10/30/2022 0 Comments Treat with a cuppa crossword![]() ![]() It's a subjective assessment, but they look so heavy and unnecessary to me.įun connections between two disparate sets of interests, and excellent gridwork. The only things I wasn't wild about were the 2x2 chunks of black squares in the SW and NE. good thing I don't bet very often! It was Will's.) ( ADDED NOTE: I would have bet $1000 that it was Erik's clue. Crossword Clue The crossword clue Biscuit served with a cuppa with 7 letters was last seen on the April 02, 2016.We think the likely answer to this clue is TEACAKE. Loved Erik's voice coming through in ALLEGEDLY. Almost every Sunday 140-word puzzle will need some crossword glue, but sticking to very short (3-4 letters) stuff is a good way to make it seem less consequential. Notice how careful Erik and Alex were to keep their glue limited to very short words of mostly three letters? That's a great way to minimize their potential for feeling inelegant. COIN TOSS, ETYMOLOGY, GOING PLACES, SACRED COW, SAN FRAN, PREGGERS, MUD PIE, and my favorite, SON OF A …! Something so entertaining about phrases implying a swear word, like "Why you little …" and "What the …".Īll of that without much crossword glue: minor ARAT, CARO, CEST, DEO, DOI, NEO, SEI, etc. ![]() The nerd inside of me cries for Zatanna's exclusion, but what are you gonna do.Īnd even if you're a person who likes neither superheroes (infidel!) nor music, the grid was still interesting and clean enough to allow for a pleasant solving experience, treating it as a giant themeless puzzle. They could have easily relied on fringe characters like Hawkman or Plastic Man or Zatanna, for instance. (In a Flash, you might say … *rimshot*) I appreciated that Erik and Alex executed the concept in a way that even if you don't know superheroes well, the puzzle still might amuse you. I'm a huge superhero nerd, so all the characters came to me quickly. Of course, the Hulk would love GREEN DAY, and Thor would be a fanboy of MC HAMMER. ![]() I'm a huge fan of the Flash, so I got a laugh out of imagining Barry Allen squeeing at a TAYLOR SWIFT concert. SUPER GROUP played upon today, various bands/singers amusingly interpreted as a particular superhero's favorite. I'm a super-newbie to everything in the crossword world, but I do enjoy myself a good pun every now and then, so this was fascinating and foreign and exciting and daunting all at once! And I owe much thanks to Erik for inviting me to sidekick this mission in the first place.įor your enjoyment (we hope), here are some of the theme answers from the cutting room floor: Through a couple of revisions and upwards of a hundred emails, the collaboration was always fun, and I'm looking forward to her next puzzle.ĪLEX: Erik was the true superhero here - zipped nimbly through the bulk of the work and picked up after all my snafus. ERIK: Music and wordplay are but two of Alex's superpowers (you can see some of her punny drawings on her Instagram), so when this puzzle's then-half-formed theme needed rescuing, I knew who to shine the Bat-Signal for. ![]()
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