CROSSWORD #1828: Themeless Monday

Posted on October 20, 2025 by Brendan Quigley

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Big chunky corners for you to chew on today. Pour yourself an extra cup of whatever you drink, and settle in.

Share the puzzle. New one on Thursday.

3 thoughts on “CROSSWORD #1828: Themeless Monday”

David says:

October 20, 2025 at 9:38 am

16 Across: After, not before?

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steve says:

October 20, 2025 at 12:51 pm

so 25 across…..it would be more true as “title without a tilde”

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Kelly Clark says:

October 20, 2025 at 3:38 pm

You mean I’ve been doing that birthday cake thing all wrong??? 🙂

Thanks, Brendan!

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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.

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