THEMELESS MONDAY: [ ACROSS LITE][ PDF]
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Decided to revisit the grid style from a few weeks ago for today’s puzzle. No surprises that with a grid like this, with all the long answers intersecting in the middle, the seed answer is going to be one of those. Little fun fact, I’d wanted to use the clue for 15-Down (at least conceptually) for a totally diferent answer in a puzzle I made a few years ago. But to be frank, that clue/answer pairing just didn’t quite work for the older puzzle, so I didn’t use it. Whereas today it’s right on the money. So the moral is: save those shaky clues/answers because eventually you can use them. Enjoy.
Share the puzzle. New one on Thursday.
Yeah, 15 down was nice. Fairest of them all? No, that doesn’t fit (and also that was Snow White).
It was this puzzle which was an unmitigated disaster with all the jargon, names and references. I’ve got an idea: Instead of names or other “stuff” for needed fill just throw in letter mixtures or foreign words because there’s no difference. Then we can all sit there and try to summon all the possible definitions and associations of clue terms without any crossing help. In fact, why use a grid at all? Just write your clues in a neat row and with a number next to it indicating the length of the answer. Why do so many people avoid crossword puzzles? Look no further than this one. Glad you saved that Cinderella clue for almost all of us who have no idea who they were.
I was also, like, @crosscourt, looking for something like FAIRestofthem all, but the actual answer was an actual lol. Oh, HERNANDO, not FERNANDO. Rescued my Monday puzzling.
As for 15D, I thought of stepdaughter; it fits. But I waited for crossings. I do not understand the clue for 29A. Never heard of 20D but I like it a lot. Good substitute for the more familiar cluster f-word in genteel company. It even sounds similar.
Gridless, no one is making you come to this FREE site and download two puzzles a week. I, for one, tip BEQ, but I don’t expect perfection here.
I don’t know what kitchen Quigley works in. Any standard eggnog recipes uses eggs, cream, and milk, and is always served cold. Never hot. Curdlling will ensue. Can anyone explain?
Am I the only puzzle lover that can’t see this Monday’s hard one? I’ve tried everything but the grid doesn’t show up.
Nope can’t see it either. I was able to print it tho. Unfortunately I can’t get it to show me the solution that way…I’m stuck
Any idea why? This is the first time the puzzle hasn’t appeared and I’m clearly addicted to it. DTs commencing! I downloaded the latest Flash and my Mac laptop has the latest OS.
A lot of folks enjoy BEQ. And despite being one of the older fogies (crosswordese!) in his following, I enjoy being educated in the younger world’s jargon, news references, and quixotic phrases. Keeps one on one’s toes!
This may be a little late, but is the ACROSS LITE link visible? If so, just click on it. I can’t see the grid either, but get my puzzles by clicking that link.
Also, totally concur with claudia fitch’s comments re: Gridless.
While “nogs” don’t necessarily have eggs in them, they definitely are supposed to have booze in them. And that’s how they warm you up. I think BEQ spaced and mixed up toddy with nog.