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October 31, 2016

CROSSWORD #898: Themeless Monday

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Here's an episode of Who Wore It Better? Today's Themeless Monday grid comes to you from the New York Times. This past Saturday, Crossword Jesus himself Patrick Berry droppped this gem, and well, I decided to see if I could do the same. So who is it, dear solver? Who did the better job with this pattern?

Just be glad we didn't do an actual beauty contest.

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Share the puzzle. New one on Thursday.

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