Total | Debut | Latest |
7 | 8/21/2007 | 11/2/2013 |
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
1.65 | 27 | 73% |
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answer words debuted by Thomas Heilman.
Alternate name for this constructor:
Tom Heilman
Sat 11/2/2013
S | Q | U | A | B | B | L | E | | J | A | M | C | A | M |
E | U | P | H | O | R | I | A | | O | R | I | O | L | E |
T | I | P | S | H | E | E | T | | K | I | D | U | L | T |
B | B | S | | M | A | L | I | C | E | | E | L | S | E |
A | B | A | S | | K | O | T | O | | H | A | D | T | O |
I | L | L | I | N | | W | U | N | D | E | R | B | A | R |
L | E | A | N | O | N | | P | I | E | R | | E | R | S |
| | | S | O | U | P | | C | L | O | P | | | |
S | E | A | | G | T | O | S | | L | I | T | O | U | T |
E | X | Q | U | I | S | I | T | E | | C | A | N | S | O |
A | T | U | N | E | | S | U | C | H | | S | E | T | T |
G | R | I | P | | D | E | C | A | Y | S | | M | I | A |
R | E | V | I | S | E | | K | R | A | T | I | O | N | S |
A | M | E | L | I | E | | U | T | T | E | R | R | O | T |
M | E | R | E | S | T | | P | E | T | P | E | E | V | E |
You had me at "Result of knuckling down" = NOOGIE. As a writer of middle grade fiction (for ages 8-12), any reference including but not limited to wedgies, spitwads, atomic wedgies, noogies, or wet willies tickles me (much to the chagrin of my poor wife).
Some very nice clues today, "Sniffing a lot" for STUCK UP being my second favorite, and "'As you like it' phrase" a devilishly clever clue. It took me the longest time to realize that it was "As you like it", not "As You Like It" (capitalized). Very well done.
A observation regarding ECARTE: note the preponderance of high-frequency letters, just the C being a touch out of the realm of common. This makes it ideal to use as a piece of fill, something that helps glue a part of the grid together. I personally would love to see less of it though, given that ECARTE is about as common (I think) as the other outdated xw card game staple, ONE-O-CAT. I love cards (contract bridge being one of my favorite pastimes outside of xws), but as crosswords evolve, I'd like to see constructors use these two only in the tightest of pinches.
Themeless constructors face so many trade-offs within a single puzzle. SQUABBLE over EUPHORIA over TIP SHEET is such a nice triplet. I'm sure glad all the crossings were fair for BOHM though, as he doesn't quite feel gridworthy to me. Just one person's opinion, of course (and that of a person who giggles at a NOOGIE).
Some nice debut words today, JAMCAM being new to me but a term I've decided I really like. TIP SHEET is another great one. As a reminder, entries never before seen in the NYT Shortz era appear in red below. It's fun to be the first person to introduce a fresh, snappy answer, especially when it's the seed entry to a themeless.
Fri 2/15/2013
S | T | O | N | E | A | G | E | | S | E | C | A | D | A |
C | E | R | E | B | R | A | L | | P | R | O | P | E | L |
O | L | D | W | O | R | L | D | | R | I | P | O | F | F |
O | L | E | A | N | | | | | E | T | A | L | I | I |
P | A | R | T | I | T | A | S | | A | R | C | A | N | E |
E | L | I | | C | H | I | T | | D | E | E | R | E | |
R | I | N | G | S | I | D | E | S | E | A | T | | | |
S | E | G | A | | S | E | P | I | A | | I | M | A | Y |
| | | S | L | I | D | I | N | G | S | C | A | L | E |
| A | T | E | I | N | | N | E | L | L | | D | O | W |
P | L | A | N | T | S | | S | W | E | E | P | O | U | T |
I | L | L | G | O | T | | | | | N | I | N | E | R |
N | I | K | I | T | A | | J | O | E | D | A | N | T | E |
K | E | E | N | E | N | | U | S | S | E | N | A | T | E |
O | D | D | E | S | T | | T | E | A | R | O | S | E | S |
Sat 12/17/2011
S | A | L | S | A | D | I | P | | J | O | I | S | T | S |
A | P | I | A | R | I | S | T | | A | R | M | P | I | T |
R | E | V | E | R | S | A | L | | P | A | J | A | M | A |
A | X | E | | A | R | I | | D | E | L | U | D | E | D |
| | S | Q | U | A | D | C | A | R | | S | E | X | T |
E | S | A | U | | E | N | C | R | Y | P | T | | | |
A | L | L | I | S | L | O | S | T | | A | S | I | A | N |
T | A | I | C | H | I | | | | G | R | A | M | M | Y |
S | P | E | K | E | | T | E | L | E | T | Y | P | E | S |
| | | F | L | O | O | R | I | T | | I | O | N | E |
S | C | A | R | | M | E | S | S | T | E | N | T | | |
T | A | P | E | R | E | D | | S | I | X | | E | L | I |
A | P | P | E | A | L | | T | O | R | T | O | N | I | S |
G | R | A | Z | I | E | | A | M | E | R | I | C | A | N |
S | I | L | E | N | T | | R | E | D | A | L | E | R | T |
Sat 7/23/2011
J | E | T | S | T | R | E | A | M | | O | H | G | O | D |
E | L | E | P | H | A | N | T | S | | N | O | R | S | E |
T | A | X | R | E | T | U | R | N | | E | R | A | S | E |
E | M | T | | W | I | F | I | | S | A | S | S | E | D |
| | | G | I | N | | A | R | M | R | E | S | T | S |
E | M | B | A | R | G | O | | O | A | T | H | S | | |
R | E | E | V | E | | W | H | O | S | H | O | T | J | R |
S | I | D | E | | S | L | O | T | H | | C | A | P | O |
T | R | A | N | S | P | I | R | E | | S | K | I | E | S |
| | Z | O | N | E | S | | R | E | V | E | N | G | E |
G | A | Z | P | A | C | H | O | | N | E | Y | | | |
O | I | L | E | R | S | | R | O | L | L | | T | A | T |
A | R | I | A | L | | T | I | K | I | T | O | R | C | H |
P | E | N | C | E | | M | O | R | S | E | C | O | D | E |
E | D | G | E | D | | I | N | A | T | R | A | N | C | E |
Sat 4/24/2010
I | T | S | A | S | H | A | M | E | | T | A | L | K | S |
B | I | K | I | N | I | W | A | X | | A | L | A | N | A |
I | N | A | M | O | M | E | N | T | | C | O | Z | E | N |
Z | E | L | I | G | | | H | A | W | K | E | Y | E | D |
A | D | D | N | | S | T | O | N | E | Y | | B | B | B |
| | | G | A | L | O | O | T | S | | J | O | E | L |
J | U | G | | M | I | N | D | | | G | O | N | N | A |
A | N | A | T | O | M | Y | | S | E | A | B | E | D | S |
M | I | M | E | S | | | H | E | L | L | | S | S | T |
P | T | E | R | | A | S | O | C | I | A | L | | | |
A | P | T | | O | P | T | S | T | O | | O | L | E | N |
C | R | A | B | M | E | A | T | | | U | T | E | R | O |
K | I | B | E | I | | F | I | R | E | S | T | O | R | M |
E | C | L | A | T | | F | L | U | M | M | O | X | E | D |
D | E | E | M | S | | S | E | T | S | A | S | I | D | E |
Mon 8/11/2008
G | A | S | S | Y | | S | M | E | A | R | | B | R | O |
A | T | O | N | E | | O | U | T | R | E | | L | A | B |
B | R | A | I | N | W | A | S | H | E | D | | O | N | E |
E | A | R | P | | O | P | I | E | | H | O | W | D | Y |
| | | E | D | U | | C | R | I | E | R | S | | |
| C | A | S | I | N | O | | | C | A | B | A | L | A |
C | U | T | A | N | D | D | R | I | E | D | | F | A | R |
H | E | A | T | | | O | A | S | | | A | U | D | I |
O | I | L | | H | A | R | D | P | R | E | S | S | E | D |
O | N | L | O | A | N | | | S | I | L | K | E | N | |
| | C | A | N | T | E | D | | D | O | S | | | |
F | J | O | R | D | | L | I | M | O | | A | I | D | A |
L | A | S | | B | L | I | N | D | F | O | L | D | E | D |
A | P | T | | A | I | D | E | S | | D | O | L | E | D |
X | E | S | | G | E | E | S | E | | S | T | E | P | S |
Tue 8/21/2007
C | A | C | H | E | | T | O | S | S | | C | H | I | C |
O | C | H | E | R | | O | B | O | E | | H | O | O | D |
S | T | I | N | G | O | P | E | R | A | T | I | O | N | S |
T | S | A | R | | S | T | Y | E | | E | P | P | S | |
| | | I | S | L | E | | E | W | E | S | | | |
I | L | K | | H | O | N | E | Y | I | M | H | O | M | E |
D | E | I | C | E | | | X | E | D | | O | M | E | N |
T | O | R | A | | A | M | U | S | E | | T | A | T | E |
A | N | O | S | | M | E | R | | | U | S | H | E | R |
G | I | V | E | M | E | A | B | U | Z | Z | | A | D | O |
| | | L | I | N | T | | P | A | I | L | | | |
| P | R | O | F | | P | A | T | H | | A | L | B | A |
T | H | E | A | F | R | I | C | A | N | Q | U | E | E | N |
W | E | E | D | | P | E | R | K | | T | R | I | E | D |
O | W | L | S | | I | S | E | E | | S | A | S | S | Y |