Hi Fellow Muggles! DavyGravy here. I'm not really sure how I got that tasty screen name. I like gravy - but enough to make it my nameless? Not really but oh well I'll stick with it. You can call me Dave. I'm a recently retired high school math teacher living in upstate New York. For a retirement job, why not construct crossword puzzles? Its not exactly a lucrative retirement job - but its a fun way to pass the time. I hope you enjoy my puzzles.
Happy Monday Muggles! DavyGravy here with today’s MMM puzzle. I can’t really say where the idea for this one came from - other than the fact that I like wordplay and this idea was swirling around in my brain for a while. I finally set my mind to…
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Nudge 1 A clue to the topic of this puzzle can be found as a three-word phrase spanning one of the rows
Nudge 2 Another hint is…
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Nudge 1 63-Across tells you to SWAP letters. How might you apply this to the three long theme entries?
Nudge 2 Some…
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Nudge 1 Thee are four theme words - all entered vertically and 9 or 10 letters long.
Nudge 2 The title is important. Well, only the second word.
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Nudge I The title mentions the winners - but you’ll need the losers too.
Nudge II You’ll also need the 3-letter scoreboard abbreviations (similar to 5…
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Nudge 1 A clue to the artist runs right through the middle row.
Nudge 2 There are 6 symmetrically placed songs by the group.
Nudge 3 Its strange that…
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Nudge 1 Another fitting prompt for this puzzle is “The meta answer is a Christmas character”
Nudge 2 The only word in the title that matters to the meta…
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Nudge 1 Another apt title for this puzzle is "State of Play"
Nudge 2 Another way you might think of the answer to 73A is DE AL
Nudge 3 Apply these…
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Nudge 1 Muscles is the theme. Can you think of common names for 5 muscles?
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The title refers to the "contraction" of these muscles. Can you spot…
The title refers to the "contraction" of these muscles. Can you spot…