Hello, cryptic lovers!
I don’t do a lot of full-sized puzzles over here these days, but I can think of no better way to pay tribute to The Browser Crossword and its editor extraordinaire Dan Feyer, than with a 15×15 block cryptic. When the venue ceases to put out new crosswords at the end of December, Dan will have edited over 250 of them, a truly remarkable achievement in the North American cryptic world.
Dan and The Browser were the first to give me a shot, right when I was beginning to solve and construct cryptic crosswords. The feedback from him and his test solvers was essential to my early development as a setter, and he took similar chances on countless others like me over the years. Solvers and setters alike are about to have a Browser-shaped hole in their puzzling hearts. We’ll miss you!
Thanks, as always, go to the sharp-eyed Will Eisenberg for test solving.
Take care and enjoy the puzzle, which you can find here.
Happy solving,
Steve
Square Pursuit 
Dan editing over 250 cryptics is astonishing—especially considering how much care each one needed in the North American cryptic scene. The Browser’s willingness to take chances on new setters really shaped the craft for so many of us; that kind of mentorship is rare and will be deeply missed.
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