Riddle 011: Emphasis on CROSS in "Crossword"

[questionauthority]

[Edward's busily attending to a crossword puzzle in the kitchen. He muses over it before groaning in frustration and grabbing the phone.]

Has anyone else found the Daily Crosswords in Mayfield far too simple? Literally, for the last three days in a row, I've been finding them incredibly underwhelming. Come on now, Mayfield. Yesterday was Saturday, and what did we get? Tuesday quality. Garbage. Even the Gotham Gazette's Mondays could be considered more of a challenge than this!

Does anyone happen to know who even runs the paper? [He groans.]

[Filter to Joker, Harley, and Pam:]

I'm still in need of some assistance, old friends. Joker? Pam? Have you changed your minds?

[Also, action, to Susan:]

Susan! Might I have a word with you?

Comments

[strike-you-out.livejournal.com]

It's a clue.

[puzzlerprince.livejournal.com]

...are you suggesting that the town of Mayfield itself is nothing more than a neurological phenomenon? A simulation that encapsulates us?

[strike-you-out.livejournal.com]

[He shrugs and glances toward the bookcase in the living room.]

Check the World Atlas.

[When/if Eddie does so, he will find one of these (http://maipolecomrades.livejournal.com/4214.html) tucked between the pages.]

[puzzlerprince.livejournal.com]

[And some time later, Eddie does. He's amazed at just how much the mystery expands every time he finds something new. Even more stunning is that it came from Slugger. Did he do something or say something to give the boy a change of heart? He discreetly removes the papers from the World Atlas, folding them and sticking them into his breast pocket.]