#005 - road trip!
After a month-long hiatus, lemonade disco is most pleased to bring you this delightful suite of puzzles inspired by the prompt: “road trip!” We have a talented slate of constructors to share with you all. As always thank you so so much to our test solvers for their continued efforts to fact-check and help polish these puzzles - hope you enjoy. Happy solving!
road trip puzzles
Alexis Viera
Alexis is a private investigator who is definitely not just two kids in a trench coat. Her favorite hobbies are (in no particular order) staring her cat in the eyes, hyping up her husband's most groan-worthy puns, and constructing cryptics. This is her second published puzzle, following an AVCX debut last year, and she hopes you enjoy it!
License Plate Game
by: Alexis Viera, edited by: Steve Mossberg
Yara Shaheen-Abuelreish
Yara has been solving crosswords for years and is just recently venturing into the world of construction. Incredibly recently actually; this is her first ever published crossword. She's looking forward to collaborating with more cool people and cruciverbalist-ing some more with incredibly specific pop culture clues that connect with other chronically online hotties.
Richard D. Allen
Richard D. Allen lives in North Carolina. His crossword site is here, his music site is here, and his Twitter handle is @ambivalentricky. He would like to shout out his co-constructor for concocting this puzzle's awesome theme. Constructors of any skill level interested in collaborating are encouraged to contact him via his website.
Xroads (Decisions, Decisions!)
by: Yara Shaheen Abuelreish & Richard D. Allen, edited by: Taylor Johnson
Matt Forest
In addition to his love for lemonade, Matt enjoys a good road trip. While in college he made two trips with friends to attend bowl games of his alma mater, Boise State University, one to Phoenix and the other to Las Vegas (don't ask which one he remembers more clearly). He also decided to pick up and move halfway across the country with his wife and dog a year after they tied the knot, and he's been living in Minnesota ever since! In crossword news, he recently launched a fundraising project called "Grids for Kids" which encourages people to donate to youth charities in exchange for a star-studded puzzle pack.
Open Streets
by: Matt Forest, edited by: Taylor Johnson
Sean Ziebarth
Sean Ziebarth teaches high school English and journalism in Fountain Valley, California. When he's not teaching he's printing up crosswords for him and his wife to work (they prefer solving on pencil and paper), trying to get his three children hooked on crosswords, and acting like he's 15 years old—skateboarding with his buddies and trying to break his personal record in Robotron. Sean hosts a weekly freeform radio show Friday nights on Radio.3hive.com
Road Ready
by: Sean Ziebarth, edited by: Taylor Johnson
Rafa Musa
Rafa has been in the crossword scene for almost two years now. When he's not filling grids or writing clues, he spends 100% of his time doting on his cat Georgia. A gifted multitasker, he also often dotes on his cat Georgia *while* filling grids or writing clues. You can find him on twitter here, or his puzzle blog here.
Road Trip Theme-ish (preview puzzle)
by: Rafa Musa, edited by: Taylor Johnson
