This week's question: A Welsh woman who was jilted by her boyfriend of four years on her wedding day cheered herself up by going through the whole ceremony and reception without him. Please come up with a name for an unexpected wedding for one.
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THE WINNER: "Better Halved"
Martha Herp, Cocoa Beach, Florida
SECOND PLACE: "Near Mrs."
Phyllis Klein, Forest Hills, New York
THIRD PLACE: "The Princeless Bride"
Jay Detweiler, Goshen, Indiana
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Nopetuals"
Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Virginia
"To Thine Own Self, I Do."
Kathleen Tsukamoto, Berryton, Kansas
"100% Ditched and 50% Hitched"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"Me, Myself and I Do"
Alyssa Paul Maltby, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Wed, He or Not"
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts
"Despousal"
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pennsylvania
"I Me Wed"
Skip Flanagan, Roseville, California
"Me-lope"
Wilma Kelley, Minneapolis, Minnesota
"Jilty Party"
Emily Johnston, Sykesville, Maryland
"Sole Mating"
Ed Berschinski, Bainbridge Island, Washington
"Wedded Miss"
Jenny Morris, Alexandria, Virginia
"One-Ring Circus"
Merle Cratsley, Odessa, New York
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Crossword: September 14, 2025The Week's daily crossword puzzle
