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P L A Y E R P R O F I L Emoved one hour closer to Michael, who is an attorney, so that they at least both live in the samestate now. “But make sure you put in there that it’s not me holding things up,” Michael insists, “sothat these ladies will get off my back!”Katya Lezin lives in Charlotte, North Carolina with her husband and three children (Noah, Hannah,and Eliza). She is the author of Finding Life on Death Row, which profiles six individuals sentencedto death, and has written numerous articles for magazines and other publications. When she is noton the tennis court or competing in a SCRABBLE® tournament (two of her passions, which herhusband would argue border on obsessions), she enjoys cooking, reading, and spending time withher family.30
D I A N E ’ S D E F A L T SDiane’s DEFALTSby Diane FirstmanDiane Firstman published her first book of DEFALTS,Generous to a DEFALT: Vol. 1-3, in 2006. Since then, shehas published a second volume of her humorousalternative definitions to common (and not-so-common)words--DEFALTS Vol. 4--and selected DEFALTS haveappeared in SCRABBLE® News and on the onlineSCRABBLE® discussion groups crossword-games-pro(cgp) and OSPD. The Last Word is pleased to offer thefollowing selection of DEFALTS.CAVY: Mr. Crockett, "King of the wild spelunkers"CELT: 1) a unit of animation in Ireland; 2) the cartoonrepresentation of a leprechaun, as in ads for "Lucky Charms"CERO: zero degrees CelsiusCESS: waste in search of a poolCHAM: finishing 2nd in an event, not quite the championCHAO: a single unit of chaos?CHIA: a "pet" you can't buy in any pet storeCINE: a movie to which you can't take your "ma"CIRE: frustration at the lack of vitamin C in one's dietCIST: one who programs in "C"CLAG: slow-footedness as a result of wearing ill-fitting clogsDiane Firstman is a lifelong New Yorker and has been playing SCRABBLE® competitively since1994. When not thinking up DEFALTS, she attends crossword puzzle tourneys, and writes on theNew York Yankees for www.bronxbanterblog.com. She is adept at math, can reach items on topshelves in supermarkets, and does a dead-on impression of a sea lion. The collected “DEFALTS”are available at http://stores.lulu.com/dianagram. 31
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Page 4 and 5: F R O M T H E E D I T O ROur recent
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Page 18 and 19: N E W F A C E SPatton made quite a
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Page 24 and 25: T H E W O R D S M I T H“September
Page 26 and 27: Video Joeby Joe BihlmeyerV I D E O
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Page 32 and 33: The Mad Scrabblersby Cornelia Guest
Page 34 and 35: Linda’s Libraryby Linda WancelAs
Page 36 and 37: The Art of Strategyby Art MooreT H
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Page 48 and 49: Book Reviewby Cornelia GuestEveryth
Page 50 and 51: C L U B N E W SClub NewsLarry Sherm
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