See the 45 answer words debuted by Dan Feyer.
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H | I | S | H | O | N | O | R | A | U | S | T | E | N | O | R | B | I | T | ||
I | N | L | E | T | L | I | E | I | N | S | U | R | E | E | N | O | U | G | H | |
S | K | O | R | T | N | E | A | R | S | T | R | Y | I | T | ||||||
R | E | E | F | Q | U | A | C | K | S | E | A | T | S | A | T | |||||
I | N | F | I | D | E | L | C | A | S | T | R | O | G | E | N | O | E | S | E | |
M | O | O | N | I | O | B | E | I | N | B | O | X | S | E | A | T | S | |||
A | F | L | A | T | P | G | A | S | P | A | R | T | A | S | W | A | T | |||
R | U | I | N | E | D | S | T | S | U | S | M | C | A | G | E | |||||
I | N | C | A | N | O | P | E | N | E | R | S | N | O | O | A | R | E | D | ||
I | N | J | U | R | Y | T | A | M | P | E | R | I | N | G | ||||||
V | E | R | S | E | L | I | T | I | N | F | I | E | L | D | G | O | A | L | ||
A | V | E | R | A | S | E | A | N | O | L | O | R | D | L | Y | |||||
N | E | A | P | C | A | P | E | R | S | Y | O | U | S | O | D | A | S | |||
I | N | D | U | C | T | T | A | P | E | M | A | Y | N | T | E | M | O | |||
S | L | U | S | H | I | E | I | N | T | A | K | E | C | O | N | T | R | O | L | |
H | Y | P | H | E | N | S | C | A | R | J | O | A | V | E | O | |||||
B | S | I | D | E | I | E | V | E | R | C | R | O | W | E | ||||||
I | N | F | A | N | C | Y | P | A | N | T | S | L | I | N | K | E | D | I | N | |
F | A | R | C | E | E | A | R | N | I | T | S | N | E | E | R | I | N | G | ||
S | M | O | K | Y | S | L | E | E | P | Y | E | G | G | D | O | N | O | R |
Did you ever watch MAN VS. BEAST? Ultimately it disappointed, but the promise of bizarre matchups like a man trying to outrace a giraffe / a speed-eater racing a Kodiak bear was too good to pass up. So today we at XWord Info bring you …
MAN-MACHINE vs. MACHINE-MAN!
In the blue corner is a computer with heart — you better believe it's smart — trained by a programmer with a whole lotta glamor. Its processor is so fast it once got citations for doing way too many calculations; its ability so fine it'll drive you out of your mind. I give you … DR. FILL!
In the red corner, we have the five-time ACPT champion. Half-man, half-amazing, and half-blazing (yes, he runs at 150%, folks); he towers like Big Ben (and of course, writes in pen). The bookies have had to make up NEW NUMBERS in order to take bets on him this year! Personally, I like the eleventy-pi to negative j odds that our champion will show up the good doctor, especially given that HE'S DOING HIS OWN PUZZLE AS FAST AS HE CAN.
Okay, let's set some ground rules. I'll count any error as a 15 second penalty. Other than that, THERE ARE NO RULES. (Except the ones I'll make up as we go.) I want to see a good dirty fight. Solvers ready? FIGHT!
Dr. Fill comes out with a quick flurry of bytes, his jabs and crosses landing hard. Folks, it looks like the champ is taking a beating! Feyer's on the ropes, taking ONERs to the solar plexus. He's looking POTTED!
But wait! Feyer comes back with a flurry of his own, finishing the puzzle out in 2:48, leaving the good doctor reeling in confusion. The doctor is staggering! Toppling! And the doctor is down! Let's count it out … 16 wrong squares. I declare the winner… the MACHINE-MAN! Er, the MAN-MACHINE!
Straightforward but fun "add two letters" puzzle today. INFANCY PANTS made me giggle. Impressive theme density, and going down to 138 words makes the task even harder. There's some strain with a few partials and gluey bits, but it's neat to see Dan flex his constructing muscles.
(Special thanks to Matt Ginsberg for indulging my bizarre whims. Now, to pit Dr. Fill against a honey badger ...)
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A | R | R | I | D | E | I | N | E | Z | O | O | T | ||
S | P | A | C | E | B | A | R | G | E | R | O | P | E | |
C | H | A | R | L | I | E | C | H | A | N | G | E | ||
B | R | U | I | S | E | S | H | E | Y | U | L | |||
R | O | L | E | W | H | E | T | P | L | I | N | Y | ||
A | B | A | T | S | A | R | I | C | E | |||||
B | R | E | A | K | I | N | G | B | A | D | G | E | ||
W | I | I | S | A | L | T | A | D | D | |||||
A | Z | T | E | C | S | T | Y | E | E | R | G | O | ||
D | U | H | H | I | E | W | A | N | D | E | R | |||
O | R | I | G | I | N | A | L | S | I | N | G | E | ||
R | I | C | O | E | V | I | L | T | W | I | N | G | E | |
E | C | K | O | P | E | S | O | A | N | I | M | A | ||
S | H | E | D | T | R | A | P | R | E | A | C | T |
D | A | D | A | S | S | I | S | T | S | J | A | C | K | S | N | A | N | |||
A | R | A | T | U | R | N | P | R | O | E | B | O | A | T | U | Z | I | |||
N | I | G | H | T | V | I | S | I | O | N | J | O | U | L | E | M | E | X | ||
C | O | M | E | A | S | A | N | Y | B | U | R | N | E | R | E | R | E | |||
I | S | A | A | C | K | N | E | E | P | A | N | T | S | L | U | R | I | D | ||
N | O | R | T | H | V | I | E | T | N | A | M | E | S | E | I | N | I | |||
S | E | E | N | S | S | R | L | E | N | S | C | A | P | |||||||
A | N | N | S | L | E | D | T | R | I | P | I | G | U | A | N | A | ||||
B | I | A | S | D | R | O | S | S | A | N | I | O | N | B | L | E | W | |||
E | X | T | O | R | T | N | A | P | A | V | A | L | L | E | Y | V | W | S | ||
O | I | L | Y | N | O | V | A | C | A | N | C | Y | U | T | A | H | ||||
A | N | O | N | O | W | V | O | Y | A | G | E | R | S | L | A | L | O | M | ||
M | E | N | S | S | T | A | R | E | E | R | O | D | E | D | U | P | E | |||
P | R | A | I | S | E | N | Y | R | O | W | E | N | D | E | E | L | ||||
M | A | L | T | E | S | E | D | P | S | C | O | O | K | |||||||
V | A | N | N | O | R | F | O | L | K | V | I | R | G | I | N | I | A | |||
T | H | E | R | E | L | O | R | D | M | A | Y | O | R | O | N | E | N | D | ||
A | O | L | S | C | A | L | A | R | X | F | L | T | O | D | A | T | E | |||
G | U | V | C | A | R | A | T | N | I | A | V | A | R | D | A | L | O | S | ||
U | S | E | E | A | G | L | E | E | C | L | O | G | U | E | O | N | T | |||
P | E | T | S | N | E | A | D | B | O | L | S | T | E | R | N | E | E |
A | C | D | C | S | P | O | C | K | N | D | A | K | ||
T | H | O | R | T | I | A | R | A | O | I | S | E | ||
T | A | M | E | U | N | T | I | L | I | S | P | Y | ||
N | I | P | S | I | N | T | H | E | B | U | D | |||
E | S | L | A | S | S | S | E | E | R | S | ||||
S | H | R | I | L | L | L | E | A | N | I | N | |||
P | A | I | D | I | R | O | N | E | D | T | A | I | ||
R | I | G | A | R | E | I | N | A | K | E | L | P | ||
E | R | N | M | A | P | L | E | S | E | R | T | E | ||
A | D | O | R | E | S | E | M | P | T | O | R | |||
D | O | N | E | N | A | C | T | I | T | A | ||||
J | U | G | G | L | I | N | G | P | I | N | S | |||
M | A | Z | E | A | R | O | M | A | A | N | E | W | ||
A | L | E | C | S | E | W | E | R | C | E | R | A | ||
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