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For those looking for a themed crossword, fear not. The Gameological Society just posted a contest puzzle by yours truly. Sweat may be wiped from the brow. Crisis averted. Balance has been restored to the world. And hey, you never know, you just might win some stuff.
Also, it is with heavy heart that I have to share in the announcement that the AV Club crossword (also known as the Onion) is dead. I was there from the beginning some six years ago. It was a great run, and I did some truly stunning stuff for it, if I may say so myself. (Two examples should suffice). But weep not, for really nobody should be crying over old world media deaths. And look, rising like a phoenix out of its ashes is the rebranded AVCX, that’s American Values Clubs Crossword if you’re not into that whole brevity thing. Same great talent as the AV Club crossword, only all-digital now. Please click the link above to sign up. UPDATE: The AVCX Kickstarter went live on Friday. Head on over to get this baby going.
Share the puzzle. New one on Monday.
Just to let you know I voted Brendan Emmett Quigley as President this last Tuesday. I forgot to add the Vice President. Presumably this was going to be Cthulhu. Regrettably, BEQ was tied for 50,000th place. I suggest that you start putting up some of your grids on billboard signs by 2015. As for the BEQXWP, this one nearly slaughtered me! But I don’t let ’em get away with it. And there’s not a whole lot of updated themes in it, which always gets me in trouble (ie 14A). % For 15A, I orig. put down AMEN. So you see what kind of trouble I was getting in. Last enneants worked on were #3 and #9. This was religious, man. Like Satanistic.
Really helped that NATE SILVER was on both The Daily Show and Colbert this week. Nice tough puzzle.