This week, there's a little more promotion of Lollapuzzoola, which happens on Saturday, August 15. Sign up now! Also, strange discussions of copyright, "groovy," and skulks of foxes. No new contest this week – Lollapuzzoola has sapped our energy. Check out our twice-weekly Twitch stream at https://www.twitch.tv/nextdoorcomics on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 4pm PT / 7pm ET.

Stuff to click:

• Grids For Good – BUY THIS!
• Daily Crossword Links (Matt Gritzmacher's list)
• Four articles about words (by Ben Zimmer)
• gecxwords

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This week, there's the inevitable nonsense about bacon and baseball, but we also announce Lollapuzzoola details! Constructors, schedule, how to sign up (as if you don't know already). Our Contest of Still Going On is still going on (which you can download at https://bit.ly/fmi254con), and we invite you to our twice-weekly Twitch stream at https://www.twitch.tv/nextdoorcomics on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 4pm PT / 7pm ET.

Stuff to click:

• Grids For Good – BUY THIS!
• Daily Crossword Links (Matt Gritzmacher's list)
• Scott Weiss's work at Squonkland.net and his newest Anti-Match Quiz
• Adam Aaronson's puzzles
• TIME Magazine article about Erik Agard

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This week, Ryan and Brian talk Sondheim (but not really in the way you'd think), learn about mass nouns, and attempt to tame a small bit of literary criticism fire. There's a new contest (which you can download at https://bit.ly/fmi254con), and a twice-weekly Twitch stream at https://www.twitch.tv/nextdoorcomics on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 4pm PT / 7pm ET.

Stuff to click:

• Grids For Good – BUY THIS!
• Daily Crossword Links (Matt Gritzmacher's list)
• Boswords 2020
• Scott Weiss's work at Squonkland.net
• Ben Zimmer's column about "e-mail"
• Brian Gubin's crosswords

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This week, Ryan and Brian learn some stuff about boats, consider the essence of Finnegan's Wake, and receive some suggestions from AY, UPVE, ALTUA (WOPS). There's a contest (which you can download at https://bit.ly/fmi252con), and a twice-weekly Twitch stream at https://www.twitch.tv/nextdoorcomics on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 4pm PT / 7pm ET.

Stuff to click:

• Grids For Good – BUY THIS!
• Daily Crossword Links (Matt Gritzmacher's list)
• Panda Magazine
• JPZ generators
• Brian Gubin's crosswords
• Boswords! (and the ACPT, which is cancelled)

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This week, Ryan and Brian learn how to pronounce cities in Massachusetts, where to find "Weltanschauung" on the internet, and glorify the typesetting of The Westing Game (briefly). There's a contest (which you can download at https://bit.ly/fmi252con), and a twice-weekly Twitch stream at https://www.twitch.tv/nextdoorcomics on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 4pm PT / 7pm ET.

Stuff to click:

• Grids For Good – BUY THIS!
• Daily Crossword Links (Matt Gritzmacher's list)
• Panda Magazine
• Fireball Crosswords
• Stella Zawistowski's Tough As Nails blog
• Brooke Husic's crossword Twitter

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This week, Ryan and Brian solve previously unsolved cryptic clues live on the air (well, Ryan does most of it), discuss the merits of a book they haven't read, and discover the concept of the disposable puzzle. There's a weekly contest (which you can download at https://bit.ly/fmi250con), and a twice-weekly Twitch stream at https://www.twitch.tv/nextdoorcomics on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 4pm PT / 7pm ET.

Stuff to click:

• Grids For Good – BUY THIS!
• Daily Crossword Links (Matt Gritzmacher's list)
• Puzzles by Ella Dershowitz
• Thinking Inside the Box (which we haven't read yet)

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This week, Ryan and Brian save a date, plan for long distance puzzling, and learn the term "randomgram." There's a brand new Contest of Now (which you can download at https://bit.ly/fmi250con), and most weeks, we stream puzzle solving at https://www.twitch.tv/nextdoorcomics on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 4pm PT / 7pm ET.

Stuff to click:

• Ricky Cruz's blog, Cruzzles
• Independence Day Fireworks Contest
• Eric Berlin's Social Distancing Puzzles
• Symptomatic's Doublet #1
• Todd Alan Johnson's Graphic Design

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This week, Ryan and Brian are delighted to bring you another interview segment – puzzlemaker and musical theater pianist Amanda Rafkin! Amanda writes daily puzzles for her own blog, has been published in numerous other venues, and has some very strong opinions about musicals. We also have our standards – a Contest of Still Going On and a plug for our Twitch stream (Wednesday and Saturday at 7pm ET).

Stuff to click:

• Amanda Rafkin's blog, Brain Candy
• Ricky Cruz's blog, Cruzzles
• Autograms
• Ken Jennings's book excerpt
• Independence Day Fireworks Contest
• the golygon

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This week, Ryan and Brian do their best to stick to the script – it's a Thunder Round of fun puzzles, a new Contest of Now (download it here), and don't forget our Twitch stream for cryptic crosswords and P&A Magazine (Wed. and Sat. @ 7:00pm ET).

Today's hot links:

• MSSNG VWLS puzzles
• Self-referential story
• Will Nediger's Escape the Grid
• Boswords
• Puzzles for donations to #blacklivesmatter causes: Lone Shark Games • Erik Agard • Paolo Pasco

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This week, Ryan and Brian's interview studio is graced by the great Ben Zimmer! Known to much of world as a renowned linguist, lexicographer, and language columnist for the Wall Street Journal (among other places), he is known on this program as "The Barnacle," and regularly delivers expertise on word origin and history. Our Contest of Still Going On is still going on (download it here), and we invite you to our Twitch stream for cryptic crosswords (Wed @ 7:00pm Eastern).

Today's hot links:

• benzimmer.com • Ben on Twitter • beyondwordplay.com • Wall Street Journal • The Atlantic
• Amanda Rafkin's blog
• P&A Magazine (get the Puzzle Runway issue and solve with us on Saturdays!)

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