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Chris Derrick

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Amateur puzzle constructer. Multiple NYT rejections. PDX.
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Sans Theme 9 (NYT Reject)

◆ · Published 2024-10-04T18:01:37.774Z

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How much "Bluey" does your kid watch?

◆ · Published 2024-07-24T21:28:37.110Z

This puzzle is a direct result of my kid watching too much Bluey. If you don't watch Bluey, you can probably skip this one.
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Sans Theme 8

◆ · Published 2024-07-19T23:51:26.483Z

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Anyone for Tennis?

◆ · Published 2024-07-03T15:44:54.175Z

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Art Vandelay?

◆ · Published 2024-06-26T16:45:49.303Z

This puzzle is a test to gauge the Crosshare community's appetite for pop culture themes. I added a pop culture puzzle a few weeks ago and it quickly became my most-solved puzzle, so I am checking if that was an anomaly or not. I fleshed out the idea…
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Ornithology

■ · Published 2024-06-15T22:33:06.718Z

I was mulling over some turns of phrase with possible double meanings and landed on the concept from 59A. I wrangled with some tense agreement to word the clue and tried FLIPPINGTHEBIRD and FLIPPEDTHEBIRD before settling on the publisher…
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The One with the Theme

◆ · Published 2024-05-21T16:57:44.134Z

This is an old puzzle I made several years ago that I had forgotten about and just found again in a folder on my computer. It's not top-notch stuff and it has too many 3 letter answers, but I liked the theme.
21x21

All Over the Map

◆ · By guest constructor Chris Derrick and Jeff Linder · Published 2024-05-19T15:05:14.424Z

I got this idea while tinkering with some fill on another puzzle. Jeff and I hammered out the grid and ended up ditching London, Ontario. After that, we worked together on the fill. I wrote the clues while bouncing ideas off Jeff.
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For Baseball Nerds

◆ · Published 2024-05-16T21:19:08.809Z

I’ve been tinkering with a baseball nicknames puzzle for a while and finally settled on this iteration. I made the rest of the fill and clues as baseball and sports centric as I could manage so as to lean into the theme. Feedback welcome.
15x15

Odds and Ends

◆ · By guest constructor Jeff Linder and Chris Derrick · Published 2024-04-25T17:30:40.602Z

This puzzle is a collaboration with fellow Crosshare user Jeff Linder. After coming up with the theme -- originally a 21x21 grid -- I sent the thematic skeleton of the grid to Jeff. He fleshed out the fill and then I wrote the clues. Any feedback is…

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