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.

Salutations,

Gizmo