November 23, 2025 - "Ordered Takeout" (variety puzzle) - Quiara Vasquez, edited by Sid Sivakumar

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Puzzle Notes

Dear Friends:

Sharpen your pencils, because we have an absolute doozy of a variety puzzle for you today, by AVCX's own Quiara Vasquez. Quiara's puzzle is titled "Ordered Takeout" and it's a very cool, but tough, reimagining of the classic crossword format that we hope will challenge and delight you. We're rating this one 5+ out of 5 in difficulty. As always, you may find it easier than that... but don't say we didn't warn you!

We've got only PDFs for you today as this puzzle is a pencil-and-paper experience -- no digital solving files. Also, this is a contest with a prize up for grabs; instructional text is in the attached files. Submit your meta answer to orderedtakeout@avxwords.com by 8:00pm ET on Saturday, November 29, 2025 for a chance to win!

Quiara Vasquez edits crosswords for AVCX Classic and Slate Magazine, and runs the game-and-puzzle-themed newsletter Quite Vexing. She wrote the first AVCX+ puzzle back in 2021 and is thrilled to be back in Plus with this brain-melter.

We'll have the solution to this puzzle, and the name of a randomly chosen winner, for you next weekend. But even before that: look out for some exciting stuff (related to AVCX's fall/winter subscription drive) that the good folks at Classic will share on Tuesday evening.

Cheers,

the AVCX+ crew

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