McAvoy-Bickford Crosswords

This puzzle's been sitting waiting for me to do something with it for quite a while now, so I decided to put it up on the blog. As always it is available as both a PuzzleMe and a pdf. The passage of time has erased any comments I might have ever had about the grid, unfortunately, so I don't know where this theme idea came from. PDF   Thanks for solving!

 Per Roman legend, Rome was founded on April 21, 753 BCE. This is almost certainly not when it was actually founded, but let's celebrate with a puzzle anyways! As always, this is available as both a .puz/AmuseLabs and a .pdf. I would probably advise you to solve it as the AmuseLabs below, however, because some of the longer clues aren't formatted all that well in the .pdf PDF

All right, it's time for Puzzle #2, a 15x15. There's a new puzzle coming Wednesday also! This one's available both as an AmuseLabs and a pdf. I don't have too much to say about this puzzle except that the first entry I thought of was 37-across. PDF

 Hello all! This is the first puzzle on my brand-new crossword blog. I made it a while ago and because it's 17x17 thought I would save it for an opportunity like this. Here's it as both an AmuseLabs and a pdf, for your solving enjoyment. Please notify me if you spot any tech errors (or cluing errors, etc.) In the future, I'll post puzzles here occasionally, and try to have a working RSS feed up. Most are going to be themed probably, and some will be odd sizes. I can't guarantee any kind of standard difficulty. A lot might not quite meet mainstream standards, but I hope they are still fun to solve. Difficulty: Probably not too hard PDF?