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Stella Zawistowski is a crossword constructor whose puzzles have appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, and other venues. She is the author of Tough As Nails Crosswords, a collection of 72 extra-hard puzzles. Also a top-ranked speed solver at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, she has a personal-best time of four minutes, 31 seconds on the New York Times Sunday crossword.

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    The On-Again, Off-Again Puzzle22-Across, Three Letters: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, astrologically
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    The Everyday Puzzle1-Across, Five Letters: Hobbit played by Martin and Ian
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    The Riot Puzzle15-Seven Letters: Sonic’s friend Knuckles, for one
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    The Immigrant Puzzle1-Down, Three Letters: Rory Gilmore’s was 4.2
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    The Possessed Puzzle27-Down, Three Letters: Jerry Rice got 208 of ’em
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    The Espresso Puzzle30-Across, Five Letters: Button on a Super Nintendo
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    The El Salvador Puzzle25-Across, Four Letters: Drew Barrymore is its chief gifting officer
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    The Chestburster Puzzle30-Across, Three Letters: Does the T in GTL
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    The Concert Puzzle25-Across, Three Letters: Donkey Kong or King Kong
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    The Cearta Puzzle2-Down, Three Letters: Passport from Snoop Dogg, e.g.
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    The Sibling Puzzle15-Across, Three Letters: Gerard Way, to some fans on Tumblr
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    The Pierpoint Puzzle7-Across, Three Letters: Mr. Wickham in “Pride and Prejudice,” for one
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    The Hoops Puzzle15-Across, Four Letters: Way to get around Disneyland
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    The 300 Arguments Puzzle18-Down, Six Letters: Card-throwing X-Man
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    The Nonsuck Puzzle11-Across, Five Letters: Fiery protagonist of Pixar’s “Elemental”
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    The Team Puzzle10-Across, Four Letters: 2001 role for Angelina, or 2018 role for Alicia
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    The Suburban Puzzle24-Down, Four Letters: Where Simone Manuel does her thing
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    The Tornado Puzzle22-Down, Three Letters: Dessert on Broadway posters for “Waitress”
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    The Mansion Puzzle3-Down, Four Letters: Item that makes Mario invincible
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    The Happiest Puzzle7-Down, Six Letters: Horned animals you can see at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
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    The Apollo Puzzle1-Down, Five Letters: Many characters on “The Bear”
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    The Adult Puzzle28-Across, Four Letters: Wario-esque
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    The Final Rose Puzzle16-Across, Five Letters: Meme-friendly emotion from “Inside Out”
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    The Radioactive Puzzle18-Down, Six Letters: Like the bunny in “Fatal Attraction”
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    The Acupuncture Puzzle12-Across, Five Letters: Kim who was a Hitchcock blonde
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    The Ultrasonic Puzzle21-Down, Four Letters: Charli XCX album with a lime-green cover
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    The Point Place Puzzle16-Down, Seven Letters: Dance, drawing, or drag
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    The Clone Puzzle9-Down, Four Letters: Peggy Olson’s department
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    The Poland Puzzle19-Across, Five Letters: Chekhov’s “The Bear” has one
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    The Tudor Puzzle1-Across, Four Letters: Role for Colin in “Bridget Jones’s Diary”
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    The Prosecutor Puzzle10-Across, Four Letters: Kiss like Idris Elba?
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    The Choupette Puzzle25-Down, Three Letters: Elle Woods’s specialty
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    The Jersey Puzzle13-Across, Seven Letters: “Bad Medicine” band
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    The Vision Puzzle23-Down, Five Letters: Prop for a comedian, often
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    The Frank Puzzle12-Across, Four Letters: Song title for Daughtry or Depeche Mode
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    The Crazy Rich Puzzle12-Across, Five Letters: Daughter of Gwyneth and Chris
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    The Shantay Puzzle9-Across, Five Letters: Water brand repped by Dua Lipa
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    The Wasteland Puzzle6-Down, Five Letters: Emmy-winning Netflix docuseries
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    The Irish-American Puzzle4-Down, Three Letters: Shape of a Tamagotchi toy
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    The TARDIS Puzzle19-Down, Five Letters: Keith who’s married to Nicole Kidman
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    The Identical Puzzle5-Down, Five Letters: Board game with a “Game of Thrones” edition
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    The Heat Wave Puzzle3-Down, Three Letters: Nickname of two Spice Girls
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    The Levitating Puzzle5-Down, Ten Letters: Shiny “Super Smash Bros.” option
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    The Second City Puzzle11-Across, Five Letters: Most recent movie with Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
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    The Sol Puzzle6-Down, Five Letters: Pedro Pascal, to most of the internet
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    The Garden State Puzzle29-Across, Five Letters: “Double Dare” goop
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    The Stunt Puzzle9-Down, Five Letters: Timothée Chalamet : Kyle MacLachlan :: Austin Butler : ___
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    The Drag Puzzle28-Across, Four Letters: Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, as of April 15
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    The Killer Puzzle6-Across, Four Letters: Psychotic item in the 2010 horror film “Rubber”
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    The Evenflow Puzzle29-Across, Four Letters: Squidward has a big one
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