Total | Debut | Latest |
11 | 7/31/2005 | 6/12/2014 |
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Rebus | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
2 | 1.59 | 70 | 42% |
Thu 6/12/2014
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F | E | N | N | E | L | | O | P | E | R | A | B | L | E |
I | N | C | O | M | E | | M | E | G | I | L | L | A | H |
B | A | L | L | O | F | W | A | X | | S | L | A | T | E |
U | T | E | | | T | I | N | | S | E | I | Z | E | S |
L | O | N | G | E | S | T | | D | E | S | S | E | R | T |
A | R | C | E | D | | | D | O | E | | | | | |
| S | H | O | O | T | I | N | G | M | A | T | C | H | |
| | | | | R | D | A | | | V | I | R | U | S |
M | A | L | A | R | I | A | | P | R | E | S | U | M | E |
E | L | I | T | E | S | | S | E | E | | | S | I | R |
N | O | N | O | S | | E | N | C | H | I | L | A | D | A |
T | H | E | W | H | O | L | E | | A | C | I | D | I | C |
H | A | N | N | I | B | A | L | | B | E | S | E | T | S |
E | S | S | | P | I | L | L | | | S | P | R | Y | |
I've often used the phrase "the whole nine yards" in conversation, although I don't remember how or why it came into my lexicon. An internet search revealed that its origins are unclear, although it was probably derived from "the whole six yards", whatever that means. "The whole nine yards" first appeared in 1907 in a small-town Indiana newspaper, disappeared from usage for a while, and then reemerged during the 1960s. Other words have been substituted for "nine yards", most of which have no related meaning other than to fortify the concept that "the whole" is all inclusive. The oldest of these is probably "ball of wax", the origins of which are also obscure. Why some of these phrases have survived the test of time and others haven't is a complete mystery to me, and sparked my interest in the puzzle theme. Interestingly, I didn't use "nine yards" in the puzzle, because it would be a bear to clue.
Thu 8/23/2012
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C | I | M | A | R | R | O | N | | L | E | G | I | O | N |
H | A | P | Z | T | U | H | C | | E | I | G | H | T | Y |
O | R | S | O | | P | E | L | H | C | S | | | | |
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B | E | B | E | S | | P | A | L | | A | T | N | E | Y |
E | V | E | N | S | O | | R | E | M | | I | S | N | T |
L | E | A | R | N | I | N | G | Y | I | D | D | I | S | H |
I | N | T | O | | L | A | O | | R | O | A | D | E | O |
Z | T | U | L | K | | O | N | S | | O | L | E | I | N |
E | S | P | | A | T | M | | E | S | S | | | | |
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A | L | L | T | O | O | | E | Z | O | O | M | H | C | S |
H | I | P | H | O | P | | A | E | R | A | T | O | R | S |
A | S | S | E | S | S | | S | S | T | S | | W | E | T |
Mon 11/14/2011
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S | A | U | D | | P | E | T | A | L | | S | C | A | R |
S | T | R | I | K | E | G | O | L | D | | T | A | K | E |
A | R | E | N | A | | A | M | E | N | D | | R | I | T |
Y | A | K | | R | U | T | | | I | O | D | I | N | E |
S | P | A | R | E | S | O | M | E | C | H | A | N | G | E |
| | | E | N | E | | I | R | K | | M | A | I | N |
W | A | S | P | S | | O | L | E | | E | A | S | T | S |
A | P | I | A | | I | O | N | | B | U | S | | | |
S | P | L | I | T | T | H | E | J | A | C | K | P | O | T |
S | L | I | D | E | S | | | O | Y | L | | E | K | E |
A | E | C | | N | A | B | O | B | | I | S | L | E | T |
I | P | O | D | | B | O | W | L | E | D | O | V | E | R |
L | I | N | E | | O | R | E | O | S | | F | I | F | I |
S | E | E | S | | Y | E | N | T | A | | A | C | E | S |
Tue 7/19/2011
H | A | I | T | I | A | N | | | A | P | E | M | E | N |
A | G | N | O | S | T | I | C | | R | E | L | A | T | E |
L | A | D | Y | O | F | T | H | E | K | N | I | G | H | T |
E | R | O | S | | | R | A | N | | C | O | M | E | T |
| | | | U | P | I | | D | I | E | T | A | R | Y |
K | N | I | T | P | I | C | K | E | R | | | | | |
R | E | T | O | S | S | | H | A | S | B | E | E | N | S |
I | S | S | U | E | | J | A | R | | O | L | D | I | E |
S | T | A | R | T | R | E | K | | A | S | I | A | N | S |
| | | | | K | N | I | C | K | N | A | M | E | S |
R | U | C | T | I | O | N | | L | A | S | | | | |
A | L | L | I | N | | E | G | O | | | T | G | I | F |
K | N | O | T | F | O | R | E | V | E | R | Y | O | N | E |
E | A | G | L | E | T | | L | E | V | E | R | A | G | E |
D | E | S | E | R | T | | | S | E | D | A | T | E | D |
Tue 12/14/2010
M | O | R | A | L | | P | E | W | | C | H | E | S | S |
E | L | O | P | E | | O | D | E | | L | E | G | A | L |
S | E | L | E | S | | W | I | L | L | I | N | G | L | Y |
H | O | L | D | T | H | E | F | L | O | O | R | | | |
| | | | A | U | R | I | S | T | | Y | E | A | |
| H | I | T | T | H | E | C | E | I | L | I | N | G | |
M | I | N | E | | | D | E | T | O | X | | R | E | T |
O | T | H | E | R | S | | | | N | I | K | O | N | S |
P | E | A | | P | O | S | S | E | | | A | L | T | O |
| C | L | I | M | B | T | H | E | W | A | L | L | S | |
| H | E | C | | B | E | A | R | E | R | | | | |
| | | E | X | E | R | C | I | S | E | R | O | O | M |
S | U | N | S | T | R | O | K | E | | N | O | R | M | A |
O | N | A | I | R | | I | L | S | | A | T | E | A | T |
D | O | N | N | A | | D | E | T | | S | H | O | N | E |
Mon 6/14/2010
B | A | M | A | | A | L | P | S | | A | T | L | A | S |
A | L | E | X | | H | A | I | L | | P | E | A | C | E |
H | I | G | H | W | A | Y | T | O | H | E | A | V | E | N |
A | T | S | E | A | | S | A | T | E | | M | A | S | T |
| | | A | I | M | | | | E | L | S | | | |
R | O | A | D | T | O | P | E | R | D | I | T | I | O | N |
H | A | M | | | M | I | R | A | | M | E | N | S | A |
O | T | A | R | U | | N | A | B | | B | R | A | I | N |
M | E | T | E | R | | O | T | I | S | | | N | E | C |
B | R | I | D | G | E | T | O | N | O | W | H | E | R | E |
| | | D | E | M | | | | T | W | O | | | |
G | A | T | E | | I | D | E | S | | I | N | U | S | E |
R | O | U | N | D | T | R | I | P | T | I | C | K | E | T |
I | N | N | E | R | | O | N | U | S | | H | E | W | N |
N | E | E | D | Y | | P | E | R | K | | O | S | S | A |
Mon 10/5/2009
T | R | A | I | T | | C | E | D | E | | C | A | S | A |
A | A | R | G | H | | A | L | O | E | | A | L | I | S |
W | I | L | L | I | A | M | M | C | K | I | N | L | E | Y |
S | L | O | U | C | H | E | S | | | N | A | I | V | E |
| | | | K | E | R | | D | A | T | A | S | E | T |
J | A | M | E | S | M | A | D | I | S | O | N | | | |
E | L | A | T | E | | | I | S | H | | | A | C | H |
R | I | G | H | T | O | N | T | H | E | M | O | N | E | Y |
K | A | I | | | G | O | T | | | A | S | K | E | D |
| | | S | A | L | M | O | N | P | C | H | A | S | E |
M | U | S | T | S | E | E | | O | R | A | | | | |
A | N | N | O | Y | | | P | R | O | R | A | T | E | D |
G | R | O | V | E | R | C | L | E | V | E | L | A | N | D |
M | I | R | E | | B | O | A | S | | N | A | F | T | A |
A | G | E | S | | I | S | N | T | | A | N | T | S | Y |
Mon 9/21/2009
A | T | A | L | L | | C | L | A | N | | U | S | E | S |
M | A | R | I | A | | L | I | V | E | | N | E | A | T |
T | I | M | E | K | E | E | P | E | R | | F | E | T | A |
| | | S | E | L | F | P | R | O | M | O | T | E | R |
A | U | N | T | | A | T | I | T | | I | R | O | N | S |
D | R | O | O | P | S | | | | G | A | M | | | |
A | I | R | | A | T | E | M | P | O | | E | R | I | E |
M | A | G | A | Z | I | N | E | R | E | A | D | E | R | S |
S | H | E | L | | C | A | R | E | S | S | | H | A | S |
| | | C | O | S | | | | E | S | T | A | T | E |
S | T | R | A | W | | A | S | T | A | | I | B | E | X |
P | E | O | P | L | E | P | E | R | S | O | N | | | |
E | R | G | O | | M | O | N | E | Y | L | O | V | E | R |
W | R | E | N | | U | R | S | A | | D | R | E | A | M |
S | A | T | E | | S | T | E | T | | S | E | E | R | S |
Sun 2/11/2007 LOVE IS ALL AROUND
A | G | A | T | E | | M | A | M | A | | E | F | G | H | | A | G | A | T | H | A | S |
L | I | T | H | O | | Y | S | E | R | | A | R | I | A | | T | I | T | H | E | R | S |
B | R | A | E | S | | H | I | L | Y | | T | E | A | R | | H | B | R | E | A | K | S |
A | L | L | H | | S | W | A | T | | M | O | U | N | D | S | | B | Y | H | | | |
N | I | K | O | L | A | I | | H | L | A | N | D | | H | I | E | S | | O | M | S | K |
| | | F | U | L | L | | S | I | T | E | | L | E | G | S | | | F | O | A | M |
| | L | T | C | O | L | | | M | U | S | C | A | D | E | T | | S | A | R | D | S |
| H | I | E | R | | G | R | E | A | T | H | E | D | | P | U | R | P | L | E | H | |
| B | O | X | E | D | O | U | T | | I | O | N | I | A | | A | R | A | I | S | E | |
R | U | N | A | C | R | O | S | S | | N | U | T | | F | E | R | N | W | O | O | D | |
P | R | E | S | E | E | N | | | B | A | T | | M | A | R | Y | A | N | N | | | |
S | N | L | | | | | S | O | I | L | | G | A | R | R | | | | | M | S | U |
| | | H | O | F | G | O | L | D | | L | O | X | | | D | I | S | H | E | N | S |
| L | E | T | L | O | O | S | E | | H | O | E | | W | O | O | D | T | O | N | E | S |
| E | N | R | I | C | O | | G | U | E | S | S | | P | O | W | E | R | F | U | L | |
| G | R | A | V | I | D | A | | S | H | E | D | E | M | O | N | | E | D | E | L | |
D | R | O | N | E | | H | A | N | D | S | O | U | L | | | H | B | E | A | T | | |
R | E | B | S | | | E | R | I | A | | N | T | S | B | | E | N | T | R | | | |
J | E | E | P | | A | D | O | G | | D | E | C | A | Y | | D | E | S | K | J | O | B |
| | | L | I | Z | | N | E | W | I | S | H | | J | U | N | G | | N | A | Z | I |
E | Q | U | A | L | T | O | | R | E | D | H | | P | O | S | E | | B | E | S | O | T |
F | U | N | N | I | E | R | | I | N | I | T | | E | V | E | S | | A | S | O | N | E |
T | I | E | T | A | C | K | | A | T | N | O | | W | E | D | S | | A | S | N | E | R |
Sun 8/6/2006 SWITCHING SIDES
M | A | N | | S | C | A | L | P | S | | A | C | T | I | I | I | | C | O | G |
E | L | I | | A | L | L | S | E | T | | F | L | A | C | O | N | | A | R | R |
N | U | T | | B | E | A | U | T | Y | P | R | O | T | E | S | T | | R | E | E |
U | M | P | I | R | E | | | I | L | L | | M | A | P | | R | I | D | G | E |
| | I | N | A | S | T | A | T | E | O | F | P | R | O | F | U | S | I | O | N |
R | O | C | S | | E | E | L | | D | W | I | | | P | A | D | R | O | N | E |
O | A | K | U | M | | A | D | O | | | E | E | E | | N | E | A | | | |
T | H | E | L | I | B | R | A | R | Y | O | F | P | R | O | G | R | E | S | S | |
H | U | R | T | L | E | | | G | A | P | | I | A | N | S | | L | O | A | F |
| | | | A | N | A | | A | R | T | | S | T | E | | R | I | N | G | O |
A | B | S | E | N | T | M | I | N | D | E | D | C | O | N | F | E | S | S | O | R |
F | A | C | T | O | | A | S | I | | D | E | O | | D | A | S | | | | |
B | N | A | I | | A | I | L | S | | T | A | P | | | S | E | A | M | U | S |
| G | R | O | S | S | N | A | T | I | O | N | A | L | C | O | N | D | U | C | T |
| | | L | O | S | | M | S | S | | | L | E | A | | T | E | S | L | A |
S | K | I | A | R | E | A | | | N | I | N | | E | S | S | | L | I | A | R |
C | O | N | T | E | S | T | A | N | T | W | O | R | K | E | T | H | I | C | | |
O | A | S | E | S | | H | U | E | | A | S | H | | | R | E | E | C | H | O |
F | L | U | | P | R | O | F | E | S | S | I | O | N | B | O | X | | I | O | N |
F | A | R | | O | N | M | E | D | S | | E | N | R | O | B | E | | T | S | E |
S | S | E | | T | H | E | U | S | A | | R | E | A | P | E | D | | Y | E | S |
Sun 7/31/2005 PUZZLED EXPRESSION
U | M | P | S | | | P | A | V | A | R | O | T | T | I | | | F | A | L | L |
C | E | R | T | | | O | V | U | L | A | T | I | O | N | | | I | L | E | A |
S | T | O | O | P | | K | E | E | P | S | A | T | I | T | | O | S | I | E | R |
D | E | S | P | I | S | E | R | | S | H | Y | | L | E | A | T | H | E | R | S |
| R | A | P | P | O | R | T | S | | | | M | E | R | S | E | N | N | E | |
S | M | I | L | E | Y | F | | H | O | R | D | E | | F | C | R | E | A | M | S |
P | A | C | E | R | S | | M | I | N | I | O | N | S | | H | O | T | T | I | E |
C | I | A | | | | | E | N | R | O | U | T | E | | | | | O | C | T |
A | D | L | I | B | | S | W | E | A | T | B | A | N | D | | L | A | R | K | S |
| | | N | O | P | E | | S | M | E | L | L | | I | R | O | N | | | |
C | O | W | S | L | I | P | | | P | R | Y | | | D | U | S | T | B | I | N |
E | V | E | | D | A | T | A | | | | | | R | I | D | E | | E | N | E |
D | E | I | | F | F | A | C | T | S | | F | U | N | N | Y | F | | L | T | R |
E | R | G | S | | | | H | I | C | C | U | P | S | | | | B | L | E | D |
| W | H | I | T | E | F | | M | A | U | L | S | | F | S | A | V | E | R | |
H | A | T | C | H | E | T | F | | R | E | L | | F | P | O | W | D | E | R | S |
O | T | T | | C | L | O | C | K | F | | F | V | A | L | U | E | | P | A | N |
B | E | R | G | | S | W | A | M | | | | A | N | A | P | | C | O | C | A |
B | R | A | I | D | | E | R | A | S | | S | S | G | T | | F | A | Q | I | R |
L | E | I | L | A | | L | D | R | S | | T | E | L | E | | U | S | U | A | L |
E | D | N | A | S | | S | S | T | S | | U | S | E | S | | R | E | E | L | S |