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July 31, 2009

PUZZLE 102 & Sarah Haskins quip

ACROSS LITE PUZZLE: [ FIGHTING WORDS] 
PROGRAM: [Across Lite]

PROGRAM: [Java]

PRINTOUT PUZZLE: [ FIGHTING WORDS]
PROGRAM: [Adobe Acrobat]

UPDATE: I forgot to post that the Visual Thesaurus posted my puzzle today. So let's rectify that problem by putting up a link.

So the zinger in the puzzle above is from the first outed celebrity fan of this here blog. Sarah Haskins, for those not in the know, is a comedienne who has carved out a niche for herself through videos for the website Current TV about her wry observations of how women are depicted in advertising and media (click here and enjoy). Sarah's a huge crossworder (as evidenced time and again in her Twitter feed). She's definitely an avid New York Times puzzle solver, and well, like I said, a huge champion of my work. So please consider this a belated "thank you" note, Ms. Haskins.

BTW, I'm terrible at writing thank you notes. I think it took like five months after Liz and I got back from our honeymoon before I got around to the thank yous. If you came to my wedding and still haven't got a thank you yet, what can I say but it's coming.

Oh, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the prognostication prowess of crossword blogger Amy Reynaldo. In her post about my Wednesday puzzle, she posited that the answer to 7-Down, INFOMANIA, had to be a tip of the hat to Sarah (infoMania is the name of her show on Current). Amy, you were right that there was a tip of the hat coming, just you were a puzzle too early.

Share the puzzle. New one on Monday.

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