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1 | 1 | 1.53 | 25 | 50% |
Wed 9/25/2013
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T | R | O | O | P | E | R | S | | I | M | E | L | D | A |
H | O | T | W | A | T | E | R | | R | E | C | O | O | K |
A | N | T | | D | E | B | | A | S | A | R | U | L | E |
N | C | O | S | | R | U | P | T | U | R | E | | | |
S | O | M | M | E | | S | T | E | P | | T | B | S | P |
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A | N | A | G | R | A | M | | P | L | U | G | S | I | N |
D | E | N | | N | T | S | B | | Y | E | A | S | | |
S | O | D | A | | E | D | I | T | | S | L | E | E | T |
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L | I | T | T | E | R | S | | J | A | I | | V | A | T |
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E | X | U | D | E | D | | D | O | S | S | I | E | R | S |
Vic: "Do you remember this puzzle?" I asked Bonnie.
Bonnie: Not so much.
Vic: So Jeff sent us a copy. I solved it in under an hour. Bonnie and I concluded that some time back one of us said to the other, "We need to collaborate on another Times crossword." That's a statement each of us has made many times over the years. Since my name is listed first, we think it was I who then said, "I'm thinking of a theme with 2-unit ILSAs*, in which the first and last unit can be the first unit in 2-unit ILSAs with a common second unit." Or words to that effect.
*(An ILSA is an "in-the-language stand-alone." I hope no one coined this acronym before I did, about five years ago. Here's to its being admitted to the dictionary someday! But I digress.)
LINE being the second unit in many a two-unit ILSA, we made a list of those, then worked with the first units to find our theme answers. We wanted at least six, and we wanted two pairs to be crossing in the northwest and southeast corners. The puzzle was submitted in October 2010 and accepted in December that year. Perhaps not wanting to risk comments like "That's so 2010!," Will rewrote most of our clues, though a couple of dozen survived unscathed. As always, he made the puzzle better.
Bonnie: I approve this message.
Tue 11/24/2009
G | U | M | T | R | E | E | | S | L | Y | | P | I | C | A |
E | N | C | H | A | N | T | | T | E | E | | I | D | O | L |
A | D | D | E | D | I | N | | A | T | T | H | E | E | N | D |
R | O | L | F | | G | A | V | E | | | I | P | A | N | A |
| | | I | B | M | | A | L | A | S | K | A | | | |
A | L | A | N | B | A | L | L | | W | H | E | N | A | L | L |
R | E | H | A | B | | E | I | T | H | E | R | | S | E | A |
E | V | E | L | | I | S | S | A | I | D | | A | K | I | N |
N | I | A | | C | O | S | E | L | L | | V | N | E | C | K |
A | N | D | D | O | N | E | | K | E | E | P | A | W | A | Y |
| | | U | N | S | E | A | T | | D | S | L | | | |
L | A | I | R | D | | | B | O | R | E | | Y | O | D | A |
O | F | T | H | E | D | A | Y | | O | N | A | S | S | I | S |
A | R | E | A | | I | R | S | | S | I | M | I | L | E | S |
D | O | R | M | | G | A | S | | A | C | E | S | O | U | T |
Wed 6/20/2007
T | H | E | | J | A | I | | | I | M | P | A | C | T |
O | I | L | W | E | L | L | | A | R | E | A | M | A | P |
Y | E | S | I | S | E | E | | M | A | N | L | E | S | S |
| | | N | S | C | | T | S | Q | U | A | R | E | |
P | A | I | G | E | | T | O | T | | S | C | I | | |
A | N | N | E | | T | E | N | E | T | | E | N | D | E |
L | A | N | D | T | A | X | | L | O | T | | D | I | A |
A | C | E | T | I | C | | | | P | A | T | I | O | S |
D | I | R | | T | I | S | | N | O | T | M | A | N | Y |
E | N | C | E | | T | A | R | O | T | | O | N | N | O |
| | I | V | E | | T | U | T | | E | B | S | E | N |
| C | R | O | S | S | A | T | | E | L | I | | | |
L | O | C | K | S | I | N | | B | U | E | L | L | E | R |
A | L | L | E | A | R | S | | A | L | G | E | B | R | A |
T | I | E | D | Y | E | | | D | A | Y | | O | A | T |
Sun 7/30/2006 FINANCIAL FUNNY BUSINESS
B | A | G | S | | P | R | I | S | O | N | | S | L | O | B | S | | R | H | E | A | S |
O | R | E | O | | C | O | N | T | R | A | | E | A | R | L | E | | H | E | L | L | O |
M | Y | O | U | T | P | U | T | I | S | D | O | W | N | B | U | T | | E | A | S | E | L |
B | A | R | R | I | S | T | E | R | | A | R | A | C | E | | S | T | O | R | A | G | E |
A | N | G | E | L | | | R | I | O | | A | G | E | | B | U | R | S | T | | | |
Y | S | E | R | | M | Y | I | N | C | O | M | E | I | S | U | P | I | T | A | K | E | A |
| | | | T | E | E | M | | T | R | A | | T | O | T | | P | A | C | E | R | S |
P | O | M | P | O | U | S | | F | E | B | | A | O | R | T | A | | T | H | A | N | T |
S | H | O | R | T | P | O | S | I | T | I | O | N | | T | I | M | E | | E | N | E | R |
A | S | N | O | T | | R | E | S | | T | A | T | E | | N | A | N | U | | E | S | O |
L | A | T | T | E | | | A | C | E | | F | I | L | L | | I | O | N | A | | | |
M | Y | E | A | R | | C | L | A | S | S | | C | L | O | W | N | | T | R | I | S | H |
| | | X | E | N | A | | L | S | T | S | | A | A | A | | | A | R | N | I | E |
S | A | W | | D | U | M | A | | O | J | O | S | | V | I | C | | N | I | G | E | R |
A | V | O | W | | T | E | R | M | | O | N | T | H | E | L | O | N | G | B | O | N | D |
M | I | R | E | S | | O | R | A | L | E | | I | O | S | | C | O | L | A | D | A | S |
B | A | L | B | O | A | | I | D | A | | L | E | O | | S | O | R | E | | | | |
A | N | D | M | Y | R | E | V | E | N | U | E | S | T | R | E | A | M | | D | C | I | I |
| | | A | B | B | I | E | | D | N | A | | S | U | D | | | M | E | A | N | T |
C | L | O | S | E | S | T | | O | L | I | N | S | | A | U | T | O | P | A | R | T | S |
O | U | T | T | A | | H | A | S | I | T | S | O | W | N | C | A | S | H | F | L | O | W |
S | I | R | E | N | | E | Z | I | N | E | | A | I | D | E | R | S | | T | I | N | A |
T | S | A | R | S | | R | O | S | E | S | | R | E | A | D | T | O | | O | N | E | R |
Thu 10/27/2005
U | R | A | L | | | S | A | N | E | | S | C | U | M |
G | E | N | E | | I | T | H | O | T | | O | H | N | O |
A | M | I | R | | S | I | E | R | R | A | N | E | D | A |
N | O | M | | F | L | E | A | | E | M | I | L | E | |
D | U | A | N | E | E | D | D | Y | | P | A | I | R | S |
A | N | T | O | N | Y | | | O | W | S | | E | G | O |
| T | E | E | D | | M | I | K | E | | T | R | O | Y |
| | | L | I | T | T | L | E | E | V | A | | | |
B | I | B | S | | W | I | L | L | | A | S | I | F | |
A | M | O | | D | A | D | | | C | L | E | R | I | C |
S | P | U | M | E | | A | T | T | H | E | R | E | A | R |
| A | L | I | C | E | | R | O | O | T | | S | N | E |
E | L | E | T | O | R | C | A | R | S | | P | I | C | S |
P | E | R | T | | A | R | I | S | E | | A | G | E | S |
A | D | D | S | | S | O | L | O | | | K | N | E | E |