Brian Quass founded Quassword Cards company three years ago. Experimenting with different sorts of cards, he test-marketed various titles at numerous trade shows, including the New York Stationery Show, the Boston Gift Show, and the Atlanta Merchandise Mart.
Though it's Brian's ambition to work full-time with Quassword Cards, he hasn't quit his day job and continues to work as a closed-caption editor at the National Captioning Institute in Vienna, Virginia. He's been there for seven years and enjoys the variety: everything from "Showgirls" to "Sesame Street". His favorite assignment during the past year was a home video version of "Mothra Versus Godzilla".
Brian has been creating crosswords for over 20 years now and has submitted puzzles to local papers, particularly the Yorktown Crier in Yorktown, Virginia, where he was a member of the original 1976 staff. He has also done weekly crosswords for Christopher Newport College and during an 8-year stint as a banker, he did several puzzles for the bank's newsletter.
I spent a very enjoyable time reviewing the puzzles that appear on Quassword Cards. Included here is one of my favorites. My only complaint is that all the cards that I received for evaluation were of the "Get Well" variety. I think they would also make great "Bon Voyage" cards and even non-specific, 'just-to-say-Hi' cards. When I suggested this to Brian, he replied that they hope to offer kids' cards and birthday cards soon and expect to implement, via the Internet, automatic online sales next year. Best of luck and I wish them much success!
Here's one of my favorite 'Get Well Soon' Quassword puzzles, appropriately called, "What's Up, Docs?"
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Across
1. Dukes and earls 9. "__ charge?" 15. Soothing shrub 16. Belong 17. "__ from me" 18. Novelist Laurence 19. One OH U 20. Frisco physician? 22. "...in excelsis __" 23. __ Vegas 24. Noggin, to Hamlet 25. Bedlam 28. "__ the fields..." 29. Runs the engine 30. Bacon in Mâcon 31. Status __ |
32. Cardinal number 33. Pepper? 39. Surgery sites: Abbr. 40. Bro's sib 41. Discretion 42. V.P. Elbridge 45. Tally 46. Chelsea's cat 47. Man's name 48. Freudian "I" 49. Evergreen 50. Financial counselor? 53. TV-schedule letters 56. "Pete's __" 57. "__ in your favor..." 59. Respiratory ailment 60. With __ 61. Post offices: Fr. 62. 50's phenom |
Down
1. Western alliance 2. Pay and plug 3. Beverage brand 4. Movie Bruce 5. Dodges 6. Jealous tot's refrain 7. __ the Red 8. Waterloo sawbones? 9. Old tombs 10. Writings: Abbr. 11. Baa-baa MD? 12. Tea type 13. Fancified 14. Gazes anew 21. Distant 22. What every patient is looking for? 25. Snow's monogram 26. Owlish quip 27. Comic bark 28. Yes, in Ypres |
29. __ Jima 31. Letter run 32. 6-point plays 34. Liquorless 35. Moppet 36. Tic-__-toe 37. Hill suffix 38. Gridiron defensemen: Abbr. 42. Cowboy's cry: Var. 43. "I love you __ much" 44. Hits again 45. Past 46. Signals 48. Daft "Dame" et al. 49. Fooled 51. Big book 52. Record 53. " __ Little Kindness" 54. __ War: 1899-902 55. British backside 58. Tape player: Abbr. ©1996 Quassword Cards |
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