The time has come! The episode that Will has been hyping for six months is finally here! Emma and Will talk with Peter Gordon, editor of Fireball crosswords, and Alex Eaton-Salners, prolific crossword constructor, about two meta puzzles Alex constructed for Fireball in 2023: "Resounding Success" and "Take the Fifth." Spoiler warning for both of those puzzles!
Note Fireball is a a subscription, so we can't link you directly to solvable versions of "Resounding Success" and "Take the Fifth," but you can subscribe to Fireball and purchase any previous year's puzzles via the link below!
Links of interest:
Fireball crosswords: https://www.fireballcrosswords.com/
"Resounding Success" review on Crossword Fiend: https://crosswordfiend.com/2023/04/03/fireball-contest-march-29-2023/
"Take the Fifth" review on Crossword Fiend (the typo in the title on the Fiend write-up makes this one very difficult to find via Google!): https://crosswordfiend.com/2023/07/16/fireball-contest-july-12-2023/
Fireball submission guidelines: http://www.fireballcrosswords.com/SpecSheet.pdf
"Puzzlewright Guide to Diagramless Crosswords" by Alex Eaton-Salners (this is the Amazon link, but this is available wherever books are sold): https://www.amazon.com/Puzzlewright-Guide-Diagramless-Crosswords-beginners/dp/1454944870
"A-to-Z Crosswords" Kickstarter (live through June 2, 2024):
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petergordonpuzzler/a-to-z-crosswords-2024
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