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		<title>MGWCC #118</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[crossword 3:38 (paper)
puzzle -3:00 (approx)

welcome to the 118th episode of matt gaffney&#8217;s weekly crossword contest. this week&#8217;s puzzle, &#8220;Outer Space,&#8221; asks us to identify a country with the help of these four punny theme answers:

a {Lack of desire to join this country&#8217;s empire?} constitutes NO HORDE FEELINGS, punning on &#8220;no hard feelings.&#8221;
a {Serious herder insult [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MGWCC #117</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[crossword 8:27 (paper)
puzzle 7:59

hello and welcome to the 117th episode of matt gaffney&#8217;s weekly crossword contest, &#8220;Twin Tweaks.&#8221; this week, we are told that Something funny&#8217;s going on with five squares in this puzzle grid! This week&#8217;s contest answer is the grid entry that spells out the trick. jumping straight to the punch line (ow), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MGWCC #116</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[crossword 6:40 (paper)
puzzle 3 days

greetings, and welcome to the 116th episode of matt gaffney&#8217;s weekly crossword contest, &#8220;Missing Lynx.&#8221; this week, we are told that One of the ten famous animals listed in this week&#8217;s three long theme entries is missing its mate. Which one is it? well, who are these ten?

{One-letter Woody Allen title [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MGWCC #115</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[crossword oops, i forgot to record it. 3:30 or so in across lite?
puzzle 0:01

welcome to the 115th episode of matt gaffney&#8217;s weekly crossword contest, &#8220;Air Hysterica.&#8221; this week&#8217;s puzzle is of the ripped-from-the-headlines variety, inspired by a recent news story. but i&#8217;ll let matt&#8217;s theme clues tell the tale:

{&#8221;Ya hear about that flight attendant who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MGWCC #114</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[crossword 3:36
puzzle 0:05, plus google to confirm


behold the on-timeness of this post! look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
now that that&#8217;s out of the way, welcome to the 114th episode of matt gaffney&#8217;s weekly crossword contest, &#8220;Drinking Game.&#8221; in this week&#8217;s puzzle, we&#8217;re asked to identify a popular cocktail. there are no obvious theme [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MGWCC #113</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[crossword 6:31
puzzle a few hours, on and off

good evening and welcome to the 113th episode of matt gaffney&#8217;s weekly crossword contest, &#8220;Note the Difference.&#8221; this week&#8217;s instructions inform us that One of the seven notes in this week&#8217;s puzzle is off. Which one is it? well then, what are the seven notes? there are seven [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MGWCC #112</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[crossword 6:11 (across lite)
puzzle not timed, maybe 5 minutes?
i completely forgot to do the writeup last night, and just got back from the zoo. full writeup forthcoming ASAP; meanwhile i&#8217;ll post the grid and solution after the jump. feel free to leave spoilerrific comments in the interim. update 1:30 pm: full post is now up.

greetings, [...]]]></description>
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