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Flag Day Crossword Puzzle Challenge

It amuses me that I’m such a flighty bird, and yet I am able to hyperfocus on ridiculous projects like coming up with 45 musical clues about the American Flag!

For a while, when we were all sitting at home during COVID, I made it a point to pull together a crossword puzzle for every Sunday. I would come up with the clues during the week while doing the dishes. I just came across this one, which, conveniently, is Flag Day specific.

To fill out the puzzle, follow the link and select “solve online” at the bottom of the page. You’ll then be able to type directly into the squares. Once you feel you’ve exhausted the puzzle, you’ll find the solutions by clicking on “Answer Key PDF.”

I probably should have specified in one or two of the clues that a full name or title is required (that is to say, more than one word).

Earn your stripes, or see see stars here:

https://www.armoredpenguin.com/crossword/Data/2020.06/1406/14063828.520.html?fbclid=IwAR316y2oyaok2BYLKaqdOKUgI0Mc6UhGeBjnYwB1NpOlvEXRjdiA26YtseI

And Happy Flag Day!

June 14, 2023
Max Steiner & Dimitri Tiomkin Crossword Puzzle

A couple of years ago, I was generating Classic Ross Amico crosswords to post on Sundays. This one celebrates film composers Max Steiner and Dimitri Tiomkin, both of whom happened to be born on this date (Steiner in 1888 and Tiomkin in 1894).

The clues not only allude to specifics of their respective lives and careers, but they should also be of ample interest, I hope, to classic movie buffs. So even if you’re convinced you don’t know a lot about music, do check it out if, like me, you happen to watch a lot of movies from the ‘30s, ‘40s, and ‘50s.

To fill out the puzzle, follow the link and select “solve online” at the bottom of the page. You’ll then be able to type directly into the squares. Once you feel you’ve exhausted the puzzle, you’ll find the solutions by clicking on “Answer Key PDF.”

https://www.armoredpenguin.com/crossword/Data/2020.05/1007/10071219.977.html?fbclid=IwAR3W2NilybJ5EtGNfb-pBLT5MAza6xsC1IU5NZdd8mFV-GneV_oXIvwnfz0

There’s enough distance now that even I was able to fill it out and enjoy the challenge. I probably should have indicated in the clues that some of the answers require full names or, in the case of titles, multiple words.

Open up a box of Sno-Caps, and try not to get buttered popcorn all over your keyboard. Happy birthday, Max Steiner and Dimitri Tiomkin!

May 10, 2022
Thanksgiving Crossword Home Music and Holidays

With Thanksgiving now behind us, and today the beginning of Advent, this week’s Classic Ross Amico crossword is all about domesticity and music.

To fill out the puzzle, follow the link and select “solve online” at the bottom of the page. You’ll then be able to type directly into the squares. Once you feel you’ve exhausted the puzzle, you’ll find the solutions by clicking on “Answer Key PDF.”

There’s no place like “home” for the holidays – a phrase that might have been coined for COVID.

https://www.armoredpenguin.com/crossword/Data/2020.11/2909/29090323.937.html

“Bowling, anyone?”

November 29, 2020
Space Travel Crossword Celebrate SpaceX Launch

With the projected launch of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, this Sunday night at 7:27 EST (by coincidence, on the birthday of astronomer and composer William Herschel), this week’s Classic Ross Amico crossword is all about space travel and space exploration.

To fill out the puzzle, follow the link and select “solve online” at the bottom of the page. You’ll then be able to type directly into the squares. Once you feel you’ve exhausted the puzzle, you’ll find the solutions by clicking on “Answer Key PDF.”

Commence the classical music countdown here:

https://www.armoredpenguin.com/crossword/Data/2020.11/1514/15145144.060.html

November 15, 2020
All Saints’ Day Music Crossword Puzzle

Following a full-moon, extra-hour, turn-the-clocks-back Halloween night – and maybe also in anticipation of a gruesome Election Week – I think we could all use a little hit of holy water. To this end, the focus of this week’s Classic Ross Amico crossword is music for All Saints’ Day.

To fill out the puzzle, follow the link and select “solve online” at the bottom of the page. You’ll then be able to type directly into the squares. Once you feel you’ve exhausted the puzzle, you’ll find the solutions by clicking on “Answer Key PDF.”

Test your knowledge of these “canonized classics” here:

https://www.armoredpenguin.com/crossword/Data/2020.11/0108/01083318.628.html

November 1, 2020

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