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PUB DATE | WEEK | TITLE | SYNOPSIS | THEMES | LINKS TO THIS CONTEST | WINNER | LINKS TO RESULTS OF THIS CONTEST (usually published 2-4 Weeks later) |
December 3, 2006 | 691 | Haven't Got a Clue | Make all the clues in the provided crossword ooh-clever or at least ah-that's-funny, even the little words. | CRO WOR | Text file | ||
December 1, 2007 | 742 | Clue Us In | Give us a whole new set of clues to a crossword puzzle penned by Ace Constructor Paula Gamache. | CRO | Text file | ||
November 22, 2008 | 792 | Clue Us In | Compile a set of funny alternative clues to a crossword penned by Ace Constructor Paula Gamache. | CRO | Text file | ||
August 29, 2009 | 832 | Clue Us In | You supply one or more clues for the words in a filled-in grid. | CRO | Text file | Contest image | ||
May 15, 2010 | 869 | Clue us in | Send us funny, clever clues for any of the words already in this grid. | CRO | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
June 12, 2010 | 873 | Back to Square 1A | Replace the shaded letters in this grid with your own letters to come up with a different word or phrase -- either an existing word or one you make up -- and define it humorously. | CRO | Text file | Post e-version | ||
December 18, 2010 | 899 | Clue us in | Send us funny, clever clues for any of the words already in this grid. | CRO | Text file | Post e-version | ||
January 8, 2012 | 953 | Clue us in | Come up with creative, funny clues for the words and multi-word terms in the crossword puzzle that's already run in The Post. | CRO | Text file | ||
January 27, 2013 | 1007 | Clue us in | Come up with creative, funny clues for the words and multi-word terms in the provided grid. | CRO WOR | Text file | Contest image | ||
December 22, 2013 | 1052 | Clue us in | Come up with up to 25 creative, funny clues for the words and multi-word terms that appear in the provided grid. | CRO | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
February 23, 2014 | 1061 | Less taste, more fill-in | Give us a novel clue for any word or phrase in which the remaining letters in the provided crossword puzzle fit, across or down. | CRO | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
January 10, 2016 | 1157 | Clue us in -- a backward crossword | Supply clever, funny clues to up to 25 of the words and multi-word terms in the provided grid. (Conversational text) | CRO | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
December 25, 2016 | 1207 | Clue us in -- a reverse crossword | Supply clever, funny clues to up to 25 of the 72 words and multi-word terms in the provided grid. (Conversational text) | CRO | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
August 20, 2017 | 1241 | Less taste, more fill-in | Give us a novel clue for any word or phrase in which the remaining letters in the provided crossword puzzle fit, across or down. (Conversational text) | CRO | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
January 14, 2018 | 1262 | Clue us in -- a backward crossword | Supply one or more creative clues for the provided filled-in crossword grid -- as many as 25 clues in all. (Conversational text) | CRO | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
January 20, 2019 | 1315 | Clue us in -- our reverse crossword | Supply clever, funny clues for as many as 25 of the 74 words and multi-word terms in the provided grid. | CRO | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
December 29, 2019 | 1364 | Clue us in | Supply clever, funny clues for as many as 25 of the words and multi-word terms in the provided grid. (Conversational text) | CRO | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
July 25, 2021 | 1446 | Clue us in -- and we spill the beans | Write novel clues for as many as 25 answers in the provided grid, across or down, first substituting your own letters for any covered ones. (Conversational text) | CRO LET | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
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