Here’s a reminder to sign up for the Midwest Crossword Tournament (on Oct. 4) and the Boswords Fall Themeless League, which has a preseason puzzle on Sept. 29 and the first “regular season” puzzle on Oct. 6. Seats for in-person solving are limited for the Midwest tournament, so make sure you get one soon if you’re planning to be in Chicago in early October. The solution to the Sept. 21, 2025, crossword, “Capital Gains.” (Evan Birnholz/For The Washington Post)

Today’s puzzle was originally published in January 2017, but I brought it back for a second run. You can read the blog post that I wrote back in 2017 here, but as a refresher, the theme answers are familiar phrases where both letters of a two-letter word have been capitalized, changing their meaning.

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