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Dear crossword constructors:

I love all of you… you have given me untold hours of entertainment over the years, in many cases at absolutely no cost to me, I am undoubtedly grateful. But I have a few pointers for you for future puzzles:

- ANO is a word in Spanish, but it definitely doesn’t mean YEAR.
- The last cars with TTOPS were made in 2002. That’s 22 years ago. Let it go.
- The OBOE Control Act of 1976 actually made them illegal; they haven’t been played since 1982 and the last remaining one was destroyed in 1996.
- OREOs are kinda gross. Don’t @ me.
- Has anyone ever seen directional indicators like NNW, ESE, SSE, etc. outside of a grid?

(Just joking, I enjoy all the puzzles! But these are a few of the things I think of every time I do one.)

[Likes post, then quickly checks current crossword for those words... phew! none of them made it in there!]

benchen71 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:03 pm [Likes post, then quickly checks current crossword for those words... phew! none of them made it in there!]

Of course present company in this forum is exempt.

To all this, I say

(P)ETUI!!!

ANOA what you mean, @sharkicicles. IOTA try harder to keep the crosswordese to a minimum.

And I'll STOA your post away for future reference! (Hope that'll ERNE me a chuckle.)

To TERN a phrase ET TU.

OMEGA ICAHN't TEC much MOA of this!

Constructors must be so nice - none have replied EFT EWE

They are out stalking EGRETS and EMUS.

EWER so right.

sharkicicles wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:56 pm - ANO is a word in Spanish, but it definitely doesn’t mean YEAR.

This one made me choke on my soda

“O NO!” cried Yoko.

“ENOugh of this, please!” lamented Brian.

And as it happens, we’re looking at take-out Chinese. (No kidding.) General TSO’s Chicken sounds tempting.