Crossword Constructor
David Alfred Bywaters
David’s crossword puzzles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Los Angeles Times, Universal crossword and The New York times. He also has his own website where he posts crosswords and Victorian novel recommendations. His crosswords all feature themes with some humorous twist, either nonsensical phrases, or common phrases nonsensically reinterpreted.
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What’s the most memorable puzzle you’ve ever created?
“ABE’S ABS ACHE A LOT: Report from Mrs. Lincoln about her son’s condition after excessive wood-chopping?” and “OGRE-ESE OREO ODE IDEA ACE: Expert at conceptualizing poems praising cookies in the language of fairy-tale monsters?”
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What’s your all time favourite crossword clue?
My favorite among my own crossword clues is, “Prepare for feathering.” It’s original: no one ever used it before; no one will ever use it again. It’s hard to guess but obvious once you guess it. It’s surprising–“feathering” sounds like such a happy occupation, until you think about it. And it points to a fundamental quality of human nature, from which even crossword constructors and their critics are not immune. (The answer: TAR.)
What’s the best thing about PuzzleMe?
I’m grateful to PuzzleMe for making its superlatively elegant interface available to us all; no other online interface comes near it.