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Eight hundred puzzles. Sheesh. How’d that happen? It seems just like yesterday I launched this site, though its birthday is not for another two weeks. Where’d the time go? You’ll have to forgive me if I can’t answer that because, well, I have a beautiful daughter. And ever since she’s been in the picture, my memory’s gone hazy. In short, I barely remember Saturday. Still, I couldn’t have done this site without all of you. So thank you for the support. Here’s to 800 more.
REMINDER: Custom puzzles make great gifts, but they aren’t last-minute decisions. Get in touch today and let’s make one for the crossword-loving person in your family. Or make one for the crossword-hating person, too.
Share the puzzle. New one on Thursday.
This puzzle actually did have a theme: Quiz in a box. One of the worst puzzles I’ve seen you do.
800! A heck of an achievement, and real madness.
This was a bona fide hard puzzle for me, which made it all the more enjoyable to nail it. Lucky guess on first vowel of 17 across/2 down. Learned a few things in the process. My wife has a quibble with 53 down. She claims it should be RDH. She is one, so I won’t argue.
Also . . . thanks as always for your generosity and congrats on 800.
The upper left was absolutely brutal. My husband knew 5A and what Athleta was. I had 2D, 6D, and 21A, but otherwise the corner was wide open for me. Very hard.
Crazy good and hard…I have no quibbles bc BEQ is always spot-on,
Agree with the rest, this “Hard” puzzle is over your usual scale for Hard. But well worth solving, even with the assistance of Professor Google.