Editor’s Note, November 2024: Thanks for checking out our puzzle archive! While the online version of this puzzle is no longer interactive, we suggest downloading the PDF, available below. You can find other archived puzzle PDFs available for download here.

This week’s Atlas Obscura puzzle comes to us from the students in Atlas Obscura’s Creating Crossword Puzzles course in May 2022, along with their instructors, expert crossword creators Brooke Husic and Natan Last.

If you’re interested in learning how to create a crossword puzzle like this one, the next Creating Crossword Puzzles course is scheduled to start on Tuesday, October 11 at 8 p.m. ET. Enroll here!

You can solve this week’s puzzle below, or download it in .pdf or .puz. Happy solving!

Interested in learning how to create a crossword puzzle? You’re in luck! The next Creating Crossword Puzzles course is scheduled to start on Tuesday, October 11 at 8 p.m. ET. Join us as we dive into the history and construction of the American-style crossword puzzles. You can enroll in the course here!