Happy Day-after-Halloween! Let’s get right to the puzzle!
This month’s contest puzzle is “The Ending Places” by Heather Gearan. The meta answer is a prolific science fiction author.
Heather Gearan has recently discovered the joy of crossword constructing and is extremely proud to see her first meta effort published by ACL. You can find her full bio over on our Team Ariadne page under Featured Constructors.
To submit to the contest, send an email with your answer in the subject line to damefoxwords@gmail.com. The contest deadline is 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday, November 5. The solution, as well as the name of the randomly chosen winner, will be published on Friday, November 7.
AcrossLite (puz) file can be downloaded here.
PDF for download is below.
Happy solving!
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