I spent a ton of time trying to build a grid with a marquee entry of [Pride goeth BEFORE A FALL, because once I saw it was 11 letters, I couldn't unsee it. But I just couldn't get it to work. I was about to admit defeat, and just skip this month's…
It wasn't until after we finished constructing this one that we discovered the NYTimes ran a similar puzzle a couple of years ago, with two of the same theme entries! I surely did that puzzle back then, but I have no recollection of it whatsoever…