PUZZLE 3 - I'VE HEARD IT BOTH WAYS

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SOLVING MUSIC: Moon Duo - Lost Heads

21x grids won't come too often around here, but I thought I'd post one for the first week. This is my first attempt at a Sunday size grid, and while it got turned down, I'm still really happy with it. I'm pretty happy with the theme, and that I was able to get three themers to cross in the center. Hope y'all enjoy.

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PUZZLE 2 - WHAT DOES FRED SAY (themeless)

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SOLVING MUSIC: Chaos Chaos - My Hands

[Quick update: I'm still planning on posting a puzzle only every week or so, but I wanted to have a few puzzles up starting out. We'll have three puzzles up this week: yesterday's, today's, and tomorrow's. Let's hope this doesn't throw my backlog down the drain!]

Here's a themeless I wrote a while back; this was my first attempt at a triple-stack of fifteens, and you can pretty much tell that from the black square pattern. That pattern is entirely due to 20-Down, which, as the only word in my wordlist that fits the crossing triple-stack letters, forced a black square pattern pretty much immediately. In hindsight, the move was to just redo the triple stack, but eh, this was my first attempt, so y'know. Have fun!

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PUZZLE 1 - ROUND TABLE

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SOLVING MUSIC: Desired - I'm So Alone

First post on the blog! Finally decided to get around to making one for my own puzzles, rather than posting my extra puzzles to the r/crossword subreddit. Hope y'all enjoy these.

This puzzle was a rejected NYT; the clues are pretty easy, and the theme isn't the most exciting, but it holds up, and for being one of my earlier puzzles, the fill isn't too shabby. I'm pretty happy with it. Enjoy!

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