Brad Wiegmann author page
7 puzzles by Brad Wiegmann
with Editor comments
Brad Wiegmann is a national security lawyer for the Department of Justice in Washington.
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| O | B | O | E | P | A | L | L | I | D | M | O | O | R | T | A | P | E | |||
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| I | C | E | O | L | I | N | D | I | D | N | T | W | O | R | K | O | U | T | ||
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| S | C | I | E | N | C | E | C | O | E | J | U | M | B | L | E | S | ||||
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| E | M | U | B | E | A | T | T | I | M | E | O | S | H | K | O | S | H | |||
| M | I | S | S | E | D | T | H | E | C | U | T | O | S | H | A | L | Y | E | ||
| A | D | U | E | A | R | A | L | D | I | D | T | H | E | T | R | I | C | K | ||
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Brad Wiegmann is a national security lawyer for the Department of Justice in Washington. He says this puzzle reminds him of the old Steven Wright line: "I almost had a psychic girlfriend . . . but she left me before we met."
This is his third puzzle for the Times — all Sundays.
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| I | R | E | M | I | T | E | R | S | T | A | P | L | E | R | S | |||||
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| H | A | I | O | A | T | A | X | L | E | E | R | A | ||||||||
| C | O | C | O | T | C | E | L | L | R | E | G | A | T | T | A | |||||
| H | U | R | T | S | S | O | G | O | O | D | P | U | S | H | I | T | ||||
| U | S | E | P | U | P | A | E | T | O | M | S | S | K | E | E | T | ||||
| M | E | W | E | V | E | R | T | F | I | N | A | L | E | A | S | Y | ||||
| I | W | A | N | N | A | B | E | S | E | D | A | T | E | D | ||||||
| U | S | P | S | T | E | P | I | D | E | E | L | E | D | Z | A | P | ||||
| R | E | A | L | M | O | R | S | O | A | D | O | R | E | O | D | E | ||||
| S | C | R | E | A | M | I | M | C | O | M | I | N | G | O | U | T | ||||
| A | T | A | T | R | O | T | D | E | N | C | H | M | A | L | E | |||||
| G | N | U | A | L | T | A | A | N | A | A | N | T | ||||||||
| A | M | E | B | A | B | A | B | Y | O | N | E | M | O | R | E | T | I | M | E | |
| C | A | N | A | R | I | E | S | A | B | U | T | S | M | O | T | |||||
| T | H | E | K | I | D | S | A | R | E | A | L | R | I | G | H | T | A | V | A | |
| S | E | R | E | N | E | M | A | R | R | Y | T | A | R | O | L | I | P | |||
| R | O | S | E | S | I | T | S | M | E | S | T | O | P | S | E | E |
Brad Wiegmann is a national security lawyer for the Department of Justice in Washington. He dedicates this puzzle to his mother, "a voracious reader, talented knitter, mahjong maven and all-round supermom." He says he's never personally seen any of the musical artists named in the puzzle's theme clues, but he did once attend a 23-Across concert.
Brad's last Times puzzle, Crossword Buff appeared in February.
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| B | L | A | M | E | O | N | M | A | N | Y | M | O | O | N | S | A | G | O | ||
| L | A | D | L | E | S | T | H | A | T | T | O | O | N | O | T | Y | E | T | ||
| A | N | D | E | S | R | O | E | G | D | R | A | G | S | L | E | I | ||||
| D | A | I | S | R | A | W | R | E | C | R | U | I | T | S | W | O | K | S | ||
| E | I | N | S | T | E | I | N | H | A | D | A | T | F | I | R | S | ||||
| P | E | N | N | O | P | I | N | E | E | T | O | N | ||||||||
| R | E | I | N | B | E | R | E | T | S | M | I | R | N | O | F | F | ||||
| E | A | S | T | C | O | M | I | C | S | T | R | I | P | S | I | L | E | R | ||
| R | I | C | L | E | W | I | S | A | I | N | T | I | N | D | I | E | ||||
| I | N | A | B | I | T | L | I | V | E | M | A | S | E | N | G | I | N | E | ||
| E | X | P | O | S | U | R | E | T | I | M | E | C | L | O | S | E | T | S | ||
| E | C | A | S | H | S | O | R | E | P | O | I | N | T | |||||||
| A | P | E | E | S | T | A | L | U | S | T | R | E | A | L | ||||||
| F | U | L | L | Y | R | E | C | O | V | E | R | E | D | I | C | E | A | X | E | |
| I | T | A | L | I | A | A | R | I | S | I | N | G | S | E | A | S | O | N | ||
| T | O | N | I | N | G | R | E | S | T | D | A | Y | T | O | K | E | N | S |
Brad Wiegmann is a national security lawyer for the Department of Justice in Washington. About a year and a half ago, while solving some crosswords on vacation, he wondered aloud if he could make one himself. It took several tries, but … voilà!
You'll want to put on your silly puns hat before you begin.