Wow, what a weekend! It was great to reunite with old friends and meet so many Tough as Nails solvers for the first time at ACPT. It is, although the most fun weekend of my year, also the most stressful. Remember how Doug Hoylman used to be described as the Iceman? I am the opposite of the Iceman. I am the Constantly-About-to-Throw-Up Nervous Wreck.
I did manage to make a trip to the hardware store with my second fifth-place finish in a row and first place in NYC (the latter made easier since Andy Kravis was attending a wedding):

I had the most amazing time and I hope you enjoy this week’s themeless!
I loved today’s write-up.
Stella, when I try to access your puzzles I’m told to visit the App Store for Across Lite. When I do, the store tells me it’s not available in my region/country.
Can you help???
Save the whales,
Rick Lawrence St Petersburg, FL
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Across Lite has their own download page. Google it. If there’s a problem let me know and I’ll upload it to Workupload where you can download it if Stella will allow.
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The PDF should be fine, right? One of these days I might get around to putting PuzzleMe code on the site so that you can solve right on the page, but it’s not high on my list of priorities at the moment.
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I have a feeling that was the first use of shrinky links in a x-word
I had to dig deep into the vault to pull that one out
thanks for another nice puzzle and congrats on your showing!
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shrinky dinks, dammit
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