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General Discussion / Re: crosswordgiant.com
« Last post by cranberry44 on May 05, 2025, 12:54:20 PM »
Has anybody had any luck with accessing this website: crosswordgiant.com   It used to be a great site for clues, answers, and help with themes. I used to use it years ago. If one googles crossword giant, it appears listing different ways to access info, so it looks like it's still working. But when I click on the site, the only message I get is "An error has occurred. If this error persists, contact webmaster@crosswordgiant.com" Has anybody tried to contact them? It was really a great site!
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General Support / Re: Question about submitting to various. publications
« Last post by cubero on April 28, 2025, 12:28:56 AM »
Do publishers generally prefer exclusive submissions, or is there more flexibility with puzzle submissions compared to other types of writing?
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Today's Puzzles / Re: CNN puzzles discontinued?
« Last post by Glenn9999 on April 18, 2025, 12:12:41 AM »
it seems they did.  The CNN crossword link I have pulls up an applet for LA Times Puzzles.
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General Discussion / Re: Two unusual entries OK?
« Last post by cranberry44 on April 07, 2025, 10:14:22 AM »
Thank you so much for bothering to answer. I did feel a little shaky about those 2 entries, but it helped to get another eye on
the issue. I think you are correct; and I'll just have to tear up a large section. Thanx for the "one lap" possible answer!
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General Discussion / Re: Two unusual entries OK?
« Last post by admin on April 07, 2025, 07:02:12 AM »
Hi,

I think that either one of these on their own is an issue. Together, not a chance of having the puzzle accepted. Neither entry has ever appeared in the cruciverb database, and that's not a good sign, especially for six-letter entries. For ONELAW, the closest I could find was ONELAP, which has appeared in the database 31 times. So, if you can possibly change ONELAW to ONELAP and somehow ditch EPULSE altogether, you're in a better place. I know it sucks to have to rework entire areas of a puzzle, but that's what you have to do.
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General Discussion / Two unusual entries OK?
« Last post by cranberry44 on April 06, 2025, 11:09:25 AM »
I've completed a 21 X 21 themed puzzle; and although I've tried different approaches, I'm left with two unusual entries: "epulse," clued as "Electromagnetic rifle used in Starship Troopers universe." (Googling "epulse" almost always returns a trademark; but copilot AI says that "epulse" is not necessarily a trademark but "a measure of one pulse (burst), often used in laser or electrical systems." But that's not easy to find by googling. The other entry is "one law," which I have clued as "Theological movement associated with Messianic Judaism." If you have any other more simplified clues, please let me know. Or do you think these 2 entries would kill my chances of being accepted.
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General Support / Re: Question about submitting to various. publications
« Last post by MancyHenry on March 28, 2025, 11:18:20 PM »
It’s definitely a tricky situation. Many publishers do have exclusivity rules during the review process, which can make it frustrating when the turnaround time is so long.
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General Discussion / Re: Deciphering NYT rejection letters
« Last post by swainscheps on March 14, 2025, 05:38:11 PM »
OK thanks very much for the clarification. Feb 18 was just one of many I found with >72 words that I *thought* was un-themed - but thinking my definition of 'theme' was too narrow.

I've been doing the NYT crossword forever and thought I knew them inside and out...but I had no idea Tuesdays were always theme puzzles  (because I usually skip Monday and Tuesday...and usually Wednesday...)

Thanks for the quick reply -

Back to the drawing board!
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General Discussion / Re: Deciphering NYT rejection letters
« Last post by admin on March 14, 2025, 07:44:18 AM »
Quote from: swainscheps on March 13, 2025, 06:27:08 PM
Hi - tacking onto this topic...

I recently received a rejection from NYC that stated my submitted puzzle was unusable because it exceeded the max word count of 72 for themeless puzzles. (I think my puzzle had 76 words)

That feedback confused me because I often see themeless NYT puzzles that have >72 words! (recent example = Feb 18th).

Can anyone explain this apparent contradiction? Is there some special way I should be counting total words?

Thanks!

Hi,

The theme information is shown here:  https://www.cruciverb.com/data.php?op=showpuzzle&puzzle_id=34738

-Kevin
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General Discussion / Re: Deciphering NYT rejection letters
« Last post by Glenn9999 on March 14, 2025, 01:57:48 AM »
Quote from: swainscheps on March 13, 2025, 06:27:08 PM
I recently received a rejection from NYC that stated my submitted puzzle was unusable because it exceeded the max word count of 72 for themeless puzzles. (I think my puzzle had 76 words)

That feedback confused me because I often see themeless NYT puzzles that have >72 words! (recent example = Feb 18th).

Feb 18 is a Tuesday puzzle, which is a themed puzzle.  They allow more words for themed puzzles.  Themeless puzzles are expected to be wider open and are often expected to be a lot more sparkling than average for word choice and so forth.  But yes, themeless puzzles are expected to have a maximum of 72 words.  Themed crosswords have a maximum of 78 words on spec.  See https://www.nytimes.com/article/submit-crossword-puzzles-the-new-york-times.html
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