Fake Will Shortz

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On this day 13 years ago, the late great Merl Reagle and I were on The Simpsons. I like to think of the #NYTXW as an honorary Simpson - a beloved American cultural institution that is as universally beloved today as it was back in the '90s.

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Whether you're weighed down by the Atlasian pressure of high expectations, or you just feel like being playful, it's fun to write puzzles under a pseudonym, like "Bill Culottes," or "Anna Stiga," or "Alex-Eaton Salners."

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You can TP a house, but can you TP a tepee?

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Hello Twitter, it's me, Puzzlemaster Will Shortz. I just logged back in to my Twitter to share this very "phat" video starring a very talented young constructor named Erik Agard I found on the website https://t.co/Ij0MIT4QA8. Owen how do I share hyperlinks

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your names
so short
so vowel-heavy
and yet
my heart mourns https://t.co/4yPaWL2Kbi

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so did anything interesting happen since i stopped tweeting

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It took a few years, but someone finally solved this puzzle! https://t.co/cYWogL0DKw

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@FakeWillShortz gevcyrfrp = fcryg + evpr :D

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N WYRZMC TX HBPHMJ CYYHL CPSK CEX NK MI XSMPEK PT Z XMHRITPMO TL DWKA Z AIQIJMCP UPDYXQ. RAIFA Q'WW LYM ZM STMYVNWH.

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This is still funnier than anything I've ever written https://t.co/KBhqUTN354

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Justice has been served!

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Suggested names for the next Star Wars protagonist:
ERO NITU
RAO ENLE
EAN ARLA
ITUI OELE
EOE EIEIO

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POLL: Who will win the #ACPT?

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ELENA and SONIA and KAGAN are so good for crosswords I think we can forgive a fourteen-letter consonant-heavy name.

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how is it that none of you has made a @FakeTimParker acccount yet #gridgate

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Plagiarism is when you take someone's work and claim it as your own, so if you use a pseudonym, you should be in the clear, right? #gridgate

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Can we at least use decent fill when plagiarizing? DHOWS ORRERY POESY COPSE ftw https://t.co/eRASAPXqzL #gridgate

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@davidamackey Something tells me those words are etymologically related somehow

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@JanglerNPL I actually had a different second one in mind

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Name three words, not etymologically related, that contain the letter string GHTH #puzzle

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If you tweet at me, expect an @-reply in 9 months or so, and then a RT about 2 years after that.