Staggering!
There’s a brand new EP released today, and I’m not talking about the DJ Khaled album. It’s Andrew Ries’s Stagger Sessions, a set of 20 themeless puzzles you can buy for $10. The full set even comes with record-style liner notes! Or you can download individual “tracks” for a buck apiece (and the first puzzle on the EP is free). Andrew constructed these as if he were laying down album tracks, and the project is called The Stagger Sessions because each grid is built around a midsection with staggered long entries. I’ve solved the first three already—good fill, inventive clues, and as tough as Friday/Saturday NYT puzzles. Buy the whole set and you can gorge yourself on a feast prepared by a cruciverbal chef.