Welcome to 17th installment of The Urbanist’s crossword series! If you love to take a contemplative moment with a brain-teasing puzzle, but you’re tired of nationally syndicated crosswords with no local flair or stance on high-capacity transit, you’re right where you need to be. This handcrafted grid features clues related to the current news and discussion in The Urbanist.
Stuck on a tricky clue? It might help to check out some recently published articles.
Note, dear puzzlers, this will be my last puzzle for a while, because I am getting busier at work and in my personal life. And while The Urbanist Crossword feature is going on hiatus, I want to extend a big thanks to everyone who gave it a try. Constructing all these puzzles has been a blast!
Dive into the puzzle below.

William Holland
William Holland constructs crosswords for The Urbanist. A resident of Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, he enjoys biking around town for errands and taking transit to hit the trails.

