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Matt Gaffney's Weekly Crossword Contest

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LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:

Title: “Name Game”
Prompt: This puzzle’s contest answer is a famous author.
Answer: J.R.R. Tolkien, found by 193 solvers, 101 of which were solo solves

Well, you may have thought I’d seen everything meta-possible after writing about 1,100 of these over the past 18 years, but no! Last week’s p...


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LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:

Title: “Put a Ring on It” by Andrew Linzer
Prompt: This puzzle’s contest answer is a song that was popular around the same time as “Single Ladies.”
Answer: HALO, found by 339 solvers, 224 of which were solo solves

THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:

Today’s puzzle is Week 4 of 4 in Febr...


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LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:

Title: “You’ve Seen This One”
Prompt: This week’s contest answer is a well-known romantic comedy.
Answer: GROUNDHOG DAY, found by 409 solvers, 386 of which were solo solves

The trick wasn’t too tough, though it took most solvers a Week 2 amount of time to suss it out since it was a bit unusua...


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LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:

Title: “A Time to Chill”
Prompt: This week’s contest answer is one of the sixteen sports at the Winter Olympics in Italy, which begins today.
Answer: SKI MOUNTAINEERING, found by 376 solvers, 343 of which were solo solves

Almost a Pi-Day theme! Our four themers were BEN ROETHLISBERGER, AGE DISCRIMINA...


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