The Crossword: Wednesday, June 7, 2023

A lightly challenging puzzle.

June 7, 2023

Aimee Lucido has written the children’s books “Emmy in the Key of Code,” which received a Northern California Book Award, and “Recipe for Disaster.”

Video

Social dynamics of the crossworld, a crossword meet-cute, and other ways to puzzle with friends while social distancing.

Crossword

Foursome seen on a digital clock before making a wish, perhaps: four letters.

By Wyna Liu

Crossword

Sandwich sometimes made with pâté: six letters.

By Natan Last

Q. & A.

Federal law requires a judge to step away from a case in which her impartiality “might reasonably be questioned.”

By Isaac Chotiner