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1 puzzle by Richard Crowe
with Constructor comments
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Constructing crossword puzzles is very new to me. I find the creative but constraint-driven process of working out themes absorbing, the creation of fill frustrating and a bit of a slog, and clue writing great fun. For this puzzle, theme answer ideas were easy to come up with, but tying them to a profession not always so. I wish I could have included WHY THE HELL NOT with Atheist as its clue.
When I write clues, it's simple enough to get a sense of difficulty level for individual answers, but I don't feel particularly adept at sensing how hard a puzzle is, as a whole. Or, maybe I just like to write nasty clues. For this puzzle, I think the editors felt the clues had to be pulled back a bit. For example, they added the word "bowling" to the clue for 7-Down, thereby saving the solver from mistakenly filling in HOV. Darn!