CROSSWORD #1813: Underfunded

Posted on August 28, 2025August 28, 2025 by Brendan Quigley

UNDERFUNDED: [ ACROSS LITE][ PDF]
[ FULLSCREEN]
PROGRAMS: [Across Lite] [Adobe Reader]

<br />

For the heads out there that dig the cryptics, yours truly had yesterday’s Times of London Quick Cryptic. You can print it out here.

Have you been doing Align yet? Add it to your daily puzzle solving experience!

Reminder: Marching Bands YEAR ELEVEN KEEPS ON CHOOGLIN’! You should sign up today if you haven’t already! Click the above link for a sample puzzle and how to sign up.

There’s also The Hub Crossword (Sunday puzzles by me and Joon Pahk) if you still need more content.

Share the puzzle. New one on Monday.

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.