M | E | S | S | E | C | A | R | D | S | G | A | R | B | O | D | E | S | |||
C | R | U | E | M | A | N | I | A | C | O | B | O | E | N | O | M | E | |||
C | A | N | T | T | U | R | N | T | H | A | T | D | O | W | N | S | O | M | E | |
A | S | D | O | I | A | L | T | O | N | T | S | T | R | A | P | |||||
B | E | A | N | S | A | L | A | D | T | O | O | K | A | S | T | A | B | |||
E | R | E | G | A | L | O | R | E | A | R | E | A | R | U | G | |||||
D | R | O | P | E | V | E | R | Y | T | H | I | N | G | S | U | P | ||||
F | A | B | I | O | E | X | E | S | E | O | N | E | A | T | I | T | ||||
A | S | U | S | U | A | L | A | L | P | S | E | N | D | L | E | S | S | |||
R | H | Y | M | E | S | P | I | N | A | S | I | R | I | B | R | E | D | |||
N | O | S | T | R | I | N | G | S | A | T | T | A | C | H | E | D | ||||
A | L | O | U | R | O | T | H | E | G | O | T | H | I | R | E | E | S | |||
L | A | W | N | B | O | Y | E | A | S | E | P | E | P | T | A | L | K | |||
E | M | P | T | Y | S | A | P | T | A | D | A | T | A | L | L | Y | ||||
S | E | A | L | I | M | I | T | E | D | E | D | I | T | I | O | N | ||||
D | Y | N | A | M | O | S | I | N | D | E | E | D | N | A | Y | |||||
L | O | W | P | O | I | N | T | S | I | T | S | A | P | L | A | N | E | |||
I | C | A | N | S | O | A | U | R | I | C | A | O | R | T | A | |||||
M | A | T | E | R | O | C | K | B | O | T | T | O | M | P | R | I | C | E | S | |
D | R | E | W | T | R | U | E | B | L | E | N | D | E | R | O | U | T | |||
B | A | R | S | S | E | E | D | E | L | D | E | S | T | E | S | P | Y |
Jeff Kremer is a management consultant for KPMG in Chicago. His initial interest in crosswords was sparked by his parents, who were journalists and avid solvers. But it was his wife, who "obsesses over her solving streak and times," who inspired him to start constructing.
Jeff thinks this ad-themed puzzle — his first — is nicely timed for the Sunday between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, as we all become flooded with sales pitches for the holidays.