Crosswords…

A cousin, Clement Clarke Moore, wrote “The Night before Christmas.” Not really a cousin, but who knows? Another cousin, Archie Moore, was heavyweight champion of the world. I can still see cousin Mary Tyler Moore tossing her hat into the air when she came in from the cold for Christmas dinner, but maybe not in celebration of that other cousin Stephen, the economist (Google often thinks I’m him). The Moore clan is a diverse one! (More evidence for why I should be writing with a pseudonym?)

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