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    Themed # 89 - Repair
    Brian Gubin
    • 2 hours ago
    • 1 min

    Themed # 89 - Repair

    I worked on this one for a while with some different reveal phrases as opposed to a single word. I probably could have reworked it with...
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    Celebrating 100 Puzzles
    Brian Gubin
    • May 10
    • 2 min

    Celebrating 100 Puzzles

    100 puzzles! Like most people I just love my round numbers so this puzzle is much more important than puzzle 99 or 101. I know it doesn't...
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    Themed #87 - Night Shift
    Brian Gubin
    • May 3
    • 1 min

    Themed #87 - Night Shift

    As I was preparing to write this my opening line was "I'm sure this has been used as a reveal phrase before" so I searched Cruciverb. (I...
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    Themed #86 - Avatar Specialty
    Brian Gubin
    • Apr 26
    • 1 min

    Themed #86 - Avatar Specialty

    If it hasn't been demonstrated by my cluing references, Avatar: The Last Airbender is one of my favorite shows. I think I just completed...
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    Themed #85 - Border Crossings
    Brian Gubin
    • Apr 19
    • 1 min

    Themed #85 - Border Crossings

    I want to say I thought of doing something like this while doing a Sporcle quiz to name all the countries of the world but who knows. I...
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    Themed #84 - Team Openers
    Brian Gubin
    • Apr 5
    • 1 min

    Themed #84 - Team Openers

    I was supposed to publish a themeless puzzle this week but when I realized it was MLB opening week I audibled. I threw together this...
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    Themed #83 - Location, Location, Location
    Brian Gubin
    • Mar 29
    • 1 min

    Themed #83 - Location, Location, Location

    FYI - this introduction may contain semi-spoilers. I've never created a puzzle like this before. It's more in the vain of a Thursday-type...
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    Themed #82 - Many a Late Night Call
    Brian Gubin
    • Mar 22
    • 1 min

    Themed #82 - Many a Late Night Call

    Another puzzle where I struggled coming up with a title. This has a reveal so I couldn't use that as the title. Whatever - don't judge a...
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    Themed #81 - B-Minus
    Brian Gubin
    • Mar 15
    • 1 min

    Themed #81 - B-Minus

    I'm guessing this type of these has been done many times and for the other "grades", such as D-Minus. I was trying to think of a clever...
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    Themed #80 - Get Some RNR
    Brian Gubin
    • Mar 8
    • 1 min

    Themed #80 - Get Some RNR

    I often feel like I have no idea what to title puzzles and then come up with something forced. If I have a reveal phrase that makes the...
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    Themed #79 - A Difficult Time
    Brian Gubin
    • Mar 1
    • 1 min

    Themed #79 - A Difficult Time

    If anyone listens to Fill Me In, and if you don't you should, then this was the puzzle I mentioned in my email. It has an ice cream...
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    Themed # 78 - Get an A+ in Spanish
    Brian Gubin
    • Feb 15
    • 1 min

    Themed # 78 - Get an A+ in Spanish

    I forget how I came up with the theme or what the first theme answer was I came up with. I think 24-down. It was actually pretty easy...
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    Themed #77 - Let's Eat
    Brian Gubin
    • Feb 8
    • 1 min

    Themed #77 - Let's Eat

    I often start with an idea and think "could I get this published somewhere?" Then I conduct a cursory search on Cruciverb to see if the...
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    Themed #76 - Spreads
    Brian Gubin
    • Feb 1
    • 1 min

    Themed #76 - Spreads

    I've definitely used this phrase/expression before. I'm pretty sure I first heard it from the late Stuart Scott *Googling. Confirmed he...
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    Themed #75 - You Need To Calm Down
    Brian Gubin
    • Jan 25
    • 1 min

    Themed #75 - You Need To Calm Down

    Another puzzle inspired by my muse, Taylor Swift. I didn't use any reveal or indication of theme answers but the title makes it pretty...
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    Themed #74 - Get a Grip
    Brian Gubin
    • Jan 18
    • 1 min

    Themed #74 - Get a Grip

    Since I tend to create puzzles a few months prior to posting I sometimes forget the inspiration. I think this one may have come from the...
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    Themed #73 - Bad Start
    Brian Gubin
    • Jan 3
    • 1 min

    Themed #73 - Bad Start

    Happy new year my people! I hope everyone had a nice NYE and is ready to welcome in 2022. As the Counting Crows say in "Long December",...
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    Themed #72 - That Is
    Brian Gubin
    • Dec 28, 2021
    • 1 min

    Themed #72 - That Is

    I had another puzzle scheduled to run today and as I was doing the write-up, I realized I didn't like one of the theme answers, so I...
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    Themed #71 - Gridiron Gang
    Brian Gubin
    • Dec 21, 2021
    • 1 min

    Themed #71 - Gridiron Gang

    I'm not sure which of these was the seed entry, maybe 41-across, which made me make a 16-wide grid. I always hate that because I don't...
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    Themed # 70 - Shout-out to Red, 1989, Reputation, and Lover
    Brian Gubin
    • Dec 14, 2021
    • 2 min

    Themed # 70 - Shout-out to Red, 1989, Reputation, and Lover

    One of my personal heroes is the subject of this week's puzzle. I started listening to her music in 2006 when I fellow intern asked me if...
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