The Daily Wordplay Challenge

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Sluggish feeling after a late-night puzzle session (4)
• Four-sided box that demands a single character (6)
• Puns, anagrams, and other linguistic acrobatics (8)
• Published corrections for yesterday's slip-ups (6)
• To crack the code and hear the happy music (5)
• They are outstanding in their field, literally (10)
• A consecutive run of daily triumphs (6)
• Plot of land frequently found in four-letter spaces (4)
• Unit of play that might get crossed (4)
• Angry, or how the words meet in the middle (5)
• The analog way to enjoy the daily puzzle (5)

Down

• It has many blocks but no houses (4)
• A long, complicated puzzle narrative (4)
• Grad, in four-letter crossword speak (4)
• Like a Monday morning walk in the park (4)
• Extreme, but not camping out (7)
• A word blending two meanings into one suitcase (11)
• The architect behind your daily frustration (11)
• An character building block of a larger answer (6)
• To build the maze that others must escape (9)
• The 180-degree rule of classic grid design (8)
• Informal grid filler that keeps puzzles modern (5)
• Vertical direction for solvers (4)

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