CROSSWORD #1803: Beat That

Posted on July 24, 2025 by Brendan Quigley

BEAT THAT: [ ACROSS LITE][ PDF]
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It’s going to be a scorcher here in Boston. If it’s hot where you are, stay cool. If it’s not going to be hot where you live, well … stay gold.

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5 thoughts on “CROSSWORD #1803: Beat That”

Steven says:

July 24, 2025 at 10:05 am

The PDF works fine, but the Across Lite file only leads to a “An error occurred. Please wait a few minutes and try your request again” message, and the web embed doesn’t show up either.
D Creed says:

July 24, 2025 at 10:24 am

Same.
Willson Williams says:

July 24, 2025 at 10:39 am

Same
Steven says:

July 24, 2025 at 11:53 am

Fixed now. Thanks!
andeux says:

July 24, 2025 at 1:27 pm

Good job getting both Tony Iommi and Birmingham in there. 🤘

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Brendan Emmett Quigley has been a professional puzzlemaker since 1996. In fact, he's the sixth-most published constructor in The New York Times under Will Shortz's editorship. Brendan's puzzles have also appeared in every major market including Creators Syndicate, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Crosswords Club, Dell Champion, Games Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Sun, Tribune Media Services, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.

He regularly contributes work to The AV Crossword Club, Bawdy Crosswords, Spirit Magazine, Visual Thesaurus, and The Weekly Dig. At one point in time, Blender, Electronic Business, Paste Magazine, Quarterly Review of Wines, The Stranger, Time Out New York, and Wired.com ran his work. His puzzles have been mentioned on episodes of "The Colbert Report," "Jeopardy!," and "Sunday Night Football."

He is the author of over thirty different books. In his spare time he can be seen banging on typewriters in the Boston Typewriter Orchestra. He will be posting two puzzles a week — on Monday and Thursday.