April 22, 2013

CROSSWORD #532: Themeless Monday

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In today's puzzle, I decided to design the grid ahead of time before filling it in. Typically, I design the grid for all of my puzzles while I'm making them. That way, if I find a stellar entry fits, I do my damnedest to shuffle the remaining corners around to make it happen. Not so much with this pinwheel-ish grid. Once the pattern was in place, I just threw down a seed answer in each and went to town. Favorite clue in the batch? That would be the stellar bit of trivia at 55-Across.

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April 18, 2013

CROSSWORD #531: Concert Reports

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Recently, the above tour de force, totally NSFW, stage banter to end all other stage banter was brought to my attention. It is so amazing, it deserves to be studied. Repeatedly. Lord knows I have. Hell, the Beastie Boys even sampled this baby. Great times. Anyway, it felt high time to do an homage to rock stage banter.

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To all my peeps in Boston, keep on fighting.

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