U	B	M	A	R	I	N	E		P	O	L	Y	P
	C	E	A	S	E		E	X	P	O
S	H	A	R	E		I	P	A	D		P	O	W	S
A	I	R	C	R	A	F	T	C	A	R	R	I	E	R
G	O	S	H		L	O	U	T		V	O	L	T	S
				K	I	L	N		S	E	T	T	S
G	I	J	O	E		D	E	S	T	R	O	Y	E	R
O	N	E	T	E	N			N	O	S		C	A	Y
B	A	T	T	L	E	S	H	I	P		R	O	S	A
A	N	T	E		O	K	A	P	I		B	O	O	N
D	E	A	R		N	Y	J	E	T		I	N	N	S

Wed 8/14/2013
C	O	S	T	A		H	E	X	A	D		N	S	A
O	C	T	E	T		A	M	I	C	I		O	E	R
N	E	A	L	E		V	E	N	D	S		D	I	S
J	A	R	L	S	B	E	R	G	C	H	E	E	S	E
O	N	T		T	A	T					D	A	M	N
B	I	O	S		G	O	L	F	C	O	U	R	S	E
S	A	F	E	R			A	R	O	D
		F	L	I	M	S	Y	A	L	I	B	I
				E	M	I	L			N	O	N	P	C
W	I	F	F	L	E	B	A	L	L		B	A	I	L
E	P	E	E					O	A	S		S	L	O
T	H	I	N	G	S	W	I	T	H	H	O	L	E	S
B	O	G		A	L	I	A	S		I	N	U	S	E
A	N	N		B	O	N	G	O		L	E	M	U	R
R	E	S		S	P	O	O	F		L	A	P	P	S

Thu 8/15/2013
W	I	P	E			D	M	V			U	S	E	D
A	D	A	M		C	R	U	E	T		N	E	A	R
R	O	T	C		R	A	N	T	O		P	I	T	Y
		S	E	A	O	F	C	O	R	T	E	Z
	E	Y	E	O	F	T	H	E	T	I	G	E	R
C	F	C		R	T	S		D	E	B		D	E	A
E	F	L	A	T	S				S	E	R	U	M	S
L	E	I	C	A		M	U	D		R	E	P	O	S
E	T	N	A		B	A	N	J	O		H	O	T	E
B	E	E	I	N	O	N	E	S	B	O	N	N	E	T
			B	A	S				S	E	Q
	S	E	E	Y	O	U	I	N	C	O	U	R	T
M	A	W	R		M	C	G	E	E		I	O	U	S
I	G	O	R		E	L	G	I	N		S	A	N	E
C	A	K	Y		D	A	Y	N	E		T	R	E	X

This puzzle was written by one of my mother's favorite constructors.

I had EYE OF THE TIGER and BEE IN ONES BONNET for the longest time, and it took me a great deal of digging to come up with two more consistent theme answers. Thankfully I SEIZED UPON SEE YOU IN COURT while digging deep into the xwordinfo database.

But even then, the grid layout was a bear, because the mismatched lengths (11, 13, 15, 13) not only required mirror symmetry but extra black squares, and I ended up having to stack two theme answers due to all the constraints. The west and east sections were remarkably difficult to fill, so I had to think a long time to come up with a good clue to rescue E FLATS as an answer (luckily I've listened to the 1812 Overture well over a thousand times!).

I wasn't sure if the overall construction was actually feasible, so after many iterations, I was simply pleased to escape with all my fingers still intact.

– puzzle by Jeff Chen

Fri 8/16/2013
A	T	W	A	R		F	L	E	E		S	A	P	S
B	U	R	M	A		R	A	I	L		C	L	A	W
O	N	I	O	N	R	I	N	G	S		R	E	N	E
D	E	S	K		O	N	T	H	E	L	E	V	E	L
E	S	T		P	U	G	E	T		E	W	E	L	L
		B	A	L	L	E	R	I	N	A	S
P	R	A	G	U	E		N	E	E	D		P	B	S
D	Y	N	A	S	T	S		S	A	F	A	R	I	S
Q	E	D		S	T	E	P		R	O	D	E	O	S
			P	I	E	A	L	A	M	O	D	E
G	E	O	R	G		T	A	C	I	T		M	A	P
E	R	G	O	N	O	M	I	C	S		L	P	G	A
I	R	I	S		B	A	T	E	S	M	O	T	E	L
C	O	V	E		I	T	E	S		I	R	E	N	E
O	R	E	S		T	E	D	S		L	E	D	T	O

Two days before Christmas 1983, I lost my best friend to an automobile accident. I remember having two thoughts upon hearing the news. One, I must survive this. Two, it will be a long time before life is normal again. The poet John Ciardi said that "Hell is the denial of the ordinary." Blessed is routine. I had been yanked out of mine.

During this trying period, I couldn't read, couldn't concentrate. One evening, I turned to my stack of puzzle books. It was providing me, I realized, some manner of psychological white noise. As long as I was going back and forth, back and forth, the grief was kept at bay.

After a few months, who knows where it came from, the idea occurred: I bet I could do this. I constructed five anacrostics and wonder of wonders, they were accepted. For the next 16 years, I filled my days with anacrostics, crosswords, cryptograms, variety puzzles, and loved every minute.

One thing I can say about this particular puzzle is how much and how long I agonized over one entry. A constructor has to avoid the taboo, the politically incorrect, even the merely tasteless. It seemed screamingly iffy to me, and I worked a long time trying to find something else, anything else. No go. So I hope solvers will have some fun with this one.

– puzzle by Dana Motley

Sat 8/17/2013
A	B	L	E		M	S	N	B	C		A	B	R	A
N	A	A	N		I	L	I	E	D		M	E	A	N
T	Y	P	E	W	R	I	T	E	R	S	T	A	N	D
F	A	D		H	O	T	S	P	O	T		R	D	A
A	R	E	N	A	S				M	E	C	C	A	N
R	E	S	E	T		A	N	N		P	O	U	L	T
M	A	K	E	M	I	N	E	A	D	O	U	B	L	E
			D	E	L	I	C	I	O	U	S
S	I	D	E	W	A	L	K	A	R	T	I	S	T	S
O	T	E	R	O		L	S	D		S	N	A	R	E
M	E	S	S	R	S				M	I	S	L	E	D
E	M	E		R	A	D	I	O	A	D		T	V	A
S	O	R	R	Y	F	O	R	T	H	E	W	A	I	T
A	N	T	I		E	L	A	T	E		E	I	N	E
Y	E	S	M		S	E	N	O	R		T	R	O	D

The starting point for this puzzle was actually the symmetrical interlocking design (and "smiley face"), followed by my trying to fit in some conversational phrases. I was concerned that TYPEWRITER STAND would be a bit dated as well as any reference to the "Brothers" brand but, heck, there are quite a few of us older solvers out there.

Writing themeless puzzles, like solving them, is still a work in progress for me, a learning experience: firstly, to be able to fill the grid with words/phrases that as much as possible allow for inventive cluing. Secondly, this puzzle showed me how Will Shortz can take a potential Saturday puzzle and alter its clues in an astonishingly inventive way to increase both challenge and interest, with a lot of humor thrown in as well.

– puzzle by Ed Sessa

Sun 8/18/2013 EDGINESS
T	E	L	E	P	H	O	N	E		B	A	R		C	L	O	T	H	E	S
I	N	I	T	I	A	L	E	D		R	U	E		R	A	V	I	O	L	I
C	H	A	S	T	I	S	E	D		A	T	L		U	N	E	N	D	E	D
K	A	I			R	O	S	Y		C	O	I	N	S		R	E	S	E	E
E	L	S		I	S	N	O		R	E	P	E	A	T	E	D
T	O	E	A	T			N	A	N		I	F	F	I	E	R		C	A	F
			D	O	G	G		R	A	I	L		T	E	R	I	G	A	R	R
O	F	M	E		R	I	C	O		N	O	P	A	R		V	E	R	G	E
F	O	E	S		A	L	O	U	E	T	T	E			D	E	S	R	E	E
F	U	N	T		B	R	O	N	T	E		R	I	S	E	S		I	N	T
E	R	N	E		B	O	R	D	E	R	L	I	N	E	S		M	E	T	H
N	C	O		S	A	Y	S	T		B	I	M	I	N	I		A	S	I	R
S	O	N	T	A	G			H	O	R	S	E	C	A	R		N	O	N	O
I	L	I	E	D		B	E	E	N	E		T	E	T	E		G	N	A	W
V	O	T	E	D	F	O	R		I	D	L	E		E	S	S	E
E	R	E		L	I	B	I	D	O		A	R	R			G	R	I	N	D
				E	N	S	C	O	N	C	E		E	T	A	T		D	O	O
P	I	C	A	S		L	A	U	D	E		S	T	U	B			I	T	T
I	M	A	L	O	N	E		S	O	D		F	I	N	A	L	E	D	I	T
P	A	P	E	R	E	D		E	M	E		P	R	E	C	I	P	I	C	E
E	X	P	R	E	S	S		R	E	D		D	E	D	I	C	A	T	E	D

This is probably my "edgiest" 21x puzzle theme, and among the hardest to execute. Whew! The puzzle evolved over many months, close to a year. Note to budding constructors: Don't ever try a location-specific theme (in this case, theme words that follow the grid's perimeter) unless you're willing to tear your hair out, gnash your teeth and become a BORDERLINE psycho. The most time-grabbing work was yet to come — achieving an accessible fill. Good puzzle themes need it; an interesting fill allows solvers to build out to the edges and discover the theme. Many versions later, I came up with this one. The FINAL EDIT was indeed a relief. A memorable grid word was SADDLE SORE ("'It's a real pain in the butt"). Though not part of the theme, it plainly sums up the construction process. All in all, the final product was well worth the effort. A "fringe" benefit. :)

I hope you enjoy it!

– puzzle by Elizabeth C. Gorski

Mon 8/19/2013
Y	A	K	S		L	E	A	P	E	R		A	M	P
A	D	A	M		A	L	P	I	N	E		G	E	E
O	M	N	I		P	O	P	P	Y	S	E	E	D	S
	O	G	R	E	S		L	E	A		X	O	U	T
S	N	A	K	E	E	Y	E	S		R	I	N	S	E
F	I	R		O	D	E			D	O	G	E	A	R
O	S	O	S			A	E	R	A	T	E
	H	O	N	O	R	S	T	U	D	E	N	T	S
			O	R	A	T	O	R			T	R	I	M
T	R	A	C	E	D			A	S	A		A	D	A
H	E	R	O	S		W	A	L	L	P	A	P	E	R
E	C	O	N		B	A	G		I	P	O	D	S
C	A	M	E	R	A	F	I	L	M		R	O	L	L
O	N	A		O	R	E	L	S	E		T	O	I	T
W	T	S		B	E	R	E	T	S		A	R	P	S

In the beginning I was sending in so many puzzles and getting so many rejections, it's hard to remember the trials and tribulations of each one. I thank Will, though, for considering my many attempts and offering helpful suggestions.

I think this puzzle has one of the few themes that came to me spontaneously - inspired by a roll of toilet paper. That roll didn't make the final cut, but there were many other theme entry possibilities to work with. By that time I had rounded up some family members to serve as testers and take the heat off my husband, a faithful NYT solver. That helped me to step back from the puzzle and get some perspective before my final edit.

– puzzle by Jean O'Conor

Tue 8/20/2013
I	N	T	O		R	O	S	A		P	A	S	T	A
N	O	R	I		O	B	I	S		A	R	N	E	L
F	I	E	L	D	W	O	R	K		T	R	I	N	I
A	D	A		U	S	E		F	S	T	O	P	S
M	E	T	O	O			H	O	L	Y	W	E	E	K
Y	A	Y	S		T	H	E	R	O	D		D	U	I
			K	A	S	E	M			U	N	A	P	T
		L	A	B	O	R	M	A	R	K	E	T
S	T	A	R	S			I	C	E	E	S
N	O	B		S	O	N	N	E	T		T	E	R	M
L	U	C	K	Y	D	O	G			A	S	T	E	R
	S	O	U	S	E	D		R	A	T		U	G	H
P	L	A	N	T		D	O	U	B	L	E	D	A	Y
B	E	T	T	E		E	V	I	L		M	E	L	D
A	S	S	A	M		D	O	N	E		I	S	E	E

Don: I heard the name Abner Doubleday and thought it was interesting. Knowing how CC feels about baseball, I thought she would enjoy it.

– puzzle by Zhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo

Wed 8/21/2013
S	T	A	N	D		A	N	A	T		O	W	N	S
S	I	N	E	W		D	E	C	O		W	A	A	C
W	A	I	T	A	N	D	S	E	E		I	S	T	O
				R	E	O				U	N	H	A	T
G	O	O	F	F	O	N	A	T	A	N	G	E	N	T
M	A	R	A			S	U	R	F	S		S	T	Y
C	H	A	C	H	A		S	U	R	A	L
S	U	L	T	A	N	A	T	E	O	F	O	M	A	N
			A	R	D	O	R		S	E	N	O	R	A
G	I	A		L	O	U	I	S			G	E	A	R
I	N	S	T	A	N	T	A	N	E	O	U	S	L	Y
J	A	P	A	N				A	N	N
O	T	I	S		U	N	A	T	T	E	S	T	E	D
E	I	R	E		Z	I	N	C		I	C	A	R	E
S	E	E	D		I	T	C	H		L	I	N	E	S

First, thanks to Jeff and XWord Info for presenting this forum. As I recall, the idea for this one just popped in my head, as they sometimes do, and I thought it would be fun to give solvers a hidden-word puzzle-in-a-puzzle. I was very fortunate to come up with the theme entries, especially those that contained TAN twice. After working out the placement of these theme entries within the grid, I got even more lucky to find some nice fill that could string two or more of these together; getting AUSTRIA to cross all three in the middle really worked very nicely.

Will offered a number of suggestions, which led to some reworking of a few areas, and this resulted in a nicer and cleaner final version. I then drafted up the clues which I aimed to be fresh and lively. Besed on the theme, Will thought it would be good to run during beach season. I hope you all enjoy! I guess we'll just have to WAIT AND SEE!

– puzzle by Jonathan Gersch

Thu 8/22/2013
C	T	H	E	D	O	G	S	O	F	F		B	A	C
I	H	A	V	E	N	O	I	D	E	A		A	P	B
O	R	I	O	L	E	S	N	E	S	T		T	H	O
P	O	L		A	T	S	E	A		C	R	O	I	X
E	W	E	S		W	I	S		C	A	A	N	S
			P	R	O	P		H	T	T	P
A	L	G	A	E			O	R	R		S	E	T	A
D	O	N	T	C	U	S	W	E	L	L	C	Y	O	U
S	O	U	L		R	O	E			T	I	E	R	S
			E	M	I	T		D	O	D	O
	A	P	S	O	S		H	E	T		N	C	A	R
C	H	I	E	N		C	A	P	E	S		A	M	O
A	O	L		G	U	A	D	A	L	C	A	N	A	L
T	R	E		S	T	P	A	U	L	I	G	I	R	L
C	A	S		T	O	O	C	L	O	S	E	T	O	C

I sent Will my first version of this crossword more than two years ago. It was the thirteenth puzzle I constructed. Before August 2011, I'd received nothing but rejections from the NY Times so "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" just popped into my head.

I was trying to figure out how to use it as a theme when I found Ms. Kelly's June 22, 2006, Point of no return rebus. Thanks to Ms. Kelly, problem solved. The original grid, with eight unsymmetrical call boxes, wasn't exciting enough, but Will did like 38A. That was all the inspiration I needed to construct an entirely new version. I decided, in this case, that less was more, so I went with a call box in each corner along with the two in 38A. The only other answers in both versions are BACALL and CALLAS.

Sadly, this version was rejected, too, which surprised me because my mentor, Adam Perl, had a slightly different take: "I thought this puzzle was fantastic - challenging without being frustrating. The theme is excellent and very well carried through the puzzle. 'Don't call us...' was brilliant. The two sets of three eleven letter words were very good. I didn't find anything too crosswordy in it." Based on Adam's encouraging words, I decided to give it one more shot and added CALL BOX to the grid. Will wrote back, "Your CALL rebus 15x is looking pretty good…"

Hope you enjoyed it as much as Adam.

– puzzle by Stu Ockman

POW Fri 8/23/2013
P	E	D	I	C	A	B		B	R	A	P	A	D	S
A	R	I	G	A	T	O		E	A	T	E	N	U	P
P	A	N	A	R	A	B		R	I	H	A	N	N	A
A	S	K		L	L	B		T	S	A	R	I	S	M
			T	O	O	L	S		I	N	L	E	T	S
J	U	S	T	A	S	E	C	O	N	D
U	N	I	O	N	S	H	O	P	S		M	O	E	T
B	U	R	P	S		E	N	E		W	E	L	S	H
A	M	I	S		M	A	C	N	C	H	E	E	S	E
				R	I	D	E	S	H	O	T	G	U	N
S	T	R	A	W	S		S	E	A	L	S
W	E	E	L	A	S	S		C	L	E		I	R	E
A	P	L	E	N	T	Y		R	U	B	S	O	U	T
B	E	A	R	D	E	N		E	P	I	C	W	I	N
S	E	X	T	A	P	E		T	A	T	I	A	N	A

Oddly enough, this puzzle's seed answer — JUBA — was also one of the shortest. The South Central was the hardest part to construct, mostly because I clung to SIDESHOW BOB at 40-Across for-ev-er (pronounced Sandlot style). Also, I must have been hungry when I made this since a CHALUPA and MACNCHEESE combo is downright delicious.

– puzzle by Ian Livengood

Sat 8/24/2013
X	E	N	O		A	L	I	S	T		G	R	A	F
A	T	O	N		L	E	N	T	O		H	A	L	O
C	H	O	C	O	L	A	T	E	S	H	A	K	E	S
T	A	K	E	N	O	P	R	I	S	O	N	E	R	S
O	N	S		C	U	T	A	N	D	P	A	S	T	E
			G	U	T			M	O	T
Z	A	I	R	E		S	E	A	W	O	R	T	H	Y
A	R	N	O		S	P	U	R	N		A	S	I	A
K	I	C	K	S	T	A	R	T		O	N	K	E	Y
				P	E	R			M	F	G
I	M	A	G	I	N	E	T	H	A	T		S	A	M
C	O	M	E	T	O	T	H	E	R	E	S	C	U	E
A	P	P	L	E	P	I	E	A	L	A	M	O	D	E
R	U	L	E		A	R	U	D	E		U	N	I	T
E	P	E	E		D	E	N	S	E		G	E	T	S

Sun 8/25/2013 CAPITAL L'S
E	W	E	R		N	A	P	A		E	E	L	E	R		C	A	C	T	I
B	A	R	I	T	O	N	E	S		U	V	U	L	A		O	R	L	O	N
B	R	I	G	H	T	E	S	T		R	O	C	K	C	O	N	C	E	R	T
S	E	N	S	O	R		T	O	P	E	K	A		E	N	V		A	T	E
				R	E	C	O	R	D		E	S	Q		D	E	N	V	E	R
	J	U	N	E	A	U		I	O	N	S		U	T	E	R	O
M	A	N	I		D	O	S	A	G	E		R	E	I	S	S	U	I	N	G
T	R	I	P	T	Y	C	H		S	A	T	E	E	N		E	N	D	U	E
A	S	T	E	R		O	E	D		L	A	B	R	A	T		C	E	D	E
			R	I	D		L	O	S	E	T	O		C	A	V	E	S	I	N
S	A	P		B	O	S	T	O	N		A	U	S	T	I	N		T	E	A
P	R	E	M	E	D	S		D	O	E	S	N	T		L	E	T
R	O	N	A		O	H	D	A	R	N		D	E	S		C	I	T	E	S
I	M	A	C	S		O	R	D	E	A	L		R	I	S	K	F	R	E	E
G	A	L	A	P	A	G	O	S		T	E	R	E	S	A		F	O	N	Z
			R	I	N	G	O		C	E	C	E		A	L	B	A	N	Y
H	E	L	E	N	A		P	A	R		A	T	T	L	E	E
I	T	O		C	I	D		P	I	E	R	R	E		T	R	A	V	I	S
T	H	I	S	I	S	A	T	E	S	T		I	N	P	A	T	I	E	N	T
U	N	S	E	T		L	O	R	C	A		A	B	U	G	S	L	I	F	E
P	O	E	S	Y		Y	O	Y	O	S		L	C	D	S		S	L	O	W

Once I had the idea for this puzzle, I was pleasantly surprised to see that there are exactly eight six-letter state capitals (not counting my own STPAUL!), and that all of them had workable three-letter blocks. It was a bit of a challenge trying to make a grid with enough room for the L's all to fit symmetrically. I also didn't want any six-letter words starting with the first three-letter block because it would be too misleading. PIETAS at 116-Across is the one, and I decided that by then, the solver would probably have figured out what is going on and would not be inclined to write PIETAS like a normal entry.

The fill was difficult but ended up okay, and then Will cleaned up some weak spots. I tried some other things at various times (NITTANY for TIFFANY, DENTISTS for DENOUNCE), but this is where it ended up. If it weren't for Kaley CUOCO, I am not sure that I would have been able to unsnarl the NW quarter of the puzzle. I hope that people enjoyed it.

– puzzle by Victor Barocas

Mon 8/26/2013
L	E	G	I	T		G	L	O		O	B	A	M	A
A	L	I	T	O		A	O	L		T	U	D	O	R
M	A	N	U	P		S	W	E	E	T	T	A	L	K
P	L	A	N	B		S	H	O	V	E		M	E	S
			E	A	S	Y	A		I	R	A	S
F	R	E	S	N	O		N	F	L		R	A	C	E
L	E	A		A	D	A	G	E		B	I	P	E	D
A	R	S	O	N		M	I	R		L	A	P	S	E
S	U	T	R	A		E	N	N	U	I		L	A	N
K	N	O	B		A	N	G		S	N	E	E	R	S
		R	S	V	P		F	E	E	D	S
O	V	A		N	E	A	R	S		D	P	L	U	S
C	E	N	T	E	R	C	U	T		A	I	O	L	I
H	I	G	H	C		T	I	E		T	E	N	E	T
S	L	E	E	K		S	T	S		E	D	G	E	S

I was researching potential words to justify vertical theme answers. Why? Why not, I say. "Hanging" was vertically appropriate and that led to LOW HANGING FRUIT. I scrapped BLIND MELON at 38-Down since the band wasn't quite Monday-appropriate as a theme answer and, most important, the fruit grew in the ground instead of dangling from a tree. Hope solvers like this one, it's hard to make 'em any easier. Come for the SWEET TALK, stay for the CENTER CUT. Enjoy!

– puzzle by Ian Livengood

Tue 8/27/2013
C	L	A	M		A	N	G	L	E		A	B	B	Y
A	I	D	A		R	O	L	E	X		S	A	L	A
S	T	O	R	M	F	R	O	N	T		S	C	U	M
T	U	R	B	O		M	O	T	O		U	K	E	S
S	P	E	L	L	S		M	O	L	A	R	S
			E	T	C	H				G	E	T	B	Y
H	O	S	S		H	O	L	D	M	E		A	R	A
E	N	T		T	W	O	D	O	O	R		G	A	P
A	C	E		E	A	T	S	U	P		B	E	T	S
P	E	E	V	E				R	E	B	A
		L	O	D	G	E	S		R	O	T	G	U	T
I	N	T	O		A	N	N	E		S	H	O	V	E
N	E	R	D		F	R	E	N	C	H	O	P	E	N
C	I	A	O		F	O	R	G	O		I	R	A	E
A	L	P	O		E	N	T	R	Y		L	O	S	T

Initially I had TWODOOR as 45-down with CARFIRE symmetrically placed in the 4-down slot. This led to some uninspiring fill, a change of plan, and the theme placement as you see it today. Thanks to Nancy Salomon for help on the development of this theme.

– puzzle by Jacob McDermott

Wed 8/28/2013
B	A	B	E		E	M	I	T	S		I	T	C	H
I	C	E	S		N	A	S	A	L		S	O	L	O
T	H	E	S	U	L	T	A	N	O	F	S	W	A	T
S	E	R	E	N	I	T	Y		W	O	U	N	D	S
			S	I	S			P	A	R	E
H	A	T		S	T	A	T	U	T	E		H	S	T
O	A	H	U		E	T	O	N		G	R	A	T	E
P	R	E	S	I	D	E	N	T	H	O	O	V	E	R
E	G	R	E	T		A	G	E	E		D	R	I	P
S	H	E		A	R	M	A	D	A	S		E	N	S
			A	L	E	S			R	U	B
H	O	R	R	I	D		M	A	K	E	U	P	T	O
I	H	A	D	A	B	E	T	T	E	R	Y	E	A	R
T	I	T	O		A	R	G	O	N		E	R	I	C
S	O	A	R		T	E	E	M	S		R	U	T	H

This is a textbook quote puzzle. The textbook was Mankiw's "Principles of Microeconomics". It was my freshman year in college (go 32-Down!), and we were learning about inflation. Fun fact: in today's dollars, 1-/67-Across would be outearned by the average MLB player, whereas 38-Across would make more than twice as much as his current counterpart. Well, I say fun. I mean egregious. Hope you liked the puzzle.

– puzzle by Erik Agard

Thu 8/29/2013
T	T	A		D	R	O	L		D	E	M	Y	H	R
Y	H	T		N	A	M	O		E	L	I	O	T	E
R	E	T	R	A	C	E	N	A	C	I	R	R	U	H
O	S	H	O		E	R	D	N	A			L	O	C
	A	E	L		S	T	O	T		S	T	I	M	O
E	U	G	E	S		A	N	I	R	T	A	K
K	R	Y	P	T	O				A	I	G
G	I	M	L	E	T		E		O	F	N	E	W	T
			A	P	O				S	E	I	N	E	S
		T	Y	P	H	O	O	N		B	R	I	D	E
R	E	U	S	E		I	P	U	T		E	L	Y
A	N	T			G	L	E	N	S		E	W	E	S
B	R	O	O	K	L	Y	N	C	Y	C	L	O	N	E
B	O	R	N	E	O		E	I	R	E		H	O	V
I	N	S	E	A	M		R	O	T	S		C	H	E

The original (rejected) version had THE PERFECT STORM at 55a, crossing OF NEWT. Having found a way to thread two EYE extensions (of which there were precious few) through two theme answers apiece, I was sure no other suitable 15-letter entries existed and so stopped looking. I felt fortunate to have those entries and was convinced the puzzle's constraints all but precluded alternatives. There must have been 30 ways to fill the lower middle, none of which was more than marginally acceptable. Every attempt included at least two of the following: TMAC, NOTCHY, OEUF, EFOR, NTS, PUNTO. Discouraged, I began researching again.

As soon as BROOKLYN CYCLONE materialized I thought I might have hit the jackpot. The new entry filled the un-fillable section cleanly and improved half the grid. The rush of such an aha moment during construction, when a seemingly intractable grid or fill problem resolves itself, dwarfs all the happy epiphanies I've experienced while solving.

From a practical standpoint the hardest parts to fill were where entries ran in only one wrong direction and crossed three themers (the ROLE PLAYS/LEERING AT sections), and the transition areas where abutting entries ran in opposite directions. These sections required spacial gymnastics that are difficult to describe but involved rotations about axes and bizarre, walled-in grid patterns. (I'm hopeless at filling by hand). Strangely enough, finishing the NE corner was a simple matter of filling a modified SW corner and reverse-transposing the fill back to the NE.

Thank you for reading and solving!

– puzzle by Timothy Polin

Fri 8/30/2013
M	I	C	H	E	L	E	B	A	C	H	M	A	N	N
S	T	R	A	T	E	G	I	C	R	O	U	T	E	S
T	H	E	L	A	T	E	L	A	T	E	S	H	O	W
	A	T	T	S		R	I	P		S	E	E	N
N	C	I	S		S	I	O	U	X		D	I	A	Z
C	A	N		E	P	A	U	L	E	T		S	T	E
O	N	S	T	A	R		S	C	R	A	M	M	E	D
			A	S	I	F		O	O	P	S
A	F	L	U	T	T	E	R		X	E	S	O	U	T
D	O	E		S	E	R	A	P	E	S		V	S	O
O	R	A	L		S	R	T	A	S		B	E	B	E
	S	V	E	N		A	R	I		T	E	R	P
H	U	E	V	O	S	R	A	N	C	H	E	R	O	S
U	R	B	A	N	D	I	C	T	I	O	N	A	R	Y
P	E	E	R	A	S	S	E	S	S	M	E	N	T	S

I submitted the original version of this puzzle in October 2011, when I was 14. Will rejected it in January 2012 because of a few pieces of ugly short fill (RALE, STG, USAR, and MUSTA), though he liked the 15-letter entries. I couldn't salvage the bottom stack because of STG, though I was able to keep the top one; after many hours of grid wrangling, I came up with a new bottom stack, which I felt contained stronger short fill than the original did. I sent Will the current version of this puzzle in February 2012. Although he wasn't fond of the columns of three-letter entries along the sides and the un-Scrabbly PEER ASSESSMENTS at the bottom, he accepted the puzzle in June 2012.

Will did an excellent job of editing my clues — I particularly like the brilliant "Formula one?" and "Modern mouse hole?"! Also, I'm glad he made my original MICHELE BACHMANN clue ("Candidate who called 'The Lion King' gay propaganda") less controversial. I hope you enjoy solving this one as much as I enjoyed constructing it!

– puzzle by David Steinberg

POW Sat 8/31/2013
J	I	M	M	Y	F	A	L	L	O	N		P	B	J
A	R	E	Y	O	U	R	E	A	D	Y		A	L	A
K	I	N	G	S	R	A	N	S	O	M		R	O	C
E	S	S	O		L	B	S		R	E	R	A	C	K
S	H	A	D	S		I	C	K		T	I	C	K	S
				O	S	C	A	R	S		S	H	A	Q
T	I	S	S	U	E		P	I	E		K	U	D	U
O	T	H	E	L	L	O		S	A	G	E	T	E	A
G	A	O	L		M	A	C		M	O	D	E	S	T
A	L	O	E		A	T	O	A	S	T
P	I	T	C	H		S	N	L		O	M	E	G	A
A	C	E	T	I	C		S	A	W		A	L	U	M
R	I	M		M	A	G	I	N	O	T	L	I	N	E
T	Z	U		O	R	I	G	I	N	A	L	S	I	N
Y	E	P		M	E	A	N	S	T	R	E	E	T	S

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86 ms

O	B	S		A	F	I	R	S	T		T	W	I	G
R	A	T		S	L	O	O	P	S		H	O	N	E
C	R	A	C	K	U	N	D	E	R	F	O	R	C	E
A	C	T	A		E	S	S	A		A	R	E	A
S	A	U	R	O	N			K	O	S
	R	E	D	U	C	E	D	I	S	T	A	N	C	E
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H	A	Z	E	S		E	R	G		C	E	C	I	L
E	G	A	D		I	C	E	T	E	A
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				O	N	O			V	O	L	U	M	E
	T	H	U	D		R	A	N	I		O	L	E	S
P	H	Y	S	I	C	S	F	O	R	M	U	L	A	S
C	O	M	E		D	E	T	R	O	P		E	R	E
P	U	N	S		S	T	A	I	N	S		N	Y	X

K	I	D	N	E	Y	B	E	A	N		L	A	T	E
A	N	Y	O	N	E	E	L	S	E		E	R	I	S
T	R	E	N	C	H	C	O	A	T		G	E	N	T
Z	E	D				A	I	R	F	R	A	N	C	E
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S	H	I	I	T	E	S		L	I	S	T
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M	A	N	T	R	A	S		B	R	A	D	A	W	L
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S	E	V	E	N	A	M		U	B	E	R
P	L	E	C	T	R	U	M	S				G	W	B
L	E	G	O		I	R	A	Q	I	D	I	N	A	R
I	V	A	N		C	A	Y	U	G	A	L	A	K	E
T	E	N	D		E	I	S	E	N	H	O	W	E	R

S	O	T		H	A	B	E	R	D	A	S	H	E	R
W	H	O		O	N	C	L	O	U	D	N	I	N	E
E	P	A		R	I	C	K	Y	N	E	L	S	O	N
E	L	F	M	A	N		H	A	N	S		M	R	T
T	E	A	R	S		B	A	L	E		K	A	M	A
S	A	R	I		W	O	R	F		A	N	S	E	L
O	S	E		W	A	X	T	A	B	L	E	T
P	E	T	M	I	C	E		M	A	E	W	E	S	T
		H	I	T	O	R	M	I	S	S		R	P	I
G	O	E	T	H		B	A	L	K		M	S	R	P
A	R	E	A		O	R	L	Y		T	I	V	O	S
S	S	W		G	A	I	L		W	O	N	O	U	T
L	I	E	D	E	T	E	C	T	O	R		I	T	E
O	N	L	I	N	E	F	O	R	U	M		C	U	R
G	O	L	D	E	N	S	P	I	K	E		E	P	S

P	A	C	E	S		A	F	T	S		L	I	L	T			K	E	P	I
U	B	O	L	T		G	A	U	L		A	S	I	A		D	I	C	E	S
R	A	R	E	R		A	R	B	O	R	I	S	T	S		I	N	T	R	A
R	A	N	G	E		K	E	E	P	S	C	U	T	T	I	N	G	O	U	T
		E	Y	E	S	H	A	D	E	S		E	L	I	T	E	S
F	D	R		T	E	A	S				A	R	E	N	A		I	M	P	S
J	U	S	T	W	E	N	T	D	O	W	N			G	L	A	Z	E	R	S
O	B	T	A	I	N			U	N	E	V	E	N			T	E	N	O	R
R	O	O	M	S		H	A	S	S	T	I	L	L	G	O	T	B	U	G	S
D	I	N		E	B	E	R	T		S	L	O	W	L	A	N	E
	S	E	W		A	X	E						E	A	T		D	A	H
			A	D	R	E	N	A	L	S		A	S	S	Y	R		T	A	J
F	A	I	L	E	D	S	O	M	E	T	E	S	T	S		H	E	A	V	E
R	U	B	L	E			T	O	N	N	E	S			M	U	L	D	E	R
A	D	E	P	T	A	T			I	S	O	N	T	H	E	B	L	I	N	K
N	I	T	A		L	A	T	I	N				H	U	L	A		S	T	Y
			P	I	P	P	I	N		E	C	C	E	N	T	R	I	C
D	E	V	E	L	O	P	E	D	A	S	H	O	R	T		B	R	O	O	M
O	Z	A	R	K		I	D	E	N	T	I	C	A	L		P	O	U	R	S
T	R	I	E	S		N	Y	E	T		D	O	M	E		I	N	N	E	R
S	A	N	D			G	E	D	S		E	A	S	Y		E	S	T	O	P

A	G	I	T	A		C	L	O	C	K		S	R	A
R	O	G	E	R		R	O	C	H	E		H	E	N
C	O	U	N	T	R	Y	S	T	A	R		A	L	A
A	G	A	S	S	I		E	A	R		E	L	A	L
D	O	N	E		F	O	R	D	G	A	L	A	X	Y
E	L	A	S	T	I	C		S	E	T	T	L	E	S
S	S	S		I	F	A	T			C	O	A	S	T
			K	E	I	T	H	M	O	O	N
C	A	S	A	S			Y	E	P	S		P	S	A
A	S	C	R	I	B	E		N	E	T	G	A	I	N
P	H	O	E	N	I	X	S	U	N		I	R	A	N
S	T	U	N		G	P	A		U	P	T	I	M	E
I	R	R		D	A	I	L	Y	P	L	A	N	E	T
Z	A	G		S	P	R	E	E		A	N	G	S	T
E	Y	E		T	E	E	M	S		N	O	S	E	E

A	S	S			D	I	S	C		S	W	I	S	S
D	A	K		S	E	R	T	A		P	I	N	T	A
D	Y	E		T	A	K	E	C	H	A	N	C	E	S
U	N	T	I	E			I	T	A		D	A	M	S
P	O	C	K	E	T	K	N	I	V	E	S
		H	E	R	O	N			E	R	O	D	E	S
E	L	B	A		T	O	R	E		A	R	E	N	A
B	O	O		C	O	P	C	A	R	S		M	V	P
A	L	O	H	A		F	A	T	E		B	O	Y	S
Y	A	K	I	M	A			U	N	I	O	N
			P	I	N	C	H	P	E	N	N	I	E	S
I	R	I	S		N	R	A			U	N	Z	I	P
L	I	F	T	W	E	I	G	H	T	S		I	D	A
L	O	S	E	R		M	A	M	I	E		N	E	T
S	T	O	R	Y		P	R	O	P			G	R	E

S	E	I	S		A	B	J	E	C	T		A	R	E
C	Y	S	T		P	R	A	G	U	E		T	A	R
A	R	L	O		R	I	N	G	E	D		S	I	N
R	E	A	L	M	O	N	E	Y		I	T	E	M	S
			E	E	N	Y			K	U	W	A	I	T
C	H	I	N	A			U	M	A	M	I
Z	O	O	M	L	E	N	S	E	S		S	T	N	S
A	L	T	O		L	O	O	S	E		T	O	U	T
R	E	A	M		I	N	N	A	M	E	O	N	L	Y
			E	S	T	E	E			X	F	I	L	E
S	C	O	N	C	E			P	E	A	L
Q	U	I	T	E		K	I	L	L	M	E	N	O	W
U	R	N		N	E	W	D	A	D		M	A	C	H
A	S	K		E	L	A	I	N	E		O	S	H	A
D	E	S		S	I	N	G	E	R		N	A	S	T

D	O	G	G	Y	B	A	G		P	A	W	S	A	T
E	R	A	S	A	B	L	E		A	X	I	O	M	S
F	I	S	H	H	O	O	K		L	E	S	S	E	E
L	O	L	A		Y	U	K	S		S	H	O	R	T
A	L	A	R	M			O	O	H		B	R	I	S
T	E	M	P	E	S	T		D	I	V	O	R	C	E
E	S	P		S	O	I	L		T	O	N	Y	A	S
			H	O	R	S	E	S	H	O	E
S	H	R	U	N	K		D	I	E	D		M	A	A
M	A	I	L	S	I	N		P	R	O	F	E	S	S
U	S	D	A		N	O	R			O	I	N	K	S
S	H	A	H	S		T	O	L	D		R	O	S	A
H	O	B	O	E	S		T	I	R	E	I	R	O	N
E	U	L	O	G	Y		C	L	E	A	N	C	U	T
S	T	E	P	O	N		S	T	A	R	G	A	T	E

O	M	A	H	A		E	L	M	S		S	E	R	F
H	E	L	E	N		K	I	C	K	B	O	X	E	R
C	A	P	R	I		G	E	R	A	L	D	I	N	E
A	T	H	O	M	E		S	I	T	U	A	T	E	D
L	E	A	N	E	R	S		B	E	E	P
C	A	B	S		R	E	F			B	O	O	S	T
U	T	E		N	A	I	L	C	L	I	P	P	E	R
T	E	T		A	N	N	U	L	A	R		E	L	I
T	R	I	B	U	T	E	B	A	N	D		N	F	C
A	S	C	O	T			S	I	C		P	E	S	O
			A	I	R	S		R	E	O	R	D	E	R
S	C	O	T	L	A	N	D		T	H	E	F	E	D
A	R	T	M	U	S	E	U	M		A	L	I	K	E
K	A	T	E	S	P	A	D	E		R	A	R	E	R
E	B	O	N		S	K	E	W		E	W	E	R	S

G	O	D	E	L	E	S	C	H	E	R	B	A	C	H
P	R	I	V	A	T	E	A	U	D	I	E	N	C	E
S	U	M	A	N	D	S	U	B	S	T	A	N	C	E
			D	E	S		G	R	E	A	T
P	A	N	E	S		P	H	I	L		I	N	D	S
O	R	O	S		B	E	T	S		A	F	O	O	T
T	A	K		Z	O	R	A		C	R	I	N	G	E
S	P	O	K	E	O	F	F	T	H	E	C	U	F	F
D	A	M	A	S	K		E	R	O	S		S	O	A
A	H	I	N	T		Z	W	E	I		L	E	O	N
M	O	S	S		D	E	W	Y		P	A	R	D	O
			A	T	A	R	I		A	I	M
O	N	E	S	E	C	O	N	D	P	L	E	A	S	E
P	U	T	S	T	H	E	K	I	B	O	S	H	O	N
S	T	A	T	E	A	S	S	I	S	T	A	N	C	E

O	B	S		A	F	I	R	S	T		T	W	I	G
R	A	T		S	L	O	O	P	S		H	O	N	E
C	R	A	C	K	U	N	D	E	R	F	O	R	C	E
A	C	T	A		E	S	S	A		A	R	E	A
S	A	U	R	O	N			K	O	S
	R	E	D	U	C	E	D	I	S	T	A	N	C	E
				T	Y	R	A	N	T		T	I	M	E
H	A	Z	E	S		E	R	G		C	E	C	I	L
E	G	A	D		I	C	E	T	E	A
P	O	P	U	L	A	T	I	O	N	M	A	S	S
				O	N	O			V	O	L	U	M	E
	T	H	U	D		R	A	N	I		O	L	E	S
P	H	Y	S	I	C	S	F	O	R	M	U	L	A	S
C	O	M	E		D	E	T	R	O	P		E	R	E
P	U	N	S		S	T	A	I	N	S		N	Y	X

K	I	D	N	E	Y	B	E	A	N		L	A	T	E
A	N	Y	O	N	E	E	L	S	E		E	R	I	S
T	R	E	N	C	H	C	O	A	T		G	E	N	T
Z	E	D				A	I	R	F	R	A	N	C	E
			L	U	L	U		U	L	U	L	A	T	E
S	H	I	I	T	E	S		L	I	S	T
W	A	R	G	A	M	E		E	X	T	E	N	D	S
U	H	O	H								N	C	A	A
M	A	N	T	R	A	S		B	R	A	D	A	W	L
			S	U	V	A		R	E	V	E	R	S	E
S	E	V	E	N	A	M		U	B	E	R
P	L	E	C	T	R	U	M	S				G	W	B
L	E	G	O		I	R	A	Q	I	D	I	N	A	R
I	V	A	N		C	A	Y	U	G	A	L	A	K	E
T	E	N	D		E	I	S	E	N	H	O	W	E	R

S	O	T		H	A	B	E	R	D	A	S	H	E	R
W	H	O		O	N	C	L	O	U	D	N	I	N	E
E	P	A		R	I	C	K	Y	N	E	L	S	O	N
E	L	F	M	A	N		H	A	N	S		M	R	T
T	E	A	R	S		B	A	L	E		K	A	M	A
S	A	R	I		W	O	R	F		A	N	S	E	L
O	S	E		W	A	X	T	A	B	L	E	T
P	E	T	M	I	C	E		M	A	E	W	E	S	T
		H	I	T	O	R	M	I	S	S		R	P	I
G	O	E	T	H		B	A	L	K		M	S	R	P
A	R	E	A		O	R	L	Y		T	I	V	O	S
S	S	W		G	A	I	L		W	O	N	O	U	T
L	I	E	D	E	T	E	C	T	O	R		I	T	E
O	N	L	I	N	E	F	O	R	U	M		C	U	R
G	O	L	D	E	N	S	P	I	K	E		E	P	S

P	A	C	E	S		A	F	T	S		L	I	L	T			K	E	P	I
U	B	O	L	T		G	A	U	L		A	S	I	A		D	I	C	E	S
R	A	R	E	R		A	R	B	O	R	I	S	T	S		I	N	T	R	A
R	A	N	G	E		K	E	E	P	S	C	U	T	T	I	N	G	O	U	T
		E	Y	E	S	H	A	D	E	S		E	L	I	T	E	S
F	D	R		T	E	A	S				A	R	E	N	A		I	M	P	S
J	U	S	T	W	E	N	T	D	O	W	N			G	L	A	Z	E	R	S
O	B	T	A	I	N			U	N	E	V	E	N			T	E	N	O	R
R	O	O	M	S		H	A	S	S	T	I	L	L	G	O	T	B	U	G	S
D	I	N		E	B	E	R	T		S	L	O	W	L	A	N	E
	S	E	W		A	X	E						E	A	T		D	A	H
			A	D	R	E	N	A	L	S		A	S	S	Y	R		T	A	J
F	A	I	L	E	D	S	O	M	E	T	E	S	T	S		H	E	A	V	E
R	U	B	L	E			T	O	N	N	E	S			M	U	L	D	E	R
A	D	E	P	T	A	T			I	S	O	N	T	H	E	B	L	I	N	K
N	I	T	A		L	A	T	I	N				H	U	L	A		S	T	Y
			P	I	P	P	I	N		E	C	C	E	N	T	R	I	C
D	E	V	E	L	O	P	E	D	A	S	H	O	R	T		B	R	O	O	M
O	Z	A	R	K		I	D	E	N	T	I	C	A	L		P	O	U	R	S
T	R	I	E	S		N	Y	E	T		D	O	M	E		I	N	N	E	R
S	A	N	D			G	E	D	S		E	A	S	Y		E	S	T	O	P

A	G	I	T	A		C	L	O	C	K		S	R	A
R	O	G	E	R		R	O	C	H	E		H	E	N
C	O	U	N	T	R	Y	S	T	A	R		A	L	A
A	G	A	S	S	I		E	A	R		E	L	A	L
D	O	N	E		F	O	R	D	G	A	L	A	X	Y
E	L	A	S	T	I	C		S	E	T	T	L	E	S
S	S	S		I	F	A	T			C	O	A	S	T
			K	E	I	T	H	M	O	O	N
C	A	S	A	S			Y	E	P	S		P	S	A
A	S	C	R	I	B	E		N	E	T	G	A	I	N
P	H	O	E	N	I	X	S	U	N		I	R	A	N
S	T	U	N		G	P	A		U	P	T	I	M	E
I	R	R		D	A	I	L	Y	P	L	A	N	E	T
Z	A	G		S	P	R	E	E		A	N	G	S	T
E	Y	E		T	E	E	M	S		N	O	S	E	E

A	S	S			D	I	S	C		S	W	I	S	S
D	A	K		S	E	R	T	A		P	I	N	T	A
D	Y	E		T	A	K	E	C	H	A	N	C	E	S
U	N	T	I	E			I	T	A		D	A	M	S
P	O	C	K	E	T	K	N	I	V	E	S
		H	E	R	O	N			E	R	O	D	E	S
E	L	B	A		T	O	R	E		A	R	E	N	A
B	O	O		C	O	P	C	A	R	S		M	V	P
A	L	O	H	A		F	A	T	E		B	O	Y	S
Y	A	K	I	M	A			U	N	I	O	N
			P	I	N	C	H	P	E	N	N	I	E	S
I	R	I	S		N	R	A			U	N	Z	I	P
L	I	F	T	W	E	I	G	H	T	S		I	D	A
L	O	S	E	R		M	A	M	I	E		N	E	T
S	T	O	R	Y		P	R	O	P			G	R	E

S	E	I	S		A	B	J	E	C	T		A	R	E
C	Y	S	T		P	R	A	G	U	E		T	A	R
A	R	L	O		R	I	N	G	E	D		S	I	N
R	E	A	L	M	O	N	E	Y		I	T	E	M	S
			E	E	N	Y			K	U	W	A	I	T
C	H	I	N	A			U	M	A	M	I
Z	O	O	M	L	E	N	S	E	S		S	T	N	S
A	L	T	O		L	O	O	S	E		T	O	U	T
R	E	A	M		I	N	N	A	M	E	O	N	L	Y
			E	S	T	E	E			X	F	I	L	E
S	C	O	N	C	E			P	E	A	L
Q	U	I	T	E		K	I	L	L	M	E	N	O	W
U	R	N		N	E	W	D	A	D		M	A	C	H
A	S	K		E	L	A	I	N	E		O	S	H	A
D	E	S		S	I	N	G	E	R		N	A	S	T

D	O	G	G	Y	B	A	G		P	A	W	S	A	T
E	R	A	S	A	B	L	E		A	X	I	O	M	S
F	I	S	H	H	O	O	K		L	E	S	S	E	E
L	O	L	A		Y	U	K	S		S	H	O	R	T
A	L	A	R	M			O	O	H		B	R	I	S
T	E	M	P	E	S	T		D	I	V	O	R	C	E
E	S	P		S	O	I	L		T	O	N	Y	A	S
			H	O	R	S	E	S	H	O	E
S	H	R	U	N	K		D	I	E	D		M	A	A
M	A	I	L	S	I	N		P	R	O	F	E	S	S
U	S	D	A		N	O	R			O	I	N	K	S
S	H	A	H	S		T	O	L	D		R	O	S	A
H	O	B	O	E	S		T	I	R	E	I	R	O	N
E	U	L	O	G	Y		C	L	E	A	N	C	U	T
S	T	E	P	O	N		S	T	A	R	G	A	T	E

O	M	A	H	A		E	L	M	S		S	E	R	F
H	E	L	E	N		K	I	C	K	B	O	X	E	R
C	A	P	R	I		G	E	R	A	L	D	I	N	E
A	T	H	O	M	E		S	I	T	U	A	T	E	D
L	E	A	N	E	R	S		B	E	E	P
C	A	B	S		R	E	F			B	O	O	S	T
U	T	E		N	A	I	L	C	L	I	P	P	E	R
T	E	T		A	N	N	U	L	A	R		E	L	I
T	R	I	B	U	T	E	B	A	N	D		N	F	C
A	S	C	O	T			S	I	C		P	E	S	O
			A	I	R	S		R	E	O	R	D	E	R
S	C	O	T	L	A	N	D		T	H	E	F	E	D
A	R	T	M	U	S	E	U	M		A	L	I	K	E
K	A	T	E	S	P	A	D	E		R	A	R	E	R
E	B	O	N		S	K	E	W		E	W	E	R	S

G	O	D	E	L	E	S	C	H	E	R	B	A	C	H
P	R	I	V	A	T	E	A	U	D	I	E	N	C	E
S	U	M	A	N	D	S	U	B	S	T	A	N	C	E
			D	E	S		G	R	E	A	T
P	A	N	E	S		P	H	I	L		I	N	D	S
O	R	O	S		B	E	T	S		A	F	O	O	T
T	A	K		Z	O	R	A		C	R	I	N	G	E
S	P	O	K	E	O	F	F	T	H	E	C	U	F	F
D	A	M	A	S	K		E	R	O	S		S	O	A
A	H	I	N	T		Z	W	E	I		L	E	O	N
M	O	S	S		D	E	W	Y		P	A	R	D	O
			A	T	A	R	I		A	I	M
O	N	E	S	E	C	O	N	D	P	L	E	A	S	E
P	U	T	S	T	H	E	K	I	B	O	S	H	O	N
S	T	A	T	E	A	S	S	I	S	T	A	N	C	E

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Puzzles for August, 2013 with Constructor comments

Puzzles for August, 2013
with Constructor comments

O	B	S		A	F	I	R	S	T		T	W	I	G
R	A	T		S	L	O	O	P	S		H	O	N	E
C	R	A	C	K	U	N	D	E	R	F	O	R	C	E
A	C	T	A		E	S	S	A		A	R	E	A
S	A	U	R	O	N			K	O	S
	R	E	D	U	C	E	D	I	S	T	A	N	C	E
				T	Y	R	A	N	T		T	I	M	E
H	A	Z	E	S		E	R	G		C	E	C	I	L
E	G	A	D		I	C	E	T	E	A
P	O	P	U	L	A	T	I	O	N	M	A	S	S
				O	N	O			V	O	L	U	M	E
	T	H	U	D		R	A	N	I		O	L	E	S
P	H	Y	S	I	C	S	F	O	R	M	U	L	A	S
C	O	M	E		D	E	T	R	O	P		E	R	E
P	U	N	S		S	T	A	I	N	S		N	Y	X

K	I	D	N	E	Y	B	E	A	N		L	A	T	E
A	N	Y	O	N	E	E	L	S	E		E	R	I	S
T	R	E	N	C	H	C	O	A	T		G	E	N	T
Z	E	D				A	I	R	F	R	A	N	C	E
			L	U	L	U		U	L	U	L	A	T	E
S	H	I	I	T	E	S		L	I	S	T
W	A	R	G	A	M	E		E	X	T	E	N	D	S
U	H	O	H								N	C	A	A
M	A	N	T	R	A	S		B	R	A	D	A	W	L
			S	U	V	A		R	E	V	E	R	S	E
S	E	V	E	N	A	M		U	B	E	R
P	L	E	C	T	R	U	M	S				G	W	B
L	E	G	O		I	R	A	Q	I	D	I	N	A	R
I	V	A	N		C	A	Y	U	G	A	L	A	K	E
T	E	N	D		E	I	S	E	N	H	O	W	E	R

S	O	T		H	A	B	E	R	D	A	S	H	E	R
W	H	O		O	N	C	L	O	U	D	N	I	N	E
E	P	A		R	I	C	K	Y	N	E	L	S	O	N
E	L	F	M	A	N		H	A	N	S		M	R	T
T	E	A	R	S		B	A	L	E		K	A	M	A
S	A	R	I		W	O	R	F		A	N	S	E	L
O	S	E		W	A	X	T	A	B	L	E	T
P	E	T	M	I	C	E		M	A	E	W	E	S	T
		H	I	T	O	R	M	I	S	S		R	P	I
G	O	E	T	H		B	A	L	K		M	S	R	P
A	R	E	A		O	R	L	Y		T	I	V	O	S
S	S	W		G	A	I	L		W	O	N	O	U	T
L	I	E	D	E	T	E	C	T	O	R		I	T	E
O	N	L	I	N	E	F	O	R	U	M		C	U	R
G	O	L	D	E	N	S	P	I	K	E		E	P	S

P	A	C	E	S		A	F	T	S		L	I	L	T			K	E	P	I
U	B	O	L	T		G	A	U	L		A	S	I	A		D	I	C	E	S
R	A	R	E	R		A	R	B	O	R	I	S	T	S		I	N	T	R	A
R	A	N	G	E		K	E	E	P	S	C	U	T	T	I	N	G	O	U	T
		E	Y	E	S	H	A	D	E	S		E	L	I	T	E	S
F	D	R		T	E	A	S				A	R	E	N	A		I	M	P	S
J	U	S	T	W	E	N	T	D	O	W	N			G	L	A	Z	E	R	S
O	B	T	A	I	N			U	N	E	V	E	N			T	E	N	O	R
R	O	O	M	S		H	A	S	S	T	I	L	L	G	O	T	B	U	G	S
D	I	N		E	B	E	R	T		S	L	O	W	L	A	N	E
	S	E	W		A	X	E						E	A	T		D	A	H
			A	D	R	E	N	A	L	S		A	S	S	Y	R		T	A	J
F	A	I	L	E	D	S	O	M	E	T	E	S	T	S		H	E	A	V	E
R	U	B	L	E			T	O	N	N	E	S			M	U	L	D	E	R
A	D	E	P	T	A	T			I	S	O	N	T	H	E	B	L	I	N	K
N	I	T	A		L	A	T	I	N				H	U	L	A		S	T	Y
			P	I	P	P	I	N		E	C	C	E	N	T	R	I	C
D	E	V	E	L	O	P	E	D	A	S	H	O	R	T		B	R	O	O	M
O	Z	A	R	K		I	D	E	N	T	I	C	A	L		P	O	U	R	S
T	R	I	E	S		N	Y	E	T		D	O	M	E		I	N	N	E	R
S	A	N	D			G	E	D	S		E	A	S	Y		E	S	T	O	P

A	G	I	T	A		C	L	O	C	K		S	R	A
R	O	G	E	R		R	O	C	H	E		H	E	N
C	O	U	N	T	R	Y	S	T	A	R		A	L	A
A	G	A	S	S	I		E	A	R		E	L	A	L
D	O	N	E		F	O	R	D	G	A	L	A	X	Y
E	L	A	S	T	I	C		S	E	T	T	L	E	S
S	S	S		I	F	A	T			C	O	A	S	T
			K	E	I	T	H	M	O	O	N
C	A	S	A	S			Y	E	P	S		P	S	A
A	S	C	R	I	B	E		N	E	T	G	A	I	N
P	H	O	E	N	I	X	S	U	N		I	R	A	N
S	T	U	N		G	P	A		U	P	T	I	M	E
I	R	R		D	A	I	L	Y	P	L	A	N	E	T
Z	A	G		S	P	R	E	E		A	N	G	S	T
E	Y	E		T	E	E	M	S		N	O	S	E	E

A	S	S			D	I	S	C		S	W	I	S	S
D	A	K		S	E	R	T	A		P	I	N	T	A
D	Y	E		T	A	K	E	C	H	A	N	C	E	S
U	N	T	I	E			I	T	A		D	A	M	S
P	O	C	K	E	T	K	N	I	V	E	S
		H	E	R	O	N			E	R	O	D	E	S
E	L	B	A		T	O	R	E		A	R	E	N	A
B	O	O		C	O	P	C	A	R	S		M	V	P
A	L	O	H	A		F	A	T	E		B	O	Y	S
Y	A	K	I	M	A			U	N	I	O	N
			P	I	N	C	H	P	E	N	N	I	E	S
I	R	I	S		N	R	A			U	N	Z	I	P
L	I	F	T	W	E	I	G	H	T	S		I	D	A
L	O	S	E	R		M	A	M	I	E		N	E	T
S	T	O	R	Y		P	R	O	P			G	R	E

S	E	I	S		A	B	J	E	C	T		A	R	E
C	Y	S	T		P	R	A	G	U	E		T	A	R
A	R	L	O		R	I	N	G	E	D		S	I	N
R	E	A	L	M	O	N	E	Y		I	T	E	M	S
			E	E	N	Y			K	U	W	A	I	T
C	H	I	N	A			U	M	A	M	I
Z	O	O	M	L	E	N	S	E	S		S	T	N	S
A	L	T	O		L	O	O	S	E		T	O	U	T
R	E	A	M		I	N	N	A	M	E	O	N	L	Y
			E	S	T	E	E			X	F	I	L	E
S	C	O	N	C	E			P	E	A	L
Q	U	I	T	E		K	I	L	L	M	E	N	O	W
U	R	N		N	E	W	D	A	D		M	A	C	H
A	S	K		E	L	A	I	N	E		O	S	H	A
D	E	S		S	I	N	G	E	R		N	A	S	T

D	O	G	G	Y	B	A	G		P	A	W	S	A	T
E	R	A	S	A	B	L	E		A	X	I	O	M	S
F	I	S	H	H	O	O	K		L	E	S	S	E	E
L	O	L	A		Y	U	K	S		S	H	O	R	T
A	L	A	R	M			O	O	H		B	R	I	S
T	E	M	P	E	S	T		D	I	V	O	R	C	E
E	S	P		S	O	I	L		T	O	N	Y	A	S
			H	O	R	S	E	S	H	O	E
S	H	R	U	N	K		D	I	E	D		M	A	A
M	A	I	L	S	I	N		P	R	O	F	E	S	S
U	S	D	A		N	O	R			O	I	N	K	S
S	H	A	H	S		T	O	L	D		R	O	S	A
H	O	B	O	E	S		T	I	R	E	I	R	O	N
E	U	L	O	G	Y		C	L	E	A	N	C	U	T
S	T	E	P	O	N		S	T	A	R	G	A	T	E

O	M	A	H	A		E	L	M	S		S	E	R	F
H	E	L	E	N		K	I	C	K	B	O	X	E	R
C	A	P	R	I		G	E	R	A	L	D	I	N	E
A	T	H	O	M	E		S	I	T	U	A	T	E	D
L	E	A	N	E	R	S		B	E	E	P
C	A	B	S		R	E	F			B	O	O	S	T
U	T	E		N	A	I	L	C	L	I	P	P	E	R
T	E	T		A	N	N	U	L	A	R		E	L	I
T	R	I	B	U	T	E	B	A	N	D		N	F	C
A	S	C	O	T			S	I	C		P	E	S	O
			A	I	R	S		R	E	O	R	D	E	R
S	C	O	T	L	A	N	D		T	H	E	F	E	D
A	R	T	M	U	S	E	U	M		A	L	I	K	E
K	A	T	E	S	P	A	D	E		R	A	R	E	R
E	B	O	N		S	K	E	W		E	W	E	R	S

G	O	D	E	L	E	S	C	H	E	R	B	A	C	H
P	R	I	V	A	T	E	A	U	D	I	E	N	C	E
S	U	M	A	N	D	S	U	B	S	T	A	N	C	E
			D	E	S		G	R	E	A	T
P	A	N	E	S		P	H	I	L		I	N	D	S
O	R	O	S		B	E	T	S		A	F	O	O	T
T	A	K		Z	O	R	A		C	R	I	N	G	E
S	P	O	K	E	O	F	F	T	H	E	C	U	F	F
D	A	M	A	S	K		E	R	O	S		S	O	A
A	H	I	N	T		Z	W	E	I		L	E	O	N
M	O	S	S		D	E	W	Y		P	A	R	D	O
			A	T	A	R	I		A	I	M
O	N	E	S	E	C	O	N	D	P	L	E	A	S	E
P	U	T	S	T	H	E	K	I	B	O	S	H	O	N
S	T	A	T	E	A	S	S	I	S	T	A	N	C	E