{"id":169450,"date":"2024-12-17T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=169450"},"modified":"2024-12-18T11:26:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T16:26:58","slug":"issue-no-250-a-crossword","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2024\/12\/17\/issue-no-250-a-crossword\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue No. 250: A Crossword"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"position: relative; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-169451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/crossword.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1700\" height=\"2200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/crossword.png 1700w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/crossword-232x300.png 232w, 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