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Malaika Handa

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Malaika Handa has been a crossword constructor since 2020. Outside of Vulture, her puzzles have been published in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, and USA Today.

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    The Lumbria Puzzle10-Across, Six Letters: Pop singer portraying Galinda in the “Wicked” movie
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    The Buddy Puzzle18-Across, Four Letters: Immortal pirate Jones played by Bill Nighy
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    The Holiday Puzzle17-Across, Nine Letters: Music style used in “Pitch Perfect”
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    The Hot Girl Puzzle14-Across, Three Letters: Titular steamed bun in a Pixar short
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    The Squirrel Puzzle12-Across, Five Letters: Remark after misunderstanding some new slang
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    The Circus Puzzle7-Across, Eight Letters: Like Spirit Halloween retail workers
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    The Chaperone Puzzle8-Down, Six Letters: Henry Hill, in “Goodfellas” and real life
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    The Cooking Puzzle11-Down, Four Letters: Shareable segment of a Twitch stream
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    The Bastard Puzzle17-Down, Five Letters: ___ York (term that might be used by Nuyoricans)
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    The Liberty Puzzle11-Across, Four Letters: Org. that hosts March Madness
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    The Greenwich Puzzle22-Down, Five Letters: LMFAO’s Redfoo, to LMFAO’s Sky Blu
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    The Forest Puzzle14-Across, Three Letters: “The Wolf of Wall Street” star, familiarly
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    The JFK Puzzle18-Down, Six Letters: 2018 film about four wives who try to pull off a heist
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    The Teeth Puzzle25-Across, Ten Letters: Subtitle for the 2017 Pokémon movie
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    The Shipwreck Puzzle13-Across, Five Letters: Rubber toys used frequently on “Taskmaster”
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    The Sketch Puzzle14-Down, Three Letters: Initial title of a Michael Jackson song?
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    The Haunted House Puzzle22-Down, Four Letters: “I love ___ diagrams …” (Kamala Harris quote)
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    The Hippo Puzzle6-Down, Four Letters: Marlin’s son, in a 2003 Pixar movie
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    The Spit Puzzle17-Across, Six Letters: The Simpsons or the Griffins
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    The Austin Puzzle15-Down, Five Letters: Image on the cover of “The Fault in Our Stars”
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    The Male Beauty Standards Puzzle22-Down, Three Letters: Sister Michael of “Derry Girls,” for one
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    The Female Beauty Standards Puzzle7-Across, Nine Letters: Star of the body-horror movie “The Substance”
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    The Rabbi Puzzle8-Down, Five Letters: Ceremonial dinner in an “Uncut Gems” scene
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    The Mythology Puzzle9-Down, Four Letters: Exam Elle Woods got a 179 on
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    The Mufasa Puzzle8-Down, Four Letters: Event at the end of “Do the Right Thing”
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    The Halo Effect Puzzle15-Down, Four Letters: HBO show praised for its historical accuracy
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    The Prime Puzzle7-Down, Three Letters: Rita who’s married to Taika
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    The Sisterhood Puzzle30-Across, Three Letters: Mascot of, somehow, both Hooters and DuoLingo
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    The Yeah! Puzzle25-Across, Four Letters: Statement garment for the marvelous Mrs. Maisel
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    The In-Laws Puzzle12-Across, Five Letters: Like a theater kid
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    The Revenge Puzzle1-Down, Three Letters: “American Dad!” ntwk.
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    The Island Puzzle11-Down Four Letters: “___ A” (one of several movies in which Emma Stone does a quirky little dance)
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    The Construction Worker Puzzle6-Down, Eight Letters: Greek god who fathered YA hero Percy Jackson
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    The Hometown Puzzle20-Across, Three Letters: “Euphoria” character portrayed by Zendaya
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    The Gay Cowboy Puzzle10-Across, Three Letters: Madame Web’s day job
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    The Crayon Puzzle1-Down, Three Letters: How the “Derry Girls” refer to their mother
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    The Lotto Puzzle15-Across, Three Letters: Adam of Adam and the ___s
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    The Squirrel Puzzle26-Across, Five Letters: Vegetable that Shrek compares himself to
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    The Alps Puzzle11-Across, Four Letters: Lady Kluck and Camilla, for two
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    The Succession Puzzle10-Down, Three Letters: Businessman Iger who ran Disney for over 15 years
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    The Rehabilitation Through the Arts Puzzle19-Down, Three Letters: Tool in Dora the Explorer’s backpack
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    The Younger Brother Puzzle9-Across, Six Letters: What Bill Murray took to appear in “Rushmore”
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    The 365 Puzzle19-Down, Five Letters: K-pop stars
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    The R&J Puzzle12-Across, Four Letters: William Shakespeare, for one
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    The Wishing Puzzle19-Down, Five Letters: Font that sounds like a Disney mermaid
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    The Snerting Puzzle13-Across, Four Letters: Marlin, of “Finding Nemo” … or any marlin
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    The Todd Puzzle20-Across, Three Letters: Jen’s husband … for now …
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    The Occult Puzzle15-Across, Four Letters: Pink prop in “Lady Bird”
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    The Wonderful Puzzle9-Down, Six Letters: Animated siblings Peanut, Butter, and Jelly, for three
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    The Dogtooth Puzzle19-Across, Four Letters: Phineas’s brother, in a Disney Channel show
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