Author: Emma O.
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January 2025 Monthly Contest SOLUTION
Title: “The One That Got Away”Prompt: The meta answer is the popular novel whose title is suggested by the answers to the starred clues.Answer: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Explanation: The answers to five starred clues have had a traditionally feminine name (a girl) removed from them (gone), like so: 16A [*Denver-based hockey team] clues…
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January 2025 Monthly Contest: “The One That Got Away”
Happy New Year, and welcome to the first monthly contest from Ariadne’s Crossword Library! Before we get to it, a genuinely heartfelt thank you to those of you who subscribed to this site last month, before a single contest crossword had appeared on it. I appreciate so much the show of faith, and I will…
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“Opening Lines”
Welcome to Ariadne’s Crossword Library! Contest crosswords will appear here on the first of the month starting next month – January 1, 2025 – but to set the stage (to serve as the “opening lines,” if you will), a non-meta, non-contest (but still literary-themed!) crossword is attached to this post. Please do not attempt to…
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Coming soon!
Welcome to Ariadne’s Crossword Library, a monthly contest crossword of LITERARY proportions! Starting January 1, 2025, this site will feature a literature-inspired contest crossword every month. For how many months, you ask? Until Ariadne runs out of crosswords. Instructions for submitting an answer to the contest will be provided with each puzzle, and yes, there…
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