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moreeagerto publishme."
Hodge's first crossword,for Four-Star
Puzzlerwasappropriatelytitled "Games,"
with thesethemeclues:
Chess
Kind of pie
Poker
Flreslde ald
Checkers
Nixon's dog
Domlnoes
Half masks
Solitalre
Lone stone
Pool
Tlde or steno
Caws celebre
Contents ofTrlgger's
feedbag
Oat culsine
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"I love
the idea that something I do
provides pleasure,fun, amusement,and
diversion to bunchesof people that I,ll
nevermeel But I know they'rehavingfun.
I seepeople doing puzzlesand carrying
arcandGamesmagazineandTheNewyork
Times crossword. I know people are
working the puzzles.I seethem enjoying
other people'spuzzlesand I know that's
thewaytheycanreacttomine.Besides,it's
just fun to messaroundwith words."
Hodge's messingaround with words
spawnedyetanothercrossword-related
enterprise---creating
and sellingpuzzlebuttons to contescants
at crosswordcompetitions. With the help of a friend, Kathy
Pierson,shedevisedbuttonswith someof
the following slogans:
Grid and bear it
I'm a lex maniac
Old editorsneverdie; theyjust keepadit
KarenHodgeinlendstokeep"adit"aslong
aspossible.
That'sright.
The man in the middleis not
wearing a CROSSW RD
Magazine
T-shirt.He'swearinga
shirtsoldby somebody
else.
Don'tbe like the man in the
middle.Beliketheguyontheleft
or the womanon the right.Get
yourveryowncRossw RD
1-800-456-5455.
July/August
1994
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