Crossword Blog & Answers for October 15, 2024 by Sally Hoelscher

There are spoilers ahead. You might want to solve today's puzzle before reading further! Where's the Competition?

Constructor: Garrett Herzfeld

Editor: Amanda Rafkin

WHERE'S THE COMPETITION: The last word of each theme answer is a COMPETITION venue: RING, COURT, and FIELD.

After reading the title today, I was intrigued, but didn't have a guess about what the theme would be. There was a nice "Aha!" moment upon filling in NAPKIN RING, and recognizing a RING as a place for (boxing) COMPETITIONs. Congratulations to Garrett Herzfeld making a USA TODAY debut! Thank you, Garrett, for this enjoyable puzzle.