Puzzle #5

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Text version of the board

1 P	2 I	3 N	⬛	⬛	⬛	4 G	5 I	6 T	⬛	⬛
7 A	T	O	8 M	⬛	⬛	9 P	O	E	10 T	⬛
11 R	E	D	O	⬛	12					13
⬛	14 M	E	D	15 I	A	⬛	⬛	16
⬛	⬛	⬛	17 A	R	M	⬛	⬛	18
⬛	19 R	20 O	L	E	⬛	21	22			⬛
23 M	I	X	⬛	⬛	24			⬛	⬛	⬛
25		Y	⬛	⬛	26			27	28	⬛
29		G	30	31		⬛	32			33
⬛	34	E			⬛	⬛	35
⬛	⬛	36 N			⬛	⬛	⬛	37

Across

Down

1. Fix a version in place 4. Tool Linus jokingly said he named after himself 7. Editor GitHub retired, or matter's unit 9. Verse writer 11. Undo's undo 12. CI job executor 14. @-query subject in CSS 16. Vote against 17. Chip architecture, or a limb 18. Freeze, as a feature 19. RBAC's R 21. Plate 23. Blend 24. Star of our show 25. League climber 26. Respect 29. CS credential 32. "Don't be ___" (old motto) 34. Genuine, or a number type 35. Home of this very puzzle 36. Registry that once broke the internet over left-pad 37. Constructor keyword

1. Golf standard 2. List entry 3. JavaScript's server-side home 4. Chip that renders dragons and mines coins 5. Charged particle 6. Racket sport 8. Popup you immediately close 10. Instruct 12. Memory that forgets when the power goes 13. Bread grain 15. Anger 19. Delta former 20. Two-atom breath essential 21. Pair 22. ___ join (SQL default) 23. Thoroughly mediocre, in slang 24. Pronoun 27. Baker's appliance 28. Ready to pick 30. Rhythmic genre 31. Tree, or a delightfully strict language 33. Like good latency