| Total | Debut | Latest |
| 15 | 3/20/1996 | 5/18/2015 |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
| 1.51 | 57 | 31% |
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Constructor (1)Jeff Chen (1)Jim Horne (1)Hide commentsSee the 57
answer words debuted by Gene Newman.
Alternate name for this constructor:
G. Newman
Mon 5/18/2015
| E | M | U | | P | A | P | E | R | | S | T | E | A | K |
| R | A | N | | A | L | I | C | E | | E | A | G | L | E |
| R | O | W | | W | I | T | H | E | R | I | N | G | L | Y |
| O | R | I | O | N | | | O | D | E | S | | | | |
| L | I | L | L | I | A | N | | S | A | M | O | S | A | S |
| | L | A | N | D | E | D | | M | I | S | H | I | T |
| T | R | I | | G | A | P | E | D | | C | H | I | M | E |
| H | A | N | G | | M | A | N | I | A | | A | F | E | W |
| E | D | G | A | R | | L | I | C | I | T | | T | D | S |
| F | I | L | L | E | T | | M | E | N | I | A | L | | |
| T | O | Y | S | H | O | P | | S | T | E | R | E | O | S |
| | | | E | W | E | R | | | D | I | S | C | O |
| O | F | F | H | A | N | D | E | D | L | Y | | S | T | S |
| P | L | A | I | T | | A | N | N | I | E | | L | E | A |
| T | U | X | E | S | | L | O | A | D | S | | Y | T | D |
One my favorite books about the craft of writing is Stephen King's "On Writing." Aside from being a master of storytelling, King gives great advice about how to make novels compelling. One of his minor tidbits is to avoid adverbs unless absolutely necessary, as those pesky "–ly" words run you the risk of becoming a Tom Swifty farce. I bet King would enjoy today's puzzle as much as I did.
Four great examples of Tom Swifties; I appreciated their outlandish nature. SHIFTLESSLY referring to an automatic transmission, UNWILLNGLY to someone being written out of a will, and OFFHANDEDLY to a Poe-esque dehandification. They exemplify the ridiculous nature that a good Tom Swifty ought to exhibit. WITHERINGLY was a bit too close to the actual look, which makes a person wither like a dried-up plant, but three out of four ain't bad.
Nice, clean grid, much appreciated for a Monday. I noticed OLA as I went and a bit of STS / YTD at the very end, but I appreciated Gene's efforts to keep the grid smooth enough for novice solvers. LICIT is a tough word, but it's easily inferable from the more common "illicit."
It would have been nice to get a little more long fill, though. You see the black square between REAM and AINT? If it had been shifted one square to the right, that would have opened up two nice slots for nine-letter fill (at 19-D and its symmetrical spot). Would have also served to open up the grid, reducing how separated the center of the grid is from the rest.
No doubt this would have made filling the grid cleanly more difficult, but I think it's doable. Entries like TOY SHOP help to spice up a grid, so getting a few more pieces of long fill would have been great.
King once said "the road to hell is paved with adverbs," but I think sparing use is just fine. Plus, if J.K. Rowling's road is one to hell, I'm sticking my thumb out to hitch a ride. (He said, richly.)
Tue 12/11/2012
| D | A | D | | C | U | P | I | D | | C | O | M | E | T |
| A | R | A | | O | P | A | R | T | | A | N | I | S | E |
| S | I | N | | N | O | R | M | S | | P | E | S | T | S |
| H | A | C | I | E | N | D | A | | I | R | I | S | H | |
| E | N | E | M | Y | | | | P | R | A | N | C | E | R |
| R | A | R | O | | C | H | A | I | R | | | U | T | E |
| | | N | E | W | A | G | E | | M | A | B | E | L |
| S | A | I | N | T | N | I | C | H | O | L | A | S | |
| C | E | R | T | S | | G | L | E | A | M | S | | | |
| U | A | R | | | L | O | E | S | S | | A | D | O | S |
| B | L | I | T | Z | E | N | | | | E | C | O | N | O |
| I | V | I | E | D | | P | I | L | S | E | N | E | R |
| L | O | A | N | S | | M | E | M | O | S | | N | I | T |
| I | N | L | E | T | | T | R | A | D | E | | E | D | O |
| E | S | S | A | Y | | V | I | X | E | N | | R | A | F |
Mon 8/14/2006
| M | E | N | S | A | | P | I | T | T | | R | E | D | O |
| A | T | O | L | L | | E | C | H | O | | A | V | E | R |
| T | O | N | E | D | | C | H | U | R | C | H | I | L | L |
| A | N | O | D | E | | | A | M | E | R | | T | H | O |
| | | G | R | E | A | T | B | R | I | T | A | I | N |
| F | I | R | E | M | A | N | | S | O | B | S | | | |
| L | O | O | | E | S | T | A | | | | A | S | T | A |
| A | T | L | A | N | T | I | C | C | H | A | R | T | E | R |
| B | A | L | I | | | | T | O | E | S | | A | R | I |
| | | N | C | A | A | | L | A | S | A | G | N | A |
| U | N | I | T | E | D | S | T | A | T | E | S | | | |
| N | O | D | | D | E | S | I | | | S | H | E | B | A |
| R | O | O | S | E | V | E | L | T | | S | O | W | E | R |
| I | S | L | E | | I | R | E | D | | E | R | E | C | T |
| P | E | S | T | | L | T | D | S | | D | E | S | K | S |
Tue 2/15/2005
| C | A | S | H | | S | A | T | I | N | Y | | T | E | A |
| O | B | O | E | | A | T | O | N | C | E | | A | R | T |
| D | E | M | I | | L | O | O | K | A | L | I | K | E | S |
| | B | R | E | A | M | | | A | P | I | E | C | E |
| F | I | R | | S | M | I | T | E | | | I | O | T | A |
| I | D | E | N | T | I | C | A | L | T | W | I | N | S | |
| T | E | R | I | | | | N | I | N | A | | | | |
| D | O | P | P | E | L | G | A | N | G | E | R | S | |
| | | | I | D | E | E | | | | V | E | T | S |
| S | P | I | T | T | I | N | G | I | M | A | G | E | S |
| S | P | U | D | | | S | T | O | R | E | | U | T | E |
| A | R | M | O | R | S | | | V | I | T | A | L | | |
| D | U | P | L | I | C | A | T | E | S | | S | A | T | E |
| A | C | E | | G | A | L | O | R | E | | I | R | A | S |
| T | E | D | | S | T | E | R | N | S | | A | S | P | S |
Tue 8/17/2004
| E | R | I | C | | L | I | L | A | C | | A | M | E | N |
| D | A | D | O | | A | B | O | I | L | | P | I | L | E |
| T | H | O | M | A | S | M | O | R | E | | A | S | I | S |
| | | B | U | T | S | | | A | O | R | T | A | S |
| O | B | L | I | G | E | | D | O | N | A | T | E | | |
| L | E | A | N | E | D | | R | U | S | T | | R | T | E |
| D | A | T | E | R | | M | A | T | E | S | | C | E | L |
| I | T | I | S | | J | A | P | E | S | | C | H | A | D |
| E | E | N | | H | U | G | E | R | | R | A | I | S | E |
| S | N | L | | A | M | O | R | | H | A | R | P | E | R |
| | O | L | D | B | O | Y | | O | D | I | S | T | S |
| N | A | V | A | J | O | | | A | R | I | L | | | |
| A | L | E | C | | J | O | H | N | M | I | L | T | O | N |
| S | E | R | E | | E | L | A | T | E | | O | K | I | E |
| H | E | S | S | | T | A | M | I | L | | N | O | L | O |
Tue 12/31/2002
| A | P | R | I | L | | B | E | E | T | | O | L | A | F |
| S | A | U | C | E | | A | L | P | O | | T | I | L | L |
| H | U | G | H | O | B | R | I | A | N | | T | A | P | E |
| E | L | S | | N | U | B | | | | R | A | N | E | E |
| | | J | A | M | E | S | S | T | E | W | A | R | T |
| C | A | P | O | | | T | E | L | E | C | A | S | T | |
| A | N | G | L | E | R | | C | O | M | A | | | | |
| W | Y | A | T | T | E | A | R | P | P | L | A | Y | E | R |
| | | | E | L | S | E | | E | L | P | A | S | O |
| R | E | P | R | I | N | T | S | | | E | K | E | D |
| K | E | V | I | N | C | O | S | T | N | E | R | | | |
| A | L | I | C | E | | | | E | E | L | | A | O | L |
| R | I | C | K | | H | E | N | R | Y | F | O | N | D | A |
| M | E | T | E | | A | G | E | E | | I | N | N | E | R |
| A | S | S | T | | M | O | T | O | | N | E | A | R | S |
Tue 12/26/2000
| B | R | A | D | | F | O | R | M | A | | W | O | M | B |
| L | O | R | E | | I | B | E | A | M | | A | B | E | L |
| U | S | A | F | | G | O | F | L | Y | A | K | I | T | E |
| R | A | B | E | L | A | I | S | | | T | E | T | R | A |
| | | A | I | R | S | | M | O | O | N | S | E | T |
| D | O | N | T | B | O | T | H | E | R | M | E | | | |
| A | N | I | S | E | | | A | R | C | | D | U | B | S |
| D | U | N | | L | E | N | S | C | A | P | | P | E | I |
| A | S | E | A | | T | A | T | | | L | A | T | E | R |
| | | L | E | A | V | E | M | E | A | L | O | N | E |
| D | E | M | I | L | L | E | | A | R | I | L | | | |
| I | Z | A | A | K | | | D | I | A | T | O | N | I | C |
| C | R | O | S | S | W | O | R | D | S | | V | I | C | E |
| T | A | R | E | | P | A | Y | E | E | | E | C | O | L |
| A | S | I | S | | A | S | S | N | S | | R | E | N | T |
Thu 8/31/2000
| R | A | D | A | R | | A | C | D | C | | P | A | W | S |
| I | R | E | N | E | | S | L | O | E | | E | T | A | L |
| D | E | I | G | N | | S | I | G | N | | R | A | S | A |
| | | L | E | F | T | I | S | T | P | A | R | T | Y |
| D | I | E | G | O | | | I | R | O | N | I | E | S |
| B | A | D | R | E | C | E | P | T | I | O | N | | | |
| A | M | I | | D | I | V | A | | | P | U | R | E | E |
| B | O | O | S | | | E | N | S | | | M | O | M | A |
| A | N | T | I | S | | | I | R | I | S | | M | I | R |
| | | M | E | D | I | C | I | N | E | B | A | L | L |
| A | S | S | U | R | E | S | | | C | A | I | N | E | |
| N | U | C | L | E | A | R | B | L | A | S | T | | | |
| E | L | I | A | | R | A | R | E | | O | T | T | E | R |
| S | L | O | T | | M | E | A | N | | N | E | W | L | Y |
| T | Y | N | E | | E | L | M | O | | S | N | A | K | E |
Mon 7/10/2000
| A | M | A | S | S | | B | R | A | G | | I | S | M | S |
| H | A | V | O | C | | L | I | M | O | | S | P | I | N |
| S | W | E | A | R | | O | P | T | S | | O | O | N | A |
| | | P | I | T | T | E | R | P | A | T | T | E | R |
| P | L | U | M | E | | | A | E | R | O | S | O | L |
| C | L | I | P | P | E | T | Y | C | L | O | P | | | |
| O | A | F | | S | U | M | O | | | N | E | R | D | Y |
| P | I | E | S | | P | I | K | E | R | | S | E | R | A |
| S | T | R | E | P | | | E | L | I | A | | R | O | N |
| | | D | I | N | G | D | O | N | G | D | I | N | G |
| J | U | P | I | T | E | R | | | S | A | R | G | E | |
| O | N | O | M | A | T | O | P | O | E | I | A | | | |
| N | I | L | E | | H | O | A | R | | N | I | M | O | Y |
| E | T | O | N | | E | V | I | L | | S | N | E | R | D |
| S | Y | S | T | | R | E | L | Y | | T | S | A | R | S |
Wed 2/16/2000
| S | W | A | L | E | | | O | S | H | A | | A | T | L |
| S | O | M | E | R | S | | A | W | E | S | | R | I | A |
| W | O | M | E | N | L | I | K | E | S | I | L | E | N | T |
| D | O | R | S | E | T | | E | S | S | E | N | C | E |
| M | T | N | | | D | E | B | T | | | F | A | U | N |
| P | R | I | M | P | | M | A | P | S | | T | S | P | S |
| S | I | T | O | U | T | | B | E | A | S | T | | | |
| M | E | N | T | H | E | Y | A | S | S | U | M | E | |
| | | A | T | O | M | S | | S | T | R | O | N | G |
| P | A | R | R | | R | E | A | L | | S | N | I | T | S |
| A | L | E | C | | | R | T | E | S | | | E | R | A |
| T | O | S | H | I | B | A | | S | O | N | A | T | A | |
| T | H | E | Y | R | E | L | I | S | T | E | N | I | N | G |
| I | A | N | | O | L | D | S | | S | E | N | E | C | A |
| E | S | T | | N | A | S | T | | | D | O | S | E | S |
Tue 9/1/1998
| F | L | A | P | | S | T | A | Y | | S | A | L | T | S |
| L | I | M | E | | U | R | G | E | | E | M | A | I | L |
| A | T | O | P | | P | O | O | L | | N | A | S | T | Y |
| S | H | O | P | P | I | N | G | L | I | S | Z | T | | |
| K | E | N | Y | A | N | | | | R | E | E | L | I | N |
| | | | G | E | W | G | A | W | S | | A | D | A |
| S | H | E | A | | I | N | R | I | | L | U | A | U |
| H | A | Y | D | N | P | L | A | I | N | S | I | G | H | T |
| A | L | P | S | | A | L | T | A | | E | C | H | O | |
| I | S | E | | S | T | A | S | S | E | N | | | | |
| G | A | R | L | I | C | | | | L | A | O | T | S | E |
| | B | A | C | H | S | C | R | A | T | C | H | E | R |
| S | T | O | R | K | | P | L | O | P | | C | O | M | A |
| S | O | L | V | E | | A | I | M | S | | U | R | I | S |
| S | M | E | A | R | | M | O | P | E | | R | O | S | E |
Wed 3/25/1998
| B | R | I | D | A | L | | A | R | M | O | I | R | E | |
| A | E | R | A | T | E | | C | H | E | S | T | E | R | |
| A | M | A | Z | O | N | | S | E | T | H | O | M | A | S |
| | | E | M | I | T | | N | E | A | | A | S | P |
| A | C | H | | | N | O | S | I | R | | B | I | E | R |
| R | H | O | D | A | | U | S | S | | W | E | N | D | Y |
| G | E | O | R | G | E | R | S | H | W | I | N | | | |
| O | R | D | A | I | N | | | | O | L | D | I | E | S |
| | | P | L | A | C | I | D | O | M | I | N | G | O |
| O | H | G | E | E | | A | D | O | | A | X | I | O | M |
| L | E | A | D | | S | T | A | F | F | | | T | S | E |
| E | L | I | | S | A | C | | F | A | T | E | | | |
| G | E | N | E | W | M | A | N | | R | I | D | G | E | D |
| N | O | T | A | B | L | E | | E | L | N | I | N | O |
| A | N | O | M | A | L | Y | | S | T | A | N | D | S |
Mon 6/16/1997
| A | S | C | A | P | | M | I | D | A | S | | F | T | C |
| R | O | O | N | E | | A | D | O | L | L | | O | R | O |
| C | H | A | T | T | A | N | O | O | G | A | | R | I | B |
| H | O | T | O | R | C | O | L | D | | M | E | T | E | R |
| | | N | E | E | R | | | O | D | E | S | S | A |
| V | I | G | I | L | S | | S | U | N | U | N | U | | |
| A | R | E | A | | | M | O | R | O | N | | M | S | G |
| L | I | T | | A | S | A | L | A | R | K | | T | O | E |
| E | S | T | | L | O | C | A | L | | | S | E | A | M |
| | Y | E | L | L | E | R | | S | C | A | R | P | S |
| P | A | S | T | E | D | | | P | E | R | M | | | |
| A | M | B | O | Y | | E | M | O | T | I | O | N | A | L |
| L | O | U | | C | H | I | C | K | A | M | A | U | G | A |
| E | U | R | | A | E | R | I | E | | E | N | N | U | I |
| O | R | G | | T | H | E | I | R | | A | S | S | A | D |
Fri 7/26/1996
| D | O | G | G | E | R | E | L | | | D | A | T | A |
| S | O | L | A | R | T | I | M | E | | L | O | G | I | C |
| U | N | D | R | E | A | M | E | D | | I | O | N | L | Y |
| N | A | M | B | Y | | S | T | G | A | B | R | I | E | L |
| U | T | E | S | | T | H | I | E | V | E | S | | | |
| P | E | N | | C | R | O | C | | I | R | I | S | E | S |
| | | F | L | A | T | S | | A | T | L | A | S | T |
| E | N | D | R | U | N | S | | S | T | I | L | T | E | D |
| A | C | C | E | S | S | | P | E | O | N | S | | | |
| T | R | I | S | T | E | | I | N | R | E | | B | S | S |
| | | H | E | P | C | A | T | S | | D | E | A | L |
| U | N | D | E | R | T | O | N | E | | B | A | S | T | A |
| S | E | I | N | E | | R | I | N | T | I | N | T | I | N |
| C | A | V | E | D | | E | S | C | O | R | T | I | N | G |
| G | L | A | D | | | S | T | E | E | L | E | R | S | |
Wed 3/20/1996
| G | A | L | A | | D | A | U | B | | A | B | A | C | K |
| I | D | O | L | | I | P | S | O | | L | E | G | A | L |
| G | I | S | T | | S | H | M | O | | E | A | R | L | E |
| I | N | T | H | E | N | I | C | K | O | F | T | I | M | E |
| | | O | N | E | D | | C | A | S | T | | | |
| A | S | T | U | D | Y | | B | L | T | | Y | M | C | A |
| M | A | R | G | E | | B | A | U | E | R | | A | U | S |
| B | Y | A | H | A | I | R | S | B | R | E | A | D | T | H |
| E | S | C | | R | O | O | T | S | | S | P | R | E | E |
| R | O | T | C | | D | U | E | | D | U | R | E | R | S |
| | | O | H | O | H | | S | U | M | I | | | |
| A | T | T | H | E | L | A | S | T | S | E | C | O | N | D |
| P | R | O | O | F | | H | O | Y | T | | O | V | I | D |
| B | U | R | S | T | | A | R | N | E | | T | A | T | A |
| S | E | A | T | S | | S | E | E | D | | S | L | A | Y |
