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Matt Gaffney's Weekly Crossword Contest

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LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:

Title: “MGWCC #912 — “The Bottom Line” by Patrick Berry Prompt: This week’s contest answer is a four-letter word.
Answer: TAIL, found by 255 solvers, 156 of which were solo solves

Four grid-spanning theme entries, made up of nonsense phrases with 5,5,5 enumeration. They are:

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Title: “MGWCC #911 — “Change is Good” Prompt: This puzzle’s contest answer is a 9-letter noun that I hope you’d apply to this crossword.
Answer: SENSATION, found by 255 solvers, 156 of which were solo solves

First of all, thanks to Gridmaster T for this stunner of a solution graphic! Beaut...

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Title: “MGWCC #910 — “Scary Movie” Prompt: This puzzle’s contest answer is a descriptor for some scary films.
Answer: R-RATED, found by 347 solvers, 312 of which were solo solves

Grandmaster-level solver, and not too shabby as a constructor, either! Jeffrey Harris knocked this Week 1 out o...

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Dear Solver,

MGWCC #911 will go up on Saturday, November 15th at Noon ET. Complicated idea that I haven’t quite gotten to work yet. Apologies for the delay.

–Matt

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Title: “MGWCC #908 — “Whaddya Say?” Prompt: This puzzle’s contest answer is a treat you might get while trick-or-treating.
Answer: CANDY CORN, found by 287 solvers, 223 of which were solo solves

Four curious answers in last week’s challenge, all 15 letters and all oriented downward instead of across. They were:

3-D: ...

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