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When I first met Quiara, I was convinced that I was being trolled. It just seemed to preposterous that here was this young lady who was a little too into crosswords and terminally unhip music (by the youth of today standards only. Not by mine, in that case, impeccable standards). With encyclopedic knowledge on both topics to boot. But, she turned out to be real. We wrote a puzzle last year. Long story, short, I know her. She's okay. She wanted to run this puzzle here today, I said yes.
Enough preamble, take it away Q:
Every couple months I ask myself, "what is the song least deserving to be turned into a crossword theme?" I thought I topped out on this with the "Back That Azz Up" puzzle I did for AVCX last year, but this one may be worse. By which I mean better. I hope you enjoy it.On the topic of crossword puzzles I've made about turn-of-the-millennium pop music, I should probably advertise that I have a grid called "Total BS" in the Inkubator's new book. It's a gorgeous book with a lot of good puzzles. Oh, and I guess I should plug my blog? I've been posting long monthly writeups on QVXwordz about notable puzzles in both mainstream and indie outlets, full of grid analysis and cool trivia.
Thanks, Q. And thanks for the crossword.
Share the puzzle. New one by yours truly tomorrow.
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