Heavy Is the Puzzle Head That Wears ‘The Crown’

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Manage newsletters The Daily Beast Crossword is where power, pop culture, and politics intersect—quite literally.   Designed to be more challenging throughout the week, you can test your knowledge with five puzzles each week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday. Play This Week's Puzzles Get in the Game With Matt Gaffney The Emmy's were last Sunday, and the big news was that "The Crown" had swept all 7 Drama categories. It was something no show had ever done: Outstanding Drama Series, both Lead Actress and Lead Actor, both Supporting Actress and Supporting Actor, Best Writing, and Best Directing, all in the Drama genre.   Impressive, but surely that's too many names to fit into a wee 10x10 crossword grid, right? Come on! What kind of an attitude is that? I at least thought I'd give it a shot, and the result is last Tuesday's puzzle.   First pro move: I worked "The Crown" itself into the first clue, so now I had "only" six names to work into the grid. It really had to be all six, since leaving just one out would look weird. They are: OLIVIA COLMAN, JOSH O'CONNOR, GILLIAN ANDERSON, TOBIAS MENZIES, JESSICA HOBBS, and PETER MORGAN.   Second pro move: I allowed myself to use either the first or last name of each to maximize flexibility. As you can see from the grid below, four first names (in orange) made it in, along with two last names (in blue). 4-2 is fine, but 5-1 would've looked a little weird.   The rest of the grid didn't suffer too badly from all those names, if I do say so myself. EAVE is a bit suspect (usually that part of a roof only appears in the plural, eaves) but other than that, I'd say it worked out pretty well.   Do you think I deserve an Emmy for that puzzle? Tweet your opinion to #Emmys and @beastxword. Play This Week's Puzzles © Copyright 2021 The Daily Beast Company LLC  555 W. 18th Street, New York NY 10011  Privacy Policy If you are on a mobile device or cannot view the images in this message, click here to view this email in your browser. To ensure delivery of these emails, please add emails@thedailybeast.com to your address book. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, or think you have received this message in error, you can safely unsubscribe.