Crossword 152: What a Boring Theme!
So many of the crossword themes in the best, or anyway the best-paying, crossword venues seem to me, well, boring. “Here are some common phrases with words that can join another word to make other common phrases!” “Here are some common phrases that hide words in a certain category!” “Here are some names of celebrities that happen to share a linguistic feature!” “ Here are some common phrases that share some pattern or other!” “Here are some common phrases placed on the grid in some pattern or other!” “Here are some common phrases consisting of two words each of which starts with the same two letters!” “Here are some celebrities whose first and last names each start with the same two letters!” “Here are some celebrities who all wrote the same kind of book!” “Here are some words and phrases that actually mean the same thing!”
I don’t understand the appeal. But who am I to fight a prevailing trend? I can’t beat ’em, so darn it, I’m going to join ’em. Today’s crossword has the most boring theme ever to appear in any crossword anywhere. It’s going to put me on the map!
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