Grace's Guide to Intermediate Crossword Puzzles

A recent obsession with puzzles inspired

this guide, which, at first, may come off as shallow.

Before I finished creating one puzzle, my intellect tired -

Judgement-free, any clue about lotion is aloe.

Of Lena Horne and Edie Falco they're fond,

"Witherspoon" and "Zellweger" aren't hard to guess.

Exactly how many clues can reference James Bond?

My trivia knowledge falls short... I digress.

A fencing sword, F.Y.I, is "épée,"

and "parry"'s the name of said fencer's deflection

If any Great Lake besides "Eerie" comes into play,

Somewhere in New York, Will Shortz gets an erection.

There was once an explosive Italian named Etna.

Anything with sushi will be about eels.

If crime is involved, let me aid and abet ya,

As for fruit, know that "rinds" are synonymous with "peels."

I'm not the only one guilty of uncomfortable plurality -

"Ohios" and "Ahas" are good phrases to try

The Korean War had a whole lot of fatalities,

but all you must know: the guy in M*A*S*H is Hawkeye.

The elusive and oft-mentioned snake is an asp.

Turns out, nearly all actions can be re-done.

While music and art can be harder to grasp,

You'll likely see "oboes," or "aria," for one.

It's not "spheres," it's "orbs;" an urn, not a jar.

No matter what the planet will not be Uranus.

It might seem to you like they're stretching too far.

Jokes on you - this dumb poem is equally heinous.


G. S.

**Side note - I realized afterwards that this is now the second time I've rhymed "heinous" with a variation of "anus" in a poem on this blog. In my defense, not much else rhymes with "anus."**