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Themed #146 - Duck, Duck...
A smaller puzzle this week, 13X13, to be exact. This probably started with 27-across while watching Top Gun: Maverick, which is just an...

Brian Gubin
Apr 29, 20241 min read
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Themeless # 31
Daycare germs have begun infiltrating the house. Defenses have been breached and forces are attempting to repel the enemy but have not...

Brian Gubin
Apr 15, 20241 min read
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Themed #145 - Circle of Light
Based this one on a Chris Stapleton song. He is one of few current "country" singers I think it really good. I put country in quotes...

Brian Gubin
Apr 1, 20241 min read
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Themed #144 - Celebrities
Hello fellow word nerds. I'm back to work as the daycare phase of parenting has begun. In fact, I just got back from a work conference...

Brian Gubin
Mar 18, 20241 min read
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Themed #143 - No Vegetables Here
I forgot to post last week! I'm sure everyone was very disappointed. I guess being on paternity leave has left my brain a tad mushy. One...

Brian Gubin
Mar 4, 20241 min read
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Themed # 142 - It's Going Down
Very tired today as I was up later than normal watching the Super Bowl and still decided to go to the gym at 5 AM and then ran at noon....

Brian Gubin
Feb 12, 20241 min read
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Themeless #30
It hasn't been that long since I've posted a themeless. I generally do 4 or 5 themed before publishing a themeless but I was saving one...

Brian Gubin
Jan 29, 20241 min read
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Themed # 141 - Hard to Judge
The Cowboys are out of the playoffs (shocker), the wife has Covid so I'm on full-time baby duty, but the people demand puzzles so here we...

Brian Gubin
Jan 15, 20241 min read
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Themed #140 - Mystery Meat
New puzzle in back-to-back weeks so I can get on schedule again. Nothing much to say here except hope everyone has a nice NYE and that...

Brian Gubin
Jan 2, 20241 min read
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Themeless #29
I've just been having so much fun during the holidays that I forgot to post a puzzle! That coupled with the baby, the dog, work, football...

Brian Gubin
Dec 26, 20231 min read
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Themed #139 - LLLLLIIIIIVVVVVEEEEE (Happy Birthday, Taylor Swift)
Another year, another Taylor Swift birthday puzzle. I used to watch all of her music videos every December 13th. It became a more...

Brian Gubin
Dec 11, 20231 min read
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Themed #138 - Code Names
Puzzle that is not related to the board game, although that may be a potential future conceit. Just your standard circled-letters theme....

Brian Gubin
Dec 4, 20231 min read
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Themed # 137 - Bands Together
Was in Charlotte, NC this weekend watching the Cowboys take on the Panthers. Got back today so that's why I'm posting this a little later...

Brian Gubin
Nov 20, 20231 min read
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Themed #136 - I Think I Hear a Ghost
BONUS PUZZLE! I normally publish every other week but I had this idea on Sunday and Halloween was coming up so I figured what the hell,...

Brian Gubin
Oct 30, 20231 min read
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Themed #135 - Resource Shortage
Not sure the exact impetus for this theme, maybe just the current state of the planet, but it's actually kind of depressing to think...

Brian Gubin
Oct 23, 20231 min read
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Themed #134 - IES
Something strange is going on and I can't increase the size of this puzzle like the others. Trying to troubleshoot... IES - Across Lite

Brian Gubin
Oct 10, 20231 min read
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Themed # 133 - Pescatarian Options
My wife and I welcomed our first child on 9/20 so things have been pretty hectic over here. We're essentially in survival mode trying to...

Brian Gubin
Sep 25, 20231 min read
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Themeless #28
Fam, we're back with a themeless puzzle. I haven't really been writing themeless puzzles as much as I planned to. I just am not very good...

Brian Gubin
Sep 11, 20231 min read
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Themed #132 - Lets out some Gas
Enjoy the puzzle. Lets out some Gas - Across Lite

Brian Gubin
Aug 28, 20231 min read
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Themed #131 - Untitled
I think the reveal works pretty well but maybe not quite perfectly. I think people will figure it out well enough, anyway. I'm actually...

Brian Gubin
Aug 14, 20231 min read
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