[
  {
    "id": "easy-001",
    "difficulty": "easy",
    "grid": ["APART", "POWER", "AWARE", "RERUN", "TREND"],
    "across": [
      "Separated, as two people",
      "Electrical energy",
      "Conscious of; in the know",
      "TV episode shown again",
      "Current fashion or direction"
    ],
    "down": [
      "Not together",
      "Strength or might",
      "Mindful",
      "Summer TV staple",
      "What goes viral, perhaps"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "easy-002",
    "difficulty": "easy",
    "grid": ["SMART", "POLAR", "OLIVE", "RAVEN", "TREND"],
    "across": [
      "Clever",
      "Like a bear at the North Pole",
      "Green martini garnish",
      "Edgar Allan Poe's black bird",
      "Hot new fashion"
    ],
    "down": [
      "Baseball or soccer, e.g.",
      "Back tooth",
      "Living and breathing",
      "Glossy black bird",
      "Topic that's taking off online"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "easy-003",
    "difficulty": "easy",
    "grid": ["START", "THROW", "ARGUE", "ROUTE", "TWEED"],
    "across": [
      "Begin",
      "Toss a ball",
      "Quarrel",
      "Path a bus takes",
      "Rough wool fabric for jackets"
    ],
    "down": [
      "A race's beginning",
      "Pitch, as a baseball",
      "Bicker",
      "Mail carrier's territory",
      "Tweedy jacket cloth"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "easy-004",
    "difficulty": "easy",
    "grid": ["CLOSE", "LLAMA", "OASIS", "SMILE", "EASEL"],
    "across": [
      "Shut, as a door",
      "Andean pack animal",
      "Green spot in the desert",
      "Happy expression",
      "Painter's stand"
    ],
    "down": [
      "Nearby",
      "Spitting Andean beast",
      "Desert refuge",
      "What a camera asks you to do",
      "Stand for a canvas"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "easy-005",
    "difficulty": "easy",
    "grid": ["MAPLE", "AGAIN", "PAINT", "LINER", "ENTRY"],
    "across": [
      "Syrup-producing tree",
      "Once more",
      "What an artist applies",
      "Big cruise ship",
      "Doorway, or a diary post"
    ],
    "down": [
      "Tree on Canada's flag",
      "Time and time ___",
      "Wall color in a can",
      "Ocean-crossing vessel",
      "Way in"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "medium-001",
    "difficulty": "medium",
    "grid": ["DROVE", "RAVEN", "OVERT", "VERVE", "ENTER"],
    "across": [
      "Operated the car; also, a herd",
      "Bird that quoth 'Nevermore'",
      "Out in the open, not hidden",
      "Energy and enthusiasm",
      "Key pressed to confirm"
    ],
    "down": [
      "Chauffeured",
      "Corvid in a Poe poem",
      "Undisguised",
      "Pep and flair",
      "Go in"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "medium-002",
    "difficulty": "medium",
    "grid": ["GRASP", "RUMOR", "AMPLE", "SOLVE", "PREEN"],
    "across": [
      "Grip firmly; comprehend",
      "Unverified bit of gossip",
      "More than enough",
      "Crack, as a puzzle",
      "Groom feathers, as a bird does"
    ],
    "down": [
      "Get a handle on",
      "Word on the street",
      "Plentiful",
      "Figure out",
      "Primp"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "medium-003",
    "difficulty": "medium",
    "grid": ["SHADE", "HELIX", "ALIVE", "RIVER", "EXERT"],
    "across": [
      "Shadow cast by a tree",
      "DNA's spiral shape",
      "Not dead",
      "The Nile or the Amazon",
      "Put forth, as effort"
    ],
    "down": [
      "Portion; or post online",
      "Double ___ (DNA structure)",
      "Kicking, so to speak",
      "One leaping off a board",
      "Apply, as force"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "medium-004",
    "difficulty": "medium",
    "grid": ["CRANE", "RESIN", "ASSET", "NIECE", "ENTER"],
    "across": [
      "Construction lifting machine; or a tall bird",
      "Sticky secretion that becomes amber",
      "Valuable item on a balance sheet",
      "Your sibling's daughter",
      "Type in, as data"
    ],
    "down": [
      "Stretch the neck to see",
      "Pine-tree ooze",
      "A plus on the books",
      "Nephew's sister",
      "Walk into a room"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "medium-005",
    "difficulty": "medium",
    "grid": ["EVADE", "VEGAN", "AGENT", "DANCE", "ENTER"],
    "across": [
      "Dodge, as a question",
      "One who eats no animal products",
      "Spy, or an actor's rep",
      "Waltz or tango",
      "Sign up for, as a contest"
    ],
    "down": [
      "Slip away from",
      "Plant-based eater",
      "007, for one",
      "Boogie",
      "Join, as a race"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hard-001",
    "difficulty": "hard",
    "grid": ["CRONE", "RIVAL", "OVOID", "NAIVE", "ELDER"],
    "across": [
      "Witchy old woman of folklore",
      "Competitor to beat",
      "Egg-shaped",
      "Innocently unworldly",
      "Respected senior; also a berry bush"
    ],
    "down": [
      "Hag of fairy tales",
      "Archnemesis",
      "Like an egg's outline",
      "Wet behind the ears",
      "Tribal sage"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hard-002",
    "difficulty": "hard",
    "grid": ["GRUFF", "RIVER", "UVULA", "FELON", "FRANK"],
    "across": [
      "Brusque and surly",
      "The Mississippi, for one",
      "Dangly bit at the back of the throat",
      "Convicted criminal",
      "Candidly blunt; or a hot dog"
    ],
    "down": [
      "Hoarse and curt",
      "Flowing waterway",
      "Throat's little hanging punching bag",
      "One with a rap sheet",
      "Straight-talking; ballpark sausage"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hard-003",
    "difficulty": "hard",
    "grid": ["PLUMB", "LUNAR", "UNTIE", "MAIZE", "BREED"],
    "across": [
      "Measure the depth of; dead vertical",
      "Of the moon",
      "Loosen, as shoelaces",
      "Corn, by another name",
      "Raise animals; a dog variety"
    ],
    "down": [
      "Perfectly upright",
      "___ eclipse",
      "Undo a knot",
      "Native American staple grain",
      "Labrador or poodle, e.g."
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hard-004",
    "difficulty": "hard",
    "grid": ["SARGE", "ACORN", "ROBOT", "GROVE", "ENTER"],
    "across": [
      "Nickname for a drill instructor",
      "Oak tree's nut",
      "Automaton like R2-D2",
      "Small cluster of trees",
      "Make an entrance"
    ],
    "down": [
      "Boot-camp boss, informally",
      "Squirrel's buried snack",
      "Mechanical worker",
      "Orange ___ in Florida",
      "Step inside"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hard-005",
    "difficulty": "hard",
    "grid": ["SHALE", "HELIX", "ALIVE", "LIVER", "EXERT"],
    "across": [
      "Rock that yields oil and gas",
      "Spiral, as of DNA",
      "Full of life",
      "Organ that filters toxins",
      "Bring to bear, as influence"
    ],
    "down": [
      "Sedimentary fracking rock",
      "Corkscrew shape",
      "Among the living",
      "Onions' classic skillet partner",
      "Wield, as pressure"
    ]
  }
]