Puzzle Notes

Dear solvers,

We're so excited to share a cryptic with you from someone you likely know well as a constructor of spicy and fun themelesses: It's Ada Nicolle! Here's a little more about Ada:

Ada Nicolle (she/her) is a crossword constructor based in Toronto, Ontario. She is the author of the crossword book A-to-Gen Z Crosswords: 72 Puzzles That Hit Different and posts weekly puzzles on her Patreon. As for this puzzle, Ada says "it feels good to write a proper cryptic puzzle whose whole purpose isn't to make fun of the NFT project Cryptoland. Enjoy!"

The cryptic crossworld needs more women and nonbinary voices, and we couldn't be happier to bring you a puzzle both constructed and edited by women. Happy solving!

Be well,
The AVCX Cryptic team
P.S. from Francis -- Don't know what happened exactly, but this week's emails got stuck in some sort of email limbo. Probably my fault somehow! Hopefully I have now fixed it.