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Crossword 190: Hoo Ha

John Atkinson Grimshaw, Hampstead
John Atkinson Grimshaw, Hampstead

Hoo boy it was hard to find theme answers for this puzzle, especially since Sutton Hoo was ineligible, because of its association with offensive weaponry and violent death, two of the many things I’m trying to stamp out by not putting them in crossword puzzles (another is “medical malpractice,” which, along with “Woody Allen,” and “bisphenol-A,” I’ve managed to keep out of all my puzzles to date).


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