Puzzle 20: Fall Guy (with Laura Braunstein and the Homeschool Cooperative Class)
Over the summer Laura and I started teaching an occasional intro to crosswords class with Homeschool Cooperative 2020. This week we decided to try something different, and conducted an intermediate class where we constructed a crossword from scratch with the help of the class. Given the time constraints, we went with a midi puzzle instead of a full-size grid. And given the season we decided to use this classic from The Onion as our theme (spoilers, obviously, so don’t click until you’ve finished solving). It’s a little more upbeat than last year’s fall-themed puzzle, but we kind of need that now.
Big thanks to everyone in the class for their help. If you’d like to join us for one of our future classes, we’ll be doing the intro again on November 17 and then an intermediate class where we’ll construct a new puzzle on December 15. You can also check out plenty of other free classes for kids and adults there, or even offer to teach one yourself.
That’s all for now. If you’re in the United States and are eligible, please take a few minutes to do the following three things. One, confirm you are registered to vote in next month’s elections (there are roughly 20 states where you can still register in person). Two, make sure you are prepared to vote — do you know your polling place location and timings (remember these are sometimes different for early voting), or the logistics for submitting a mail-in/absentee ballot? And three, urge everyone you know to do these three things.
