Did I sound paranoid? I was aiming for curious. There was the interesting case of the crossword puzzle that came out on D-day. It had been created some weeks before hand. But a number of the answers shared codes words for the D-day invasion.

Omaha (as in Omaha beach) is the one I remember. One of the members of the armed forces, was shocked and dismayed as he completed the crossword puzzle– was it a warning/secret message to the germans?

an investigation ensued – and the constructor was cleared, and the editor.. It was just as if the key words for the invasion had miasma, and occurred.

but some requests here at AWAD, i.e., words with 3 vowels in a row– these are good words for puzzlers.. Especially on Saturday, when the NY Times puzzle often has 1 across, 2 across and 3 across as 17 character answers! And with good crossword puzzle symmetry*– it mean the last 3 across answers are also the full width of the puzzle! Words that stack up three vowels could be useful words.

(*Yes, this is a clear case of the Y acting as a vowel—which is it is not doing in yo-yo)


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