Debate and Switch

by George Barany and Friends

This Thursday-ish political-themed puzzle (7x11, lacking standard crossword symmetry) was released during a historic season [misleading pictorial hint to the right]. After completing the puzzle (spoiler), learn more about the puzzle's theme (and related issues) by clicking here, here, here, here, here, here, and here [we will happily add additional links as they are suggested to us].

Click here to view or download the puzzle in PDF format; here to download it as a puz file; here to download it as an ipuz file [requires the free Puzzazz app to solve]; here to solve the puzzle interactively (thanks to Jim Horne); here for the solution. The Friends group contributing to the puzzle was led by yours truly, and included Christopher Adams, John Child, Noam Elkies, Charles Flaster, Katherine Halpern, Martin Herbach, Theresa Horan, Markand Thakar, and Alex Vratsanos.

If you want to tell others about this particular page, refer them to
http://tinyurl.com/debatepuz

More puzzles here (all) and here (politics and current events).

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