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6 puzzles by Jonathan Gersch
with Constructor comments

Total	Debut	Latest
6	2/20/2007	5/24/2016

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
0	0	4	2	0	0	0

Scrab	Debut	Fresh
1.58	13	20%

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See the 13 answer words debuted by Jonathan Gersch.

Tue 5/24/2016
K	E	G	S		R	A	V	E	D		A	J	A	R
U	G	L	Y		I	T	I	N	A		H	O	L	E
D	O	O	R		P	H	O	N	E	L	I	N	E	S
U	N	W	I	S	E		L	I	D	O		A	X	E
		W	A	N	N	A		S	A	Y	W	H	A	T
B	O	O		O	S	S	O		L	A	I
A	D	R	A	W		S	H	O	U	L	D	E	R	S
R	I	M	S		B	O	G	U	S		E	Z	E	K
R	E	S	O	U	R	C	E	S		S	N	I	D	E
			N	N	E		E	T	T	U		O	D	D
S	I	Z	E	T	W	O		S	O	P	U	P
U	N	E		I	S	P	Y		S	E	P	I	A	S
M	A	P	L	E	T	R	E	E	S		S	N	A	P
A	L	P	O		E	A	T	I	T		E	Z	R	A
C	L	O	T		R	H	I	N	O		T	A	P	S

I don't recall how this idea first came to me, possibly when passing a bar or when looking at some PHONE LINES or something similar? So I made an initial grid and set of clues, and was pleased to see that Will liked it, except for one theme entry at 62 A (MAPLE TREES). After some discussion back and forth with Will, we agreed on the current entry at 62 A, and I revised the grid and clues for that affected area.

In an effort to get some nice fresh entries in the grid, I was pleased to get in DAEDALUS, GLOW WORMS, EZIO PINZA, BREWSTER, SAY WHAT,
SIZE TWO, et al. Hopefully these compensate for a number of common crossword words, such as those strewn a bit throughout the grid: NNE, VIOL, LIDO, etc.

I also liked how I was able to get two abbreviated parts of NCAA into the puzzle; I felt that was a nice plus.

I hope you all enjoy it! Hopefully you won't need all your mental RESOURCES for this one!

Wed 8/21/2013
S	T	A	N	D		A	N	A	T		O	W	N	S
S	I	N	E	W		D	E	C	O		W	A	A	C
W	A	I	T	A	N	D	S	E	E		I	S	T	O
				R	E	O				U	N	H	A	T
G	O	O	F	F	O	N	A	T	A	N	G	E	N	T
M	A	R	A			S	U	R	F	S		S	T	Y
C	H	A	C	H	A		S	U	R	A	L
S	U	L	T	A	N	A	T	E	O	F	O	M	A	N
			A	R	D	O	R		S	E	N	O	R	A
G	I	A		L	O	U	I	S			G	E	A	R
I	N	S	T	A	N	T	A	N	E	O	U	S	L	Y
J	A	P	A	N				A	N	N
O	T	I	S		U	N	A	T	T	E	S	T	E	D
E	I	R	E		Z	I	N	C		I	C	A	R	E
S	E	E	D		I	T	C	H		L	I	N	E	S

First, thanks to Jeff and XWord Info for presenting this forum. As I recall, the idea for this one just popped in my head, as they sometimes do, and I thought it would be fun to give solvers a hidden-word puzzle-in-a-puzzle. I was very fortunate to come up with the theme entries, especially those that contained TAN twice. After working out the placement of these theme entries within the grid, I got even more lucky to find some nice fill that could string two or more of these together; getting AUSTRIA to cross all three in the middle really worked very nicely.

Will offered a number of suggestions, which led to some reworking of a few areas, and this resulted in a nicer and cleaner final version. I then drafted up the clues which I aimed to be fresh and lively. Besed on the theme, Will thought it would be good to run during beach season. I hope you all enjoy! I guess we'll just have to WAIT AND SEE!

Tue 12/13/2011
A	B	E		H	I	S	S		C	O	O	P	T	S
L	A	C		A	R	C	O		A	D	W	E	E	K
B	E	R	T	L	A	H	R		S	E	S	A	M	E
A	Z	U	R	E		W	E	E	P			R	P	I
			O	S	C	A	R	M	A	D	I	S	O	N
W	R	A	I	T	H			C	R	O	C
I	A	N			E	S	S	E		M	E	L	E	E
G	R	O	V	E	R	C	L	E	V	E	L	A	N	D
S	A	D	I	E		R	O	D	E			I	D	I
			A	N	T	E			A	F	I	R	S	T
T	E	L	L	Y	S	A	V	A	L	A	S
O	R	O			E	M	I	T		J	E	W	E	L
S	T	R	E	E	T		E	R	N	I	E	E	L	S
C	E	D	A	R	S		R	I	O	T		A	M	A
A	S	S	U	R	E		S	A	G	A		L	O	T

Wed 9/23/2009
H	A	L	F			J	E	U		T	R	A	D	E
I	C	I	E	R		U	R	N		S	E	V	E	N
Y	E	N	T	A		D	I	S	C	O	V	E	R	Y
A	R	C	T	I	C	O	C	E	A	N		R	N	A
			E	S	O			A	R	G	O
		T	R	A	N	S	A	T	L	A	N	T	I	C
M	O	H	S		G	E	L			S	E	I	K	O
A	P	R			A	T	E	A	M			M	E	A
N	I	E	L	S			P	D	A		H	O	A	X
N	E	W	Y	O	R	K	H	A	R	B	O	R
			E	T	U	I			S	A	O
M	I	A		H	E	N	R	Y	H	U	D	S	O	N
A	M	S	T	E	R	D	A	M		E	L	I	T	E
C	U	T	E	R		E	T	C		R	U	N	T	O
S	P	I	C	E		R	E	A			M	O	O	N

Tue 6/12/2007
P	E	R	E	Z		D	Y	E	R		F	I	S	T
A	L	A	M	O		E	A	V	E		I	N	C	H
S	L	I	P	O	F	T	H	E	T	O	N	G	U	E
T	A	N			E	E	O			V	I	O	L	S
		W	I	N	D	S	O	R	C	A	S	T	L	E
K	E	E	N	E	S	T		O	A	T		S	S	S
G	R	A	T	E			J	O	N	E	S
B	A	R	R		K	N	O	T	S		I	C	O	N
			O	W	L	E	T			A	T	O	N	E
A	S	P		O	E	R		U	N	W	A	X	E	D
S	Q	U	A	R	E	D	A	N	C	E	R	S
K	U	R	T	S			T	S	O			W	E	E
F	I	S	H	E	R	M	A	N	S	W	H	A	R	F
O	R	E	O		D	O	R	A		H	O	I	S	T
R	E	D	S		S	N	I	P		A	G	N	E	S

Tue 2/20/2007
C	A	T		J	I	L	L		M	U	R	M	U	R
O	V	A		O	R	E	O		U	N	E	A	S	E
L	I	L	I	E	S	O	F		R	E	A	G	A	N
E	D	E	N				T	H	I	S	L	I	F	E
			R	O	W	S		R	E	C
T	O	S	I	R	W	I	T	H	L	O	V	E
E	K	E		G	I	G	O				E	S	S	O
A	R	A	I	S	I	N	I	N	T	H	E	S	U	N
M	A	L	I				T	O	R	E		A	R	E
		S	I	D	N	E	Y	P	O	I	T	I	E	R
				R	E	M		E	Y	R	E
N	O	W	A	Y	O	U	T				R	H	E	A
O	X	A	L	I	C		T	H	E	F	I	E	L	D
M	E	R	I	N	O		O	I	S	E		S	L	O
E	N	S	I	G	N		P	E	T	E		S	A	G

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C	U	T	E	R		E	T	C		R	U	N	T	O
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R	E	D	S		S	N	I	P		A	G	N	E	S

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O	V	A		O	R	E	O		U	N	E	A	S	E
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T	O	S	I	R	W	I	T	H	L	O	V	E
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O	X	A	L	I	C		T	H	E	F	I	E	L	D
M	E	R	I	N	O		O	I	S	E		S	L	O
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B	O	O		O	S	S	O		L	A	I
A	D	R	A	W		S	H	O	U	L	D	E	R	S
R	I	M	S		B	O	G	U	S		E	Z	E	K
R	E	S	O	U	R	C	E	S		S	N	I	D	E
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C	L	O	T		R	H	I	N	O		T	A	P	S

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M	E	R	I	N	O		O	I	S	E		S	L	O
E	N	S	I	G	N		P	E	T	E		S	A	G

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6 puzzles by Jonathan Gersch
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K	E	G	S		R	A	V	E	D		A	J	A	R
U	G	L	Y		I	T	I	N	A		H	O	L	E
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L	I	L	I	E	S	O	F		R	E	A	G	A	N
E	D	E	N				T	H	I	S	L	I	F	E
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T	O	S	I	R	W	I	T	H	L	O	V	E
E	K	E		G	I	G	O				E	S	S	O
A	R	A	I	S	I	N	I	N	T	H	E	S	U	N
M	A	L	I				T	O	R	E		A	R	E
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N	O	W	A	Y	O	U	T				R	H	E	A
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