I met Merl Reagle for the first time at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT ... 5, 2025, would fall on a Sunday. If ever there were a good time to run a tribute puzzle for the man ...
29 has a meta, and it is not going to be a standard crossword. It’s going to be a variety puzzle (more precisely, three variety puzzles), though it is a type that I have published once before.