153: Some Coastal Setting (Teeny Tuesday)

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Word Count: 14

Mean Word Length: 5.29

Happy Tuesday from Trash Panda Puzzles!

If you’ve been hanging around my little corner of the internet for a while, you might remember that I used to (somehow) publish a small…ish crossword almost every Tuesday for well over a year. Am I bringing back that same cadence? Heck no. Do I miss working with that format? Absolutely. These smaller grids let me spotlight fun, quirky short words that tend to get overlooked when I construct a full 15x15.

So, why do I call them Teeny Tuesday puzzles anyway? It all came down to two simple rules I made up for myself:

1. The grid must be no larger than 11x11.

2. It should go up in time for the Tuesday Daily Crossword Links.
   

That first rule gave me some flexibility with grid sizes without having to worry about naming conventions. The second rule… well, I needed a catchy name.

Enough rambling. Without further ado, I present Some Coastal Setting, a Teeny Tuesday crossword.

Title Inspiration: 1A, 5A, 9A

Seed Word: 9A (For those who come after)

Personal Word List/Score: 9A

Reappearing 4+ Letter Words: 1D, 10D, 13A

Unique Words to Date: 6,262 (+11)

Non-NYT Word: 12A

If you enjoy, solve, stream, or find a typo in my crossword, please let me know!

Don't forget to love each other,

Jac

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