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Stella Zawistowski is a crossword constructor whose puzzles have appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, and other venues. She is the author of Tough As Nails Crosswords, a collection of 72 extra-hard puzzles. Also a top-ranked speed solver at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, she has a personal-best time of four minutes, 31 seconds on the New York Times Sunday crossword.

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    The Adult Puzzle28-Across, Four Letters: Wario-esque
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    The Final Rose Puzzle16-Across, Five Letters: Meme-friendly emotion from “Inside Out”
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    The Radioactive Puzzle18-Down, Six Letters: Like the bunny in “Fatal Attraction”
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    The Acupuncture Puzzle12-Across, Five Letters: Kim who was a Hitchcock blonde
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    The Ultrasonic Puzzle21-Down, Four Letters: Charli XCX album with a lime-green cover
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    The Point Place Puzzle16-Down, Seven Letters: Dance, drawing, or drag
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    The Clone Puzzle9-Down, Four Letters: Peggy Olson’s department
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    The Poland Puzzle19-Across, Five Letters: Chekhov’s “The Bear” has one
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    The Tudor Puzzle1-Across, Four Letters: Role for Colin in “Bridget Jones’s Diary”
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    The Prosecutor Puzzle10-Across, Four Letters: Kiss like Idris Elba?
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    The Choupette Puzzle25-Down, Three Letters: Elle Woods’s specialty
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    The Jersey Puzzle13-Across, Seven Letters: “Bad Medicine” band
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    The Vision Puzzle23-Down, Five Letters: Prop for a comedian, often
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    The Frank Puzzle12-Across, Four Letters: Song title for Daughtry or Depeche Mode
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    The Crazy Rich Puzzle12-Across, Five Letters: Daughter of Gwyneth and Chris
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    The Shantay Puzzle9-Across, Five Letters: Water brand repped by Dua Lipa
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    The Wasteland Puzzle6-Down, Five Letters: Emmy-winning Netflix docuseries
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    The Irish-American Puzzle4-Down, Three Letters: Shape of a Tamagotchi toy
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    The TARDIS Puzzle19-Down, Five Letters: Keith who’s married to Nicole Kidman
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    The Identical Puzzle5-Down, Five Letters: Board game with a “Game of Thrones” edition
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    The Heat Wave Puzzle3-Down, Three Letters: Nickname of two Spice Girls
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    The Levitating Puzzle5-Down, Ten Letters: Shiny “Super Smash Bros.” option
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    The Second City Puzzle11-Across, Five Letters: Most recent movie with Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
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    The Sol Puzzle6-Down, Five Letters: Pedro Pascal, to most of the internet
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    The Garden State Puzzle29-Across, Five Letters: “Double Dare” goop
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    The Stunt Puzzle9-Down, Five Letters: Timothée Chalamet : Kyle MacLachlan :: Austin Butler : ___
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    The Drag Puzzle28-Across, Four Letters: Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, as of April 15
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    The Killer Puzzle6-Across, Four Letters: Psychotic item in the 2010 horror film “Rubber”
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    The Evenflow Puzzle29-Across, Four Letters: Squidward has a big one
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    The Allied Puzzle22-Down, Four letters: Like Stephen King’s stories
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    The Comeback Puzzle19-Down, Five Letters: What your mom might call sketches
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    The Disunity Puzzle24-Down, Four Letters: “Walk the Line” last name
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    The Setup Puzzle22-Down, Four Letters: Nepo babies Jobs and Hewson, for two
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    The Buckingham Puzzle26-Down, Three Letters: It’s spilled on “Untucked”
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    The Hollow Puzzle8-Down, Four Letters: Justin Bieber song that asks, “Am I a sinner?”
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    The Gorilla Puzzle9-Across, Five Letters: Vladimir Harkonnen, for one
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    The Gridiron Puzzle4-Down, Four Letters: Celeb dwelling, in MTV-speak
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    The Congress Puzzle1-Down, Six Letters: Jacques in “Finding Nemo,” for one
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    The Sexyback Puzzle25-Across, Five Letters: Whence Enzo Ferrari and Giorgio Armani
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    The Alien Puzzle11-Across, Five Letters: Berlant’s comedy partner
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    The Escape Puzzle23-Down, Four Letters: Onionlike one, per Shrek
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    The Ibsen Puzzle2-Down, Six Letters: “Seinfeld” character who mentioned the bisque
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    The Helpful Puzzle13-Across, Five Letters: Queen Latifah phase honored by Gene Belcher
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    The Bodybuilder Puzzle16-Across, Three Letters: Chaos Emerald, for one
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    The Disguised Puzzle16-Down, Six Letters: La Ratatouille in “Ratatouille,” for one
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    The Oscars Puzzle1-Across, Six Letters: Extremely pink Best Picture Oscar nominee
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    The Spice Puzzle5-Down, Seven Letters: Ninja Turtle in a red bandanna
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    The Action Puzzle16-Across, Eight Letters: “If it bleeds, we can kill it” movie
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    The Hairdresser Puzzle12-Across, Five Letters: Staples of the “Saw” movies
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    The Defense Puzzle3-Down, Five Letters: What Prince Harry accused the Daily Mail of
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