We fixed the Battalion’s Crossword

The Battalion recently released their first print of the school year, and — spoiler alert — completely screwed up the crossword. In past semesters, their puzzle sections have been as low-effort as possible, basically just copy-pasted from some program that spits them out.

It seems like this year’s editor team tried to take the reins and flex their creative muscles by making their own crossword. Big mistake. Not only is it missing an answer key, it’s completely unplayable, featuring such Battalion classics as .5 numbers and clues that have no corresponding boxes. 

We here at The Mugdown don’t think it’s all that difficult to make a crossword puzzle, so we decided to go ahead and fix The Batt’s mistakes for them. 

Across

4. Belonging to a man
7. One of the Aggie core values
8. Conner Weigman’s head coach
10. Not serious
11. What you might use to order a midnight snack
18. One of the Impractical Jokers
19. Where you’ll find an article about Aggie Olympians
22. Place of worship
22.5. Eye see, in other words
24. Lil Wayne, in short
25. Many freshmen wish they could keep one in their dorm
26. Wellborn, for example
28. Running ___, going wild
30. Paperwork signed to keep a secret
33. The ACC’s Orange, in short
35. 2010 Leonardo DiCaprio movie
35.5. “That stinks!”
38. Where many Aggies get engaged
40. “Game, __, match”
41. Sassy way of saying “I don’t know”
42. Grades you don’t want on exams
45. What college students hope not to see in the mirror
46. The Battalion, for example
48. Opposite of decaf

DOWN:

1. Highest-ranking member of the Corps of Cadets
2. For real, for short
3. S in GPS, for short
4. Lends a hand
5. Sick
6. Where you’ll find clouds
9. Food and water, or something needed to survive
12. Your date, in slang
13. Street of nightmares, in the movies
14. Start __, reborn
15. Tabletop abbr.
16. The Mayflower, for example
17. Corporate recruiter
20. Solid water
21. __ Paulo, in Brazil
27. Clark Kent’s secret
29. To possess
31. Make it by hand, abbr.
32. Insects often found at a picnic
33. “I need to __ man about a horse” (two words)
35.5. Something Robert Frost would write
36. MS_, _udder tower, Block_r
37. Sort of, suffix
39. Robber
42. Gov. agency focused on broadcasting
43. __ de Armas, actress
44. Late night sketch show, from New York
47. Southeast

See, Batt? It wasn’t that hard.

— Mugdown Staff