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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Have you considered that actually your game show never needs to ask about Harry Potter ever

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Rose Colored Boy (though there's a ton of songs that are in strong contention here)

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This feels like one of the sentences you get in Syntax I when you're first learning about constituent testing.

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I'm mad that this book made me, a baseball hater, care about baseball

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I’ll be at Lollapuzzoola today if anyone wants to say hi!

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I’ve joked that someday I’ll clue STY as [My prounouns mathematically simplified]

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Also I found out recently that next year's Sock Madness is going to be the last one, so I'm glad I got to tell that anecdote just in the nick of time!

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This qualifier pair is the only thing I knit for Sock Madness this year, but I won a prize for shouting them out on Jeopardy, and that does feel pretty good.

A pair of hand knit socks next to a bag that has a giant dragon eye design on it

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B-Side @benmsmith.com · 04/08/2026

crossword constructors: stop putting harry potter shit in the crossword. not in the clues, not in the fill. I don't want to see it.

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AVCX Classic @avcx.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Just thinking maybe, perhaps, possibly, it’s time to stop putting JK Rowling things in the crossword puzzle

A crossword with the clue “Fifth-year student leader at Hogwarts”

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I have been informed about the mini

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Officially the 24th best crossword solver in Boston

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Oh man I LOVED Magic Treehouse

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

As I do more Zoom trivia, what I'm learning is that the key trivia captain skill is being able to answer emails.

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Unloved Trouble Brewing outsider! (6)

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I forgot about sports and assumed the MBTA just wanted to remind us that it’s annoying but possible to get to South Station from the orange line

FIFA branded sign in a T stop saying “transfer at downtown crossing for red line to south station”

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Why don't we take a competition that's all about learning and understanding and reasoning and make it a speed competition? Spelling is just saying letters fast, right?

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I've been watching the bee with friends in Discord, but please know that if the spell-off has no haters, I am dead.

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I have thoughts on this but I’m also trying to be nice and polite

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Linguist moment: heard someone casually directing someone to the "fourth floor" with enough of a Boston accent to drop the Rs.

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

They seem to have fixed this as soon as I posted this, but at least I can still spell diachronic.

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I can't actually watch the bee today, and the spelling bee website is showing only the wrong spellings for misspelled words, so it's a fun little game for me to figure out what the right spellings are.

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I don't have that much to say about the National Spelling Bee prelims, but always a delight to see the words I spelled coming back. (Alcarraza in this case, misspelled this year.)

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I gave them the Shonda Rhimes thing as a potential anecdote to use on Jeopardy, but they understandably went with competitive sock knitting instead.

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Some personal news… catch me on tomorrow’s Jeopardy!

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Ive been doing the Construct One Crossword Per Week regimen for a while now, it works great bc if i miss a week it just gets tacked onto the next week. Try it!! anyway on Friday im slated to write 1250 crosswords

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Also it's my birthday, so I should be allowed to win all games, and no one should execute me.

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I don't know if I have many BOTC people following me here, but in case there's any overlap, I'm at Final Three Con, come say hi?

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Will @tlmberwolves.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Generative AI? The protagonist of Left Hand of Darkness?

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Do we think Babka knew MAJA/MALDEN

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Given how my puzzle 3 went, I think that might have been my peak

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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Hello from the #acpt where everyone looks disconcertingly like someone I *might* know

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Got to be the person who answered the Ellesmere Island question correctly at the geography/wordplay thing last night, so I’m going to call myself good at trivia based on that alone

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

This is my obligatory come say hi to me at ACPT post

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Midis for Minnesota @midisforminnesota.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

We are excited to announce Midis for Minnesota, an upcoming crossword pack by Minnesota constructors. Proceeds will support immigrant families in Minnesota who have been impacted by ICE activity. Pack will be released in late April. A preview puzzle by Zhouqin Burnikel is available now.

midisforminnesota.com

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Can't tell if April Fools, using today to post all your unpopular opinions, or just using the newfound Jeopardy fame to make everyone online mad

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

My last Puzzmo mini is running today, so I just wanted to say a big thank you to anyone who has solved and enjoyed the March minis!

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I've started solving the NYT crosswords again in preparation for ACPT, and I don't think they're bad per se, but it is wild to me how some people act like these are so much better than all other puzzles, when they're just... not.

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

We gotta get you on the show, clearly!

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Do they at least know Bugs Bunny

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Puzzmo @puzzmo.com · 10/03/2026

happy 4-Across day from our mini crossword resident @acommonrose.bsky.social 🍄 solve here! www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-...

The clue for 4-Across is "Nintendo protagonist who eats magical mushrooms and rescues princesses" and the answer is 5 letters

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I probably won't post every individual puzzle here (especially this week when I'm traveling), but I am Puzzmo's resident mini creator this month! www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-...

puzzmo.com

Puzzmo - Cross|word

Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.

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Rose S, PhD @acommonrose.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

We switched to Zoom lectures, which felt like the worst of all possible worlds in terms of schedule juggling.

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