Rascal Crossword 3: Cyberpunk!

Late this month, but here it is. This time, the theme is games with the retrofuture aesthetics, identity–dissolving cybernetics, and (usually) anti-corporate shenanigans of cyberpunk.

(If you'd like to solve it in dark mode and in full screen, you can click here and it should give you the option).

I hope you enjoyed last week's theme, DRAGONS, because I got a lot of fun out of it. I specifically liked doing the opening sequence of "Dragon___" three times. It was a fun bit!

Remember that you can hit "Reveal" or turn on "autochecking" in the crossword if you feel like you're getting stuck or want it to let you know if you've put in the wrong answer. Some of the words in the grid are always "forced" due to the choices you make elsewhere. So when I decide a bunch of themed words, I have to accept the weird words that arise in the gaps around them. Don't worry about not getting them — you're not expected to! You're hopefully going to get those words by solving the more normal clues around them.

In today's grid for example, we've got 2-down being "a city in Ethiopia", which I don't expect anyone outside Ethiopia to get. But hopefully, because the other clues are guessable, you won't need to!

Have fun!