Dear Solver,

Not to assign blame, but this little rugrat has been going through a major sleep regression this week. Ada would like to apologize in advance for today’s postponement, so… go ahead and try to stay mad at that face!

In the meantime, consider solving my WSJ meta for this weekend here:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/were-back-in-business-friday-crossword-july-16-11626104042

And, if you haven’t already seen it, I can highly recommend Paolo Pasco’s recent meta “Tag Team” in the AVCX (buy it for $1 here; click on “Puzzles from 2021” and scroll down).

Apologies for the delay, and I’ll be in touch tomorrow with #685.

–Matt