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| 11 | 5/29/2006 | 3/23/2016 | 2 |
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| 2 | 1 | 1.58 | 37 | 33% |
Wed 3/23/2016
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I've always been impressed by Alex. I first encountered his work when I got tired of formatting my NYT crossword submissions by hand. It was such a relief to find his "puz2pdf" app, making my crossword life a lot easier. Another of his programs helps search for themers fitting the "both words can follow X" theme type.
The latter program made me curious — could he somehow write code to find answers where "all THREE words can follow X"? I'm a little tired of the "both words can follow X" trope, but I thought it would be really neat if we could up the ante.
Turns out it was a trivial task for him. We tried a few different key words, and when we hit upon "time," the list was long enough that it felt like we could mine it for good answers. Alex was rightfully skeptical when I mentioned how much I liked LONG LOST FATHER as an entry, but a little soap opera research (it's such a common trope) made us both happy with it. The grid work did take us a LONG (time). Apparently FATHER (time) is taking his toll on me. Now, to make up for LOST (time) ...
A lot of fun to work with Alex on this! Now, who's going to be the first to find an "all FOUR words follow X" theme …
Tue 1/24/2012
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Wed 8/18/2010
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Wed 6/23/2010
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Tue 4/13/2010
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| E | V | A | N | | I | N | K | | T | R | A | I | T | S |
| D | E | N | T | | A | N | Y | | S | O | R | E | S | T |
Thu 6/11/2009
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| T | O | N | T | O | | O | T | O | | W | A | I | L | | C | I | T | E |
| L | O | T | U | S | | R | A | S | | O | R | L | Y | | R | A | T | E |
| A | K | I | T | A | | E | C | O | | N | E | A | | T | U | N | E | S |
| N | A | T | T | Y | | M | O | U | N | T | R | U | S | H | M | O | R | E |
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Fri 9/19/2008
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| O | N | A | B | E | T | | T | R | A | C | E | | | |
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| S | E | E | M | S | | H | M | O | S | | A | B | B | A |
| T | A | P | E | | J | A | B | | | S | T | A | R | R |
| E | T | A | | L | A | K | E | O | N | T | A | R | I | O |
| R | E | S | | O | V | E | R | A | B | A | R | R | E | L |
| S | R | S | | G | A | S | S | T | A | T | I | O | N | S |
Thu 6/12/2008
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| E | A | R | | A | U | D | I | E | | N | E | W | E | L |
| S | R | S | | S | T | E | P | S | | E | N | L | A | I |
Thu 9/20/2007
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| T | L | M | A | | S | M | O | E | R | | H | E | R | M |
| N | A | I | R | | I | N | E | R | T | | R | I | G | A |
| S | P | L | E | N | D | I | D | | | B | I | N | E | T |
| | | F | E | E | S | | C | H | I | N | E | S | E |
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| H | O | W | E | | | C | L | A | R | O | | S | S | W |
| E | R | N | E | S | T | H | E | M | I | N | G | W | A | Y |
| M | A | S | | T | I | E | U | P | | | I | A | M | S |
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| E | G | O | T | R | I | P | | B | A | I | L | | | |
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| R | V | E | R | | R | E | S | I | N | | A | C | M | E |
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| S | S | N | S | | C | U | R | L | Y | | I | N | S | T |
Wed 8/29/2007
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| O | D | O | R | | B | O | R | A | X | | L | O | O | N |
| M | A | G | I | | A | R | E | N | T | | O | W | E | N |
| T | S | O | N | E | S | N | O | S | E | | W | A | Y | S |
| | | K | L | E | E | | | N | Y | E | | | |
| S | C | R | E | E | D | | U | N | D | E | R | M | Y | T |
| O | R | A | T | E | | G | R | E | E | N | | I | A | N |
| R | U | N | S | | N | A | I | A | D | | A | L | L | A |
| E | S | C | | P | E | N | A | L | | M | U | L | T | I |
| T | T | H | R | O | U | G | H | | R | E | D | E | A | L |
| | | H | E | R | | | Z | I | T | I | | | |
| Q | U | A | Y | | O | P | P | O | S | A | B | L | E | T |
| T | R | I | M | | S | A | O | N | E | | L | A | T | S |
| I | D | L | E | | I | N | N | E | R | | E | C | R | U |
| P | U | S | S | | S | E | E | D | S | | S | E | E | P |
Mon 5/29/2006
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| A | L | L | I | E | | A | I | D | A | | C | O | L | A |
| W | E | L | L | A | N | Y | W | A | Y | | H | O | E | S |
| D | I | A | L | | A | S | I | S | | R | A | N | C | H |
| S | C | H | E | R | Z | O | | | C | O | L | | | |
| | | | L | I | K | E | Y | O | U | K | N | O | W |
| L | I | M | B | S | | | F | I | R | E | S | I | D | E |
| O | D | O | R | | L | O | R | N | E | | U | N | I | S |
| K | E | R | O | S | E | N | E | | | S | P | E | N | T |
| I | M | E | A | N | C | O | M | E | O | N | | | | |
| | | D | U | H | | | I | S | O | B | A | R | S |
| D | W | E | E | B | | B | O | T | H | | E | L | E | C |
| R | I | D | S | | O | R | W | H | A | T | E | V | E | R |
| U | N | I | T | | S | O | L | E | | A | N | I | S | E |
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