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3 puzzles by Guilherme Gilioli
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Guilherme Gilioli, from Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul, is a full-time cruciverbalist; the first NYT constructor known to be from Brazil. He started solving English crosswords in 2016 to improve his English vocabulary.
He also constructs crosswords in Portuguese for Brazilian magazines, and for his website.
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I got the idea for this puzzle when I was walking on the street and saw a Land Rover Discovery, I thought... "Hmm... I can break the word into DISCO and VERY". As these are two words that have nothing to do with the original one, it could be something I can use for a puzzle... After thinking a bit more about it, I came up with the format seen in the puzzle: Answer 1 + Answer 2 = Answer 3, giving no extra hints about the third one.
When I submitted it, I thought it could be used as a fun Tuesday, but had no idea they would accept it as a Thursday.
Some info about myself: I'm a full-time crossword constructor that lives in Brazil. I create puzzles in Portuguese, Spanish and English for books, apps, websites, magazines and newspapers.
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Hello, I'm Guilherme Gilioli and I'm very glad to be making my debut in the paper! I am a puzzle nut from Brazil. I work as a crossword constructor creating puzzles for magazines but in Portuguese. I've submitted several puzzles to the NYT, and finally, this one made it.
About the puzzle. I got the idea by watching several videos of James Randi, including the movie An Honest Liar. I don't remember if it was a scene from the film, but I remember seeing a clip where Carson from Carson Tonight Show tells a little about debunking Uri Geller. Randi knew how he did the tricks and changed the gimmicked spoons he was supposed to bend for normal ones.
Well... then I thought... Why not bend spoons on a puzzle? You can see the result now.