On Bad Terms

This puzzle's theme entries are some of the most commonly chosen options that put the "hack" in "hackneyed."

On Bad Terms

This puzzle's theme entries are some of the most commonly chosen options that put the "hack" in "hackneyed."

Born and raised in Northern Virginia, Richard D. Allen attended elementary school a stone's throw away from a clandestine CIA facility and high school down the street from KGB mole Robert Hanssen's dead drop. His professional life as a lawyer and writer has involved its own share of intelligence-gathering. He has been constructing crosswords since 2019.

By Richard D. Allen
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