Pleasant Company (with Shannon Rapp)

 Today I'm very excited to be posting a collab with my friend and frequent collaborator Shannon Rapp, who you might also know as Norah Sharpe, her alter ego on her blog Norah's Puzzles (a very good blog with very good puzzles). You may also know her from her work on Daily Crossword Links (which you should definitely be subscribed to), from her puzzles at Lil AVCX, or from one of our many previous collabs. The theme of this puzzle is very nostalgic for both of us, and I was super excited when we realized we could make a theme out of it! We made this puzzle a few months ago (so, no, I wasn't lying in my last post when I said I'm super busy in the near future), and I'm very happy to be sharing it now.

From Shannon:

"Hi friends! For me, this puzzle brings back memories (circa 1991) of sprawling out on the floor surrounded by catalogs and books, trying to imagine life in simpler, or at least different, times. I hope you enjoy it!

I think it's important to talk about rejections, and hopefully it's instructive for the construction-curious to hear a little of the backstory. We started making this puzzle in April. It got two rejections before we decided to post it today. It's a fun puzzle! And we think it's pretty good, but good and fun puzzles get rejected all the time for all sorts of reasons. And for this one, it was simply about the type of theme. I'll let you see what that means for yourself, no spoilers! 

In happier news, Rose and I have a joint scheduled to run in late September, so watch your inboxes and your Daily Crossword Links!"

Puz | Crosshare

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