Puzzle Notes

Dear friends,

This week's puzzle is by David Karp, and team-edited by Francis Heaney, Paolo Pasco, Ben Tausig, Quiara Vasquez, and Byron Walden. It's called "Foreign Interventions," it's 3/5 difficulty, and it has the strange grid size of 15x17.

David Karp (he/him) lives in Victoria, BC, Canada with his wife and fifteen-month-old son. David is currently on leave from his job as an economic policy adviser with the BC provincial government to be a stay-at-home dad. He started constructing crosswords in 2020 as a pandemic hobby and has since been published in several major venues. Besides being a dad and making crossword puzzles, David's hobbies include cooking, travel and playing piano, floor hockey and soccer.

And an update in re: Kickstarter rewards -- the wonderful Ricky Cruz has completed and sent out all the pixel portraits, for those who ordered them. Thanks, Ricky!

Last but not least, a plug: Registration is now open for the Boswords 2023 Winter Wondersolve, an online crossword tournament which will be held on Sunday, February 5 from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. Eastern. Solvers can compete individually or in pairs and will complete four puzzles (three themed and one themeless) edited by Brad Wilber. To register, to see the constructors, and for more details, go to www.boswords.org.
Yrs,
Ben and the expanded AVCX crew
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