February 13, 2013 - Dirty Mild - by Ben Tausig

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Puzzle Notes

Dear subscribers:

Please enjoy the attached four-star challenge puzzle from AVCX editor Ben Tausig.

We hope you had fun with Caleb's 23x23, emailed to you for free last week. The contest associated with the puzzle remains open for another few days at http://www.avxword.com/skinema/. The price of entry is $5, and the winner will receive $50 plus a 4-year bonus subscription to the AVCX. 

Non-subscribers (who I'm sure would love to hear from you on Twitter) can purchase the puzzle by going to http://www.avxword.com/skinema/

-Ben and the AVCX crew [avxwords.com]

P.S. This-might-spoil-it alert!

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Aimee and Zoe's puzzle from last week, "Striptease," not only dropped T's from each theme entry as well as their respective clues, but the letter T didn't appear anywhere in any of the clues or grid. No mean feat; congrats to the constructors.