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October 30, 2023

CROSSWORD #1622: Themeless Monday

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For the roughly seven of you BEQ fans who are also cryptic lovers, I'd like to share a few puzzles with you. And by "a few puzzles," what I really mean is the motherlode. Every single variety cryptic by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon. Phew. I mean, that's just Christmas in October or something. But yeah, if there's a puzzle writer (or two) that I've done more puzzles by, I can't think of who that might be. Moral is, get on that, will ya?

The other puzzle I wanted to mention was Sarah Goodchild's lovely Halloween-themed cryptic for the Browser. Dan Feyer posted links to it here.

Those should keep you busy. And if they don't, then there's always today's offering.

Looking for more puzzles? 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 Thursday.

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