xwordswithbabka

Hello! Thank you all for the feedback on my first two puzzles. I went to St. Louis last week and had a great time hanging with Norah , Will , and Sally . The tournament was extremely fun, the puzzles were great, and I managed to come in third! If you are interested you can check out the puzzles here . I hope there's a tournament next year too, I would love to be there! I have a new one for you called "Air Leaking From A Tire." About a month and a half ago I made an extremely dumb joke on a CrossweirdTV stream, and I decided to turn that into an entire puzzle. I think I was afraid for a long time because I thought that I didn't have what it takes to make a crossword, especially because you needed to be able to come up with something smart. I understand now that crossword puzzles are where I can put the stupidest things I've ever thought of, right out in the open. This puzzle in particular is stupid as shit. I hope you enjoy it, and thanks so much to Kate for

Hello! First I would like to say thank you to everyone for the feedback to my 1st puzzle , especially those who solved or streamed it. Special thanks to joeadultman , mygameistrue , elderism , and the CrossNerds . There was some concern that I haven't been involving Paprika enough. To be honest, she spends most of the day sleeping or hiding, whereas Babka is more active and involved in whatever is going on. Rest assured that Paprika has no hard feelings . My goal is to have a puzzle up here every two weeks. Today's puzzle is called Country Grammar, and is all about the fact that I'm heading to the STL Crossword Puzzle Tournament this weekend! I'm so excited to be there. I started entering tournaments a few years ago, but my first in-person tournament was at this year's ACPT, where I did pretty well . I'm excited to go to St. Louis, and especially excited to reunite with the brilliant Norah Sharpe , who test solved this puzzle. Thanks again Norah! Enjoy the