We’re celebrating our first full year of Defector Crosswords with a slightly different kind of puzzle than you’re used to, a cryptic By Hoang-Kim Vu. Kim works in global public health in Washington, DC, and is a member of the crossword editing team at Defector and AVCX. His puzzles have appeared in many outlets, includingnew York Times,Los Angeles TimesAndUSA TodayWe will return to our regularly scheduled programming next week, but thanks for the resolution. It’s been a fun year of puzzles.
Defector Crossword, launched in partnership with Our friends at AVCXRun every Monday. Launched 16 years ago as House Crossword OnionAVCX offers not only weekly standard crosswords, but also MIDI puzzles, a cryptic, theme-less offering, and a trivia contest. Like Defector, AVCX is an independent enterprise with a refreshing sensibility compared to mainstream outlets, and is committed to diversity in its masthead, fair pay to our contributors, and an extremely progressive streak. And like Defector, AVCX depends on subscriptions from solvers like you. If you enjoy Defector’s puzzles, please consider a subscription to AVCX.