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Puzzles for November, 2012
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Thu 11/1/2012
BLAKSOXSANDAL
EAREASELREUSE
ELETRONIGAMES
PLATOLADDER
SYRINGEINSITU
DEMFONTDES
THEIEMANOMETH
RENENAVELAARE
EXTRAURRIULAR
VEEMALEASP
ISRAELARTISAN
RRATEDANODE
JESSIAFLETHER
AARONPOISEIED
BLINDARBONOPY
Fri 11/2/2012
EASYTHERETIGER
SQUAREPEGOPERA
PUPPYLOVEBATIN
NASAEXERCISING
TINYLAST
ELKCARIBESRAT
POISEENYAAIDA
ENDLESSSTRUGGLE
EGGYLITHREHAB
SEASUNSETSTIO
LINESHAM
SCARYSPICEIPSE
OOHEDSNOWFALLS
JEANESCREAMOUT
UNDERTHEBRIDGE
Sat 11/3/2012
AIRQUOTESMPAA
CHEATSHEETYOST
HOTTAMALESASTI
EPAHALPURITAN
SEISNIPNAMING
ONNOWAQUAVITAE
NOEVILRAMIS
TRINESWINTER
EGESTSERIES
WATTMETERDUGAT
AMORALDELEHLE
ROTUNDAFOXTSE
ARABEXXONMOBIL
CELLREORGANIZE
ESSEDOMINATES
Sun 11/4/2012 FRANKLY SPEAKING
MGRSTENTLASSOEDPOP
COOTHREWANTENNALOO
NAMLEASEMEREMORTALS
ALAIATSEAMANEKONAS
BINDERINTUITTAMALE
BEGENTLETRAININGBRAS
LEGITREBENNE
BSAISRAELBARFSAPOR
REDANTYELLOWFINBABE
ARISEGEMERASERLIEV
CRASSERPUDGYLADANSE
KATESADLOTFADIZMIR
ETONONEOFOURSCLEATS
NERTSNAYANOSTRANYE
TAILJIMSITKA
INTERNETCHATJPMORGAN
NOOSESRAMADAERIEPA
STOATSLATSIGEPSMOG
OFFICETEMPSMURALEGG
LOAHEDGEINEASYANEE
ERRYESORNODRESSTED
Mon 11/5/2012
PITTADVILSOAR
ACHEMAINEAHME
REELARSONNEON
BLYNKENANDNOD
AMIODEEARNS
LARRYANDCURLY
AUDIORAND
WISPAWARESSTS
EXAMCACHE
DEWEYANDLOUIE
STENOOUILSD
CRACKLEANDPOP
REDOOCTALUTAH
EVERSHAMESOHO
WINETOBEYTRIO

Another partners theme, but with threesomes...but since WYNKEN, BLYKEN AND NOD was longer than 15, I thought it might be fun to list one of the trio and have the solver come up with the other two. I envisioned this as a call and response between constructor and solver.

Snap!

Tue 11/6/2012
SECRETMSPACMAN
ELAINERHUBARBS
GODBLESSAMERICA
APEDEMALS
ETALZITLAPIS
VICTEALIRA
BEHINDTHESCENES
OREDRETHOONS
RIGHTONTHEMONEY
ICEEMERSEX
SALASTAJROTC
DALGAGROI
PRESBYTERIANISM
UNTURNEDBAHAMA
BADPENNYBALLOT
Wed 11/7/2012
SAABTWODAUNTS
ABBAEBANADROIT
BABYTALKBRIDES
ECOLEDEBBIE
RITEROYALFLUSH
ACELETPTA
NAVYSEALSSTUN
DOMEDSMATHONG
ONUSSKYDIVING
GESGIERAE
STEELDRUMSLANA
SIESTAADREP
MTETNATHEBLUES
RATEDRERASABLE
INSEAMRETWAYS
Thu 11/8/2012
MOHMSAMMIMTOM
ARALAFOULTOUR
GARYWINGOELSA
ELIMNINGVALLEY
OVERSEAS
ADAMTENYAMTA
RIVERALOOSCAG
MEATERSBUSLANE
DONSMESMEUVER
OFTMICAGREYS
DISSUADE
BATEAUTWELFTHM
EGALICEINIRAQ
LUXETEENSSITU
LEMSSEDGEHOSE
Fri 11/9/2012
OSMONDSMASHHIT
BOATERHASHEESH
ICICLEOUTEREAR
TINLADENPODIA
PAMSMESASNEAL
ALEUTATLASDHL
GINGERROUTE
EQUATORIALPLANE
ROMANTASSEL
CRUNEIGHTOPOL
ROVEONCUELILI
ATUNECABALRIP
BALDSPOTROGETS
BRAINIACLOATHE
EYETEETHEMBOSS
Sat 11/10/2012
INSTAGRAMQATAR
HATECRIMEVERGE
AMINOACIDCIERA
DECWITSONED
ANKHNUTSCUTEY
BATONSALARY
AMOSOZDOMEGNC
LEIPZIGTOPSOIL
LSTZORARETINA
ELNINOSATAY
SKYPETALCTARA
TROITEEMLII
REUPSLOOSEROCK
AMIELALLATONCE
PENNYBEERSTEIN
Sun 11/11/2012 BOTTOMS UP!
MAJHASTOSGTSSCAR
OPUSORLONTIKIPUMA
AINTTRADESLATERISER
TAKEACABPATONSARTRE
RETRYGATOTATTOO
OTELLOHIGUYPTASMTM
ROWESTOVERTETSTERI
BOARSINEDARTHVADIS
IRRSSLOTANOSEERATO
TADANDROGYNYGNOMES
FLUESONASCOUT
NEWJOBSWINGVOTEVPS
ATHOSTSENGREMOPART
CHARSHARSHOLAYAMMO
RETDSOFATHATSOSPAR
ELSACREDEANEURSINE
UNSENTAVGSCRIER
INPAINYADIGSOMBRERO
TACOSTANDLATINOBTEN
ATOMELIERINGOYALL
LODIDIPSDONORBOY
Mon 11/12/2012
PELEEGADACTOR
OXENSAGABLARE
SANTACRUZSALES
EMAILPEZEPCOT
RIMLINT
CHEVROLETCRUZE
DOOETNASEAMAN
IRMAOPTPAID
SEETHEELEMSRS
CARNIVALCRUISE
ORALASA
GESTELAOIGLOO
ELLISWORKCREWS
ALAMOENYAEDNA
RAVENTEXTEASY
Tue 11/13/2012
MELDSJAYSLAMP
UMIAKALECERAS
SCARYMETAPHORS
KENNYGIMEANIT
YEAVACSPERON
MOLOKAIFAD
IMBADSYRRASTA
DRUNKIFAINKED
LOTSAGABSAYSO
ECTUNLINKS
TILESLARYYEP
HONOREDAMPERE
OBSESSIONOASIS
EEKSUNDOVNECK
DRYSPOETESSAY
Wed 11/14/2012
AMPEDSAGALETA
COREAOLOGYIOU
HOOKYLADDERERG
ESSSOMEIWISH
DEYPOINTYSHOOT
CLAMTIETO
PIOUSMENAOHMY
MINTTEAARAPAHO
SISIARCSPERON
SERIASPED
PARTYPARCELYDS
ILOSETONIFAN
ZIPFAIRYSQUARE
ZEEUNTILUNSER
ANDLOOPYEATIT
Thu 11/15/2012
ARBORROSSCID
PEABOELENIARE
EDITSADDONNRA
STREEPAWARDED
USOPENFOIL
AMIDNEEGLIDES
LANESARDUAAVA
AUFOAREMSTAG
MRIANSELHYENA
BIGSKYAMCESTS
THEECROOKS
MATADORNORDIC
UNIUMAMIAESOP
SINPANICFALLS
HAGNEROTREES
Fri 11/16/2012
TVSEASONSMCCOO
HITTHEHAYALOHA
REASONABLEDOUBT
AWNTORIPETRO
LADSRASPSHTTP
LSATSSCRIPAHI
RUEDOOLAPEC
CADDIEDGOLFPRO
ANOSAILNILE
NSFMRMETNEATO
TWPSGEARSWRIT
ERATODEMIANT
PROVIDEEVIDENCE
AMOONSTOLENCAR
REFRYTHREATENS

This was my second Times crossword with legal phrases as the theme. The first was a 9/13/2007 collaboration with Joe Krozel, in which he made a grid with seven 15-letter legal phrases! In my March 23, 2011, transmittal letter, I wrote, "Here's a puzzle you might like for a Friday. The grid is similar to puzzle 8 at the ACPT. It looks themeless and is pretty much clued as though it were. Yet, there's a theme."

If you've read my earlier notes, you'll know that for a time I obsessed over whether and to what extent my theme clues were edited. I don't even check this anymore. Factors that affect clue editing include time lapse between receipt and publication, what's in the previous and subsequent puzzle, and the editor's sense of the audience. But since I've pulled the manuscript ... Two of my four theme clues were retained verbatim! And, while over half of my other clues were changed, Will definitely improved the puzzle's overall merit with his editing!

Sat 11/17/2012
LONGARMMASHED
APOLLOIILLMADE
STTITUSRILEDUP
SENNETTRIOTACT
EDITSEGAFATAH
RICERITENITS
NEDSMAINGATE
TAXCODE
GOEASYONOBIE
BAUMOZMAISNT
AZTECPOLSRIMA
REFRACTFAKETAN
CLAIROLEYEMASK
ALLTALKASPERSE
RELATEROISTER
Sun 11/18/2012 STAR-CROSSED LOVERS
JULIEAHASCMAJ
SAMARRAKREMERAGA
INBREEDSBERRIEDIMAM
TERACECILIAANDROBBIE
ARIATERRORSPARSONS
ROANSPARTAHOOKAH
SENDAIPSSGUIDEEGOS
YONDTOMSSPEECH
MENUGABSAMPEDATSEA
OMARRHUMRAHOSXTAT
BIBIILSAANDRICKRANT
BROIDIRBIELOIOPIE
OAKENACTASYECHSOAR
STOLAVOATHKATE
SEVEILOSECBCTRACTS
CAVILSFLARESNORE
GETTHISSEATERSDTEN
SCARLETTANDRHETTJENI
POCONETBOOKLEONARDO
OLINNYLONSAUCIER
TITSSLEDTSKED
Mon 11/19/2012
AHORAROMMASS
TENORINERESET
CHICKADEEONKEY
OHOHCELTICS
SENECABUCKAROO
THYODSPIAAPE
SCIONBITER
LACKADAISICAL
LUCIAHOTLY
OLDMOTURLAPO
TUCKAHOEEYELID
AMMONIAMLLE
PONZIHUCKABEES
TAHOEOROLEGOS
ARLOTENARENA
Tue 11/20/2012
CAPRIBLOCBOWE
BRIANAEROAPEX
GELIDRAMPKEPT
BALLOONPAYMENT
AOLNCOS
DISTRACTARARAT
OSUFLOATPLANE
BANALORBHELIX
BANDOFGOLDPST
SKIDOOSEARCHES
ERNSWOO
PARADEMAGAZINE
CURLUNIXDECAF
OPIEESMEINEPT
QUAYSEEDESTES
Wed 11/21/2012
ODDCRUMBPLIES
NEEHENIELATCH
ETAATRIAAGILE
HENNIECSISAE
ENRAGESHANDSIN
ATUBTABURORY
RESETSCUTEY
TSKRESUMESHAL
HYATTSEMITE
PEASNEEDETTA
EXOTICAOVERLAP
NPRDEMNOWICY
TOTALIRATESHE
ASIDEEATERTEA
DECORREEDSSSR
Thu 11/22/2012
AMBUSHSCUMSHIV
LEANTOHOPEHULA
LADIESFIRSTISIN
CTSTIVOSULKED
APISHTENDNOISY
PIGLETRAINCHECK
SENORASDEALSUE
BABYBOOMER
NCRLONIFELINES
BOONDOCKSDECENT
AMBLESEEPOKAPI
SPEEDSTERITLC
TARAPRISONBREAK
ARTSAURADIONNE
RESTSTEWCLOSER
Fri 11/23/2012
STARTBACKMICAH
CHIHUAHUAERATO
ARMYBRATSNATAL
BEATENODESALS
SETHSPARCLOT
MUDHENSHOWE
SUSTAINKEENER
FONTEYNMIDRIBS
RACISMPANARAB
OPECACADEMY
MORKRUNESCAN
APTBERTBUTANE
TEASEALTOHORNS
ORIONREASONOUT
ZANDTEGGSHELLS
Sat 11/24/2012
AFGHANSKIJUMP
MALAWIMENELAUS
BRAZENINSECURE
LINEENTORENEW
ENDPOOHRAGA
DASHINGATFLOG
ACEINTHEHOLE
DAWNOFTHEDEAD
JACKINTHEBOX
ORTCESARRAIGN
SKIMFRIAMOE
ERVINMATTSCAM
POISONEDIMPALE
HOTHOUSESCALIA
MYANMARHITMEN
Sun 11/25/2012 A LITTLE EXTRA
TITLEAMIDCORPAGHAS
TOMEIMAGIABELMAINE
ONIONROLLSLEGALISTIC
PINSAUCERLIANASSST
SAURPROSEISLETABES
SETSLIPGAITPRO
HAZERSMAARNAFACTOR
EZEKIELSITATHORATIO
EUROPEANRIPPETEROSE
PROFESSORCHROMOSOME
LOYYEA
GENERATIONACTOKNIFE
GANYMEDESUMHAVEATIT
ORDAINSBENINTIMBALE
APOLLOREMSORSABLES
FAYRENISTARLEI
SRASEATITHAYEDDAVE
TANENTICEABSCAMNAG
ENEMYLINESPOPEMOBILE
PUREENOTAEVENLOCOS
SPANSGLOMNEXTEXERT
Mon 11/26/2012
DRABIRASTRAPP
OONADOMEWAXER
FINSLAICONICE
FLATTENSOUTSKY
EARSNAIL
AMSDIPDEMEANS
TUMSCHEREERIE
BLOWSHOTANDCOLD
ATTICNATOHOLE
TIEGAMEENDMAR
SLABSSAM
STSAVOTRESANTE
PAPAWORANDEAL
ALOHAKEYSAMIS
RETAGSWEEMOLE
Tue 11/27/2012
ARALFOXYHAFT
BONEODIEEERIE
FLOGTINALYCRA
ALLALONGTHESEM
BEDLAMSECT
ATATATRAIN
WATCHTOWERUSNA
IRATEFASSTEEP
LILIPURPLEHAZE
TACOMANATO
NAPSTIRADE
EMIJIMIHENDRIX
BANJOELANASAP
ARDORLINCROLE
NYSELADYENOL
Wed 11/28/2012
BAGELURSAOTIS
IRAQINOELAHME
XPLUSYISSIXTEEN
ALEATEEGAS
TRITESTENDORSE
SOMEYEATSNAYS
OUITOSSETD
XMINUSYISFOUR
POTETATAOL
DARTMETALSTDS
IDEAMENSAUTEED
OMSRARERNA
XISTENANDYISSIX
IREDEGOSTIETO
NEDSRESTESSEX
Thu 11/29/2012
BOLASCARTEPIE
EPOCHAGUESINN
SECRETPANELNCR
ENALARIATABOO
ALLABANTHEBOMB
TARSPAYEE
ETATBLOUSE
DEGREEOFFREEDOM
TATTOODIVA
ASPICONEK
SUREHANDEDMERE
STIRRAISEDTRI
AUDDONTSWEATIT
IREEMOTEPREPS
LESMASONPASEO
Fri 11/30/2012
ROSECHINAPCBS
OPELRENALALIT
BACKWARDMESSAGE
ERREVERASIAN
STEVIEISADOR
TERNBATANEYE
APHIDISNOMEA
PIANOPLAYINGCAT
SONLENOTECHS
ONDEMANDLENA
SLATEDASASET
ARHATRENTKEA
BEATASTANDSTILL
CAKEARBORALEE
SLEDMESSYOLDS
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