I promised myself I was going to get a website going by end of 2019. I didn’t quite make it, but here we are on 1/1/20 with a themeless for your solving pleasure!
Now updated with Across Lite file!
Welcome to Tough as Nails!
I promised myself I was going to get a website going by end of 2019. I didn’t quite make it, but here we are on 1/1/20 with a themeless for your solving pleasure!
Now updated with Across Lite file!
Crosswords and Trivia by Stella Zawistowski 
Off to a great start! I’m delighted to add your site to the regular rotation of puzzles I look forward to.
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Thanks, Stella
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Can’t wait to try it!
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Just found your site from a mention by BEQ. Nice puzzle – maybe a tad tougher than a Saturday Stumper. Had to resort to google twice (37D & 47D). I appreciate the advanced biological knowledge evident in this puzzle. I’d rather see tough clues in this direction than the usual deep cuts from the world of entertainment, though I may be in the minority here 🙂
Congratulations on your site. I bookmarked it right away. Thank you!
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Excellent!
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Very nice, thank you! Suggestion, add a simple way for people to subscribe to your blog, so they can get notifications.
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Too tough for me – in a good way! I look forward to being able to complete one of your puzzles without resorting to the “clear errors” feature. Thank you!
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I also followed BEQ’s recommendation. Great puzzle!! Looking forward to one of your cryptics.
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Impressive, Stella! The hardest I’ve solved in quite some time.
I don’t understand 7-Down … unless you’re talking about, say, a horse’s ass.
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Apparently this is a reference to spanking. New to me, obviously. Probably known by everyone else.
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I came here from BEQ too — great, hard, puzzle! Congrats on your blog and thank you.
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Also came here from BEQ, also would love the option to subscribe so I don’t miss any of your posts! And thank you for doing this work! More diversity in puzzle creation 100%
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Great puzzle. I love hard puzzles and this was, indeed, tough as nails. Came from Rex Parker.
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Came from Rex as well, this was a great puzzle, looking forward to more!! Thanks so much.
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Came from BEQ. Really difficult. Hardest by far of any xword and ended up with 8 wrong squares. That said, I truly enjoyed the attempt. Had to put it down and revisit several times just to keep moving forward. Excited for the gratification I’ll get when I complete one with no errors. Very very well done. Thank you.
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Great, hard puzzle. Thanks!
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Louboutin and Rawbar saved me. Got every square correctly, but had to work for it. Nice job. (Referred by Rex)
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#1 was good. HARD. Nice to see new creative clues. Waiting for #2.
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Hi Stella, Evan Birnholz sent me. You hooked this economist with 15-A and a couple of corners sure were TAN. Thanks for launching this!
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Themeless #2 – Wow! Another very hard puzzle. I learned a several new words and inportant facts. My final square was the intersection of 1D and 17A. It took a bit of googling to find the missing letter, Now I know who the new president of Taiwan is and also that burlesque has had a resurgence. I love this kind of education. You’re gonna make me late to work!
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First of all! I just clicked on the “Reply” above that starts “Pingback”. Norton immediately put up a notification that it had blocked a “Malicious Download”.
Now – Themeless #3 was another deliciously crunchy puzzle. Two googles (41D and 50A) to finish. Then I’m staring at GONGXIFACAY certain I had a mistake. But Google to the rescue, informing me that I had spelled FLIER wrong. I love learning new stuff from puzzles, especially from other cultures. Thank you again!
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