David Gray author page
2 puzzles by David Gray
with Constructor comments
See the 6 answer words debuted by David Gray.
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This is my second puzzle in the NYT. I submitted this last year in January, so I don't remember what the inspiration was for the puzzle. The song in the central theme answer may have come on the radio and put the idea in my head.
I hope I succeeded in making the theme answers (as in Say ___) amusing and lively. The solvers will be the judge. Will asked me to change a couple of entries: METTA and SNA, 64 and 60 across respectively. Never having had to take out words in random places before, this was a bit worrisome because it can get messy fast, but it turned out to be a rather quick fix.
My favorite clue was for 73A (RATS) "They're not part of the 'family' any more" Not really a Monday clue, but I thought it was funny.
Now I must say that this is a special puzzle, but not for anything in the puzzle itself. It's special, you see, because by pure luck, Will chose to run it on my birthday. Thanks Will!
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