DOWNLOADABLE PUZZLE: Unthemely #90 (PUZ) (PDF)
For the past eight months all of my income has been derived from the puzzle industry, with the exception of some monthly contributions to the household-expenses kitty made by my mother and condo-mate Sybil. I’ve had aspirations to be a full-time “professional puzzler” for decades but I don’t feel like I’ve made deliberate efforts to attain that particular status. It’s a life that I fell into by serendipity. The responsibilities of puzzle room development for Puzzah!, crossword construction for professional outlets, and program coordination for the National Puzzlers’ League drain my creativity. Working on the Unthemely crossword series is something of a busman’s holiday. The grid for Unthemely #90 sat half-filled on my desktop for over two months. Over the last two weeks I finally got around to finishing the grid and writing the clues.
On the subject of Unthemely crosswords, I want to remind you that my book Fresh Freestyle Crosswords will be released later this year. I recently received the first review copy and am very pleased with
Welcome back. Enjoyed this one a lot. Thanks.
That was an excellent puzzle. I got a bit stuck in the SE with a misspelling of 48A and I must have written and erased MCBITE 5 times, but I got it to fall. I still don’t know what a TWOSUITER is but I wrote that in with only a few crosses and it turned out well.
utterly excellent