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The Big Thanksgiving Wordplay 2004 (Nov 19, 2004)
     T V of D D by H L
     T M W Was T by G K C
     T K A M by H L
     T Y Before T M by R H D
     A O A by Lucy M M
     The E C O O by L F B
     T Lost C by E R B
     C, T B C by Alan P
     L of T F by W G

Nov 8, 2004
     T L C C I Spots

F F The B (Sep 26, 2004)
     F Favors T B

Sep 16, 2004
     I C, I S, I C

Aug 25, 2004
     B Safe T S

The Big Summer Wordplay 2004, Part 2 (Jul 20, 2004)
     Last O T M by J F C
     A C Y I King A C by M T
     Jane E by C B
     S M by George E (also known as M E)
     C d B by E Rostand
     T H of N D by Victor H
     The M by William W C (more commonly known as W C)
     A Quiet O T W F by E M R
     Black B by A S
     R & J by W S

Jul 13, 2004
     T Fat I I T F

The Big Summer Wordplay 2004, Part 1 (Jun 16, 2004)
     R C by Daniel D
     S F R by Johann W
     20,000 L U T S by J V
     A Through T L G by L C
     T J B by Rudyard K
     T Three M by A D
     I by Sir W S
     Tom B's S D by T H
     C and P by F D
     Dr J A M H by R L S

Jun 2, 2004
     Every M F H

May 26, 2004
     D I T Water

May 5, 2004
     Cold H, W H

Apr 14, 2004
     B I I T Eye O T B

Mar 24, 2004
     H I W T Heart I

Mar 15, 2004
     A Before B

Feb 25, 2004
     A M T H Grow F

Feb 6, 2004
     F I T Face O D

Jan 28, 2004
     L D W Up

Jan 21, 2004
     G I T Swing

Jan 14, 2004
     A F I E Pie

Jan 7, 2004
     Call A S A S

The Big Christmas Wordplay 2003 (Dec 13, 2003)
     The M O C by Thomas H
     T A by William S
     B New W by A H
     I, C by R G
     T M Falcon by D H
     The P Of T O by G L
     V F by W Makepeace T
     The G of W by J S
     A P To I by E M F
     S of S by T M

The Big Thanksgiving Wordplay 2003 (Nov 19, 2003)
     A K by Leo N T
     F by M Wollstonecraft S
     T Wings O T D by H J
     C-22 by J H
     The C P by A W
     Captains C by R K
     Little D by C D
     U by J J
     T P of M J B by M S
     T is T N by F S F

Nov 12, 2003
     F T Bill

Oct 27, 2003
     L Down Y N

Oct 8, 2003
     Keep U W T J

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