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The Valuable Things (and Names and Places) We Learn From Crosswords

In today's blog post, we share a valuable story about what we learn (and what we can learn) from inclusive crossword cluing and construction!

I’ve learned a lot by solving crosswords. Honestly, it’s quite rare for me to solve a crossword and NOT learn something new. Sometimes, I am baffled by a reference I don’t know, and I end up finding out the answer only when the crossing entries are complete. But that bafflement, that frustrating moment of ignorance, is soon mitigated, and I add a new fact to my ever-growing mental crossword…

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Delving into the Lollapuzzoola 12 puzzles!

In today's blog post, we delve into the puzzles from this year's Lollapuzzoola 12 crossword tournament!

The twelfth edition of Lollapuzzoola arrived, as expected, on a Saturday in August, and it did not disappoint. The largest annual crossword tournament in New York (and the second largest in the world) has become not only one of the highlights of the puzzle calendar, but an institution at this point.

I was not in attendance, but I did sign up for the Solve At Home puzzle packet. Last weekend, I…

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Lollapuzzoola 12 Lands This Weekend!

In today's blog post, we discuss the upcoming Lollapuzzoola crossword tournament this weekend!

This Saturday, August 17, marks the twelfth edition of the Lollapuzzoola crossword puzzle tournament!

If you haven’t heard — and seriously, how have you not heard by now?! — Lollapuzzoola is an independent crossword tournament run by constructors and puzzle aficionados Brian Cimmet and Patrick Blindauer. The tournament features puzzles constructed with a more freewheeling style than those found…