Crossword Clouded with The Carter Clues and Classic Clues
A compact themed crossword lists Across and Down clues spanning music albums, famous people, chemistry, and geography. Notable entries include Tha Carter, Lincoln and Rivers as clues, with several entries referencing presidents, birds, wines, and common phrases. The grid pairs familiar names with punny hints, challenging wordplay, and cross-referenced letter fits.
Contact for puzzle issues at the Orange County Register
Readers told to reach Steve Green at sgreen ocregister dot com with problems about today’s puzzle. The note appears in the page’s puzzle column as a help contact.
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Steve Green
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Ocregister.com
Puzzle constructor Alan Olschwang profile
Alan Olschwang, a retired Huntington Beach attorney, lives with his wife and has three children plus six grandchildren. Since 1994 he has created puzzles and crosswords, publishing over 4000 works in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal and other outlets.
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Alan Olschwang
Huntington Beach
New York Times
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Guidelines for submitting an Orange County Register puzzle
The Orange County Register invites top quality 15 x 15 crosswords never published before, with at least three theme entries. Include theme entries with clues and a brief description, avoid death drugs sex or disease, use Monday to Wednesday NYT difficulty, limit 78 words and 42 blocks, submit only by email to crosswords ocregister.com as a Crossword Compiler file. Payment of 50 dollars on publication.
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Orange County Register
Orange County
David Steinberg
Crosswords
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Ontheroad
Timing glitch at Placentia signal fixed after inquiry
Placentia officials investigated a signal timing problem at the McCormack Lane Yorba Linda Boulevard intersection and will have the issue corrected by the maintenance contractor. City spokeswoman Jeannette Ortega said the glitch was not caused by the nearby pizza shop and emphasized uniform timing across intersecting Yorba Linda Boulevard approaches.
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Jeannette Ortega
Public Works Department
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