This week, Ryan and Brian welcome crossword artist Quiara Vasquez to the show, and we talk up the current AVCXpansion Kickstarter! If you have a few coins to spare, help out the AV folks with this wonderful venture. There's also a new contest crossword, which you can download at https://bit.ly/fmi324con

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This week, Ryan and Brian attempt to pronounce colors, German words, and the name of a cryptic crossword setter. There's also a deep dive into IRE clues and a new contest crossword, which you can download at https://bit.ly/fmi323con.

Stuff to click:

• The AVCXpansion: Embiggening an Indie Puzzle Outlet
• Stephen Sondheim's "How to Do a Real Crossword Puzzle"
• The Erlkönig (Wikipedia)
• Perl Poetry
• Ali Gascoigne's 11/28/21 cryptic crossword (subscription required)

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This week, Ryan and Brian untangle a movie theater, learn about Tamil poetry, and question the economic motives of The Music Man. There's also a deep dive into ODE clues and a contest crossword, which you can download at https://bit.ly/fmi321con. Please note: this podcast references, but does not feature, Tyler "I Love Baseball" Hinman, pictured in the thumbnail.

Stuff to click:

• Amazing Carnatic Music featuring Aruna Sairam
• Will Eisenberg's cryptic crossword #50

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This week, Ryan and Brian hear a long German word pronounced, discuss the ingredients of an unfamiliar recipe, and thunder their way through the past week of New York Times crosswords. There's also a deep dive into ALA clues and a new contest crossword, which you can download at https://bit.ly/fmi321con. TTYL!

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This week, Ryan and Brian christen a new boat, and dedicate at least 53% of the show to a chat with its captain. Included: Shakespeare, sandwich tacos, long German words, a wee bit of baseball, a full week of New York Times crosswords, and our latest contest crossword at https://bit.ly/fmi319con.

Stuff to click:

• The Book of St. Albans
• What's Up with Those Long German Words?
• Mohonk's Wonderful World of Words Weekend
• Ben Zimmer's other podcast, WSJ crossword, and 7x crossword

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This week, Ryan and Brian learn a new song about cherpumple, get challenged by language that isn't real, and nearly forget to summon Thor. But the piece de resistance is a master class in both constructing and solving crosswords from reigning Lollapuzzoola champion Will Nediger! Check out Will's stuff at BewilderinglyPuzzles.com. There's a new contest crossword at https://bit.ly/fmi319con and you should visit us on Twitch ... if we ever get back there at https://twitch.tv/nextdoorcomics.

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This week, Ryan and Brian compare the piecaken to the cherpumple, ask questions about birds, and revisit the latest episode of #GBBO. There's a contest crossword (courtesy of Norah Sharpe!) at https://www.dropbox.com/s/w6ak3autbknv3a7/fmi317con.puz?dl=1 and you should visit us on Twitch on Saturdays (4 PT/7 ET) at https://twitch.tv/nextdoorcomics.

If you get bored, write something for the Fill Me In wiki.

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Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. This will help new listeners find our show, and you'll be inducted into the Quintuple Decker Turkey Club.

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This week, Ryan and Brian don't talk much about baseball (okay, a little), don't spoil the Great British Baking Show (okay, a little), and don't talk about a few crosswords from the New York Times (okay, a little). Please join us for Puzzle Boat 8, and use our Discord to talk with the rest of the team. There's a new contest crossword (courtesy of Norah Sharpe!) at https://bit.ly/fmi317con, and you should visit us on Twitch on Saturdays (4 PT/7 ET) at https://twitch.tv/nextdoorcomics. Also, according to some spam we got, we're the 30th most popular comedy podcast in Turkey!

Stuff to click:

• Will Nediger's puzzles
• Norah Sharpe's puzzles

If you get bored, write something for the Fill Me In wiki.

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This week, Ryan and Brian examine the cherpumple, learn about l'esprit d'escalier, and listen to a smidgen of classical music. Please join us for Puzzle Boat 8, and use our Discord to talk with the rest of the team. There's a contest crossword at https://bit.ly/fmi315con, and we hang out on Twitch on Saturdays (4 PT/7 ET) at https://twitch.tv/nextdoorcomics.

If you get bored, write something for the Fill Me In wiki.

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Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. This will help new listeners find our show, and you'll be inducted into the Quintuple Decker Turkey Club.

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This week, Ryan and Brian talk about pie, cake, Old Opoldeldoc (nope, we don't know either), take a deep dive into ERIE clues, and time-travel to a week ago for a New York Times thunder round. There's a contest crossword at https://bit.ly/fmi315con, and we hang out on Twitch on Saturdays (4 PT/7 ET) at https://twitch.tv/nextdoorcomics.

Stuff to click:

• We're running a team for Puzzle Boat 8! Join our crew -- sign up for the "Fill Me In" boat.
• Oh, and while you're doing that, we've started a Discord server. It's mostly to talk Puzzle Boat stuff, at least for now.
• And in case you're curious, this is the Omni Parker House Boston Cream Pie

If you get bored, write something for the Fill Me In wiki.

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