CROSSWORD #1729: What The Red Devils?

Posted on November 7, 2024 by Brendan Quigley

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6 thoughts on “CROSSWORD #1729: What The Red Devils?”

Kelly Clark says:

November 7, 2024 at 4:35 pm

Thanks, Brendan!
sps says:

November 8, 2024 at 8:05 am

Awesome. Didn’t know they were the Red Devils.
Glinda says:

November 8, 2024 at 11:28 am

I finished it. But I have no idea what the theme means.
Glinda says:

November 8, 2024 at 11:28 am

I finished it. But I have no idea what the theme means.
Leaflane says:

November 8, 2024 at 1:40 pm

Manchester United (ManU) in the English Premier League (and found in the long crosses) are also referred to as the “Red Devils”. English teams have a lot of neat, historical local nicknames, the Toffees, the Cherries, the Reds, the Gunners…
Glinda says:

November 11, 2024 at 12:37 pm

Thanks for the explanation!

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Brendan Emmett Quigley has been a professional puzzlemaker since 1996. In fact, he's the sixth-most published constructor in The New York Times under Will Shortz's editorship. Brendan's puzzles have also appeared in every major market including Creators Syndicate, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Crosswords Club, Dell Champion, Games Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Sun, Tribune Media Services, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.

He regularly contributes work to The AV Crossword Club, Bawdy Crosswords, Spirit Magazine, Visual Thesaurus, and The Weekly Dig. At one point in time, Blender, Electronic Business, Paste Magazine, Quarterly Review of Wines, The Stranger, Time Out New York, and Wired.com ran his work. His puzzles have been mentioned on episodes of "The Colbert Report," "Jeopardy!," and "Sunday Night Football."

He is the author of over thirty different books. In his spare time he can be seen banging on typewriters in the Boston Typewriter Orchestra. He will be posting two puzzles a week — on Monday and Thursday.

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