For Beginners Only

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Puzzle Notes

"Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical" ~Yogi Berra

Dear Subscribers,

Today's puzzle might throw you a curve or two, but 59-Across will help unpack the puzzle theme. (Our testers were glad it was there!) As for the fill, we're all over the place. There should be something for everyone here -- art, sports, music performed on a royal barge, film, animals and a room freshener. Drinks are on the house: we have 37-Down for teetotalers and a 9-Down for those who imbibe!

Welcome to Week 613 of Crossword Nation. We humbly invite you to solve "For Beginners Only" as your diversion of the week. Thank you for visiting our puzzle shop and have a great week! 

Cruciverbally yours, 

Liz

Solvers of The New Yorker puzzles: Please check out my latest crossword, a "lightly challenging" affair.

Mini Crossword Aficionados: For a quick solve, please try the Daily Mini Crossword in the L. A. Times. It's free! Simply bookmark and visit daily for a new puzzle.

Recovering Lost Puzzles: If, for some reason, our weekly puzzle email doesn't appear in your mailbox on Monday evenings, no worries -- you can always "re-send" the puzzle to yourself.

But first ....

  1. Please check the Spam folder. Sometimes the Crossword Nation emails are redirected to Spam folders. This can happen after a software or system update. If it's not in the Spam folder, then try Step 2.
  2. Visit the Subscriber Portal and Re-send the Puzzle To Your Mailbox. You can always send the latest puzzle (or any puzzle from our archive) to yourself. Visit here:

https://xwnation.puzzleanywhere.com/enable-account/

Choose the "Resend Puzzle" link at the bottom right of the page. From there, you can choose which puzzle to send to your mailbox! 

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Happy solving and be well!

Liz Gorski

www.crosswordnation.com