I guess I took a few weeks off? Well, I’ve been working on puzzles for other outlets, maybe. And, of course, I’m still streaming crosswords every day but Tuesday at noon Eastern over on Twitch! If that’s a bad time, I get it, but you can still check out the videos after the streams are done. And if you haven’t ever watched, maybe check out the “clips” people have made of their favourite moments! Anyway, enjoy this silly puzzle.
7xwords, take 1
Malaika Handa’s magnificent 7xwords project will, over the course of 2021, feature a puzzle for every possible 7x7 grid (following standard rules). It’s a great project, and lots of fabulous constructors are contributing, and last week it was finally my turn! Mine was, uh, a little tricky, but I hope you liked it. Anyway, I thought I’d follow Will’s example and share another grid I’d devised for my shape. (I think I made about four or five grids before settling on the one to submit?) Enjoy!
Disambiguation (Mikeystyle #17)
It’s Mikey’s birthday! And he’s been such a good sport about doing my hard puzzles on stream that I decided to make him a Mikeystyle puzzle for his birthday. Hopefully he likes it! You can watch him solve it on the stream tomorrow (don’t spoil it!).
The photo for 30A is by Shantanu Kuveskar and is CC SA-BY 4.0, taken from the relevant Wiki page. And here’s something fun about 45D.
When lions cross (ft. Brooke Husic)
I was in the studio laying down the tracks for this new puzzle and it was tight, but I knew it needed that something something to push it over the edge, so I called up Brooke and was like “wanna do a guest verse?” and she was like “I’m in” and before I know it she’s rolling up in this limo with her usual entourage and she glides into the booth and starts dropping her smooth fill and her funky clues, BAM BAM BAM, all in one take, and when she’s done I’m like “daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang” but before I get the word out she’s already back in the limo heading off to her next gig. LEGEND.
Severe phenomenon
Hello hello! I hope you enjoy the puzzle. This one is not pretending to be an easy one. Thanks to Brooke Husic and Christopher Adams for test driving this one; both gave excellent feedback, and the puzzle is a little less obnoxious thanks to them — well, and a little more obnoxious — OK, let’s say it’s more obnoxious in good ways, you know? Let’s hope so. Enjoy!
