Tuesday, July 8, 2025, Jesse Guzman

OK, this was clever. APLUSWORK explains "a guard," "a barber," "a chef," and "a miner," all hidden within longer theme entries. Brilliant. And all split across two words. Really, it's quite something. APLUSWORK!

And on top of that, we have some nice longer Down entries - TRUTHIS ("To be honest ..."), LESSEREVIL (Better choice, given the options), MAKESPEACE (Lets bygones be bygones) (if only!), and MOHAWKS (Spiky hairdos).  

"Cheddar, dough, bacon or cabbage" for MOOLAH brings to mind that widely circulated Native American quote: "Only after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river has been poisoned, only after the last fish been caught, only then will you find that money cannot be eaten." 

Sigh. 

But at least we have bread and circuses. And crosswords.

- Horace