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A couple weeks ago, I hid an Easter Egg in one of my puzzles. Do you see it?
So, a while back I got an email from a Jess Campbell wondering if there was a way to hide a wedding propsal to her girlfriend Emily Schwartz in one of my crosswords. Now I make these as gift puzzles all the time, but Jess wasn't interested. And to be honest, neither was I in making the puzzle that Jess wanted. The hidden wedding proposal in a regular crossword was sort of a tired played out gimmick. But hang on, I thought. I don't know if anybody'd done that for a same-sex couple before. So, I told Jess that I would do it if and only if we could come up with a new twist on the gimmick. Gauntlet dropped, and challenge accepted. And after a couple emails, Jess and I came up with ... well, the puzzle that I linked to above. And as for that Easter Egg? Just read the answer at 1-Across, the clue and answer at 6-Across, and the answer at 11-Across.
The Star Tribune picked up on the story and wrote an article here. As of this posting it's the most-read story on their site.
Share the puzzle. New one on Monday.
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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