{"id":5023,"date":"2026-05-03T12:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T12:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/surfs-up\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T12:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T12:49:10","slug":"surfs-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/surfs-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Surf\u2019s Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I hope you have a swell time solving this puzzle!<\/em><\/p>\n

SUNDAY<\/span> PUZZLE <\/strong><\/a>–<\/strong><\/span>Hey everyone! I\u2019m Kiran and this is my second ever themed puzzle for the Games section! During this past semester I\u2019ve been in the role of Sunday editor, so while I\u2019ve had a hand in all of the amazing puzzles you\u2019ve seen in the past months, I haven\u2019t had the chance to make one of my own in a while. Big shoutout to Tobin, the summer managing editor and one of my dear friends, for stepping up this summer and for all the hard work he\u2019s put into the section. If you have any complaints about this puzzle, email him at <\/span>tobinsax@umich.edu<\/span><\/a>! And if you have nice things to say, email me at <\/span>kvparekh@umich.edu<\/span><\/a> or the general crosswords email at <\/span>crosswords@umich.edu<\/span><\/a>. Have fun solving and enjoy your summer!<\/span><\/p>\n

Tricky Clues<\/strong><\/p>\n

23A: Word play is my favorite aspect of cluing crosswords, although I\u2019ve been told at points to tone it down a bit to make my puzzles solvable. Here, you can always find a SILENT B in the word \u201cdoubt.\u201d<\/p>\n

38A and 40A: An often difficult part of creating the fill of a crossword is the three letter words, as their quality often gets sacrificed for the cohesion of the puzzle at large. ACR and SLA are two abbreviations (for \u201cacross\u201d and \u201cservice-level agreement\u201d) that are tough and not fun, but allow for better entries elsewhere in the puzzle.<\/p>\n

58A: My apologies to any non-basketball fans, as RUI Hachimura is not a household name by any means. The NBA is currently in the first round of the playoffs where Rui\u2019s Los Angeles Lakers are doing well and my Detroit Pistons are \u2026 not.<\/p>\n

2D and 3D: Some other terms you may not be familiar with are PATOIS and POPULI, which are basically a fancy term for \u201clingo\u201d and the Latin word for \u201cof the people,\u201d respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n

5D: Canadian police officers are known as \u201cMounties\u201d because they are often (you guessed it) MOUNTED on horseback. I have vivid memories from my childhood of watching \u201cScooby-Doo,\u201d where they seemed to go to Canada and encounter these horseback policemen more often than you would expect (and monsters just as much as you would expect).<\/p>\n

35D: A H\u00c1\u010cEK (also known as a caron) is a diacritic found in many Eastern European languages, such as Czech, where the term originates from. This is probably the hardest entry in this puzzle by far, so my apologies, but everyone needs to start learning Czech right now!<\/p>\n

Today’s Theme<\/strong><\/h2>\n

One of my favorite categories of crossword theme is hiding words inside other words. In this puzzle, the revealer at 50-Across, BREAKING WAVES, provides a literal description of portions of the three other theme entries \u2014 SOU<\/strong>VENIR STAND<\/strong>, SI<\/strong>NCE U BEEN GONE<\/strong>, and SH<\/strong>ERLOCK<\/strong> HOLMES \u2014 which all have types of waves hidden in two pieces within them: \u201csound,\u201d \u201csine\u201d and \u201cshock,\u201d respectively.<\/p>\n

Answer Key:<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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