Michèle Govier author page
2 puzzles by Michèle Govier
with Constructor comments
See the 6 answer words debuted by Michèle Govier.
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| C | A | P | N | O | R | E | O | S | P | S | A | T | ||
| B | R | E | A | D | F | R | U | I | T | T | A | R | O | |
| S | P | R | I | E | R | N | O | T | S | U | R | E | ||
| L | Y | I | N | G | R | E | D | |||||||
| A | T | O | L | A | M | E | S | A | Y | T | D | |||
| G | I | B | R | A | L | T | A | R | S | H | E | E | R | |
| A | G | A | I | N | S | T | O | R | E | G | A | N | O | |
| T | E | M | P | I | E | L | D | E | S | T | S | O | N | |
| E | R | A | S | T | R | E | E | T | T | R | E | |||
| N | E | A | I | S | I | T | I | |||||||
| K | E | T | O | S | I | S | T | I | N | C | T | S | ||
| N | O | O | R | W | I | G | G | L | E | R | O | O | M | |
| E | N | Y | A | A | N | N | I | E | E | C | R | U | ||
| E | S | S | N | O | U | N | S | M | O | N | T |
| P | L | O | T | A | B | A | C | K | C | B | D | |||
| E | A | C | H | R | O | M | A | N | W | A | L | E | ||
| R | I | T | E | T | W | I | C | E | I | R | O | N | ||
| K | R | U | S | T | Y | T | H | E | C | L | O | W | N | |
| P | H | O | E | Y | E | A | L | L | E | Y | ||||
| C | O | L | O | N | E | L | S | A | N | D | E | R | S | |
| I | C | E | W | I | N | E | S | M | I | O | ||||
| A | D | S | O | M | A | N | I | S | A | W | ||||
| P | I | K | D | I | S | R | A | E | L | I | ||||
| C | H | A | R | L | I | E | C | H | A | P | L | I | N | |
| D | O | R | I | S | M | A | E | S | P | F | ||||
| T | H | E | C | A | T | I | N | T | H | E | H | A | T | |
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I tried making my first crossword puzzle with pencil and graph paper when I was around 11. This was before home computers (at least in my home) and construction software. I quickly realized it was not as easy as it looked and waited approximately 40 years to try again.
This puzzle was inspired by a puzzle a while back that had little "bats" made of clusters of black squares. I wondered what other shapes could be made that way and came up with bow ties. Then, it was sheer luck that of the limited number of well-known people/ characters known to wear bow ties, there were enough that were the same length and could be split in two by their "bow ties" symmetrically. I hope you'll agree with Doctor Who (the eleventh incarnation) that "bow ties are cool."