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At about 6:05 a.m., officers responded to reports of a person down and bleeding near 4th Avenue South and South Massachusetts Street. When they arrived, they found a man in a nearby parking lot with multiple gunshot wounds. Seattle Fire Department crews arrived shortly after and pronounced the man dead at the scene.

If some crossword themes can be described as “splashy,” please allow me to extend the water analogy by characterizing today’s theme as more of a ripple. It’s unassuming, but it’s effective. This is Patti Varol’s second solo construction for The New York Times;