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AF+ Crossword Is Looking For a Beach Read

Emet Ozar
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Jun 29, 2024
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Emet is a queer and genderqueer program manager, crossword constructor, and married parent to four children.

Emet Ozar has written 61 articles for us.

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  • Deli Twotone
    June 29, 2024 at 6:33 pm

    Nice callback to some great reading recommendations !

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  • Sasha Tekeian
    July 1, 2024 at 11:00 am

    Fun fact (you may or may not know): There’s an actual word for 3-down! It’s called a mondegreen, after the particular way 1950s writer Sylvia Wright misheard her mom reading a poem when she was a kid. It also sounds like something that would be very good in a crossword, imo.

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