Are You Up for a Regular Expressions Crossword Challenge?

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Regular expressions are a sequence of characters that define a search pattern. They’re what are normally used to define processes like “search and replace” that most of us take for granted. But if you’re nerdy enough you can actually write them from scratch. Or, uh, use them to solve this crossword puzzle.

Hexagonal grid puzzle with rotated text clues along its edges, mostly regex-style strings such as *H.*H*, C*MC(CCCMM)*, and R*D*M*, with letters placed in the cells.
 
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