Me too, there are two other solutions that don’t involve the first word.
5/8
PREACHING GAUZY
so few vowel options around the Z, made it pretty easy
Got that too, 4 of the 5 options involve GAUZY
Same
4/9
Junks storyboard
That was a quick one
time warp
Took me a few minutes, JUNKBOARD also accepted.
same
5/10
PREPROGRAMED DIREFUL
assuming a lot of 2nd word possibilities
5/10
Lots of solutions on today’s, I got the NYT one[spoiler]
Summary
PROFILED DEMAGOGUE
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5/10
Programed direful
Was stuck for a long time trying to make “prideful” work. Irritated that neither logam nor ragmop are legit 
and I just realized my PRE was unnecessary
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4/11
Brushwork kempt
That took longer than it should’ve
4/12
Sunflowers squeak
Serena seems to be stuck in a time warp - putting in the correct month
5/13
BIGAMIST TROPHY
This was the NYT solution but there are lots of other possibilities. Also got Serena’s solutions over the weekend - got a good streak going lately.
5/13
far from the most elegant answer -
kept trying to bake BIOGRAPHY work
BIOGRAPHISTS SYMPTOM
Oh shit!! Its MAY!!! 
where is this year going???
Today 5/13 I got
Bogarts shrimpy
Got lucky on first word. I was just throwing letters together
Didn’t get yesterday’s. Today’s took several passes.
5/15
Mightyship protext
That’s a crazy one - there are several answers today. I got BROIL LAUNCHED
Yesterday’s answer was lame. Didn’t get that one or the day before.
5/16
Crunched diabolo
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