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February 01, 2016

CROSSWORD #820: Themeless Monday

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An old standby grid for the BEQ. An old faithful. Once I've got the seed answers anchored the rest of the grid practically fills itself in. Gotta love it when that happens, makes my life a shade easier. Speaking of a shade easier, my testers said that this one plays a bit more gently than other more-recent offerings. Hope you enjoy it.

Long-time fan of this here site Ralph Bunker asked that I announce a metacontest that he and George Barany are running. Prizes to be determined, so here's hoping they're giving away a million dollars. Anyway, it looks to be a challenging metapuzzle thing. Interested parties should click here to read all about it. Deadline is the day after the Super Bowl, and if you ask me, this year looks like it'll be a blowout.

Share the puzzle. New one on Thursday.

Posted at 09:23 AM in Hard |

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