Metropolis Now

Solve your way through the concrete jungle.
A crossword tribute to the modern urban landscape, packed with clues about geography, travel, and the vocabulary of city life.
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Across

  • 2A
    One who shows you to your seat at a Broadway show
  • 5A
    Where a cruise ship docks in the city
  • 6A
    Sudden outflow, as from a city water main
  • 8A
    Police academy trainee
  • 9A
    Routes on a subway map
  • 11A
    Just around the corner, in city speak
  • 12A
    Hotel chain often found downtown

Down

  • 1D
    Guide for getting around downtown, for short
  • 2D
    Like Keith, the country singer, or life with high-rises
  • 3D
    One on a city campus, like N.Y.U. or U.S.C.
  • 4D
    Side of Manhattan or London
  • 7D
    Hit this to fix a glitchy navigation app
  • 8D
    Gotham or Metropolis
  • 10D
    What one might see at the Met or MoMA