Love is a four-letter word
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8 across: you & me (1, 4, 3) by jafffacakes
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
10 Oct 2024
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The first time it happened, it was a Tuesday.
14 Across: Sherlock Holmes author. 3 letters.
Well that’s easy, Arthur Conan Doyle.
Alex raced through the rest of the crossword, a fairly simple one even for a Tuesday. There was a Jane Austen clue that might have stumped him a few weeks ago, but he'd borrowed June's copy of Persuasion last time he stayed overnight at her place, so he'd have something to read on his longer commute to work that day.
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Henry Fox is a crossword creator with a very big crush.
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- Part 1 of Love is a four-letter word
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Bond, Attachment, Relationship, Union by jafffacakes
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
28 Oct 2025
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Connections is always the puzzle he looks at last, when he’s sitting at his kitchen counter finishing the final dregs of his third morning coffee. He shouldn’t leave it until last, but it’s almost become a barometer for his day.
That’s when he gets fucking mad. When the purple category is an entirely made-up grouping like words that rhyme with random kitchen utensils, or vegetables with an extra letter for no reason, or items John Lennon probably carried in his wallet.
And that’s what he said, verbatim, to The New York Times: That it’s arrogant, and elitist, and that people don’t enjoy attempting puzzles when the answers only exist inside the creator’s head.
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Alex goes viral when he rants to the New York Times about how much he hates Connections. H Fox, Connections Manager, has some fun with it.
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- Part 2 of Love is a four-letter word