congratulations to austin burns of orlando, the winner of the meta contest from the ACPT puzzle! in a staggering coincidence, austin also won the meta contest for last year's ACPT puzzle. can he three-peat next year?!? full recap (including spoilers for the puzzle) after the jump.

ACPT starts today! i'm making this variety puzzle by andy kravis free to the public. it's challenging, but i believe in you. and it's a contest puzzle with a meta!

spoilers ahead for year 2 rows garden #25. spoilers!

i haven't posted here much during year 2 because the puzzles have been going out by email, but i wanted to bring your attention to an important project organized by francis heaney that i am proud to have contributed to. it's called puzzles for progress. check out the link.