Download a PDF of the crossword here.
Pay close attention to the two circles! In a sense, they are stylized depictions of the word that should be placed within them.
For the solution to the puzzle, click here.
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Evan Mahnken , who grew up in Bellevue, Washington, and now lives on the East Coast, has been constructing crossword puzzles since 2017. Several of them have appeared in the New York Times.