Coming at you this month with a themed puzzle that asks you to “Take Two” and also a big announcement: this puzzle was exclusively filled (outside of theme entries) with the brand new wordlist from Spread the Wordlist!
Brooke Husic (who also test solved today’s puz) and I are happy to announce the release of Spread the Wordlist, which we’ve been developing over the past half year: a free wordlist primarily intended for new constructors. We feel that wordlist acquisition and curation is a major bottleneck for constructors, and current options cost money and/or require a fairly developed voice to use. Our primary goal is make it easy for new constructors to cleanly fill early week themed puzzles, and a secondary goal is to provide a useful wordlist for all constructors to mix and match with other resources in whatever way they choose.
Check it out at spreadthewordlist.com, and go forth and write amazing crossword puzzles!