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Glad to find there are other crossword puzzle fans on this board!
Posted by: mikem 11:28 pm EDT 09/01/20
In reply to: Is it Les Mis or Les Miz? And has it changed over time? - mikem 11:41 am EDT 09/01/20

Glad to find there are some other crossword puzzle fans on this board! I've done them casually for years, but I've really gotten into them during the pandemic. I did an online crossword puzzle tournament a few weeks ago, which was a lot of fun.

Crosswords often have theater-related clues. OBIE is a big one, because it has 3 vowels. Ben VEREEN crops up pretty often. I saw Kelli O'Hara clued in a puzzle recently.
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re: Glad to find there are other crossword puzzle fans on this board!
Posted by: sirpupnyc 11:50 pm EDT 09/01/20
In reply to: Glad to find there are other crossword puzzle fans on this board! - mikem 11:28 pm EDT 09/01/20

LEN Cariou and AUDRA McDonald, too.

I used to do them on the subway going to work and back, but then I got a Kindle and started reading instead. When Broadway shut down I was almost four years behind on the NYT puzzle. Now it's a year and a few months.
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re: Glad to find there are other crossword puzzle fans on this board!
Last Edit: mikem 03:38 pm EDT 09/02/20
Posted by: mikem 03:37 pm EDT 09/02/20
In reply to: re: Glad to find there are other crossword puzzle fans on this board! - sirpupnyc 11:50 pm EDT 09/01/20

I think Len Cariou and Len Deighton are the only famous Lens around! They both appear pretty often.

I've done a lot of crosswords during the pandemic, and it's really helped my skills. A year ago, I couldn't complete the NY Times puzzle on most days. Now, I'm sure I can do every puzzle except Saturday, which only falls about 2/3 of the time.

One of the co-organizers of the online tournament I did is a theater guy who's performed at the Muny many times. The tournament is usually once a year but they indicated they might do it again sooner than that. I hope they do; it was a lot of fun!
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