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Malaika Handa has been a crossword constructor since 2020. Outside of Vulture, her puzzles have been published in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, and USA Today.

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    The Alps Puzzle11-Across, Four Letters: Lady Kluck and Camilla, for two
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    The Succession Puzzle10-Down, Three Letters: Businessman Iger who ran Disney for over 15 years
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    The Rehabilitation Through the Arts Puzzle19-Down, Three Letters: Tool in Dora the Explorer’s backpack
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    The Younger Brother Puzzle9-Across, Six Letters: What Bill Murray took to appear in “Rushmore”
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    The 365 Puzzle19-Down, Five Letters: K-pop stars
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    The R&J Puzzle12-Across, Four Letters: William Shakespeare, for one
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    The Wishing Puzzle19-Down, Five Letters: Font that sounds like a Disney mermaid
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    The Snerting Puzzle13-Across, Four Letters: Marlin, of “Finding Nemo” … or any marlin
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    The Todd Puzzle20-Across, Three Letters: Jen’s husband … for now …
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    The Occult Puzzle15-Across, Four Letters: Pink prop in “Lady Bird”
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    The Wonderful Puzzle9-Down, Six Letters: Animated siblings Peanut, Butter, and Jelly, for three
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    The Dogtooth Puzzle19-Across, Four Letters: Phineas’s brother, in a Disney Channel show
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    The Newborn Puzzle25-Across, Three Letters: Grandpa on “The Simpsons”
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    The Fútbol Puzzle20-Across, Three Letters: Connor, Kendall, and Roman’s last name
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    The Taxi Puzzle13-Down, Six Letters: “The Boys” genre
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    The Nanny Puzzle10-Down, Eight Letters: Parent who might foist her dreams upon her child
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    The Buddy Puzzle19-Across, Four Letters: Expression perfected by Florence Pugh
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    The Close to You Puzzle7-Down, Ten Letters: Genre for “True Detective” or “The Wire”
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    The Musician Puzzle2-Down, Five Letters: “Call Me by Your Name” setting
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    The Emotion Puzzle20-Across, Four Letters: Carlita’s birthmark, e.g., in “The First ___”
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    The Waves Puzzle10-Across, Eight Letters: “Crunchwrap Supreme” fast-food chain
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    The South London Puzzle20-Across, Five Letters: Lance on “The Other Two,” for one
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    The Montreal Puzzle22-Across, Three Letters: They’re now called “posts” on “x”.com
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    The Disguise Puzzle14-Across, Four Letters: Post-debate job for Sam Seaborn
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    The Lasagna Puzzle7-Across, Eight Letters: Cat voiced by Chris Pratt in an eponymous movie
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    The Pink Opaque Puzzle11-Down, Four Letters: Word before “Unicorn” or “Duel,” in movie titles
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    The Bee Puzzle1-Across, Eight Letters: “Bridgerton” character who pines after Colin
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    The Pregnancy Puzzle11-Across, 5 Letters: Sporty or Baby
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    The Ballerina Puzzle9-Down, Five Letters: “It’s Gonna Be Me” group
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    The Stand-Up Puzzle14-Across, Four Letters: Ryan Murphy anthology series about messy drama
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    The Reality Puzzle7-Down, Eight Letters: Performers with openers
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    The Beef Puzzle14-Across, Four Letters: Tank-esque walker in “Star Wars”
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    The Prequel Puzzle4-Down, Four Letters: “Grease” hottie
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    The Parody Puzzle1-Across, Four Letters: “Please ___!” (plea from Jeb Bush)
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    The Remake Puzzle10-Across, Five Letters: Like Paul Mescal or (honorarily) Ayo Edebiri
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    The Microbes Puzzle14-Down, Three Letters: Gwyneth Paltrow, for Goop
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    The Stalker Puzzle23-Across, Six Letters: Rapper with a book club
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    The Tennis Puzzle23-Across, Nine Letters: “Challengers” plot point heavily teased in the trailers
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    The Happy Place Puzzle11-Across, Four Letters: Rihanna song … or, when tripled, Taylor Swift song
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    The 11th Puzzle7-Across, Eight Letters: Like the poets in Taylor’s new album … or this clue
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    The French Puzzle7-Down, Six Letters: Term of endearment on “The Bear”
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    The Ticket to Ride Puzzle22-Down, Four Letters: Feature of the “splatter” genre of horror
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    The Hottie Puzzle7-Down, Three Letters: Number of season of Hulu’s “Reboot”
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    The Annual Puzzle16-Across, Four Letters: Spinal Tap genre
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    The Coachella Puzzle22-Across, Five Letters: Surname of brothers John and Hank
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    The Late Night Puzzle2-Down, Nine Letters: British pop star who plays himself in “Yesterday”
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    The Monster Puzzle10-Across, Nine Letters: Buzz’s pet, in “Home Alone”
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    The Country Puzzle1-Across, Five Letters: Working title for Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter”
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    The Convent Puzzle31-Across, Four Letters: Trilogy with 30 Oscar nominations, for short
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    The Slimer Puzzle25-Down, Four Letters: Norse god voiced by Richard Schiff
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