IMPORTANT NOTE: As of January 2015 MGWCC is a subscribers-only crossword. The cost is $26 per year, and you can subscribe (or get a free trial month first) here:
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:
Title: “Product Placement”
Instructions: This week’s contest answer is a common household product.
Answer: LAUNDRY DETERGENT
Are you ready for some laundry detergent puns?
17-A: [Jump into the pool while holding a bunch of [meta answer]?] = SWIM WITH THE TIDE
29-A: [Result of taking an aspirin when you’ve run out of [meta answer]?] NO PAIN, NO GAIN
44-A: [What people used for [meta answer] 400 million years ago?] = PALEOZOIC ERA
57-A: [With 67-Across, what a [meta answer] superfan may have?] THE GREATEST LOVE / OF ALL
dlaudel says:
Good clean fun
JrMan writes:
As it happens, I solved while doing laundry.
Docison wishes us all:
A big Cheer to ring in 2019!
KristinG says:
Fab puzzle! (I’ll bet you haven’t heard that one today…)
DavidH writes:
I’ll wisk a bold guess.
And finally, DebBakes says:
First time getting it after a year subscribing. Better late than never?
You’re 1-for-1! Keep it up.
This week’s winner, whose name was chosen at random from the 629 correct entries received, is Antoine Hinge of Creil, France.. In addition to a MGWCC pen, pencil, and notepad set, Antoine will also receive a signed copy of my book Fast & Fun Mini Crosswords.
2018 YEARLY PRIZES:
OK, give me one more week to get these organized. Teething baby + sick wife + laptop crash = super-fun week for this guy! Will also have rules to announce for 2019 prizes.
FIREBALL CROSSWORDS:
The great Peter Gordon has opened up subscriptions for 2019’s Fireball Crosswords and Fireball Newsflash Crosswords. Highly recommended; crosswords just don’t get much better than these. Descriptions:
Fireball Crosswords is a 45-times-a-year hard crossword. In 2019 there
will be 10 themeless puzzles, 9 meta puzzles, one cuckoo crossword, one
consonantless crossword (instead of the usual vowelless crossword), and
24 themed crosswords. http://www.fireballcrosswords.com/subscribe.htm
$30
Fireball Newsflash Crossword is a 20-times-a-year news-based crossword.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1900602681/2019-20-fireball-newsflash-crosswords
$11
THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:
This week’s contest answer is a famous movie.
Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.