Laura Braunstein
@laurabrarian.bsky.social
Digital librarian. Crossword person. Cross wordperson.
I reskeet your puzzles
I reskeet your puzzles
Pinned
“Find the biggest bitch in town and start a band with her.”
— Kathleen Hanna
— Kathleen Hanna
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Shout out to the car driving down the street just now BLASTING The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald windows down, singing at the top of their lungs.
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Shout out to the car driving down the street just now BLASTING The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald windows down, singing at the top of their lungs.
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Can you solve the latest Vulture 10x10 daily crossword puzzle clue? 11-Across, Six Letters: She calls Kramer a ‘stupid hipster doofus’
The Hunter Puzzle
Can you solve the latest Vulture 10x10 daily crossword puzzle clue? 11-Across, Six Letters: She calls Kramer a ‘stupid hipster doofus’
www.vulture.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Can you solve the latest Vulture 10x10 daily crossword puzzle clue? 11-Across, Six Letters: She calls Kramer a ‘stupid hipster doofus’
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Always love @francisheaney.bsky.social's difficulty ratings! I've got this week's AVCX cryptic -- free to subscribers, or buy for $1! Big thanks for the expert editing, @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social, such a pleasure to work with you. avxwords.com/buy-individu...
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Always love @francisheaney.bsky.social's difficulty ratings! I've got this week's AVCX cryptic -- free to subscribers, or buy for $1! Big thanks for the expert editing, @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social, such a pleasure to work with you. avxwords.com/buy-individu...
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We are not worthy to live in the timeline where @sarathegood.bsky.social keeps putting out one banger cryptic after another! Be sure to catch her latest for AVCX.
Always love @francisheaney.bsky.social's difficulty ratings! I've got this week's AVCX cryptic -- free to subscribers, or buy for $1! Big thanks for the expert editing, @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social, such a pleasure to work with you. avxwords.com/buy-individu...
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
We are not worthy to live in the timeline where @sarathegood.bsky.social keeps putting out one banger cryptic after another! Be sure to catch her latest for AVCX.
update: the party is now called "Check Yourself Before You Shipwreck Yourself" (thanks to @thinlizzy17.bsky.social)
everyone in my friend group just got our @ranchogordo.bsky.social shipments, so we’re planning a dinner party called “Fellas, It’s Bean Good to Know Ya” where we’ll eat beans, drink Edmund Fitzgerald Porter, sing sea shanties, and quiz each other w shipwreck trivia
November 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
update: the party is now called "Check Yourself Before You Shipwreck Yourself" (thanks to @thinlizzy17.bsky.social)
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Did you know it can take more than a YEAR before a crossword accepted by the NYT runs? And editors frequently change the clues?
This week, @natanlast.bsky.social brings us inside the crossword world. His book "Across the Universe" is filled with fascinating tidbits.
APPLE PODCASTS: bit.ly/4o4WUZO
This week, @natanlast.bsky.social brings us inside the crossword world. His book "Across the Universe" is filled with fascinating tidbits.
APPLE PODCASTS: bit.ly/4o4WUZO
November 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Did you know it can take more than a YEAR before a crossword accepted by the NYT runs? And editors frequently change the clues?
This week, @natanlast.bsky.social brings us inside the crossword world. His book "Across the Universe" is filled with fascinating tidbits.
APPLE PODCASTS: bit.ly/4o4WUZO
This week, @natanlast.bsky.social brings us inside the crossword world. His book "Across the Universe" is filled with fascinating tidbits.
APPLE PODCASTS: bit.ly/4o4WUZO
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Good Thursday morning, folks! Today’s 7×7 comes to you with a few more proper nouns than usual, but nothing you can’t handle. Click below for direct access to “This Machine Surrounds Hate” and maybe pick up a bit of trivia or two today! 😉
tinyurl.com/3uk3ft9a
#crossword #puzzle
tinyurl.com/3uk3ft9a
#crossword #puzzle
Play this Crossword
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November 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Good Thursday morning, folks! Today’s 7×7 comes to you with a few more proper nouns than usual, but nothing you can’t handle. Click below for direct access to “This Machine Surrounds Hate” and maybe pick up a bit of trivia or two today! 😉
tinyurl.com/3uk3ft9a
#crossword #puzzle
tinyurl.com/3uk3ft9a
#crossword #puzzle
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The first rule of Crossword Club: tank told it's messed up to keep mum about (4,4) Crossword Club.
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The first rule of Crossword Club: tank told it's messed up to keep mum about (4,4) Crossword Club.
there’s a lot of really horrible shit on the timeline right now but there is still plenty of bean and shipwreck content so if that’s what you need I am here for you #NaEdFiMo
everyone in my friend group just got our @ranchogordo.bsky.social shipments, so we’re planning a dinner party called “Fellas, It’s Bean Good to Know Ya” where we’ll eat beans, drink Edmund Fitzgerald Porter, sing sea shanties, and quiz each other w shipwreck trivia
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
there’s a lot of really horrible shit on the timeline right now but there is still plenty of bean and shipwreck content so if that’s what you need I am here for you #NaEdFiMo
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They should put Brian Eno’s last name in a crossword puzzle.
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
They should put Brian Eno’s last name in a crossword puzzle.
ROSLIN/ADAMA 2028
A fun exercise is thinking about how far down the presidential line of succession you'd have to go before you find someone who isn't involved in committing or covering up the most heinous crimes known to man. You have to impeach everyone until you get there
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
ROSLIN/ADAMA 2028
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Call me the Edmund Fitzgerald the way twenty-nine good men lost their lives going down on me.
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Call me the Edmund Fitzgerald the way twenty-nine good men lost their lives going down on me.
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"Hey, Wait!"
Bea Wolf, 2023
Zach Weinersmith 🇺🇸
Bea Wolf, 2023
Zach Weinersmith 🇺🇸
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"Hey, Wait!"
Bea Wolf, 2023
Zach Weinersmith 🇺🇸
Bea Wolf, 2023
Zach Weinersmith 🇺🇸
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Who’s applying with me
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Who’s applying with me
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Jupiter says trans rights
🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Jupiter says trans rights
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Help me convince @offline.mountainherder.xyz to let me put a bumper sticker on our car, specifically this one
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Help me convince @offline.mountainherder.xyz to let me put a bumper sticker on our car, specifically this one
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Moby Dick is about whales & boats (only one of the two pictured below)
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Moby Dick is about whales & boats (only one of the two pictured below)
the Berlin Wall fell so that we could has cheezburger
The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
the Berlin Wall fell so that we could has cheezburger
hang on, when did reading become so performative?
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
hang on, when did reading become so performative?
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No, that's caulk. Caucus is a traditional North African dish of small steamed granules of rolled semolina.
no that's the Caucasus. Caucus is the gooey stuff used to seal joints in construction
No, that's the talus. Caucus is the range of mountains between the Black and Caspian Seas, dividing West Asia from Europe.
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
No, that's caulk. Caucus is a traditional North African dish of small steamed granules of rolled semolina.
no that's the Caucasus. Caucus is the gooey stuff used to seal joints in construction
No, that's the talus. Caucus is the range of mountains between the Black and Caspian Seas, dividing West Asia from Europe.
No, that’s raucous. Caucus is the large bone in the ankle that articulates with the tibia of the leg and the calcaneum and navicular bone of the foot.
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
no that's the Caucasus. Caucus is the gooey stuff used to seal joints in construction
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the legend lived
[Beastie Boys] ON
from the chippewa on
[Beastie Boys] DOWN
[Beastie Boys] ON
from the chippewa on
[Beastie Boys] DOWN
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
the legend lived
[Beastie Boys] ON
from the chippewa on
[Beastie Boys] DOWN
[Beastie Boys] ON
from the chippewa on
[Beastie Boys] DOWN
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
November 10, 1975
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
When the skies of November turn gloomy
November 10, 1975
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Gordon Lightfoot
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
November 10, 1975
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
When the skies of November turn gloomy
November 10, 1975
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
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