Crossword #11: Sometimes Wise
Finally, a new puzzle for your consideration. My previous effort was published five months ago. Long ago enough, it seems, to make at least one of you wonder whether or not I was done with this particular dilettantish obsession.
No, I was not.
Please enjoy this one, or, if you must, endure it.[1]
The painting depicted above, La Danse, is part of the permanent collection at The Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia. Joann and I saw it there in August 2013. Its painter is the answer to 11-Down.
This puzzle’s theme is a playful one. It breaks convention in that the five theme answers are not the longest ones in the puzzle. Two of them are seven letters long and there is a total of twenty(!) non-theme sevens and one non-theme nine.
You have been warned. Get your copy here:
| Download the puzzle |
| PDF copy to print |
| Puzzle file for AcrossLite[2] |
| Solve online at XwordInfo.com |
The solution to this puzzle was published on Wednesday, March 11.
| DATE | TITLE |
| 04/24/2020 | #k1: Meadow’s First! |
| 04/20/2020 | #24: Roadside Attractions? |
| 02/20/2020 | #23: World’s Smallest! |
| 06/20/2018 | #22: Northern Dialect |
| 01/30/2018 | #21: Special Editions |
| 10/10/2017 | #20: Saints We’d Like to See |
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Notes
- Several friends—talented cruciverbalists all—provided me with valuable feedback on an earlier iteration of this puzzle. I will write more about their contributions when I post the solution. [^]
- The Across Lite program can be downloaded for free at Litsoft.com and runs on Microsoft Windows and Apple OS X. I can recommend it unreservedly. It is easy to install and use, and is free of any of the malware garbage that commonly plagues freeware. [^]
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