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Crossword #11: The Final Frontier

 After all these years, I've finally done it. Just kidding, it took like 30 minutes on a crowded bus ride through the streets of Naples, Italy, during which I had the idea for this puzzle. Black squares are so limiting, so unneccessary. When the Greeks wrote the Arepo word square, did they use black squares? I don't think so. As I looked out at the beautiful night sky, I considered how my ancestors would have wanted crosswords to be done. I cursed Arthur Wynne for inventing the only limit to creativity in the crossworld. This is the natural progression of the crossword meta. I expect constructors to follow my lead first. I have a very long wordlist of 15 letter entries if anyone needs them (over 50,000 and growing as I come up with new word combos every day!) This puzzle functions as a themeless, but think of it as a themed puzzle, with the theme being innovation and discovery. After all, this is a record-setter, demolishing the previous record of 17. Eat my dust, Joe Krozel. S

Crossword #10: Gizmovie Gizmarathon

 What's "up"? It's me, Gizmo Thwomp, here with a fairly simple 58-worder themed puzzle. I decided to take some inspiration from Lollapuzzoola pro  Will Nediger  and stack some theme entries. However, if you're not a fan of themes, please ignore all nine theme-related entries and solve it like a themeless.  Ta-ta, Gizmo

Crossword #9: Persuasive Patterns (feat. Ada Nicolle)

 Greetings, Today's puzzle is a fun, asymmetric themeless with some fun fill and clean crossings. Many thanks to the wonderful  Ada Nicolle  for contributing the bottom right 5x5. Thank you for the support, Gizmo

Crossword #8: World Record Nine Stack, but it's No Big Deal

 Just another day at work. Nothing to brag about. Technically it's a 15 stack if you count the shorter answers, too. Sincerely, Gizmo

Crossword #7: Going Mad With Power

 You're all powerless to stop me.  Love, Gizmo

Crossword #6: Mystery Word Game

I have been asked to narrow down my theme density from last time, so this puzzle uses only 127 squares as theme material instead of last puzzle's 46. It's a 17x17 grid, so I think it's about equivalent. Cheers, Gizmo