{"id":21703,"date":"2023-05-22T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T16:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=21703"},"modified":"2023-07-11T14:33:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T18:33:00","slug":"crossword-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/crossword-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornellian Crossword: &#8216;ConGRADulations!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Celebrate the Class of \u201923\u2014and your own memories of Commencement\u2014with this custom puzzle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center rkv-gutter-bottom-quarter\"><strong>DIFFICULTY LEVEL: MEDIUM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Scroll down\u2014with no fear of spoilers\u2014for a link to a hint.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">&#8216;ConGRADulations&#8217; \u2022 by Beth Saulnier<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-crossword-crossword-block\"><div class=\"ccpuz_container\" style=\"width:100%\"><div id=\"CrosswordCompilerPuz\"><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cornell-red-color has-text-color rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><em><strong>Prefer to do your puzzles on paper? <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cornell-red-color has-text-color rkv-gutter-bottom-quarter\"><em><strong>Print out these downloadable PDFs:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<a  data-e-Disable-Page-Transition=\"true\" class=\"download-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/download\/21719\/?tmstv=1778345032\" rel=\"nofollow\" id=\"download-link-21719\" data-redirect=\"false\" >\n\t\ud83d\udcc4 ConGRADulations! 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