The Crossword, April 7: Block By Block

Buckle up: It's time for the Monday crossword. This week's puzzle was constructed by Brian Callahan and edited by Hoang-Kim Vu. Brian (he/him) is a pub trivia fan and dog dad from Chicago. In addition to editing and mentoring for AVCX’s midi arm, Lil AVCX, he occasionally posts puzzles on his blog, oliogrids.com

Defector crosswords, launched in partnership with our friends at AVCX, run every Monday. If you’re interested in submitting a puzzle to us, you can read our guidelines HERE. Note that we're pausing open submissions until April 18.