I need help with this crossword puzzle

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Thank you so much kaylahsdad99. If I were wearing a hat, I’d definitely take it off to you!

Oops!..And I apologize for misspelling your username!

Actually, sometimes they’re a lot worse (meaning harder, but also fiendishly clever).

I remember one of his crosswords that was water-themed, and it turns out the main support clues (the larger-length ones) all had an H-O-O letter combination that you were supposed to conflate into one square (H2O, get it?).

I don’t get the Sunday paper anymore, but I remember really liking his puzzles.