Ryan's EnigMarch 2026
Day 12: Concrete

Concrete is fine, asphalt is fine. Cobblestones, even! Those are several samples of Pavement.

Here's a Google Sheet you can copy, if that helps.

Across

  • 1. Technically distinct from VAT
  • 4. KitH airer
  • 7. Legolas had to keep picking them up
  • 10. "I find that a bit amusing."
  • 11. Utterance that could be musical or distressed
  • 13. "Heaven ____ Truck" (2 words)
  • 14. ?
  • 16. Nickname eschewed by Stallone
  • 17. IATA for Witham Field
  • 18. Decline, especially in the middle
  • 21. Cut off
  • 23. GWB faction
  • 25. Decay
  • 28. ?
  • 33. Chess rating
  • 34. Take up some of the same space
  • 35. Subject for those studying abroad in USA
  • 36. Restart breathing, perhaps
  • 37. "Flux = ____"
  • 38. Traditional Chinese egg-shaped flute

Down

  • 1. "Jackals, False ____: The Lonesome Era"
  • 2. "Unseen Power of the Picket Fence," e.g.
  • 3. Catch on
  • 4. Candy of Gravity Falls
  • 5. "____ Friend's Arm"
  • 6. Tea
  • 7. 2 tsp, 3 kg, and 4 amps
  • 8. A Gilmore girl
  • 9. SMRPG:LotSS system
  • 12. Devourer of text adventure protagonists
  • 15. "Westie ____ Drum"
  • 19. In the past
  • 20. Visit (2 words)
  • 22. ____ Grant, a Jurassic Park character (2 words)
  • 24. Cover in concrete, say
  • 26. Egg shape
  • 27. "____ Slowly"
  • 28. Go off course
  • 29. Go-to Halloween costume
  • 30. "____ Soundz"
  • 31. "The ____"
  • 32. Traditional Chinese fiddle

Answer Checker:

Hints: The theme is... Pavement songs. 31 Down is "HEXX."

Solution/Explanation