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Tough as Nails Themeless #90

~ Stella ~ 1 Comment

This puzzle is one whose grid I made a couple of years ago, but only now have gotten around to cluing. I hope you like it!

I’m on vacation at the moment, so I hope everything uploaded and published properly! If not, go ahead and @me on Twitter about it and I’ll fix things when I get home.

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Tough as Nails Themeless #89

~ Stella ~ 2 Comments

A confession: This puzzle has made the rounds and been rejected three different times. I haven’t changed the cluing up to make it harder for the site, so it’s going to feel not so tough. But…I still think it’s a good puzzle. It’s inspired by 15-Across, which I learned from watching a season of [COUNTRY NAME REDACTED] Drag Race although it is not a drag term.

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Tough as Nails Themeless #86

~ Stella ~ 3 Comments

I used to keep a list of themeless seeds based on interesting words I wanted to build around. Lately, I’ve been keeping seeds for themelesses more like I do for cryptics: with a clue I want to use, whether or not that word is particularly “sparkly” in and of itself. In this case, that clue was 37A.

After some shipping delays, my book is now almost ready to ship! Please pre-order one if you haven’t already!

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Tough as Nails Themeless #84

~ Stella ~ 6 Comments

Wow, what a weekend! It was great to reunite with old friends and meet so many Tough as Nails solvers for the first time at ACPT. It is, although the most fun weekend of my year, also the most stressful. Remember how Doug Hoylman used to be described as the Iceman? I am the opposite of the Iceman. I am the Constantly-About-to-Throw-Up Nervous Wreck.

I did manage to make a trip to the hardware store with my second fifth-place finish in a row and first place in NYC (the latter made easier since Andy Kravis was attending a wedding):

I had the most amazing time and I hope you enjoy this week’s themeless!

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