Puzzle Notes

Hi friends: 

Please extend a warm welcome to Jeff Chen, our guest constructor this week. Jeff is an accomplished constructor and puzzle blogger, and his "Wearing Thin" is rated 4/5 in difficulty. It's a beaut, not to be missed!

Next week I'll be writing to you from the beach, and it'll be my own pretty easy puzzle I'm sending. If you're going on vacation yourself, you couldn't spend your $8-10 better than buying a previous year's worth of AVCX puzzles right here, and bringing it with you poolside or to your villa or in your heart-shaped jacuzzi or whatever it is you people do. 52 puzzles each! (sometimes more!) Impress your friends and family.

Stay cool,

Ben and the AVCX crew [avxwords.com, @AVCXWord]