Sunday, December 13, 2020

Puzzle #28: Guest themeless by Brooke Husic and Claire Rimkus

 

As if the Sunday when Puzzle Mania drops isn't exciting enough, boy do we have a themeless for you! This gem by Brooke Husic and Claire Rimkus is a stunner from start to finish, with enough "?" clues to keep you on your toes the whole way through. I'm so grateful they sent this my way, and couldn't be more honored to run it today! I'd say "hope you enjoy," but I already know you will.

Here's Brooke and Claire: If you liked the Husic/Rimkus collaboration debut in the USAT on Tuesday, we hope you also enjoy this substantially trickier themeless offering with a possibly gratuitous amount of ? clues (13; we counted). We're super grateful to Amanda for her willingness/excitement to run this. In other news: Happy Hanukkah, consider donating a dollar or five to this transition fund so we can be blessed with an Agardian themeless, and stay safe out there.

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4 comments:

  1. Thought while doing this puzzle: "Is it me, or are there a lot of ? clues here"

    Reading constructors' comment after finishing: "It wasn't just me"

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  2. Wow, this was awesome; well above my Fri or Sat NYT average time. The SE clueing was brilliant, especially "Tender companions?" and "Nice way to be?."

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