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Crossword Construction

Over the summer, Sarah and I became inordinately fond of crossword puzzles. I think Sarah actually enjoys them, whereas I just don't want to get Alzheimer's.

So last night, still recovering from this surgery, I decided I was going to make a crossword puzzle. I figured that Professional Crossword Constructionist might be a nice sidelight for me, and also I figured, "Hey, I'm good at anagramming. How hard can this be?"

Very, very hard, as it turns out. I gave it my very best, but my very best was pretty sucky ("Destitute Taoist," for instance, was POLAO, because I couldn't make an actual word fit in its place). But I did have one clue and answer I was immensely proud of:

The answer is three letters. The clue, "It's best in Miami."

Awwww yeah!

4 Comments:

At December 14, 2006 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

What's wrong with you? CSI Vegas is clearly the superior CSI.

 
At December 14, 2006 , Blogger Sara Z. said...

You know what's scary? I went to the mouth surgery page, and it took me a few views to even identify what part of the body the diagrams are of. I mean, somewhere in the mouth, clearly. But...weird.

 
At December 14, 2006 , Blogger Angela said...

Maybe on one of the audiobooks of your novels, you could have dramatic screaming after every one-liner.

 
At August 21, 2008 , Blogger Jim said...

I'm not sure why, exactly, but the video is funny.

Not because of David Caruso, of whom I've never been fond, but the dramatic scream just gets funny repetition.

 

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