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Mio Iwai

Mio Iwai runs The Crosswords. She's been a reporter in Michigan since 2013. Started at the Livingston Daily covering zoning meetings and school boards. Moved to business reporting in 2018, mostly automotive suppliers and manufacturing. Spent the last few years covering how tech companies promise to save Midwest towns and usually don't. Grew up in Ann Arbor. Parents came from Osaka in 1983. Dad worked at a Toyota plant in Ypsilanti for thirty years. She knows what happens when factories close. Graduated from Michigan State. Still does the New York Times crossword every Saturday.
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Lotteries or Races Crossword Clue (11 Letters): Answer is SWEEPSTAKES

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SWEEPSTAKES. Eleven letters that solve one of the more frequent crossword puzzles appearing in British and Irish publications. The clue "lotteries or races" has stumped solvers from The Independent to the Irish...

Method of Starting Play in Ice Hockey Crossword Solved

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The seven-letter answer you're hunting for is FACE-OFF. Crossword constructors love this clue because it works multiple ways: "start of play in ice hockey," "how hockey begins," or "method of starting and restarting...

Deceptive Ploys NYT Crossword Clue Answer (RUSES) Aug 24

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The five-letter answer that stopped solvers cold last August? RUSES. The clue "Deceptive ploys" appeared at 8 Across in the New York Times Mini Crossword on Sunday, August 24, 2025, and while...

Wall Street Journal Crossword Guide 2026: How to Solve WSJ

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Mike Shenk sits in his Manhattan office, surrounded by dictionaries and reference books, doing what millions of solvers will attempt tomorrow morning. He's working through a crossword puzzle, but unlike commuters with...

Optimistic Exclamation Crossword Clue Answer: IHOPESO (2025)

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IHOPESO. Seven letters, no spaces, one answer. The optimistic exclamation crossword clue stumped solvers when it appeared in the Thomas Joseph Crossword on August 22, 2025. The answer transforms the everyday phrase "I...

Like a Bicycle or a Horse Crossword Answer: RIDABLE (NYT)

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A seven-letter word connects a bicycle to a horse in one of last year's trickier New York Times Crossword clues. The answer, RIDABLE, stumped solvers who couldn't immediately spot what these two...

Be Furious NYT Crossword Clue Answer & All Solutions 2025

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SEERED. Six letters. August 24, 2025. The be furious NYT crossword clue delivered that particular brand of frustration only a well constructed puzzle can provide. Solvers expecting SEETHE or RAGE found themselves staring...

For Real Tho Crossword Clue Answer is TBH (Solved 2026)

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The answer is TBH. Three letters that started as texting shorthand now appear in America's most trusted crossword puzzles, and if you're staring at the clue "for real tho" wondering what fits, you're...
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Mio Iwai

Mio Iwai runs The Crosswords. She's been a reporter in Michigan since 2013. Started at the Livingston Daily covering zoning meetings and school boards. Moved to business reporting in 2018, mostly automotive suppliers and manufacturing. Spent the last few years covering how tech companies promise to save Midwest towns and usually don't. Grew up in Ann Arbor. Parents came from Osaka in 1983. Dad worked at a Toyota plant in Ypsilanti for thirty years. She knows what happens when factories close. Graduated from Michigan State. Still does the New York Times crossword every Saturday.