It's probably considered bad form to design a crossword puzzle where the theme requires advanced technical knowledge of a very specific area of mathematics, but I just couldn't resist. For everyone else, you'll now understand how I've acquired the vast majority of my pop culture knowledge: by figuring out the crossing entries in puzzles.
And this is where Knotty Grids gets its name!
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