It’s a Crime! — January 19, 2022

[ChrisKochmanski]

Got it!

Thanks, Ricky!

[boharr]

Got it too. Thanks, Ricky.

[ricky]

Answer (see grid at https://crosshare.org/crosswords/V1ZS7s ... ts-a-crime):

This little grid has four long across answers: STRIPPED, MONARCH, JEWELRY, JUVENILE. The clue for each one of those - i.e. "Letsie III is Lesotho's" for MONARCH - can also be used as a clue to one of four 4-letter down entries: BARE, KING, RING, TEEN. Anagram the first and last: BREA, KING, RING, ENTE. Reorder the last two: BREA KING ENTE RING.

The crime is BREAKING and ENTERING (which is what was required of solvers: cracking the meta and entering the solution).

Leaderboard:

Hector solved at 12:24 on 1/20/2022
Will solved at 15:01 on 1/20/2022
boharr solved at 15:38 on 1/20/2022
Meg solved at 15:50 on 1/20/2022
FrankieHeck solved at 17:27 on 1/20/2022
Golem solved at 1:01 on 1/21/2022
I K Snamhcok solved at 13:04 on 1/21/2022
DJB solved at 13:39 on 1/21/2022
whimsy solved at 16:28 on 1/21/2022
LuckyGuest solved at 9:48 on 1/22/2022
Gutman solved at 16:17 on 1/23/2022
Laura M solved at 19:37 on 1/24/2022

Our winners for the month are Hector and whimsy! Congrats to you both.