Words: 14
Average Length: 5.29
I started with the grid shape and 8 Across and then looked for some interesting stuff to go around it. The result has a bit of an unintended celestial theme.
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Stars Crossed
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G’day Mates 1
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What Are They Worth?
Words: 24 (9×9)
Average Length: 4.67
I’ve been wondering about the difference in valuation between 10A and 4D. Is it because we value our own thoughts more highly than others value them? (Anything to avoid thinking about the state of the world!)
I just returned from a cruise that took me from San Diego to Miami. If anyone is interested, I’ve been blogging about it on my PuffinlessTravel site. Here are links to the posts:
Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo
Guatemala – The Tour That Didn’t Happen
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It’s a Stretch
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Really?
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Happy Songs
Words: 18 (7×7)
Average Length: 5.00
After the election debacle, finding my mood rather bleak, I put together an ever-evolving playlist of songs that always lift my spirits. Some of those songs (starred in the clues) will make it into a series of Happy Songs grids, of which this is the first. If you’d like to see the playlist, email me at JeffsPuzzles@gmail.com.
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Iamb Gridding
Two weeks ago, I posted a mini puzzle (“5-7-5×5”) where 1 Across was a certain poetic form (evident from the title) and each answer was clued with that type of poem. Here’s a second go at the same idea, with a different poetic form. I’m not sure how many more of these I will post, given that most poetic forms are pretty darn long and I don’t feel like writing a 14-line clue if 1 Across is “sonnet.” (Pretty sure you don’t feel like reading a 14-line clue either, though some of my parentheticals after clues do tend to run on a bit.)
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Filling Up On Raisins
Words: 14
Average Length: 5.29
1 Across was the seed. Had I been thinking, I would have tried for some grid art. As it is, turning the puzzle upside down sort of gets the idea across.
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Krafty Clues
Words: 69
Average Length: 5.04
The seed for this one was 15 Across, which I was going to use in a totally different puzzle that proved recalcitrant. So – reduce, reuse, recycle, and poof – this nutritious if overdressed grid. (Phillies fans, I know you’re not exactly famous for being able to take a joke, but if you finish with the worst defensive metrics in baseball you deserve to be tweaked in a clue (6 Down), even one written by a fan of the currently irrelevant Nats.)
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