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The downward countdown numbers have to be added to Across answers to fit the clues. For example, 1-Across is TEN + TDRESS. etc.

This 1998 puzzle by Charles Deber had the same title but a much different execution.

– puzzle by Hoang-Kim Vu

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

BY ROBERT FROST

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

– puzzle by Joe O'Neill

Blue squares have triple letters Across and single letters Down (spelling POINTS.)

– puzzle by Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock

The annual ORCA awards celebrate the best crosswords across all venues. Rebecca Goldstein just won the prestigious Constructor of the Year.

– puzzle by Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi

Today's puzzle is edited by Joel Fagliano. It's the first time since Nov. 20, 1993, that the editor byline has not said Will Shortz. Well, nearly:

• March 17, 1996, was edited by Will McShortz
• January 15, 2004, was edited by Will Shorts
• August 20, 2011, was edited by Brian Cimmet and Patrick Blindauer
• March 4, 2019, was edited by Bill Shortz

The decimal expansion of pi goes on forever, so you can never write it out exactly, but here are the first million digits.

– puzzle by Jeffrey Martinovic

In this Schrödinger puzzle, 69-Across can be read as THE NORTHEAST, THE NORTHWEST, THE SOUTHEAST, or THE SOUTHWEST, depending on which referring clue you're looking at. The Down answers fit the Down clues for every combination.

Note that each of those referring answers is in its appropriate corner of the grid.

– puzzle by Simeon Seigel

The first parts of the theme answers have to be chopped in half. So:

• MA IN DRAG
• DO OR NAILS
• BE AT THE CLOCK
• GO ON SQUAD

– puzzle by Lynn Lempel

AD HOMINEM — that's an awesome revealer!

– puzzle by Laura Dershewitz and Katherine Baicker

Explanation: In this puzzle, RIGHTY-TIGHTY means starred words on the right side of the grid add TIGHT to the right (end), and LEFTY-LOOSEY means starred words on the left side of the grid add LOOSE to the left (beginning). So:

• SKIN ⇒ SKIN TIGHT
• TOOTH ⇒ LOOSE TOOTH
• HANG ⇒ HANG TIGHT
• LEAF ⇒ LOOSE LEAF
• SLEEP ⇒ SLEEP TIGHT
• LIPS ⇒ LOOSE LIPS

– puzzle by Rich Katz