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wordplay, the crossword column
Brandon Koppy predicts our futures.
By Deb Amlen
Jump to: Today’s Theme | Tricky Clues
THURSDAY PUZZLE — Constructors’ brains are fascinating to me. They tend to notice things about language that most other people don’t see. Some constructors make excellent puzzles that are all about playing with words, but others take it a step further: They add a visual element to the solving fun.
I tend to admire the visual puzzles because I have never had much luck making them. My brain just doesn’t work that way.
But Brandon Koppy’s brain does. He has made 16 crosswords for The New York Times, and a few have had interesting visual elements. Today’s puzzle does too, though they may not be there for long.
There might be a bit of confusion about how to fill in this grid, so I will explain the mechanics in the Theme Section.
Today’s Theme
I enjoyed Mr. Koppy’s puzzle immensely, but I also had questions about how solvers who use different platforms would fill it out and be marked as having completed it. As a public service, I will relay what the puzzle editors told me when I asked them about the mechanics of solving this grid. No, don’t thank me. This is why I make the medium-size bucks.
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