Crossword Kathy: Despite today’s puzzle title, this grid is not filled with wisecracks. But it was constructed by a wise guy — or…

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New York Times crossword May 20 / Constructed by Alan Arbesfeld

• This Week in Philadelphia:

  • Crime scene investigation: Triple shooting and homicide Thursday night in Southwest Philadelphia
  • Thursday: At least two dead, six wounded in Philadelphia shootings
  • Reports: Triple shooting in West Philly
  • Philadelphia: Crying for help
  • Video: Philadelphia Police still seeking 2011 shotgun robbery suspect
  • Photos: Philadelphia Anti-violence groups gather at Sparks Street murder scene
  • Live now: Free GunCrisis app for the iPhone & iPad
  • Chilling Tweet of the Week
  • More photos from the scene: Woman wounded by gunfire in North Philadelphia Tuesday night
  • Tuesday: Florida mother kills 4 children, then herself
  • Woman wounded in hail of gunfire, just a block from last week’s mother-and-child shooting scene
  • Trending on twitter today: #InPhillyYouGetShot
  • USAToday: Ex-cons step in to mediate conflict, prevent gun violence in Baltimore
  • Gunman kills man and woman sitting on porch
  • Reports: Triple shooting in Hunting Park
  • Video: Philadelphia Police seeking armed robbery suspect
  • Weekend violence summary around Philadelphia

Photo by Joe Kaczmarek:  http://joekaczmarek.blogspot.com/

Greetings from my stoop! It’s a beautiful day in Philadelphia — headed up to a sunny 80 degrees! — leading to the first outdoor solving of the year for me.
In case you hadn’t guessed, constructor Ben Tausig tells you straight out that “The title of this puzzle, e.g.” is a PUN.. READ THE FULL POST AT: http://crosswordkathy.net/

Man murdered in customer’s car. Photo by Joseph Kaczmarek

• Shots fired in Northeast Philly Friday night
• Friday shooting headlines from around Philadelphia
• Philly gunfire reports via Twitter
• Man murdered in customer’s car
• Searching for answers after a shooting
• Mapping violent crime in Philadelphia
• Art imitates death: Murder movie crew arrives on scene after man is shot and killed
• Murdered by mistake: Reports from across the US
• Two caught in North Philly crossfire
• Triple shooting in North Philly overnight

When I was in junior high, kids who wanted an easy “A” for an elective worked in the A-V department. It stood for audio-visual, and what it meant was that you got to go around to various classes to run filmstrips (remember those?) and occasionally small-scale movie projectors.

In today’s puzzle, the “A-V” in the title stands for…

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