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Written on Aug, 01, 2015 by in | 5 Comments.

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Short post today since I’m coming off of a flurry of puzzle-related activities. Just a few notes:

1. Thanks to Rex Parker for letting me sit in his chair today — always a fun time. If you clicked on my link and are coming over to Devil Cross for the first time, welcome! Hope to see you back here soon.

2. Thanks to both my brother Justin and my wife Vicki for helping me think of some clues for this puzzle — and for staying patient with me while I was desperately trying to finish it. I’m partial to the clue for 54-Across simply because, technically, it took me longer to write that clue than any other single clue I’ve ever written. I wrote it several weeks ago, and it took a few hours to finish. You should try it as an exercise — it’s way tougher than I imagined!

3. Lollapuzzoola 8 is in one week! If you’re planning on coming, come say hi to me. That’s an order.

Enjoy the puzzle. There will be a new one on August 8.

Update, 8/1/15 @ 11:30 am ET: I changed the first word of my clue for 22-Across. The original clue was….alright. I dunno, I just like the new one a little better.

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Written on Jul, 17, 2015 by in , | 5 Comments.

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Devil Cross 55 From A to Z

Update, 7/18/15 @ 9:25 am ET: Here is the solution to the From A to Z puzzle.

Why have one puzzle when you can have two? I wrote this week’s guest puzzle for Matt Gaffney’s Weekly Crossword Contest, and I’m doubling your fun (torture?) with a variety From A to Z puzzle. If you haven’t done one of these before, the instructions are provided in the PDF and in the Notepad in the PUZ file. Oh, and you’ll notice I gave you a PUZ! That’s right, you have an electronic option for solving this, although it may seem a bit strange since it still has the Across and Down headings — you should ignore those since they’re useless in this kind of puzzle. I’d recommend using the PDF if only for ease of solving, but you have both options.

Anyway, huge thanks to Matt for running my meta. The solution to today’s puzzle is linked above.

Enjoy the puzzle, and good luck on the MGWCC — the deadline for submitting your answer to that is Tuesday, July 21 at 12 pm ET. There will be a new Devil Cross puzzle on July 25.

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