The Curious Engineer

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2013

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December 2013

  1. The Pitot Theorem
  2. Rising Above
  3. A Distilled Impression
  4. Big Time
  5. The Traveler’s Dilemma
  6. Unquote
  7. A Hidden Drama
  8. A Blind Pirate
  9. Orderly
  10. You Rang?
  11. Disc World
  12. Fools’ Play
  13. Black and White
  14. Likeness
  15. Man Bites Dog
  16. In a Word
  17. Eternal Repose
  18. Box Scores
  19. The Kuleshov Effect
  20. The Mummies of Guanajuato
  21. Blowin’ in the Wind
  22. Unquote
  23. Hat Check
  24. Ill-Favored
  25. Ship of State
  26. Turnabout
  27. The Pyramid Cemetery
  28. Black and White
  29. Character Study
  30. A Letter Home
  31. In a Word
  32. Transcendence
  33. Required Reading
  34. Rise or Fall
  35. “A Memory”
  36. Tit for Tat
  37. 20 to 3
  38. Light Work
  39. Leave-Taking
  40. Unquote
  41. Perspective
  42. Pure-Hearted
  43. Saying Nothing
  44. Rolling
  45. Ground Zero
  46. Skin Deep
  47. Black and White
  48. The Froggy Problem
  49. Author!
  50. In a Word
  51. Scattered Objects
  52. Made to Order
  53. Inside Job
  54. The Bat Bomb
  55. Animal Behavior
  56. Disappearing Act
  57. Lost History
  58. Query 2
  59. Unquote
  60. Addition and Subtraction
  61. Back Again
  62. Testament
  63. Dog’s Mead
  64. Nicknames
  65. Shell Sense
  66. Black and White
  67. Emptied Nest
  68. Dolphin Rescues
  69. In a Word
  70. A Golden March
  71. Dairy Carry
  72. Misc 56
  73. Fare Play
  74. A Drugstore Puzzle
  75. Fair Warning
  76. Plain Talk
  77. The Richardson Effect
  78. Unquote
  79. A Horrid Coincidence
  80. Black and White

November 2013

  1. At a Stroke
  2. In a Word
  3. Short-Handed
  4. Self-Regard
  5. Apex
  6. Two Lists
  7. Also-Ran
  8. Things to Come
  9. Some “Odd” Theorems
  10. Unquote
  11. Ice Water
  12. Haunting Attire
  13. The Broken Deck
  14. Presidential Wordplay
  15. “Grandpapa”
  16. Black and White
  17. “An Hellespont of Cream”
  18. Going Down
  19. In a Word
  20. Grass Hoppers
  21. Tree Mountain
  22. Lifeboats for All
  23. The Halkett Boat
  24. “On a Certain Scholar”
  25. Bootstrap Percolation
  26. “When a Man’s Busy”
  27. Naturally
  28. Unquote
  29. Counterfeit Redux
  30. Moving Images
  31. “The Anatomy of Humor”
  32. Well Bounded
  33. “A Financial Puzzle”
  34. The Comma Strike
  35. Black and White
  36. Caller ID
  37. Ice Route
  38. In a Word
  39. “The Story of Augustus Who Would Not Have Any Soup”
  40. Apportionment Paradoxes
  41. Posture Guard
  42. Derbes’ Law
  43. Time Series
  44. Unquote
  45. Brood War
  46. The Christmas Truce
  47. Perspective
  48. The Centipede Game
  49. Party Planning
  50. The Defenestrations of Prague
  51. Black and White
  52. Flip Sum
  53. Out of This World
  54. In a Word
  55. “When I Loved You”
  56. Busy 2
  57. Self-Service
  58. From the Heart
  59. The Bermagui Mystery
  60. The Little Man
  61. “To Celia”
  62. The Christmas War
  63. Unquote
  64. Storm Surge
  65. On Time
  66. Gold Nuggets
  67. Moving Drama
  68. Tale Types
  69. The Bellamy Salute
  70. Black and White

October 2013

  1. Think Piece
  2. Cat and Mouse
  3. Fry Another Day
  4. Making Luck
  5. In a Word
  6. Beyond the Pale
  7. The Inman Diaries
  8. Junk Mail
  9. A Pleating Feat
  10. An Invisible Map
  11. A Beautiful Belt
  12. Unquote
  13. Chladni Figures
  14. Higher Math
  15. Leonard Trask
  16. Paper Chase
  17. Dubious Punishments
  18. Benjaman Kyle
  19. Black and White
  20. Scoop 2
  21. A Lake Jaunt
  22. In a Word
  23. Square Deal
  24. Nontransitive Dice
  25. Rest Easy
  26. Special Projects
  27. Round and Round
  28. Shadow Play
  29. The Solway Firth Spaceman
  30. A Perpetual Pussycat
  31. Unquote
  32. A Timely Escape
  33. Bear Facts
  34. Dam Ambitious
  35. Side Matters
  36. Green Peace
  37. The Sourdough Expedition
  38. Black and White
  39. Sporting Timber
  40. Honorable Prisoners
  41. In a Word
  42. For the Inexpressive
  43. Happy Landings
  44. Stick Fight
  45. Self-Destroying Art
  46. Sitting Protest
  47. Unquote
  48. Far From Home
  49. Billy Cote
  50. All Relative
  51. Harm’s Way
  52. Unconvinced
  53. Insight
  54. Black and White
  55. Roots
  56. Art Appreciation
  57. In a Word
  58. Quick Thinking
  59. The Nyctograph
  60. Air Traffic
  61. Equal Opportunity
  62. The Cursing Stone
  63. Ballot Measure
  64. Land Under England
  65. Memento Mori
  66. Unquote
  67. Field Report
  68. Standing Out
  69. Ghosts of Mars
  70. The Speed of Sound
  71. Slow Muse
  72. Makeover
  73. Black and White
  74. Memoria Technica
  75. The Shadow of the Bear
  76. In a Word
  77. A Bad Night
  78. Dead Bargain
  79. Spray Ain’t
  80. Open and Shut
  81. Words and Numbers
  82. Power Clubs

September 2013

  1. Fair Enough
  2. Purple Mountains
  3. Unquote
  4. Fish Story
  5. Twice Mistaken
  6. Digit Count
  7. Homecoming
  8. Diagnosis
  9. Words and Numbers
  10. Black and White
  11. Casket Trouble
  12. Home Page
  13. In a Word
  14. Working Conditions
  15. Edge Case
  16. Duck Doom
  17. “Canine Jealousy”
  18. The Scrabble Diet
  19. Going Down
  20. Aloft Over London
  21. The Titanic Orphans
  22. Unquote
  23. Freak Waves
  24. So There
  25. Word Perfect
  26. One Last Thrill
  27. Heaven’s Domain
  28. Hidden Men
  29. Black and White
  30. Double Indemnity
  31. A Day’s Work
  32. In a Word
  33. “Friendship’s Garland”
  34. Oops 19
  35. Space Saver
  36. A Parting Kiss
  37. Cheap Grace
  38. For the Record
  39. Misc 55
  40. Fading Words
  41. Unquote
  42. Antigrams
  43. Fish Story
  44. Roughing It
  45. Get Out of Jail Free
  46. Thought Chemistry
  47. Almost Home
  48. Black and White
  49. Private Exit
  50. Typecast
  51. In a Word
  52. “A Tragic Story”
  53. A New Collectible
  54. Happy Landings
  55. Nota Bene
  56. Fitting
  57. Bean Counting
  58. Industrial Devolution
  59. Us and Them
  60. Unquote
  61. Things to Come
  62. Tanya
  63. “The Poets in a Puzzle”
  64. Post Chase
  65. Two for One
  66. An Ancient Mystery
  67. Black and White
  68. “Come Wade, Dear Maid”
  69. Popularity Contest
  70. In a Word
  71. The Two Cultures
  72. A Losing Game
  73. Apple Cheeks
  74. Planning Big
  75. A Helping Hand
  76. The Dumbbell Cipher
  77. Plan B
  78. Unquote

August 2013

  1. Better Safe
  2. “On Professor Freud”
  3. False Confessions
  4. Family Plot
  5. Black and White
  6. A Crowning Puzzle
  7. What Am I?
  8. In a Word
  9. Ready Made
  10. Higher Things
  11. Special Delivery
  12. Missed Connections
  13. The Football Charge
  14. Dog Tired
  15. Single Cases
  16. A Living Casualty
  17. Unquote
  18. Pursuit of Truth
  19. Riddle
  20. Turn, Turn, Turn
  21. The Ghost House
  22. Object Lessons
  23. The Bargain Bin
  24. Black and White
  25. Future History
  26. Fixer-Upper
  27. In a Word
  28. Hint
  29. Repeat Performance
  30. A Portable Dip
  31. The Willow Cathedral
  32. Memento
  33. The Lakes of Wada
  34. No Good Deed
  35. “Ain’t Nature Commonplace!”
  36. Unquote
  37. Planning Ahead
  38. Miquel’s Theorem
  39. Higher Learning
  40. The Rich Are Different
  41. Fleeting Panic
  42. Truth in Labeling
  43. Black and White
  44. Jury Duty
  45. The Easy Way
  46. In a Word
  47. Possession
  48. Special Thanks
  49. Back to Nature
  50. Keepsake
  51. Awol 2
  52. Presto 3
  53. The Real Thing
  54. Tough Love
  55. Unquote
  56. Quick Thinking
  57. Told You So
  58. Travelogue
  59. Fore 4
  60. Comment
  61. Last Words
  62. Black and White
  63. Green
  64. Crime Does Not Pay
  65. In a Word
  66. Fun With Pictures
  67. Mystery Guest
  68. For the Fan
  69. Orthography
  70. Building Codes
  71. So Ordered
  72. Dispatch
  73. Time’s Up
  74. Rhyming Trouble
  75. Confined
  76. Dirty Laundry
  77. Spendthrift
  78. Lessons
  79. Black and White
  80. Fish Story
  81. Rock Music
  82. In a Word

July 2013

  1. Busy
  2. Finnegans Brake
  3. Scarecrow
  4. Legal Vision
  5. Moving Language
  6. Dream Sentences
  7. “The Passionate Encyclopedia Britannica Reader to His Love”
  8. Farewell
  9. Unquote
  10. An Invitation
  11. Mr. Right
  12. “Note for a Biography of a Noted Television Comedian”
  13. Dictation
  14. Fact and Fancy
  15. Penmanship
  16. Black and White
  17. Refracted Glory
  18. Buoy Howdy
  19. In a Word
  20. Specialists
  21. Triangle
  22. O Beautiful
  23. Comment
  24. Oh 6
  25. A More Perfect Union
  26. Square Dance
  27. Figure and Ground
  28. Unquote
  29. The Puzzle of the Self-Torturer
  30. Open and Shut
  31. Weird Verse
  32. Babel on Olympus
  33. “The Wayfarer”
  34. Kid Lit
  35. Black and White
  36. “The Fable of the Man Who Didn’t Care for Storybooks”
  37. Self-Help
  38. In a Word
  39. Good Point
  40. Thrills and Intrigue
  41. Bath Buddy
  42. Clan Handled
  43. The “Polish Schindler”
  44. Misc 54
  45. Dread Sovereign
  46. Unquote
  47. Confirmed
  48. All God’s Creatures
  49. Business News
  50. Untitled
  51. Orders of Magnitude
  52. Black and White
  53. First Principles
  54. “On Not Being Able to Read My Wife’s Handwriting”
  55. Crowd Control
  56. Open and Shut
  57. The Last Resort
  58. In a Word
  59. Three Riddles
  60. Enfant Terrible
  61. Kids Today
  62. Unquote
  63. The Oberlin–Wellington Rescue
  64. Now Showing
  65. Overtime
  66. Promoted
  67. Sensible Nonsense
  68. Taking Time
  69. In a Word
  70. Feeling Low
  71. Black and White
  72. Condensed Ilk
  73. Togetherness
  74. Pillow Talk
  75. 15 Puzzle
  76. Shhhh 2
  77. Insight
  78. Doctor Doctor
  79. Sunset
  80. Unquote

June 2013

  1. Square Deal
  2. Book Search
  3. Cold Case
  4. Down and Out
  5. Read This Aloud
  6. The Master’s Voice
  7. Black and White
  8. Periodic Labels
  9. Top Dog
  10. In a Word
  11. Social Climbing
  12. Mitty Planning
  13. Ecology
  14. Club Science
  15. A Martian Census
  16. Oversight
  17. Unquote
  18. Expertise
  19. On-the-Job Training
  20. No Connection
  21. A Caged Bird
  22. Best-Laid Plans
  23. Fair Enough
  24. Progress
  25. Divorce Decree
  26. Black and White
  27. In a Word
  28. Tender Minded
  29. Self-Service
  30. Minor Theft
  31. Guys and Dolls
  32. Law and Order
  33. Traffic Forecast
  34. Unquote
  35. New Units
  36. Three by Three
  37. On Time
  38. Lecture Notes
  39. Appearances
  40. Well Traveled
  41. Lending a Hand
  42. Great Minds
  43. Black and White
  44. Red and Black
  45. Ruler Measurement
  46. In a Word
  47. Desperate Measures
  48. Lost in Translation
  49. No Hands
  50. Succinct
  51. Philip
  52. Alcohol Problem
  53. Out of Sight
  54. Language Arts
  55. Unquote
  56. Agitato
  57. Overtime
  58. Strategy
  59. Bad Behavior
  60. The Parity Paradox
  61. Patron Ain’t
  62. Black and White
  63. First Things First
  64. Critic Fatigue
  65. In a Word
  66. Eye and Ear
  67. Round Trip
  68. Text Hexes
  69. Holy War
  70. Animal Behavior
  71. Misc 53
  72. A Lost Appeal
  73. The Hypergame Paradox
  74. Unquote
  75. Reverses
  76. Plant Food
  77. Pleasure Gardening
  78. Tomb Evader

May 2013

  1. Ill Will
  2. Turnabout
  3. Black and White
  4. World of Wonders
  5. Weather Report
  6. In a Word
  7. A Deep Question
  8. Escort
  9. Easy Rider
  10. “The Man With the Golden Arm”
  11. Viewpoint
  12. Unquote
  13. About Face
  14. Cold Whirled
  15. Field Trip
  16. Coverup
  17. Report
  18. Black and White
  19. In a Word
  20. Nose Knowledge
  21. Boxen
  22. Update
  23. Unbound
  24. Ambassador
  25. Blocked
  26. Unquote
  27. “The Skeptic’s Horoscope”
  28. Saber Rattling
  29. Short Subjects
  30. Business as Usual
  31. In Brief
  32. Black and White
  33. Going Up
  34. In a Word
  35. The Loneliest Number
  36. Too Late?
  37. Far From Home
  38. Outreach
  39. Rsvp
  40. Misc 52
  41. Memorable Experiments
  42. Sign Language
  43. Repeat Performances
  44. Project Management
  45. Misterioso
  46. Black and White
  47. Low Tech
  48. Trojan Horse
  49. In a Word
  50. Victimized
  51. Lost Weapons
  52. Double Dread
  53. Bon Appétit
  54. Unquote
  55. Out on Top
  56. “Illustrated Rebus”
  57. Opposites Attract
  58. Jetan
  59. Eavesdropping
  60. Black and White
  61. Making Do
  62. In a Word
  63. Diction Airy
  64. Stick Up

April 2013

  1. “Bees Invited to Funerals”
  2. Alignment
  3. The Ballot Box Problem
  4. Unquote
  5. Cold Faith
  6. Quick 2
  7. Trouble Above
  8. Roundabout
  9. Marching Orders
  10. Timber!
  11. Black and White
  12. Name Sense
  13. Weight Watchers
  14. In a Word
  15. Theory and Practice
  16. Pick’s Theorem
  17. Mother’s Milk
  18. “The Twenty-Third Psaum”
  19. Relatively Speaking
  20. Last Words
  21. Commander-in-Chief
  22. Corporal Violet
  23. Unquote
  24. Noted 9
  25. “Surrealist Landscape”
  26. Jeannot’s Knife
  27. Cheers
  28. Words and Numbers
  29. Misc 51
  30. Black and White
  31. History Brief
  32. Double Act
  33. In a Word
  34. Things to Come
  35. The Leisure Class
  36. Sightseeing
  37. Right of Way
  38. Some Palindromes
  39. Alignment
  40. Unquote
  41. Heart and Soul
  42. Abuse of Power
  43. Who’s Counting?
  44. As Time Goes By
  45. Higher Learning
  46. Good Behavior
  47. Paper Fight
  48. Parting Shot
  49. Black and White
  50. Noted 8
  51. Rimshot
  52. In a Word
  53. A Time Machine
  54. Archy and Mehitabel
  55. Hair Tomorrow
  56. Insight
  57. Brothers in Binary
  58. “Winter Eve”
  59. Unquote
  60. Greetings
  61. Discipline
  62. Balance
  63. Plane Dealing
  64. Surface Mail
  65. Inner Space
  66. Terrible Poetry
  67. Black and White
  68. In a Word
  69. Math Notes
  70. Specialists
  71. Advancement
  72. No Tabs
  73. Pedal Pusher
  74. Correlation, Causation
  75. Digit Work
  76. Succinct
  77. Table Talk
  78. Misc 50
  79. Unquote

March 2013

  1. Finished
  2. A New Day
  3. Decorum
  4. Stormy Weather
  5. Squeak
  6. Partial Credit
  7. Black and White
  8. “The Bender”
  9. In a Word
  10. Finding Yourself
  11. Pandora’s Divorce
  12. Weatherproof
  13. Turn, Turn, Turn
  14. Law and Order
  15. Illumination
  16. Soulmates
  17. Ho
  18. Till Death
  19. Unquote
  20. Shocking
  21. Read-Only
  22. Diy 4
  23. Body Politic
  24. Detente
  25. Wallflower
  26. Black and White
  27. Head or Tail
  28. Bestial Passion
  29. In a Word
  30. Round Numbers
  31. Princess Caraboo
  32. Water Bed
  33. Metaphysical Necessity
  34. Digit Sums
  35. Think Piece
  36. So There
  37. Special Delivery
  38. Unquote
  39. Exit 3
  40. Magic 2
  41. “Atmosphere Never Dark on a Windy Night”
  42. Two Gruesome Incidents
  43. “Extraordinary Wave in the Channel”
  44. The Armistice Carriage
  45. Black and White
  46. Bedrock
  47. In a Word
  48. Work Planning
  49. Times Square
  50. Ice Route
  51. A Leg Up
  52. Hell’s Kitchen
  53. Men of Letters
  54. Extra Credit
  55. Dinner Charge
  56. Word Ladders
  57. Unquote
  58. A Body at Rest
  59. Form Fitting
  60. Spring Poetry
  61. Sudden Stop
  62. “How to Roast a Pound of Butter”
  63. The Hook Hoax
  64. Black and White
  65. Things to Come
  66. In a Word
  67. Professional Monster
  68. Pest Control
  69. Cold Water
  70. Roll Call
  71. Ends and Means
  72. A Latin Spoonerism
  73. Eh 3
  74. A Six-Legged Hiawatha
  75. Grunt Work
  76. Unquote
  77. Warm Words
  78. Misc 49
  79. “The Gun Within a Gun”
  80. Mail Room
  81. Tacet 2
  82. The Pied Piper of Saipan
  83. Black and White

February 2013

  1. In the Dark
  2. Top Secret
  3. In a Word
  4. Sudden Stop
  5. Diamonds and Pearls
  6. Ahem 4
  7. Unquote
  8. “O! Wherefore”
  9. A Mobile Fort
  10. Alternative Energy
  11. Extra Credit
  12. The Best Masters
  13. Double Duty
  14. Singing Sand
  15. Yablo’s Paradox
  16. Black and White
  17. “Evils of Railroads”
  18. Public Servant
  19. In a Word
  20. Cool Shoes
  21. Finding Mates
  22. Overdue
  23. Close Enough
  24. The Time Store
  25. Unquote
  26. Wind Power
  27. Coming and Going
  28. Diy 3
  29. “A Dry Quicksand”
  30. Field Work
  31. House Call
  32. The Conscience Fund
  33. The World Backstage
  34. The Parent Trap
  35. Black and White
  36. In a Word
  37. Well Done
  38. Sweet and Bubbly
  39. Clatter Plot
  40. The Pizza Principle
  41. Easy Rider
  42. Books and Benches
  43. A Magic Mystery
  44. Ruin Marble
  45. Better Late
  46. Prose Poetry
  47. Unquote
  48. Pandigital Primes
  49. Scoop
  50. Regrets
  51. Jerome
  52. Slippery
  53. Misc 48
  54. Black and White
  55. Riding for Two
  56. Anomalous Cancellation
  57. In a Word
  58. The Predictor
  59. Recalled to Life
  60. Drive
  61. The Tippe Top
  62. Constellation
  63. Shorthand
  64. En Garde!
  65. Kid Vision
  66. Unquote
  67. The Shoe Fits
  68. Cold War
  69. Methodical
  70. Light-Hearted
  71. Black and White
  72. Credentials
  73. Always Home

January 2013

  1. Difficult Music
  2. Reversible Rhyme
  3. In a Word
  4. Foul Play
  5. Over and Out
  6. Round Numbers
  7. Presidential Timber
  8. Homework
  9. Good Enough
  10. More Is Less
  11. Contraband
  12. Unquote
  13. To Do
  14. The Mere Addition Paradox
  15. Double Play
  16. Misc 47
  17. In a Word
  18. Sounds of War
  19. Babel Fishing
  20. Extended Tour
  21. Black and White
  22. Stone Cold
  23. Back Aid
  24. The Indiana Pi Bill
  25. Trinity
  26. Half and Half
  27. Witchery
  28. Cameo
  29. Reflected Glory
  30. Theme and Variations
  31. Unquote
  32. Round and Round
  33. Conjuring
  34. Misc 46
  35. A Penny Saved
  36. Surface Tension
  37. The Candy Desk
  38. In a Word
  39. Per Ardua Ad Astra
  40. Payback
  41. Black and White
  42. Misterioso
  43. Round Trip
  44. Hostilities
  45. Wish You Were Here
  46. Matchups
  47. Morphology
  48. Square Deal
  49. Handiwork
  50. Unquote
  51. Lies Within Lies
  52. For the Record
  53. Wool-Gathering
  54. A Gumshoe’s Library
  55. Winning Colors
  56. The Shooting Room
  57. In a Word
  58. Gun Play
  59. Inside Job
  60. Black and White
  61. “Adverbities of Eros”
  62. Pièce de Résistance
  63. Pigeon Puzzle
  64. The Problem of the Two Boys
  65. Water Works
  66. The Chelsea Pensioners
  67. Unquote
  68. The Ghost Writer
  69. The Paradox of Tolerance
  70. United Nations
  71. The Swallows Return
  72. Showoff
  73. Din Minimum
  74. Sympathy
  75. Black and White
  76. Distilled Spirits
  77. Construction Set
  78. His and Hers
  79. In a Word
  80. Label Mates
  81. R&R
  82. What 5

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