First Names First

by George Barany and Friends

This Sunday-sized puzzle was distributed at a 34-Across social event. After completing the puzzle (spoiler), learn more about the puzzle by clicking here for our "midrash." 

Click here (two pages) or here (one page, for those with good eyesight) to view or download this Sunday-sized 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 author thanks the following (in alphabetical order) for "vetting" the puzzle: Jed Fisher, Ben Geisbauer, Michael Hanko, Martin Herbach, Ken Leopold, Kathy Peters-Martell, Paul Schoenholz, Chuck Tomlinson, and Letitia Yao.

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More puzzles here (all), here (science), and here (tributes).

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