CROSSWORD #1205: Vamping

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Brendan Quigley

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6 thoughts on “CROSSWORD #1205: Vamping”

Mike H says:

October 31, 2019 at 5:50 pm

17A is questionable but inferable. “necessity”? I don’t think so. Nice puzzle, as usual. Thanks for all you do!
Chris says:

November 1, 2019 at 3:00 am

How do you rebus?
George Darneille says:

November 1, 2019 at 11:31 am

Chris, Use the insert key on your keyboard.
Fred Adams says:

November 1, 2019 at 5:12 pm

… I used “!” because I had no idea how to insert “BAT” in one square… ! does sort of look like a bat…. out here, anyway…
Chris says:

November 3, 2019 at 5:29 am

Sorry I have a Mac, it doesn’t have an Insert key. I did it once by accident, but can’t remember how.
Glinda says:

November 4, 2019 at 1:21 pm

A Mac doesn’t have an insert key. At least a Macbook doesn’t.
He can use the hyphen key followed by the rebus letters to insert a rebus into the grid.

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