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Crossword: The Year of the Snake
January 23, 2025
About the Contributor
DAMIAN GROVE, Assistant Fun & Games Editor
Damian Grove (he/him), FCLC '27, is an Assistant Fun & Games Editor. Outside of The Observer, Damian loves visiting the theatre and going on walks. He loves making puzzles for others to enjoy and is sorry for the excess of Taylor Swift clues.
Amia • Jan 24, 2025 at 8:14 pm
I don’t even go here but I love these crosswords
Bob Moniot • Jan 24, 2025 at 1:51 pm
Nice timely themer. I appreciate the Fordham references at 41A and 29D. More of those, please!
Quite a few partials made it less pleasant. Didn’t finish since I didn’t know Taylor Swift’s song, the Hawaiian tree, or the spirit molecule. With all letters except 1st and 3rd in place, there were at least 3 plausible answers for 33D. It could have been clued in a non-Swiftie way. Wondering about the clue for 42A. Wikipedia says it “is a shrub growing to 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) tall, rarely a small tree to 9 m (30 ft) tall” and “It can grow in a variety of areas but should not be planted in places prone to fire because it burns quite easily.”