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8 puzzles by Adam Wagner
with Jim Horne comments
Adam Wagner, originally of Long Island, New York, is a creative lead at Patreon helping creators get paid for their work. In previous lives, Adam has also been a writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a viral YouTuber, a game show champion, and an applied math major at Brown University.
Adam currently lives in Oakland, CA, with his wife, son, and a few thousand honeybees.
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| H | I | D | A | L | G | O | E | A | P | U | ||||
| S | K | O | L | I | M | O | K | S | A | N | ||||
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| A | T | O | N | E | R | E | L | I | A | I | S | E | ||
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| M | O | M | E | N | T | O | F | T | R | U | T | H | ||
| A | N | E | W | H | A | Y | A | O | H | E | D | |||
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This Thursday CROSS THE T'S theme is a companion piece to the following Thursday's DOT THE I'S.
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| F | R | O | M | D | U | S | K | T | I | L | L | D | A | W | N | B | O | N | K | |
| T | Y | P | E | A | A | E | O | N | E | L | L | S | I | T | E | M | ||||
| S | L | U | M | D | O | G | M | I | L | L | I | O | N | A | I | R | E | |||
| A | S | S | R | E | S | T | O | W | L | F | R | A | N | C | ||||||
| H | A | T | F | U | L | C | R | O | S | S | E | G | O | F | O | R | ||||
| O | C | E | A | N | S | E | L | E | V | E | N | A | S | H | I | M | O | |||
| O | H | A | R | A | G | E | M | S | D | S | L | I | T | I | S | N | T | |||
| T | A | K | E | L | E | A | V | E | P | E | W | T | R | Y | T | H | I | S | ||
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| C | A | N | A | R | D | S | D | O | S | N | E | E | D | A | L | I | F | T | ||
| S | H | O | R | T | I | Y | S | L | P | E | E | R | N | O | R | A | H | |||
| I | O | S | E | R | E | I | N | H | E | R | E | N | T | V | I | C | E | |||
| S | K | I | P | S | E | S | S | A | Y | S | U | S | E | N | E | T | ||||
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| T | H | E | G | O | D | F | A | T | H | E | R | P | A | R | T | I | I | |||
| A | B | E | L | S | A | R | A | E | R | I | E | T | O | P | A | Z | ||||
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| A | G | O | G | O | R | E | G | U | L | L | I | N | H | A | L | E | D | |||
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| A | L | E | S | O | P | E | R | A | T | R | A | P | ||
| O | F | T | H | E | W | O | R | L | D | S | E | G | A | |
| A | B | E | L | M | E | D | I | B | R | R | ||||
| A | P | R | I | L | B | A | A | S | K | E | E | T | ||
| L | I | O | N | D | R | I | N | K | L | I | K | E | A | |
| E | S | O | B | R | A | D | S | H | A | W | ||||
| C | A | M | E | R | A | A | N | I | M | A | L | |||
| W | E | N | T | C | O | L | D | A | X | E | ||||
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| B | E | T | A | I | S | U | Z | U | O | A | H | U | ||
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Fun puzzle. This one impressed me.
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| A | S | I | A | G | O | N | C | A | A | C | L | I | O | A | W | A | R | D | ||
| P | H | A | R | O | S | I | T | L | L | H | I | M | A | L | A | Y | A | S | ||
| C | O | L | E | A | D | V | O | C | A | T | E | D | B | E | T | A | S | |||
| D | R | I | P | S | E | E | M | D | O | M | E | S | S | C | R | I | M | |||
| S | E | N | T | S | L | O | G | P | E | S | O | S | H | E | E | D | ||||
| I | M | A | M | M | A | C | J | R | D | A | B | E | A | R | S | |||||
| H | O | T | C | O | C | O | A | R | H | O | D | A | V | I | D | |||||
| A | N | A | W | E | N | T | B | Y | E | B | Y | E | O | N | E | I | D | A | ||
| R | A | M | D | O | R | I | C | A | N | T | I | D | O | T | E | S | ||||
| A | R | E | T | U | T | I | N | K | E | R | I | R | S | A | B | C | ||||
| S | U | R | F | I | N | U | S | A | M | I | D | A | S | L | T | E | ||||
| S | N | A | I | L | S | I | N | B | A | D | S | H | A | P | E | I | O | N | ||
| D | E | T | E | R | R | T | E | A | M | E | X | C | A | R | D | |||||
| E | G | G | D | R | O | P | M | Y | E | R | S | O | A | T | H | |||||
| L | E | A | R | W | E | I | R | D | S | O | T | U | A | L | L | Y | ||||
| I | T | S | O | K | E | N | J | O | Y | J | E | S | U | L | I | E | U | |||
| F | L | U | E | S | D | O | N | O | T | O | P | E | N | K | O | N | G | |||
| B | R | I | N | G | I | T | I | N | S | H | U | E | C | U | A | N | D | O | ||
| T | E | N | D | E | R | A | G | E | H | I | R | E | U | N | R | E | E | L | ||
| W | E | E | L | E | G | O | S | I | N | N | S | T | I | T | L | E | D |
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| H | U | R | L | W | I | N | G | U | S | E | U | P | ||
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| S | E | R | R | A | N | O | R | O | L | F | E | |||
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| T | O | B | E | B | R | E | N | T | P | I | P | |||
| H | M | S | S | A | O | W | I | S | E | R | ||||
| R | E | C | A | L | I | G | P | O | N | C | H | O | ||
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Today's crossword reminds me of a favorite, not haiku, but poem anyway:
There was a young girl from Japan
Whose limericks never would scan.
When someone asked why
She replied with a sigh,
"It's because I always try to fit as many syllables into the last line as I possibly can."
There's a companion poem that goes like this:
That girl had an intimate friend
Whose limericks came to an end
Suddenly.
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| A | C | U | R | A | A | N | I | N | H | A | H | N | ||
| M | A | I | M | S | B | O | N | D | O | L | G | A | ||
| P | I | C | B | E | E | R | G | R | O | W | L | E | R | |
| E | A | R | L | D | E | E | T | E | E | L | ||||
| S | U | B | W | O | O | F | E | R | R | I | T | Z | Y | |
| P | A | A | R | P | A | R | H | A | H | |||||
| A | E | R | A | T | E | D | R | O | S | E | T | T | A | |
| T | I | S | B | U | M | A | A | R | P | |||||
| E | G | E | S | T | B | O | B | B | A | R | K | E | R | |
| V | O | L | L | O | R | I | R | U | D | E | ||||
| E | L | I | T | E | Y | E | L | P | E | R | H | I | P | |
| R | O | X | Y | V | E | E | R | O | D | O | R | S | ||
| S | N | I | P | E | Z | R | A | R | O | M | A | S | ||
| O | G | R | E | Y | E | S | M | A | G | E | N | T |
ELOPE and its plural variant we see today have seen a number of outstanding clues over the years:
- Go off, but not without a hitch
- Give a ring while on the road
- Marry a cutie on the q. t.
- Expedite some union business
- Not do the rite thing
- Take the honey and run
- Split with one's beloved
And my personal favorite:
- Opt for the window instead of the aisle