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December 29, 2022

CROSSWORD #1535: By The Numbers

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Final puzzle for 2022 is another tournament rerun: the infamous number 5 from this past year's ACPT. Probably one of my all-time favorite puzzles I've made, of this, or any year. Enjoy it one more time. Or for the first time, if you haven't seen it already. Thanks to Will Shortz for letting me rerun this.

Thanks to each and every one of you who were able to chip in to this year's end of the year drive. If you threw me some coin and didn't receive the two bonus puzzles, email me and I'll take care of that. As promised, the one randomly selected donor who receives the puzzle book is Rebecca Webber from Parts Unkown! Congrats, Rebecca.

Looking for more puzzles for 2023? The Hub Crossword (Sunday puzzles by me and Joon Pahk) and Marching Bands year eight has begun. So if that To Do list needs even more puzzles, you know what to do.

Share the puzzle. New one on Monday.

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