A Farewell to Summer (Puzzle #022)

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For everybody going back to school, or sending kids to school - have a great school year! I personally am not in either situation, but join you in mourning the approaching demise of summer...

What better way to maintain a good mood, then, than crosswords? More specifically, to make silly wink-wink-nudge-nudge jokes *inside* crosswords, carefully lining up specific words across a single row...?

My actual favourite joke here, though, is simply including the word (16-Across) TUNA. My dear wife's nickname since childhood has been Tuna and, as you can imagine, every attempt she makes to shed that moniker means that it only clings harder to her. I'd like to think it's not all bad, though: please find below another joke I'm quite proud of, immortalized on a fridge magnet:

Personally, I think I'm quite funny. I'm lucky that, most of the time, she agrees with me!

The Big 158 (Puzzle #016)

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Happy Canada Day!

April Showers (Puzzle #010)

Predictions for the Canadian Election! (Puzzle #009)