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14 puzzles by Jason Flinn
with Editor comments

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Jason Flinn
Sat 7/21/2018
STRINGORCHESTRA
THERESNOIINTEAM
ORDEREDALACARTE
GOESOVERITAGAIN
YEPLESAUGBOD
ODINSEXY
ALSOREDKTEL
SUITEDONESNEEDS
KITLACOSTESOD
FORKCIGS
PGALEARNHAD
TELLSITLIKEITIS
REASONTOBELIEVE
OLDERGENERATION
PEERASSESSMENTS
Tue 6/20/2017
RISKSARONGDIM
INSISTSUPONCODA
MANCHESTERUNITED
KIWIONEAM
MISSISSIPPIDELTA
ARABSIMLATELEX
HOKUMPERISH
ICETCARATSIDOL
TALKEDAGING
AMPCUESTASHRUB
SOUTHBYSOUTHWEST
INTWODEBI
AIRPORTTERMINALS
NCISPRIDEANDJOY
SADMALAYSSAWS
POW Sat 12/3/2016
MASTERCRAFTSMAN
CREATUREFEATURE
VESTEDINTERESTS
INTERNETADDRESS
ETONEDSLINDT
LIRASOSOUI
ONSETBOOTDVDS
MOLDYORYSEEIT
ATEEHUMPAFROS
RAERATRANT
SPIESPONDETA
EMANCIPATIONDAY
RAISEDONESVOICE
ENDEDINDISASTER
SYSTEMSANALYSTS
Thu 7/21/2016
ALADDERETAFCC
WALKINGTALILO
AGENDASUNIBROW
KARYNSINGLES
ESTTATIINAFEW
NSECSALONCLUE
EDONEILLSKYPE
REALISTIC
MARNEONESPATH
IDEMARENATAOS
RECANTSSRSGMT
LIZARDSHOSEA
RITEAIDCOALOIL
ONANSABADLUCK
RELSKYCREATES
POW Wed 6/15/2016
OBIFRILLSLPGA
FUNLATOYAELEC
FIFTYFIRSTSTATE
SLURTSAAMIS
ITSYSIXTHSENSE
DIEOFHAHEEL
ENSUESMOMARTS
THIRDRAIL
RBISNOSSOLDAS
ERNWETSCANT
FIFTHWHEELASTO
TIRETBASHOP
ANDANOTHERTHING
REEDCHARGENIA
KYLEDENTEDGNP
Sat 5/21/2016
MISAPPROPRIATES
THEGREENLANTERN
GAVEITANOTHERGO
ETERNALOPTIMIST
SENCLEASP
TMIRANIOTIS
IMHIPROLFUMA
MEDALJEDODSON
DNAEDENROCKS
BUYSETATCIA
LASILELAI
HADAHEARTOFGOLD
UNIVERSALREMOTE
GIVEMEONEREASON
STARSTUDDEDCAST
POW Thu 4/14/2016
LACEDOSESCHEW
IMUPOPERAOATH
NASHLATINNICO
ERTECHICKENR
ANOMIEAEOLUS
LAMESBBCGROAN
RITEAIDSEL
WATERSLIDES
CIADREIDEL
APNEAADABOOST
DONNYBMINNOW
ANNARBORMERE
VIBEROOMYUSER
IDEABAYOUSILK
ESTDSNOOKKEYS
Sat 1/9/2016
THESISSTATEMENT
ROSIETHERIVETER
UPPERPALATINATE
SPANISHOMELETTE
TINASIRSILT
SNOCHESSASEA
GLAREATNOMSG
NEXTOFKIN
EAPOEMAITAIS
NSAKGBBAABEA
SORBRADYELL
INTIMATEAPPAREL
LAIDITONTHELINE
ENTERINTODETAIL
STATEASSISTANCE
Thu 6/18/2015
SUPRAPHILSTLO
APIANAEROSMITH
MOUNTAINTOPONYM
INSTILLSPOKER
ROESHOE
BLACKANTONYMS
ERICHMAILSEAT
GEEKSPACENALA
OATSPUNKMINES
MORTALSYNONYM
EYREENT
PADREINASENSE
NEWYORKMETONYMS
ATHENIANSODEUM
TAOSBLOTNOTTE
POW Sat 6/6/2015
INTSEVILQUEEN
OMOUTMADEAPLAY
WEIREISLANDERS
ENGRETTENTACLE
SHORAGESAT
STOISTSEVEN
PRISONRTHDIVA
AOKFYIEWEBEG
DUESOFMASTERS
STAIRTRAITE
LIBENTRADA
TELEPORTSERING
IRONSTONEAMODE
TICTACTOETORRO
SNOWWHITESNEE
POW Thu 2/19/2015
DAUBASWANMFA
OMNIPHOTOTILT
TAFTSEEYAARIA
CRACKERPIAEEK
ONIONPAIRPLANE
MARIEANCPAWAT
NEDNAUSEATE
AWWURALSYEN
BREATHESEEG
SENNASURLOOPS
CATALYTICLECHE
ETCLEAROASTER
SHOEARGUSBANE
SELFSEEMSAVON
DDTTAEBODOME
Mon 1/12/2015
PITHONTIMEAND
SOHORAIDERLEI
STEMTOSTERNPGA
TASERHALTHEN
CRADLETOGRAVE
WARYOUETUI
AGESGSANAPS
SEATOSHININGSEA
EMMAMOMEYES
ASAPTILCPA
STARTTOFINISH
HAZYHOELEONI
APUTOPTOBOTTOM
PERAMECHETISH
EREREDHOTOCHO
Thu 8/14/2014
LTDSERRPALS
SHOPALEAHOLIC
DELIBEPIERATE
GENTVALLEBEN
TAOSAIRDARE
EMUCITROENMAR
LETMEBEANOMALY
REEDDEMO
DELILAHTRAITOR
EMOOMICRONOBI
LEARGREHOED
UNDERHUSPASS
IDIDNWITTDOIT
SENDSASLANOTE
EDGYYEEONYX

As Jason noted, when I first accepted this puzzle last spring, the answer at 16A was PEROG/ATIVE. Perhaps I didn't notice the misspelling because the entry was broken into two parts. Anyway, it wasn't until I came to editing that I thought "Hmm, that doesn't look right." I returned the grid to Jason for a fix — which he managed to do with even better fill than before. I hope the puzzle's trick gives solvers a nice "aha!"

Wed 10/9/2013
RADSCAPEDPSST
ESAUIVANIETTA
DOANDROIDSDREAM
OFELECTRICSHEEP
ABLESTCALLA
COMMIEASP
ERUPTBUMPSPIN
RATSAMPLEDODE
FLEADICKADULT
RIDTNOTES
ALARMPIGOUT
WECANREMEMBERIT
FORYOUWHOLESALE
UNIEHEIDIORYX
LADDREPENNEAT

Others can comment on this astonishing theme discovery by first-time contributor Jason Flinn. I'd like to comment on the word REPEN at 64A. Uncommon "re-" words like this are sometimes described as "roll-your-own" — meaning they're made-up. I think it's a term that blogger Amy Reynaldo coined. To me a roll-your-own word is one that really is made-up; that is, one that is not in the dictionary and gets little or no usage online. But REPEN is real. It's found in Random House Unabridged, Webster's Second New International, and Funk & Wagnalls Unabridged. It also has real usage online. It's not a good entry, to be sure, but it's legit. And sometimes a weak entry like this helps set up other good things, like (in this case) I'M HIP, PIG OUT, and the intricate interlock in the lower-middle. So it passes muster here in my book.

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