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March 05, 2012

CROSSWORD #416: Themeless Monday #159

CROSSWORD SOLVER PUZZLE:
[ THEMELESS MONDAY] 
PROGRAM: [Crossword Solver]

PROGRAM: [Java]

PRINTOUT PUZZLE: [ THEMELESS MONDAY]
PROGRAM: [Adobe Acrobat]

ACROSS LITE PUZZLE: [ THEMELESS MONDAY] 
PROGRAM: [Across Lite]

Due to my insane life as a crossword rock star, super dad, husband extraordinaire, gourmet cook-in-training, and militant typewriter banger, my day-to-day schedule of what would have been previously described as "normal" has been thrown out the window. Not that that's a bad thing at all. In fact, I'm very pro-defenestration. Throwing things out the window is never a bad thing. For starters: it eliminates the clutter.

Lately I've been cluing my Themeless Monday puzzles on Saturday mornings. It's the one time of the week that I can guarantee I won't be distracted and can concentrate on the work at hand. What I've noticed is that I've been cramming so much work into the tiniest allotments of minutes that my day allows (typically in 15-30 minute chunks), that three whole uninterrupted hours to (gasp) catch up on work seems almost like an eternity. So, in short, I've been having a little more fun with cluing these themeless puzzles. I hope that shows up in the work.

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