Across
- 7. Brilliance, branded
- 9. A rebelliously hot take
- 10. A true love's past lover, re: capitol affairs (6'8)
- 11. A pain in the ass' favorite acronym
- 12. A favorite fictional dinner guest
- 13. Our signature boxing move, per our About
- 17. Axel Rose might say we all need a little...
- 18. You probably wouldn't want to jump into one with a stranger (4'3)
Down
- 1. The first television show we bonded over (3'3'5)
- 2. A CEO's worst nightmare, ReadWrite style (4'4)
- 3. It's never about the...
- 4. Scourge of the Earth, with whom we have beef
- 5. Coco's original name, à la Evelyn.
- 6. A historian's favorite musical
- 8. Ollie's greatest disappointment manifest in a grid of nine
- 14. Things a dog might take, according to your mother
- 15. Formal title for the bane of San Marcos, U.S. spelling (4'4)
- 16. How many more things does Columbo have to say?