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Guess what everyone... it's the best time of year again! Leo Season!! Do whatever you want all the time! You *are* the main character!! Anyone who doesn't like you is trash!! Feel your feelings and let everyone know!!! In all honesty, I feel so inhibited most of the year and it is nice for once to feel uninhibited. As a little treat, I have a new 13x13 celebrating my favorite Leos. Skáldskaparmál test solved it and gave great feedback. Theme explanation will be hidden below the fold. Thanks for solving! [ .puz ] [ Direct Crosshare link ] SPOILERS...... posted soon All cats are Leos, right? This puzzle features a few different coats - ORANGE, CALICO, TORTOISE SHELL, SPHINX, TUXEDO. It also features my cats PAPRIKA and BABKA, as well as the cats I had growing up, SPICY and Nutmeg (who we called NUTTY). If you are living in a big city it's also possible to find cats UP ONE'S ALLEY.

I feel like I talk a lot about having intrusive thoughts, and part of that is a joke and part of it is not. The two midi puzzles I have for you today are full of them! I'm not sure if this is good or bad or what exactly I should do about it. The first midi is a themeless that came about from learning a new piece of information, and the second one is themed and also really dumb. Norah tested them! Plese enjoy! "torn up" [ .puz ] [ Direct Crosshare link ] "child's play" [ .puz ] [ Direct Crosshare link ]

I had the experience recently of reading a book of short stories and then realizing the author's name was 15 letters long. Thus, a puzzle! I wanted to try a grid I hadn't used before, which I usually call an "orb" but I just learned is referred to as a "cookie." Then I let it go for a few months because I'm finding cluing (and general ideas-having) to be difficult! Does it have to do with outside conditions ("the world") or internal ones? I don't know, but here we are now! Thanks Norah for the test! [ .puz ] [ Direct Crosshare link ]