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Tough as Nails Themeless #84

~ Stella ~ 6 Comments

Wow, what a weekend! It was great to reunite with old friends and meet so many Tough as Nails solvers for the first time at ACPT. It is, although the most fun weekend of my year, also the most stressful. Remember how Doug Hoylman used to be described as the Iceman? I am the opposite of the Iceman. I am the Constantly-About-to-Throw-Up Nervous Wreck.

I did manage to make a trip to the hardware store with my second fifth-place finish in a row and first place in NYC (the latter made easier since Andy Kravis was attending a wedding):

I had the most amazing time and I hope you enjoy this week’s themeless!

Tough as Nails Themeless #84 – Across Lite

Tough as Nails Themeless #84 – PDFDownload
Tough as Nails Themeless #84 – SOLUTIONDownload

Tough as Nails Themeless #80

~ Stella ~ 5 Comments

Here lies a puzzle that was too esoteric for mainstream-land. I’m still going to hold onto the seed at 19A and try and use it somewhere that DOES go out to the wider world, because I think it’s a cool word that can be clued fairly. (It is also a word that describes me.)

Tough as Nails Themeless #80 – Across Lite

Tough as Nails Themeless #80 – PDFDownload
Tough as Nails Themeless #80 – SOLUTIONDownload

Surprise! It’s not a themeless!

~ Stella ~ 1 Comment

Despite the near-total focus of this blog on crosswords of various sorts, I really do spend a lot of time on trivia as the text under my logo implies. (Hey Jeopardy! Wanna hire me?)

I’ve gotten to explore the intersection between trivia and crosswords a lot through Inkubator’s collaboration with Atlas Obscura, and today’s puzzle is in that vein (although not in AO’s specifically). I was inspired to make it when I thought of the songs referenced at 19- and 57-Across, which are both really fun, and the connection between them even though they sound nothing alike. I hope you enjoy this departure from the usual!

PS: Want me to write trivia, or a trivia puzzle, for your organization? Hire me!

She Goes Two Ways – Across Lite

She Goes Two Ways – PDFDownload
She Goes Two Ways – SOLUTIONDownload