Keepin' it short and sweet. I simply will not stop. Have this 13x! Special thanks for Frisco and No-feet McGee for being my second third sets of eyes on this - always grateful to have new perspectives on fills and cluing!
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Some of you may be asking (although probably not): meatdaddy (thank you for referring to me by my legal government name), when are you going to make a themed puzzle? The answer is I dunno. Themes usually take me too long to figure out when I solve, even once the puzzle is done. I don't have the eye for them, so I'm not going to haphazardly apply it to my own work to make you all suffer. I'm sparing you all and frankly, I'm insanely benevolent for it.
Regardless, this is the most recent outcome of me grappling with CrossFire. We have a love/hate relationship but we're working on reaching mutual understanding. I was told this puzzle is a lot harder than my previous ones, which kinda makes sense because I was really influenced by the pithy cluing in this Robin Yu puzzle on QVXWordz. A huge thank you to Dob and Momes of CrossweirdTV for test solving this and giving it much-needed tweaks that elevated the puzz!
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Cries of outrage? Write them in your diary and throw it in a river. I'M KIDDINGGGGGGG, you can @ me here or watch my spiels on Twitch. Be nice.
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Hey y'all! VERY excited to introduce to you all THE DELI COUNTER, THEEEEEE meatdaddy crossword blog! I really can't believe how quickly I fell into the crossword community, or even into making them. It's a blast! I'm really excited to share my puzzles with you all, and also hopefully the puzzles of fellow constructors! In the interim, please excuse whatever the fuck the site currently looks like. I know, and I'm workin' on it.
Since I'm still trying to find my footing with construction, I've been working with different grid sizes, but keeping the puzzles themeless. I want to give myself enough flexibility to be able to learn as I go. So far, I'm really enjoying making puzzles that are a mixture of my own interests (language, linguistics, science, the ancient world, Internet culture that is deeply embedded into my brain) and "grab bag" trivia - I think my goal is for everyone to learn at least one new thing by the time they complete my puzzles, even if it's something tiny.
Thank you to Norah Sharpe, expert of all things crosswords and much-needed cheerleader, for test solving this and helping me beef up (heh) my clues. A few tweaks make a big difference!
please enjoy this 15x themeless! I was a little iffy on it at first, but I've definitely grown to enjoy it. Each puzzle is a labor of love.
(Note: there have been a few recluings since this has been published. What's currently listed is the most current, because I am simply excellent at updating my website.)
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