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Puzzle #15: Universal Art

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                                                       Hi! I'm excited to post this puzzle, which required a bit of time to produce. It has a bit of a theme, but I think it'll feel more like a themeless. In other news: I had a taco today!  THEME Other post-solve links: 8-Across , 8-Down , 21-Down , 25-Down Favorite Clues/Answers: 8-Across, 33-Across, 37-Across, 8-Down, 40-Down <YOU - THE SOLVER - FINDS A FORK IN THE ROAD WITH THREE PATHS> PDF >>>>>> ACROSS LITE >>>>>> APPLET ⋁⋁⋁⋁⋁⋁ Created by Harrison Walden using the crossword generator from Amuse Labs

Puzzle #14: Open Wide!

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Hi! I have a smaller puzzle on the blog today, a 10x5. Not much to say here other than: Go solve it! PDF Across Lite Made by Harrison Walden with the crossword puzzle maker from Amuse Labs

Acrostic #3

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Hi! Happy National Caesar Salad Day, to those who celebrate. New acrostic on the block today. I'd say it's a bit harder than the second one. As promised, the answer to last post's riddle:  They are all directors who have won the Oscar for Best Director and the Razzie for Worst Director. Tom Hooper and Cats (2019) were the inspiration for the riddle. Thanks for reminding me to put "DIGITAL FUR" into my mental wordlist, you two. Also, if you'd rather not do a puzzle today, check out The Failure Museum ! I've never been so impressed and disappointed with the human race at the same time! There's even entries for the fake companies on Silicon Valley  ! Here's the acrostic:

Puzzle #13: Down the Drain

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  Hey! Sorry for the radio silence! I took a bit of a break considering I had 6 (!) posts last month. This next puzzle (a themeless) has the same grid as Puzzle #9 with some scrabblier fill. I'd say it's about a Friday difficulty. 30-Across was the seed for this puzzle, and I chose 14-Down once I had a good clue for it. I thought the seed would be a very timely answer to put in, considering it started this year. That said, I'd like to clarify that I don't support it. You also might have noticed that I'm working more with misdirection recently. I hope that one day I can make a Saturday+ puzzle, but for now I'm taking baby steps. I also have a riddle this week. The answer will be in the next post. What connects these four people? 1. Francis Ford Coppola 2. Michael Cimino 3. Kevin Costner 4. Tom Hooper --------------- Favorite Clues/Answers: 1-Across, 30-Across, 36-Across, 24-Down, 27-Down, and 32-Down Post-Solve Links: 1-Across ,  25-Across , 27-Across , 30-Across...

Puzzle #12: *HISS*

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  "MMM... Cherry Coke" Hi! I've put a puzzle up today with (17)70s stuff, (19)70s stuff, 90s stuff, 10s stuff, and 20s stuff. It's also my second and probably last 7x5. If anyone's wondering, this was my inspiration. You get 100 points if you can figure out the mini-mini-theme. But then again, it's all made up and the points don't matter. PDF Across Lite Mini-theme Constructed by Harrison Walden using the crossword puzzle maker from Amuse Labs

Film Characters: Extended Edition

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                                                               "56-Down: More like Extended Cut , amirite" Hi again! In this post I'll talk about the process regarding the previous puzzle. *SPOILERS* ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Puzzle #11: Film Characters

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Greetings! This puzzle is certainly the biggest and most time-consuming I've made. It's in four parts and the theme is pretty overt, but I've compensated for that with a bunch of toughie clues. This theme has been done before , but I think I've appended it enough while putting a new spin on it. I don't want to give too much away, but I'll compose more of a "write-up" in the next post.  Favorite Clues: Pretty much anything with a question mark in it, but I'll single out 19-Across, 33-Across, and 69-Across. Also 68-Across. And how could I forget 47-Down? Favorite Answers: All the marquee answers + 69-Across and 52-Down. Post-Solve Links: 15-Across , 31-Across , 51-Across ,  2-Down , 66-Down , and 67-Down  (Fantastic scene, but that one throwaway line of dialogue is is where I learned the word, believe it or not!) Without further ado... PDF Across Lite Built with the crossword maker from Amuse Labs