happy black history month from crosstina & kateschmate

the image is a no-context puzzle spoiler. just go with it.

kate and i put this puzzle together over the course of an afternoon because we were deeply inspired and wanted to get out ahead of what is sure to be a tidal wave of not-at-all cringey and weird black history month content in the crossword puzzle universe.

please enjoy! don't @ us (or do!) 

also, major thanks to crosswordnexus and the 'boisvert machine', as we're henceforth calling it.

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themeless no. 9

 

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(tshirt from @goodshirts)

happy tuesday! i wasn't going to post a puzzle this week—i don't know how i wound up posting puzzles with any sort of frequency, to tell you the truth—but here we are. i like this one; it has some fill in it i've been noodling with for more than a month, and i'm happy to finally share it with people. i hope something here makes you happy, too. have a nice week.

meat test solved this for me AFTER an evening at their latin reading group— forever indebted to them.

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themeless no. 8

 

in this house, we love and support al roker. this is a no-context spoiler for the puzzle, by the way. you'll know it when you see it.

not a lot to say, again. on any given day there's just really not a lot going on in my brain, truthfully; it's a real 'the lights are on but no one's home' sort of situation. i had fun with this one, though, and i hope you do too! 

kate and quiara both test solved it, and were both exceedingly nice about my persistent inability to identify an adjective. grateful for them!

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themeless no. 7: i never claimed to know anything about thermostats

it's still setting in that it's 2022 for me— how's it going for you? 2021 was a year of starts and stops; one that i can't really eulogize succinctly. so i won't! instead, i'm gonna offer you all this puzzle and say happy new year: onward and upwards! or, in the immortal words of a fortune cookie i once had, let go or be dragged. 

some constructor notes: an asymmetrical grid? on my blog? it's more likely than you think. it was playing a little more challenging than i intended (i never set out to make a hard puzzle— there's nothing fun about stumping people) so some blocking was done to ease up a few crosses. hopefully it spares a few DNFs!

my entire kingdom to kate for testing this and very gently reminding me to, like, use commas. life-changing stuff! also thanks to dob from crossweird for working some free-jazz magic. it takes a village.

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