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December 2013 marks the 100th birthday of the crossword. That doesn’t mean that it can’t be a year-long celebration. Case in point, the above photo sent in by Michael “Rex Parker” Sharp. While I always hoped that I could, at best, be a footnote in the history of puzzles, looks like according to this Binghamton, NY, Barnes & Nobles store display, “Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Roll Crosswords” is part of the real deal. For whatever it’s worth, I do have four puzzles in “100 Years, 100 Crosswords,” too.
Anyway, don’t hate me for making this puzzle about a non-baseball sport. Also, I think it’s more of an Easium than straight up Medium. Well, share it anyway. New one on Monday.
Thanks for getting two of my favorite bands involved in the same clue at 42D!
In one of my old departments we had a prof with the first name of 5D. Everybody called him Z-Big, which I guess is a common thing (where that name is common). Always loved the sound of that.