Puzzle Notes

Hi friends: 

Please find attached a pretty trippy 5/5 difficulty puzzle from the esteemed Aimee Lucido, called "In and Out of Character." It's 17x17.

Meanwhile, congratulations are in order to AVCX pal Evan Birnholz, a burningly talented young constructor who just scored the coveted Washington Post magazine gig! Read a bit more about it here. Evan writes the weekly Devil Cross puzzle, and has been widely published in his six years of constructing. The Post puzzle gig is practically holy; it was Merl Reagle's for many years. Evan is a worthy successor; we wish him the best and can't wait to see his stuff.

Your pal,

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