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2 puzzles by Sean Ziebarth
with Jeff Chen comments
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I'd never heard of the DOUBLE V campaign — not a surprise, given that one of my high school history teachers was also the PE teacher. We did learn a lot about the history of football, but I'm constantly filling in so many gaps. Great to gain knowledge about the DOUBLE V.
Neat idea to tie DOUBLE V to famous civil rights figures: IDA B (VV)ELLS, JAMES BALD(VV)IN, GEORGE (VV)ATSON, and (VV)EB DUBOIS. We've seen double-U and double-V themes before, but this one has an impressive extra layer.
I did wonder why DOUBLE V equals a W, especially when split into two V squares. Ed's VV rebus approach might have given me a stronger click today, but I enjoyed the "something different" approach here.
My editors at Zynga's Crossword with Friends often remind me to cross all names much-more-than-fairly, to the point of zero doubt. For instance, I featured MIKE KRZYZEWSKI recently, and I had to take extra precaution to make sure every letter of his name was crossed by something unambiguous. One could argue that IDA B WELLS is famous enough that everyone should know her, but I'd sympathize with those who didn't and also weren't aware of SMERSH. Even this Bond fan had a tough time pulling that one out.
VMI crossing (VV)EB is much more fair, because even if you don't know either, the theme provides a third hint to certainty.
The DOUBLE V going to split W = V next to V didn't provide as sharp an a-ha as I wanted, but I appreciated the layers of connections, especially during Black History month.