Mirror Maker

[Suspence]

Had an idea tonight, but all I could come up with is below. Hopefully you'll be able to come up with better ones.

You and I nourished one crustacean to a higher level (5)
Tavern loggia, not so many (3)
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[Suspence]

No bites yet?

I'm not sure if this has been done before and already has a name. If not, I'd call this puzzle type a "Mirror Maker".
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[novice]

The solution is

We fed a crab up
Pub arcade few

Nice idea.

[Suspence]

I'll try to come up with something better. They seem much tougher to come up with than Sign Makers...
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[Zag]

They are harder because some letter combinations can't easily be reversed, forcing word breaks at that location. I tried this some time ago, but rather than making two sentences, I was just trying to make a palindrome (by just glomming them together). I never finished any that I was happy enough with to post.

[Suspence]

Yep, these are tough. This one is slightly better, though still not good:

Lady Dorothy, verily, a bathroom break (6)
Cookware pieces give a little bonus to a worm? Crazy! (5)
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[novice]

Possibly

Dame Dot, Amen, a drawer stop
Pots reward a nematode? mad!


Not sure about that one word, though.

[Suspence]

Close...just that one word. It is a straight semordnilap between the two sentences, similar to drawer<>reward, but not that one.
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[novice]

Ok, maybe

Dame Dot, Amen, a diaper stop
Pots repaid a nematode? mad!


I'm not able to match the tense in the clue and solution, but it does fit nicely.

[Suspence]

Still not what I was intending, but it works. Maybe I should have just said "gratuity"
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[Scurra]

This is why I was so impressed by the MIT puzzle that used semordnilaps; even though they were all short, they are hard to construct coherently.
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[novice]

Doh.

Dame Dot, Amen, a pit stop
Pots tip a nematode? mad!

[Suspence]

One more:

Zero ladies atop Tuscan vehicle (6)
Risque Hispanic time period; a fish was the victor. (5)
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[novice]

[Thok]

That works as


No women are on Italy car
Racy latino era; nemo won

[Suspence]

Alright, someone else's turn...or we give up on this.
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[Suspence]

OK, here's a separate idea. We'll call this type a Space Maker:

Forest queue (2)
A few specially trained soldiers wanting (4)

This type might appeal to cryptic clue writers...
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[Suspence]

Here's what I was going for:

Forest queue (2) TREELINE
A few specially trained soldiers wanting (4) ThReE sEaLs In NeEd

Seems like it could work. Maybe I'll hold on to this idea for a Top GLer puzzle.
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[Zag]

If you could make it so that the remaining letters also spelled out something, I would be extremely impressed.

[Suspence]

Maybe I did (accidentally)

Forest queue (2) TREE LINE
That guy seems to be the handle of a scythe (3) HE'S A SNED
A few specially trained soldiers wanting (4) THREE SEALS IN NEED