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Malaika Handa has been a crossword constructor since 2020. Outside of Vulture, her puzzles have been published in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, and USA Today.

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    The Ticket to Ride Puzzle22-Down, Four Letters: Feature of the “splatter” genre of horror
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    The Hottie Puzzle7-Down, Three Letters: Number of season of Hulu’s “Reboot”
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    The Annual Puzzle16-Across, Four Letters: Spinal Tap genre
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    The Coachella Puzzle22-Across, Five Letters: Surname of brothers John and Hank
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    The Late Night Puzzle2-Down, Nine Letters: British pop star who plays himself in “Yesterday”
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    The Monster Puzzle10-Across, Nine Letters: Buzz’s pet, in “Home Alone”
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    The Country Puzzle1-Across, Five Letters: Working title for Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter”
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    The Convent Puzzle31-Across, Four Letters: Trilogy with 30 Oscar nominations, for short
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    The Slimer Puzzle25-Down, Four Letters: Norse god voiced by Richard Schiff
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    The Missionary Puzzle20-Across, Five Letters: What Kim Zolciak doesn’t want you to be
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    The Chauncey Puzzle28-Down, Three Letters: Surrealist comedian Fabrega
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    The Daughter Puzzle31-Across, Three Letters: One of a similarly named Cartoon Network trio
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    The Kung Fu Puzzle7-Down, Ten Letters: Classic Oscar the Grouch song
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    The NYC Puzzle27-Across, Ten Letters: Stage name of Elizabeth Woolridge Grant
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    The Country Life Puzzle23-Across, Ten Letters: Meat-based insult on “The Sopranos”
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    The Snoopy Puzzle18-Across, Eight Letters: The mayor of Flavortown
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    The Bender Puzzle12-Across, Six Letters: Careened across, like in a “Mario” ice level
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    The Three Little Birds Puzzle15-Down, Five Letters: Jada Pinkett Smith’s is famously red
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    The Amazon Puzzle13-Across, Three Letters: Wall-E’s love interest
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    The Introspective Retrospective Puzzle7-Down, Ten Letters: Henry Winkler’s role, in “Barry”
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    The Sportswriter Puzzle23-Across, Three Letters: Frindle synonym, in “Frindle”
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    The Bon Appetit Puzzle28-Across, Eight Letters: Wednesday’s mother
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    The 80s Puzzle5-Across, Four Letters: “Sonic the Hedgehog” creature
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    The Road Trip Puzzle1-Across, Three Letters: They’re often unskippable, on YouTube videos
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    The Kitty Puzzle4-Down, Three Letters: “The Sopranos” consigliere
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    The Jamie Puzzle15-Across, Five Letters: Ogre who has layers, like an onion
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    The Tour Puzzle8-Across, Nine Letters: Location in “Mad Max” or “Fallout”
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    The Mafia Puzzle14-Across, Five Letters: Movie that controversially starred Emma Stone
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    The Murder Puzzle24-Across, Four Letters: “Barbie” actress Nef
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    The Orchard Puzzle5-Down, Five Letters: Like many Regina George comments.
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    The Pool Puzzle13-Across, Three Letters: Upcoming Hadestown actress DiFranco.
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    The “It’s a Musical?!?” Puzzle4-Down, Three Letters: Peele’s co-star from 2012-2015
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    The Wrestling PuzzleFlotsam or Jetsam, in “The Little Mermaid”
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    The Bucket Hat Puzzle7-Down, Three Letters: Word elongated by some telemundo commentators
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    The Kaiju Puzzle22-Down, Three Letters: “Oompa Loompa Doompity ___…”
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    The Mega Station 9000 Puzzle12-Across, Ten Letters: Book that has you on the edge of your seat
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    The Bottle Puzzle6-Across, Four Letters: Word before “Hammer time!”
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    The Christmas Movie Puzzle1-Across, Seven Letters: Movie that inspired Jake Peralta to be a cop.
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    The Midnight Snack Puzzle1-Across, Eight Letters: 80s Christmas movie that inspired the PG-13 rating
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    The Celie Puzzle13-Across, Three Letters: River-crossing aide in Frogger
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    The Fake Relationship Puzzle28-Across, Eight Letters: Plot point in Palm Springs.
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    The Nuclear PuzzleSolve quickly for a chance to win a digital copy of Oppenheimer.
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    The Chicken Puzzle7-Down, Five Letters: “Oregon Trail” vehicle.
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    The Chocolate Puzzle22-Across, Six Letters: The color of Gritty’s fur.
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    The Resurrection Puzzle11-Across, Ten Letters: The Highwomen, or boygenius.
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    The Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Puzzle7-Down, Ten Letters: They’re responsible for populating your For You Page.
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    The Prison Puzzle28-Across, Nine Letters: Movie made with awards in mind.
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    The HGTV Puzzle12-Down, Four Letters: “The Lion King” character based on King Claudius.
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    The Stars Puzzle4-Down, Five Letters: Rebecca and Daryl.
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    The Boy Band Puzzle25-Across, Five Letters: Donkey, briefly, in “Shrek 2”
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