Words: 16 (7×6) Average Length: 4.88 I learned about the seeds of this puzzle, 1A and 3D, while reading a remarkable book called The Arrogant Ape, by Christine Webb. The book’s subtitle, “The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters,” captures the thought-provoking, insightful, often maddening contents perfectly. It impressed me so much that…
Words: 72 Average Length: 5.25 Musical grammar usually encompasses things like harmony, melody, and rhythm. This puzzle, however, takes the term literally. online | puz | pdf | solution
Words: 11 (6×5) Average Length: 4.91 As you probably guessed, 1A was the seed for this puzzle. Why seed the puzzle with an answer that only a couple of solvers are likely to have heard? Because, as things get increasingly fractious and belligerent, the word captures the sort of awareness we could use a great…
Words: 72 Average Length: 5.36 The two seeds for this themeless were 5D (largely because of the joke in the clue) and 19D (because I think it’s cool, both literally and figuratively). Have fun! online | puz | pdf | solution
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