<html><head><meta name="color-scheme" content="light dark"></head><body><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage[left=1cm, right=1cm, top=2cm, bottom=1cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{pict2e}
\newlength\PuzzleUnitlength
\PuzzleUnitlength=20.0pt
\newcommand\PuzzleNumberFont{\sf\scriptsize}
\newcommand\PuzzleSolutionFont{\sf\bfseries\Large}
\newcount\PuzzleX
\newcount\PuzzleY
\newcommand\PuzzleBlackBox{\rule{\PuzzleUnitlength}{\PuzzleUnitlength}}
\newcommand\PuzzleBox[2][]{%
  \def\Puzzletmp{#2}%
  \if\Puzzletmp.
    \PuzzleX=0\relax \advance\PuzzleY-1
  \else
    \ifx\empty\Puzzletmp
    \else\if\Puzzletmp *
      \put(\PuzzleX,\PuzzleY){\framebox(1,1){\PuzzleBlackBox}}
    \else
      \put(\PuzzleX,\PuzzleY){\framebox(1,1){}}
    \fi\fi
    \def\Puzzletmp{#1}%
    \ifx\empty\Puzzletmp
    \else
      \put(\PuzzleX,\PuzzleY){\makebox(1,1){\PuzzleSolutionFont #1}}
    \fi
    \advance\PuzzleX 1
  \fi
}
\newcommand\PuzzleCircledBox[2][]{%
  \put(\the\PuzzleX.5,\the\PuzzleY.5){\circle{.94}}
  \PuzzleBox[#1]{#2}
}
\begingroup
  \catcode`\|=13\catcode`\(=13\catcode`\_=13
  \gdef\PuzzleHelper{\catcode`\|=13\catcode`\(=13\let|=\PuzzleBox\let(=\PuzzleCircledBox}
  \gdef\ClueHelper{\catcode`\_=13\def_{\underline{\hskip 1ex}}\catcode`\&amp;=12}
\endgroup
\newenvironment{Puzzle}[2]{\par\noindent\PuzzleHelper
  \let\unitlength=\PuzzleUnitlength \PuzzleY=#2
  \begin{picture}(#1,#2)\PuzzleBox.
}{\end{picture}\par\noindent}
\makeatletter
  \def\cluesec{\@startsection{}{1}{\z@}
    {-3.25ex plus -1ex minus -.2ex}{.8ex plus .1ex}{\large\bf}}
\makeatother
\newenvironment{AcrossClues}{\ClueHelper\cluesec*{Across}\footnotesize}{}
\newenvironment{DownClues}{\ClueHelper\cluesec*{Down}\footnotesize}{}
\newcommand\Clue[3]{\noindent\makebox[0pt][l]{#1.}\qquad #3\par}

\begin{document}
\pagestyle{empty}\raggedright
\begin{Puzzle}{13}{13}%
  |[C]X |[O]X |[W]X |[E]X |[R]X |*    |[P]X |[A]X |[C]X |*    |[T]X |[W]X |[O]X |.
  |[U]X |[N]X |[I]X |[T]X |[E]X |*    |[U]X |[S]X |[O]X |*    |[H]X |[A]X |[D]X |.
  |[L]X |[I]X |[L]X |[A]X |[C]X |*    |[S]X |[I]X |[N]X |[K]X |[E]X |[R]X |[S]X |.
  |[L]X |[T]X |[D]X |*    |[A]X |[L]X |[S]X |[A]X |[T]X |[I]X |[A]X |*    |*    |.
  |*    |*    ([C]X |[O]X |[P]X |[A]X |[Y]X |*    |[A]X |[T]X |[R]X |[I]X |[A]X |.
  |[S]X |[C]X ([A]X |[N]X |*    |[M]X ([C]X |[I]X |[I]X |*    |[I]X |[S]X |[M]X |.
  |[A]X |[U]X ([T]X |[O]X |[D]X |[I]X ([A]X |[G]X |[N]X |[O]X |[S]X |[I]X |[S]X |.
  |[M]X |[R]X |[S]X |*    |[A]X |[T]X ([T]X |[N]X |*    |[I]X |[T]X |[S]X |[O]X |.
  |[E]X |[L]X |[T]X |[O]X |[N]X |*    |[D]X |[I]X |[S]X |[C]X |[O]X |*    |*    |.
  |*    |*    |[R]X |[E]X |[D]X |[N]X |[O]X |[S]X |[E]X |*    ([C]X |[O]X |[O]X |.
  |[U]X |[N]X |[I]X |[D]X |[E]X |[A]X |[L]X |*    |[A]X |[D]X ([A]X |[P]X |[T]X |.
  |[T]X |[O]X |[K]X |*    |[R]X |[E]X |[L]X |*    |[L]X |[I]X ([T]X |[E]X |[R]X |.
  |[O]X |[R]X |[E]X |*    |[S]X |[S]X |[S]X |*    |[Y]X |[E]X |[S]X |[N]X |[O]X |.
\end{Puzzle}


\end{document}
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