Words: 68
Average Length: 5.44
I sprinkled lots of playful clues in this one; I think 7 Down is my favorite. Have fun!
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Of Courses
Words: 30 (9×9)
Average Length: 4.60
This is not the puzzle I’d hoped to post today. Feeling optimistic a couple of days ago, I had a midi ready to go celebrating my country’s stepping back from the brink. Instead, we jumped feet first.
So here’s an anodyne puzzle with no political content. Life, for now, goes on.
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Before and After 2
Words: 74
Average Length: 5.11
Here’s another Before and After puzzle featuring an American revolutionary firebrand, a noted early 20th century novelist, a film rebel, a Rat Pack singer, and a famed writer of Theses.
The photo has nothing to do with the puzzle – it’s from my recently concluded trip on the Azamara Quest from Venice to Rome by way of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Greece, Malta, and Sicily. If you’d like to read about the trip and see lot of photos, please visit my travel blog, PuffinlessTravel.com.
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In Rare Farm
Words: 28 (9×9)
Average Length: 5.07
I’d been saving 11A and 21A for a full-sized themed puzzle but couldn’t come up with other good themers, so here they are in a large mini or small midi, depending on your definitions.
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Themeless 89
Words: 72
Average Length: 5.44
Let me crow: I’m really happy with the way this grid turned out: only 29 black squares, a bunch of cool fill, and several clues I’m rather proud of. I hope you enjoy solving it as much as I enjoyed constructing it. If so, please share widely, and if you’re not already a follower of this blog, please take that step!
I’ve been on a wonderful trip this past week and a half – if you’re interested, visit my PuffinlessTravel.com blog or click on any link that sounds good:
Venice and boarding the Azamara Quest
Šibeniki and Krka National Park, Croatia
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Words: 23 (9×8)
Average Length: 4.87
Let’s get the obvious out of the way: this is by far the ugliest grid I’ve ever designed. Alas, after far too much time trying to fit what I wanted into a symmetrical, esthetically pleasing mini-midi grid, I gave up and settled for what you see.
Having said that, I hope you enjoy solving the clues, just like 9 Across and 3 Down. And if crime fiction is your thing, I can’t recommend Ian Rankin’s Rebus series highly enough. He just released the 25th book in the series, and they’re all terrific.
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A Little Dot’ll Do Ya
Words: 76
Average Length: 4.74
Here’s a mind-expanding puzzle, including a little dirt on an ancient Roman poet, some Yiddish, Weird Al, and – oh yeah – a potential acid trip.
I’m posting this a day early because I’m getting on a cruise ship this afternoon and have no idea what the Internet access will be like.
If anyone’s interested, I’m on yet another trip – so far I’ve visited Monaco and Èze (France); the links are to write-ups on my PuffinlessTravel blog.
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And Then It Hit Me
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Themeless 88
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Darn Head Pin
Words: 10 (5×5)
Average Length: 5.00
Way back in high school, I used to go bowling every weekend, reaching a greater level of success than in any other sport (it’s a low hurdle indeed). I had my share of 1 Acrosses, but got pretty good at converting the smaller ones. Difficulty-wise, I’d put today’s puzzle in the category of knocking down the 10-pin for a spare: quite doable but not a slam dunk, to mix sporting metaphors. (Dunking a bowling ball is not recommended.)
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