Ashland.news Crossword

Ashland News Crossword Puzzle

Ashland.news is now offering a weekly crossword each Friday for your entertainment and edification. The answers and clues in these crosswords will feature organizations, places, events, people, fauna and flora in Ashland, our region and beyond. Themes will range in tone from lighthearted to more serious.

Learn more about these crossword puzzles here.

Questions? Email Ashland.news crossword editor Steve Weyer at [email protected].

This Week's Puzzle

Crossword: Time Flies

This week’s theme: flora and fauna on a schedule, plus a canine calendar reference for Strider.

Solve in Browser: an interactive crossword appears below (see File: Help for how to use).
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Print: download .pdf files: puzzle, solution.
Paper copies may be available at Jackson County Library branches.

About: general Q&A about crosswords in Ashland.news.
Next Friday’s Crossword: Enjoy the Ride #02
All Crosswords: Ashland.news > Culture > Crossword.
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Explanations of selected entries, theme, clues, etc.: (spoilers)

Time Flies “… like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana” (humorous linguistics saying with syntactic ambiguity)
20A. CENTURY PLANT (Agave)
29A. MAN MONTHS
37A. DOG DAYS (of Summer): “canicular” refers to these and to rising stars in Canis Major
50A. BUNNY EARS: antenna, cactus
57A. SECOND BANANA; another plantain?

Past Puzzles

Crossword

Crossword: Eat One’s Words #03

This week’s crossword: some “B” dining, drinking and/or tasting establishments. Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print. Next Friday’s crossword: “Time Flies.” More crosswords under the Culture menu.

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Crossword

Crossword: Listen Up #02

Get down with music in this week’s crossword. Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print. Next Friday’s crossword: “Eat One’s Words #03.” More crosswords under the Culture menu.

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Crossword

Crossword: Grin and Bear It #02

This week’s crossword: some ursine names/titles. Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print. Next Friday’s crossword: “Listen Up #02.” More crosswords under the Culture menu.

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Crossword

Crossword: Rock Around the Clock

This week’s crossword: 4 times for music (can you spot a local business?). Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print. Next Friday’s crossword: “Grin and Bear It #02.” More crosswords under the Culture menu.

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Crossword

Crossword: Eat One’s Words #02

This week’s crossword: dining, drinking and/or tasting establishments. Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print. Next Friday’s crossword: “Rock Around the Clock” More crosswords under the Culture menu.

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Crossword

Crossword: Enjoy the Ride #01

This week’s crossword: routes and features of our regional bus system. Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print. Next Friday’s crossword: “Eat One’s Words #02.” More crosswords under the Culture menu.

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