Even more shameful, given that I'm huge into fantasy basketball, plus I lurve me stories about sports agents. This Greek myth fanatic is embarrassed to admit that he ended with ARI and MIEMOSYNE. Super frustrating … especially since my error turned out to be in a different part of the grid. Afterward, I had to double- and triple-check each one to figure out where my mistake was, seeing no electronic fireworks. Part of me still admires the awesome letter patterns - when else will you see CXU in a row? - but I had to work so hard to uncover every crossing. I used to be of that mindset, but I've heard so much feedback from solvers how a single entry like this can sour their entire experience. I can see how many constructors would spot something like this and feel compelled to use it in a crossword. I'm very grateful to Wyna, Joel, and Sam for their edits throughout the process, which have really improved the quality of the puzzle.ĬHICXULUB might be the most amazing string of letters I've ever seen.
My original clue for 27-Down was "ABBA, for one," which turned out to be a bit too much of an inside joke with myself. I was also really pleased with how the northeast corner turned out. Getting it to intersect 5-Down (a slightly dated reference, I guess!) was an added bonus. The seed entry for this puzzle was 33-Across, the site of arguably the most important event in the history of the planet Earth and a pretty great combination of letters to boot. (By day, I'm a math professor at Duke University.) A lot of my puzzles have been metas and themed puzzles that touch on my various nerdy interests this puzzle is actually the first themeless I've written. I post occasional puzzles on my own page the title refers to the field of math that I study, knot theory and low-dimensional topology. My first published puzzle was a prime-number themed puzzle in The Mathematical Intelligencer, and I had the honor of being a guest constructor for Matt Gaffney's Weekly Crossword Contest right around the same time. (My grandfather once sent me a letter at summer camp in the form of an acrostic.) I started constructing a few years ago. I come from a long line of crossword fans and have been solving puzzles since I was a teenager. It's a real thrill and a huge honor to be publishing my first NYT crossword!
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