From the Dec. 20, 2013, edition of the Orange County Register:
Our special Focus page, edited and produced by Charles Apple:
We have an amazing puzzle builder, David Steinberg, who helps us put together an exclusive crossword puzzle every week for the Register’s community/weekly newspapers. He did a special puzzle for the OC Register today.
(If you see this kid show up at a trivia contest, walk away. He will clobber you.)
And here’s a closer look at his puzzle from today’s paper:
Charles also did our awesome flag treatment for the front page. Here’s a closer look:
We talk about giving our readers daily gifts and little moments of serendipity. Delightful and delicious surprises. Yep, this is how we try to do those things at the Register.
(I’m not going to post the answers on here, at least not today. But if you really want to see the answers, email me at rcurley at ocregister dot com.)