Themeless Love of Beer
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 11:29 am
Hello, Muggles! Here's my second attempt at an 'artisan,' (can you tell he worked in marketing?) hand-written, non-meta crossword. My thinking is to learn how to craft a puzzle 'by hand,' before calling on the software, to get a better feel for how it all works.
My first attempt, 'Veterans of Troy,' was the response to a self-imposed challenge to get a certain full name into a crossword. It's rough around the edges - quite literally! It even triggered Brian's gracious sharing of the crossword building 'How To's.' Thank you, Brian!
This effort follows a similar challenge to incorporate many of the 'How To' guidelines and a newly discovered(?) science - one that did not, sadly, have a department in our School of Science, back in the day - although there was a one-credit course "The Science of Beverage!" Needless to say, many students could have double-majored with this science.
As noted, the italicized clues' answers may take some crossing help and a slightly slanted sense of humor!
My goal is to work my way up to producing a worthy meta by 2021. All feedback is welcome and encouraged!
I hope you enjoy the attempts at generating a smile, or two.
Cheers,
Mark
EDIT: thanks to Hector and Cindy for the extensive feedback. The attached file has some updated cluing to clear up some confusion.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12NpnE3 ... sp=sharing
My first attempt, 'Veterans of Troy,' was the response to a self-imposed challenge to get a certain full name into a crossword. It's rough around the edges - quite literally! It even triggered Brian's gracious sharing of the crossword building 'How To's.' Thank you, Brian!
This effort follows a similar challenge to incorporate many of the 'How To' guidelines and a newly discovered(?) science - one that did not, sadly, have a department in our School of Science, back in the day - although there was a one-credit course "The Science of Beverage!" Needless to say, many students could have double-majored with this science.
As noted, the italicized clues' answers may take some crossing help and a slightly slanted sense of humor!
My goal is to work my way up to producing a worthy meta by 2021. All feedback is welcome and encouraged!
I hope you enjoy the attempts at generating a smile, or two.
Cheers,
Mark
EDIT: thanks to Hector and Cindy for the extensive feedback. The attached file has some updated cluing to clear up some confusion.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12NpnE3 ... sp=sharing