Words: 28 (9×9)
Average Length: 5.07
I had a bunch of bad puns hanging around and figured I’d inflict them on innocent solvers. Hence this midi.
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Tag: Medium Difficulty
Words: 53 (13×13)
Average Length: 5.03
This was going to be a regular-sized (15×15) puzzle, but I only came up with three theme answers, so I downsized a bit. If you’re not familiar with the poem cited in 32 Across, here’s a link. I think it’s simply beautiful.
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Global Theatre
Words: 70
Average Length: 5.17
The revealer (50 Across) was the seed for this one, then it was just a matter of finding suitable theme answers. Three of them popped into mind almost immediately; the fourth required a bit of searching for something suitable. Enjoy!
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Fur Babies
Words: 74
Average Length: 5.16
This is a “Shrödinger” puzzle: there are two possible, equally valid answers to 37 Across, each of which works with the clues for the crossing answers. It’s best solved online because the puz and pdf files won’t show an alternative answer. If you don’t solve online, take a look back at 37 Across when you’re done and imagine a different beginning.
Words: 24 (9×9)
Average Length: 5.33
If you’re a fan of the Dan or the Doobies, check out the documentary referenced in the clue for 17 Across. It’s fun, interesting, and chock full of good tunes and “inside baseball” about the surrounding cultural and musical scene.
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Sole Music
Words: 74
Average Length: 4.95
Over the years, I’ve constructed puzzles about music and food, music and fathers, music and the rainbow, music and boys, music and women, music and plants, music and food, music and reptiles, music and transportation, music and weather, music and the letter z, musicians’ side hustles, music and aging, musicians opening restaurants (one of my favorite puzzles), music and art, music and animals, music and flowers, and “American” music, not to mention 33 “mostly musical minis” and 5 “set list” puzzles.
What’s left? How about music and gaits, the theme of today’s offering. So run, walk, or whatever, and enjoy the solve!
In memoriam of the death of Pope Francis, a great and good man, here’s a link to a tongue-in-cheek puzzle I posted about the papacy 4 years ago, which in turn was based on a puzzle I constructed in 2013 upon Pope France’s elevation.
1 Across was the seed for this one. Sandy and I were watching American Idol, for which Jelly Roll is acting as a mentor. Knowing nothing about Jelly Roll, I looked up what genre he mostly works in, and voilà – there’s 1 Across.
A couple of other notes: In Ecuador, they sometimes make 3 Down with popcorn. I’m a popcorn fan – it’s dinner, often enough – but not in conjunction with 3 Down. And, as promised in the note to the puzzle, here’s a link to My Back Pages.
Words: 76
Average Length: 4.84
Kon Nichiwa! Or, if you’re solving this in the morning, ohayo! There’s lots of scrumptious Japanese fill in here, kind of like a 15×15 bento box. Chopsticks optional. Matane (see you soon – in this case, next Wednesday for a midi puzzle entitled “Puns, Anagrams, and General Goofiness”).
If you’d like to read all about my Japan trip, please visit my travel blog, PuffinlessTravel.com. I also just posted an essay there called “Thoughts onTWA (Traveling While American)”. Please check it out if you’re interested.
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