puzzle #6: themeless four

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This grid idea came from me having a stagger-stack that didn’t work in the middle of the grid and I thought the entries were too good to not use in a crossword of some sort, so I made this. Is this grid design kinda cheating? Yeah, but I’m happy with how it turned out. Some people cheat and still fail the test, y’know.

I’d like to think my cluing has improved somewhat in the past few months. I think my favourite here is 2-Down. A dumb obvious pun but I’m proud of it.

Enjoy the puzzle! I’ll be back next week! Happy puzzling!

– Ada, a.k.a. The Word Nerd



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