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Themed #106 - Musical Letters
Coming to you live from Hawaii. Not really, but I am in Hawaii at the moment. God bless posts that can be planned ahead. The only issue...

Brian Gubin
Oct 10, 20221 min read
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Themed #105 - Take the L
Interesting timing as the New York Times had a recent puzzle that used "Take the L" as a reveal phrase. That puzzle used the phrase in a...

Brian Gubin
Oct 3, 20221 min read
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Themed #104 - Act Up
I feel like I have more puzzles with downward theme answers that most people. Maybe I'm wrong. Either is possible. I also am never sure...

Brian Gubin
Sep 19, 20221 min read
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Themed #103 - S_X
I'm not sure if this is m first progression puzzle but it may be. I'm not going through the archives to confirm. Seems like every...

Brian Gubin
Sep 12, 20221 min read
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Themed #102 - No Offense
A publication that's sort of in honor of the NFL season beginning. Let me just say it for the people in the back: FOOTBALL IS BACK! I...

Brian Gubin
Sep 5, 20221 min read
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Themed #101 - Me Two
Wasn't sure if I should title this "me too" or "me two" but clearly I went with the latter. Thought it made for sense. I think it works...

Brian Gubin
Aug 29, 20221 min read
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Themed #100 - That's a Rap(per)
100 themed puzzles. Where does the time go? I did not think I would ever get to this point but here we are. With my 20 or so themed...

Brian Gubin
Aug 22, 20221 min read
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Themed # 99 - Turn up at the Bar
Stop reading if you don't want any hints. This is a puzzle in the vain of a Thursday NYT puzzle. It's only one trick executed four...

Brian Gubin
Aug 8, 20221 min read
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Themed #98 - Baseball Royalty
Brief introduction today as the right 1/3 of my laptop screen has gone dark. I'm doing my best to get this week's puzzle up and face the...

Brian Gubin
Aug 1, 20221 min read
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Themed #97 - Sounds Sad
I'm on vacation this week in the Outer Banks (Duck). My family has been renting a house here for the past 3 years, so it's becoming a...

Brian Gubin
Jul 25, 20221 min read
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Themed #96 - Waterworks
Any excuse to use a Taylor Swift clue and I'll probably do it, which really worked out well for the reveal phrase in this puzzle. I kind...

Brian Gubin
Jul 18, 20221 min read
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Themed #95 - What's in a Name
I think this phrase lends itself to being interpreted for puzzle purposes. I'm also aware, via The Morning Show, that some people may...

Brian Gubin
Jul 11, 20221 min read
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Themed #94 - Is There an Echo in Here?
I created this puzzle right when I created an earlier puzzle that also involved countries. Countries seem to lend themselves to a lot of...

Brian Gubin
Jun 27, 20221 min read
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Themed #93 - Grab a Fork
The reveal on this is 14-letters, which can present more difficulties setting up the grid. I think this one works out well, with good...

Brian Gubin
Jun 20, 20221 min read
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Themed #92
Again with the titles. I had this one titled "Her Majesty" but didn't really think that seemed fitting so decided to omit the title here....

Brian Gubin
Jun 13, 20221 min read
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Themed # 91 - All Square
Simple sounds-alike theme. I initially also wanted to include TAI FRASIER, Brittany Murphy's character in "Clueless", but didn't want to...

Brian Gubin
Jun 6, 20221 min read
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Themed #90 - Dog Training
I think I formulated this idea around the time we got Seven, or at least were thinking about getting a dog and conducting some training....

Brian Gubin
May 30, 20221 min read
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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...

Brian Gubin
May 16, 20221 min read
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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...

Brian Gubin
May 9, 20222 min read
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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...

Brian Gubin
May 2, 20221 min read
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