CROSSWORD SOLVER PUZZLE:
[ THEMELESS MONDAY]
PROGRAM: [Crossword Solver]
PROGRAM: [Java]
PRINTOUT PUZZLE: [ THEMELESS MONDAY]
PROGRAM: [Adobe Acrobat]
ACROSS LITE PUZZLE: [ THEMELESS MONDAY]
PROGRAM: [Across Lite]
If I may, I’d like to point out a few things some of my friends have done that I think are worth your time. Who doesn’t like pimping out their buddies? Nobody. That’s what friends/blogs are for.
For starters, I thought Trip Payne’s latest Times puzzle from this past Sunday was outstanding. One of those “wished-I’d-thought-of-that” gimmicks. Go do it here.
Next up, Patrick Blindauer is taking orders for his latest puzzle suite contest. I’ve done Pat’s two other suites and they were, unsurprisingly, full of the warped innovation that Pat’s puzzles tend to have. I have no doubt this year will be more of the same. Up for grabs is $100 Barnes & Nobles gift cards, not too shabby, methinks. So yeah, sign up now. Contest starts on December 15.
Lastly, a long-time friend of mine, Mike Fournier (that’s us back in 2002), had his first novel “Hidden Wheel” recently published. I realize it’s not puzzle-related, but if you’re coming to my site, and you like my puzzles, then Mike’s novel would be up your alley: tales of underground rock scenes, chess prodigies and seedy behavior. Please consider picking up a copy, will you? All proceeds will help him do a book tour.
Share the puzzle. New one on Thursday.
Good but unevenly clued: LAPCAT (!?) KILTIE (?) section was a jillion times harder than the rest.
I got the long answers first this time — I don’t think that has ever happened before!!
Looking forward to a few minutes of BEQ on the holiday!
Yeah, the KILTIE section killed me, too, but the rest of the puzzle was a blast. I know that the 11-13-15 tiers are the stars of the puzzle, but it’s all the down-answer goodness that makes it so much fun.
Yeah, I started off super confident because I nailed the top third or so just writing them in. The rest took me what seemed like forever.
This puzzle took four adults (two of whom are seriously into rock, thank heavens)…and it took forever to give up PET CAT. KILTIE was either new to me or just deeply buried, though ‘golf shoes’ were in my mind. Best clue: the one for APB…Fuzz! (Does anyone say that anymore?)
So this will be a way-out-of-date nobody-will-see-it comment, but anyway…
Who noticed that THE ME GENERATION can be read as THEME GENERATION? Interesting coincidence which I hope doesn’t say anything too profound about the personality of crossword constructors…