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Cook the Books

Leaving San Diego on the Oceania Insignia, en route to Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Colombia, Grand Cayman, and Miami. I’m writing about the trip on my PuffinlessTravel blog – check it out if you’re interested.

Words: 91 (17×17)

Average Length: 5.32

A super-sized collection of silly literary puns – how can you resist?

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Phone Home

Mt. Fuji, March 2025

Words: 136 (21×21)

Average Length: 5.24

Here’s a super-sized, pun-filled, meaty (especially 33 Down) puzzle for your solving pleasure.

I just got back from two weeks in Japan.  I’ve got posts about Tokyo, Hakone, Takayama, Kanazawa, Kyoto, and Hiroshima on my travel blog.  Please check them out if you’re interested!

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Like PB&J

See 73 Down. Photo taken in Havelock, New Zealand, Jan. 2024

Words: 94 (17×17)

Average Length: 5.11

Here’s a super-sized, tasty grid for your solving pleasure.  It can double as your menu for the next few days if you’re so inclined.

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Someday We’ll Find It

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, photo taken Dec. 2022 through a bus window

Words:  138 (21×21)

Average Length:  5.29

This supersized puzzle was inspired by 104 Across, a beautiful song that my daughter and I recorded a version of in my son’s home studio, then danced to as the father/daughter dance at her wedding five years ago.  It was one of the most meaningful experiences of my life!  I’ll spare you the video of our dance, but I will link to a gorgeous performance of the song by Willie Nelson.

As for the theme answers, most are well-known, a couple are obscure (sorry, but people don’t write many songs with the necessary colors in the title), and one (87 Across) is wrong from a spectrum standpoint but has the virtue of fitting.

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Place Names

One of Cuba’s famous old American cars. I rode in this one, which was beautiful on the outside but had no working gauges (speedometer, gas, etc.)

Words:  88 (17×17)

Average Length:  5.30

I’m writing this while sitting in the lounge at the Houston airport on my way from Cuba (land of scarcity) to Washington DC in the super-size everything USA.  Hence a supersized puzzle.  Enjoy!

Cuba is a fascinating place whose wonderful people are suffering greatly as a result of the Cuban government’s regressive policies, the ill effects of which are exacerbated by the US government’s nonsensical and inhumane embargo.  I’ll be posting write-ups of my trip all week on my PuffinlessTravel.com blog – check them out if you’re interested or just want to see some pictures of what life is like 90 miles from Key West.

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