| Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
| 5 | 10/27/2005 | 9/25/2013 | 4 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rebus | Circle | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
| 1 | 1 | 1.53 | 25 | 49% |
Wed 9/25/2013
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| 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 |
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| S | O | D | A | | E | D | I | T | | S | L | E | E | T |
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Nice example of the "both halves of the theme entries can follow a certain word" theme type. Judge Vic and Bonnie are seasoned constructors and pull off this ambitious grid. Not only do they utilize six long theme answers but they intersect them. And then to top it off, they leave wide-open corners in the NW and SE when they could have broken them up (going from 76 words to 78 words). Bravo!
This is a difficult genre in which to construct, because it's often tough to find snappy two-word theme answers where both halves fit the "word that can follow X word" criteria. HOT WATER (hotline, water line) is fantastic, as is HARD TIME and AIR SUPPLY — three beautiful entries I would gladly put in one of my own puzzles. DATE BREAD and BOTTOM LAND seem to be "things", all right (at least according to the Google), but neither feels like a great answer to me. BUS SERVICE is certainly familiar, but not nearly as snazzy as the first three.
I appreciate how the theme entries stand out just due to puzzle layout, especially relevant because I felt yesterday's puzzle suffered a bit from this issue. I've highlighted the theme entries as a point of reference but note how it's not really necessary, as there are no answers longer than the themers.
Nice clean construction with very few ugly entries; the mark of pros at work. I had to search to find answers that I didn't like, which is always a great sign. RECOOK feels like a "roll-your-own" and TABOOED...at first I groaned a little, but after verifying that it actually can be used as a verb, I think I like it. Maybe if enough of us use it, we can make it "a thing", like eating a candy bar with a knife and fork. Or has that been tabooed?
Tue 11/24/2009
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| 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 |
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| O | F | T | H | E | D | A | Y | | O | N | A | S | S | I | S |
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| D | O | R | M | | G | A | S | | A | C | E | S | O | U | T |
Wed 6/20/2007
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| O | I | L | W | E | L | L | | A | R | E | A | M | A | P |
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| | | N | S | C | | T | S | Q | U | A | R | E | |
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| 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
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| 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 |
