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This month is big for puzzlers in the Cambridge area. The MIT Hunt begins on Friday, and while I have no interest in ever competing in that ever again, I do recognize it’s importance. And I am crossing my fingers that my friends win it this year. Granted, I am all but guaranteed have at least one friend who appears on the winning team. But Still. If you are my friend, and you are competing in the Hunt, then I am talking about you, silly. Win it. If you were interested in competing this year, click here and join a team.
Now the Hunt isn’t the only Big Ticket puzzle event in Cambridge this January. No. Next Saturday, the 25th, at the Brattle Theater in Harvard Square, yours truly will appear in the documentary “Miyamoto and The Machine.” Yes, it’s a film about KenKen, so obviously, the filmmakers had to call me up to talk about it. As you know my name is synonymous with Japanese logic puzzles. Naw, I’m being sarcastic. They just needed somebody to talk about making puzzles and the thought process behind it. And hey, I was happy to oblige. Some guy named Will Shortz is in it as well. Anyway, Eventbrite link is here. Go and throw popcorn at the screen when my ugly mug appears on it, will ya? Okay.
Share the puzzle. New one on Thursday.
6A is factually incorrect. On day one of a decathlon, athletes compete in the long jump, which is preceded by a run-up. 6A is done from a fixed position and is not part of the event.
42D- ‘Granitas’ should be the Italian plural ‘Granite’ for consistency’s sake.
Good clue for 34D
Not in American English. Not according to Merriam Webster:
gra·ni·ta noun \grəˈnētə\
plural -s
: a coarse-grained sherbet
Origin of GRANITA
Italian, from feminine of granito, past participle of granire to grain, granulate
First Known Use: 1869
Then somebody best tell this to the Encyclopedia Britannica people:
https://www.britannica.com/sports/long-jump