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]
Don’t let the above action (inaction?) shot fool you. Things are mighty busy here at BEQ.com headquarters. It’s just that, sometimes, you gotta just lounge around and solve somebody else’s puzzles. Or chew on blocks. Can’t be firing on all cylinders 100% the time, ya know.
This grid pattern, plus or minus a few black squares, used to be my go-to pattern for making themeless puzzles. In this case, the cheater to the right of square numbered “6” is a plus; the blank square in the dead center is a minus. For those keeping track at home, the seeds were 7-, 21- and 36-Down, and I let the crossword gods lead me to wherever they were going lead me, even if it meant doing a Byron Walden impersonation at 35-Across just to make the whole thing work. Enjoy.
For the Bostonians who frequent the site. I will be doing a seminar on all things crosswords (history, how to make them, how to be a better solver, etc.) this Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Grub Street. Will you join me? Click here to sign up, UPDATE: It’s sold out. Watch this space for another seminar announcement.
Share the puzzle. New one on Thursday.
Just wanted to mention how great it is to have a puzzle on Mondays that’s harder than the rest of the day’s offerings. Thanks
Small bits of content which are explained in details, helps me understand the topic, thank you!
If this really was one of yr. regular hard ones, than i feel I kinda lucked out. Just breezed thru it. 7A I thot that Frank Zappa did the premiere rap/rock piece in the late 60s. Some form of rapping has alway been with us. The original rap stars were the ancient Greek rhapsodes. 14A Thot this was MYSTERIO. Spider-man also battles the Shocker who uses electricity as his power & representation. Animal representation outnumbers elemental representation, supernatural r., general r., etc. That’s how Stan Lee basically worx. 59A and 37a were good candidates for outrageous arrangements. Got thru them easily. Last week IRSAGENT was the exact opposite of this. 35A Didn’t understand what this meant. Now I do. 21D The other central clue was esoteric info to me. + I took MST3K, added -ers to it, and sounded it out. That explains the middle name.
Not going to Orecon?