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	Brandon Koppy, of Dripping Springs, Texas, is a performance director for an ad agency.
 
    
	
		
			
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Brandon Koppy, of Dripping Springs, Texas, is a performance director for an ad agency.
The big central wall of black squares splitting this puzzle's grid in two would usually be a crossword no-no, but there's a thematic reason for it here.
	 
		
			
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Brandon Koppy, of Dripping Springs, Texas, is a performance director for an ad agency. This is his 21st crossword for The Times.
He thought of its time-sensitive theme idea in late January, constructed the puzzle on a Sunday, wrote the clues on Monday and Tuesday and quickly submitted the result — just in time for us to say yes and schedule it for today.
	 
		
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