May 16, 2013

CROSSWORD #539: Bands Down a Member

BANDS DOWN A MEMBER: [ ACROSS LITE][ PDF] 
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Who's up for my latest New York Times puzzle? What if I told you it was co-written with my lovely wife? Oh, now I've got you're attention. So yeah, this here's Liz's debut on the puzzle page. She came up with the theme, I made the grid, and we wrote the clues together. So yeah, another round of applause for Liz, okay? Grab that puzzle here: [Across Lite] [PDF]

As for today's puzzle, big tip of the cap to the crowdsourced theme answers. I couldn't have done it without you. Y'all know who you are.

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May 09, 2013

CROSSWORD #537: It's Getting Hot In Here

IT'S GETTING HOT IN HERE:
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Another rerun today. But hey, it's an oldie but goodie. The gimmick is one I've come back to regularly. It's like my Florida if I were a snowbird. I'm pretty sure this is my first attempt at this schtick (the puzzle is five years old). But don't quote me on that one. My memory isn't what it used to be since Tabitha came into the picture. Put it this way, I vaguely remember Tuesday. Anyway, it's interesting that there were only three theme answers (more or less) in this grid, as opposed to say, I don't know, safely four or five plus nowadays. What a difference a few years make.

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