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Celebrate the season of Big Red-bred fruit with a puzzle by the legendary Fred Piscop \u201970\u2014made just for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cornellians is thrilled to feature occasional puzzles by a giant in the cruciverbalist world<\/em>: the great Fred Piscop \u201970<\/a>, a longtime contributor to the <\/em>New York Times, Newsday, and more<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(And click here<\/a> for a Cornell video on the science behind apple varieties, with info from Big Red pomologists\u2014but do the puzzle first, because the video has spoilers for some of the themed answers!)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018How About Them Apples?\u2019 \u2022 By Fred Piscop \u201970<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Difficulty level: Easy to medium<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prefer to do your puzzles on paper? <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Print out these downloadable PDFs:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Or would you like to solve it on a device? Download a .puz file:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\ud83e\udde9 ‘How About Them Apples?’ – Across Lite<\/a>\n\n\n\n

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(Requires a free download<\/a> of Across Lite software.)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Top: A bin of apples at Cornell AgriTech. (Allison Usavage<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published October 16, 2025; updated October 23, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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