tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88449011319662616182024-03-12T21:54:25.215-04:00luckystreak xwordscrosswords from your gen z friend (ada, she/her)Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-81599399922889144612023-01-10T10:48:00.000-05:002023-01-10T10:48:06.597-05:00puzzle #75: january stumper<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPotLOHp6hvBFAawk0e8-Cu664Hj5fSU9p7_heajj7IG4CjiFWSqx_JWjHzxG3Bx-vaE0gnhrL6Cj120D-hph0oions0vp9nggp6BVKyh6HgHnbw5tiN_dL0QwDUnMb3LE6ynPEpA-bztQ17VpS8yL14Oy2NT3ZkiEq2cusLVXdwGKC0nVzWSPvAGfqA/s451/secret_snowflake_hameltion-grid.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="451" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPotLOHp6hvBFAawk0e8-Cu664Hj5fSU9p7_heajj7IG4CjiFWSqx_JWjHzxG3Bx-vaE0gnhrL6Cj120D-hph0oions0vp9nggp6BVKyh6HgHnbw5tiN_dL0QwDUnMb3LE6ynPEpA-bztQ17VpS8yL14Oy2NT3ZkiEq2cusLVXdwGKC0nVzWSPvAGfqA/w235-h235/secret_snowflake_hameltion-grid.png" width="235" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div>puzzle 75: january stumper</b></div></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by ada nicolle (for max a.k.a. hameltion)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>test-solved by <a href="https://twitter.com/gpaolopasco">paolo pasco</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/aaaronson">adam aaronson</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://twitter.com/friscross"></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://twitter.com/friscross"><span><a name='more'></a></span></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/pk657hhsi5azced/lxwords_januarystumper.puz?dl=1">PUZ</a> / <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/q6k8xfof01ycyot/lxwords_januarystumper.pdf?dl=1">PDF</a> / <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/hasze9l4r0kk972/lxwords_januarystumper_solution.pdf?dl=1">SOLUTION</a></div><span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><hr /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">From <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/quiarados">Quiara's stream</a> last night:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5WvxwUZXB6yL1gLQNuoCCsae1BM1bRpy1FjWD7BATzlvodDDiEyVlY7vje33GgzFhTtwBe1j_EjiwuB625ygPyEf203I_Oe-bfuDYFbbjF9Qc17SgHTaOIGae-rzq2KedD2KMNjNN3_Fy-PbmpcAG7ZklEJfwzaecGA6JxEBbfaX_vBQfWmdfb0m3NQ/s632/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-10%20at%2012.48.15%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="216" data-original-width="632" height="109" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5WvxwUZXB6yL1gLQNuoCCsae1BM1bRpy1FjWD7BATzlvodDDiEyVlY7vje33GgzFhTtwBe1j_EjiwuB625ygPyEf203I_Oe-bfuDYFbbjF9Qc17SgHTaOIGae-rzq2KedD2KMNjNN3_Fy-PbmpcAG7ZklEJfwzaecGA6JxEBbfaX_vBQfWmdfb0m3NQ/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-10%20at%2012.48.15%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Surprise!! That's right, I can write very hard puzzles. I do it twice a year for <a href="https://www.thebeliever.net/product/winter-2022/">the Believer magazine</a>, and I want to do it monthly on this blog! It's something I've really taken to in the past few months.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This puzzle was written for Max a.k.a. Hameltion of Crosscord, as part of its gift exchange <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19sjJq1irXGKWBCy90d-Z3iLfWBCd838z?usp=share_link">Secret Snowflake</a>. Max asked for a very-hard-but-fair puzzle, and I'd like to think I delivered. (Related: check out <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JUpA2YM7qJWE9ncZ_hhvr3nw4PSpA-HY/view?usp=share_link">this puzzle I received for Secret Snowflake</a> by the lovely calmdowntime!! It's so cute!!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This puzzle, to no one's surprise, is inspired by <a href="https://club72.wordpress.com/">Tim Croce's crosswords</a>. The middle 12/15/12 stack is a classic Croce staple, and a lot of the clue-writing tricks in this were things I learned from obsessively solving his puzzles. (There was a period late last year when I was adjusting back onto my OCD meds, and to pass the time I would go through his huge catalogue and solve like 10 puzzles a day in order to take my mind off of the initial effects of the medication. I sent Croce an email as a thank you.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you like this puzzle, comment below or tweet me <a href="http://twitter.com/luckyxwords">@luckyxwords</a> :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also, I've opened up my <a href="https://discord.gg/NwdDghFMyU">Luckystreak Discord</a>! Tonight (January 10th, 7pm-ish ET) I'm going to be hanging out in there and going over the puzzles I made in December for a Patreon post, breaking down the production of this puzzle, and maybe cluing a puzzle or two. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Enjoy the puz!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Ada</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>
<iframe allowfullscreen="true" height="550px" name="49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=5b17df28&set=49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"> </iframe>Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-4296477255884540882022-12-08T17:24:00.001-05:002022-12-08T19:36:47.618-05:00puzzle #74: handwritten freestyle #2<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxyExCAyRZFYMTXdLZe1geyfl5JK7Mcn8mmTusjo12K0dDNrftotrM2Jwn4TQ_4HEGgRJyaHlyXGDdCGC4exhtqAMI5gM3NrtCic1LZw3gfhU9aTwqFW6G4PTvXB6beiPubUWMTkS6qGmv9B9Qt-qEGW8cmG-qZ0jHJFgtdKp6WfOXTQMKOaCpGuCUg/s581/lxwords_megafreestyle1-grid.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="441" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxyExCAyRZFYMTXdLZe1geyfl5JK7Mcn8mmTusjo12K0dDNrftotrM2Jwn4TQ_4HEGgRJyaHlyXGDdCGC4exhtqAMI5gM3NrtCic1LZw3gfhU9aTwqFW6G4PTvXB6beiPubUWMTkS6qGmv9B9Qt-qEGW8cmG-qZ0jHJFgtdKp6WfOXTQMKOaCpGuCUg/s320/lxwords_megafreestyle1-grid.png" width="243" /></a></div><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></b></div>puzzle 74: handwritten freestyle #2</b></div></b></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">by ada nicolle</i></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">test-solved by <a href="http://twitter.com/gpaolopasco" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #bf386c; text-decoration-line: none;">paolo pasco</a>, edited loosely</i></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://twitter.com/friscross" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #bf386c; text-decoration-line: none;"></a></i></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://twitter.com/friscross" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #bf386c; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></a><a name="more" style="background-attachment: initial; 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text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Today's puzzle is a bit different from my usual offerings on here or my Patreon. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">This puzzle was constructed as a writing exercise rather than a product.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>When I was a kid (those many years ago), I would often try idly constructing on the corners of homework assignments and journal pages. I would often place two words on top of each other and see how much I could freehand a puzzle from there. Eventually, I graduated from loose sheets to grid books, and then the habit stopped. (The constraints of constructing for outlets necessitate software assistance, so I seldom require a physical grid book.)</div><div><br /></div><div>Recently I found myself with a grid book attempting to construct something that wouldn't be possible using a computer. I wanted to see where a grid could end up if I didn't impose symmetry/grid size/a word list. What's in the word list of my mind? How do words interact with each other? Could it give me ideas as to how to improve my other puzzles?</div><div><br /></div><div>This grid is the result of that exercise. It's wild and weird and probably unlike my other work, but I love it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Initially, I didn't intend to publish this, and I had handwritten another grid before this (hence this being #2) that I probably won't post here. (If I construct them to be solved, that kinda goes against the point of them.) However, this post was encouraged by both constructor/friend <a href="https://twitter.com/xandraladee">Brooke Husic</a>, who really hyped me up about this puzzle, and comedian/friend <a href="https://twitter.com/JamesOHaraAF">James O'Hara</a>, who heard about the New York Times strike and told me I should publish a puzzle as a substitute for today's Times crossword. I'm happy to share this with y'all :)</div><div><br /></div><div>Brief disclaimer: I did use construction software around the edges of the puzzle cause the grid had to end somewhere and I'm not a wizard. Though for the most part, this was handwritten. Also, all the clues are in lowercase because I felt inspired by people with that aesthetic (s/o to <a href="https://crosstina-aquafina.blogspot.com/">kelsey</a> and <a href="https://xyzinnamon.blogspot.com/search/label/xword">zinna</a>), and figured it'd lend itself nicely to the experimental format of the puzzle.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/amandahess/status/1600547516059045890?s=20&t=OMAFCMavWBJS2WlvnTNkMQ">Don't cross the picket line.</a> You don't gotta solve my puz, but you sure as heck shouldn't solve the NYT today.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the puz!</div><div>- Ada</div><div><b><br /></b></div>
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Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-8089058829487009572022-09-24T12:07:00.000-04:002022-09-24T12:07:33.787-04:00puzzle #73: sit-down comedy (themed)<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMadW2gfL2ZBZYCX66mUDq-i_qeC1EpKZMwsVdjxXoq2C2sF8flHER0FFQAfPOgJparY-0ugFz8CaZWb9SjP09K3gzGWmi270lrGrtqOqT8Guo70ekOdK-VZ4a2EFGNEbGJhphYsAEU0dYobsQqV4hvefO7LtK1RwoOMbm7ok56qhX_Hlf-vX0DvEEQ/s601/lxwords_sitdowncomedy-grid.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="601" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMadW2gfL2ZBZYCX66mUDq-i_qeC1EpKZMwsVdjxXoq2C2sF8flHER0FFQAfPOgJparY-0ugFz8CaZWb9SjP09K3gzGWmi270lrGrtqOqT8Guo70ekOdK-VZ4a2EFGNEbGJhphYsAEU0dYobsQqV4hvefO7LtK1RwoOMbm7ok56qhX_Hlf-vX0DvEEQ/w181-h181/lxwords_sitdowncomedy-grid.png" width="181" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>puzzle 73: sit-down comedy (themed)</b></div></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by ada nicolle</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>test-solved by <a href="https://twitter.com/aaaronson">adam aaronson</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://twitter.com/friscross"></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://twitter.com/friscross"><span><a name='more'></a></span></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/s5jni72s7g30te9/lxwords_sitdowncomedy.puz?dl=1" style="font-weight: bold;">PUZ</a><b> / </b><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/3zbk7e0hn15gzyx/lxwords_sitdowncomedy.pdf?dl=1" style="font-weight: bold;">PDF</a><b> / </b><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/vsxv5vqwre2nfh3/lxwords_sitdowncomedy_solution.pdf?dl=1" style="font-weight: bold;">SOLUTION</a></div><span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><hr /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hiiiii. I'm currently in a COVID-induced stupor fueled by nothing but Tim Horton's iced coffees and the occasional weed candy. At the moment, a pretty big comedy festival is happening in Toronto that I'll likely only catch the tail end of. Here's hoping I can take part in some of the festivities at some point, but until then: "L'chaim".</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There's a silver lining here: I have had to embrace other ways to enjoy stand-up comedy from the... "comfort" of my own home. This puzzle is a result of that. Enjoy the puz!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">When you're done solving, why don't you solve <a href="https://avxwords.com/buy-individual-puzzles/?y=2022">Malaika's AVCX+ puzzle "should i get bangs?? (themeless)"</a> from this week! I had the joy of editing it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">(While I'm plugging stuff, I would also like to promote <a href="https://twitter.com/lilavcx/status/1572252961488658432">this call for new editors at Lil AVCX</a> and <a href="http://gridsthesedays.blogspot.com/2022/09/puzzle-100-remedial-chaos-theory.html">this... puzzle ;) by Paolo Pasco</a>. Great stuff is happening in the Crossworld.)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><p>- Ada</p><p><br /></p></div>
<iframe allowfullscreen="true" height="700px" name="49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=901001c1&set=49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"> </iframe>Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-27525478177281622232022-09-17T20:38:00.005-04:002022-09-17T20:47:25.964-04:00puzzle #72: it's a whole thing (themeless) with frisco!<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUqRS4xyGaix42i7T6BtuBA8LIoaHKgecEyrKbT9kLX9QA3NALdYsBq8KanvJMXaQaF4Fo8nMtOEk7CgCtltQA-IFmh1U6_O6xKDNSEdghj0LgThAef5yF6HIED99iv7tQxh0Id6HHAsrq51Sd2eEJbPbwFwp1IPUCVJOl4aEJolEjzS6L9kDIQM9uIA/s601/lxwords_itsawholething-grid.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="601" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUqRS4xyGaix42i7T6BtuBA8LIoaHKgecEyrKbT9kLX9QA3NALdYsBq8KanvJMXaQaF4Fo8nMtOEk7CgCtltQA-IFmh1U6_O6xKDNSEdghj0LgThAef5yF6HIED99iv7tQxh0Id6HHAsrq51Sd2eEJbPbwFwp1IPUCVJOl4aEJolEjzS6L9kDIQM9uIA/w171-h171/lxwords_itsawholething-grid.png" width="171" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><b>puzzle 72:</b> it's a whole thing (themeless)</div></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by <a href="https://twitter.com/friscross">frisco</a> and ada nicolle</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>test-solved by <a href="http://twitter.com/gpaolopasco">paolo pasco</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://twitter.com/friscross"></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://twitter.com/friscross"><span><a name='more'></a></span></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/de28f40ow13xvga/lxwords_itsawholething.puz?dl=1" style="font-weight: bold;">PUZ</a><b> / </b><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/oowzs6adal7hvab/lxwords_itsawholething.pdf?dl=1" style="font-weight: bold;">PDF</a><b> / </b><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/y86vyhhkstx0glv/lxwords_itsawholething_solution.pdf?dl=1" style="font-weight: bold;">SOLUTION</a></div><span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><hr /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hi-ho, Luckerinos! We're here to present to y'all a collab! "We," of course, being me and the one and only <a href="https://twitter.com/friscross">Frisco</a>!! Frisco hit me up with the upper-half of the grid and I was like "rad!" and I filled my half of the grid and he was like "rad!" and then we clued the puzzle and we were like "RAD!". </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If we were to describe the puzzle in a word: "interestin'".</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here's what Frisco has to say:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">"GUYS I DID IT I MADE IT ONTO LUCKYSTREAK!!! i'd like to thank my mom; i'll show you one of my crosswords someday, my dad; see note for mom, my friend ada for being COOL and SWAG and EPIC, my other friend paolo for telling me to put the commas in the quotes, and the academy for all of their weird sounds. here's to four more weeks of winter!"</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p>If you aren't checking out Frisco's stuff already, all I have to say is a polite "what are you even doing". Check out his crosswords over at <a href="https://goodcluesforpeoplewholovebadclues.blogspot.com/">Good Clues For People Who Love Bad Clues</a> and listen to his mash-up album <a href="https://soundcloud.com/frisco-pt-3/light-to-decent">Light to Decent</a> on Soundcloud. </p><p>Enjoy the puz!</p><p>- Ada</p></div>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(To receive all of these + more for cheaper, <a href="https://www.patreon.com/luckyxwords">subscribe to my Patreon</a>!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><hr /><div><br /></div><div>Hello! It's me again! Pardon the ad, I've just been very happy about my recent Patreon puzzles recently and want people who aren't subscribed to give them a go. One of them's a triple stack puzzle!! I love it very much. If you're a Puzzle Society member, also check out my recent USA Today puzzle <a href="https://www.puzzlesociety.com/crossword-puzzles/usa-today-crossword/2022/09/08">"Coffee Blends"</a>!</div><div><br /></div><div>Today's puzzle is a goofy themed puzzle I'm happy to put out, mainly because my girlfriend Thea loves it. I've been working on my theme brain recently and I wanna post more themed stuff on here. It's been a fair amount of time since I've posted here, which also means I have things to write about. I got three bullet points I want to cover:</div><h3 style="text-align: left;">1) Lollapuzzoola - I won Locals Division!</h3><div>It was a JOY going to my first in-person puzzle tournament, solving such incredible puzzles, and seeing so many friends in person for the first time. The love I felt from all of y'all was truly uplifting, and I'm so happy to be a part of this loving and creative and cool community. The applause I received from the crowd upon being announced as the winner of the Local Division is now an all-time favourite memory, so thank you :)</div><div><br /></div><div>I don't have much more to say about the experience overall other than "do this when you get the chance," but I do have some photos that I wanna share:</div><div><br /></div>
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<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here's to the next in-person puzzle tournament! Okay, onto bullet point #2.</div><h3 style="text-align: left;">2) I am causing the death of the cryptic</h3><div>Okay, we can't ignore this forever: I am killing the cryptic puzzle. It was never my intention, but unfortunately it's too late and my actions cannot be reversed.</div><div><br /></div><div>Multiple people have pointed out to me that Games Magazine recently ran an article about the recent renaissance in cryptic crosswords, and included was this quote:</div><div><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia;">"When there's an editor, someone's checking [the quality of cryptic clues], but indies continue to run wild, sometimes publishing puzzles that are self-admittedly bad. These can range from constructors' "first attempts" to mere larks. One recent cryptic was even accompanied by a warning from the setter: "Am I good at writing cryptics? No." This "half-baked and proud of it" stance doesn't bode well for the continued health of the scene"</span></i></div><p><b>"Am I good at writing cryptics? No."</b> is a direct quote from my <a href="https://luckyxwords.blogspot.com/2022/05/puzzle-69-crypticland-cryptic.html">Cryptoland post</a>. My only wish is that they went into more detail about my puzzle:</p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia;"><i>"Indies continue to run wild, forcing solvers to watch unskippable videos of cryptocurrency scam advertisements before solving, and making them interact with the content in order to solve. Such indies even label such puzzles as 'shitpost' with the title 'puzzle #69,' not-so-subtly referencing the sex number. Indie puzzles, to the chagrin of mainstream editors, are test-solved by drunk Paolo Pasco."</i></span></p><p>In all honestly, aside from the subject matter, I don't think my puzzle was <i>bad</i>? I don't know if the author solved my puzzle. Nevertheless, I'm glad I could write a puzzle that foreboded the future of said puzzle's genre. Is this my legacy? Will time forgive me? Will they ever know I only made it a cryptic puzzle so that I could call it "Crypticland"? The answers to these questions are for fate to decide.</p><p>(This all being said, I bear no ill will against Games Magazine. I understand how stuff like this happens and they didn't even name me explicitly. Also, I got a gift sub from them for winning Lollapuzzoola's Local Division, and I'm excited to receive their magazines!)</p><p>And now, my final point...</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">3) I'm moving!</h3><div>That's right! I've been moving, which explains why my schedule is kinda wack. I recently saw my lovely Thea in Vermont, and now I'm staying at a friend's place in Toronto. I am just constantly travelling until September 16th, at which point I'll be moving into a new space in Toronto with a bedroom and home office! </div><div><br /></div><div>I have a lot of plans for the soon-to-be THIRD YEAR of Luckystreak Xwords+, and that involves posting on this blog more. I'll also be making some changes to my Patreon tiers, but that will all be explained when I'm done finalizing them. I'm going full-speed ahead on full-time puzzling, y'all!!</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the puz!</div><div>- Ada</div>
Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-33046370446764110592022-06-24T13:08:00.002-04:002022-06-24T13:09:55.566-04:00puzzle #70: oOoOoh i'm a ghOoOost (themeless)<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b>puzzle 70:</b> oOoOoh i'm a ghOoOost (themeless)</div><div><i>by ada nicolle // test-solved by <a href="http://twitter.com/gpaolopasco">paolo pasco</a><a name='more'></a></i></div><div><br /></div><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnFollowBlockOuter"><tr><td align="center" class="mcnFollowBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="601" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOXFWpwrJ77IDj2rI-Nz44EVcLMYtM1P3Yxz-bA9T0yLFP2d6HXaWMmNLguhEEUXIgMp39cDc6Ow5_lQvLgqMA-ilCcwVQ5xJPoy4tY81WM58Rrkey6RaBXOyATI33b1NuiA5FNz7dxc21nOl17NDp7hWOY-WSwYSgVY1KTq4zYNkRShQlSNpsaQ8tw/w204-h204/imaghost-grid.png" width="204" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Hello! Welcome to the new and improved site! I'm still working out a few kinks, but doesn't it look so much better? Lovely to be calling this place my own.</div>
<div><br /></div><div>Followers of my Patreon know I'm taking a break from posting weekly puzzles in the meantime while I collect myself and get a bunch of life stuff in order. That being said, I was able to make this grid pretty free of stress. It's a 64-worder and it highlights a bunch of 10-letter entries I like. I was told a certain section of this puzzle may play a bit harder, but I think the fill is so fun that it'll be worth the "aha" moment.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'll be back to posting regular puzzles on Patreon in July, and until then, you can probably expect some sporadic puzzles here and on the Patreon for all members. (I'm realizing a "break" for me realistically means "no obligations" rather than "no puzzles." There's a reason I do this so much and it's because I love it.)</div><div><br /></div><div>If you still want more puzzles from yours truly, I had a <a href="https://puzzles.usatoday.com/">recent USA Today puzzle</a> (entitled "Uno Reverse") and I have <a href="https://avxwords.com/puzzles/1104/">today's AVCX+ themeless</a> with <a href="https://twitter.com/postpunklesbian">Jenna LaFleur</a>!</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the puz!</div><div>- Ada</div><div><b><br /></b></div>
<iframe allowfullscreen="true" height="600px" name="49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=336675bf&set=49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"> </iframe>Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-67408443386207212342022-05-10T22:29:00.004-04:002022-06-16T00:11:13.879-04:00puzzle #69: crypticland (cryptic)<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b>puzzle 69:</b> a shitpost puzzle about cryptoland. happy #adaday</div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><br /></div><div><i>by ada nicolle // test-solved by drunk paolo who said "what the fuck. what is the target audience"</i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCnuDLpflz-Yot1GDFt9kSdUVadzpeZt8nkmkjPAzHJuNSktSaFdOQqHdAoe4AZQf_EfYs-ytB5V0FD0CrscjREJwr6IzBByZqTPT1QsKuYJT4BRVEvzinuiy3VkJ3ZwPZCycvWk-i1JEydDmBEqr4hbzOF7KvC_RzWV9KggfR3RsEA90LUD4UVwiN8Q/s601/crypticland-grid.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="601" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCnuDLpflz-Yot1GDFt9kSdUVadzpeZt8nkmkjPAzHJuNSktSaFdOQqHdAoe4AZQf_EfYs-ytB5V0FD0CrscjREJwr6IzBByZqTPT1QsKuYJT4BRVEvzinuiy3VkJ3ZwPZCycvWk-i1JEydDmBEqr4hbzOF7KvC_RzWV9KggfR3RsEA90LUD4UVwiN8Q/w200-h200/crypticland-grid.png" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Happy #69, and Happy Day 2 of #AdaDayWeek. Today's puzzle is not an endorsement of crypto, it is merely a reason for me to make you watch the worst video I've ever seen and then consciously interact with it in order to solve the puzzle. Am I good at writing cryptics? No.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Applet under the cut. Also, check and reveal hints are off!</div><div><br /></div><div>Solve the puz!</div><div>- Ada</div><div><b><br /></b></div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="true" height="700px" name="49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=b2d81241&set=49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"> </iframe>Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-89720587095888255082022-04-07T19:32:00.007-04:002022-06-15T18:00:06.612-04:00puzzle #68: hello! (acpt intro puzzle)<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b>puzzle 68: </b>hello!</div><div><i>by ada nicolle // test-solved (and printed) by <a href="https://twitter.com/gpaolopasco">paolo pasco</a></i></div><div><br /></div><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnFollowBlockOuter"><tr><td align="center" class="mcnFollowBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-left: 9px; padding-right: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContent" style="background-color: #404040; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="1198" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD8J836EZSbcmnIK1P4TRaz0RGKEGiGAoQgdIEx5LJOyz8JW12gS82tKac4AkWvqe5tcP_6-RzSA1bdQaRk4YYrDPpCoLD2VatX5Ncrwb9uNI6FyPzkNljqoBGAkpNE-_R6NdIJU0bQUuNcxpyAE5CC-H6EvRLRAgl5gM615sho-a-__C0q7QZjLg48g/w238-h239/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-07%20at%207.31.25%20PM.png" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hey folks! Recently the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament happened and I couldn't make it, but I am so grateful that Paolo was able to print out a puzzle I made for the indie puzzle table <b>:)</b>. This puzzle is a formal introduction to who I am and what I do, and it works best online or in PDF form, so no .puz file this week.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also, my normal laptop is in the shop right now, so I'm using a loaner, so pardon any puzzle delays for the next bit while I'm waiting for access to my files again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>If you like this puzzle, consider <a href="http://patreon.com/luckyxwords">supporting my Patreon</a> :)</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the puz!</div><div>- Ada</div><div></div>Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-5798079987201918552022-03-31T11:17:00.002-04:002022-03-31T14:05:41.191-04:002-2-2 meta explanation + winner!<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0suvDgti7oUxsU0nl4R7PLj3vQ0S8ZuyY2BVjiejCneDK1s7lX0Me3_Wm3X3tqfAd3ECDrS2hRvSq9d83fUmwDxbkUMJvBAyKtVXh8UsOUCMy-IVB4eUHBypKPk7ZFnRLqot3VDdGa_H0dpOesWwpplB6yK8386_AZxCdJIEih2pWcsMjOCrY2AooQ/s1000/Angel-Number-222.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0suvDgti7oUxsU0nl4R7PLj3vQ0S8ZuyY2BVjiejCneDK1s7lX0Me3_Wm3X3tqfAd3ECDrS2hRvSq9d83fUmwDxbkUMJvBAyKtVXh8UsOUCMy-IVB4eUHBypKPk7ZFnRLqot3VDdGa_H0dpOesWwpplB6yK8386_AZxCdJIEih2pWcsMjOCrY2AooQ/w184-h122/Angel-Number-222.jpg" width="184" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div><a href="https://luckyxwords.blogspot.com/2022/03/puzzle-67-2-2-2-meta.html">Last week's meta</a> had me asking for <b><i>some things that often come in twos.</i></b></div></div><div>Meta solution and explanation after the cut!</div><div><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div>---</div>
<span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghdoadvdjG3iEfYsP86cKUflM0TUk2p6JZfwM0GCPnumLqmMgg0iZnRQz-_VuINo0ujyy1L2Y-UQnI058c9KsIl_2hzHuHtPf9tuv7IcacPa6EBckXnJnINrzv_XSR_l9kzOeir0waNdOvj7ujhVNzorDMlT1iTH9F3zDiTY4gQhncTcRvm5MYI5JYKw/s901/aelindromes%20meta-solution.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="901" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghdoadvdjG3iEfYsP86cKUflM0TUk2p6JZfwM0GCPnumLqmMgg0iZnRQz-_VuINo0ujyy1L2Y-UQnI058c9KsIl_2hzHuHtPf9tuv7IcacPa6EBckXnJnINrzv_XSR_l9kzOeir0waNdOvj7ujhVNzorDMlT1iTH9F3zDiTY4gQhncTcRvm5MYI5JYKw/w266-h266/aelindromes%20meta-solution.png" width="266" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>As many of you could tell by this puzzle's last theme entry, the theme of this puzzle was <b>AELINDROMES</b>. For those uninitiated (as I was up until very recenty), an aelindrome is a <b>variation on the palindrome created by poet Anthony Etherin</b>, where instead of a sequence of <i><u>letters</u></i> reading the same forward and backwards, a sequence of <i><u>letter chunks</u></i> read the same forward and backwards. An enumeration will often accompany the aelindrome, designating the lengths of those letter chunks.</div><div><br /></div><div>Some examples by Anthony Etherin:</div><div><b>"Intense ion, Einstein!" (22222)</b> with the letter chunks<b> [in][te][ns][ei][on]</b></div><div><b>"Reside in desire" (2222) </b>with the letter chunks <b>[re][si][de][in]</b></div><div><b>"Melody, a bloody elm" (1234)</b> with the letter chunks<i> </i><b>[m][el][ody][ablo]</b></div><div><a href="https://anthonyetherin.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/aelindromes.pdf">There's a better explanation plus longer examples here!</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, back to the puzzle:</div><div><br /></div><div>There were four other obvious theme answers:</div><div><b>WE'RE SCREWED </b><i>[[Gif of Shaggy and Scooby both gulping]]</i></div><div><b>INSTANT TANS</b> <i>[Some spray results]</i></div><div><b>CITRUS FRUIT </b><i>[Orange, e.g.]</i></div><div><b>EUSTOMATOUS </b><i>[Having a distinct and well-developed mouth (ooh la la!)]</i></div><div><br /></div><div>The last word is a wildcard, I know LOL, but there's a very particular reason why I chose those specific four: that's because<b><i> they are all *almost* aelindromes with an enumeration of (222), with the exception of one letter:</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWBvCzEwtvv6FaNYXXjuGeCFh5j8y9esmLb0dkBPqgq5ULdJcJzKXpXXLB0FUBzSfWq0Y5upPu31T4smXLnD8lNBzh_gGFNdDfDJuckfkrkkXiuUT1PozM7AuNWTZV4OUCWwuCaKY0cT6yKXKf70Jns_JXQ9G6H2rsUwCyfNLKuwOGUUvp8191GmtYg/s5210/aelindromes%20meta%20colored.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5210" data-original-width="5167" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWBvCzEwtvv6FaNYXXjuGeCFh5j8y9esmLb0dkBPqgq5ULdJcJzKXpXXLB0FUBzSfWq0Y5upPu31T4smXLnD8lNBzh_gGFNdDfDJuckfkrkkXiuUT1PozM7AuNWTZV4OUCWwuCaKY0cT6yKXKf70Jns_JXQ9G6H2rsUwCyfNLKuwOGUUvp8191GmtYg/w278-h281/aelindromes%20meta%20colored.png" width="278" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>WE/RE/SC/RE/WE<b> </b>+<b> D</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>I </b>+ NS/TA/NT/TA/NS</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>C </b>+ IT/RU/SF/RU/IT</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>E </b>+ US/TO/MA/TO/US</i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Those extra letters, in order, spell <b>DICE</b>, which are <b><i>some things that often come in twos</i></b>. Neat, huh?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks to <a href="http://blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/">Will Nediger</a> for test-solving!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">---</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finding phrases whose extra letters were specific letters wasn't really a problem, as I found the phrases first and created a meta answer from the collection of extra letters I had. (I'm very happy I could tie it in with the "twos" theme.) Finding a phrase whose extra letter was <b>E</b> was the hard part, as I didn't already have one. <b>EUSTOMATOUS </b>came up while searching on <a href="http://thewordsword.com/">The Word's Word</a>, which allowed me to ReGex search the OneLook database (highly recommend!!). It's an absurd word, but it provides a really funny mental image to me and the crossings are fair so I consider it a bonus.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are some other phrases that didn't fit in the puzzle:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>FESTIVITIES</b> -> (<b>F)ES/TI/VI/TI/ES</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There weren't many. If you know more, share them in the comments below! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's the ReGex pattern I used to find them! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(A <span style="font-family: courier;">(\w)</span> designates a letter and <span style="font-family: courier;">\1</span><b> </b>refers to the the first <span style="font-family: courier;">(\w)</span><b>, </b><span style="font-family: courier;">\2</span> to the second <span style="font-family: courier;">(\w)</span>, etc.):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: courier;">(\w)(\w)(\w)(\w)..\3\4\1\2</span></blockquote></div><div>---</div><div><br /></div><div>There were 19 correct answers this week, with a 100% correct response rate. <b>The winner of a Luckystreak Xwords+ Subby Baka comp subscription is Karen Spencer! </b>Congrats to Karen!!</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggX-dSwKzVLTDLyEITWPz4UpRC1KIBpLoGksxWCpeP_Du6kkJ960ulwpKUSWQ_-WjCVom7RqZYVtvlv5K2_UGFS0EEiAUR1rdY9-skBqo1L7ieNmsEVv85ROp-l4qPM2MIxVSH6kA2Wlzl50U8bwHpx5M_Fl_lO2_FtdUe3wf-KuVL-4DhgyVdW_2fGQ/s1396/Screen%20Shot%202022-03-31%20at%2011.05.46%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="1396" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggX-dSwKzVLTDLyEITWPz4UpRC1KIBpLoGksxWCpeP_Du6kkJ960ulwpKUSWQ_-WjCVom7RqZYVtvlv5K2_UGFS0EEiAUR1rdY9-skBqo1L7ieNmsEVv85ROp-l4qPM2MIxVSH6kA2Wlzl50U8bwHpx5M_Fl_lO2_FtdUe3wf-KuVL-4DhgyVdW_2fGQ/w257-h250/Screen%20Shot%202022-03-31%20at%2011.05.46%20AM.png" width="257" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />I'll be back on the blog soon! In the meantime, <a href="http://patreon.com/luckyxwords">check out my Patreon</a> and look out for <a href="https://www.boswords.org/">my upcoming Boswords puzzle</a>!</div><div><br /></div><div>Seeya soon, and thanks for solving!</div><div>- Ada</div>Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-15392634455959818312022-03-24T20:42:00.004-04:002022-06-16T00:10:13.660-04:00puzzle #67: 2-2-2 (meta)<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b>puzzle 67: </b>2-2-2 (meta)</div><div><i>by ada nicolle // test-solved by <a href="https://twitter.com/bewildering_ly">will nediger</a></i></div><div><br /></div><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnFollowBlockOuter"><tr><td align="center" class="mcnFollowBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; 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A meta! I don't think I've done one of those here and that changes NOW.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>The meta answer is <b><i>some things that often come in twos.</i></b></div><div>Submissions are open until Tuesday, March 29th, 12 PM EDT.</div><div>One randomly selected winner gets comped a Luckystreak Xwords+ Subby Baka subscription.</div><div>(If you already have one, you could get an exclusive midi with a seed of your choice!)</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Solve and <a href="https://forms.gle/1fA8DFm6z42C4yzv7" target="_blank">submit your answer here!</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Shout-out to Will for test-solving and locking the .puz file >:)<br />Meta explanation in the next post.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the puz!</div><div>- Ada</div><div><b><br /></b></div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="true" height="600px" name="49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=82a99415&set=49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"> </iframe>Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-39155973331806428962022-03-21T15:46:00.003-04:002022-06-16T00:08:49.061-04:00puzzle #66: introducing me<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b>puzzle 66:</b> introducing me (themed)</div><div><i>by ada nicolle</i></div><div><br /></div><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; 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display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-right: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/lymo6baqdrfk036/lxwords_introducing%20me-solution.png?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">SOLUTION</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div></b><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I'm back with another themed puzzle that hopefully resonates with the fellow Disney Channel kids in the crowd. I don't post themed puzzles here often, but when I do, it's about pop culture everyone has forgotten about. Yay me!<i> ("Suite Life" reference)</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Heads up about <a href="https://www.patreon.com/luckyxwords">the Patreon</a>: I've been dropping some banger fifteen stacks there recently, and I'll have a collection of new (mostly) themed puzzles there at the end of the month for Inner Circle members. Also, we recently passed 69 patrons (nice). This week's Monday puzzle is going to be later in the week, but that's just because I've been overwhelmed with personal projects I need to catch up on. Thanks for understanding!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Applet (albeit a very bulky one) under the cut!</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the puz!</div><div>- Ada</div><div><b><br /></b></div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="true" height="1000px" name="49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=57e9a57b&set=49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"> </iframe>Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-39761169737907969362022-01-28T16:31:00.002-05:002022-01-28T16:32:40.270-05:00puzzle #65: themeless thirty-six<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b>puzzle 65:</b> they got me good! (themeless)</div><div><i>by ada nicolle // test-solved by <a href="https://twitter.com/bewildering_ly">will nediger</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/aaaronson">adam aaronson</a></i></div><div><br /></div><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnFollowBlockOuter"><tr><td align="center" class="mcnFollowBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-left: 9px; padding-right: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContent" style="background-color: #404040; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid rgb(76, 76, 76); min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>Hi hi! I'm back on the blog. I have a few puzzles lined up for here, so expect to be seeing those in the coming month or so. As you can see, I've made a few changes: I have an "About Me" page in my menu, I changed the post font, links are *finally* visible, and the solving applet is only available when you click on the post. I figured updating this site would make me want to post on it more, and guess what, I'm right!</div><div><br /></div><div>This puzzle was clued on <a href="http://twitch.tv/adanicklmao">my Twitch channel</a> a few days ago. I'm forgetting who contributed what, so if you want to claim a clue, just comment below and I'll add you to the post! As well, if you have anything to add to [spoiler in link] <a href="http://tinyurl.com/eightdown2wds">8-DOWN</a>, please follow the instructions in the link! I want to promote where I can.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you like this puzzle, consider <a href="http://patreon.com/luckyxwords">supporting my Patreon</a> :)</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the puz!</div><div>- Ada</div><div><b><br /></b></div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="true" height="600px" name="49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=7974d69b&set=49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"> </iframe>Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-51092316320365086332022-01-01T16:05:00.003-05:002022-01-27T01:13:21.482-05:002021 clue round-up<div><i><b>by ada nicolle</b></i></div><div><br /></div>Here are some of the notable clues I wrote in 2021! The idea of this post is borrowed directly from <b><i><a href="https://kateschmatecrosswords.weebly.com/blog/own-clue-round-up">Kate</a></i></b>. Answers are in white text. Happy new year!<br /><br /><b>Personal favourites:</b><br />[Rager after the hobbit party?] <span style="color: white;">ORC</span><div>[Cinnabar, e.g., but not Cinnabon] <span style="color: white;">ORE</span></div><div>[Song sung by Captain Hook in Brian David Gilbert's "AAAH!BBA" series] <span style="color: white;">SOS</span></div><div>[Music genre that's the opposite of lawful neutral?] <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: white;">ANARCHO-PUNK</span></span></div><div>[Event where you can see eye-to-eye with your higher-ups?] <span style="color: white;">SAME HEIGHT PARTY</span></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Fun facts:</b></div><div>[Country often referred to by the landmass it comprises 23% of, briefly]<span style="color: white;"> USA</span></div><div>[Alan who met his wife by eating fallen rum cake with her at a party, according to a viral Wikipedia screenshot]<span style="color: white;"> ALDA</span></div><div>[Company whose logo was designed to look like Pong (I don't see it)]<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: white;"> ATARI</span></span><br /><br /><b>Fun with fill-in-the-blanks:</b><br />[___: you are solving a crossword (TikTok caption for a video of you solving this puzzle, potentially)] <span style="color: white;">POV</span></div><div>["Been wondering recently whether ___ Klobuchar is the name of a comedian I know or a crossword constructor I know. Wasn't expecting it to be a presidential candidate, gonna be real" - @adanicklmao, Jan 14, 2020] <span style="color: white;">AMY</span></div><div>[Febreze : your room :: ___ : your armpit]<span style="color: white;"> AXE</span></div><div>["still ___ tho" (r/egg_irl catchphrase)]<span style="color: white;"> CIS</span></div><div>["Cool thing about life is you can say 'hey, I'm sorry about the whole situation with your ___' and it will apply to 95% of people" - @KylePlantEmoji]<span style="color: white;"> DAD</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Things I found funny:</b><br />[Your like really old?]<span style="color: white;"> THY</span></div><div>[Animal who's kind of Sus?] <span style="color: white;">PIG</span></div><div>[Sea that's more of a sea-minus if you know what I mean?] <span style="color: white;">ARAL</span></div><div>[Drink my dad thinks I won't like because I haven't responded well to lagers] <span style="color: white;">IPA</span></div><div>[Like the kip, a currency unit worth 0.00 Bitcoin (yeah this cluing angle ends immediately)]<span style="color: white;"> LAO</span></div><div>[Bit of work??? In science class??? Okay you know the drill, type in ERG] <span style="color: white;">ERG</span></div><div><br /></div><div><b>This barely even works as a clue:</b></div><div>[(imagine you're making one of these right now) me: "ooooh i hope you don't punch me"]<span style="color: white;"> FIST</span></div><div>[specify photo app] <span style="color: white;">IGLIVE (yeah I just straight-up forgot to clue this one, oof)</span></div><div>[Side with a pinch of flavor???]<span style="color: white;"> CRAB SALAD</span></div><div>[Un-iron-ic?????] <span style="color: white;">CREASE-RESISTANT</span></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Times I mentioned AJR:</b></div><div>["___ on the G String" (piece sampled on AJR's "The Good Part")]<span style="color: white;"> AIR</span></div><div>[Prefix for "theater", in an AJR album]<span style="color: white;"> NEO</span></div><div>[Condition that Jack thought he had, in AJR's "Three-Thirty"] <span style="color: white;">ADHD</span></div><div>[Instrument featured on AJR's "Sober Up"] <span style="color: white;">CELLO</span></div><div>[AJR song with the lyric "recently he said that she said that we said some shit that you wouldn't believe"] <span style="color: white;">DRAMA</span></div><div>[Horror film from which the bridge for AJR's "Birthday Party" is taken] <span style="color: white;">ERASERHEAD</span></div><div><br /><b>Misdirects:</b></div><div>[Sign that you'll be staying up to watch the show?] <span style="color: white;">SRO</span><br />[Position of power?] <span style="color: white;">NTH</span></div></div><div>[Pack lunch?] <span style="color: white;">ALPO</span></div><div>[Dream pop?] <span style="color: white;">DILF</span></div><div>[Car max?] <span style="color: white;">SPEED LIMIT</span></div><div>[Group of hot singles?] <span style="color: white;">TOP TEN HITS</span></div><div>[Moving rendition?] <span style="color: white;">WORK-OUT REMIX</span></div><div>[Old lines of computers?]<span style="color: white;"> I'M A MAC, AND I'M A PC</span></div><div>[One-off connection, maybe?]<span style="color: white;"> NUMBER NEIGHBOR</span></div><div>[Special someone?] <span style="color: white;">STAND-UP COMEDIAN</span></div><div>[They'll give you points for organization]<span style="color: white;"> BULLET JOURNALS</span></div><div><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><div><b>Clue I never used cause it doesn't work when you think about it too hard but come on I have to share it:</b></div><div>[Mutually exclusive?] <span style="color: white;">INVITE-ONLY ("mutuals" meaning "friends" in this sense, which doesn't really make sense)</span></div></div>Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-45365079534002173392021-11-08T23:11:00.008-05:002022-01-28T17:02:53.412-05:00puzzle #64: midi (another one)<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b>puzzle 64:</b> NaCroWriMo #08: Challenger Midi</div><div><i>by ada nicolle</i></div><div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnFollowBlockOuter"><tr><td align="center" class="mcnFollowBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-left: 9px; padding-right: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContent" style="background-color: #404040; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid rgb(76, 76, 76); min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-left: 9px; 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text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/nqvvype9qwzhpn4/lxwords_nacrowrimo_08-solution.png?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">SOLUTION</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><b><div><br /></div></b><div>Not much to say here. Applet under the jump!</div><div>Enjoy the puz!</div><div>- Ada</div>
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display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-right: 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/72kazymdy1u5zye/lxwords_nacrowrimo_07.pdf?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">PDF</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-right: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/5qtk1bhxccxaqcu/lxwords_nacrowrimo_07-solution.png?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">SOLUTION</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div></b><div>Sorry for the late puz! Had to prioritize this week's Patreon puzzle, and also have been doing comedy stuff. Here's maybe the hardest puzzle I've ever posted on this site, inspired by <b><a href="http://xwordsbyaladee.blogspot.com">Brooke Husic's puzzles</a></b>. Lots of devious wordplay in this one, and I've removed all question marks. Mwahaha.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the puz!</div><div>- Ada</div><div><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div>
<iframe allowfullscreen="true" height="500" name="49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=347f4584&set=49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"></iframe>Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-36865348577344301322021-11-06T16:42:00.000-04:002021-11-06T16:42:05.517-04:00puzzle #62: the self-indulgent one<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b>puzzle 62:</b> NaCroWriMo #06: The Self-Indulgent One</div><div><i>by ada nicolle</i></div><div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; 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display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-right: 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/nocrzw7qy3guepj/lxwords_nacrowrimo_06.pdf?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">PDF</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-right: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/rhefj7hr9d5nm95/lxwords_nacrowrimo_06-solution.png?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">SOLUTION</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div></b><div>This one is themed! Should be subtle but still fun. As always, if you like this, consider supporting the Patreon in the sidebar!</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the puz!</div><div>- Ada</div><div><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div>
<iframe allowfullscreen="true" height="600" name="49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=2bd96873&set=49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"></iframe>Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-11771651985849916372021-11-05T18:27:00.000-04:002021-11-05T18:27:28.409-04:00puzzle #61: themeless thirty-five<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b>puzzle 61:</b> NaCroWriMo #05: Themeless</div><div><i>by ada nicolle</i></div><div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; 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display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-right: 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/skuwbrtbudpjo0g/lxwords_nacrowrimo_05.pdf?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">PDF</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-right: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/3fwx9r9a1yf1ytf/lxwords_nacrowrimo_05-solution.png?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">SOLUTION</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div></b><div>Another themeless puzzle for y'all! I hope y'all love the marquees as much as I do here. :)</div><div><br /></div><div>Please support my Patreon in the sidebar, and enjoy the puz!</div><div>- Ada</div><div><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div>
<iframe allowfullscreen="true" height="600" name="49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=64ca415d&set=49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"></iframe>Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-30159218769878042462021-11-04T17:51:00.003-04:002022-01-27T01:05:30.125-05:00puzzle #60: midi three<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b>puzzle 60:</b> NaCroWriMo #04: Midi</div><div><i>by ada nicolle</i></div><div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnFollowBlockOuter"><tr><td align="center" class="mcnFollowBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; 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padding-right: 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/yfpbvor6bufv805/lxwords_nacrowrimo_04.pdf?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">PDF</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-right: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/s42l72u8ccrfyoe/lxwords_nacrowrimo_04-solution.png?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">SOLUTION</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div>Don't have much to say about this one. Enjoy the puz!</div><div>- Ada</div><div><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="true" height="500" name="49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=f956e32f&set=49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"></iframe>Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-49660535218980741792021-11-03T15:04:00.003-04:002021-11-03T15:05:21.128-04:00puzzle #59: themeless thirty-four (w/ ricky cruz)<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b>puzzle 59:</b> NaNoCriMo #03 (Themeless)</div><div><i>by ada nicolle and </i><i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://cruzzles.blogspot.com">ricky cruz</a> </i><i>(link bolded)</i></div><div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-right: 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/qt8pnvjbfk07b96/lxwords_nacrowrimo_03.pdf?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">PDF</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-right: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/n7odltw1789kgfm/lxwords_nacrowrimo_03-solution.png?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">SOLUTION</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div></b><div>Day three of NaCroWriMo! The more I say the acronym the more I hate it but I'm sticking with it.</div><div>This is a themeless me and Ricky started almost a year ago (it'll become apparent when you solve) and have been procrastinating posting for the longest time. I hope some of the datedness is funny at some points, it's certainly a reflection of the time we made it. Also, if there's any incredible/funny clues, they're probably Ricky's. He's a cluing wizard.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>....</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Yeah so what we didn't construct this puzzle *this month*. I get to make my own rules for this lol.</div><div>Speaking of NaCroWriMo, I'm excited for <i><b><a href="https://www.norahsharpe.com/2021/11/two.html">Norah Sharpe's NaCroWriMo posts</a></b></i>!! Yayyyyyy. We livin'.</div><div><br /></div><div>As always, if you want to support me more, click the Patreon link in the sidebar!</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the puz!</div><div>- Ada</div><div><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div>
<iframe allowfullscreen="true" height="700" name="49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=05051199&set=49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"></iframe>Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-46247571213972502412021-11-02T10:44:00.004-04:002021-11-02T10:45:37.630-04:00puzzle #58: midi two<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b>puzzle 58:</b> NaCroWriMo #02 (Midi)</div><div><i>by ada nicolle</i></div><div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnFollowBlockOuter"><tr><td align="center" class="mcnFollowBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; 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padding-right: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/jqipomvylwtniap/lxwords_nacrowrimo_02-solution.png?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">SOLUTION</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div></b><div>Second day of NaCroWriMo! Today I got a midi for y'all, and I'm excited because I have some collabs in the future that I'm excited to post on here. In the meantime, I think this puzzle has some fun clues.</div><div><br /></div><div>As always, if you liked this, <i><b><a href="http://patreon.com/luckyxwords">check out my Patreon</a></b></i>!</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the puz!</div><div>- Ada</div><div><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div>
<iframe allowfullscreen="true" height="600" name="49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=af55c569&set=49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"></iframe>Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-2838009637482513832021-11-01T14:49:00.002-04:002021-11-01T14:49:36.739-04:00puzzle #57: themeless thirty-three + nacrowrimo<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b>puzzle 57:</b> NaCroWriMo #1 (Themeless)</div><div><i>by ada nicolle</i></div><div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; 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display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-right: 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/7k8118ng3h35cgy/lxwords_nacrowrimo01.pdf?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">PDF</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-right: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/vlqpmd4ux2bwhie/lxwords_nacrowrimo01-solution.png?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">SOLUTION</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div></b><div>Welcome to the first day of National Crossword Writing Month, a.k.a. NaCroWriMo! It's like NaNoWriMo, but for crosswords, and I totally made it up. I want to use this month to be more active on this blog, as I've been finding myself neglecting it. I've been very busy, but I am going to try to post on here every day this month, whether it be posting a full puzzle, a midi puzzle, or a different variety of puzzle. I'll also be doing some live-streams of the creation of these puzzles over on my <b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://patreon.com/luckyxwords">Patreon</a> </b>for Inner Circle members. Sigma female grindset, baby.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the puz! If you like this puzzle, <i><b><a href="http://patreon.com/luckyxwords">please consider supporting my Patreon</a></b></i>! I post an exclusive weekly puzzle there along with bonus puzzles and behind-the-scenes crossword stuff. I also have a backlog of 50 puzzles available from the past year and all of my Redstone 15x puzzles in .puz format. Consider subbing! It helps me continue doing what I love :)</div><div><br /></div><div>- Ada</div><div><b><br /></b></div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="true" height="600" name="49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=1dda4e88&set=49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"></iframe>Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-65737710550271958472021-10-28T17:10:00.007-04:002021-10-28T17:11:11.763-04:00puzzle #56: themeless thirty-two<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b>puzzle 56:</b> themeless thirty-two - forever in your heart</div><div><i>by <b><a href="https://twitter.com/postpunklesbian">jenna lafleur</a></b> & <a href="https://twitter.com/adanicklmao"><b>ada nicolle</b></a> // test-solved by <b><a href="https://twitter.com/xandraladee">brooke husic</a></b>, <b><a href="https://twitter.com/gpaolopasco">paolo pasco</a></b>, and <b><a href="https://twitter.com/vivalastblus">ian</a></b> (links bolded)</i></div><div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-right: 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/i8gxrnkjw1w2xpw/lxwords_jennacollab01.pdf?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">PDF</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-right: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/l2pvjyxg5qu9wur/lxwords_jennacollab01-solution.png?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">SOLUTION</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div></b><div>Hey y'all!! I'm back on the blog to share a puzzle by me and Jenna LaFleur!!! I love her so much, and talking with her has been so helpful throughout the discovery of my gender identity. She is so sweet and I'm so grateful to know her. I'm excited to finally put this puzzle out under our real names! We hope you have as much fun as we did making it :)</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the puz!</div><div><br /></div><div>- Ada (she/they)</div><div><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div>
<iframe allowfullscreen="true" height="600" name="49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=75aa5b39&set=49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"></iframe>Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-33336654409056614522021-09-24T17:50:00.004-04:002022-05-17T12:55:16.148-04:00puzzle #55: demi themeless (by rose and brooke)<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><b>puzzle 55: </b>demi themeless (guest puzzle!!)</div><div><i>by <b><a href="https://crosshare.org/acommonrose">rose sloan</a></b> and <b><a href="https://xwordsbyaladee.blogspot.com/">brooke husic</a></b> </i><i>(blog links in bold) </i><i>// test-solved by me!!</i></div><div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-right: 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ouq1h7q9lmjs5y0/lxwords_rose-brooke-demi.pdf?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">PDF</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-right: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/22udwhdqvlfdk36/lxwords_rose-brooke-demi-solution.png?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">SOLUTION</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div>Wowow I'm back!! And with friends again!! This puzzle isn't mine, but I am so excited to be hosting this demi puzzle by <i>xandra ladee</i> and <i>a common rose. </i>What wonderful names. I don't have much to say other than I had a wonderful time test-solving it and some of the clues in here are amazing, but y'all already expected that. Here are comments from the constructors:</div><div><br /></div><div>"<i>Thanks so much to Ada for test-solving and for running this demi!"</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Brooke was so generous as to also say this about my new Patreon: <i>"I solve every one of Ada's subscription puzzles as soon as they hit my inbox, and you should too! Their cluing is unwaveringly stellar and the difficulty level is a perfect medium-with-a-dash-of-hypermodern. <a href="http://patreon.com/luckyxwords"><b>Here's their Patreon</b></a>." </i>Please check it out!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Follow Rose at <a href="https://twitter.com/acommonrose" style="font-style: italic;"><b>https://twitter.com/acommonrose</b></a>.</div><div>Follow Brooke at <b><i><a href="https://twitter.com/xandraladee">https://twitter.com/xandraladee</a></i></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the puz!</div></div><div><b><br /></b></div>
<iframe allowfullscreen="true" height="600" name="49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=85814170&set=49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"></iframe>Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-63909554150159119622021-08-14T10:22:00.001-04:002022-05-17T12:54:59.183-04:00puzzle #54: themeless thirty-one<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b>puzzle 53:</b> themeless thirty-one - keep looking!</div><div><i>by ada nicolle and friends // test-solved by <b><a href="http://cruzzles.blogspot.com">ricky cruz</a></b></i></div><div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-right: 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/u8o2jxehov7zemj/lxwords_keeplooking.pdf?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">PDF</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-right: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/f4x0okz16ulqkqc/lxwords_keeplooking-solution.png?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">SOLUTION</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div>This puzzle is definitely a bit sillier than usual, but that's a result of trying to clue it in a Zoom call with <a href="http://gridsthesedays.blogspot.com" style="font-weight: bold;">Paolo</a><b>, </b><a href="https://aaronson.org/crosswords/" style="font-weight: bold;">Adam</a><b>, </b><a href="https://avidpuzzler.blogspot.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">David</a><b>, </b><a href="https://twitter.com/ninassloan" style="font-weight: bold;">Nina</a><b>, </b>and <a href="https://twitter.com/Nathan_Hasegawa" style="font-weight: bold;">Nathan</a> in an attempt to round up all of Crossword Gen Z. If you're Gen Z and into crosswords, <a href="https://twitter.com/adamthenicolle"><b>DM me</b></a>! If you're into crosswords and I didn't know you're Gen Z, <b><a href="https://twitter.com/adamthenicolle">DM me</a></b>! I'm sure there's people we're missing.</div><div><br /></div><div>This puzzle started with the two 13 entries in the center, and then expanded a whole bunch in the middle. I'm proud of the intersecting long stuff in here, so I hope you find it as interesting as I do!</div><div><br /></div><div>Also, we're already up to 43 weekly themeless puzzles published for <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/lxwords/home?authuser=0"><b>Luckystreak Xwords+</b></a>. It's never been a better time to sign up!</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the puz!</div><div>- Ada</div><div><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div>
<iframe allowfullscreen="true" height="600" name="49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=97b483bc&set=49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"></iframe>Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844901131966261618.post-59021126258728664432021-07-30T14:03:00.013-04:002022-05-17T12:54:43.635-04:00puzzle #53: themeless thirty<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b>puzzle 53:</b> themeless thirty - at ease!</div><div><i>by ada nicolle // test-solved by brooke husic and paolo pasco</i></div><div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-right: 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/cm3i2vcvaytak9c/lxwords_atease.puz?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">PUZ</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-right: 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/2kff9jc0ux4gfcl/lxwords_atease.pdf?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">PDF</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; display: inline; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-right: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnFollowContentItem" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width=""><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnFollowTextContent" style="padding-left: 5px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="middle"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/bybd6t8uyyg9jc3/lxwords_atease-solution.png?dl=1" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="">SOLUTION</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div></b><div>Hey y'all! New themeless today, and also new <a href="https://www.7xwords.com/daily/07/07-30.html"><b><i>7xwords</i></b></a> puzzle. Pretty happy with both of them!</div><div><br /></div><div>Just a thought I've been having recently:</div><div><span> </span>I've realized something about my construction style over the past year, and that is I'm a really fill-driven constructor (as opposed to like, grid shape-driven or theme-driven, traits that I adore in constructors as well). Just when it comes to solving, discovering fill that is common to me but I've never seen in crosswords is akin to hearing a joke and thinking "WHOA it's not just me???". </div><div><span> </span>This is why I love it when constructors unapologetically put their personality, culture, and the things they love, know, live with, grew up with, and care about into their puzzles. Some critics may complain saying "people may have a hard time with this crossing blah blah blah" but who cares, I guarantee you people will solve your puzzle and resonate with you and it'll make their world just a little bit brighter. That response is my goal at the end of the day, in both crosswords and stand-up. Can't say my puzzles or myself are consistent in these attempts, but I'm a work-in-progress. I hope I articulated that alright.</div><div><br /></div><div>That being said, this puzzle isn't as great as that build-up was but I hope you'll like it regardless. This puzzle started with the two 14s in the middle, and I'm very happy with the ensuing long/mid-length fill.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy the puz!</div><div>- Ada</div><div><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div>
<iframe allowfullscreen="true" height="600" name="49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=12f96a62&set=49449fadee8bd06572291e45e3d10201f3ab2afb7918d3ef7ff015f7e86cb8bc&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"></iframe>Ada Nicollehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098315817475501817noreply@blogger.com1