Free Association 62
I’m having a great time competing in the Boswords Spring Themeless League. It’s already week 3, but it’s not too late to sign up. And if you don’t want to compete, you can just order the puzzles for the low price of $10.
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About The Author
Trent Evans
I'm a husband, father, psychologist, musician, and crossword constructor living in Catonsville, MD. My puzzles have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times and its syndicates, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Andrews McMeel Universal Syndicate, the American Values Club Crossword, Spyscape Crossword, The Crosswords Club, and crossword apps such as the Redstone Crossword Puzzle App on iOS and Google Play. All of that means I've been published in every newspaper in the United States and many others around the world. Here at Grid Therapy, I can show a bit more of myself than the major publishers can allow. I hope you enjoy your time here on the crossword couch! I'd love to hear from you if you have comments or suggestions. If you're interested in having a custom crossword puzzle created for your event or organization, email me at drtrent (at) gmail.com.
Clue of the year candidate here, for sure.
Thanks Matt! I think I know which one you mean.
Without saying explicitly what I mean here, a certain feature of 31-A and 35-A combine to make for a *very* neat stack. Mega cool.
This is where I tell you I just spent 5 minutes looking at it and going all DaVinci Code and I feel as if the Universe’s secrets will forever be denied me. Please do tell.
HERE BE SPOILERS!!
I’m referring to the reduplicative bits at the end of BOOM SHAKA LAKA and CANDY CANE LANE, which are similar enough in their perfect consonant-vowel alternation that you can stack them on top of each other staggered and have absolutely no gnarl in the crosses. I’m not very good at finding patterns like that when constructing, which is part of why I’ve never gotten a stagger stack to work.