PSA: After this week, the CHE transitions to its less frequent summer schedule.
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People! There’s less than a month to go till the Indie 500 crossword tournament in Washington, D.C. It takes place on Saturday, June 3, from mid-morning to late afternoon. The puzzles are uniformly terrific every year, it’s a great event, and there are amazing miniature pies that are so small, you can have a few different kinds of pie without sacrificing your dietary virtue. The Indie 500 is held on the campus of George Washington University, in the Foggy Bottom area of D.C. (I really go just so I have a reason to say “Foggy Bottom.” Well, plus the crosswords. The wonderful people. The tiny pies.) Oh! And the constructor line-up’s a good one: Andy Kravis, Angela Olson Halsted, Erik Agard, Neville Fogarty, Tracy Bennett, Paolo Pasco, and (new to me) Allegra Kuney.—Amy