Any Freshness Factor below 75 and it's time to crack some skulls.
This is the sensible thing to do and I further recommend invading the newspaper's office to hold the crossword constructors hostage as it is well-known that is where we work and live and sleep.
On my way to Chicago for the Midwest Crossword Tournament! It'll be my brother Justin's first tourney because for some reason he decided to live a puzzle tournament-free life until I finally said THAT ENDS NOW. Come say hi to us.
"Ooh I really don't want to have to use another pair of cheater squares or go above 140 words" I say to myself over and over knowing that crossword solvers definitely care a lot about cheater squares and how many words a crossword has.
For any and all questions or comments about the meta in today's Sunday Washington Post crossword, please see this statement from my assistant: youtu.be/eqBR8knRM2w?...
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I once read about Maggie Smith's aversion to watching her own performances -- something I always found relatable since I hated watching videos of me playing the piano when I was a kid. This line of hers about it in a "60 Minutes" interview was absolute gold. RIP to a real one.
Vicki, my brothers and I all still say "Justice or revenge?" to each other as a little inside joke. A seemingly throwaway line that Maggie Smith delivered with such gravitas that it stuck with us for decades. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw0D...
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One of my favorite badass Maggie Smith moments is when she played Thetis in the 1981 "Clash of the Titans" film and, enraged with a mortal who said her daughter Andromeda was prettier, awakened from her own beheaded statue and demanded Andromeda's life. www.youtube.com/watch?v=79RL...
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