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ACROSS LITE PUZZLE: [ THEMELESS MONDAY]
PROGRAM: [Across Lite]
PRINTOUT PUZZLE: [ THEMELESS MONDAY]
PROGRAM: [Adobe Acrobat]
I made this grid from the bottom up, starting at 57-Across, snaking my way up to the NW corner. When I got there, well ... Let's just put it this way, that chunk underneath squares numbered 1-6 was a bitch mother. Note to self: never, ever make a grid that way again.
Share the puzzle. New one on Thursday.
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I also have several other books available, including Diagramless crosswords, an anthology of my early New York Times crosswords, as well as some sports-related puzzle books (Red Sox, Yankees, Dodgers, Phillies, Notre Dame to name a few). Browse all titles here: [Amazon] [B & N]
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Brendan Emmett Quigley creates custom-made puzzles for all occasions: birthdays and bar mitzvahs, anniversaries and retirements. You name it. Need a puzzle for your website or your publication? He can do that, too.
Brendan's custom work clients have included The American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, BeerAdvocate, Boston Magazine, De Beers, The Decemberists, ESPN, The Improper Bostonian, Lollapuzzoola, McSweeney's, Phish, Reflexive, The Smithsonian Magazine, St. Martin's Press, Uncle John's Bathroom Reader, and Andrew Weil.
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Brendan Emmett Quigley has been a professional puzzlemaker since 1996. In fact, he's the sixth-most published constructor in The New York Times under Will Shortz's editorship. Brendan's puzzles have also appeared in every major market including Creators Syndicate, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Crosswords Club, Dell Champion, Games Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Sun, Tribune Media Services, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
He regularly contributes work to The Gameological Society, The Onion, Quarterly Review of Wines, Spirit Magazine, and Visual Thesaurus. At one point in time, Blender, Electronic Business, Paste Magazine, The Stranger, Time Out New York, and Wired.com ran his work. His puzzles have been mentioned on episodes of "The Colbert Report," "Jeopardy!," and "Sunday Night Football."
He is the author of over thirty different books. In his spare time he can be seen banging on typewriters in the Boston Typewriter Orchestra. He will be posting two puzzles a week — on Monday and Thursday. Email Brendan
