That’s All Folks!

Words: 40 (11×11)

Average Length: 5.15

This one started as a random idea – gee, I wonder how many times I could reasonably (without compromising fill) cram the most common word in the English language into a midi crossword?  The answer: six as the word itself – with double credit going to certain post-punk band (23 Down) – as well as three more times where the letter string appears.  The title references Porky Pig’s famous closing line in the Looney Tunes cartoons, which should make sense if you think about it.

I’m happy to shout out Tom Lehrer (6 Down), a long-time math professor at Harvard with a second career as a writer of satirical, mostly  political songs.  Here’s a link to the one in the puzzle, which isn’t political but does concern science, so maybe these days it’s somehow controversial after all.

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