Newsday Crossword hints and answers for March 8, 2026
A hint and the answer for every clue, each behind its own button. Nothing is revealed until you tap.
Clues146
Across63
Down83
TitleSOLID CINEMA: Explained at 113-Across
Today’s Newsday Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
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Half of hexa- (3)
Starts with T, ends with ITRI→
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Nautical "yes" (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAYE→
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Intended to, informally (6)
Starts with W, ends with AWOULDA→
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Potato alternative (5)
Starts with P, ends with APASTA→
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__ and haw (3)
Starts with H, ends with MHEM→
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Part of a trip or table (3)
Starts with L, ends with GLEG→
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Lugged (7)
Starts with C, ends with DCARRIED→
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Complain about, colloquially (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRIPON→
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With 126-Across, second of a Harrison Ford trilogy (15)
Starts with I, ends with DINDIANAJONESAND→
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Deliver a speech (5)
Starts with O, ends with EORATE→
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Gaming beginner (4)
Starts with N, ends with BNOOB→
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Local food shop (4)
Starts with D, ends with IDELI→
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Intro drawing class (4)
Starts with A, ends with IARTI→
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Dice toss (5)
Starts with T, ends with WTHROW→
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Hanks' Forrest Gump boss (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESINISE→
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Slips into (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDONS→
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"Scram!" (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSHOO→
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2011 fairy tale-based horror film (13)
Starts with R, ends with DREDRIDINGHOOD→
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A way to pay (6)
Starts with I, ends with HINCASH→
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Wedding vow (3)
Starts with I, ends with OIDO→
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Nonliteral phrases (6)
Starts with I, ends with SIDIOMS→
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Fuzzy brown fruit (4)
Starts with K, ends with IKIWI→
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Goalie's protection (4)
Starts with M, ends with KMASK→
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Will Smith invasion blockbuster (15)
Starts with I, ends with YINDEPENDENCEDAY→
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Pepsi rival (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECOKE→
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Great Plains natives (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOTOES→
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Some ring victories (3)
Starts with K, ends with SKOS→
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African carnivore (5)
Starts with H, ends with AHYENA→
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Stop by unannounced (6)
Starts with D, ends with NDROPIN→
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Palo __, CA (4)
Starts with A, ends with OALTO→
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Southwestern Native American (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASIA→
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2008 Evelyn Waugh novel adaptation (19)
Starts with B, ends with DBRIDESHEADREVISITED→
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Winter hrs. in Halifax (3)
Starts with A, ends with TAST→
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Chaplin granddaughter in 2025's Avatar (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOONA→
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Wiped clean (6)
Starts with E, ends with DERASED→
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The "O" of the OWN Network (5)
Starts with O, ends with HOPRAH→
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Busy month for CPAs (3)
Starts with A, ends with RAPR→
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Seat preference for some (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAISLE→
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Address for a queen (4)
Starts with M, ends with MMAAM→
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Where Paul Hogan's an Aussie hunter (15)
Starts with C, ends with ECROCODILEDUNDEE→
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Solar system centers (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSUNS→
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Just so (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTOAT→
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Amusingly unexpected (6)
Starts with I, ends with CIRONIC→
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Flatbread of India (3)
Starts with N, ends with NNAN→
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Augments (6)
Starts with A, ends with OADDSTO→
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Where Brendan Fraser's a bumbling Mountie (13)
Starts with D, ends with TDUDLEYDORIGHT→
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Rowboat rental inclusion (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOARS→
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Nautical direction (4)
Starts with A, ends with EALEE→
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What the long Across movies all are (6)
Starts with T, ends with DTHREED→
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Mine passage (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSHAFT→
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Inquires (4)
Starts with A, ends with SASKS→
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Spanish custardy dessert (4)
Starts with F, ends with NFLAN→
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Florence's river (4)
Starts with A, ends with OARNO→
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Cuban line dance (5)
Starts with C, ends with ACONGA→
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See 22-Across (15)
Starts with T, ends with MTHETEMPLEOFDOOM→
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Anderson Cooper "American Fortune" bio (5)
Starts with A, ends with RASTOR→
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Luminous polar displays (7)
Starts with A, ends with SAURORAS→
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Pub selection (3)
Starts with A, ends with EALE→
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Before, in verses (3)
Starts with E, ends with EERE→
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Must have (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNEEDS→
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Tinny-sounding, as pianos (6)
Starts with T, ends with NTINPAN→
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Midmorning hour (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTEN→
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Skillet sound (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSSS→
Down
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Gets slimmer (5)
Starts with T, ends with STHINS→
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French impressionist (6)
Starts with R, ends with RRENOIR→
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"That's it for me" (6)
Starts with I, ends with EIMDONE→
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In the manner of (3)
Starts with A, ends with AALA→
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Craving (3)
Starts with Y, ends with NYEN→
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Old oath (4)
Starts with E, ends with DEGAD→
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In decline (6)
Starts with W, ends with GWANING→
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Rock to refine (3)
Starts with O, ends with EORE→
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Celestial bear (4)
Starts with U, ends with AURSA→
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Falsifier (4)
Starts with L, ends with RLIAR→
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Soup can flaw (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDENT→
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__ Ababa, Ethiopia (5)
Starts with A, ends with SADDIS→
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Nucleus occupant (6)
Starts with P, ends with NPROTON→
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Rec room table game (9)
Starts with A, ends with YAIRHOCKEY→
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Box for practice (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSPAR→
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Visitor to Oz (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTOTO→
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All over again (4)
Starts with A, ends with WANEW→
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Emoticon's eyes (5)
Starts with C, ends with NCOLON→
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Footnote abbr. (4)
Starts with I, ends with DIBID→
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Star Wars knight (4)
Starts with J, ends with IJEDI→
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Hindu honorific (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISRI→
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Ramadan-ending celebration (3)
Starts with E, ends with DEID→
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Send, as a package (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSHIP→
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Nonstandard possessive (4)
Starts with H, ends with NHISN→
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"Quit stalling!" (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDOIT→
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Laudatory verse (3)
Starts with O, ends with EODE→
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Sty cry (4)
Starts with O, ends with KOINK→
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Wonderland bird (4)
Starts with D, ends with ODODO→
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Office errand runner (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAIDE→
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Long-necked swimmer (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSWAN→
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"Hello there!" (4)
Starts with H, ends with AHIYA→
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Soccer star Lionel (5)
Starts with M, ends with IMESSI→
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NYSE's burger behemoth (3)
Starts with M, ends with DMCD→
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Choice of two (4)
Starts with A, ends with BAORB→
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Chocolate/toffee bar (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSKOR→
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Foreign Legion cap (4)
Starts with K, ends with IKEPI→
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Biblical mariner (4)
Starts with N, ends with HNOAH→
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Proofreader's mark (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDELE→
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Mexican "are" (4)
Starts with E, ends with AESTA→
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Committee leader (5)
Starts with C, ends with RCHAIR→
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Change machine inserts (4)
Starts with O, ends with SONES→
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Washington neighbor (5)
Starts with I, ends with OIDAHO→
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Dashboard gauge letters (3)
Starts with O, ends with OODO→
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"Uh-huh" (4)
Starts with I, ends with EISEE→
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Escalator alternative (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSTAIR→
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Horse color (4)
Starts with R, ends with NROAN→
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City near Tulsa (4)
Starts with E, ends with DENID→
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Bouquet holder (4)
Starts with V, ends with EVASE→
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Bagpipers' toppers (4)
Starts with T, ends with STAMS→
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Genesis twin (4)
Starts with E, ends with UESAU→
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College exec (4)
Starts with D, ends with NDEAN→
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Messages privately, for short (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDMS→
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Polygon prefix (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOCTA→
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Give a nudge to (4)
Starts with P, ends with DPROD→
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Where a fork may be found (4)
Starts with R, ends with DROAD→
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Liability limitation phrase (9)
Starts with A, ends with DACTSOFGOD→
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Walk wearily (4)
Starts with P, ends with DPLOD→
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Contact lens cleaner brand (4)
Starts with R, ends with URENU→
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Fallon's Tonight predecessor (4)
Starts with L, ends with OLENO→
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French fashion house (4)
Starts with D, ends with RDIOR→
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Accomplished (3)
Starts with D, ends with DDID→
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Southwestern state sch. (4)
Starts with U, ends with AUCLA→
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"Wherefore __ thou..." (3)
Starts with A, ends with TART→
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Medical research agcy. (3)
Starts with N, ends with HNIH→
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Mongol invaders (6)
Starts with T, ends with STATARS→
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Danny who wrote the Simpsons theme (6)
Starts with E, ends with NELFMAN→
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Shrill barks (5)
Starts with Y, ends with SYELPS→
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"Let's shake on it!" (4)
Starts with D, ends with LDEAL→
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Gown returner (4)
Starts with G, ends with DGRAD→
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Parade honorees (6)
Starts with H, ends with SHEROES→
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Choral contingent (6)
Starts with T, ends with STENORS→
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Occupied, as a desk (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSATAT→
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Rounded roofs (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDOMES→
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Read electronically (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSCAN→
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Coolant conduit (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHOSE→
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Initial pot chip (4)
Starts with A, ends with EANTE→
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Feng __ decor (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISHUI→
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Gershwin contemporary (4)
Starts with K, ends with NKERN→
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Go no further (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSTOP→
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"Excellent!" (4)
Starts with N, ends with TNEAT→
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Chapter of history (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
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Soccer stadium shout (3)
Starts with O, ends with EOLE→
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Wetland (3)
Starts with F, ends with NFEN→
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How many clues are in the Newsday Crossword for March 8, 2026?+
146 clues: 63 Across and 83 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Ron Ammirante.
What are some answers in today’s Newsday Crossword?+
For example: Half of hexa- (TRI); Nautical "yes" (AYE); Intended to, informally (WOULDA).
Who makes the Newsday Crossword?+
It is edited by Stan Newman, who also constructs many of the puzzles under pseudonyms.
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