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Aidan Deshong author page
6 puzzles by Aidan Deshong
with Jim Horne comments
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| F | A | M | H | I | S | E | M | N | C | E | ||||
| R | E | C | K | O | N | A | I | L | P | A | T | |||
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| N | E | A | L | E | I | L | L | W | A | T | C | H | ||
| C | A | F | E | S | N | O | M | E | G | E | A | R | ||
| E | N | T | C | D | T | A | G | E | N | D | A | |||
| G | O | E | S | I | N | T | O | T | E | N | ||||
| P | O | I | R | O | T | M | O | A | N | S | ||||
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| P | E | E | P | E | R | N | I | A | L | I | V | E | ||
| U | N | D | E | R | M | T | R | Y | F | E | E | D |
| A | C | C | O | S | T | A | S | S | E | T | S | |||
| W | A | L | U | I | G | I | B | L | I | G | H | T | ||
| C | R | O | S | T | I | N | I | H | A | N | G | E | R | |
| M | O | U | T | H | E | P | S | O | M | W | W | I | ||
| O | L | D | S | B | E | H | A | R | S | H | I | P | ||
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| C | U | T | A | N | D | P | A | S | T | E | ||||
| J | U | S | T | B | E | C | A | U | S | E | ||||
| E | A | S | T | E | R | C | A | N | D | Y | ||||
| T | A | M | P | S | E | A | S | E | S | C | U | D | ||
| E | R | A | S | L | A | S | T | S | R | O | P | E | ||
| T | M | I | Y | O | K | E | L | H | E | S | S | E | ||
| R | A | S | T | A | S | S | E | A | O | T | T | E | R | |
| I | R | V | I | N | E | S | P | O | R | C | L | E | ||
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This is the 9th time this grid pattern has been used. Mr. Williams has 6 of them.
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| S | T | E | V | I | A | B | A | S | E | L | I | N | E | |
| O | R | S | L | U | M | E | N | L | E | A | S | T | ||
| R | I | C | O | T | T | A | K | I | M | O | N | O | S | |
| B | A | H | A | S | E | P | I | A | A | R | E | |||
| L | I | S | P | L | E | M | M | E | ||||||
| C | I | R | C | L | E | S | B | A | C | K | ||||
| S | Y | R | I | A | C | L | E | F | ||||||
| H | A | D | E | P | S | O | M | A | E | R | O | |||
| A | V | E | N | G | E | R | D | U | S | T | P | A | N | |
| G | E | N | O | A | I | L | E | F | T | S | I | M | ||
| R | E | V | I | L | I | N | G | F | E | M | A | L | E | |
| I | N | E | S | K | G | B | L | E | A | K | E | D | ||
| D | O | R | Y | E | S | T | E | L | D | E | R | S |
CIRCLES BACK at 37-Across means that the starred clues (the across answers with circles) need to be read first by skipping the circles, and then circling back to include them. Or more simply, move the CIRCLES to the BACK of the words.
- BA(S)(E)LINE → BALINESE
- RI(C)O(T)TA → RIOT ACT
- (K)(I)MONOS → MONOSKI
- (A)(V)ENG(E)R → ENGRAVE
- (D)(U)ST(P)AN → STANDUP
- (R)EVIL(I)(N)G → EVIL GRIN
Once again, we see that the words before and after transformation are all legitimate crossword entries. It's the modern crossword ANTE for gimmicks like this.
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| L | O | W | E | L | A | I | N | E | B | O | O | T | H | ||
| U | N | E | M | I | X | E | D | R | E | S | U | L | T | S | |
| S | E | E | Y | O | U | U | M | A | R | E | P | O | |||
| H | I | T | O | R | M | I | S | S | R | B | I | ||||
| T | I | D | Y | L | E | E | F | I | S | C | A | L | |||
| I | D | E | A | C | O | W | A | U | T | H | O | R | S | ||
| S | O | P | P | A | S | S | A | B | L | E | N | I | A | ||
| T | W | I | D | D | L | E | B | U | S | E | A | S | T | ||
| O | N | E | W | A | Y | W | E | T | B | A | R | T | |||
| I | S | P | I | T | S | J | U | S | T | O | K | ||||
| A | T | T | N | S | A | G | D | R | Y | I | C | E | |||
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| A | S | S | E | T | N | E | A | T | E | N | S | T | U |
Oren joins Aidan on the Teenage Constructors page.
The NYT self-own at 61-Down is lovely.
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| S | M | I | T | E | S | P | A | R | R | I | O | S | |||
| E | N | D | W | I | L | M | I | N | G | T | O | N | |||
| D | I | E | T | J | U | N | O | D | E | N | A | D | A | ||
| O | F | F | S | E | T | R | O | P | E | S | |||||
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| E | R | O | D | E | U | N | E | A | S | E | |||||
| E | G | O | I | S | M | S | I | T | H | D | A | T | A | ||
| K | A | M | E | H | A | M | E | H | A | D | R | S | |||
| N | E | S | N | O | R | A | L | L | A | M | A | S | |||
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| P | S | I | R | A | T | E | C | A | T | E | R | E | R | ||
| M | T | N | E | L | S | E | C | O | O | L | E | S | T |
Interpret the first two letters of italicized clues as U.S. State abbreviations.
As of today, the FL Edge is still officially known as the Gulf of Mexico.
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| L | E | T | T | E | R | O | P | E | N | E | R | |||
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| P | E | I | S | P | E | D | L | E | S | M | I | S | ||
| A | R | T | D | E | W | A | N | T | ||||||
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| T | R | O | O | P | E | R | P | R | E | T | E | N | D | |
| E | T | H | E | R | S | S | Y | N | E | R | G | Y |