Happy Janua–Aug–April?? It’s April?? Ok, if you say so.
Onto the puzzle! This month’s contest puzzle is “No One Can Divide Them” by Heather Gearan. The meta answer is a novel.
You can find Heather’s bio over on our Team Ariadne page, and she also constructed ACL’s November 2025 puzzle.
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 Daylight Time on Sunday, April 5. The solution, as well as the name of the randomly chosen winner, will be published on Tuesday, April 7.
AcrossLite (puz) file can be downloaded here.
PDF for download is below.
Happy solving!
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